The Belleville News-Democrat from Belleville, Illinois • 1

lelletiiUe Fair today and Sunday Warmer Sunday High today in upper 50'b low tomorrow 35 and high in low 60's October 19 sunrise 8:13 a October 19 sunset 5:16 ni TEMPERATURE IN BELLEVILLE 7:00 A 87 A 40 9:00 A 48 10:00 A BS River stage (St Louis) 12 It 5c a Copy News and Democrat Combined 1883 Volume No 247 SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 1952 Published in Belleville Illinois A Established 1855 vrd Will Stevenson in It County Assessments Not Back Tideland Stand lane 232 Millions Stevenson Virginia Democrat Paves Way for State to Go to Ike Barkley Fires Back PILOT OF PLANE THAT UVALDK Tex (UP) -Gov Adlai Stevenson conscious of the value of associating himself with the prominent Texas Democrats still loyal to his cause had breakfast today with one of the state's elder statesmen John Nance Garner Stevenson's first speech of the day will be made from the front porch of the former vice president's retreat here Tax Rate for All County Purposes Remains at 23 Cents Other Rates Due Soon 2 EXPLODED IDENTIFIED County Clerk Elmer Touehette Belittling "this talk about infideli today announced the lflSl tax as- Sen WASHINGTON 'UP i ty in the Democratic Heart of Victim Was Second Lieut Carlos Del Mercado of Belleville I sossments in St Clair County total $578461482 an increase of $23- 518222 over the $554943260 assessments spread in 1950 Taxes on the 1951 assessments are navable this Marry rsyra at mo cosi or ajXexas" Stevenson was making tongue-lashing by Vice President point of associating with such men Alben Barkley left Virginia's a8 (ormer vice president "Cactus 12 electoral votes open to capture jack" Garner and House Speaker by the Republicans today Sam Rayburn The Virginia Democrat broke his a i iKiix inguv 111 waiini im till 1 The Air Force today identified the body of the pilot of an F'51 1 year and Touehette hopes to get propeller-driven Mustang fighter-interceptor that crashed in the far "tne DOoks into the hands of the West Side yesterday as Second Lieut Carlos Del Mercado Jr 23 of toiiectors late in November or 2215 West Main Street Lieut Del Mercado a bridegroom of three early in December weeks whose wife is the former Joan Kilty had resided in Belleville The State Department of Reve long political silence Friday night to tell his constituents that he "will ocratic presidential nominee told a large State Fair crowd that not and Adiai few erstwhile Democrats" have cannot" endorse Gov Stevenson because the made "ridiculous claims" about Democratic presidential nominee the federal government's claim to nue multiplier was cut trom 34483 to 13889 because in 1951 the Board of Assessors went on what lit called the 100 percent system ownership of the oil-rich tidelands promises only more "Trumanism" Barkley hoard Byrd's announcement over a statewide radio net- vice-president of the Royal and former mayor of Kansas City tries the queen's crown for size in a rehearsal of the ball and parade that marks the opening ceremonies (United Press Telephoto) Miss II'DITII ANDKKSON 19-year-old Liberty Mo girl will reign as queen of the American Royal Livestock Exposition and Horse Show which opens today at Kansas City John Cage Earlier in Fort Worth he blasted nvvip-ht Plispnhnu'f)' fnr hie pn for two weeks He came to Scott Air Force Base September 30 after! completing a jet pilot course at ITyndall Air Force Base Fla Hej was assigned to the 113th Fighter' Interceptor Squadron which is based at Scott The crash occurred at 11:40 a Lieut Del Mercado was on1 a routine flight at the time Sec-j onds before his plane exploded and disintegrated he flew overi his home CoUllty Officers Eisenhower Offering False Muct Hrau I In Hope fo Mothers: Truman work Then flushed with anger i dorsements of conservative Repub- hc tore into the senator in a speech c(a lican senators Stevenson said he delivered in nearbv Ar hngton a 7 could not "pav the pric the Rc- Washington suburb in Bvrd state 'publican presidential candidate The 76-vear-old vice president did "paid for party harmony not refer to Byrd bv name but 3 left no doubt as to the object of Scveral t0P Democratic leaders jjj jre have abandoned Stevenson because "A man who retains the Demo- of his stand aSainsl complete state craU- label (Byrd had described ownership of the tidelands and arc himself as a "Virginia Democrat" I lo Tcxas' baS o( and votes Republican" Barkley 24 electoral votes to Eisenhower said "is like a woman who re-'Thcy include Gov- Allan Shivers tanc hrr mo i and senatorial nominee (in Texas EN ROUTE WITH TRUMAN IP President Truman said today Tne lieutenant entered service Gen Dwight Eisenhower's demand that American troops be pulled January 8 1951 as an air cadet out of Korea "held out a false hope to the mothers of America in an Previously he had studied at the effort to pick up a few votes" "That was a contemptible thing to! University of Minnesota Paris' dn "Mr Truman said in a snepeh prepared for dpliverv at Providence famed Sarbonne University and Budget Requests stows her favors on the man across tle same as Senator-elect) Price County elective officials al- nnnipl i i i I "It was irresponsible" he! The state however ruled county assessments were not 100 percent and gave the county a factor Touehette also announced today ithe tax rate for county purposes would be 23 cents per $100 assessed valuation for 1951 taxes This is (the same rate as charged in 1951 I He announced that next week he w-ould begin releasing rates for the more than 200 taxing districts in the county A breakdown of the assessments follow: 1951 Lands $128130550 Lots 228168265 Personal 124570895 Capital Stock Personal 17863900 'Utilities 23112360 Capital Stock Utilities 18000 Railroads 56461482 Total $578461482 1950 Lands $125589545 ILotS 218002270 Personal 117098850 Capital Stock Personal 16234300 Utilities 21434370 Capital Stock Utilities 19100 Railroads 55664925 me street i woura tiespise niyscn reauy piagueu vwui int- yi hhrhi said "because the Republican tonight and on Nov 4 if I wasj Stevenson predicted he would of finding funds to meet demands presi(jential candidate knows that unable to support the Democratic carry Texas despite the bolt of of the Court House Union today we cannot pull our troops out of A party In Ita great hour of need" angry state leaders who have found themselves deluged under Korea now the University of Madrid Spain I Besides his widow he leaves' his parents Mr and Mrs Carlos! Del Mercado Sr of Stillwater Minn and a brother Manuel also a member of the Air Force The body will be forwarded probably today from the Pete Gaerd-ner Funeral Home to Stillwater He added that it was more than assailed his iosition in favor of fed- a mass of paper work as the re- 'We can't do it" the President Ike Assails Truman Over Poll Tax Vote he could understand "how any eral ownership of the tidelands suit of recent resolutions approv-man who claims to follow the prin- Stevenson told the Texas State ed by the Board of Supervisors said "unless we are willing to say in Stnlin- 'Wo miit vnn win' ciples of Thomas Jefferson can Fair crowd that Republicans and' County' Auditor John Bod- The President winding up a vote the Republican ticket" urgent Democrats "have told nb announced that he had QljTUmhW toS of vrl rlirl nnt nn tn1l vim falcplv that cnhnnl ptiilrlrpn UlieeildJ give CHI Iltll IUUI Ul CARLOS DEI MERCADO Ten Injured in Two Traffic Crashes in Area igaret Lighter Found The plane apparently exploded at an altitude of about 1500 feet 'XZ ZTT IT "1 TLZ'' senl DUUget I0ms Ior New England said he has taken being robbed of vote for GOP nominee Dwight of lexas are the use of all county officers in steps l0 see lo it that Eisenhower Eisenhower but he said flatly he $2500 apiece" NEW YORK i UP i Dwight over the 7900 block of West Wash- requesting ineir annual approp- reg-ularlv receives top secret Cen could not endorse nor recommend "Thev have even made ridiculous riaHntw TVip MMnlnHnn nrnvidps" i Rispi-ihnwpr haltprl his hiph-snpprl inrrtnn (Jivooi in Tnanitu Plnrp I 1 i uai intelligence Agency I epul is support for the Democratic slate chains that Washington is trying to i ti omitinn nt i concerning the war in Korea speaking campaign today to re- The propeller imbedded itself in A line-by-line itemizatio rr wit in Viic 1-? rvi Vl i a fnvino irt a i tVrt Vl rY ft rf A tl(i (Turn to Page 2 Column 8) kidnap the oysters of Chesapeake personnel and pay rates "I wanted nun to have all the tftimn -nrH olii-t trn Hnflli tbft Tiftniri Mrs VI Ml mm Kni ckmy i HJ1 I Bay and grab the buildings along Total $554943260 nAai facts on the Korean situation so v' ZZJZmMiZt i 4 crats West Washington Street I mMa hrtA hrPp the shores of the Great 2 -Temporary employe Hirtl lit' BVU1U uc ku uvu i'V uiciu it vJ mwiw tvv Reds Lose Their President Truman said ine iiur presidential canoiaaie mmgmm i ouu mtmwi ovm seriouslv in three automobile utinppp lo- wound up this week's campaigning Street just north of Main Street a(Tidents' iast night in St Clair the two years follows: Stevenson said he differed on tions and estimated pay rates "some matters" with Shivers "not-1 3itemjzation of other recur ably the question of loyalty to the ring expellse needs Democratic partv" But said the Illinois governor' "we both respect 4-Capital outlay needs Mr Truman said he was "bit-' terly disappointed" when Eisen- Friday night with a speech at X08 pilots body was louna in me Madison Counties TE Newark NJ where he censured yard at the home of Mr and Mrs General 1951 0840 Two women were hurt at 6:43 nower said we ougnt to pun our Prrsi(lpnt Tl)11Hn for otin john Grogan 7928 West Main Detention Home 0140 soldiers out of the fighting in KoVea the nnncin nf states Merits Vna nrrirnro nciimslo rr ma 0840 0141 0420 0046 0258 0003 against lifting of the 1 1 I i I i OL poll tax in Street The tail assembly and pm when an auto in which tnej Hinay 0420 of the Mc- fus(lage struck a tree at the were riding and another car 0040 Last Hold on Triangle Hill flllM IT (Tin A 1 "The people of Texas accepted earnings and supplies hrdM callecl for evisl0n northeast of 80th and A of Eckert's the Supreme Court's ruling against Bodenburg said he had drafted Carran immigration law and for w- "imuw Highwav Bldg 0260 steel industry seizure" he said forms patterned after the ones alonc' the second straight night praised One wing was found in Market on the Freeburg Road Smvcying Nothing and for corner collided in front vi -7)th Cirooti t- 1 1 I "hut when the same court handed which won a citation from the 1Ml sounueo ukc a piomise Gen George Marshall his World uai 1 lnrep mues souul I Civil Defense 0012 Nothing qtrppt Mrs Donna Colombo 32 oi TB Hospital 0363 0402 ill 1 nnne piftfi taSSriSrcWeeCom tewii iU IMttands ralnt we heard Municipal Finance Officer's Asso- llke something he would do right War II commander munists from their last toehold on a different kind of shout elation JaTjust an emvtoc amp aUn Hc latcr madc a bief towering Triangle Mountain in a "We can't have it both ways "These forms" he said in let- an(Bi in Jersey City NJ and th speech to get votes ersov Citv In I and rciM Htreei iouis rcnsious rn ui luc uiauc iiiviuuiiik 23 23 Total hen re- sunerea nruises un mc i iBm turned to his Morninesidc Heichts ml(lnn it rnpiiK0r hand and knee and Miss Rina bloody Central Front battle todav We can't be for the supreme court ters to all officers "must be pro as Allied Sabrejcts knocked down on Monday and against it on Tues- pared in detail dated and signed by the office head and returned home here for a two-day rest and machine guns were strewn over Romanelli 22 of nerrin ill to work on speeches for the two- an area estimated by police at ana the Evangeline Club St weeks stretch remaining in his ef- nearlv two square miles Some Louis sustained lacerations on "I know what his words sounded like to the mothers and fathers of this country" President Truman said "Thev sounded like words of two Communist MIG-15's in air day" battles over northwest Korea The high court ruled that the to the finance committee at my office no later than November 6 fort to capture the presidency The double-barreled land and air federal government had a "para- hope relief and comfort from wor victories trave forces one of mount interest" in the tidelands "In further compliance with Treat Eight at Hospital for Injuries Eight persons were injured one ry and heartache "He knows better and when their best days in a week 'and denied the claims of the the resolution adopted by the tl fnnt BAlriiami ran Dip PpHc coastal states to tidelands owner- Rnnrri or Sunprvisors the finance of the bullets exploded but prop- the forehead and bruises They (Turn to Page 2 Column 1) were taken to St Elizabeth's Hospital in the Gacrdner ambu- 'lance but released after treat- FDR Jr Ill They were riding In an auto AA 0 1 1 flif ltit7on Viv MVo PnlnmhiVc hiK- Eisenhower's speech to a crowd of more than 3500 ia Newark's Mosque Theater capped a gruelling day in Delaware and New Jersey off Pike's Peak last of four dis- ship committee will accept budget re- fc talks about pulling out of Korea nntcrl hpiehts on thp fpntval Frnnt nnn rvoTcc ot'nnpsts from the plected officials llC ls deliberately playing partisai he also sought to counter I a iv tvyivi cwwui uvuu tirtvio a -j yHflM nitV 4UI VVIIt'M 1 where mountain in naming livc-nour Fort Worth that Eisenhower ap- on ttiese umiorm lorms oniy Democratic claims that he is undei lo be above battle inarentlv could not stand the However if there is not sufficient Partisan politics ifivvimg ilmh tL seriously in non-traffic accidents band Ambrose Colombo The Illness has forced Congress- rithpr nnr riHvPn hv and around Belleville yester- the influence of Sen Robert A The Reds had poured in heavy thoueht "of anv Republican eood space for comments additional Ir- Truman stumping on be day man I'rankhn Kooseveit Jr Forness 2 Freeburg For- Taft (R-O) He said he always made it a artillery fire but Allied troops beaLor bad not supporting him" Seriously Injured was Albert sheets can be attached au ot Adiai btevenson the "in oniPr that we mav com- Democratic presidential nominee or new vorK 10 cancel ms visu sal(1 hp vas tmvelinc- north the die-hard Communists back in Weingardt 62 a World War I practice to listen to advice from to the ocat area tomorrow it on Routc 13 whpn a Car plete our work properly we need carrice1 hs wrlwin? campaign in- members of all political parties was announced today by Demo- him topped suddenly Forness veteran wno lives on South 16th and then added: Icratic Central Committee Chair- 'rt 'n and hi Street south of the Illinois Cen- (llllUK 11 111' IMUIVli UiU your cooperation and must in- ouu" oawiuum 'ist nn nmrprirP as ontlined Tt Rhodc Island and Connecticut be i imnprativP that we have snffi- fole movin8 on to New Yoik to "But let me be quite clear as man Maurice Joseph auto skia(ied into the southbound trdlf Kauroaa iracKS ne to my personal responsibility for Democrats had planned a re- lane in which Colombo was driv- a tracturea rignt leg at 11ua Mrs Hendy Freed Jury Out for Hour night fierce hand-to-hand fighting The two Russian-built MIG's were destroyed in separate air battles over northwest Korea and gave American pilots their first destruction claim in five days The Mlfjfc were bagged in dog tights betweeJwo Sal three MIG's and tw Sabres and eight MIG's Allied fighter-bombers wrecked five Communist troops concentra- The President coupled his attack my ultimate decisions 1 nose deci- ception between 4 and 0 jng ut i on Eisenhower with a denuncia- Jns have been and will be mine Sund Hotel Belleville for the Five members of Uvo families JJ £SSSSAf cient time lor full consideration and justification of each departmental budget request Each department should detail all items to be considered uuii ot uu3 iviciai i aii-vvauer unnu sun ul uic iau preatueui rviiursi- were injured at 7:10 pm when of -ot jior et lrnohoth a tho Dpnin vp nlsn haH hppn sphpfiM to rn gration Art which Congress passed Eisenhower accused i Ti ui in i vim ri tiiis ritiH Hospital in the Renner-Geminn over his veto crats of "cruel dunlicitv" on the sneak at fi Sundav at Bonds n- Denver Colo struck a car ambuiancc and later transferred A nHlnn 1 I I After deliberating only an hour following two weeks of testi- Aixuiuuij i a uwiuuuii taao civil ritr i issue and denounced for Israel meeflncr at the Mounds riven by Richard Allen 22 to Tpffprsnn Ttarrark-s Hnsnital to" UIlUMAbCU Tl ed at a special meeting of the Louis-Col- Mr Truman for claiming "to be Club on the East St mony a jury of seven men and against the people of southern and Royce Tex State Police said Allen was making a U-turn on I (Turn to Page 2 Column 5) ilinsville Road tions far behind enemy lines and five women 1 Police said the excavaton is Qiv fppt rlppn 100 fppt lone and ast night acquitted Board of Supervisors in Septem- Hendy 52 Alton ber' consideration is to be given (I vetoed simultaneously blasted a Commu- Mrs Eva Ruth le said "and the US Highway 66 five miles north tnree fMt was madfi by an increase in salaries for niat naval ciatinn at U'nno-iimr rn nf com nt i i in thp miiriipr nf hpr tO Republicans in the Senate voted 'o( Edwardsville when the acci the east coast husband Patrick Hendy a to one to pass it over m5 fnOfV Take fiWc filA Rust Contracting and Supply Company under the direction of dent occurred Returnine nilots said several erv worker at their home last veto buildings were smashed at the Red April 14 show this amount in detail on a navy personnel center and two Her husband's brother Daniel separate scnedule-' Seriously injured were: Allen Mrs Mathilda Fellner 531 South his wife Johnnie 21 and their5 17th Street Police said warning three-year-old daughter Joyce lanterns were posted of Belleville Retail Dollar Of the Korean war Mr Truman said "We are doing everything that can be done to bring the fighting to an honorable end" "We have been trying to end the fighting on terms which will not ammunition caches were exploded Hendy 59 a widower pleaded Gen John Hodge commander guilty to the actual murder and of all ground forces watched was the state's star witness the battle on Pike's Peak jurnintit i woman rlrfrnrlant Tin Francis and his wife Lenora 42 The Rust Comnanv said It had NEW YORK (Special) President Truman's call for a study by suffered less serious injuries All hired only to dig the excavation the Federal Trajlc Commission to determine how the consumer's five were taken to the Wood and Mrs Fellner had agreed to George Diedrich r- ic Kftiurr non nrawfl iTTsnrinn Tn no mtmni nAnirKtrrntAi wivam 1 'n-n Usenitn 1 Tlir on a tow ed her of setting the stage MlllctArlt HlPC 01 military units in Korea stood for the murder Ul llvJ at a frontlineobservation post as the Americans won comnlete con- The case wa-s tried before Clr-I Following an extended illness encourage aggression somewhere vi take care ot tne warning signals 'else" he said "No matter what survcy by SalPS Management which shows that in Belleville food Three persons were inUred at' others lnjured were: the Republican candidate says wc takes the biggest bite out of the retail dollar Expenditures in 1951 6 when a truck and two! Mrs Katherine Jones 69 of are not going to engage in appease- in the butcher shops autos collided on State Route 159 i6'in'diana Avenue iniury to right nit rrn i in I iii rn i trol of bitterlv-contested Triancle lu'Luuub oeorge uieoncn to a reureo ment stores bakeries and otner tood than was recorded throughout the three miles east of Wood River olw ir fol1 ynrna at I u-otv ci'i '1 knnn l-: Mountain uu rurai mau rarner' Qlea 31 ms "To do this would hp taUp thp vendinir establishments in Belle-'country generally ThP national The injured were taken to St 1 The other three peaks-Triangle I 3e nltt I sure road to another world war" ville were equivalent to $1010 per average was $815 per family In Joseph's Hospital Alton tJT ZZZ to rieht knee I Jane ael and Sandy fell to JrSSjS 771 IST'and Theh two family when divided arithmetical- the East North Centra Sttes it They were: George Swire 34 2 S7 ZoffllfZ IhP wi Tr NCeSeHi ine until November 6 Before ired Julv 1 1918 speeches tonight in New York ly among the local population was $843 and in Illinois $800 1 Edwardsville his wife streck Brothers a meat process- the week The little often- tired July ih 191S one in Manhattan and the othor Th ented 29 percent ofj Healthy conditions were also Betty 25 and John Rapp 38 of tag plant sivp twtrnn last Tnperlnv 'UJCU' a ncaniig -o 0 horn in Mlllstadt No- iv T3li 1 fj j- will be held on mitigatine circum- I U'J" leiurmng to all tne money spent per iamny in ui dououw hi iuo uuni wasnington Street East Al Eighth Army Headquarters esti- "ncV 8 8 vember 22 187J and was a son Washington Belleville's retail stors in the year xlasses of retail business covered ton mated 14653 Red Troops were of the late August and Katherine Earlv Tuesday vp Uav fn i thnr famine oIcp hv thp ntrnv Thp lorai satp otato Dni tj' Robert Oliver 14 a son of Mr and Mrs Otto Oliver Little Oak killed or wounded at White Horse jurv received the case at Diedrich nee Becker both natives three-day swing through New Jer- where in the United States allot- of cars and parts farm machin- and an auto driven bv Frank nefR' (2' SWSJSH Mountain 3372 at Triangle and Following an Sa-mmute 0f Germany He married Carrie sey Pennsylvania West Virginia ted for food The national av-ery boats and the like came to Sail 60 of Nashville sideswiped nst in fa 1 at 1675 at Sniper Ridge during thejf for 1'nner it began delib- Keck in Millstadt November 6 and Maryland erace was "4 percent of the dol- $10262000 accounting for 26 per- causing Rapp's truck to strike Schocl on tne Shlloh Road' past 11 days of hard fighting erating at 6jo A verdict 1913 Mr Truman criticized Eisenhow- lar In the East North Central cent of each retail dollar Swires' auto Mrs Marilyn Flach 25 of Fifth Air Force Headquarters was reached one hour later The Besides his widow he leaves two er again Friday night in a major states it was 23 percent and in Places selling general mcrchan- Millstadt injury to right foot announced that Allied jet pilots Jurors took two ballots On the brothers Edward of 617 Heckcr address bcfore some 500 nprsons nprrpnt dise including variety and de- MINOR ACCIDENT in fall at home tirst tne panel stooa to ior street and August of Mlllstadt a ln twnn Svnnk uQn niioviiin nartmt ttnf hai nf st r-at mr Edward Knemever 63 of 315 snot uown ui cjommunist MtG-io's probably destroyed one and dam acquittal ine second ballot was sjster Lena wife of Alfred Rohr cuscd the gcncral of conducting a did business in the amount of $11- 551000 amounting to another 9 Avenue reported to police that West Monroe Street lacerations unanimous j0f St Louis and a number of "slanderous" campaign based "on 1 68 000 in 1951 a considerable percent his auto and a car driven by Ar- to chin in fall while walking home Daniel Ilendv admitted nn the nieces and nephews Four sisters our fear of Communism 1 tin n74 nrnl of the: The stores handling furniture lenp PaniP 799 iiwhtircr ivp-ifrom work at Griesedieck-Weit- aged two in the week ending The week's toll brought the MIG stand he shot his brother through preceded him in death After the President left the hall previous year The increase only household supplies and radio nue collided at 5:45 yester-'em Brewery Company He was total for October to 18 destroyed the head from ambush but testi- Funeral arrangements are listed t0 enter his automobile a tomato nartiai'v 'due to inflation is at- equipment had a sales volume of day at Church and A Streets required to remain in the hospital 1 1 1 nnk to one probably destroyed and 22 tied Mrs Hendy plotted the mur- in the obituary column on Page 11 was hurled at him by an unidenti- tributa'hle to better earnings With $2723000 or 7 percent damaged der she dented that she was in- fied sidewalk spectator The to- lareer incomes people treat their Drug store operations came to 2 Collinsville injury to right hip in fall at home Bernard Ilildcnbrund 1S00 North Illinois Street injury to right hand sustained while working at Empire Stove MISSING PETS IISTED HERE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE There li No Chora Coll 1000 Comic Dictionary A device to settle the question of not what is right but what is left (Copyright 1352 by Evan Esar mato missed Mr Truman and hit stomachs more luxuriously As a $1098000 equal to 3 percent of Secret Service agent in a car result the per family food figure all local retail business behind the president ias come to be an index of eco- The total retail volume attained It was the second tomato thrown nomic well-being the local stores was $45694000 at the President since he started The local consumption of victu- for the year This was well ahead The Air Force said one F-86 yolved in the plot although she Sabrejet and one F-51 Mustang admitted she was in love with her were downed in air combat during brother-in-law She also admitted the past seven days and six other: she had discussed her husbands warplancs were lost to $7000 insurance before the shoot-ground fire and other causes ing SOT vnv J- fc -j I short tail eluid'i pet Phone "297s (Campaigning for Stevenson tals $1010 per family was moreof the 1950 figure 543131000 4.