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Dixon Evening Telegraph from Dixon, Illinois • Page 10

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MARKETS (By Associated Prese) KZW YORK: Stocks: Higher, aire rafts and chemicals strong. Bonds: Steady, rails and utilities improve. Cotton: Lower: jteneral liquidation. CHICAGO: Wheat: Firm, new croc market- Corn: Firm, some export houses Dougnt. Oats: Firm with Soybeans.

Firm, September crop Hors: Gained 25 to SO cents; top $18.25. Cattle: Steers, heifers steady top $23.00 on steers. Chicago Livestock (By the Associated Press hors 5.000: fairlv act generally 25-50 higher on butchers and sows; most advance U. S. No 1 and 2's 190-220 ib, ana on 400 lb and heavier: bulk U.

1 to 3's 190-2-40 lb 17.50-18.00: larjje lv 17.75 to lg.oo on mixed no 190-220 lb: 130 head No l's 18.25: bulk 250-280 lb 16.75-17.50: weiehti over 280 lb scarce: a few lots of 290-310 lb 16.25-17.00; and small lots uo to 375 lb as low as 14.75 a few 160-180 lb 15.00-17.00: most sows around 400 id ana upnier at 14.50-15.75; most sows 400 lb 15.75. a few 300 lb and lighter 16.00-16.23 most 400-500 lb in larger lots 13.50 to 14.50: odd head to 600 lb down 12.50 and slightly below good clear Salable cattle calves 300; steers ana neiiers siow. out mostly steady at the week's decline; cows and bulls steadv to 25 lower. vealers fully 1.00 lower; stockers and feeders slow, weak at the cent downturn; a few loads and lots choice and prime 1.175 to 1335 steers zi. a ioaa or uie choice and prime 1.000 lb 23.00; average good to average choice steers under 1.100 lb 20.00-22.25: a few commercial steers down to 16.25: good, and choice heifers at 19.00-21.50: light cutter grass heifers down to 11.00; utilitv and com mercial cows 11.25-13.00: a few of high commercial up to 13.50; can-ners and cutters 9.00-12.25: utilitv and commercial bulls good and choice vealers 17.00-21.00 odd head 22.00: cull to commercial grades 10.00-18.00: two loads good and choice 500 lb yearling stock steers 21.00: mediums and good leeamg steers ana yearlings 17.25-20.00.

Salable sheep spring lamb around 50 lower, mixed old crop mostly 25 lower; slaughter sheep about steady, good to prime spring lambs 18.00-21.50; good and choice 20.50 down, cull to low good 10.00-17.50; instances under 10.00 for. light culls; a lod mostly for light culls load of mostlv choice 99 lb mixed old crop lambs and yearlings No 1 and fall shorn pelts ii.uu; a iew si id utility sorted out at 14.00: cull to choice shorn ewes 3.00-4.00. Estimated ulahU ceipts for Friday are 4.600 hogs, Chicago Cash Grain (By the A Soybean oil meat, 54.00. Barley nominal, malting choice 1.25-60; feed Today's Grain Range CHICAGO, July Prev. High Low Close Close WHEAT Sep 2.02vi 2.01s; 2.02*4 2.013', Dec 2.06*& 2.053!, 2.05TJ 2.05*; Mar 2.05^ 2.04& 2.041-4 May 2.013.4 2.0014 2.00W.

2.003i Sep 1 36 1.35 1.35% 1.341 -i Dec 12S3i 1.2Di,i 1.26' Mar 1 VfX: 1 liTi 1 uir May 1.35'i L35V4 Sep Dec Mar 59' 4 651-i 621,4 SOYBEANS, old contracts News 64 Sep 2.311.4 2.29^4 2.311.1 2.29 Nov 2.25% 2.24M, 2.2514 2 Mar 2.29 2.27U 2.2814 2 STOCKS The following listed on the Torfc Stock Exchange. service is provided by the firm of WIS 811 "ank At 1 Prev. Atchison Alhs Chalmers 731; 741; Amn Motors 10 fit" Amu, Radiator 25 '4 Amn Anaconda Copper 7ou. 69 Armco Steel Beth Steel 150 Boeing- Aircraft 60'- 59 Borden 65 65 Borg Warner I Case 17U Chrysler S7ic Edison Deere Co ss 371- Pont Gen Eler Gen Foods f-en Motors iv, Goodvear sct. HI Cent I Int Han- 40 in Jones Kenn Copper 117s-" Insp Copper 55 54, Mont Ward su; on Cent 471 4fiT Penn P.

Radio Corp jpr 1 Rep Steel '4C1 Sinclair Soconv Vac "nn Std i -MS i-mtcd Fruit 55:, 57, Steel 53 1. west 4thHour Av Close Chicago Produce 'By the Associated Butter steadv. receipts i 135 buvinfforiro? 93 score AA 56 75; 02 A 7.V*"«r, 54.5: 89 52.5: cars 90 89 53.5. Eges bareiv steadv: 10.222: wholesale buvinr prices to 14 lower: whites per cent 35.5 mixed 35; mediums 31: r.S standards 29; dirties 23.5; checks 23-current receipts 24.5. Live poultry about steadv on the voung stock, weaker on hens- receipts in coops 363 (Wednesday 618 coops.

90.620 lb); f.o.b. paying on 35.5; heavy hens 21.5-25.5; lfght hen's at Potatoes: 80. on nark-M5 and total U.S. ihipmentB 190; Called to Service By Draft Board YORK. Pa.

The York County Selective Service Board today ordered the induction into the armed services on Aug. 1 of Edward Calvert Nixon 25, brother of Vice President Nixon. It directed Nixon to report to the draft board nearest his home at La Habra. Calif. Young Nixon lived with his par ents, Mr.

and Mrs. Francis Nixon, on their York County farm whei he registered for Selective Servici in 1948. The York board records show that Nixon, now employed by California oil firm, was granted educational deferments until last October when his induction waf ordered. A few days before that time, however, the records showed. Nix on suffered a hand injury and he was reclassified 4-R.

He was recently given another pre-induction physical examination and re-classi-ficd 1-A. making him available for immediate call-up. Adams Won't testify About Poiver Project WASHINGTON (-P) Asst. Sherman Adams refused today to testify in a Senate subcom mittee study of the Dixon-Yatca In a letter to Chairman Kefauv-er (D-Tenn), Adams said "there is nothing that I could add" to this testimony of Chairman J. Sinclair Armstrong of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding postponement last month of SEC hearings on financing of the power project.

About the same time the letter was made public Sen. Anderson (D-NM) told the Senate that a "deliberate cover-up" of facts about the Dixon-Yntes contract had been dictated by the Bureau of tlie Budget. Anderson, chairman of the Sen ate-House Atomic Energy Committee, said a letter received today from the Atomic Energy Commis- proved that names of two key officials had been deleted from a list supplied Congress and the pub lic. The senator named the men as Adolphe H. Wenzell, unpaid consultant to the Budget Bureau and at time an.

official of the First Boston Corp. which later handled Dixon Yates financinfr. and Paul Mller. vice president of First Boston. Sen.

Gore (D-Tenn) cut into his speech with a statement that the ere dropped because thev would have '-tipped off" the part First Boston was playing in the plans to channel private power in to uie lennessee valley Authority (TVAj grid. 1 Obituaries DONALD VTELTV AMBOY Donald Welty, 39, died this morning at 8:30 the Amboy Public hospital where he was admitted July 13 for an emergency operation. Mr. Welty. the son of Mrs.

Edna Welty and the late George Welty, farmed in Manon Township. Although funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Mihm Funeral Home, the funeral services will be held Saturday morning. T- J. WALLS A former Dixon resident. Walls, 88.

Benton Harbor. ed Tuesday after a short illness. He was a foreman at the Medu sa cement plant before leavmsr i several years ago to make his home with his daughter. Airs. L.

Bronson, in Benton Harbor. He is the father-in-law of Mrs. Edith Walls, 1113 Seventh Dixon. leral services will be held Saturday. Burial vull be ui Mitchell, ina.

MRS. SARAH BECKER OREGON (Special Mrs. Sarah Becker. 91. Rt.

1. Bvron. died Wednesday in the Warmolt Clmir. Oregon, following a short illness. was ttom May 16.

186t. in eland, (nd the daiifrhtcr of William and Mary Summers. She lived La Grange, 111., before moving to Byron to live with her daughter. Mrs. Starr.

She is survived by a son. Fred, yron; three daughters, Mrs. arr. Byron; Mrs. Mane Brocks.

Oswego, Ore and Mrs Hdgel. Phoenix. Auz; seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild Funeral services wdl be held at 1 :30 m. Saturday in the Farrell ral Oregon, and at 2 in the Ebenezer Reform Church, mral Oregon, with the Rev. John Frey officiating.

Bunal will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call Friday afternoon and evening at the funeral IDVIIO Monumental Creek, in the primitive area of Jrlaho. derives its name fiom a huge natuial monu- The monument stands 70 feet hirh! six feet in diameter at the base, and has a large boulder suspended at the top. supplies moderate demand moderate and mirket about 'or best stock. Cnrlot tiptk Cil 'Wild West' Gunmen Rob Mail Train NEW YORK UV-Two masked desperadoes held up an outbound mail-express train ednesday night as it stopped briefly in an open cut below the Manhattan stieet level near the Hudson-River si in a Wild West movie scenario, they bound and gagged a man cierK and dumped eight mail sacks on the tracks.

Then they disappeared into the night wun uie oags. Police said they believed most of the bags contained canceled checks, although one might have had pay lor upstate The bags were insured for $50 each. The bandits apparently jumped on the 11-car New York Central train when it stopped for inspection of its air brakes. An interstate alarm was flashed lor two men described as in their 20s and vi earing dark suits and hats. Both were armed.

The FBI joined in the hunt. "They were brazen and clever," said Deputy Police Commissioner James Kennedy. "They knew exactly what they were doing." Police said, however, that the bandits discarded a mail pouch containing $2700 in small bills and Security Board 'Doubts'' Loyally Of William Taylor WASHINGTON Counsel for William Taylor said today a J.S. secunty board has found 'reasonable doubt" of the loyalty Taylor, an American official of the Intemational Monetary Fund (IMF 1. The lawyer, Byron N.

Scott, an nounced plans for a three-way fight -in Congress, 111 court and through demand for rehearing by the panel. Taylor, a naturalized American of Canadian birth, has been fighting iarges of subversive activity for years. The finding against Taylor was made, Scott said, after a hearing by the Intemational Organizations employes Loyalty Board, set up to Americans on the staffs of multi-nation organizations including Uie United Nations. ice IMF is not subject to S. control the decision is only advis- y.

Action is up to the officials of the fund itself. 3 Iusurauce Firms Are Charged With Misrepresen tatiou WASHINGTON iff) The Federal i-ade Commission today charged three more accident and health in- companies with misrepre senting the benefits of their m- mrance policies in their advertis ing. The companies named include Washington National Insurance iston, 111. JULY Postal Clerk Exonerated BRUSHES ASIDE A Mrs. Katherine Ann Haynes uses her wrist to brush aside a tear as she is interviewed by a newsman, unidentified, after a coroner's jury decided it was not as her husband that she coldly shot down a younger rival his love at Washington, D.

C. The jury, after watching the 28-year-old Mrs. Haynes step from her reaf-life role as a postal clerk and play the part of her own defense lawyer, held the killing of 19-ycar-oId Nancy Penton in her apartment was accidental. Willis Haynes, Uie husband, contended his wife fired purposely. She said the gun went off accidentally.

(AP Wirephoto) Wage Floor Bill Nearing final Okay WASHINGTON Iff) -Only Senate-House agi cement on an effective date stood in the way today of final congressional approval of a Sl-an-hour federal minimum wage. The House Wednesday overrode, 188-145. President Eisenhower's request for a limit of 90 cents an hour and by a top-heavy 362-54 approved the higher wage iloor for most workers in interstate commerce. The present minimum, is 75 cents. The Senate, which previously had approved the same $1 figure, had voted to make it effecUve next Jan.

1. The House voted for March 1. Police Court Police Magistrate Lawrence Boos Wednesday assessed fines totaling $30 against three railroad workers for being drunk aud disorderly. The trio allegedly had been drinking beer while rifling on a bus en route to Dixon late Tuesday. Police Capt.

J. E. Van Meter and Sgt. Ray Wilson arrested Uie three men at the bus depot on complaints signed by the bus driver. The three men.

Forney Zonkow-ski. 35, Buffalo, N. Y. John Williams. 43.

Harriman, and C. W. Ball, 32. Chat lesion, W. were fined $10 each.

by 84-86 GALENA AVE. PHONE 4-0441 Oath Not Needed For U. S. Housing, Judges Decide WASHINGTON Iff) Tenants cannot be evicted from government housing projects for refusing to sign a "certification of nonmem-bership in subversive organizations," the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today.

The court's unanimous decision blocked government efforts to oust John and Doris Rudder from their apartment in Lincoln Heights dwellings, a low-cost housing development here. It was built under the U.S. Housing Act. The National Capital Housing Authority, which manages the housing development, asked the Rudders and other tenants in 1953 to sign a certificate Uiat they do not belong to any organization on the attorney general's list. The Rudders refused to sign.

Moliue Man Leads In 'Shoe' Contest MURRAY, Utah Iff) An Illinois man, Glen Anderson of Moline. held an early lead in qualifying rounds of Uie national horseshoe pitching championships. Anderson pitched 200 shoes for b21 out of a possible 600 points Wenesday. A nnger counts three points and a shoe within six inches of the peg count3 one. Round-robin competition for the top 36 throwers begins today.

338.09 319.00 283.00 295.00 300.05 Cancer Drive Collection Sets Record in County Topping all former records in Lee County, a total of J8.139.47 was raised in tne 1955 Cancer Crusade, according to John J. Sullivan, Dix on businessman who headed the drive for funds. Although the cancer drive is of ficially confined to April by an act of Congress, volunteers have been turning in funos collected from residents of the county up to July 1. "Only through the fine co-operation of the area chairmen and their workers throughout -the county i we able to exceed our quota and conclude such a successful fund raising project," stated Sulli van in making the figures public. Lies of Funds Funds collected annually by the American Cancer Society through its county chapters are devoted to public education projects, scientific and medical research in the field of mcer.

and service to patients in leir own or nursing homes. A total of 450 volunteers working under township chairmen were responsible for the success the campaign. Township chairmen Mrs. J. H.

Daum, Alto: Dr. David Shapiro, Amboy; Mrs. Earl Horn, Ashton; Mrs. Glenn Pfoutz and Mrs. Harold Cross, Bradford; Leslie Miller.

Brooklyn; Mrs. Bui key. China; Mrs. Roy Blake, East Grove; Mrs. Fred on.

Hamilton; Mrs. Harrv Garland. Harmon; s. Ella Taylor. Lee Center; Mr3.

Charles Strong, Nachusa; Mollenbeck, Iselson; Mrs. Robert Braucr. Palmyra; Mrs. Clarence Ewald, Reynolds; Mrs. Leo Burkhardt, Sublette; Mrs.

George Montavon. Viola: Mrs. Carl Axel, Willow Creek, and Mrs. Theodore Rosenkrans. Wyoming.

Help, Too In Amboy the 27 volunteers were men, and in Ashton 15 of the 21 volunteers were men. Mrs. Benson. Hamilton, was first to com-' plete the drive in her territory. Mrs.

Ella Taylor carried on alone in Lee Center. Marion and May Townships are unorganized. The Dixon industrial and business committee was comprised of Eld-ward R. Brandt, Douglas Curran, Dismiss Warrant NEW YORK iff) A warrant for aires! of singer-actress Jeannette McDonald has been vacated and charges of violating the building code here dismissed. Miss MacDonald had been charg-i with failing to keep a Manhat tan apartment house she owns in proper repair.

The warrant for her arrest was issued last May 25 when she failed to appear court in the Licensed to Wed County Clerk Sterlmg D. Schrock Wednesday issued a marriage lic- to George A. Coleman. 22. and Ingeborg Simon, 20, both of Seneca.

111. Balance-the-Budget Event When You Can Buy the Newest Bedroom Furnishings at Great But Hurry! Walnut piece 9 drawer triple dresser, 5 drawer chest, poster bed, period style i Limed oat, 3 piece modern suite, double dresser. A0O chest and bed Quilted blonde maple, double dresser, larsre Ortfi99 chest and bed. very modern 3-piece suite, limed oak. double drewpr, 4 chest and bed, modem Rlonde mahocany, 3-piece suite, double 4 and bookcase bed Ow Kroehler.

triple and -very POO modem, two tone mahogany tralnnt Ho.thl. fhfjt 4 and bookcase bed 409 There are many other too numerous to mention at this time HURRY, HURRY to KREDI'S and see the wonderful values now on SALE. Terras, of course, if you so desire. Simple Suites for Liring Room and Dining Room, Too! Excellent Values! KREIM'S FURNITURE and FLOOR COVERINGS Charles Hale. William LaFever, Melvui Murphy, Bob Jacobson, W.

P. Herzog. Fritz Herzog. Bert Schaefei. Dean Kness, Bill Evert, and S.

P. Rosenberg. Dixon's 14 precincts had the following chairmen and co-chairmen: Mrs. Wilson Dysart, Mrs. Warner Marloth, Mrs.

J. E. Miller, Mrs. Clarence Strub. Mrs.

Roy Fischer, Mrs. Philip Reilly. Mrs. Martin Judge, Mrs. David Boyer, Mrs.

Frank Buckley, Mrs. Flovd Egler dren, Carol Davies and William Evan. Deaths CLAYTON D. GIPSON OREGON Clayton Gipson. 57 Rt 1, Oreeron.

died about 11:30 a.m. today at his home. He reportedly suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead on at the Warmolt Clinic, was employed by the E. D. Etnyre Oregon.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete. I Mrs. Truman Thompson. Mrs. Jonn harvey, Liara armingtoiv Mis.

C. R. Mrs. Charles Dickey, Mrs. Schroeder, Mrs.

F. J. Mrs. Ronald Potter. Mrs.

L. D. Rich, and Mrs. J. L.

France. Officers of the Lee County ter. American Cancer Society, are: Dorothy Armington. chairman; Dr. Charles Lesage, vice chairman; Mrs.

A. Gordon Wilson, secretary, and Max VanScoy. treasurer. What Manner of Bird This? CHICAGO UP) Police are looking for a parrot that looks like an eagle, cackles like a duck and laughs like a human. Summerdale 'police blamed crows for the disappearance of Sam Duke's parrot, Eagle.

Police said that crows have been invading their North Side district and they may have ganged up on Eagle while the parrot was on the wing near Duke's home. Duke said Eagle is a foot tall with yellow head and green body and "doesn't talk in parrot fashion." His only sounds, he said, are duck cackles and the human laugh. Burial Rites for Eminent Historian In Oakwood Today Graveside services were held to day in Oakwood cemetery for William L. Westermann, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at Columbia University, New York. The services were conducted by the Very Rev.

Vemon L. S. Jones. A world authority on ancient economy and papyrus writings, Professor Westermann was also an adviser to President Woodrow Wil- 1 at the Paris Peace Conference 1918. He was president of the lencan Historical Association in 1944 and the author of many books and articles in the field of history.

He was bom Sept. 15, 1873. in Belleville, 111., and married the former Avrina Davies in Dixon on June 15? 1912. He a grandson of Sharon Tyndale, Secretary of State in Illinois in 1S65 and a great grandson of Theodore Hilgard. a lawyer and poet who settled in Illinois in 183-5.

Surviving are his widow: a son, Svan Davies Westermann. business for the New York State Depaitment of Commerce at Wash- ngton, D. and "two grandchil Spring Valley 3Ian Killed in Cave-in SPRING VALLEY, 111. The sides of a sewer excavation collapsed today, burying three men, one of whom died. Rescuers were unable to save the life of Peter Ferrari, 60.

who was knocked down and completely buried. His body was taken out of the excavation about iys hours after Peter Terando and Joseph Lucas, Spring Valley superintendent of streets, who were partly buried, were rescued uninjured. Mattoon Council Okays Sales Tax MATTOON, 111. i.f) The Mat-toon City Council has passed a half-cent city sales tax ordinance, effective Aug. 1.

The tax. adopted Tuesday, is expected to yield a momh and make up a predicted deficit caused by tax revi- KSB Hospital Admitted: Edward Vaile Dixon, and Virgil Smith, R.ockford. Dischargee Charles a Rock Falls: Mrs. Arlene Doyle, Polo: LeRoy Josephsen, Mrs. Dor-athea Planters.

Dixon; Mrs. Florence Meyers. Franklin Grove; Dr. Samuel Fleming. Paw-paw; Mrs.

Ines Schaefer and Mass Nancy Bennett. Harmon, and Mrs. Mary Tabor, Prophetstown. Births Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Mc-Bnde, Sterlmg, a daughter, July 20. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hicks. Har- SAMPLE SALE "DIXON'S OLDEST AND COMPLETE FUHN.TUU MOST STORt".

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