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Shop in Dixon for Big Savings on Dollar Days, Wednesday and Thursday Dixon Evening Telegraph ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR Number 192 Dial 2-1111 DIXON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1951 10 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Iowa Timidly Accepts Our Tall Corn Challenge; Local Stalks 'Noisy9 as They Soar STORM STRIKES DIXON i Aug. 9, 1951 Mr. Cliff Coughlin, City Editor The Evening Telegraph Dixon, 111. Cliff: 1 Hold it, you're going to blow a tire, and all of this "corn" talk you have been putting out will be of no avail. What's the matter over there? Don't you have anything like news for your front page? All right, we accept your challenge, and hasten to assure you we are not the least disturbed by the verbal gymnastics you have been indulging in.

Also, may we remind you, we are not talking about sweet corn, grown in someone's back yard. We accept all your funny rules, except No. 4 and that sounds too much like the negotiations going on in Korea. We will provide a photo and statement duly certified, as to the exact measurement of the corn stalk. Incidentally, our city editor is a man of standing in the community and a God-fearing citizen.

If we win we will laugh at you. If we lose we will admit defeat nothing more. We have taken due note of the flood condition around Dixon, and we will not accept the excuse of high water and unfertile seed, should you contemplate asking for some kind of a handicap. Now quiet down, Cliff, and starting looking for some tall corn. Tall corn and tall stories are not the same, you know.

L. O. BREWER, General Manager Newton Daily News Mr. L. O.

Brewer Publisher The Newton Daily News Newton, la. a Dear Sir: Your letter arrived, sir, while I was on a short vacation resting myself for this tall corn contest which undoubtedly will serve to place the quietus on the absurd claims of the a-mers in your state. Yes, Mr. Brewer, I feel that this tall corn contest rates Page One in this newspaper because the honor of our corn growers is at stake. While you may appear to be taking this matter calmly, I suspect that your staff is already hatching all sorts of trickery, notwithstanding: assurance that your city editor is a "man of standing." I confess that at the moment I have nothing more to report on the growth of our corn.

Be assured, however, 21 we stalk worthy of the fine tradition of our state. It shall not be one fostered and cultivated under artificial conditions, but a giant among giants, a veritable giraffe of a plant growing normally in a Lee county field. In closing may I call your attention to a Wisconsin report telling that corn can be heard to grow. Pictured with the story were the delicate instruments needed to prove that fact. Here in Lee county, sir, we need no such delicate in-4) struments, no university scientists to record such a fact Our corn makes so much noise as it reaches heavenward that our farmers are disconnecting their hearing aids.

Yours in truth, CLIFF COUGHLIN, City Editor Dixon Evening Telegraph 'Dirksen for President' Boom Under Way at State Fair A group of Illinois Republicans organized today to boost Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R-Hl) for president. The movement, temporarily headed by Harold Halfpenny, Chicago attorney, was started following a GOP breakfast at which Dirksen peared. The senator was in Springfield for an Illinois state fair speech. Conrad Noll of springtieia, gamon county Republican man announced the new organization.

He said a wave of enthusiasm is sweeping the nation for sending Dirksen to the White House "to clean up the mess Democrats have put the country into." "He is the nation's chief proponent to freedom and preservation of the American heritage," Noll said. As Dirksen spoke at the breakfast a banner inscribed "Dirksen for President" was unfurled. Dirksen told reporters later: "I knew nothing about it. I have sanctioned no organization. I have a job to do as senator." Chosen temporary officers to assist Chiarman Halfpenny were three midstate Republican county chairmen Lloyd Davi.s Christian, Joseph Long of Montgomery and Ed Stubblefield of Macoupin.

Noll said the club expects to within a few days, select permanent officers and open offices in Springfield and Chicago. Nelson Knockouts Win Right To Be State Finalists The Nelson Knockouts softball team Rained a berth In the state sports festival at Urbana on Aug. 23 and 24 by defeating the Winnebago county 4-H champions yesterday, 5-1. The Knockouts are the Lee county 4-H champions. A men's open team, representing the county, is expected to accompany the Knockouts to Urbana, Jim Sommers, Lee county adviser, sad today.

Dixon GIs Finish Recruit Training Pvt. John Wagner, son of the Rev. and Mrs. C. L.

Wagner, 519 Highland and Pvt. Edward Shclton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shelton, 523 E. Fourth arrived home today after completing 14 weeks basic training at Ft.

Leonard Wood, Mo. They trained with the engineers. After a week's furlough at home, they will report to Ft. Bragg, N.C. for paratroop training with the 82nd airborne battalion.

Seize Winnetka Youth After Chase Here Knife-Wielding Mental Patient Fled Hospital Sheriffs Police Make Spectacular Capture on Highway An 18-vear-old Winnetka vouth who escaped Monday from a mental health resort and who later threatened a maid in his home with a knife, was caDtured bv Sheriff Charles Redebaugh and Chief uenutv Jonn stourrer Tues day after a thrilline chase. The tugitive was Koger Fitzpatrick, 777 Burr avenue, Winnetka. When captured he bore a knife wound under his heart which sheriff's deputies said he admitted inflicting upon himselt. "I'm tired of livine," he told Sheriff Redebaugh. "I wanted to end it ail.

Fitzpatrick escaped shortly aft er 11 a- m. Monday from the North Shore Health resort, Winnetka. He made his way to his home where he procured the knife, threatened a negro maid and later stole a car belonging to Liouis is. Kuppenheimer, 1130 Laurel avenue, Winnetka. Locate Car -A tip that Fitzpatrick was in the vicinity came fronv.atate.JKfc lice who discovered the abandoned car three miles east of Pine Hill on route 30 early Tuesday morn ing.

They immediately identified it as the car stolen from Kuppenheimer. The Lee county sheriff's office was notified about 11 a. that Fitzpatrick might be in the vicinity and Chief Deputy Stouffer waj ordered on patrol. Meanwhile the boys father, Har old G. Fitzpatrick, and Kuppenheimer, arrived at the sheriff's office here to furnish information leading to the capture of the youth.

Sheriff Joins Hunt Sheriff Redebaugh said that he joined Stouffer in the hunt about 3 p. m. Tuesday and shortly tnere-after Glen Delhotal, a farmer re siding seven miles east of the Lee Center spur, notified sheriffs headquarters that a youth brand ishing a knife was seen walking in an oats field. This information was radioed to both Stouffer and Redebaugh who converged on the Delhotal farm. Picking up Delhotal and his son, Sheriff Redebaugh drove the sheriffs patrol car into the oats field in pursuit of Fitzpatrick who fled over a fence.

Gives Up Knife Redebaugh shouted to the youth, calling him by name and informing him that his father was in Dixon searching for him. Redebaugh said that the youth still clutched the knife and that he was bare to the waist. He ob served the knife wound under the boy's heart. The youth returned to the fence and at the request or the snentt, threw the knife over the barrier, (Continued on Page 6) A Baldy No More NEW A medical mystery of a man whose once silver-gray hair turned dark after he took the hormone Cortisone was reported today. He had suffered for months from a severe skin disease, and all his hair had fallen out, making him completely bald, said the account in the New York Times.

Cortisone overcame the skin disease. Then, to the amazement of his doctor and the patient, his hair grew again. In a few weeks he had a complete head of hair, except for a bald spot in the center that he had had before. But this new hair was dark in color; the color of his hair, beard and mustache was no longer silver-gray, but largely the original color of the man's hair 20 years earlier. The man now is 74.

The hair has remained the new color, although the Cortisone was stopped several months ago. The man's physician "admits he can offer no explanation to what he describes as a 'first rate medical His physician emphasized that no general conclusions could be drawn from this one case that Cortisone would restore color in gray hair, or restore hair in County Legion Officers Installed HV:" jfl OFFICERS OF THE LEE COUNTY council of the American Legion, who were elected in Franklin Grove on June 8, were installed Tuesday night in Compton. Pictured, left to right, before the installation are Charles Zinke, commander of the host post at Compton, Al Rugglcs. county service officer, Dixon; M. G.

Deitelhoff. past county commander, Amboy; R. B. Tompkins, senior vice commander. Franklin Grove; Bernard Frazer, county commander, Dixon; back row, Wendell Chap-in.

13th District commander, who served as installing officer, Elizabeth; H. F. Walder, past district commander. Absent were John Mitchell, junior vice commander, Dixon, and Lloyd Merriman, Comp-, ton, aergeant-at-arms. Rock Falls Home Project Ready Oct.

1 ROCK The first units of the 125 unit Whiteside county low-rent housing project will be ready for occupancy by Oct. 15, Ben Jokerst manager of the project said today. Jokerst also announced the income scale which will determine the acceptance of applicants for the project. The maximum annual Incomes are $2,6000 for a family of two, $2,850 for a family of three or four and $3,000 for family of five or more. When any member of a family is a minor, an additional income of $100 will be allowed.

These limits were recommended by the Whiteside county housing author ity, sponsors of the project. Veterans within the listed in come brackets will get first choice at the dewcllings with others allotted on a first come, first served basis. Applications are being taken from to p.m. Monaay inroufin Friday in the city council room at the city hall. Polo Youth Will Be Arraigned After Auto Crash OREGON A county court arraignment is set for today for Harold Meyes, 16.

Polo, arrested Tuesday afternoon for reckless driving by Ogle county sheriff James White. Meyers was driver of a car involved in a -collision which in jured two persons on the White Pines road one-half muc wesi the state park. Meyers will be arraigned for violation of probation. He is on probation on a charge of larceny. Lawrence surer, is, roio, a senger with Meyers was taken to KSB hospital with a fractured rib.

He was reported to "good" condition today. Dr. Edward Thomas, Polo dentist, was treated for minor in juries at a doctor's office. Dr. Thomas was riding in a car driven by Fred West, 73, Rockfora, wim Mrs.

West as a passenger. Sheriff White reported Meyers driving on the wrong side of the road coming over a hill and collided head-on with the West auto. Battle Losses WASHINGTON. fAP) An-1 nounced U.S. battle casualties in Korea reached 80,750 today, an m- le of S20 since last week.

i ms in the lowest weekly increase since the first weekly summary was last Auf 7. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST William Randolph Hearst, founder of a newspaper empire, died at his home near Beverly Hills, on August 14. He was 88. Newspapers Pay Tribute To Hearst BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Newspapers throughout the nation paid editorial tribute to a fellow newsman, William Ran dolph Hearst, who died yesterday. Hearsts own New York Jour nal-American, in a black-bordered full page editorial, said: "The world has lost a colosses.

He was the last of the dauntless pioneers, the last of the indomit able individualists. His departure will means many things to many men." Hearst's New York Daily Mir ror, another block-edged edi torial: William Randolph Hearst possessed a prophetic vision, a pacity to project his mind into the future and to risk action, whether popular or unnonular. with a ing and courage unparalleled in modern journalism. Patriotic American The Indianapolis Star: "Hearst as a patriotic American who consistently defended the principles of American liberty and dem ocracy with all the vigor at his command. In a half century inai has seen treason flourish, he was a giant of loyalty." New York Times: "Whatever judgment may finally be passed It can never be denied that he was an almost elemental force." Miami Herald: "Whatever his and they were not was a tremendous force in expanding the field of Journalism." Great Newsman The New York Daily News: "He on Page 0), Council Gets, Files, $5,677 Sewer Plan Members Of the Dixon city council last night approved for filing a plan to construct an eight- inch sanitary sewer on Clark street between Sherman Custer avenues.

Total cost of the project will be $5,677.12. The council ac recommendation by the board of local improvements that the sewer construction plan be approved. The sewer will be paid for by a special assessment of property ow along the route of the sewer. In the only other council action the city clerk was authorized to advertise for bids for bucket type sewer cleaning equipment. Wholesale Food Prices Ease to End Rising Trend NEW YORK, Wholesale food prices, as measured by the Dun Bradstreet food index, eased off slightly this week after rising for three weeks in a row.

The index at $6.94 compared with $6.95 last week and was 6.3 per cent above the ycar-ago week's S6.53. The 1951 high to date was $7.31 on Feb. 20. Hither in wholesale price this week were wheat, rye, oats, bar ley, lard, cheese, cottonseed on and eggs. Lower were flour hams, butller, sugar, cocoa raisins steers and hogs.

Storm Gets Best Of Pigeon, Now He Has a Home pigeon. The pigeon apparently able to brave the storm and to rest near the homo of Arthur Reed, 907 W. Third st. Rccd took the bird into his home and fed it and dried its wings. Reed reported this morning that the pigeon apparently was in mood to start its journey again it is still at his house.

The pigeon has a metal band around its leg with the markings P34 AA-51-735. Reed thinks there is a message inside of the band. Dirksen Labels Demos Party of War and Crisis Calls on GOP to Take Off Gloves For 1952 Fight SPRINGFIELD (AP)U. S. Senator Everett M.

Dirkson said today the" Demo cratic party is the party of -not war, war, crisis. ann tension. He declared in a Republican Day state fair speech that the present Democratic adminis-, tration ana its preaecessors have made a "ghastly peace record trie last years. He said Democrats are un able to "meet the challenge of mime coat morais, to discuss the bieerest peacetime budget and heaviest tax burden in our history, and disengage tnemseives irom tne pinic tinge of fellow travelers." In order to "befog the issues" in the 1952 election campaign, the Republican senator added, they will try to tag Republicans as the war party. Demos To Answer Democrats will have a chance to answer tomorrow when they gather for the traditional Governor's Day program at which Vice Presi dent Alben W.

Barkley will be principal speaker. Dirksen urged Republicans not (Continued on Page 6). SPRINGFIELD Thurs day's statfl fair program: 7 a.m. Boys' state Horse- shoo pitching contest. Cattle, llgnt liorsc, swine ann sheep judging.

8:30 Junior trnctor operators' contest. 9:30 Flower ami garden kIiow. 10 Democratic day program at grandstand. 12 BojV horseshoe pitching (finals). 12:30 p.m.

Grand circuit harness racing. 6:30 Society horso sheep shearing content (Junior 7 Grand stand revue. Man Found Dead at Curb Has Fortune in Grade-A Stocks NEW A shabbily dressed old man was found dead of a heart attack on a Brooklyn curb, yesterday, his head propped against a rear wheel of a new automobile. Registration papers in his cashless pockets showed the car was his. Police went to his $7-a-week furnished room.

There they found about $500,000 worth of grade-A stocks, some cigaret "makings" and a ledger showing every penny the man had spent since 1911, Bank books showed deposits of thousands of dollars. The man turned out to be Charles Hoffman, 73. He was not known to have any relatives. His landlady said Hoffman, who had lived in the house for about eight years, told her his wife died many years ago and left him a large amount of money. Papers in the room showed Hoffman drew an old-age pension.

A newspaper clipping told that an uncle, Charles Ferdinand Hoffman, died in 1909 in a $4-a-room Brooklyn furnished room, and left an estate of $3,000,000. Bolts Light Sky, Thunder Halts Sleep Phone Service Hit: Illinois Peach Crop Reported Damaged Most Dixon residents were startled from sleep early this morning by brilliant flashes of lightning and ear-splitting claps of thunder as a 250-mile wide line squall hit the city at about 5:45 a. m. A half inch of rain fell on the city in little over 15 minutes after the initial blow of the storm. The repeated flashes of lightning and high-explosive-like blasts of thunder made sleep practically impossible.

On top of the rain, lightning and thunder, a high wind hit Dixon. Despite this combination of weather little damage was done. Officials at the Public Service Company of Northern llinois reported some Interruption of service caused by blown fuses on distribution and rural lines. The electrical disturbance was termed "very hot lightning." However, all damage was repaired this morning. The concentrated and repeated blasts of lightning put out about 150 Telephones by the Ilomi Telephone.

of the trouble was concentrated on the north side of Dixon where the heavy electrical discharges burned out underground Phone company repair men said they expected service to be back to normal by 5 p.m. today. The line squall hit Freeport at 3:40 a.m. and began moving southeast, striking Dixon about 5:45 a.m. After passing on it covered most of central Illinois destroying much of the peach crop and knocking down utility wires and trees in Qulncy and Peoria.

Wind Caueee Damage The weather bureau said the storm, with gusts as high as 50 miles an hour, moved west to east in an approximate 250 mile wide swath. Frank Chattcn, orchard owner in Pike county near Quincy, said the high winds knocked down many ripe peaches in Adams and Pike counties. Two barns were struck by light-(Continued on Page 6) Wounded Deer Dies in Rock River Tuesday STERLING A deer was drown ed in the Rock river here Tuesday afternoon after wandering through the industrial area along the river banks. Sterling and Rock- Falls police attempted to get the deer to shore at Lawrence park after it had jumped into tne river irom a bridge over the mill race at the foot of Locust street. The deer fought against the cur rent, but soon tired.

Apparently exhausted and previously Injured, the deer sank beneath the surface in the north river channel. It has been speculated that this ight have been the same deer hit by a car near Castle Rock early Sunday morning. State Policeman Bob Fischer and Bud Reuter trailed that animal for three without finding it. Weathei Mostly cloudy tonight, becoming fair Thursday. Low tonight 61.

High Thursday 70. Low Thursday night 85. Northwest winds 15 mile an hour. Temperature Wind Noon (Tuesday) 7S 4 p.m 66 NE 8 p.m 72 Midnight 65 NE 4 a.m 63 NE 8 a.m 64 NE Noon (Wednesday) 66 Precipitation at 6 a.m. .96.

Rock River stage, 1 foot above normal. River flow, 7,060 cubic feet a second. Sunrise 6:11 a.m. (CDT), sunset 7:57 p.m. (CDT).

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