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Decatur, Illinois, Friday, July 17, 1953. THE DECATUR REVIEW PAGE THREE WETZEL FAMILY REPRESENTS POUGLAS 16 in Miss Universe Finals Title Winner to Be Chosen Tonight Illinois Cities Hunt Funds To Increase Pay Springfield, July 17 (AP) Officials of scores of downstate The most popular girls, on the basis of audience reaction, included Cnristiane Mattel France, Turkey's Ayten Akyol, Japan's Kinuko Ito, Italy's Rita Stazi and the newly crowned Miss i States, Myrna Hansen of Chicago. The beauty of the lavish evening gowns brought gasps from the feminine portion of the crowd. The men showed more enthusiasm for the bathing suit competition, when Miss United States, Miss Italy and Canada's Thelma Brewis walked down the runway. The 16 semifinalists will do their stuff in both formats and swim suits again tonight, and will undergo a slight test of personality and poise.

Each will be asked to say a few words in any language she pleases. 1 Douglas County's entry in The Herald and Review district typical farm family contest is the Erhardt S. Wetzel family of near Garrett. Here are (left to right) Mrs. Eda Wetzel, 49; a daughter, Wetzels Are Douglas Entry Family From Garrett Seeks State Title BANK WORKER HELD Assistant Cashier Charged With Misapplying $236,814 Scranton, July 17 (AP) The Federal Bureau of Investigation probed today into the background of a 40-year-old assistant cashier charged with misapplying $236,814 in funds of the Third National Bank of Scranton over a period of five years.

The FBI was hastily summoned into the case Thursday by bank officials who discovered the shortage after a business firm asked for a tally of its balance. Free on $10,000 bail is Gilbert J. McCauley, 40, recently promoted to the post of assistant cashier in charge of bookkeep- Rav J. Abbattichio, special agent in charge of the FBI's Eastern Pennsylvania district said McCaulev readily admitted misapplying the funds. The FBI is trying to find out just where the money went.

McCauley started with the bank 24 years ago as a messenger. i a i i BE Protect your family by guaranteeing them th- most advanced treatment and the best of medical care WITHOUT DELAY! WTVP Pattern Test July 27 Decatur's first television station, WTVP, expects to have its test pattern on the air on July 27, W. L. Shellabarger announced today. Shellabarger is president of Prairie Television Company, owners of WTVP.

The Radio Corporation of America has notified the station, Shellabarger said, that the 52-foot Channel 17 antenna has been completed and tested and is to be shipped next Monday. Station officials said it should arrive here late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The new date listed by RCA is rthe eighth change the manufacturer has made in the shipping time, Shellabarger said. A parade of cars will greet the truck carrying the antenna at the outskirts of Decatur and precede it to the station on Southside Drive. After local testing and raising of the antenna to the top of the 550-foot tower, the test pattern will go on the air.

The start of programs depends on Federal Communica tions Commission approval. A microwave hookup for network "live" programs will not Le avail able until October, Shellabarger said. Some of the programs to be aired on WTVP include Hopalong Cas- sidy, Bishop Sheen, Adolph Men- jou, Lili rainier, Uouglas ran- banks, Dangerous Assignment" and wrestling and boxing. Mother Dies Mrs. Lydia Taylor, 76, Stoning-ton, mother of Mrs.

Lawrence Seitz, 410 E. Center died yesterday. She leaves five children. Services will be at 2 p. m.

(CST) Saturday in the Calvary Baptist Church, Ston-ington, with burial in Ponting Cemetery. S. ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCES AMBULANCES 1. TRANSPORTATION BY RAILROAD OR AIRPLANE in ike policy) FIRST YEAR B.00 3.00 THEREAFTER $4.00 6.00 3.00 Days to 80 Yeers THE FAMILY MUST APPLY ACT TODAY HIGGINS Fbone 8-2632 the advantages Hi State to Fight Any U.S. Tax On Park Fees Springfield, July 17 (AP) Gov.

Stratton says he's, ready to tilt lances with any federal tax collector who might try to put an amusement levy on top of the state's new park admission charge. "Outrageous," Stratton called the idea Thursday when it was brought up at a news conference. "The federal government cannot do it and will not do it as long as I am governor, he asserted. Stratton took the position that the dime admission tee ior park visitors 12 years and older was a tax. The federal government, he said, "cannot levy a tax on a state tax." Stratton said the possibility of a two-cent federal amusement tax levy on the state fee at seven parks was Taised by advisers.

They had learned Indiana was paying the federal tax en its charge against park entrants. Glen Palmer, director of the State Conservation Department which runs the parks, later told a reporter Indiana had lost a plea for exemption from the federal tax. "We are not going to collect it unless we are forced to do it," Palmer said. Ten cents will be required of cars and persons admitted starting Thursday at Matheisen, Grand Ma-Tais, Illinois Beach, Pere Marquette, White Pines, Starved Rock and Mississippi Palisades Parks. About $310,323 is'.

expected annually from the charge. About 34 regular and 23 extra workers will be required at about 15 gates on two eight hour shifts to collect it. Stratton also told reporters he: Named Harvey Long of Polo as the third and final member of the. new Youth Commission which will try to remold young offenders. Accepted the resignation of Paul Farthing of Belleville, former State Supreme Court chief justice, from the Court of Claims and is considering James B.

Wham of Centralia as his successor. Will choose the brand new three-member Toll Road Commission when he returns in August from a Western trip starting Monday. Stratton is going, to for a two-weeks vacation and from there to Seattle-for. the Governors' Conference. 12 MORE TAX SHITS ARE FILED IN CHRISTIAN Taylorville, July 17 (Staff) County Treasurer James Cashin has filed 12 additional tax suits in county court in his continued drive to force payment of personal taxes.

Suits were filed against: Joseph D. Sheedy, Bear Creek, Charles C. Jones, Buckhart, Rex H. Moses, Johnson, William Keller, Pana, Robert Morgan, Pana, S27.09; R. M.

Newlin, Pana, Rov Parrish, South Fork, Charles Rexroad South Fork, Winston Robinet, South Fork, Andrew M. Kennedy, Tavlor-ville, Ira Lamb, Taylorville, Ronnie S. Lass, Taylorville, $51.90: RUCKER CHAPEL CHURCH LEAVES CONFERENCE Farmer City, July 17 (Staff) Permission has been granted by the Methodist conference to the Rucker Chapel Methodist Church for a year's release from the conference. It is the present plan of the six families belonging to this little country church near Farmer City to meet once a month to keep up their association, it, by this time next summer, enough families have moved; into the neighborhood, the group; will become active again in the conference. Arrangements have been' made among the members to have the fam ily cemetery connected with the church to be kept up during the year.

They will continue the annual custom of a basket dinner every Memorial Day, after decorating the graves. 16 TRUCKING FIRMS SUED FOR 1952 FEES Springfield, July 17 (AP) sixteen more trucking companies were sued 1 hursday Sangamon County Circuit Court by Attv. Gen. Latham Castle for alleged failure to pav 1952 state tees. Castle said the suits brought the total value of those in the court against truckers to $351,561.

In the latest group, the greatest delinquency was alleged against Boniheld Bros, truck. Lines, Me tropolis. For 97 units, it was accused of owing the state $31,846. COUNTY The Wetzels will complete with 12 other county nominees for the district title and entry in the state finals to be judged Aug. 15 at the Illinois State Fair.

(Herald and Review Photo) List Wabash Hospital Cases Patients admitted to the Wabash Employes Hospital since Tuesday John A. Hollar, Tetired section laborer, Springfield; Manuel De Frates, retired welder, Decatur; Forrest D. McKown, crane operator, Decatur. Dismissed from the hospital since Tuesday were: M. E.

Leinhart, North Liberty, O. J. Pero, Toledo, Wallace Montpel-ior, -George H. Hansen, Chicago; Louis Edward Logan, Decatur; Lenoia Carter, Sf. Louis; Tim Lakins, St.

Louis; Harry B. Vogel, St. Louis; Fred E. Williams, St. Louis; Stanley H.

Mason, Moberly, Mo. Clinton Notes Mr. and Mrs. Roland Penning ton and daughter, Pat, Clinton, have returned from a vacation trip to Wichita, Kan. They also attended a rodeo at Camdenton, Mo.

Mr. Pennington, day roundhouse foreman at the IC shops, will report to work Monday. Thursday afternoon he made a trip to Chicago to visit Clinton IC employes who are patients in the company hospital. Brakeman and Mrs. Keith Gibson and three sons have gone to Oceanside, on a vacation trip.

Earl Berry, Illinois Central Railroad machinist, who became suddenly ill while at work July 6,1 remains in a serious condition in John Warner Hospital. He is suffering with a heart ailment. SIX VACANCIES LEFT ON CITY SCHOOL STAFFS Only six vacancies remain to be filled in the public school teaching staff, Supt. Lester J. Grant announced today.

Applicants are currently being considered for all these positions, he said. Four of the vacancies are at the elementary level and two at the secondary level. Hub Caps Stolen Theft of four hub caps from his car parked at the old dam on the Sangamon River while he was fishing at 5 a.m. yesterday was reported to police by Bill Jones, of 940 S. Broadway.

ing gotten it first hand from the works of Lenin, Stalin, Marx and Epgels, the Soviet gods. At present Dr. Schwarz has a general medical practice in Sydney. He has taught at the University of Queensland and Queensland Teachr ers College and been a practicing psychiatrist as well as a lay preacher. He first became interested in Communism when, as a young intern in an Australian hospital, he organized his fellow interns into a union to fight for better conditions.

He immediately began to receive Red propaganda literature. Dr. Schwarz read the literature, which changed radically his more or less tolerant attitude toward Communism and prompted him to study it thoroughly in order to fight it. On his last visit to Decatur he told local audiences how a small group of Reds almost took, over his native country. Wanda, 17, and Mr.

Wetzel, 59. Not shown are the Wetzels' two other daughters, Mrs. John (Betty) Alexander, 26, of near Tuscola, and Mrs. James (Doris) Threet, 23, of. Barstow, Calif.

cola. Mr. Wetzel is a former secretary and treasurer of the church board of directors. The Garrett area farmer is a director and former president of the Douglas County Farm Bureau. He is a member of the Atwobd American Legion Post, having served in the infantrv during World War I.

Mr. Wetzel is a Garrett Township Production Marketing Administration committeeman, an as- sociate director or the Douglas Countv Soil Conservation District, a member of the advisory committee of the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association and a director of the Producers Marketing Association, Indianapolis, lnd. The Douglas County fanner start ed work on his farm soil conser vation plan in 1950. Last fall he was awarded a plaque by the soil conservation district for having the best grass-legume meadow in the county. In addition to his grain and pas-; ture crops, he has a breeding herd! ot 13 grade Milking shorthorn cows, 75 head of grade Duroc hogs and pigs and 250 hybrid White Rock hens.

Mrs. Wetzel is a former president and treasurer of her church's Ladies' Aid Society and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Atwood Parent-Teacher As sociation. Both Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Threet are former 4-H and Future Homemakers of America members.

Mrs. Alexander is a 1944 graduate of Atwood High School. She graduated from Illinois Commercial College in Champaign in 1945 and was employed as a secretary for 4 years in the state 4-H department of the University of Illinois. Her "husband is a construction engineer at the National Petro-Chemieals Corp-erariony Tuscola. Mrs.

Threet is a 1947. Atwood High School graduate and attended Eastern- Illinois State College at Charleston. She was employed for 3 vears as secretary to Dr. Robert dean of the of I College -of Veterinary Medicine. Her husband is slated to be discharged from the Marine Corps in September.

The voungest daughter, Wanda, graduated last May from Atwood High School. She is a former sophomore class secretary, junior class treasurer and student council representative of the school's Future Homemakers of America chapter. Long Beach, July 17 (AP) Which of 16 near-perfect contestants is the most beautiful girl in the world? The answer sure to give judges of the Miss Universe contest some uneasy moments will be known tonignt. There were at least 16 impressive performers in the field of 26 competing in Thursday nights' preliminaries, judging from the applause of 2,500 spectators in Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. The judges somehow accomplish ed the job of narrowing the group to 16 semihnahsts, but their identity will not be announced until tonight.

From there, the field will be cut to five finalists, from whom will come Miss Universe. DIES Jasper Jacobs JASPER JACOBS, 80, EX-W ABASH MAN, DIES Jasper Jacobs, 80, of Rural Route 6, died at 1:52 p.m. yesterday in the Wabash Employes Hospital where he had been a patient three days. He had been in failing health three years. He was born near Moweaqua Feb.

28, 1873 a son of Daniel and Sarah Atteberry Jacobs. He married Mary E. Moore at Bethany Dec. 17, 1901. Mr.

Jacobs w-as a member of the Assembly of God Church. A retired Wabash Railroad carman's helper, he formerly was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. Mr. Jacobs leaves his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Zeva M.

Johnson, Mrs. Dorothy Frabcl and Mrs. Zola F. Sheurhaker, all of Decatur; three sons, William Rural Route Roscoe Decatur, and Melvin Rural Route 13 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. One son, Paul, preceded him in death.

The body is at the Brindinger Funeral Home where services will be at 2 p. m. Sunday, with burial in frame Home iemetcrv near Moweaqua. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m.

to- dav. STATE TRAFFIC DEATHS REACH 12-YEAR HIGH 17 (AP) At the halfway mark of 1953, traffic accidents on Illinois highways had killed more persons than in any comparable period of the past 12 years. The six-month toll reached 983 with 175 fatalities in June. In the first half of 1952, deaths totaled 927, the state highway division reported Thursday. Running sharply counter to the higher trend' were two counties, Montgomery which had seven deaths as against 14 in the first half of last year, and Livingston which showed six as against 1 FARMER IN WAYNESVILLE AREA HAS 12y2-FOOT CORN Waynesville, July 16 (Staff) W.

L. Rich of Waynesville believes he has the tallest corn in this area. It was 8J4 feet high July 1 and now is 12V4 feet high. It is still green and growing. The corn is Producers 940 variety.

Rich and Charles Lea both have popcorn nine feet high. Hurt at Mine Taylorville, July 17 (Staff) Cecil Ketchum, 48, of Tovey, is receiving treatment at St. Vincent's hospital for a possible fracture of the right leg. Ketchum was injured when a piece of coal struck him in the leg while at work at Peabody Mine No. 8 at Tovey, where he is employed as a driller.

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IRON LUNGS (all cs outlined cities speeded up their search today for feasible ways of putting a new bite on the citizenry's pocketbook. In most cases, failure to come up with, a prompt answer would mean red ink or more red ink on city books by the end ot the fiscal year. The city fathers have to dig up cash to pay increases in police and firemen's minimum salaries voted by the Legislature last month. Any dreams that they might be spared the necessity went up in smoke Thursday when Gov. Strat ton scratched his approval on the legislation.

Few cities are well enough fixed to pay the extra money or already had salaries at levels above the new minimums. East St. Louis has to meet fire and police $100,000 a year over the old figure. Kewanee has to raise $20,000 more. Vandalia needs $6,000.

All three ci'ies faced defi cits even without the. new obliga tion. Many others are in similar situaj tions. Councilmen of some cities are talking of putting on a wheel tax, or increasing the levy on car owners they already are taxing. This is a tough iolution in cities with the commission form of gov ernment, where the proposition can be forced to a vote, and it defeated, result in special election expenses and no new revenue.

Levying a city cigaret tax of one cent a package is under wide discussion. The 1953 Legislature au thorized such a tax at the same time it doubted wheel tax ceilings. More parking meters, contracting for advertising on parking meters, and even a vote on a city sales tax these, too, are under consideration in many places. U.S. Collects $691 Billion Washington, July 17 (AP) The federal government collected in taxes in the fiscal year which ended June 30 more than ever before in peace or war, but not enough to make ends meet.

The official report of the Bureau of Internal Revenue on the tax take in fiscal 1953, made public today, disclosed that: 1. Total federal revenues were $4,586,331,408.71 higher than in the previous year. This was equivalent to $436 from every American. 2. There had been some faulty guesswork in the advance estimates; of revenues under the post-Korea tax increases.

Former President Truman's budget message of January, 1952, for instance, forecast of collections from corporations. This was $6,300,000,000 too high. Actual collections on corporate income and excess profits taxes were reported by the bureau as That 29 per cent overestimate was offset in part by a mis-guess on individual income taxes. The original Truman estimate for personal income collection was $32,200,000,000. Actual collections were $36,949,861,969.15 or 15 per cent higher.

Truman revised his estimates last January, when the fiscal year was half over. But he still came out nearly 3 Vi billion dollars too low on personal income taxes and 2 billion dollars too high on corporation payments. AILING ST. LOUIS ZOO ELEPHANT PUT TO DEATH St. Louis, July 17 (AP) Honey, a dancing elephant at the St.

Louis Zoo, will dance no more. She was put to death Thursday. The 2-ton elephant, ailing since January with an infection of the forelegs and feet, was found to be suffering from cancer of the lungs. Honey had been unable to stand for two days before Zoo Director George P. Vicrheller ordered her put to death with a heavy dose of narcotics.

Elephant shows at the zoo had to be called off twice because the four other elephants wouldn't leave Honey when she couldn't get up. EQUAL RIGHTS MOVE APPROVED BY SENATE Washington, July 17 (AP) A proposed constitutional amendment to assure equal rights to women was approved by the Senate Thursday, 73-11. If approved by the House, if i would be submitted to the states for ratification. Approval by 36 of them would be required to write it into the Constitution. These benefits will be paid for each insured member of the family who is stricken and there is no time limit for incurring these expenses.

On Person- Two Each Additions! Prson.J Acceptance Ages 14 ALL ELIGIBLE MEMBERS OF DON'T DELAY FRANK 134 South Main St. PROVIDENT LIFE ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY The Erhardt S. Wetzel family of near Garrett was selected yesterday, as the Douglas County entry in The Herald and Review district typical tarm tamilv contest. The family and other county nominees in the newspapers circulation territory will be entered in competition for the district award of $30 and entry in the state finals. A 1953 Packard Clipper sedan will be awarded -Aug.

15 at the State Fair to the state typical farm family. The state contest is spon sored by The Herald and Review, 14 other Uownstate newspapers and the State Fair. Mr. Wetzel, 59, and his wife, Eda, 49, have three daughters, Mrs. John (Bettv) Alexander, 26, of near Tuscola; Mrs.

James (Doris) Threet, 23, Barstow, and Wanda, 17. Mr. Wetzel, known among his friends as "Shorty," owns and operates a 225-acre grain and live stock farm one mile east of Garrett on Route 36. He has been a farmer for 30 years and owner-operator of his present tarm 1 8 years. The Wetzels are members of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Tus- New M'Carthy Aide Assailed Washington, July 17 (AP) The head the U.

S. overseas library program has denounced' a prospective new. member ot sen. McCarthy investigating statr as "completely incompetent as an observer or downright malicious." Dr. Robert L.

Johnson demanded that Karl Baarslag be called to testify on statements attributed to him. Baarslag was quoted in a Washington-dispatch to the New York World-Telegram Sun as saying the 189 libraries operated by Johnson's agency in 63 countries "just don't so in for anti-Soviet litera- hire. Johnson, retiring chief of the State Department's International Information Agency (1IA), said he had written McCarthy requesting full details of Baarsl.ig's inspection of overseas libraries. "I can not understand why any one would deal in such patent falsehoods unless he were completely in competent as an observer or downright malicious," Johnson added in a statement Thursday night. Baarslag formerly research director on subversion and un-American activities for the American Legion's National Americanism Commission.

McCarthy picked him last week to be research director for the Senate investigations subcommittee he heads. But the Wisconsin Republican said he wanted to consult with other committeemen before making the appointment. Display Stove Turned On in Clinton; Steaks Get Thorough Cooking Clinton, July 17. (Staff) Somebody plugged in an electric range on display at the W. L.

Aughenbaugh Electric Shop Thursday and several steaks got well done. But the steaks were plastic dummies for "decoration purposes. The blaze, was discovered. when someone smelled "meat" burning. Firemen doused the fire and there was only minor damage to the stove.

HTwawra arrrm rur Psychiatrist Speaks Saturday Australian to Tell of Communist Theories Dr. Fred Schwarz, Australian psychiatrist and authority on Communism, will speak at 8 p. m. Saturday in the Foursquare Church, 321 E. Leafland Ave.

He will be under the sponsorship of- the newly-created Decatur Evangelical Church Council. "The Heart, Mind and Soul of Communism" will be Dr. Schwarz' topic. Currendy on his third world tour, Dr. Schwarz has a standing challenge to debate any Communist or pink on any platform at any time.

This will be his second appearance in Decatur. He spoke at the Riverside Baptist Church here in the fall of 1950. Unlike average person, who merely is- against Communism without really knowing what it is, Ot. Schwarz knows the Communist credo backwards and forwards, hav.