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Provancher Seeks 275 Jit Work Shappert Awarded Coon Bridge Contract Streets Blocked To Prevent Dust Belvidere Daily Republican, SOCIAL Friday July 16, 1954 3 ITEMS Bel-Mar Women Golfers To Play Rockford Course i Bel-Mar linkswomen will be guests of Mau-Nah-Tee-See clubwomen next Tuesday at the Rockford course. Pairings for 18-hole play include Helen Holroyd, Hfelen Manley, Vera McFarland and Jean Daniebon, 8:15 a.m.; Louise Dale, Cleo Jones, Iline Hanson and Evelyn Schaad, 8:20 a.m.; Alice Difford, Min Wbodard, PhyllU Stringer and Carol Kieckhefer, Annual Conicct Slated iltSycamcro The third annual Contest Rodw sponsored by the Sycamore Lins club, will be held July 23-25 at the circle 7 roping grounds in Sycamore. The three-day event will begin with a parade July 23 at 7 p.m. The rodeo will begin at 8 p.m. July 23-24 and at 2 p.m.

July 25. The main events win be ribbon roping, bareback bronc busting, saddle bronc busting, calf roping and Brahma bull riding. Added attractions will inc'ude clowns, trick riders and square dancing on horseback; The winner in each event will receive a trophy buckle and cash, and the rider amassing' the most points in the entire, rodeo will receive a (a The proceeds will be used maintain the fogging v' program To Vacate Order For Imprisonment John A. Provancher, back In Stateville penitentiary to serve out the remainder of his 25 year term for the slaying of a Chemung tavernkeeper, Thursday filed a motion in Winnebago- circuit court asking Judge William R. Dusher to vacate his June 29 order re turning Provancher to prison." Provancher, who had filed for retrial under the post conviction act, charged Judge Dusher did not hold the hearing ordered by the Illinois Supreme court on Now 20.

1953, and that the judge denied Provancher's application for change of venue and failed to point this out in the order. The motion also charges that Judge Dusher denied Provancher hearing on amended petition for release and that the Judge erred in ruling he had no power ti discharge Provancher. The 38 year old convicted slayer denied he waived his right to a new trial and also denied Judge Dusher's statement that the provision of the post conviction act permittira a judge to uncon ditionally release a prisoner is unconstitutional. Provancher already has served six years of his term after Beth tence in 1948 for the murder of Andrew Sorenson, Chemung tav ern operator. Firemen Answer Call To National Bin Firemen were called at 8:30 p.m.

Thursday to extinguish a small blaze which had ignited boards' in the old coal bin on Na tional Sewing Machine comoanv property along Meadow street No damage was caused, firemen said. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fergu son, route 1, are the parents of seven-pound. 11-ounce boy born Thursday in St.

Joseph's hospital. A seven-pound daughter was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sturges, 716 Sullivan drive, in St. Joseph's hospital.

Mr. and Mrs, James Carlson, Garden Prairie, are the parents of a son, weighing seven pounds, six ounces, born in St. Joseph's hospital Friday. The Shappert Engineering- com-pary of Belvidere has been officially awarded the contrctt for construction of a new bridge over Coon creek about two and one-half miles east of the city, it was an nounced Friday by Edwin A. Ro senstone, state director of public woiks and buildings.

vv The Shappert arm previously had been announced as low bidder on the project: The Shappert bid was $107,489. French Troops Counterattack. In Indochina HANOI. Indochina AP Ten thousand French Union troops, backed by tanks and warplanes, smashed Friday at Vietminh for ces enti enched in twe positions west and northeast o' Hanoi. A French briefing officer said losses were appreciable on both sides.

Hie assaults began Thursday when 5.000 French Union troops in mobile infantry units rolled out of Luc Nam to hit Communist-led rebels dug in on a river bank six miles west of the town. This area is 35 miles northeast of Hanoi. Twenty five miles west of Hanoi mobile infantry rolled southward out of Son Tay behind a spearhead of tanks in a four-pronged attack against Vietminh attempting to pick French posts in area. I The briefing officer said both assaults pushed the 'rebels from their positions although fighting stil1 raged Friday. A smaller mobile grcup, rolling east out of Phu Lang Thuong, plowed into another Vietminh concentration five miles from the main battle area.

As ground fighting raged, Amer ican supplied bombers and fighter bombers roared in low to sow the Vietminh fortifications with bombs and flaming jellied gasoline. Enraged Cabbie Beats Convict Into Submission CHICAGO AP A cab driver, robbed of J7 and ordered, to which the Lions club' conducts ev ery year in Sycamore to control insects. USE A CLASSIFIED t-D WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM JULY 19 TO 24. WILL BE OPEN AGAIN JULY 26. Robert B.

Lear JEWELER Crysial Theaire GENOA, ILLINOIS Fri. Sat. JULY 16-17 Lex Barker Joyce Mac Kenzie In "Tcrzan And Tha She Dovil" Also John Payne Evelyn Keyes In First Blasts Occur (Continued From Page 1) tensity as they spread through the plant, made up of 30 to 40 small buildings' and two larger assembly houses on a 20-acce site. Firemen reported at 1 p.m. that the fires were worming their way to eight small buildings where lead azide is stored.

They said they were unable to head off the flames. LEAD AZIDE is a white powder described as a very dangerous explosive. A few minutes after the first explosion the chief operator at the telephone exchange reported: "People are leaving this town like it had been bombed. People are crying in the streets; It's just terrible." "ONLY THOSE who could get out under their own power Kot away," said William G. Usilton, editor of the Kent County News.

There was no' way for the firemen to get in there." Fire companies, ambulances, doctors and nurses were called from Easton, Elkton, Centreville, Cambridge and Dover, Del. MARYLAND'S civil defense dr- ganization went into action, and the Red Cross dispatched two ex perienced disaster workers from Baltimore. Gov. Theodore McKeldin told the national guard to make all of its facilities available. Mobile soup kitchens were dispatched and the commander of the eastern shore detachment was standing by.

National Guard company was called out to patrol the town. By 12:50 p.m. the explosions had died down to an occasional dod- ping. The town still is tense and wait ing, because there is a report an other magazine containing lead azide or tetrol might be in danger," Usilton said. 'The Chester river bridge and the other roads still are packed.

Rescue workers still haven't been able to get nto the plant. Many were believed to have gotten out of the plant area before the explosions reached their ppak." Cripple, 18, Held For Impersonation on a charge of illegally wearing a Marine unniform, and authorities sought the private whose papers he had concealed in artificial feet. Robertt S. Lewis of Kankakee. Ttir.T was" arfesfe3' "Jury' when he was found asleep in a perked auto mobile with the engine running.

araie trooper tiarrv jvioore. who questioned Lewis at the scene. (said Marine orders Lewis carried scalled for. him to report April 15 i'at Camp LeJeune, N.C. Moore said Lewis produced forged orders to Camp Kilmer, N.J., an army camp.

When the FBI askpd.to see the false papers, Lewis said he had destroyed them, but the papers were found in Lewis' artificial feet. Franklin County Sheriff James Hixon said the car in which Lewis wps arrested had been stolen in Chiago. Lewis' bond was set at $1,000 Thursday and further action was deferred until Monday. LET 'ER BURN DENVER AP Unable to extinguish a smouldering fire in 250 bales of hay at Denver Union stockyards, weary firemen carted the whole business off to the nearby city dump Thursday night and let 'er bum. Although California fanners cultivate only slightly more than 2 per cent of U.S.

cropland, they grow a third of all U.S. fruits and nearly a quarter of all U.S. vegetables. CLOSED FOR VACATION JULY 17 TO AUG, 2 ANDERSON'S GROCERY 1101 Maple Ave. drive on, became angry as he re-tf INDIANAPOLIS AP' An 18-flected at the wheel, police report- year-old cripple was held Friday Portions of Grover street and East avenue, which recently were graded, were to be blockaded to all except residents along the two streets Friday The city street department was to erect blockades to keep heavy tranic from raising clouds of dust on the two through! ares.

Ciy officials said East avenue is being prepared for blacktop- ping. Grover street is to be further graded and oiled. McCarthy Has Tax Information On Politicians NEW YORK t. A Rep. Emanuel Celler says Sen.

Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) is prepared to strike at po'itical opponents with information obtained through access to federal income tax returns. Celler told a meeting cf the Af filiated Young Democrats Thursday night that McOuthy "has made photostatic copies of the re turns of practically every impor tant government official." Celly said McCarthy had gained access to the files of the bureau of internal revenue service through an executive order issued by President Eisenhower in February, 1933 The order was to enable McCarthy as chairman of the senate's government operations to study confidential tax returns in an effort to track down graft in tjie government. Cel lar said that "even honest men may fear Senator McCarthy's use of this power, for with It he can read figures and lie and create all sorts of deceit, presumably based upon income tax returns." Miss Universe Pageant Brings Complications LONG BEACH. Calif.

AP It just wouldn't be natural for the "Miss Universe" beauty pageant to get under way without some-thing unusual. So Friday, with the contest not starting until next week, Miss Venezuela is unaccounted for. Miss Cuba refuses to take smallpox vaccination shots and "there's some evidence of a feud between Miss Philadelphia and Miss, Penn sylvania. Pageant conductor OfeWMeln-hardfwho'Sarfrlffs the identity of Miss Venezuela, says sha didn't shove up on the plane as scheduled. Miss Philadelphia (Elaine Duf-fen) is the only girl In the pageant who brought her own press agent.

He is Jack, Pall, and he had a few words of criticism foi the contest in which Miss Pennsylvania (Helen Vldovkhr was chosen. She ignored the criticism. i Miss Cuba (Isis Finlay) refused to take vaccination shoU: for smallpox so her health 'certificate was not in order, "I was afraid I'd get sick and not be able to Miss Fin-lay said. "She will have to be examined every morning by the Long Beach health, department. The "Miss U.S.A.", cmtast will be held next Wednesday night The winner will then represent this country in the "Miss Universe" finals July 23.

YANGTZE AT WORST HONG KONG AP This summer's Yangtze river floods are the worst in China's history, according to Chinese Communist press and internal radio reports reaching Hong Kong. ML Lassen in California is the only active volcano on the U.S. mainland, says the National Geographic society. on bubbles I evenrsfao walking af vail(ina ol 1 St .8:25 a.m.; Marian Moore, La Doris Fellin and Aline Casala, 8:30 a.m. and Frances Keating, Grace Schnell and Agnes Norton, 8:35 a.m.

Fdursomes for nine hole play are Gene Johnson, Peg Herman, Dorothy Blackledge and Kitty Fri-berg, 9 a.m.; Dorothy AdeJ, Ann SeweUV Dorothy Lawson and Esther Winquist. 9:10 a.m.; Pauline Boetcher, Bertha Pontius. Marion Johnson and Leona Auby, 9:20 a.m.; Bertie King, Helen Lyddon, Jeanne Martin and Ev WiUielmi, 9:30 a.m.; Betty O'Malley, Dorothy Olson, Marge Naretta and Clara Howland, 9:40 a.m.; Harriet Vandercoy, Lee Thor-sen, Ruth Lombard, and Elaine Arnold, 9:50 a.m.; C. B. Johnson and her guests and Ruth Anderson, 10 a.m.; Ruth Wolfe, her guest, Lorraine Nordvall and Vern Edwards, 10:10 a.m.; Doris Auker, Barbara Bellinghanv Lydia Secotte and Joyce Btehop, 10:20 a.m.; Harriet Masters, Jane Carlson and Mary Ralston, 10:30 a.m.; Dorothy Gustafson, Martha Count and Helen Nolan, 10:40 a.m.; and Mary Norris, Fee Beisher and Sally Sammons, 10:50 a.m.

Beginning Swimmers Class Has Openings Several openings have occurred in classes for beginning swimmers at the Belvidere park pool. it was reported Friday, by Terry Ryan, pool manager, who said new enrollees in beginning classes will be accepted at the pool at 10 a.m. Monday. New beginning swimmers will be placed in either the 10 a.m. or 11 a.m.

classes on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Ryan said. More than 250 rh'ldren al ready are taking begir.ners' les sons at the pool this year. None Hurt In Crash At State, Lincoln No one was injured in a collision between an automobile1 operated by Mrs. Nellie Davey, 153 Ogden street, and a truck driven by Wil liam Newport, Poplar Grove, about 1 :55 p.m. Thusday at the intersection of North State street and Lincoln avenue.

Mrs. Davey was eastbound on Logan avenue and Newport was northbound on State street, city police said. Right door nrd chrome on the right side of Mrs. Davey's auto were damaged, while no damage was caused to the truck. 3 Boone Motorists Deprived Of Licenses Notice of revocation of driver's licenses for three Bocre county residents have been received by Police Chief Ted Richaid'sbn from th office of the secretary of state.

Those whose licenses have been revoked are Ralph -Gahlbeck, 615 Wst Hurlbut avenue; Jmn Joseph oencer, route 1, box 27, Belvidere, and Ronald Dawson, route 2, Belvidere. AH three were convicted of driving under the influence in local justice cf the peace court, Gahlbeck on June 1 and Spencer on June 14. Dawson was convicted by a ury in justice court Oct. 16, 1953. Rhode Faces Charge 01 Illegal Passing Leslie Rhode, route 2, Belvidere, was arrested by city police early Friday morning on a charge of passing in a no-passirg zone on Logan avenue.

He is scheduled to appear at 9 p.m. Friday in justice of the peace court. 5 'vr 1 1 i MRS. GUSTAFSON HOSTESS TO MISSIONARY GROUP Mrs. Gunnard Gustafson was Lhostess at the meeting of the Women's Missionary society of the Zion Lutheran church Thursday evening in the church.

evening members worked on bandages to be sent to foreign mission fields. There will be no regular meeting of the society during August. Members are invited to attend Camp Augustana Aug. 4-5. HOME ADVISER TO GIVE LJCSSON ON FABRICS Alene Borneman, Boone county home adviser, will give the lesson "Present Day Fabrics" on July 19, 27, and 28 to the three home bureau districts, in place of a lesson to each of the 13 home bureau units.

On July 19 Miss Borneman will meet with the Belvidere Evening Farmerettes, Homerettes and Poppers Home Bureau units at 8 p. m. in the Poplar Grove Feder ated church. The district lesson for Flora, Spring, Belvidere Rural and Bonus units will beppresented at 2 p. m.

July 27 in the Public Service building, Belvidere. Capron, Caledonia, Manchester, Le Roy and Poplar Grove units will meet at 2 p.m. July 28 In the Capron Methodist church for Miss Borneman lesson. I OO REBEKAHS SCHEDULE PICNIC The Tri-County Association of IOOF and Rebekah lodge members will have a family picnic Sunday at Peterson's grove two miles south of Capron on the County Line road. Picnic dinner wll be served al p.m.

and each family is to bring table service and a dish to pass. Raymond F. List, 513 Pearl street, will leave Monday by train for Cheyenne, on a business trip. He will arrive home Wednesday, and shortly there after he and Mrs. List will leave on an extended trip to Jasper and Glacier National parks and Bamff and Lake Louise.

Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Root, 1009 Van Buren street, returned Sunday from a three-week fishing trip spent at Tall Pines camp.

Was-bascang, Ontario, Canada. They reported the area had 21 inches of snow as late as May 15. Pvt. Richard G. Whitehead, son of Mr.

and Mm. George Whitehead, is now stationed at Fort Lee. Va where he arrived last week after a furlough at his home Li Belvidere. His address is Pvt. Richard G.

Whitehead U.S. 55482889; 1st Bn. QMSR, Fort Lee, Va. Pvt. Whitehead is in the quartermasters corps.

Pvt. Daniel Sullivan arrived home last week from Fort Leon ard Wood, to visit his wife, Nancy, and the Daniel H. Sulli van family. On Wednesday, Private and Mrs. Sullivan were called to LaCrosse, by the critical illness of Mrs.

Sullivan's grand father, James Durland, who suffered a stroke. The Phoenicians established a colony at Carthage before 800 B.C. Chicago Markets LIVESTOCK Salable hogs most sales choice; 180-230 lb. butchers 23.00-24.25; top 24.50; choice 240-270 lb. 21.00-23.00; a few lots 150-180 lb.

lights 23.00-i3.50; larger lot choice 330-400 lb. sows 16.25-18.75 with lighter weight sows 19.0CyL9.50; 425-600 lb. 13.75-16.25. Salable cattle calves 200; part load commercial to low good 1,100 lb. steers 18.50; a few util ity to low commercial steers 13.50- 16.00; a part load choice 1,050 lb.

heifers 22.75; few commercial and good cows I2.OO-45.OO most util ity 9.30-11.50; bulk canners and cutters 7.50-9.50; utility and commercial bulls 12.50-16.50; good and choice vealers 17.00-21.00; culi to commercial 10.00-17.00. PRODUCE Eggs firm; receipts 9.348; whole sale buying prices uncharged: U.S. large 44; U.S. mediums 39; U.S. standards 34; current receipts dirties 25.5; checks 24.

rVi PAY Ve Trim-Surge end clean Rugs. Complete Line of Custom Slip Covers. Upholster Repair Furniture. Isbell's Upholstery 214 W. MENOMINEE Dial 2985 GRANGE PICNIC SLATED AT OREGON The third annual Northern Illinois Grange Booster picnic will be held at 11 a.m.

Sunday 'at the Ogle county fairgrounds, Oregon. A crowd of 3,000 persons is expected for the day, according to J. Carlson, a member of the executive committee. The Turtle Creek grange from Beloit, will open the program with a presentation by the grange drill team. At 2 p.m.

Beatty H. Dimit, master of the Pennsylvania state grange, will be the speaker of the day and will be introduced by Dorsey Kirk, master of the Illinois state grange. One of the features on the program will be an accordion band from the Arthur Studios, Rock-ford. Other acts include Bud Jones, a blind trick rider, who will present acts of trick and fancy riding, a trained high school horse and several dog acts. Bozo, the clown, will also be there, and miniature tractor races for the children will be featured throughout the day.

S. Herman Wright is secretary of the organization, and Carlson is the local member of the executive committee. TENNESSEE PICNIC DRAWS MORE THAN 400 The 13th annual Tennessee picnic Sunday at Lowden Memorial state park was attended by more than 400 person's, most of them natives of Tennessee. The group elected Gene Martin, Oregon, president; Carl Williams, Mt. Morris vice and Ruby Miller, secretary treasur-er.

Instrumental and vocal music featured in the afternoon's program was furnished by Orville Harter, Gordon Robinson and Ro-gene Schler, Oregon; Melvin Sauer and Mary James, Mt. Morris; Frieda O'Rourke and Adrian Smith, Dixon; Miles Plemons, Rockford, and Bill Bradley, Buck Smith and Boyd Houston and daughter, Janet, Poplar Grove. ACHIEVEMENT DAY SET AT POPLAR GROVE One hundred seventy-five Boone county girls from twelve home economics 4-H clubs will observe their annual county Achievement Day Friday, July 23, at the Pop- lar Grove Federated church. From this group eight winners will be chosen to represent Boone county at the state fair. Exhibits of the girls' projects to be judged in the 'morning, start ing at 9 a.m., include various food arrange ments and table covers.

Food demonstrations will begin at 9:30 a.m. with each club hav ing food projects presenting at least one demonstration. All girls enrolled in clothing projects will model their garments in the dress evue in the afternoon. ANN HENDRICKSON HONORED AT TEA Ann Ginette Hendrickson was guest of honor at a tea given Thursday in the home of Mrs. Robert Wright, 627 Caswell street.

Miss Hendrickson will become the bride of Gary Turner, -Mrs. Wright's brother, July 31. Mrs. Allan Turner, mother of the prospective groom, presided at the coffee service. In the center of the table was a large bridal doll, surrounded by begonias and roses.

Guests at the tea were relatives of the engaged couple and members of the bridal party. Miss Hendrickson is the niece of the Walter Counts, 444 Franklin street. CLOSED Will be open August 9 MODERN CLEANERS Gordon C. Spooner Clarence Cooper DOES YOUR CAR COUGH AND JUMP? LET US PUT YOUR CAR IN TIP-TOP SHAPE WITH AN EXPERT MOTOR TUNE-UP FIRST STREET GARAGE Pontiae Sales Service 124 lit St. DIAL S866 Shady Lane Theatre Tinkering- Around with "DOUBLE DOOR" TUESDAY thru SUNDAY COUNTRY STYLE DINNERS CORN LIKKEtt SHADY LANE FARM U.S.

Highway 20 Marengo, Illinois Pretiy InOnaOf Our ed Friday, and went back and clubbed an ex-convict into submission. Police credited the John Goodloe, 25, with the capture of a Negro couple who had served prison" sentences "for'rmecl 'fob berv of other cab drivers. They held Roy Howard, 29, 2724 South State, and his wife, Ira Lee Howard, 24, without charge! Goodloe told police' the Howards hired his cab at 30th 'street ard Michigan avenue' Thursday night and rode to 5307 South Wabash, where Mrs. Howard got out, ostensibly to get money to pay fares. While she was gone, Police quoted Goodloe, Howard threaten ed him with a knife, took $7 and ordered him to leave.

After thinking it over for a few blocks, Goodloe told police, he decided to go back. Goodloe said he used hie coin changer and a length of 2x4 wood to subdue Howard. Police said Mrs. Howard denied any part in the robbery, but a lie detector test failed to substantiate her story. Police said the Howards each were sentenced to three years for armed robbery of a cab driver in 1950, and Howard was released last September and Mrs.

Howard la'st March. REDS NEED FOOD NEW YORK AP The Free Europe committee said Friday that. food shortages in Russia and the satellite countries "have brought the, Kremlin face to face with th greatest crisis since the conquest of its European empire." BOLT TO WEST WASHINGTON AP The U.S. information agency says 000 members of East Germany's people'a police the equivalent of a complete motorized infantry division have bolted to the West Since 1951. S- '52 Plymouth Coupo '51 Chevrolet 2-dcor '51 '53 Studcbakcr 4-dccr '49 Mercury 4-door '48 Dodge 4-door 1 i JUS Ik .11 71 I I CrM Mta.

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