Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 7

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1950 ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH B. E. Rogers Heads New Haven Plant Named Works Manager at Winchester NEW HAVEN, Feb. 14 Berton E. Rogers has been appointed works manager of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.

division of Olln Industries, Inc. The announcement was made by George L. Dawson, Olin regional manager, who said that the appointment brings to the community's largest Industrial plant one of the acknowledged production leaders In the Industry, whose engineering and production experience dates back (o 1924, In coming to Winchester, Rogers relinquishes his post as works manager of the Olin plant In East Alton, one of the nation's largest producers of sporting ammunition, brass and other non-ferrous alloys and products, explosives, blasting supplies, kiln guns, traps and clay targets. The East Alton plant Includes Western Cartridge Co. Western Brass Mills and a part of the explosives divisions of Olin Industries whose headquarters are In East Alton.

During the war Rogers was general superintendent of the $120,000,000 government owned and Olin-operated St. Louis ordnance plant, world's largest producers of military small arms ammunition which had a peak wartime employment of 34,338 persons. Rogers began his career in 1924 in -Chicago with Neiler, Rich and consulting and designing engineers, where he held the post of chief mechanical engineer. Sub- sequqently, he was factory superintendent of the Twinplex Products Co. and of the Craft Manufacturing both of Chicago.

Prior to joining the Olin organization in St. Louis, lie was chief inspector of the Brunswick-Hal ke- Collender Co. of Muskegon, Mich. Born at Lake Bluff, on Oct. 5, 1902, he received his grammar school education in Woodstock, III, his high school education In Whitehall, and studied engineering at.

Michigan State College at East Lansing. Mr. Rogers is a member of the Alton District Manufacturers' Association, of the American Ordnance Association, Chicago Yacht Club, Missouri Athletic Club, West. Borough Country Club, Kirkwood, and the Elks, as well as various Missouri trout fishermen's, quail hunters' and duck hunters' associations. Mr.

Rogers is married to Priscilla Maxlne Snavely of Elkhart, and has two daughters and a son. The son, Robert Edward, was an army air forces fighter pilot during the war, who later studied aeronautical engineering at Purdue University, Lafayette, and is now employed by Air Research, Manhattan Beach, Calif. The elder daughter! Elizabeth Ann, was graduted last year from Washington University, St. Louis. Katherine, the younger daughter, is 11 years old.

The Rogers family residence Is In Kirkwood, Mo. As soon as arrangements can be completed, Mr. Rogers plans to move his family to New Haven. Presbyterians at Moro to Meet MORO, Feb. 14.

(Special.) The Women's Association of the Presbyterian Church will meet, at the church Thursday afternoon at 1:30, Mrs. E. C. Pnrrish, program chairman, will be in charge of the program on the topic of "Africa and the American Negro." The Ladies' Aid Society of the church will meet in the morning for quilt- Ing and a potluck dinner, after which they will attend the association meeting. Surprise Party MORO.

Mrs. George Graunke, Mrs. Lindell Cooper and Mrs. Wil liam Dorsey were given a surprise party Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E.

C. Parrish. Wo men of the Young Adult group ol the Presbyterian Church presented each with a gift. The afternoon was spent playing games arranged by Mrs, Parrish. Those excelling were Mrs.

Greinke and Mrs. Carl Hoi beck. Mrs. Robert Werts, Mrs. Willis Cooper, and Mrs.

Carl Hoi- beck served refreshments, i Party at Meailowbrook MORO. The Merry Maids 4-H club accepted an Invitation from the Bethalto 4-H club to join in a gingham-overall party at Meadow brook School, Friday evening. The Omphgent club was also present WOOD RIVER, Feb. do- atlon of $100 was made by the eterans of Foreign Wars Auxil- ary to the Department of Illinois hild welfare fund, a state project, ponsored by VFW auxiliaries, at he regular semi-monthly meeting the women's group, Monday light, at VFW Memorial Club. Mrs.

Betty Hill was initiated in- membership and Mrs. Kathryn Vheeler, hospital chairman, re- 'orted on the recent visit of the rganization to the stale hospital, announced that remainder of unds collected through the committee's project will be sent to the ilton State Hospital. A Ninth District meeting was nnouhced for Feb. 19 at Villa irove. 111.

It will be a joint ses- ion of the Post and Auxiliary. The Auxiliary's charter was raped in honor of Mrs. Laura smith, a gold star mother, who led Saturday. Following the busl- iess session 27 members went in group to Streeper's funeral ionic to pay respect to the mem- of Mrs. Smith.

Valentine Parties At Elsah School ELSAH, Feb. 14. The Parent Teacher Associatior furnished ice cream, cake, am cookies for the school's valentine parties. Mrs. William Rister, chairman Mrs.

Douglas Hake, Mrs. Floyd Hake, Mrs. Stanley Croxford, Mrs Robert Lane, Mrs. William Smith and Mrs. Walter Greer, roon mothers, baked the cookies.

The lower room had its party a 2 p. m. today. Besides the refresh ments there was a valentine ex chaiifie and games were played un der the direction of the teacher Mrs. Frank Seago.

The upper room attended th student concert at Kiel Auditorium this afternoon, causing Its valen tine party to be given tomorrow afternoon. Besides the valentiw cookies and ice cream, Mrs. h'dwin S. Leonwd baked a cake for the occasion, and Walter Grecr provid ed soda for each child. Georgt Happ, chairman, and the commit tee ol the Bird and Hobby clu will provide games and the valen tine box will bo opened under the direction of Mrs.

V. A. Keisnar, teaefctr. Ignore Smith, daughter of (Food River Junior Woman 9 Club Hears White Russian Wood River VFW Auxiliary Gives $100toStateFund Atlas Credit Union Raises Deposit Amount WOOD RIVER, Feb. 14.

Mrs. William Oglesby, war bride, spoke and the Alton Little Theatre, directed by Miss Dorothy Colonlus, presented two radio skits before 100 members and guests of the Junior Woman's Club at the Wood River School, Monday evening. Mrs. Oglesby, a White Russian who lived in China from the age of eight, introduced by Mrs. Norman Williams, related her experiences from time of meeting her sailor husband until she arrived in this vicinty.

A detaled description of theii- marriage according to Chinese custom highlighted her discourse. Miss Ila Rafaelle and Miss Lois Schoenbaum, music student at Shurtleff College, entertained with vocal selections. Mrs. G. C.

Lowery, president of the Junior Club, welcomed the guests, who Included members of the Wood River Woman's Club and mothers of the membership. Mrs. J. P. Hawkins, vice- president of the senior club, answered the welcome in behalf of Mrs.

H. C. Stover, president, who is confined at her home because of illness. Corsages were presented to Mrs. Hawkins and Mrs.

Elmer Glllls, contact chairman, and a plant was sent to Mrs. Stover. Prize winners included Mrs. Sid Cahoon, Mrs. Omar Lyon, Mrs.

John Olbert, Mrs. Gene Beckham, Mrs. F. M. Manning, Mrs.

William Oglesby, Mrs. J. Hawkins, Mrs. James laney, Mrs. Walter Mrs.

Eugene Blaine. Meyers, and WOOD RIVER, Feb. ors voted to raise the amount of deposits alloted individual mem- jers from $1000 to $1500, at the egular monthly meeting of the Mas Credit Union, Monday night, icld in the offices at 153 Ferguson venue. James Rollo tendered his resignation as a director because of ill lealth. It was accepted.

Rollo had ilso been a member of the credit ommittee for a number of years. Elmer Boshert was selected to ervc on I he credit committee and 4erman C. Schueler to serve on he supervisory committee. An- ouncement was made that the meeting of the Southern llinols Chapter of Credit Unions ..1 be staged Feb. 25 at the Broadview Hotel in East St.

Louis. he meeting is to begin at 6:30 m. Present at the meeting were VTerle Manley, Wallace Miller, Herman C. Schuyler, Edward Schoenbaum, Elmer Boshert, Leser Skiles, Hugh Baxter, C. C.

Schoeffer, Ralph Volz, Hugh Wor- hcrn, and Ed Sullivan. Attend Funeral WOOD Ella Fer- uson and daughter, Florence, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McMillen, Wood River, and Mr. and Mrs.

Lyle Fer- Alton, returned home Sunday after attending the funeral of Mrs. Ferguson's sister, Mrs. Mary Vice Manito, 111. Mrs. Vice died Thursday at the Pekin Hospital at he age of 84 following an ex- ended illness.

Funeral services Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church. Interment, was Meadow Lawn Cemetery, Mani- Autoinohlle Mishap WOOD car driven by Mrs. Gertrude Gentry, 642 3owman, East Alton, and a Noll's bread truck driven by M. G. Simmons, were involved in an accident at Third and Lorena at 12:15 Monday.

Car Ransacked WOOD Hanfelder, 110 Illinois, South Roxana, reported to police at 10:30 p. Monday, that, his car had been ransacked while parked at Eagles' parking lot on Ferguson avenue. He reported nothing of value was missing. WSWS at Church WOOD of a nominating committee and planning of an all-day session on Feb. 22 to study "Missions of Grass Roots," highlighted the business session nf the Women's Society of World Service of the Evangelical United Brethren Church when the group met Monday evening at the church basement with 18 members" and three visitors present.

Appointed by Mrs. Vaughn Ball, president, were Mrs. Ruth Durbin, Mrs. Gertrude Belver and Mrs. Maxine Crause to prepare a slate of officers for elections to be staged at the March meeting.

Mrs. Jane Wathern will be In charge of the all-day mission session for the study book, "Missions of Grass Roots." Lincoln pennies are lo be collected by the society during the month of February for the Red Bird mission in Kentucky. Mrs. Murray Haworth was leader of the evening, presenting the book, "Japan Begins Again," with articles given by Mrs, Jane Wath ern, Mrs. Doris Hollaway and Mrs.

Val Acker. Wood River WOOD RIVER. The- Fathei and Son banquet being staged by the Men's Brotherhood at the First Baptist Church, today, will be served at 6 p. m. The Women of the Moose wll hold its regular semi-monthly meeting at the Moose Hall at 8 today.

6IU Given Oil Stock CARBONDALE, Feb. 14 Illinois University ha received a gift of 5000 Ashland Oil Refining Co. stoc! valued at $114,000, university pres ident, D. Morris, announcer yesterday. The gift was made by W.

WjfVandoveer of Rocky River Ohio, president of the school' alumni association. Income from the stock, about $8000 a year, ul timately will provide scholarshi) for needy students. During a short business session, Mrs. Mike Albor, Mrs. Warren Hedstrom and Miss Margaret Ann Eden were voted into membership.

Members at large announced a nominating committee, composed of Mrs. William Harrison, Mrs. Raymond Schindewolf and Mrs. Mike Tomlanovich, to present a new slate of officers at the last meeting in April. A pastry sale has been planned for March 18 with proceeds to be donated to the local March of Dimes.

The annual style show, featuring both men's and women's clothing, is set for Feb. 23 in the high school auditorium. Program chairman for Monday's meeting was Miss Jo Ann Skiles. Mrs. Paul Jones and Mrs.

Kerrigan Logsdon arranged for the enter- of Installs At Wood River E. Hartwig Seated in Top Post WOOD RIVER, Feb. H. Hartwig was installed chancellor commander and Ronald D. Raines, vice-chancellor of the of Pythias at the regular bi-monthly meeting of the organization, Monday night at Italian Lodge.

Gilbert Van Camp was Installing officer, assisted by members of the order from Edwardsvllle and Granite City. Elections were staged In December. Other officers Installed were James J. Phillips, prelate; Darrell Funderburk, master-at-arms; Clifford Puckett, master-of-work; Robert Kohlmlller, Inner guard; E. E.

Hooper, outer guard; Gilbert E. Van Camp, secretary; Lloyd McKean, financial secretary: Henry G. Muelter, treasurer, and Paul Page and Roland Waters, trustees. Members will attend the Rathbone Bible class at Edwardsvlllr, Wednesday night. The class will concern the original Bible of Justice H.

Rathbone, founder of the order. It is now In possession of Mclvln Ewen, supreme secretary from Minneapolis, who Is visiting in Illinois during February. Big Business of Crime Target of Newspaper Attacks with the rich gaming fields Florida, Arizona and of READ TELEGRAPH WANT ADS Pope Mas apartment today with a titffit VANTICAN CITY, Feb. 14. Uck 0( influoite.

Vatican sources reported that: for today, have been Pope Plus XII was confined to his celled, they My. rm Window tainment. Hostesses refreshments were who Mrs. Hendricks, Mrs. Maje Lou served Betty Sum.

mers, Mrs. Arab Belle Camp, Mrs. June Frye, Mrs. Margaret Armstrong and Mrs. Arvel Hoeche.

CHICAGO, Feb. 14. UPl The big business of organized crime and the leaders In the various rackets were the targets for the opening blasts yesterday by newspapers 'in many of the nation's major cities. The expose of the shadowy operations of rackets In the United States by newspapers in 14 cities was planned at a three-day meeting here last week by their crime reporters. They exchanged Information on the various rackets and organized crime leaders and planned a series of pooled articles.

The stories appeared as federal and local crime law enforcement agents fr.om across the country planned a crime confrence in Washington. The meeting today follows the annual closed-door session of the nation's federal district attorneys. Other newspapers which did not take part in the conference currently are developing and printing searching articles and series on the country's organized crime. One series is being published by the Hearst newspapers. The Chicago Sun-Times is printing a series based upon Investigation by five of its staff members.

The newspapers at the Chicago meeting last, week were represented by veteran crime reporters who exchanged knowledge about racket operations, and gave reports on crime situations in their own localities. They agreed to seek information In their home towns which might determine to what extent there Is widespread under- world organization. Plans were made for future ex- change of findings through a com- mlttee of three from the Chicago Dally News, the Miami Herald and the St. Louis Post-Dlsptach. Other newspapers cooperating are the Cleveland Plain Healer, the Daily Oklahoman, the Denver Post, the Detroit Free Press, the Louisville Courier Journal, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, tlie- New New Orleans Times-Picayune, the York Herald Tribune, the Omaha World Herald, the Providence Journal-Bulletin, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

The Daily News published a copyrighted story yesterday, the first of uvo articles said was based on the combined work of the group of newspapermen. The News said "the rackets, chief among them gambling, funnel off hundreds of millions of dollars each year from legitimate trade channels." "There's a loosely knit federation in the racket world," the article said. "Despite their seemingly catch-as-catch-can working arrangements, the mobs blanket the country. There are connections sometimes clear, sometimes shadowy, between Costello (Frank Costello of New York) anil the Ricca-Capone mob of Chicago, the hoodlum setup In New Orleans, with the bombed-out and shot-al Mickey Cohen in Los Angeles, and Lightweight rtdfcomiosidelorwMhmg New Beauty! No down payment! Convenient terms! EAGLE HOME CONDITIONING CO. 91 HENRY ST.

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Justice of the Pcac H. Barnes, Mrs. Dora Bruenini and niece, Mrs. Nellie Quail, re turned from a three-weeks' tri to Marathon, where they vis Ited Mr. and Mrs.

Floyd Earl, Has Alton. KlMih Notes ELSAH. Miss Mary E. Hughe departed Monday morning fo Washington, D. where she wit be for an indefinite time.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Adney, Woo River, spent Sunday wllh the form er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ad ney.

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