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It Happened in Michigan NEWS CLASSIFIED Wife Held in Shooting of Farmer Husband Slain in Bed, Sheriff Told SPOUTS DETROIT 31, Market Officials Foil Yeggs to Save $5,000 Safecracker Talked Out of Plan to Kill by Intended Victim Two market managers saved their lives by fast talking when they surprised a pair of armed safecrackers in the State Packing House Market, 280 W. Nine Mile, Ferndale. Chrysler of Canada Strike Set Walkout Is Voted on or Before June 5 WINDSOR Local 195 UAW (CIO) voted Sunday to call a strike against Chrysler Corp. 'Dear USA: I Want a I Sunday morning, Charles Glick, w.fc, MONDAY, MAY 29, PACIIAKI (RIGHT), FRIEND estate shrank after collision with of Canada on or before June 5 unless the union's contract demands are met. George Burt, TJAW regional di rector for Canada, said negotiations with the company would resume Monday.

HE ADDED THAT the strike may be called immediately if the current deadlock continues. Burt said he also would confer with UAW President Walter P. Reuther Monday to seek formal strike ap proval. Chrysler of Canada employs about 3,600 workers in its three Windsor plants. The union is demanding pensions, hospital-medical insurance and numerous contract changes.

Chrysler Corp. in the United States recently underwent a 100-day strike over similar demands. AN ONTARIO Conciliation Board report several weeks ago recommended that the Canadian company pay its workers the same pensions agreed upon by the union and the Ford Motor Co. of Canada. The Ford pension plan provides $55 monthly benefits and contributions to a hospital medical program.

Burt said the company had made one offer which he called "an insult to labor." He said the current contract is the "worst that exists in major industry." C. ROWE, vice president and general manager of the com-! pany, admitted mat an oner iwu been made but he declined to comment on its details or the union's strike vote. Have a Cab, Mister? Send It to Greece Got a spare taxicab? HARRISVILLE The sheriff reported that a 59-year-old farm wife told him she shot her husband to death as he lay-in bed. Mrs. Hedwig Wojtaszek was brought to jail from the farm near Glennie where relatives found the body of her husband, Walter.

60. MRS. WOJTASZEK had been hospitalized several months ago with a nervous breakdown. She was to be given a sanity test. Sheriff Raymond Adair, of Alcona County, said that the woman told him 3he shot her husband with a :22 rifle.

The sheriff said that she told him they had been having domestic difficulties. Mrs. Wojtaszek walked into Glennie and telephoned a daughter in Detroit, Mrs. Leona Roe-bisco, telling her that her father was dead. When Mrs.

Roebisco and another daughter, Mrs. Joseph Uch-wat, also of Detroit, reached Glen nie their mother told them she had killed her husband. The daughters notified Sheriff Adair. Couple Wed Fifty Years Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Cragel, of 13922 Charest, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sun- Mr. and Mrs. Cragei day. Mr. Cragel, 71, and Mrs.

Cragel, 66, were married in Russia in 1900. They have been in the United States 38 years. The Cragels have a son, Michael; a daughter, Mrs. Olga Lo-mik, and five grandchildren. A reception was held Sunday at Mrs.

Lomik's home, 2563 Pleasant Valley Road, Brighton. Detroiter Escapes in Plane Crash JACKSON Joseph Crotchers, of Detroit, escaped injury when his light plane struck four high-voltage power lines near Michigan Center. He landed in a farm field. Crotchers, a student pilot, had become lost on a flight to Pontiac. I1 IM 1 IL1IIH i 42, of 15046 Snowden, grocery manager, and Max Gold, 40, of 3663 Pasadena, produce manager, opened the market for an inventory.

Other employes were to join them later. GOLD STARTED down the front stairway to the basement and called to his companion, "Something's happened." He pointed to the stair railing, which had been smashed, and to tools scattered at the entrance to the produce refrigerator. The two started upstairs to call police. At that moment two men carrying pistols appeared at the top stairway. The larger man said, "You're not going anywhere." Apparently intoxicated, Glick said, the man staggered toward him, placed the gun at the back his neck, and herded both into the produce refrigerator.

"I could feel the muzzle shaking on my neck," Glick said. "I thought he'd shoot for sure." IN THE PRODUCE refrigerator was a safe, which the burglars had pushed down the stairs from the manager's office. "Open the safe or we'll blow your head off," one yegg ordered. Both Glick and Gold protested that only the store manager knew the combination, and he was not due until 1 p. m.

"In half an hour there'll be 12 more people here to take inventory," Glick told the men. "You'd better get out while you've got chance." The yeggs herded Glick and Gold into another basement room, tiea tnem witn Dutcner aprons ana iieu. The pair extricated themselves and called police Detective Lt. Clifford Fritz, of Ferndale police, discovered a hole sawed through the roof where the pair had gained entry. The safe's metal covering had been torn away.

The $5,000 to $6,000 it contained was untouched. Slays Self Over Bills MONROE (JP) August Carr, 21, a service station attendant, told his wife "I cannot make ends meet on $42 a week." Then he shot and killed himself. Coroner Edward Rupp reported. He is survived by his wife and two children. Their home is in Bolles Harbor, three miles south here.

Burt also charged that the com-; pany treated its workers as "co-: CLIMAXING Lantern Night ac-lnnials i tivities will be the naming of pres- I 1950 Taxicab' TTt; jtwur AND CAB German car heart of Dimitra Pachaki in far her father started out 35 years ago. If so. we could have news for Dimitra. That, undoubtedly, even if it was "strieken down by a German military car," would make a great museum piece for an American collector. But we are afraid that is not the i immediate solution to Dimitra's urge to have a taxicab again like that "sole inheritance" from her father.

So if you have a spare taxicab, here's Dimitra's address: 240 Philis Street, Athens, Greece. Ranch House Destroyed by Fire Special to the Free Prrss BRIGHTON Fire destroyed the Pleasant Valley Dude Ranch House Saturday night. Edward Shepard, of Brighton, operator of the ranch, placed damage at about $20,000. NO ONE WAS at the ranch at the time of the fire, according to Harold Jarvis, chief of the Brighton Volunteer Fire Department. The ranch, on the Huron River three miles east of town, is owned by Earl C.

McDonald, of Detroit. McDonald had leased it to Shepard. Slap Dealt Public Power WASHINGTON (JP) The pri-I vate power industry said that Fed-I eral funds should not be used for any power project which a private or municipal utility was willing to build. The National Association of Electric Companies made the statement in a report prepared for the President's Water Resources Policy Commission. The power companies also advo- ca-ted a program to achieve tax equality between private and Government power projects.

Marshall to Talk at Red Cross Fete Gen. George C. Marshall, president of the American Red Cross, will give the keynote address at the organization's national convention in Masonic Temple June 26. A pageant by 200 volunteers of the Detroit chapter will mark the opening of the convention. French Victory SAIGON, Indochina (U.R) French troops recaptured the northern frontier strongpoint of Dongkhe from Vietminh rebel forces.

GEORGE Chauffeur's 4 DLMITRA TACI1AKI She wrote 'USA, Sirs Driver Held in Trailer Hit-and-Run HASTINGS Glondon Woodruff, of Leach Lake, was held; without charge in the Barry Coun-; ty Jail for questioning about "hit-and-run" houe trailer. I Woodruff told officials he wasj moving his trailer from Leach Lake to Grand Rapids. ROl'XDIXCS A curve, the trailer went out of control, crashed into a cottage, ripped off the front porch and knocked down the chimney. Woodruff said he stopped, knocked on the cottage door, found no one at home, and continued on his way. Later, the cottage owner, Harry liaison reported the damage police.

Officers located Woodruff his trailer at Caledonia. and Detroiter Missing at East Tawas EAST TAWAS (P) Arthur H. Furstenberg, 59. of 957S Manor, I I A huge orchid cactus plant in the greenhouse of Mrs. Thomas Christiansen, of Dowagiac, is defying nature by blooming for second time in seven months.

It normallv blooms once a year. The plant bears about 70 large flowers. "A lot of baloney" is exactly what the Central Market in Sturgis has got. The 12-foot hunk of meat weighs 48 pounds and is six inches in diameter. LAKE ORION will dedicate a new elementary school building named after Blanche Sims.

She graduated from Lake Orion schools in 1895 and then taught for 50 years in the town's schools. Charles S. Mott, Mint industrialist and a General Motors director, will receive the Veterans of Foreign Wars' highest honor, the Gold Citizenship Medal, at a ceremony Friday in Grand Rapids. The presentation, based on Mott's creation and development of the Mott Foundation program in Flint, will be made during the VFW encampment. Mott will celebrate his 75th birthday on the day he receives the medal.

The VFW said the Mott Foundation has been "internationally recognized as a model for civic activity in the fields of education, health and recreation for both children and adults." BOYSVILLE, the Knights of Columbus school for needy boys at I Macon, will hold "open house June 11 for its benefactors. The occasion will mark the end of the 1 school year for the 68 students. most of them orphans. MICHIGAN State Police are pioneering a bad check classification system, similar to fingerprint classifications. Nearly 400 fraudulent checks already have been classified in a formula based on such individual characteristics as the manner in which the date and amount are written.

The system will permit sending a good description by telephone. Lansing police already have adopted the system and police departments throughout the Nation have asked for detailed information. DeVon Kleine, a member of the current graduating class at 'Galien High School, has a record of 11 consecutive years of perfect school attendance. Henry Clinard. 74.

of Lawrence, went fishing with a cane pole and an angle worm. He pulled a nine and three-quarter pound brown trout from Brush Creek, near Lawrence. parking rear of store HIDDEN ASSETS Sly Farmer Leaves Estate of $32,006 Special to the Free Press ALLEGAN A total of 532,006 was left by Leroy Irwin, 92-year-old farmer who hid $23,000 in a rusty mailbox in his garage. An inventory was filed in Probate Court after months of searching for assets. His 40-acre farm has been sold with the provision that any further money or securities found on the place must be turned over to the estate.

The heirs are four nieces and nephews. MSG Co-Etls to Be Honored Wednesday EAST LANSING Michigan State College co-ed leaders of the past year and the future year will be honored at traditional Lantern Night ceremonies Wednesday. Graduating women in caps and gowns will parade through the campus carrying lanterns as part of the event. Then at the MSC bandshell they will pass the lan- terns to undergraduate women symbolizing the passing of responsibility. idents of the four leading co-ed organizations.

President John A. Hannah will address the women; at the bandshell. lor, and outgoing president of Mortar Board, senior women honorary, will be mistress of cere monies. Exhaust Gas Kills Driver Luther Cosby, 31, of 22384 Hayes, East Detroit, was found dead of carbon monoxide in his car on the driveway of his home. The motor of the car was still running when his body was found by his sister-in-law.

Mrs. Yrvonne Heitman, of the Hayes address. Coroner Clifford Read, of Macomb Countv, said indications were that the death was dental. acci- EXACT now get your your neck sizes open daily from IWfu CflSUHL of a i I your 13'2 This and airy tailoring without blue, model exact 9 If so, you can gladden the off Athens, Greece. For Dimitra, daughter of the first taxicab driver in all Greece, had her whole estate destroyed when it collided with a German military car.

AND SO MISS Pachaki, sitting on the ruins of her ancient, immobile taxi, has decided to lay her problem before kind-hearted Amer- icans. tone wrote iiisl to uie vmei n-nn Trucking Association, which for warded her letter to the Automobile Manufacturers Association. NOW IT REACHES Free Press readers and, we think, it should be printed just as Dimitra wrote it: "USA, "Dear Sirs, the undersigned, I am the daughter of the first Greek chauf- feur as it is confirmed by the enclosed official certificate of the Ministry of Transports. "In my country my father first i imported and conducted an automobile. "I am proud of it and for this reason I am addressing to you to acknowledge to you the following: "After the death of my father my sole inheritance was a taxi-cab.

Infortunately during the German occupation it was stricken down by a German military car and was completely destroyed. "Vainly I did all the necessary to get some indemnity. The Greek Government has refused to give me the relative indemnity. "For this reason I am address- 'inr to vou. the chauffeurs of vour I affectionate and rich country, and keg you to buy for me a rebuilt laxicaQ wnicn j.

snail oe ODiigea to pay in intervals fixed by you. "Knowing your good feelings I can not help to hope that you will be kind enough to help the poor daughter of the first owner of the chauffeur diploma of Greece. "I may give you every relative certificate. The enclosed photo is this of my father with his taxicab favorable vour answ er cerely I remain yours sin-. Dumitra Pachaki." WITH HER letter, Dimitra enclosed not only a picture of her papa beside his wondrous automobile the first taxi in all Greece but a photo of herself and documents to prove that papa was "the first Greek chauffeur." This document, thoughtfully No.

1 in January, 1914 ONE THING THAT was not made clear in Dimitra's letter was whether the taxicab she inherited was the original one with which Jolly i i 1 (a new porous lightweight fabric) Detroit, apparently drowned nearo years ago. his rntta-re north of here "Hoping for II He said a differential of about 30 cents in wages exists between Chrysler workers in the United States and Canada. JUST A ROOMER Tenant Gets Shotgun Welcome A roomer who had lost his key was fired at and "captured" by his 60-year-old landlord, who had mistaken him for a prowler. Oscar Williams, the landlord, was seated in his living room at 962 Superior when he heard a noise in the rear bedroom. HE GRABBED his shotgun and hurried back to find a man climbing through the window.

Williams fired a blast and the man dropped to the ground. The elderly man then abandoned his shotgun, ran through the back door and collared the "burglar." He was Wilbur Oldham, 25, who said he was simply trying to sneak in his room after los- -ing his key. Oldham was turned over to police. Planes Collide Near Flint: Three Hurt Sihm'ihI the 1- ri'e Pri FLINT Three Flint men were injured Sunday evening when two private planes collided 10 feet off the ground at Dalton Airport, eight miles west of here. Most serously hurt was Dr.

E. I J. Brochu, 36. of the Flint Osteopathic Hospital. He was taken to hospital with collarbone and rib fractures.

THE OTHER pilot, William Thatcher, 25, received minor injuries. Thatcher's passenger, Fred Wal-lick, 23, was taken to St. Joseph Hospital for observation. It was his first plane ride. Dr.

Brochu reportedly was tak- ing off when his ship collided with Thatcher's plane. coming in craft were for de- a landing, molished. Both The high pressure area is giving Michigan a fair deal for the Memorial Day holi-d a y. Easterly winds will keep the skies blue and tempera-t in the comfort range between the high 40s and the middle 70s. Some scattered show efs may show InteTnes- State Police said.

The coast guard is searching for the body. A son. Chester, reported that his father had gone out in a small motor boat. He noticed it going in circles, he said, and shortly afterward, it beached itself. Furstenberg was not aboard.

OFFICERS SAID that he may have fallerr-into the water and FIT lightweight nylon in SHIRT drowned. He was a wholesale fur-; translated, was signed by N. niture salesman, who maintained Tsakiris, director. Realm of Greece, a cottage on Crescent Beach, six Ministry of Transports, General miles north of East Tawas on Direction of Cars. Lake Huron.

He confirms that, according to The mishap happened between his native archives, George Pash-a quarter and a half mile off akis got the license of Chauffeur 6X3Ct neck size eXaCt sleeve length Day for Holiday ill no a mined without charge to 18 sleeve lengths 31 to 36 U.S.WA7HE BUKCAU MAP 0fMrlfnnl ef Cemmwc shore, State Police said. Body Found in Lake Huron PORT HURON The body of John F. Mickey, 46, who was lost with two other Detroiters on a fishing party last Oct. 22, was, found in Lake Huron. The body was sighted by sailors.

It was recovered by Coast Guards- men and identified by dental work i and tattoo marks on the right I arm. ine Doay or Aiec saDO. oi, was washed ashore Nov. 5 at Port Sanilac, and that of Don Hermann, 26, was found April 8. U.S.

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