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OUT OUR WAY WOUNDED DESPERADO HAS SURGERY ON KNEE EXPECT ART THIEVES TO ASK FOR RANSOM By BERNARD GAVZER i taken by professional thieves, NEW YORK been a there is equally strong suspicion grand summer for art thieves, that another $2-miilion theft in In all, 76 important works have France was the work of thrill- been stolen in the United seekers. In July, 57 works by France and England, with a mar- Matisse, Utrillo, Dufy and other ket value of at least $5 million, moderns were stolen from an ex Does this mean the underworldjhibit at St. Tropez. The reasoning! has gone aesthetic? professionals would have professional thieves are in- known the paintings were not involved, after one thing- sured and that there would be no money," says Huntington T. Block way to enter what is called "deli- jvice president of the McLaughlin cate negotiations is.

a deal. 'Company of Washington, D.C., a Vandals sometimes get brokerage firm specializing in volved. In 1958, the Columbus, fine art insurance. works Museum of Arts and Crafts are too well known to be offered was raided by vandals who built to a reputable dealer or collector, a bonfire of 165 pieces of work. so the probability is that ransom A third group of potential art would be malefactors includes screwballs, tr motivated by political passions, or Ransom figured in the latest who hate the things others love, theft to flabbergast the art who become obsessed in weird the snatching of a Goya portrait ways.

The priceless Mona Lisa of the Duke of Wellington from was taken from the Louvre Aug. London famed National Gallery. .21, 1911 by Vincenzo Perugia, an 1 act is an attempt to pick Italian mason. He gave up two the pockets of those who love art years later and explained he tookj more than a ransom the picture because he wanted to' note with Robin Hood overtones return to Italy what Napoleon had Ca (Unseat (Tribune Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1961 Delivered on HFD Sept.

7 15 said. It asked $392,000 11 i vii I said. it asked Napoleon did grab Italian MADISON of tnreei Welter, of Franklin Park IIL, a jd ganery and treasures, but not the Mona Lisa. mon MMd Ct killing a police 117 to an African cl- I. wen.

back to the Louvre, ofi leer and wounding another Nickl, 28, both of the More than 2,000 years taken under guard Tuesday to a cago area. have been charged. Insurance companies dislikeiGaius Verres. a magis- hospital where he underwent but with first degree murder in the who governor of gery on an injured knee. slaying of Sauk County PaU-olman run into a situa.

Sicily set a course record for! William J. Welter. 23, was re- James Jantz 2 of Baraboo, 1 a ported in satisfactory condition was blotto death rn a gunfight organization dealt covertly confiscate, he got by blackmail after the operation to correct a Aug. 21. Lake Delton Police prosecute! him, seeking an broken kneecap aggravated dur- Robert Kohl 46, was wounded appraised value of indemnity of $25 million for thefts mg the six days he hid in rough seriously in the same battle.

Sicilv atone country before he was captured Nickl and Nutley have been National Board of Another grand collector of sorts in one of the biggest man- rained on murder is a sort Nazi Hermann Goenng, got most of special detective agency for of his masterpieces through PROMOTION FOR OFFICER Mrs. Paul A. DuMond adds the final promotion touch as she changes Lt. Colonel silver oak leaves to eagles. The newly promoted colonel is the son of Mrs.

Flora Ellen DuMond of La Crescent, Minn. Col. DuMond has been chief of the supply division, 1st Army Medical Section since April when he joined 1st Army at Governor Island, N.Y after a tour of duty D. C. He was graduated from Rushford, high school and entered the Army in 1941.

His wife is the former Caroline Her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pollard, live at 324 W.

Milwaukee Tomah. Col. and Mrs. DuMond have eight children ranging in age from one year to 18. HAD TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY TOO Ancient Greeks Had Peace Corps And A Word For It: Leitourgia By ARTHUR EDSON 'would contribute not only their lations man than Latimer, who for WASHINGTON Those time and talents but also their years has been insisting that the antient and remarkable Greeks money- This limited Leitourgia to position U.S.

education should thought of everything. the wealthy. adopt is not science vs. the clas- Thev even had their own ver- sits- but plus the classics. sion of a Peace Corps.

Nor did the Greeks have eager As Pfdent of Dr. John F. Latimer, professor y0Ung ladies racing out to do their Laical League, he please I of classics and associate dean of bjt With all their pioneer think- LatllJ (acuities at George Washington misogynist might say pos- ln University, said today a some- sjbly because of it the Greeks Glut'll' mori than their own what similar idea was first bad little room for women in their thought of five centuries before 2reat lnTthe Past ((T or flve yef? 8 Latimer can reassure dubious mv soul I at imer said T', congressmen that the Peace Corps for peace. will work. But.

he can say, it ttorkcd- lndwd- one chore was the exact worked wi(h thc Greak5 I opposite. A wealthy young man did fornl Nunn of these old Greeks ever could equip a ship for war. necded at hume went to Harvard, but they decided. Or he could tram he saicj my as President Kennedy was to for the gymnasium contests. (h good example for 2,400 years later, that Or, if artistically inclined, he citizens tQ young men should perform an act could fix up a chorus for musical of service for the public good.

competitions for the great public I Naturally, they had a word for festivals. OrlOnO oenerOl MIIGu tit. They called this institution Or he could superintend the sa- UNITED NATIONS, Y. (AP) which means a pub- cred embassies to the four great United Nations has relic service, and a derivation of national festivals, or to Delos and ceived word of the death of Brig, this word is still with us in the other holy places, an opera- Joseph E. Michel of Ghana, re- a rite prescribed for public tion, Latimer believes, that close- cently appointed chief of staff of 'worship.

Iv parallels the spirit of the Peace U.N. operations in the Congo. No comparison can be pressed Corps. Michel was killed in a plane too far, and this is no exception. crash in Ghana Sunday.

He had The Greeks thought service Incidentally, classical languages been appointed to the U.N. post should mean that the young men have no more ardent public re- only last week hunts. Both are Authorities said Welter would innocent. be returned to thc Dane County Sauk County Dist. Atty.

James more Jail as soon as possible 3 Men Assigned To 1st Division leering has requested a delay in companies. the preliminary hearings for Nickl and Nutley in the hope that Wei- an agent for Three hearings have been set for Friday. acci- than 200 stock insurance der though occasionally he paid: for a painting. There was poetic justice in the fact that a vermcar Austrian in- canvas he bought from a Dutch curers of eight Cezanne paintings painter, Ilans van Meegeren in nprmit a mint hearing for all stolen last month from the Ven-1 turned out to be one of Van Mee- dome Pavilion at Aix.n-Provence Jgeren expert forgeries. for Nickl and Nutley France-market value $2 million declared: wan.

those Litigation Dismissed paintings back and willing 0 q--- to questions By 2 Beer Companies Possible payoff: $300,000 or MILWAUKEE (AP' The Mil-, about one-fourth of the insurance ler Brewing Co. of Milwaukee; coverage. and the Burgermeister Brewing Millionaire collector G. David Corp. of San Francisco have JTik rf dents duping the long Labor Day Thompson, whose house in the agreed to dismiss all litigation ana rvi.

uui ui persons, 34 Hills section of Pittsburgh pending between the two com-, below preholiday estimates, suburbs was looted of six Picas-, panies, Norman R. Klug, presi-, I lip the death rate was a record low sos, two Legers, a Dufy and a dent of Miller, said Tuesday. St is a clerk in Head- for the holiday period. Miro-estimated value $365,000 to Miller, claiming it had a con- rf the Sid The National Safety Council, twice that amount-late in July, tract to purchase Burgermeister Artillery lie is a WGO graduate had estimated the death has offered 100 000 -no questions for $11 million, had sued the Wert of En Woh SdMd toll of 420. said some 16.000 per- asked Coast brewery and had planned Vance son of Mrs' Margaret sons suffered injuries during the One possible market would be an appeal from an adverse deci- Fitting 1717 Winnebago 78-hour holiday period from 6 among greedy collectors.

sion of the Superior Court of San is a 1961 graduate of Central High p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. "I can think of says Francisco. Burgermeister, in School His job is tank crewman The traffic death toll compared a top museum official who has sought damages of $5 million for in Headquarters Company of the with 415 for the Labor Day been with several leading mu- alleged malicious prosecution. division 69th Armor day last year and the record of seums and galleries, would Klug said no payments of any Peek, a clerk-typist in Company 461 in 1951.

knowingly purchase stolen works, kind had been made by either of the 1st Engineer Battrv, is Based on deaths per IOO million They arc like misers. They would party in connection with the dis- the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph miles of travel, it was the safest be satisfied to hide a painting missal of the cases. Peek 204 lith St Onalaska.

Labor Day holiday on record with and then gloat over it all alone." He declined to comment on He is a 1961 graduate of Onalaska 6.6 deaths in traffic. The old rec- While there is substantial feel-whether negotiations between the, High School ord was 8.1 set in 1954. the Cezanne paintings were two firms are FORT RILEY, Kan. local and area men are among more than 1.700 troops recently -------------------------assigned to the 1st Infantry Dive Labor DOV Traffic sion. Ft.

Riley Kan in its cur- wu7 rent buildup to combat strength. Toll A Record Low They arc Pvts. William D. Spen cer and Dennis L. Vance.

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