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the a it iw '-A a DAILY BISLE VESS2 Thar Is no fr In lvt; but per lev catth out fr. 1 St. John 4:13 FOUNDED DECEMBER 191 1C35 vniimiR Complete Telelypesetter (U.P.) Leased Wire 23c Tom Carnegie 11-Ycar-Old Boy Threatens School CurfewProves Success; Purpuric-. 1 Repdrti Decrease; curfew. of aft: billed wtfol A Clinton, Md fireman (right) holds toy fire truck as stretcher his icrippied airplane, but diedif when his parachute failed to llsmsMAJi ma Aaiaaiisl Jim mm mmm lSif JonfgM (International S6undpbotos.V The Elkhart River receded ra pidly at Elkhart, and 25 families forced out of their homes began moving back today.

Rice Field, the Elkhart high school athletic field remained under water and a game with Michigan City was shifted to Mishawaka for Friday night 1 Li i virtual maruai law reiuamcu iu cftect at Hammond, where a Na WCt ft In effect now for week, is proving i worthwhile again th If police Chief Melvln Fox said rtpday Fol also Aaald that it up the city' kids to determine how long the curfew will remain in effect after Hallowe'en. Fox said the 'number of complaints reaching oia office for nocturnal pranks baa dropped off rapidly since the curfew went into effect last Tuesday night. He said the complaints before that time were mounting rapidly, ft usually do around this time of the year. Fox said today that a few complaints are still reaching hia office from the west side, but that they are far fewer than before the curfew. He also revealed that the cur few will remain in effect aa long as uie puiice xeei is necessary.

It wjil continue through Hallowe'en and after, that will be continued until the department feels reasonably sure the "prank season" has subsided. Fox said the length of time it, will be kept on Is up to the kids; This year's curfew, following the successful pattern set last year, starts each night at 8:30 p.m. with the sounding of the Hie siren. All children are expected to be off the streets by that time unless they have adequate reasons for being out. Auxiliary police patrol the city in unmarked cars after 8:30, on the lookout for pranksters.

Stella Voosnam Dies Last flight Mrs. Stella Woosnam, 75, widow of John Henry Woosnam and mother of Alexandria's Mayor Wendell Woosnam, died at 8:40 p.m. last night in the Bradford Nursing Home in Alexandria. She had been ill for two years. Mrs.

Woosnam was born 1 Bloomingdale, on June 7, 1879, the daughter of George and Malvina Usselman. Her husband died in 1927. Mr. and Mrs. woosnam moved nam "made JwrhOW at 211 E.

Monroe for the past 25 years. She was a member of the Methodist Church and was active in Church work as a member of the WSCS. She was a member of the Art Circle and was past matron of the Eastern Star, from whom she received a 50-year pin recent- ly' Surviving are two sons, rrti Woosnam, of Anderson, and May- Wendell Woosnam of Alexandfl or ria; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Disque, Alexandria; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Dixon, Hobart, and Mrs.

DeElla Wood, Portland, two brothers, Fred Usselman of Montezuma and Oatis Us-sleman of Oklahoma; and eight grandchildren. The body was taken the Davis and Stricler Funeral Home where friends may call after noon Thurs day. Services will beheld Friday at 2' at me jiethMist Church conducted by the Rev. Clayton Steele, pastor. The body will lie in state at the Church an hour in advance of services.

Burial will be in Park View cemetery. BABY IN HOSPITAL Kenny Wardwell, two and one-half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wardwell of South Harrison Street, is a patient in the isolation ward at St. John's Hospital in Anderson.

Kenny is suffering from complications of an attack of pneu- monia. His condition was reported to be improving. Alexandria's Kiwanis Club an nounced Tuesday night that thu year's Football Banquet, sponsor ed oy uie Kiwanis, will be held on Monday night, Nov. 1. Tom Carnegie, sports announcer for WFBM-TV in Indianapolis, will be guest speaker.

The annual banquet is being held on Monday night this year because Tuesday, Nov. 2, is election day. The Tigers Club and A-Men's Association will assist the Kiwanis in sponsoring the event. v. a.

Murray, Kiwanis vice- presi 1. in charge of the dinner. Naur Uimktri Four new members were induct ed mto the Kiwanis during last night's meeting. John Miller, Chat-les Arnold, Wallace Van Ermari and Leotas Long were initiated by Joe Urban. i Speaker for the evening was A P.

Scott of the Phillips Petroleum Company in Indianapolis, who talked on Oil Progress Scott traced the history of the industry tack to the first Drake well in Pennsylvania. He pointed to the fertilizer division of Phillips as an example of the rapid 1 nt I Via laiftiiorm' kw nVAiiiila I kit ui ui uiuusu uj'yi vuwvm This division, non-existent a few years ago, 'now accounts for between 80 and 100 million dollars of the company's expenditures. Scott also revealed that the Oil industry is one of the most taxed in the nation, along with the cigarette and liquor industries. RAY MADDEN WILL SIT WITH IKE IF HE CAN SPEAK GARY, Ind. (UPO-Indiana's only Democrat congressman said today he would accept a Republfr can invitation to sit on the speaker's platform with President Eisenhower at Indianapolis Friday night rUf the chairman will allow me to say a few words." Rep.

Ray J. Madden, who represents Indiana's First District, said he had not received the man xivin C. Cast. Cast said at Indlanapolis Madden would be invited because the Eisenhower ap pearance was "in his capacity as President of the United States." "I have a couple of meeting in Lake County Friday night, and I won't be able to attend," Madden said. He added, however, he would "be glad tocome down" if he could speajAj.iffly.

iden said if he did attend the president's speech he felt he should have the seat in front of Senator Capehart (Sen. Homer E. Cape-hart, Indiana Republican)." Madden said he supported 52 per cent and Capehart 48 per cent of the Eisenhower administration's extension and expansion of New Deal legislation. i He said also he would decline the invitation because of Defense Secretary Wilson's remarks about "dogs" and Mr. Eisenhower's failure to criticize Wilson for the remarks.

"I think he should repudiate that from the speaker's stand in Indian, apolis Friday night," Madden said. Madden said he was convinced the speech, billed by the president's aids as a "non-partisan farm policy would be "political nothing else." GUN CLUB MEETING The Alexandria Conservation and Gun club will hold a special mcet-ina toniaht at the City Hall at 7:30 p.m. All members have been asked to attend. rfi roooaii fo Boycott GOP been'ttecen, ter of a political controversy alnce no maue ouj reman; aunng. a news conference.

Detroit -Tll tell rye found put ope ibing in this your friends' run fast? hi iv WUsonV controversial remark was made -during a news confer ence in which he was discussing unemployment and the idea of putting defense work in areas where unemployment was high. He said "This defense business of the country is too serious a business, to look at as though it was 'made work' and just something to dish out to keep somebody thing to dish out to keep somebody busy." He went on to say a group from one "distressed' area told him, "You know you ve Just reduced the draft. In our district there are 110 more young men that won't have to go to the Korean fight now and' that'll add to bur unemployment." He told the 'news Conference, "The idea that' a 19-year-old toy could be drafted and sent to Korea to be shot at and he didn't have enough gumption to go 100 miles 'and get himself a Job I don't go for that Then he followed with the remark which touched off the political controversy: "And I've got a lot of sympathy for people where a sudden change catches 'em but I've always liked bird dogs better than kennel-fed dogs myself. You. know, one who'll get out and hunt for food rather than sitOn his fanny and help." Wilson, discussing the "bird dog" remark this morning, said he "Just gave it a flip on the side" at the news conference.

He said he was rcterrlng only to the one specific instance, of the' 110 young men in the one area, when he made it. "It made me mad. The idea that you have to run a war and spill blood to make Jobs for people," he said. Wilson said it actually wasn't Stratton who "invited him to the Chicago dinner make a speech on unemptoy- nt," be said; i Democrats Win Sweeping Victory In Alaska Vote ANCHORAGE, Alaska (UP) -Alaska voters swept the Democratic Party back into power after two years of Republican control, unofficial returns in the territory's general election indicated today. Unofficial returns from 72 of the 262 Alaskan precincts Indicate an overwhelming victory in Tuesday's election, with control of the Legislature and certain victory for the incumbent delegate to congress, E.L.

Bartlett. Bartlett had a margin of 5,692 to 2,531 over Mrs. Barbara Dimock, ReDubilcan leaislator from Anchor age and first woman ever to seek the post. Only two. RepuDUcans were gin a chance of beina elected to the Legislature, both of them from the 1st Division.

Reports from that division indicated four Democrats will Join them in the territorial house, while two Democrats seem certain to be sent to the Senate. In the 3rd Division, where most of the territory's voung strengtn lies, it was apparently a clean sweep for the Democrat-(with tnree senators and 10 members of the House apparently in. 4 lllincij Governor 7 uy 10 fcOO-a. Plate dinner at which Illinois Gov, WlllWm Straiten Indicated Wilson ii not now -M an off-theufir remark jfibout bird dog, made the statement, when informed, ol Stratum's -v Sutton; In Watemeilt rile'ased in the pre-dawn hour today, said he cannot- understand" Wilson's attitude on unemployment and sug-Seated that Wilson cancel his Chicago, speech "I wonder whether he knows what my attitude on unemployment is," Wilson said, The secretary said he didn't know yet whether he would make the speech tonight or not. "I'm waiting for' the governor to telephone me," Wilson said.

"If he has some objection to my appearing, I think he should tell me." Lioris Get Report On Homecoming Alexandria's Lions Club members heard a reporti from project chairman Don Lockwood on the recent Lions-sponsored homecoming weekend, at their regular dinner meeting last night Lockwood reported a net profit from the homecoming weekend, Including the amateur fights; concessions and queen contest, of $231.82. Plans were also made last night for local Lions to attend a zone social meeting at Linder's restaurant in Anderson on Tuesday, Nov. 9. proposed light bulb sale, planned as an October project for the club, has been cancelled, it was announced Tuesday. Speaker at the meeting was George Koorsen, president of the Indiana Fire Prevention Company, of Indianapolis who talked on safety, devices.

Program chairmen for the evening were Paul. Dickey nd Ralph Program chair- WfflDe TV GENE SWINDELL IS CONGRATULATED ON ARMY ENTERTAINING FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Special) Sgt. Gene Swindell, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Amen Swindell, road 28 east of Alexandria, was cited recently by the commanding general of Fort Campbell for bis work as an entertainer during his 23-month Army assignment here. Major Genel-al Wayne C. Smith, commanding general, congratulated Sgt. Swindell for his work with the "Melodiefs''. vocal trio, com-poed of military personal.

The "Melodiers" appeared many military shows and civilian benefit programs, as well as in night clubs and on radio and tele- "Host )OtS. Swindell will be discharged from the Army Saturday. He Is a former sports writer for the Alexandria 'limes-Tribune and will work on th copy desk at the Anderson Bull letin. i LATE MARKETS INDIANAPOLIS (UP) i- Livestock: Hogs moderately active, generally 2550c lower; choice 180-240 lbs 18.50-lif.T5, soma 19.00; 240-275 lbs 11.00-18.50; 275-300 lbs few 17.5; sows 25-50o off at 16.00-17.25, few 17.50. Cattle calves J00; steers and heifers moderately active, about steady; utility through commercial cows slow, steady to weak, Instances 50c lower; 8 loads choice steers 24.75 and 2 loads heifers 23.00 bought to arrive; average good to choice steers 21.50-24.00; commercial and good 15.50-21.00; choice heifers and mixed yearlings 22.50-23.50; good to low Choice heifers 17.50-22.25; utility, and commercial cows 9.50-13.00; vealers fairly active, about steady; few prime to 23.00; individual prime to 24.00; commercial through choice 15.00-22.00.

Sheep wooled lambs active, strong; good to prime 18.00- and good 14.50-17.50; ewes unchanged at 3.00-4.50. MARKETS AT A GLANCE By UNITID PRBS8 Stocks easier In quiet trading. Bonds mixed. U.S. government bonds lower In quiet dealings.

Midwest stocks mixed. Cotton futures Irregular. Grains in Chicago: Wheat, corn, oats, 'rye, soy bean lard futures irregularly higher. Hogs stesdy to 25 higher, top 18.85; csttle weak to strong, top 2.za; sheep steady to strong, top 21.00. ft.

I I HA 1 Official with Gun -MUNBOE, La, (UP-A public fiiror wa itiaed. up hare today ovefv th. commitment of an 11-yeatld boy to an institution because he threatened two school officials with a shotgup to save the life of hia mongrel "I did it because they were going to kill my dog' the child said, "he Is the only thing I His dog was seized when it followed him to school one day. He first begged for its release without success, then took sterner meas ures. The boy.

-whose name was not disclosed because of bis age, was swiftly committed to the Louisiana Training Institute for Juvenile Delinquent Boys after the Incident. Ha fit ill wast tharA tnrlnu A angry protest weIU from local citizens who beard of the. Case and a second hearing was scheduled for next Friday by City Judge Howell Heard. The boy, whose father is dead and whose mother's sole income is $55 a month in state welfare as sistance, was committed to the training institute within five hours after he threatened Mrs. Tina G.

Clark, principal of Ransom School, and M.C. Griggs, parish school su perintendent of transportation. The dog, of questionable an cestry, is safe. An anonymous donor paid the pet out of the city pound and bad him vaccinated. Another man built a pen at the boy's home for the animal.

Ike's Indianapolis Plea Will Be to Win Farm Voters By LYLE C. WILSON Unitad Press Stiff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) The farm vote for which President Eisenhower will appeal in his next campaign effort has been shrinking for many years and no longer is the powerhouse it used to be. Mr. Elsenhower will speak next from Indianapolis Friday evening. Whether this speech is to be the centerpiece of a political rally seems to be a matter of confusion between presidential headquarters in Denver and Republican state But all hands agn na, agree the Presi dent will make a farm speech in which he will view with consider able pride bis administration's achievements for agriculture.

The midwestcrn farm belt and its vote still are the backbone of the Republican party. But the census shows that the relative importance of the farm vote in the United ototps continues to diminish. It has keen shrinking for nearly 50 years. census -ieau and Agriculture i npnartment -fieurcs from 1910 to1 1954 show the country's farm population steadily Jailing from in 1910 to approximately this year. Moreover the ratio of farm popu'ation 10 lne rcst of the United States population has fallen off even more sharply.

In 1910, roughly 35 per cent of the population of this country lived on farms. The percentage this year urn. down to 13.5. That is a trc- a ii i reduction cspcciany 1 1 nlnmanf nf the tructure of one of the two great political parties. Mr Eisenhower's commitment to speak Friday evidently was made under pressure of Republican professionals who fear a farm belt rebellion this year against their party.

The slight margin by which the Republicans now hold the House and Senate could not survive a rebellion by one the elements upon which the party usually relies. Shown In EUction That was amply demonstrated in 1948 when the farmers took a walk. Iowa is a typical farm siaic, ally Republican. President Harry 1 1 tun lOAfl Truman carried iowa election and the state put a Democrat, Guy M. Gillette, in the Senate.

MEETING POSTPONED The meeting of the Past Matron's Club, scheduled for Thursday evening, has been postponed due to the death of Mrs. Stella Woosnam. BIGGEST GOP RALLY OF CAMPAIGN TO BE ANDERSON TONIGHT ANDERSON Madison County Republicans will stage their big-Best event of the fall campaign at the Anderson Armory. 7th and 1 Main Streets, tonight when more than 1,000 party members, including many from the Alexandria community, arc expected to hear an address by Rep. Gerald Ford, of Michigan.

The program will include a fish dinner at 6 p.m. Other speakers will be John Beamer and county chairman Harold J. Anderson. Township, county, judicial and state legislative candidates on the GOP ticket will be introduced. "'jeV: fighter; plane 'crashed them, as tney.

played in the oacit yard of their home. The children's parents, both critically burned, wen) ttaken 'to hospitals. The pilot Skies cleared over Alexandria and'inost of Indiana this morning, but 'floods stlU threatened more damage in Plymouth and the northern part of the state. At Plymouth, the United Press reported that the Yellow River neared a crest today as police and clvD defense workers fought to prevent more damage and to halt house-looting. About 200 persons evacuated their Plymouth homes and business places suffered thousands of dollars damage.

The Yellow River was expected to reach a crest of about 17V4 feet later today, and then recede. -Littlt Calumet Drops Meanwhile, at Hammond the Little Calumet dropped up to 12 inches Tuesday and workers build, ing sandbag levees eased up at their work. Some displaced families returned to their homes as flood waters receded at other North Indiana points, except for Gary, where the stream ies Dead, 24 Sick From Diarrhea GARY, Ind. (UP)-Mcthodist Hospital authorities today fought to control an outbreak of diarrhea which killed five premature babies during the weekend and made 24 others ill. Technicians at the hospital and the State Board of Health in Indianapolis made tests to determine the cause of the sudden outbreak, which a hospital spokesman said so far was "undetermined." Hospital Supt.

Everett Johnson said the illnesses struck 29 of the 70 infants in the nursery, and five of them died. But he said it was unknown how many others may have been released in apparent good health only to become sick later. "Either a bacteria or a was responsible, Johnson said, but up to now "we can't locate where this thing originates." Johnson said some babies who occupied the nursery may be stricken later, since the length of "incubation" period of the illness is uncertain. He said some potentially sick infants "may have gone out of here looking well." Nurseries were washed and painted as a precautionary measure, anil hospital authorities contacted parents of new-born babies which may have been exposed before leaving the hospital. Johnson said the ages of stricken infants ranged "anywhere from a few days to about a month," but all were premature.

He said the illness "occurs frequently throughout this country." 13 Puerto Ricans Are Found Guilty NEW YORK (UP) Thirteen rmiiuuiu riuuu Clearing Skies; sTIsM mk. mm aim 4fc mm yiiaryBab bearers (left) carry off the bodies of John W. Vaughn. 2 and his sister, Dorothy, 4. killed when a 90-Year-Old Alexandrian Dies Tuesday Mrs.

Laura BeDe' Tennell. SO. died at the family home at 620 Washington Street at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday following a three- year uiness. Mrs.

Tennell was born in Brown County on March 9, 1864, the dau ghter of Tillman and Louisa Hammond Bertram. She was married Sept. 20, 1883, to William Melvin Tennell in Shelby County. Her husband died in 1951. Mr.

and Mrs. Tennell lived in the Alexandria community most of their lives, residing on a farm near Cunning ham school until they moved in town in 1945. Mr. Tennell Was a farmer in the community. Mrs.

Tennell was a charter mem ber of the Christian Congregational Church east of Alexandria, and a member of the Ladies Aid of the Church. Her husband was Sun day School superintendent of the Church for 16 years. The body was taken to the Da vis and Stricler Funeral Home and will be returned to the family re sidence at 620 w. Washington where friends may call after 8 p.m. -WnigHtTrtte tMlyfettalii at the family home until rriday morning, when it will be taken to the Funeral Home for services at 10:30 a.m.

Surviving are five daughters: Miss Mary Tennell, at home; Mrs. Bessie Retherford, Mrs. Jesse Ank-rum, Mrs. Zella Duke and Mrs. Georgia Hughes, all Alexand ria; a brother, Bertie Bertram; a sister, Mrs.

Bertha Ihomas, Mun-cie; six grandchildren, 10 greatgrandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. U. S. Confers with Chiang Today on Invasion Threat TAIPEI, Formosa (UP) U.S. Asst.

Secretary of State Walter S. Robertson met three times today with Generalissimo Chiang Kai- ek somber background of threatened invasion and new Communist effort to wreck the American position in Asia. American and Chinese Nationalist officials wore unusually reticent about the Robertson visit, which is due to end Thursday morning. Official quarters described the Robertson-Chiang talks as concerned with "problems of mutual interest." They would only repeat a Washington announcement that the assistant secretary had flown here to discuss future U.S. aid to Formosa.

But unofficial speculation cen tered on the belief that Robertson here Q) a trouble-shooting mis sion. He was rcponuu hui-uii'iiuk to get Chiang's concurrence in a policy of holding the fighting along the China coast to a limited scale. Fighting flared intensely along the coast after the Communists shelled Nationalist-held Quemoy Island on Sept. 3. But Nationalists attacks suddenly halted 10 days ago.

There were reports the United States had advised the Nationalists to ease off. This reported po'ky brought an- nrv Drotests locally. It was arguen this would allow the Communists to build VP for an irrvasrorrui mosa without hindrance. As if to underscore this bejicf, there were new artillery duels at both ends of the Nationalists' 300-1 mile chain of island outposis iouay and new reports of Communist naval buildups at Shanghai and the Chushan Islands. EASTERN STAR SERVICES Members of the Order of Eastern Star will hold services at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at the Davis and Stricler Funeral Home in honor of Mrs. Stella Woosnam who died Tuesday night. tior.at uuara unit stayed on ma. Job. Cf'j Reports compiled from the flood area indicated as many as 3,800 persons may have been evacuated from Hammond to Elkhart during the last four days.

Damage est mates may exceed-10 million dob linnets Appears Saf A A United Press report-said the appeared over in Illinois, but the mayor of Ottawa declared a state of emergency and the NaJ tional Guard evacuated 75 families; -More guardsmen were alerted for duty in the Chicago suburb ol In Indianapolis, a baby girl born soon, after her mother died of tornado injuries died late Tuesday night in St Vincent's hospital, The mother injured fatally Monday when a tornado lashed Franklin. Her baby was delivered two weeks prematurely but died 29 hours later despite efforts of a staff of physicians and nurses to save its life. Clear Skls Clear skies reigned over Alexandria today, after a rainfall from a.m. Tuesday of only 0.13 inch. Total rainfall here during the two day storm was 2.16 inches, bringing the October total to nearly four inches 3.98 inches.

The Weather Bureau said today that more rain is expected late tonight and Thursday in the northwest and on Thursday over the rest of the state. The rain is expected to end before Friday. Temperatures in the Alexandria area will be above normal highs' of 72 and lows of 46 for the next five days, More showers may come on Sunday. Yesterday's high temperature here was 73 degrees. The overnight low was 57.

Kllltr Hurricane In the southeast coastal waters, the United Press reported Hurricane Haiel lumbering toward the southeast Bahamas after a devastating trip across western Haiti which flooded towns and killed or injured at least 200. At least 800. more persons were homeless on Southern Haiti. The tempest brushed harmlessly past the huge U. S.

Naval base at Guantanamo Bay on Cuba, but slammed to Haitian cities across the windward strait from Cuba. The Bahamas battened down as far to the North as Nassau for lethal winds and high seas. AT INDIANAPOLIS HOSPITAL Hiarlcs S. Pittman. 40.

216 W. Tyler, was admitted to Methodist hospital, Sunday Indianapolis, for examination. His condistion is isted as fair. His room number iNU. I I MsW Daily Weather Mtrday'i tmparaturti High 73, Low 57.

reitur Ml ttvtl: 30.02 inches, rising. rtciprunon, 24 hours ending :30 this morning: 0.13 inch. (by United Prtts): Turning cloudy tonight With occasional rain likely on Thurs day. Low tonight 52. High Thursdsy 65.

members the fanatical V' ivaciurmrm- party -were iimmj guilty Tuesday night of conspiracy 1 to overthrow the U.S. government by violence. KihM- the defendants, three men and one woman, already nad been convicted and sentenced to long prison terms for the March 1 shooting of fic congressmen in the Mouse of Representatives. Federal Judge Lawrence C. Walsh set Oct.

26 for passing sentence. All thirteen, plus four others who pleaded guilty to the charges of seditious conspiracy, face a possible maximum sentence of six years in prison plus fines of $5,000 each. -v- IT'S NOT question of misalng th bus but of missing th boat on Chicago's llBth street (above), looking west from Randolph street Somebody's 1094 model la getting pretty messed up. too. This la th way th street looktd 48 hour after lnUrmltUnt heavy reins flooded th city with an official 0.72 Inches of water, fiamaa-a ia aitlmaud at tao.OOO.OOO.

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