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SHAMOKIN NEWS-DISPATCH. SHAMOKIN. PA, FRIDaY. FEBRUARY 20. 1953 page Kulpmont Section Dovglos Nomifiofcd to Air Fore Secretaryship WASHINGTON Frrvuirat President Byrd for Raising Douses.

Jr. Lake Fhta. EL. (Wins Recorded by xnmn ol boch acrid van. to be Ruth Elder Wins Divorce From Seventh Husband LOS ANGELES UA Famous woman flier.

Rata Elder. 47. obtained a yesterday from Ralpa King. 54. on (rounds he called ber a gray-haired old bag" and said "he wanted a young chicle." Elder, who in 1927 became the first woman to attempt a transatlantic fkght.

previously was married toC. E. Moody. L-yle Wcmach. Walter Camp.

Jr, Arnold Gillespie and George K. Thackery. iisdenfirrrtarr of th Air Fptoc Ovc'Anf ltvchMvp JITrnl Pre.usent Erchocr onnnanr' Gard, Vydro Leed Jayvees in Scoring Morris Gard and Walter Wydra IJ3UC VII IIUIIIIIIWW I I mtm A WASHINGTON Pen JST aPST WOP UlMltetS v- --i0er iwo cruaa spoi in uie wiin Rt, ct Senator Harry F. Byrd. D.

Va, for Force. Bat Sprap was drrpped Sixth moved into th in th led the Kulpmont High School Jun- Sister of Shcmohin Resident Expires Mrs. Hattie M. Fox. 86.

former resident of Elysburg and Mount Carmel. and a sister of Sirs. Florence Mcore. Shamokin. died yesterday afternoon at 3:10 in her home at Jenkintown.

Death was due to a complication after a four-week illness. Mrs. Fox. a widow of C. C.

Fox, former Mount Carmel business man. was a resident of Jenkintown for 15 years. Surviving are three sons. RusseL Jenkintown; Myron. Haver-town, and Benjamin, Fort Lauderdale, four grandchildren, and one sister.

Private funeral services will be held Sunday evening in Jenkintown, with graveside services Monday afternoon at 2:00 in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elysburg. Rev. George Kerr, Elysburg Methodist minister, will of i.w inj-Tu iu sri rrspecuve sections in Kulpmont ior varsity basketball team In the S5.000.000 worth of stock in hss Junior Boys' Basketball League by scoring department during the 1952-electromcs firm. posting victories in last nighfs round 53 season as the Blue and White Douglas, a Chicago lawyer. wrved of parries.

(juniors recorded one of their best as an infantrv second lieutenant in I Wson Seventh downed St. Mary WOn-loss lecords in recent years. vntVi tn ain nnrficnntail starting the Senate over confirmation of Detente Secretary Charles Wilson, an lnJoraied source revealed today. Brd was the to: to ca2 attention to a law hich prohibits government c'ficials Irom do.r.g business with in which they have a private interest. In the controversy that followed.

Wilson and three top woria war 1 ana nepmy cmei 01, nurd KtahlicViwi mtaituin nf timt nlo in EHnn I CSLaOlISIieQ a new jayvee stall ana later cniei 01 stai: 01 tnej Griscavaee led the winners with 15 mark in trying 387 points 19 games for an average of 20.4 Air Force in World War II. He was a colonel at the end of the war. points. Poponiak scored 11 points for Wilson Seventh and Brennan tallied eight for the St. Mary School team.

St. Casimir Sixth defeated Wilson Sixth. 23-15. in a Section contest. per contest.

He tossed in 158 goals and converted 71 of 130 fouls. Wydra was a close second with 351 points for a game average of 185 markers. He connected with Gl to Be Tried for The St. Casimir quintet is now lead- 133 field goals and 85 of 167 charity mg section c. Kuznu scored 12 tosses.

ficiate. British Arrest Two On Disputed Island LONDON U.R British authorities have arrested two Argentines and demolished Argentine and Chilean huts on disputed Deception Island in the Antarctic, a foreign office spokesman said today. The action threatened to Intensify long-standing conflict of claims to the South Shetland Island by Britain, Argentina and Chile. Britain regards Deception Island about nine miles in diameter, as part of the crown colony of the Falkland Islands and dependencies off southern Argentina. A British foreign office spokesman said the two Argentines were arrested Sunday at their small hut near a British airstrip c-n Deception.

No Chileans were found in the area at the time, but a hut built by a Chilean party was taken down along with the Argentine structure. The two Argentines will be de points for St. Casimir and Lentini recorded eight for the losers. Two loop contests will be played tomorrow afternoon in the high school gymnasium. They will include The Gard -Wydra scoring punch gave the Kulpmont juniors its best one-two combination in recent years.

They are sophomore students. The previous jayvee scoring record was set last year by Pete Daniels who Autry Will Entertain Boy Plane Crash Victim BRIDGEPORT, Pa. (U.PJ Eight- recorded 253 points. St. Casimir Sixth vs St.

Mary Sixth and St. Casimir Eighth vs Wilson Eighth. The first game will begin at 2:00. Raymond Novakoskl scored 99 points for the Blue and White year year-old Joseph Lacovitt, the only member of a family of six to survive the crash of a transport plane at Tacoma, last November, was looking forward eagerly today to next Friday lings to place third and Joe Gen-cavage tallied 80. Joe Zykoski was fifth with 63 points, followed by Chet Kruleski who scored 46 Points scored by other members of Joseph is to the honor guest of aides were forced to sell valuable stock holdings in order to win Senate approval.

Close friends of the senator reported today that Mr. Eisenhower telephoned Byrd recently and thanked him warmly for raising the issue so that it could be met at the outset cf the new administration. Questioned about the incident, Byrd said he did not care to comment. He has said previously, however, that he raised the question because he did not want the administration to get off to a bad start by unwittingly violating an anti-corruption law. Wilson and Deputy Defense Secretary Roger M.

Keys both were former officials and stockholders of General Motors Corporation. They acreed to sell their GM holdings after Byrd brought the legal requirements to the attention of the Senate Armed Sen-ices Committee. Air Force Secretary Harold E. Tal-bott and -Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens also agreed to sell stock holdings in companies which do business with their respective departments.

Byrd, who was frequently at odds with President Truman, attacked the former President during last fairs presidential campaign and pointedly failed to endorse the candidacy of Adlai E. Stevenson. President Eisenhower invited Byrd, with a group of Senate Democrats to lunch at the White House yesterday. It was the senator's first visit to the White House, on such an occasion, for several years. the jayvee team were Altmire, 28; cow-boy star, Gene Autry, when Au- Ron Marshalek, 18; Johnny Fulci- try's touring show reaches this city a week from today.

netti, 13; Zbicki, 12; Eugene Sino-poli, nine; Bob Murdock, five; Tony ported to Argentina, the foreign of Autry told the youngster all about fice said. Swatski, four; Peek and Varano, two, and Garcia, one. it in the telephone call from Albany, N. yesterday. He said he would even provide special transportation The KHS jayvees won 14 games Murder in Killing FORT DIX.

N. J. (U.R The Army-planned to file formal charges of murder today against a 21-year-old soldier accused of killing his lieutenant by shooting him in the back under cover of a "live ammunition" infantry attack problem. Captain Harry Lapham, public Information officer at Fort Dix, said that a general court-martial probably would be held within 10 days to try Private Edgar G. Owens.

Brooklyn. N. for the slaying of Lieutenant Richard M. Davenport. The 22-year-old Davenport, of New London.

was killed February 11, while leading a company of 225 men over a practice range as howitzer shells flew overhead. His death at first was blamed on a shell fragment, but an autopsy later determined he was killed by a bullet from a rifle of the type carried by the trainees. Owens' parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Owens, spent a 20-tninute visit with their son in the Fort Dix stockade yesterday.

Owens said his son burst into tears and admitted to him that he killed the young officer, but the father said the youth didn't know why he did it. Mrs. Owens said her son informed them he had signed a statement but did not know what it contained. "Do you know it's for murder?" she asked. "What? I thought it was for the car," she said her son replied.

The Army said Owens was arrested last Saturday night in Brooklyn in a car stolen from a fellow soldier. and lost five during the season to ana a wheel chair for the boy who finish one of the most successful Former Shamokin Resident Expires was injured seriously in a tragedy which killed his parents and two junior varsity campaigns in Kulpmont court history. The Blue and brothers and a sister. Autry also White juniors scored 1,120 points in 19 games cn 417 field goals and 286 of 598 foul tiies. added that he was sending along a cowboy suit for Joseph to wear at the show.

Mrs. Charlotte Broscious. 81. wi dow of William Broscious, former Heart Attack Fatal For Local Resident Mrs. Rose DelMonte, 61, of 919 North Vine Street, died shortly before 2:00 this morning en route to Shamokin Hospital after being stricken ill with an acute heart seizure.

Mrs. DelMonte, who was in failing health for several months, was stricken acutely ill shortly after midnight. An ambulance was summoned to take her to the hospital, she was pronounced dead on arrival. A daughter of the late Frederick and Rachel Guido, the late Shamokin resident was born August 4, 1891, in Hazleton. She came to Shamokin when a child and 44 years ago was married to Clarence DelMonte Mr.

DelMonte, a former hotel proprietor, died September 13, 1938. Mrs. DelMonte was a member of St. Edward Church. Survivors include three sons, Frederick and Joseph, Shamokin, William, Pueblo, and two daughters, Mrs.

Olga Ryan, Excelsior, and Mrs. El a 0 Schlra, Reading. Funeral services will be conducted Game average of the Kulpmont residents of Shamokin, died yester jayvees was 58.9 points. Opponents of the Blue and White scored 924 day in a hospital at Lancaster after a prolonged illness. She lived in Lancaster 30 years.

points for an average of 48.6 per game. Mrs. Broscious, the former Char lotte Rudisill, was born in Shamokin, a daughter of the late John and Cynthia Lodge Rudisill. Driver Released Under $500 Bail While in Shamokin, Mrs. Bros (Advertisement) Safer Cough Relief When new drugs or old fail to help your cough or chest cold don't delay.

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"celDurn." exclusive 1 jiwt.i movements with DuraPowerJfN cious was active in First united Brethren Church. She was the last member of her immediate family. New Fiscal Policy Launched in Korea SEOUL, Korea The United States handed a $3,500,000 check yes The only survivor is a son, Fran Michael Bogush, 925 Scott Street, cis, with whom she lived at 531 Kulpmont, has been released under West King Street, Lancaster. S50O bail after waiving a hearing be fore a Bloomsburg magistrate on terday to the South Korean govern charges of involuntary manslaugh ment, initiating a "pay as you go ter. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in Lantz Reformed Church, near Sunbury.

Burial will be in the Church cemetery. Viewing will be in the church the day of the funeral. policy lor the new Korean curren House Group Urges Bogush was charged with invol cy. The policy was suggested by Presi untary manslaughter by Bloomsburg Tuesday morning in St. Edward Church, beginning at 9:00.

Burial (Continued from Pace One) dent Syngman Rhee when the will be in St. Edward Cemetery. Police were called out to handle state police in the highway death of Mrs. Mary J. Molick, Catawissa R.

D. 2. The hearing was to have been Viewing will be in the home begin ning Sunday evening. before Louis Rutter, Bloomsburg crowds at a Columbus, Ohio, market and customers stood in line in a drizzling rain outside a Memphis, market. justice of the peace.

This Week's Emergency Physician Dr. G. M. Simmonds Mrs. Molick died last week in Former Local Man United States persuaded him to change the South Korean currency from the inflated won to the new whan.

Rhee claimed the United States owed him about $87,000,000 and said he was not going to "lend" the United States any more Korean cash. The whan bought by the United QflOOOQOGa Bloomsburg Hospital several hours after her car crashed into a truck operated by Bogush on the Catawis- (Shamokin Medical Society each week assigns one doctor for emer "The fellows who shipped that New Zealand beef are taking a real beating on prices," Hill told a reporter. "We don't expect any more of it to be shipped in." Hill's sub-committee has Jurisdic sa-Bloomsburg highway. Dies in Gowen City ALL SIZES I ed In attractive nimww Kulomont Rriefc States with the $3,500,000 will last John Davis, 81 widely known gency duty on Wednesday and Sunday. Residents should call the physician assigned to emergency duty only if they are unable to reach their family doctors.) tion over livestock matters.

It in John Lack, ioi North Sixth Street, Gowen City deaf mute, died at 4:00 at CITY DRUG STORE Sunbury ti Liberty Sts. Dial 8-5851 M. Mallniak, Prop. vestigated the New Zealand imports yesterday was admitted to Lebanon Veterans Hospital. Lack, a veteran this morning in his home after being stricken ill last Sunday.

Death was attributed to a complication. Born in the Shamokin area on fishes often swim in of World War II, is the husband of Butterfly pairs. the former Miss Julia Hrabsky. about two weeks. The U-N Command In Korea has been spending about $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 worth of Korean money a month, with the United States billing other nations for their share.

The new whan currency Is worth 60 to the dollar. The old won was officialy quoted at 6.000 to the dollar, but it had fallen to 20,000 to $1 on the black market. August 14, 1871, John Davis was after American cattlemen protested. Sub-committee members concluded that the beef is being sold at a loss in order to dispose of it. "I think the problem's going to solve Hill said.

"There's no big amount of New Zealand beef here, and all of It must be sold soon because It won't keep much longer." widely known throughout the eastern end of the county. He lived in Shamokin before moving to the Gowen City area 45 years aeo. Mr. Davis last worked in 1928 as a boiler I I yellow gold with Longlnes "PrcsidPiit smart new k-SC Qrt Jackson" 1 2D I panslon a d. rr perfect accuracy and JL Dependable 1 7 finest styling.

Jewel movement. MMWW ail star values If 'V'a 11,1 TOP AUOWANCI A I TERMS ccura'ie Pulova. iKrN WASHER VALUE BEYOND COMPARISON house attendant at Big Mountain Colliery. He was a member of Gowen City Reformed Church. Surviving are the widow, the form Local Student Nurse to Be Capped Wednesday Miss Doris Olszewski.

Shamokin, will be one of 27 student nurses who will be capped during exercises to be held next Wednesday evening bv the Buddhists Plan Drive in Behalf of John Provoo TOKYO U.F) A campaign to reduce the life sentence imposed on former United States Army Sergeant John David Provoo for treason was announced today by the Buddhist sect to which the American belonged. A New York Federal Court convicted Provoo of treason for aiding the Japanese during World War II. Provoo was captured by the Japanese on Corregldor. Officials of the Nichiren Budd Pottsvllle Hospital School of Nurs- er Miss Callie Weikel. to whom Mr.

Davis was married almost 44 years! ago; one daughter. Mrs. Guy Min-! nich. at home: six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 in Gowen City Reformed Church.

Rev, Thomas F. Rissinger. pastor, will Burial will be in the church ceme-' tcry- Viewing will begin in the home on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 1 lne. The class is composed of girls from various communities throughout the eastern section of the state. A special program will be presented in con nection with the capping exercises.

NEW 1953 SPIRAL DASHER WASHER ONLY AT BEN'S hist sect raid they would eek 1.000-COO signatures to a petition which would state: "The Japanese military was to blame. Please forgive Provoo." Announcement of the movement was made in Kofx 65 miles west of Ttkyo. at the headquarters of the Temple where Provoo studied Buddhism before the war. DIAMOND LITTLQ BRIDAL PAIR tt'rmm. ONLY POD YOUD QAGTDQI .50 $49 WITH 1.

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wife of Joseph Catawissa D. I. died in hr home after illness. Death was due to a complication. Mrs.

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