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April 18, 1950. DECATUR HERALD List Illinois Guggenheim Prize Winners New York, April 17 (AP) Guggenheim awards to 158 scholars, scientists and creative workers were announced yesterday. The awarding; of $500,000 in assistance to Guggenheim fellows marked the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the John Simon Guggenheim memorial foundation the late U. S. Sen.

and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim. Recipients from Illinois included: DR. STEPHEN POLYAK, professor of anatomy, University Chicago, structure and function of the eyes and their connection with the brain. Dr.

Gerhardt von Bonin, professor of anatomy, University of Illinois college medicine, Chicago; construction of an Electronic cell counter to assist studies of the comparative anatomy of the cerebral cortex. Dr. Harlow Burgess Mills, chief, Illinois Natural History survey, Champaign, Invertebrate Soil Fauna. Dr. Sidney Michael Dancoff, professor of physics, University of Ila linois; the relativistic meson theory of nuclear forces.

Dr. Michael Kasha, Atomic Energy commission research fellow in physics, University of Chicago; Intermolecular energy transfer. DR. DAVE FULTZ, assistant professor of meteorology, University of Chicago; will construct models and from them make studies of the large-scale motions of planetary atmospheres. Dr.

Chester G. Starr, ciate professor of history, University of Illinois; freedom of thought in the Roman empire. Albert William Christ-Janer, director, humanities development; University of Chicago; modern American church art and architecture. Dr. Virgil Barney Heltzel, professor of English, Northwestern university, Evanston; Elizabethan literary patronage.

Effingham Youths Sentenced in Richland Olney, April 17 (Staff) Two teen-age youths from near Effingham were sentenced to one to three years in the Sheridan training school for boys today for violation of probation. Judge Ben W. Eovaldi of Benton pronounced sentence in Richland county circuit court. The youths had been granted probation on pleas of guilty to auto theft charges. Scheduled to be arraigned soon in the April session is Owen Leeds, formerly of Olney, who is charged with kidnapping his five-year-old daughter Jan.

9. Ruling on a plea by Leeds to quash the indictment is pending. Five other teen-age youngsters will have a hearing, one on a charge of auto theft and the others for larceny charges. Greenwich Village Writer Takes Life New York, April 17 (AP) A young Greenwich village writer killed himself with gas today and a resulting explosion shattered the top floor of an apartment building. Four other persons were injured.

Police said the victim, James Perry, 27, left a note: "From the time you're born, death keeps creeping up. I have had a happy life so there's no use wasting time." The explosion from escaping gas occurred in Perry's apartment on the top floor of a five-story apartment building. Walls of the building buckled, plaster broke loose and 13 windows were shattered. The blast was heard for blocks. RIDE THE BUS AT LESS THAN HALF THE COST OF A SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER 3 Rides for 20c You find City Lines Bus Service 10 WAYS BETTER and 20 TIMES SAFER than driving your own car MORE ECONOMICAL, too.

DECATUR CITY LINES, Inc. 61 Industry Court Ph. 3-8217 Pal Cooperates So Youth Can Keep Nurse Date Kingston, N. April 17 (AP) asked" his Mayr, pal to 18, shoot him says, he he could keep an emergency room date with a nurse, was resting comfortably today. His alleged assailant-by-invitation, William R.

Pagan, 19, was released in $1,000 bail pending grand jury action. Pagan had been held on a misdemeanor charge. Both youths are from Kingston. Police said Mayr told this story: Last Saturday afternoon he met the nurse on her way to work at Kingston hospital. "I'll see you at six o'clock in the emergency room," Mayr said.

Then, he said, he got his pal, Pagan, and the pair strolled into the woods with a .22 caliber rifle. He said he braced himself against a tree, pointed to his thigh, and told Pagan, "shoot me here." Pagan shot and went for help. Mayr landed in the hospital and the emergency room. Whether the nurse was there was not revealed. Authorities also refused to disclose her name.

Knetzer Asks Suit Dismissal Edwardsville, April 1 17 (AP) Robert L. Knetzer asked the circuit court here today to dismiss a fo a non-support suit filed by Mrs. Dorothy Kelch Knetzer. The bankrupt automobile dealer's attorney seeks the dismissal on grounds that a non-support law enacted last year is unconstitutional. The court took the dismissal plea under advisement.

Mrs. Knetzer No. 2 charged in her non-support suit that she married Knetzer in January 1947, without knowing he already was married. Mrs. Dolores Choate Knetzer has a divorce suit pending.

She charges infidelity. The defendant is in jail at Springfield, Ill. Probe Man's Death By Burns in Quincy Quincy, April 17 (AP) A Canton, man died Sunday of burns suffered under mysterious circumstances. About dawn Sunday a police squad found Dean Nichols, 57, of Canton, standing on a street corner clad only in his shoes and socks. Most of the remainder of his body was seared.

The officers took him to St. Mary's hospital. Attempts to question him brought only semicoherent statements that Nichols believed he was alone when his clothing caught fire but could not say how it happened. He died late Sunday after about 12 hours' unavailing treatment. Near the corner where Nichols was found, police recovered his way.

With the clothes, they said, burned do clothing in a building hallwas a pint-size whisky bottle which apparently had contained naphtha. Nichols lived with his brother, Thomas, and a sister, Mrs. Maggie Eaton, in Canton. Former Mounds Banker Denies Federal Charge Cairo, April 17 (AP) Holloway H. Melton, former Mounds bank cashier, pleaded innocent today to a federal grand jury indictment charging embezzlement.

Melton, 41, appeared before federal Judge Casper Platt and made his plea without a lawyer. He was charged with embezzlement of 500 from school funds he had handled when. he was a township school treasurer. He has been similarly charged by State's Attorney Warner Wall of Pulaski county, and waiting county grand jury action. Army Plans to Dish Out Plenty of Applesauce Washington, April 17 (AP) The armed forces are shopping for 5.649,000 pounds of applesauce.

The army quartermaster corps, which is doing the buying, estimated today that other anticipated appetites from the 1950 fruit and vegetable pack include 10,447,000 pounds of peaches, 12,855,000 pounds of tomato juice, 8,495,000 pounds of tomatoes, 7.576,000 pounds of catsup, 9,597,000 pounds of corn, and 7,774,000 pounds of string beans. Washer Repair Parts for all makes. If you are repairing your old machine, save time. SEE US FIRST! Used wringers, agitators and motors. Prompt Service on all machines repaired in our well -equipped Service Department.

CLARK'S CENTRAL RADIO STORE 248 N. Park Ph. 3-7744 C-0-A-L IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ON ALL GRADES AND SIZES DUNN COAL Phone 4444 Phone 7441 Plane's Raft Taken to Port Helsinki, Finland, April 17 (AP) The British freighter Beechland, which picked up an American rubber life raft in the Baltic sea Sunday, docked late tonight at the Finnish port of Kotka. The life raft. which might give a clue to the disappearance days ago of a U.

S. navy patrol bomber plane with 10 crewmen, was not shown to newsmen. Before docking the vessel dropped anchor. in the outer harbor, where S. attache, Col.

MacMahon and a British consul went aboard to take care of the raft. They left the ship almost immediately, MacMahon bringing the raft by car to Helsinki. The search, carried on widely by both planes and surface vessels. now has been abandoned. A well-informed source said there is every indication the raft had belonged 1 to the missing patrol bomber.

This informant pointed out that a sidepocket in which medical supplies are usually kept was empty, indicating the raft had been used. The Beechland picked up the raft Sunday about 45 miles southeast of Stockholm. Buckingham Palace Confirms Birth Report London, April 17 (AP) Buckingham Palace confirmed tonight that Princess Elizabeth is expecting another baby this summer. The Palace said simply that Princess Elizabeth is cancelling all further public engagements. This is the Palace's traditional roundabout way of announcing the approaching confinement of a member of the royal family.

A similar announcement was made prior to, the birth of the Princess's first son, Prince. Charles, in Buckingham Palace Nov. 14, 1948. The London Sunday pictoral said that the child is expected in late July or early August. The new royal baby would be third in line for the throne.

The Princess, who will be 24 Friday, is the first who would succeed her father, King George VI. The second is Prince Charles. Princess Elizabeth is now in Malta visiting her husband, the tall and handsome Prince Philip. Teamsters Union Plans To Halt Trucks Again Chicago, April 17 (AP) Union teamsters are planning to stop interstate trucks again this year all over the nation in their efforts to organize non-union drivers. A similar program last year was successful, officers of the A.F.

of L. International Brotherhood of Teamsters They discussed plans organizing drive reportedso while meeting today at a national conference. No dates were announced. The four-day meeting of the union's national trades division will end Thursday. They are the first meetings of the division since it was completely organized a year ago, bringing into one unit all types of drivers.

Easter Chicks Warn Residents of Fire Philadelphia, April 17 (AP) The peeps of baby chicks and ducklings, an Easter gift to a fouryear old girl. saved six from possible injury in a fire today. Mrs. Emily Lefferta, 70, was awakened from a nap on her dining room couch by what she described as cackling. The noise came from the pets kept by her granddaughter, Emily Shetzline, in the adjoining breakfast room.

Mrs. Lefferta discovered the breakfast room was ablaze. Her shouts aroused five other people in the house including Emily. Seven of the nine pets suffocated. German Youths Held For U.S.

Court Trial Berlin, April 17 (AP) Eight members of the East German "people's police" -branded by the prosecution a Soviet-sponsored army--were held for trial today by an American court here. The black-uniformed, booted policemen were arraigned on a charge of illegal possession of weapons while traversing the U.S. sector of Berlin. Originally capital offense, this now carries a maximum penalty of 99 years. Date of the trial has not yet been set.

The young defendants alternately glowered and smirked as Judge John Sabo of Gary, denied them bail. Kenya Seeks Coal Nairobi, Kenya (AP)-Drillers have passed the 1.550-foot mark in an exploratory borehold along the Kenya coast in a search for coal. It is intended to sink the hole 3,000 feet into an area known as the Karroo system shales, which have never before been explored for coal. Born To ALLBERT. Mr.

and Mrs. William, 2251 East North, a son, April 16, in St. Mary's. BAILEY, Mr. and Mrs.

Noal. 4207 East Glenwood, a daughter, April 16, in St. Mary's. BANDELIN. Mr.

and Mrs. Fred. 1757 East Cantrell, a son, April 15, in St. Mary's. BOEHM.

Mr. Oakland, and Mrs. Francis 01452 North a son. April 17. in D.

M. C. CRUE, Mr. and Mrs. James, 647 Longview, a son.

April 16. in Mary's. HAUGH, Mr. and Mrs. Charles.

735 North College, a son, 8. April in St. Mary's. JAMES. Mr.

and Mrs. Edwin. 1102 East North. son. April 17.

in St. Mary's. JOHNSON, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest rural Decatur, daughter, in 84.

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and Mrs. James, rural route 8. Decatur, a son, April 15. in St. Mary's.

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420 North Oakland. a daughter. April 17. in St. Mary's.

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in St. Marriage Licenses Herbert Dale Goss. Niantic 25 Doris Lake. Niantic 20 Raymond F. Hays, Miner 31 Mary Evelyn Marshall, Peoria 18 Dominick A.

Pallone. New York, N. Y. Elma Durbin, Decatur 22 George Crisman, Decatur Betty Strong, Decatur 26 William E. Allen, 22 Betty J.

Watters. Decatur 20 D. Smith McGaughey, Decatur 36 Jane W. Wilcox, Decatur 24 Robert C. Bulger, 28 Norma D.

Spriggs. Decatur 24 Central Deaths BERRY. Mrs. Mary Catherine, 67, of Tuscola, died 6:45 a. m.

Sunday in Jarman hospital; leaves children: Robert Berry of Tuscola, Mrs. Gertrude Steve. Mendota, Mrs. Ellen Crane, Danville: 2 p. m.

Wednesday in Waddington funeral home; burial in Tuscola cemetery. BRADFORD, Mrs. Maggie, 92. Hindsboro, died at 4 a.m. Monday in a Monmouth hospital; leaves stepsons, Ernest, BaltiFred, Hindsboro: a daughter, Mrs.

Marie Thompson, Monmouth; body will be brought to the Taber funeral home in Hindsboro Wednesday morning; services 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hindsboro Christian church; burial in Union cemetery. BUCKLES, Elias Frank, 72. Mount Pulaski, died 5:05 a. m.

Monday in home: services 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Schahl funeral home. Mount Pulaski; burial in Mount Pulaski cemetery. COWAN, Sheldon, 65, of Martinsville, died Saturday in Paris hospital: leaves brothers, Harry, Ed and James, all of Martinsville.

and William of Hume: two sisters, Mrs. Leona Weir of Martinsville and Mrs. Dan Wood of Riley, services 2 p.m. Tuesday in Willis chapel, north of Casey; burial in Willis cemetery; body in Greenwell funeral home, Martinsville. DRENNAN, Henry, 35, formerly of Taylorville, died suddenly Sunday night in home at Allan Park.

leaves wife, Junel; son, Bobby; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Drennan, Auburn; brother. James. Valiejo.

sister, Mrs. Juan ita Edlen, Jacksonville; arrangements complete. ELLIS, A. 61, Lincoln. died 4:45 a.

m. Monday in home: leaves brother, John; sisters Mary Ellis and Mrs. Sue Feldman, all of Lincoln: body to Kerrigan funeral home where Rosary will be recited at 8 p. m. Tuesday; services 8:30 8.

m. Wednesday in St. Mary's church; burial in St. Mary's cemetery. GORDON, Tony Maurice, 3 months, Lovington, died Sunday morning in grandparent's home: leaves parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Gordon, Mattoon; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvery Lee, Lovington: grandfather, Roy Gordon, Mattoon; grandmother, Mrs. Virgie Phillips, Mattoon: brothers, Terry Lee and David Earl: body in Schilling funeral home: services in funeral home p.

m. Tuesday; burial in Neoga cemetery. GARDNER, Henry 15, of near Calhoun, died Monday morning in his home: leaves wife, Edith; daughters, Mrs. Ruth Nettleton, Parkersburg: Mrs. Irma Scranton, Olney; Anna May Gardner, Springfield, sister, Mrs.

Sarah Harmon, Calhoun: services, 2 p. m. Wednesday in Olney funeral home chapel; burial Haven Hill cemetery. LEE. Emmer 79, formerly of Edinburg, died Saturday in Cleveland.

Ohio: leaves son, William of Endicott, N.Y.; daughter. Mrs. Margaret Crocker, Cleveland, Ohio: brothers. Lem Lee of Springfield. Fred of Nokomis, and Frank of Raymond: sisters, Mrs.

Myrtle Nielbiers of Springfield, Mrs. Pearl Barnes of Pekin, and Mrs. Olala Baker of Edinburg: body in Chesnut-Pearce Connolly funeral home, Taylorville; services in funeral home at 2 p. m. Tuesday: burial in Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield.

REIS. Nicholas. 89, Marie. died p. m.

Monday in home: leaves wife, Frances; foster son, James, Jost. Ste Marie: services 9 a. Thursday in St. Mary's Catholic church: burial in St. Mary's cemetery with the Parker funeral home in charge.

Legal Notices Proposals for the following will be rethe State of Illinois, Division of Architecture and Engineering, ArmoryOffice Building, Springfield, Illinois on P. Tuesday, May 2, 1950 at Two Thirty o'clock Central Standard Time: 1. Power Piping, Heating, Boiler Instrument Repairs, Stoker. Engine Generator. Plumbing Work and all Insulating Work, Illinois State Training School for Boys, St.

Charles, Illinois 2. Street Lighting System, Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee. Illinois 3. General Work for Repairs to Porch over Main Entrance to Old Main Building, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Illinois 4. New 36 inch Storm Sewer and Additional Water Mains, Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee, Illinois 5.

Demolition and Removal of Three Frame Residences at 303. 307 and 401 South University Street, Normal, Illinois 6. Portable Steel Grandstand for Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois All proposals to be in accordance with plans and specifications which may be viewed in the Division of Architecture and Engineering Offices, Armory-Office Building, Springfield, Illinois and 160 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois. State of Illinois C. Herrick Hammond Supervising Architect In the Circuit Court.

No. 44116. In Chan- sS. State of Illinois. County of Macon, cery.

Nancy I. Freeland, vs. Florence K. Freeland, et al. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to decree of the above Court entered in the above styled cause on February 2,.

1950, as Master in Chancery of said Court, will. o'clock in 6, the 1950, forenoon, at the at the hour Front of Door 10:00 of the Court House on East Wood Street in the City of Decatur. in the County and State aforesaid. offer for sale and sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, subject to confirmation by said Court, the real estate in said decree ordered to be soid and described as follows, viz: Tract 1: The Northeast Quarter of Section One (1). Township Fourteen (14) North, Ranze Three (3) East of Third Principal Meridian in Macon County, Illinois, containing one hundred sixty (160) acres more or less.

Tract 2: The South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section One (1). Township Fourteen (14) North, Range Four (4), East of the Third Principal Meridian in Moultrie County, Illinois, and the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section Twelve (12). Township Fourteen (14) North, Range Four (4). East of the Third Principal Meridian in Moultrie County, Illinois, containing one hundred sixty (160) acres more or less. Purchaser shall pay of the purchase price on the day of sale and the remainder on approval sale by the Court.

Sale will be made subject to the rights of the tenant in possession; purchaser to take landlord's share of crops for the year 1950 and to pay the general taxes for the year 1950. An abstract of title for each of the above properties will be supplied to the purchaser and may be examined at the office of Henson. Morthland Henson. 227 South Water Street. Decatur.

Illinois. at Decatur, Illinois, this 7th day 1950. WALKER H. MILLS Master in Chancery Central Illinois Deaths THOMAS, Daniel, 68. Newman, died 4 a.m.

Sunday in home: leaves wife. Emma: brother: Charles, Rockville, sister. Mrs. Charlotte Black, Delphi, body in the Barr funeral home. Newman: serv.

ices 2 p.m. Tuesday 10 the Newman Christian church; burial in Newman cemetery. WALSH. Leo Martin, 8, Mount Pulaski, of Mr. and Mrs.

Leo M. Walsh, died 8:45 1 p. m. Sunday in St. Clara's hospital, Lincoln: leaves parents.

sister. Barbara Ann: brother, Patrick: grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hoffman Milltown, Ind and Patrick Walsh of Lincoln; body from Kerrigan funeral home to residence Tuesday afternoon: services 10:45 a. m.

Wednesday in St. Thomas Acquinias church. Mount Pulaski: burial in Holy Cross cemetery, Lincoln. Funeral Directors Ambulance Service any hour day or night. Dial 4421.

Dawson Wikoff Funerals--Decatur LA Adams, Leota B. Services 1:30 p. The Wednesday. chapel. Interment Graceland cemetery.

Friends may call at funeral home. J. J. Moran Sons Coles, Ellen Mary Services 1:30 p. m.

Wednesday. Chapel. Interment Fairlawn cemetery. Monson Funeral Home Pieper, Grace Services 11 a. m.

Wednesday, chapel. Interment Oak Hill cemetery Taylorville, Ill. Friends may call at funeral home. J. J.

Moran Sons Trent. Donald Homer Services 3 p. m. Wednesday, chapel. Interment Graceland cemetery, Friends may call at funeral home.

J. J. Moran Sons Vest, Minnie Services 3:30 p. m. Tuesday.

chapel. Interment Fairlawn cemetery. Friends may call at funeral home. J. J.

Moran Sons Funerals -Central Illinois 1B Smith, Daniel V. Funeral services 9:30 Tuesday morning, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lovington. Interment St. Isadore cemetery.

Body at family home. Lovington. McMULLIN FUNERAL HOME LOVINGTON, ILL. Walmsley, Lula Funeral services 2 p. m.

Tuesday. Lovington Methodist Church. Interment Keller cemetery. Body at McMullin Funeral Home. Lovington.

McMULLIN FUNERAL HOME LOVINGTON, ILL. Funeral Flowers 1C HOURANS FUNERAL AND OTHER FLOWERS Phone 5305 "ON THE CORNER" Water at Wood St. Masonic Temple Activities 6A BEAUMANOIR COMMANDERY NO. 9: Stated conclave Thursday 7:30 p.m. BETHANY LODGE No.

884 A. F. A. M. Special meeting, Wed.

8 p. m. 2nd degree. BLUE MOUND LODGE NO. 682.

Special meeting 7:30 p. m. 1st degree. CERRO GORDO Lodge 600: Special meeting Apr. 18, 7:30 p.

m. 2nd degree. MACON CHAPTER 21. Past and most excellent. degrees, Tuesday 7 p.

m. Refreshments. MACON LODGE NO. 8. Special meeting Tuesday, 7 p.

m. 3rd degrees. MASONIC TEMPLE BOARD of Trustees, monthly meeting Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Members and officers of all Masonic groups meeting in Temple urged to attend.

STEPHEN DECATUR LODGE NO. 979. Special meeting Wednesday 6:30 p. m. 1st degrees.

Personals ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS P. O. BOX 903 ROSE, B. Will you please come home until Harold goes to hospital. He is not improving.

Gertrude. SQUARE Beauty Shop, E. Main. Alice Hopp and Bernadine Barter, operators. Phone 9734 for appointment.

Where To Go 7C "A MASTERPIECE" is french fried shrimp served at The Wooden Shoe, 241 E. Main. Beer, liquors. A VISIT to the Tower Cafe, Rts. 48 51 is an adventure in really good eating.

Visit us today. BEFORE AND AFTER, make the Lincoln Square Tavern your stop. 121 N. Main. Pabst on draught.

BEMENT THEATER, Bement, Ill. Coming Thurs. "The Other Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven. BEST OF FOOD. well prepared.

Open days a week. New Beverly 3000 Blk. N. Water. BETTER HURRY on out to The Acre if you want some really fine homemade noodles with beef today.

2601 W. Main. CONVENTION Illinois State Spiritualist As sociation Thursday. Friday, Saturday. April 20.

21, 22, 7:45 D. m. also 2 p. m. Friday.

Good speakers and 'mediums including John Kelly, blindfold billet reader. CREST Cerro Gordo, Ill. Coming Wednesday and Thursday. "Yes Sir. That's My Baby." CURB SERVICE: The most delicious food in town served right to your car, chickenIn-The-Basket, 85c.

The Tepee, 22nd Cantrell. GRAND THEATER. Sullivan. Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvert in Willie Comes Marching Features: 7:25, 9:20. IT'S The Favorite Hangout for many and for good reason.

Dancing, Beer. mixed drinks, barbeques. Night Owl, Macon. PRACTICALLY A GUARANTEE for fun. fine food and drinks everytime you spend the evening at Old Pioneer Club, Lake Fork.

Ill. PROOF of what we say about Ralph's Pub Is the crowd each night. 135 S. Oakland. Beer, mixed drinks.

day evening. day Wednesday. RUMMAGE SALE, 551 N. Broadway, TuesRUMMAGE SALE: 551 N. Broadway after 6 p.

all day Thursday. DeMolay Mothers Circle. SPRING TIME. Beer time, just call 3-7751 and we'll deliver in 10 minutes. The Winery.

1093 W. Main. THOSE WHO ENJOY extra good food are just the ones who will be pleased with the food served at Hill's Cafe Bement. Lost and Found 10 GREEN billfold Icst. Identification "Daisy Taylor, Seattle, Wash." Reward.

2-3711. LOST: $20 bill, 1. 1100 block N. Water, Reward. 2-5095.

LOST: BROWN Beagle hound, white spot on face. Reward. 30-5811. Lost and Found 10. LOST green Kerrybrook billfold.

Believed lost in vicinity S. Oakland. Picture and papers. Reward. 2-3711.

RED COCKER SPANIEL lost. "Jim Cooper" on collar. Reward. 2-3809. STRAYED: Yellow Angora a female cat, child's pet.

3-1241. Reward. WALLET lost Friday night. Initials L.J.G. Papers.

currency. Reward. 3-2545. WILL PARTY who mistakenly took tan gabardine overcoat from First Christian Church Easter Sunday, 9:00 services. please return to Church office and exchange.

Automotive 11 BUICK 1948 convertible, fully equipped, $1,695. Phone 3-3369. Carpenter and Superior School Buses. 1948 Chevrolet, 2-ton L. W.

B. 1947 Chevrolet Town Sedan. 1946 Chevrolet 2-ton L. W. B.

1946 Chevrolet 4-door, good shape. 1941 Ford bus, extra nice. 1939 Chevrolet 2-ton. 1936 Chevrolet L. W.

B. AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET DEALER C. B. Moore, Inc. BLUE MOUND, ILL.

CHEVROLET. 1935, 2-door, recently overhauled, good tires. 5347; after hours 7690. CHEVROLET 1936 station wagon, A-1. Radio, heater.

3-5001. CHEVROLET 1936 Standard, 2-door, good condition. $125. Camfield Bros, 1404 N. 22nd.

Phone 3-9605. CHEVROLET 1937. 2 door sedan. Reasonable with small down payment. 2-5158.

CHEVROLET. 1937 4 door. Fair. 4140 E. CHEVROLET 1937 2 door.

Fair condition. $100. Phone 3-1618. CHEVROLET. 1939 c.o.e.

motor, 8 10 Knapheide bed, 12 months old stick. Bill Cain. Cowden. CHEVROLET. 1939 ton truck.

W. McKinley before 2. CHEVROLET 1940 2-door, 1 owner. looks like new, low mileage. Cheap.

836 N. Main. CHEVROLET. 1946 4-door sedan. Sampson's, Waynesville, Ph.

2521. CHEVROLET, 1946 Club Coupe. Radio, heater. clean $895. Evans Marquand, 431 E.

North 3-6413. CHEVROLET: 1948 Fleetline Aero Sedan. Radio. Heater. Phone 3-2711.

CHEVROLET. 1949 ton pickup. A-1 condition. 4-speed. 10.000 actual miles.

3-0024 or 3-7557 after 3:30. CHRYSLER 1940. Radio. Heater. Good.

719 W. Marietta after 5. CHRYSLER. 1941 Sedan. Immaculate condition, $565.

Phone 2-5570 after 4. CHRYSLER Windsor 1950 Convertible fully equipped. mileage, 600 miles. Benton Motor Sales, corner 23rd E. Prairie, 3-9622.

CROSLEY, 1948: Station Wagon. New factory reconditioned engine, cast iron block. Only $4 down. Coffey Auto Market, 529 E. North.

DE SOTO. 1937 4 door. New tires, new seat covers, radio. heater, motor runs good $169. Bartlett-Becker, 531 N.

Franklin 3-8493. DODGE 1935 coupe, running condition: also Firestone radio. A-1 shape. 3-5946. DODGE, 1947 2-ton heavy duty sleeperette tractor.

Excellent condition. Must be sold immediately to satisfy lien holder. Dial 2-8586 for further information, 1935 tudor. transportation. Tel.

2-0825. FORD 1937 tudor. Radio. Gas Heater. Spotlight.

Extra clean. 630 N. 34th. Phone after 6. FORD, 1938 coupe $80.

632 S. Franklin. FORD Truck 1941 Stock body with or without Anthony lift gate. Glatz Truck Service. Federal Truck Distributors, 1304 E.

Eidorado, 2-4488. FORD 1941 Super Deluxe Good dition. Watson's Drive-In. 500 E. North.

LA SALLE 1940. 4 door, torpedo body, light grey, motor reconditioned, tires, heater, defroster. 2-2165. OLDSMOBILE, 1941 black sedanette $325. 632 Franklin.

OLDSMOBILE 1946 sedanette, radio, heater, hydramatic, tires and body A-1, Sell or trade for cheaper car. 3-3227. OLDSMOBILE 1946 "78" sedanette, radio, heater. Anderson Motors, 327 E. Wood.

6600. OLDSMOBILE: 1947 sedan, radio, heater, whitewall tires. $1195. Phone 2-4045 after 5. OLDSMOBILE.

1949 convertible. Perfect. Low mileage. Radio. Heater, Hydramatic.

3-2760. PLYMOUTH, 1939 4 door sedan. Good condition. $150. E.

Eldorado. PLYMOUTH, 1948 Special deluxe 4-door. Like new. All extras. 1940 Chevrolet ton pickup, clean.

816 N. 33rd St. PONTIAC, 1937 Edward, 4-door. upstairs. Running condition.

STUDEBAKER 1948 4 door; radio, heater, overdrive. Must sell or trade. 8-1294. BARGAINS 1948 STUDEBAKER 4-door Commander. Radio.

Heater. Overdrive $1495 1946 MERCURY 4-door 850 1938 PLYMOUTH 4-door Deluxe $185 1948 NASH 4-door 950 1939 PLYMOUTH 2-door. Radio. Heater 295 1941 STUDEBAKER 4-door Commander 425 1940 OLDSMOBILE 4-door 250 1939 NASH 4-door. Clean 295 1946 PONTIAC 2-door.

Radio. Heater 995 1948 OLDSMOBILE 2-door. Radio. Heater $1095 1946 MERCURY 4-door 975 NOLEN LOT C. I.

A. T.A. MEMBER 542 E. Prairie Phone 2-3913 Beautiful One Owner Guaranteed Cars 1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Town sedan. Radio, heater.

1947 Pontiac Streamliner 4-door. Radio, heater, nearly new engine. 1947 Oldsmobile "98" 4-door. Hydramatic, radio and heater. 1947 Buick Special Sedanette.

Radio, heater. 1949 Crosley Station Wagon. Radio, heater. Many more cars $50 up. Coffey Auto Market Authorized Crosley Dealer C.

I. A. T. A. MEMBER 529 E.

North Phone 3-1811 Buy Here With Confidence 1940 PACKARD 110, 2-door 315 1940 PONTIAC8" 2-door, very clean 385 1940 CHEVROLET coupe, radio 395 1941 DE SOTO sedan, 4-door, radio 465 1941 PLYMOUTH 2-door, radio 485 1947 STUDEBAKER Champion 2-door Climatizer $1095 1947 STUDEBAKER Champion Starlight coupe, overdrive, Climatizer $1145 1947 CHEVROLET Convertible. Radio, heater $1195 1949 STUDEBAKER Champion, Regal Deluxe Starlight coupe, overdrive. Climatizer, radio $1475 1948 STUDEBAKER Land Cruiser, overdrive, Climat'eer, radio. Perfect condition $1595 H. G.

Worderlin Co. YOUR STUDE AKER DEALER C. I. A. 1.

A. MEMBER 360 E. MAIN PHONE 3-3625 Autemotive 11 AUTO PARTS values that cannot be compared. We have them for ali makes. ins.

models and years. Decatur Auto Wreck1515 N. 22nd. 3-7721. Buy Best Bargains 1940 STUDEBAKER 4-DOOR $285 1939 CHRYSLER 4-DOOR $435 1939 DE SOTO 4-DOOR $385 1938 DE SOTO Deluxe 4-door $295 1938 PLYMOUTH 4-door Deluxe $165 1937 OLDSMOBILE "6" 4-DOOR $185 1937 PLYMOUTH 2-DOOR DELUXE $185 H.

P. HAZELRIGG CO. DE SOTO-PLYMOUTH C. I. A.

T.A. MEMBER PHONE 3-3479 449 E. PRAIRIE CAREFULLY SELECTED USED CARS 1948 Buick Super 1948 Buick Super sedanette. 1947 Buick Super sedan. 1948 Pontiac sedan coupe, $1395.

1950 Mercury 6-passenger coupe. 1941 Pontiac 4-door. $495. 1938 Ford coach. radio.

heater. $175. POWELL'S USED CARS 151 S. Main Phone 3-4221 Chrysler 1950 DeSoto Club coupe. A real beauty! 7,000 actual miles, like new $2250 1948 Chrysler New Yorker Club coupe.

22,000 miles, heater, radio, seat covers $1850 1948 Chrysler Windsor sedan. Perfect condition, heater, radio, seat covers, spotlight, 29,000 miles $1695 1946 Chrysler New Yorker sedan. Heater, radio, seat covers, spotlight, sun-visor. Perfect condition $1395 1946 Chrysler Windsor sedan. Heater, seat covers $1195 1941 Plymouth sedan.

A real buy! 395 1938 Plymouth 2-door. See and drive this one, a real buy! 295 W. C. Starr, Inc. "Decatur's Oldest Dealership" C.

I. A. T.A. MEMBER 133 W. William' Phone 4294 CADILLAC 1949 BUICK sedanette.

1-owner, very clean, fully equipped. 1947. BUICK, sedan. Premium tires. 1- owner, equiped, clean.

1946 BUICK SUPER 4 door sedan. Good tires. fully equipped. clean. 1947 good OLDSMOBILE Sedan.

Fully equipped, tires, 1-owner. Hydramatic drive. 1941 1948 CADILLAC engine. sedan. Fully equipped, J.

L. TALLMAN, INC. The finest in Used Cars For Over a Quarter of a Century 540 N. FRANKLIN PHONE 4512 DRIVE YOUR CAR IN NOW FOR APPRAISAL I We'll Pay Top Dollar For Your Car K. USED CARS 323 N.

Jackson 3-7881 For Immediate Delivery Choice Buick Trade-Ins 1949 BUICK Super Sedanette, slightly used, fully equipped, Dynaflow $2045 1949 BUICK Super 4-door (2). low mileage $1895 1948 BUICK Station Wagon: Super, excellent shape. light blue finish, white wall tires $1795 1948 BUICK Roadmaster Sedanette, beautiful 2-tone green $1575 1947 BUICK Super sedan, a perfect car, fully equipped $1325 1947 FORD Super Deluxe tudor. Maroon and fully equipped $1045 1947 PLYMOUTH 2-door, clean car $1045 1942 STUDEBAKER Skyway 4-door, new tires 545 1940 BUICK Special sedan, 1948 motor 545 Open Week Day Evenings Mon. Through Fri.

Open Sun. 9 to 1 p. m. Highfield Buick Co. C.

A. T.A. MEMBER 232 S. Main Phone 3-3473 Used Car Lot 744 E. Prairie Phone 5794 Ford 1949 GMC l.w.b.

truck. extra good condition. Looks and runs like new. Priced very low. John Rechtin-Dick Hupp, Inc.

Ford Dealer 385 E. Prairie HOUSE TRAILERS Have you seen the beautiful new 33 ft. Mars with yellow circular dinette in the kitchen. This trailer is complete with picture windows, beautiful kitchen, large bath. most storage space ever found in a 33 ft.

trailer. The bedroom has a 5 ft. sliding door wardrobe, 9 drawers, 4 linen shelves, all of these features are assembled into one of the most attractive trailers ever produced at 8 price you will not believe possible. Also many other sizes and makes to choose from KISTLER, TRAILER SALES 2600 W. MAIN 2-2404 House Trailers If you are looking for the best in modern Trailers and prices, look these over: Spartan.

Spartanette. 31' Roycraft. Sportsman. All the above trailers are modern. BUY with confidence, terms to suit.

We have -our own pumping station for bottle gas. Barding Trailer Sales, Inc. Route 48 at N. Jasper Phone 2-3738 CLASSIFIED ADS 27 Automotive FOR SPRING TRAVELING see to it your car is in tip-top shape. Get ail auto needs at Merry Motor Supply, 350 E.

Prairie. with shower and stool. Save $500. See HOUSE TRAILER. 1949 Ironwood modern, Street.

Lincoln, Ill. Graham, 1 st 211 S. McLean HOUSE TRAILERS: Save $200 to $400. 34 ft. Detroiter.

$2675. 33 ft. Travelmaster $2900, Spartan Aircraft, Drake 220 East 'Adams Taylorville, Ill. LANDERS your Hudson dealer, hare specially trained Hudson mechanics. 750 E.

Prairie 3-8741. MECHANICS you can trust for your cars body 'fender repairs. Kilborn's, 131 N. Church 5141. NASH SELECT USED CARS 1949 Ford Deluxe tudor.

like new. 1948 Nash 5-passenger coupe, very clean. 1948 Nash sedan. 1947 Nash Ambassador sedan. Radio, overdrive.

Extra clean. 1941 Nash Ambassador sedan. 1940 Chevrolet 2-door sedan. 1940 Nash' 2-door sedan, overdrive. 1938 Nash 2-door, overdrive.

BOPP MOTORS C. I. A. T.A. MEMBER 240 W.

WOOD Nolen Motor Co. LINCOLN-MERCURY 1946 FORD. Pickup, 25,000 actual miles, one-owner. A real bus 595 1949 MERCURY Sport sedan. Radio.

Heater. Seat covers. Spotlight. New car trade-in $1795 1946 MERCURY 2-door. Fully causeped 995 1942 DE SOTO Club coupe.

Radio. Heater 6 445 1936 CHEVROLET 2-door, Good transportation 245 C. 1. A. T.A.

MEMBER 241 W. WOOD PHONE 5179 SEAT COVERS. new. Durable fabrics, plastic trim for most cars. value for $7.95.

Decatur Auto Wrecking. 1515 N. 22nd: 3-7721. OLDSMOBILE "23 Years Your Olds Dealer" 1949 Oldsmobile sedan. 1947 Oldsmobile "98" 4-door sedan.

1947 Lincoln Convertible coupe. 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline Sport sedan. 1946 Ford sedan, 1946- Oldsmobile :78" Club sedan. 1946 Oldsmobile sedan. 1941 Pontiac 2-door.

1941 Ford coupe. 1939 Ford sedan. 1936 Ford. Cooper Oldsmobile Co. C.

I. A. T.A. MEMBER 340 N. Broadway Phone 4692 SEE B.

B. BURNS FOR GOOD CARS AND TRUCKS 1946 FORD L.W.B. ft. Grain bed. tires all around.

This is a clean unit. $1187 1947 CHEVROLET Aero Sedan: Radio, heater, perfect black finish, good tires. A real saving. $1095 B. B.

Burns Inc. C. I. A. T.A.

MEMBER 402-432 E. Prairie Phone 4217 DODGE PLYMOUTH SINCE 1902 YES. that's it. We have been selling used cars in Decatur every week, month and year since 1902. Only fair treatment and actual values have enabled us to earn such a record.

Tenney's Used Cars 437 N. Broadway Phone 2-2769 After Hours: 3-7870: 7019: 3-8316 TRUCK BARGAINS 1947 GMC ton, wheel base, with 12' grain side bed. extra good condition, complete unit. $750. 1947 Ford ton, new motor in 1949, good tires, $700.

1946 Chevrolet ton with dump bed, new paint, a lot of truck for $725. 1937 Ford ton with flat bed, runs fine, $225. New GMC truck available ton to 10 ton diesels. BOB BYRNE MOTOR SALES 433 Whittle Ave. Olney, IL.

THESE GOOD CARS FORCED ON THE MARKET Heavy car production has put lot of exceptionally fine used cars into our stock. Come in and see them. 1949 Ford "6" Custom Club coupe. 1949 Ford Custom fordor. 1949 Ford Custom tudor.

1949 Willys Jeep Convertible. 1948 Willys Jeep Convertible. 1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Sport sedan. 1947 Willys Jeep Convertible. 1947 Ford Super fordor.

1947 Ford Super tudor. 1946 Ford tudor. 1942 Studebaker Champion 4-door. 1941 Oldsmobile Club sedan. 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door.

1940 Chevrolet coupe. 30 OTHERS TO CHOOSE FROM WILSON'S Ford Dealer Phone 34 Shelbyvilie eliminate tube failures, come in and let TIRES, puncture sealing, safe, us demonstrate them, liberal trade-in allowance terms. B. P. Goodrich 317 W.

Wood. Decatur. Ill. USED CARS AND TRUCKS: You save money here. Stevenson's Garage, 3460 E.

William St. 2-5051: 2-8003. WRECKING 1940 Piymouth, also 1934 Pord truck. Sell parts. 3-7648.

YOU CAN ENJOY the comforts of a better car this spring choosing from the large selection at Summers' Auto Sales, 400 E. William. YOU'VE A DATE With Spring- -Blossom Out WIth. A New Car. Hott Markwell Auto Sales, 331 N.

Broadway. 9141. 1938 DeSoto, one owner, radio, heater $350. 1937 Ford. Very clean, $195.

1937 Ford 4 door $75. EVANS OIL co. 503 E. Prairie 1-2611 1941 Army G.M.C. 6x6 cab and chassis.

Write P. O. Box 805. Motorcycles--Bicycles 15 HARLEY DAVIDSON, "74." motor overhauled. 300d tires, A-1.

Priced for quick sale. Phone 81 Blue Mound. HARLEY, DAVIDSON 1946 Model 45. New battery. points.

Good condition. 1257 N. Monroe. SCHWINN bicycles for birthdays and grade uation $4 down, $1.25 week. B.

F. rich 317 W. Wood, Decatur, DL, Dated of April,.

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