Dixon Evening Telegraph from Dixon, Illinois • Page 1

homes. our G. W. for instance, writes occasionally here of his son, Mark, a youngster or mucn spirit and ingenuity. From Mrs.

Arthur Shoemaker, Forreston, a former Dixonite and Evening Telegraph employe, comes a comparison of notes. She, too, has a son named Marx. "Just by the sheerest coincidence," she writes, "our home Is also blessed with a son named Mark, and we read each of your columns about your son Mark, for you certainly can.be speaking of our black-haired little darling. not only engages in all of the little forms of amusement that you mentioned in your column Dec. 14, but has a few more up' his sleeve you no doubt just failed to mention, such as perching on top of his daddy's desk contentedly jamming the adding machine, or standing on the back of the davenport pulling pictures off the wall.

He would much rather ride our vacuum cleaner than the nice jingle horse Santa brought mm. "But rur son, Mark, has a form of entertainment that your son either doesn't have or you failed to mention. And this Is more fun than anything. His old sister, Kathy! What more fun than tujCKinK and pulling on long, blond hair, or throwing her best doll in the sink with the dirty dishes? "And when she takes her after noon nap (which mommy hasn't vet synchronized with nis), more sport than crawling in with her, perch on her tummy, sticking fingers into her eyes and mouth until mom comes to tne res cue. Yes, teasing and tormenting an older sister is the best fun yet Mark.

"Let tin hear more of your nor we keep up with our progress just reading your col File $31,000 Damage Suit In Ogle Court OREGON (Special) A damage suit was filed in Ogle county circuit court Saturday against Richard Ehmen, Monroe Center. The action was filed by Mrs. Edith Cain and Mrs. Elvira Snyder, both of Monroe Center, in behalf of their minor sons, Richard Cain and James Snyder. The suit alleges the Cain and Snyder youths suffered disabling and permanent injuries when an auto driven by Richard Cain collided with one driven by Ehmen near Stillman Valley Sept.

27, 1953. The suit asks $20,000 damages for Cain, $10,000 for Snyder ana $1,000 for damages to the Cain auto. Rockford Man Injured in Ogle Smashup nnr.GnN A Rock- ford man. Russell Taylor, suffered slight facial injuries Sunday night when a car driven by nis wiie, Helen, collided with an auto driven by Beverly Burright. Oregon, on Rt.

2 at the south edge of Oregon. Mrs. Tavlor said she was blinded by lights of an oncoming vehicle and drove into the path of Burright's auto. Mrs. Taylor plead-ed guilty to a charge of driving on the wrong side of the highway, and was fined $10 and costs.

Damage to the, Burrijrht aulo o.tlmated at $350, and to Taylor car at 1275. Ne Dixon Evening Telegraph String the Heart of the River Valley for More Than a "Century DIXON. ILLINOIS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1953 PRICE SIX CENTS Number 304 103rd YEAR Forest Fires Rage on W. Coast vmrrcs FROM A CITY EDITOR'S When one writes about ho is snrft to strike a kindred spark in hundreds of Five Generations Celebrate REPRESENTATIVES OF FIVE GENERATIONS In one family celebrated Christmas together in Dixon. Shown seated are Fred Whipperman and his great-grandson, Robert A.

Long, who holds his son and Whipperman's great-great-grandson, Robert Jr. Standing are a grandson. Harry F. Long, and a daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Edna) Long.

Whipperman was 96 years old Nov. 18. Robert Jr. will be one year old Jan. 12.

All live in Dixon. Goodf ellow Aid To 103 Families Monetary Contributions Pass Mark of Year Ago Goodfellows are still investigating Mst minute requests for Christ mas aid in the hone of insuring that no needy area families are over looked. According to Goodfellow officials, appeals for help came as late as Christmas eve and Christmas day. However, before action on late requests can be taken, representa tives must cnecK to see uiai uic needs are valid. This has been done in every case where appeals have been received by the Goodfellows.

It is to make sure there is no overlapping of aid on the part of Goodfellows and private organizations. The delivery of baskets of food, clothing, and toys went off on schedule Christmas eve to some 103 Lee Countv families. Monetary contributions totaled $1,880.25 at the Close oi ine unvc for funds. However, officials em phasize the work of Goodfellows is a ycar-around job, that contributions to this task are welcome at Goodfellows are still attempting to compile a list of persons and organizations who have aided the cause, contributing enon, ume, The French reported con. centrating south of Vietmlnh-heid Thakhek.

on the Thailand border. French reconnaissance units moving north from their base of Scno reported they had been unable to make contact with the rebel iorces who lunged across Laos last week, cutting Indochina in two for the first time in the seven-year-old war. Ijom Men The French announced they had lost two companies of their and North African troops in the Vietmlnh attack. The Viclminh radio, meanwhile, claimed that the "greater part" of the Loatian troops under French command had deserted and joined the Red forces. The radio claimed also that the 100-mile invasion had been carried out by the national liberation troops, French sources in Saigon said the invaders were Vietmlnh regulars from coastal North Annam, pos and items other than money.

A final report will be ready in the near future. The following names are those of the latest contributors of monetary aid: A Friend Rock River Grange Tast Noble Grand Club, Dixon Rthekah Mick's Radio ft Appliance Home Room 113, D.H.S. Sum Total $1880.25 FOUND SLAIN CRYSTAL LAKE, 111. The bodv of a man about 60. stripped to his underwear, was found today nn iee-covered Crystal lake.

Sheriff Harry Nulle of McHenry county said the man was killed by a blow on the head snn roooea. French Planes Bomb Laos Invaders, Prepare Defense e.T^nv TnrtArhina m-French fiehters and bombers plastered the Communist-led invaders of Laos today and i-rencn grounu ue.ei.uci* of the little Indochincse kingdom hastily strengthened Key oases. sibly supported by some Laotian regional elements. The Vietminh radio, reiernng to the Laos campaign for the first time, said a "vast stretcn- oi me little kingdom had been "liber ated." Guerrilla Troops Informants In Saigon -said the force called "national liberation troops" by the Communists are be lieved to include the patnet lao movement. This is a guens Ua band of Laotians which is tied to the Vietminh and commanded by Sou- vannah Vong.

brother and rival, of Souvannah Phouma, the prime minister of the French-supported Laos government at Vientiane. The Patnet troops are to number no more than 1,000 men and to be poorly equipped. Thai Prime Minister P. Plbul- songgram ordered a state of emergency in nine northern Thai prov inces along the Laotian border and sent top police, army and air force officers to the ironuer area. Two Dixon Residents Critical After Crash F.X.

Forman, Wife Injured In Wisconsin One Dead, Four Others Are Hurt Near Appleton Two Dixon residents were critically injured Sunday in a two-car crash near Appleton, in which one person was killed and four others sent to the hospital. Critically hurt are Frank For-man. 71. of 611 Hennepin who suffered a possible skull fracture and shock, and his wife, Gertrude. who suffered fractured wrists, a broken right knee and scalp lacerations.

A third party in the l-orman car, Ronald Wold. 17. Rockford, nephew of the Formans, suffered abrasions and shock. His condition ported good. Also iniured were Theodore Dohr.

49. Two Rivers, driver of the other car. who suffered cnesi injuries, cuts and shock, ano nis urih 17. mifferinc chest injuries. Ann Kelllher, 67.

rwo Rivers, a passenger In tne uoni died at the scene of the mis hap, having suffered internal injuries. Mrs. John Kriwanek, 68, Two Rivers, another passenger, had abrasions and The injured are in the St. Elizabeth's hospital, Appleton. According to Victor Juno.

Calumet county police officer, the mishap occurred at 10 a.m. Sunday, nine miles east of Appleton. at the intersection of Rts. 10 and 55. Juno reDorted that evidence at the scene of the impact indicated the Forman car apparently crashed into the right side of the Dohr vehicle.

The deceased woma seated in the right tear. Disregards Stop Sign The Dolice officer said the force of (he collision indicated the car driven by Forman failed to stop at a stop sigh governing traffic enter ing Rt. 55 on which Dohr had been traveling south. Forman waa neaa- ig west on Rt. 10.

Forman, proprietor of Ladies Tailoring, 223 First Dixon, his wife and nephew, were visiting Forman, Kaukauna, son of the Formans, over the Christmas holidays. They had just left for home wnen the mishap occurred. West Allis Store Hit By Blaze WEST ALLIS, Wis. A fire raged in a downtown department store in this industrial suburb of Milwaukee today. Heavy smoke still poured out of the Boston Store two hours after the blaze was discovered, but Assistant Fire Chief Florian Luckow said the fire was under control.

All West Allis' fire equipment-three engines and two was called to the scene. The two-story department store, a branch of the parent firm in downtown Milwaukee, had not opened for business when flames weVe seen by passersby at 5:56 a.m. Luckow said the fire was out of control when his men arrived, but that it had been subdued. West Allis, site of the sprawling-Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. plant, is on Milwaukee's western fringe.

GSA Plans to Lease Green River Property The General Services administration, custodians of the Green River ordnance plant. Is planning to rent approximately 575 acres of land for farming purposes shortly after the first of the year. Definite dates for the leasing notices will bt announced. "THAT ERMINE Actress Terry Moore; wearing that "ermine swim' is surrounded by-GI's of the 45th Division In Korea whVsTem to be more interested han KVoore' The "suit 'has been packed continue her Korein tour, entertaining soldiers- in other (AP wirephoto via radio from Tokyo) Templeton Quits; Cramer Named State Police Chief Denies Suspension Was Responsible SPRINGFIELD, 111. State Police Chief Phil M.

Brown said today Sgt. Raymond Cramer will be temporarily in charge of the Sterling district, replacing IX Delmar Tern-pleton who has resigned from the force effective Thursday. Templeton sain a j.vany slon he received Oct. 20 of the reasons for his resignation. Brown, however, said this had "nothing to do with 11." "We had an understanding," Brown said but declined to give any details.

Templeton was suspended by his Immediate superior. Capt. Henry Engstrom. for disregarding an order that patrolmen not wear uniforms at the funeral of a former officer. Engstrom said Templeton FIRST OF A SERIES: permitted six uniformed policemen to attend the funeral of James S.

Giblin of Dixon, who was not a patrolman at the time of his death. Templeton's suspension later waa upheld by Brown. Templeton returned to duty Nov. a. Templeton said he plans to go to California for a few montns alt er his resignation becomes' effec- tlve and later may enter private business in noithern Illinois.

Soviet Reds A Bloodless Drift to Private Ownership The post-Stalin era has brought the Soviet Communist party face to face with a bloodless revolution It would like to ignore. Neon siens in Moscow and other Soviet capitals are more than mere advertisements, iney are of the future: Insure your personal oeiong- tags." "invest in iw "Save your money In a savings bank." Travel I traveled more than 6,000 miles inside the-Soviet Union and saw slire of the vast, powerful, puuling country, a shuffling and Rep. Willett Dixon, Will Be Candidate fWlM K. Willett. head of a Dixon firm of civil engineers and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the past four terms, announced today that he will begin circulation or petitions placing his name on the Re-nublican primary ballot in the April elections as a candidate to succeca Representative Willett is regard ed as one of the more valuable members of the Illinois legislature.

His professional training and his intelllcence and Integrity have con tributed to building a splendid reputation for him not only in his home district, which Is the 35th senatorial district comprising the counties ot DeKalb. Lee and Whiteside, but also in Springfield, where Willett'e in tne legislature give ilm high prise and great credit for the solid worth he contributes to the deliberations of the nouse oi representatives. Ropi-osontauvc vviiicu is hairman of the Road and Bridge Committee of the House, a Important nost. and Is also a of the committees on Munici palities, Fish and Game and Rall- and Utilities. Recause of his value to this district and to the state legislature It is not anticipated that Willett will have any serious opposiion in the primary election.

Galcsbui'2 Woman Killed in Crash GALVA. 111. (SI Mis. Lucille Anna flush. 49.

GaleshuiK, was killed Sunday night in nn nntomo- bile collision at the junction oi U. S. 34 and State Route 78. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, James Howard Rush. 51.

which was struck by that of Richard Lee Halstead. 22, of Woodhull, when Halstead's car skidded on a patch of ice. Both men were injured. Now Facing Revolution In Russia Cited by Writer Editor's note: William L. Ryan.

AP foreign news analyst, la hark from a three-month trip to the Soviet Union. He and he traveled alone through eight of the republics that make up the II.S.S.R. This la the first in a series of uncensored articles In which Ryan describes and analyzes post-Stalin Russja as he saw It. iloppy giant among nations which realizes its own strength and is frightened at its own weaknesses. There was evidence of something which may prove one of the most significant developments since the Bolshevik revolution, and also one of the brightest hopes for a lasting world neace.

is uus: xne soviet union seems to be undergoing a middle class revolution, no less powerful because It is non-violent and ual. In. spite fit Communist In fact. In spite of the U.S.S.R. is building a powerful middle class with an Instinct for ownership.

Some day It may engulf and overwhelm the Communist party. I did not find revolutionary rest lessness, but I did find evidence of annoyance and irritation with the bureaucracy. Tnere was nouno-less confidence being expressed, hizh and low. that now was the time for change, that better things Some neople frankly admitted that Premier Georgi Malenkov's promise of a better life in "two or three years" was highly optimistic. There are at least 10 years of road building, home building, machine production transport develop ment ahead, before tne soviet consumer, front can be compared with that of any decp-f reer.e bureaucracy built up under Stalin dictatorsnip.

If he is to succeed. Malcnkov must wield a powerful knife against the red tape in his way. On every hand are evidences that the private property instinct, far from being exterminated, Is flourishing among a big section of the population. It Is particularly present among that section which can be considered a middle class. Out of a population of more than (Continued on 8) Mt.

Wilson Observatory Threatened Hundreds Evacuate Homes in Forested San Gabriel Region LOS ANGELES UP) Wind-whipped flames, roaring out of control, crackled less than a mile from famed Mt. Wilson observatory today after presumably destroying 16b caoins ana lorcing mure than from their homes. The large-scale evacuations wera from residences In half a dozen communities along the foothills of the forested San Gabriel Mountains some 12 miles east of here. Menaced along with the invalu able observatory is the four mil lion dollar television transmitter area which adjoins It. All but ona of the Los Angeles area television transmitters are located atop Mt.

Wilson. Second Fire About 20 miles to the east an other forest fire burned out of con trol. It also is In the San Gabriel Mountains and has forced the evac- tiation of 300 persons. The late season fires have nurnea nore than 10,000 acres of timber md brush. Among those evacuated from tha Ml.

Wilson blaze were 40 bed pa- -tlcnts from Pottenger Sanatorium and Clinic In Monrovia. Children the north end of Sierra Madra also were removed from their homes as ths flames crossed tha city limits over brush covered U. S. forestry officials said 138 cabins in big Santa Anita Canyon are presumed lost. Intense neat from the flames prevented an In- tpeqtlon party from entering ins canyon.

started Mimia.v The Mt. Wilson area fire started Sunday from undetermined origin. Ashes fell as far away as downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood. The fire fingers moved quickly up Mt. Wilson and nearby peaks.

Klre and.hiRh winds destroyed the telephone and power lines in the Mt. Baldy and San Antonio Canyon arras. Roads weie blocked and sighlsecrs were told to stay out. Between 600 and 1,000 men with more than 60 pieces of equipment manned the fire lines in the tricky lerrain. Forestry officials and police oidcred residence of Monrovia Canvon.

Hidden Canyon and the Gold Hill section of Monrovia'! outskirts. Santa Anita Canyon and some houses In Arcadia to evac- This is one of the latest season fotest fires on record, coming aa them California's severe drought continues. Usually rainfall November and eariy dispels the fire danger tn tness timbered areas. Admit $61,000 Bulfer Will To Probate The will of the late Jacob G. Bul fer, Amboy, who died Nov.

8, 1933, at Amboy, leaving a $61,000 estate. was admitted to probate tooay in Lee county court by Judge Grover Gchant. According to the will, the estate, mounting to $1,000 in personal property and $60,000 in real estate, will ko to his wife, Kathryn Bulfer, Amboy. William A. Keho.

Amboy, was named executor of the estate. Letters of administration were issued to Dan Maurer of near Amboy. son of the late Elizabeth Maurer, Bradford township, who died Sept. 28, 1953, in Bradford township. She left an estate valued at $2,000 in personal property.

Named as legal heir, in addition to her son, was her husband, Christian Maurer. -Weathei- Partly cloudy tonight becoming mostly cloudy Tuesday. Turning colder Tuesday afternoon. Low tonight 22. High Tuesday 40.

Low Tuesday night Sunrise 7:19 f.m. Sunset 4:37 NlwspaplpJIFICI.