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0-H Sunday, March 1, 1953 DETROIT FREE PRESS ART NOTES Thug Beats FARMINGTON BLAZE Gas Dealer Sh ow Art $200,000 Fire To Death Ex-GI to Gathered ket its uvermar in Korea Special to the Free Fret TOLEDO A 70-year-old fill ing station owner was beaten to death Saturday in an apparent robbery attempt. A spectacular fire destroyed a supermarket in the Shopping Center in Farmington Saturday night. Police Cbie Joseph DeVrendt estimated damage at r1 $200,000. Arthur H. Bower's body was Russell Waack, 47, of 20427 found lying in a pool of blood in the station office.

Broken Angling, Livonia, manager of the National Food Store market rolls of quarters and pennies 'V. were strewn on the floor. v4 1 suffered minor injuries when he attempted to put out the blaze. He was treated at Red- ford Community Hospital. .1.

It was the second holdup of the station at 905 Woodville, in East Toledo, in about six months. LAST AUGUST, Bowers The fire broke out in the storeroom of the supermarket Craft Union To Work 35 Hours A 35 hour a week work schedule, believed the first in Detroit's printing industry, was embodied in a contract agreement reached late Saturday by about 7 p.m. FIREMEN" FROM Farming' it t'i tfu brother, Charles, 72, was per i I ton Township, Novi, Franklin 5 'J if 1 and West Bloomfield Township were called to the scene at 1 1 NO RECORD, but rock and roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis' 14-year-old bride had a seven pound, three ounce boy Friday in Ferriday, La, Jerry was in Baton Rouge, rockin and rollin, but they hurried to nearby Ferriday, so that the baby could arrive in young Myra Lewis home town. He isn't named yet. manently paralyzed after being slugged by a bandit.

Bower's body was discovered by a customer shortly after the station opened. Relatives told police he normally had about $500 in cash on hand when he opened for business. 0 Orchard Lake and Ten Mile. The flames shot more than 200 feet in the air and the heat blew out the front front windows of the supermarket. 1 fur.dr'od? of spectators gath A 'i WW' IN BRITISH CHURCHYARD "Korean Landscape No.

1," by John Jacobson Detroit Electrotypers Union, Local 54 (AFL-CIO). Six firms were involved in the two-year pact agreed to by union negotiators and their bosses, Detroit Employing Elec-trotypers and Stereotypers Association, after two months' negotiations. Darrell C. Hilton, union president, said that the 26-cent hourly wage hike won makes ered at the scene and State Keignoors said they saw a Police of the Redford Post were late model car leave the sta called in to direct traffic. The fire also caused minor Art objects collected by a young soldier in Korea will be shown at the Detroit Institute of Arts in an exhibit opening Sunday and continuing through March 29.

They were gathered by Don Boughner, of Garden City, who has now returned to his civilian pursuits as an art instructor. Just embarking on his profession as art instructor at Clara Bryant Junior High School, Boughner was drafted into the Army, and it seemed his studies and collecting would have to be shelved. But, as soon as he reached the Far East, he set out to accumulate 20-odd objects including ancient pottery and rare bronzes. Paul L. Grigaut, chief art curator and curator of Oriental art, considered the collection important enough for a special show at the museum, The creative work of three members of Albion College's art faculty are on display in Stockwell Galleries on the Albion campus.

The show, open to the public, continues through Sunday, March 15. Miss Constance Fowler, who works primarily in the two-dimensional field, exhibits some of her recent paintings in oil and watercolor. Richard Leach, a potter and 3-D man, displays his collection of new pots and tion soon after it opened and police were attempting to trace damage to two stores adjoining the auto through its license for the festival grand prize of U.t)00. Otto Wittmanrf ha3 been named the third director of the' 58-year history of the Toledo Museum of Art He the supermarket Famous Cleaners and the Belair Five number. Cent to One Dollar Store.

Bower, a bachelor, lived alone In a home adjoining the All the customers in the store at the time the fire started fled station. advanced tn to safety. The cause was unknown. Devil-Worshipers Blamed as Vandals NORTH CRAY, England UP) Police Saturday were investigating the mystery of the 10 shattered churchyard crosses smashed, villagers say, by devil-worshipers. The crosses' were smashed a few days before this week's full moon in the churchyard of St.

James in this Kent village. Only the crosses were desecrated other headstones were not touched. Police also are probing reports of unearthly screams and howl3 late at night in the nearby wood3. "The possibility of witchcraft or devil worship cannot be ruled out," declared the Rector, the Rev. R.

J. Shaw-Hamilton. the directorship" from the i tyn of associate director which he held for six years. Mr. Witt-mann will be cha'irman Carters Million For Museum FORT WORTH (UPI) A million-dollar museum of western art will be built here with money left by Amon Carter, publisher of the Fort Worth Star Telegram at the time of his death.

And Professor Vernon Bob-bitt shows his recent paintings in oil and watercolor, several of his newly taken photograpns, and a new technique in the assembly of stained glass. The third annual student art exhibit will be staged at the Ten Mile branch of the Jewish Community Center, 15110 W. 10 Mile. Sunday, March from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Boston Arts Festival, which annually attracts- over 500,000 visitors, will this year conduct a national drawing competition, open to all artists in the United States. The jury-selected exhibition will be shown during the Festival's 17-day run in downtown Boston from June 5 to June 21. A separate awards jury will give out fou- $250 prizes. The drawings will also be eligible the workers' weekly pay amount to exactly the same as when they worked 37i hours under the old one-year contract. WITH THE HIKE, members of the local will earn a fraction more than S3.

84 hourly. Heretofore, Hilton said, when holidays fell on Saturday the unionists were penalized by not working and therefore not collecting any pay. Under the new setup, when a holiday falls on Saturday, the workers will celebrate the event on Friday. Seven paid holidays are in the contract. All other benefits are continued, Hilton said.

State Mediator Walter Quil-iico and Federal Mediator William Rogers worked with the negotiators. Wittmann Vigilantes A Problem, Baird Says Armed vigilantes might be the answer to a recent crime wave in Dearborn Township, Wayne County Sheriff Andrew C. Baird said Saturday. There is a possibility that some members of a township citizens group vill be deputized and given guns, Baird said. "But this would involve bond-in? and some sort of supervi- the art committee of the institution.

Blake-More Godwin, director for the past 33 years, became vice president a member of the executive committee. Mr. Godwin is chairman of the trustees of the'Libbey Estates which endowed the museum and recently was named managing trustee. THE OLD CONTRACT expired at midnight Saturday when the new pact took effect, subject to ratification. It involves ISO men.

BIDS TO KEEP PLANT Hiiton said that he knew of sion," he said, "and that would only two other groups in his be a problem." international with the So-hour-l Ike Orders Extension in Oil Controls WASHINGTON (UPI) a-week clause in their contracts. He said that is in New York- City and Seattle. BRIDGE IN DETROIT Red Herring Fails As Winners Net Title BY RUSSELL V. KOOSEX Frw Preti Bridj Writer S. Ellis Samuel's specialty is winning Team of Four championships.

He has probably won more of these events in this region than any other local player. After he and his teammates annexed the City title in January, he came back with a new set of partners last week to take the top epot in the Mens' Team event of the Detroit District tournament. Clifford W. Bishop, Dorsey Brooks and this reporter were the other members of the team. CLOSE OBSERVATION of the opponents' discards enabled Samuel to select the winning line of play on the following deal.

Neither Vulnerable. NORTH (D) A A 10 7 A 3 7 4 A 1 3 WEST EAST A 9 5 AKJ61 K9 86532 10 1 963 5 HE ADVISED members of the Pardee Civic Association to meet Wednesday with the sheriff's committee of the Wayne County Board of Supervisors to discuss the use of vigilantes. The association claims residents in the township are being victimized by a wave of car President Eisenhower STaturday Policeman Shot In Gun Battle PITTSBURGH LP A rookie Cadillac Backs Plea with Cash Sprll to the Fr Pre CADILLAC The citizens of Cadillac offered Saturday night to gamble more than $23,000 from their own pockets' in a desperate bid to keep the B. F. Goodrich Co.

plant here and save the community's economic lif. Thev are willing to stake 1 ordered a temporary, 10-day extension of the voluntary con trols over oil imports while he studies new proposals for curb A JU KJ10 9 8 SOUTH (Samuel) A 8 2 4 AKQJ10 82 A A 6 4 ing them. The extension until March 10 will give the President time policeman was shot in a gun fight with two burglars in his home. A wounded ex-convict was found several hours later. Patrolman Gregory D.

Scr-zafave, 29, was wounded in the chest when he surprised the burglars in his darkened home after a series of burglaries in the neighborhood. to consider recommendations 1 their spare change on the hone; who work there in "normal" strippings and burglaries. "This is a large township and the population Is growing by leaps and Baird said. "As the population increases, we should increase law enforcement but we haven't done it due to budget troubles." Baird said two sheriff pa submitted Friday by Leo Hoegh. that the rubber plant, which is 'times would lose any chance of airector or tne uitice ot civu scheduled to close about May returning to wdrk.

North 1 A DbL 5 6 JU Pass East South West Pas 3 2 Pass 4 NT Pass Pass 5 NT Pass Dbl. 6 Pass Pass ana ueiense Mobilization. INFORMED sources said the trol cars are now working in Government is exnected to an-1 THE GOLDEN YEARS will make a profit if it xeeps: i More than 1.5O0 persons whol attended a mass meeting, at! MCCARTHY, who was hired Senior High School pledged I by the Chamber of Cpmmejce $25,201 for the wager and to lure industry to the area, promised to pledge even more helped get Goodrich to open its by Monday. plant here in 1937. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle the area, which covers 3.59 square miles and has 13,000 P'S residents.

i A iR 'M L5 L. The civic association feels Since then, the plant, which The ply mandatory controls soon. Domestic oil producers have protested that foreign imports have depressed markets and piled up surpluses which have caused production cutbacks in the nation's major producing fields. townspeoplp, including 1 that a dozen armed men, work Lit NfJTiU NLSDil A makes extruded rubber and sea.s for the auto m- ing with police officers could give the area adequate protec a Te e. it jj i i dustry, has been a mainstay .1 union members, businessmen, City officials and civic leaders, signed a letter pleading with the company to accept the gamble.

tion. PUTiO Pope on Stamps ui uie ai td 5 economy. In the last three years the plant has lost money. Company officials say that estimates of future production AO0 TOO EJR A I 'SFls' AS VATICAN CITY The A TIE I jA! Bandit Gets $1,000 in State Fees IF THE COMPANY- takes the bet and loses money during the 12-month period beginning June 1, then the money put up Vatican announced Saturday that the first series of stamps bearing the image of Pope John BO show no relief and that the firm must raoe to avpid further losses. Single Woman Seeks the Key To Happiness BY THOMAS COLLINS Where are the Golden Years for the working woman who lives alone and who retires at 62 with a modest income? Such a woman as this one: "I have just retired with a monthly income of $232.

This includes my company pension, Social Security, and rental from a piece of business property XXHI will be issued April 2. by the community would, be I I The lptter, a 'photostatic used to offset the losses. If the company makes money copy of which was sent to the A lone bandit held up the CROSSWORD PUZZLE temporary Allen Park branch i during that period, then the company officials, was signed of the-Secretary of 'State's of-! community vans its bet and first by Mayor Everett.G. fice Saturday night and escaped gets its money back. with more than $1,000 in li Reiser, and second by Bill Bat- zer, president of Local 1P3.

United Rubber Workers of America. The letfer written on a 4-by-12-foot sheet of paper is addressed to Clyde O. De-long, president of B. F. Goodrich Industrial Products and to George T.

Hatch, manager of the local plant, which employes 200 persons. It wa3 presented for signa cense plate receipts, police reported. Mrs. Frances Plopan, 34. of 4235 Fifth.

Ecorse, was alone In the office at 5713 Allen Road when the thug entered and demanded the money. "He held his hand in his pocket ss though he had a gun," she told police. "He was a dirty man with yellow teeth Baby Sitter Vanishes with Widow's Tot ONTARIO. Calif. tfl A widowed mother of seven returned home early Saturday tures at a Saturday-night mass' meeting at which the money for West opened the queen of clubs as ordered by his partner's lead directing double of that suit.

played the king and South the ace. A heart was immediately finessed and a low club discarded on the ace. Samuel ft began Lie long parade of diamonds and played every card of that suit, thus reducing all hands to three cards. SOUTH REMAINED with his two low spades and the six of clubs. West kept the king of hearts and two spades and dummy held the A-Q of spades and the queen of hearts.

East's first two discards had been the four and six of spades. This was a deliberate attempt to convince South that he (East) held no values in that suit and which might Induce the declarer to try a losing spade finesse. East's next four sluffs were the five, nine, ten and jack of clubs. This was another red herring by East and was designed to give the Impression that the eight of clubs was held by West. IF THIS WERE true, a club lead by South would be fatal, as if West had the eight of that suit, he would be able to cash his king of Samuel, however, had been involved in shenanigans of this type before and decided East was baiting a hook which he did not care to swallow.

He led the six of clubs. West discarded a spade and the queen of hearts was sluffed from dummy. East did not even bother to play his cards, but quietly folded up his hand and returned it to the board. THE EASTERN1 Michigan Bridge Association's first sectional tournament will be Saturday and Sunday at the Durant Hotel in Flint. The qualifying round of a two-session Open Pair Game worth 14,000.

"I have two basic problems The first is to maintain financial independence in order to keep out of the deadening clutches of public welfare. The other i3 to do something with the independence besides crochet. "I don't know how to do either." This woman is wealthy, of course. and a short stocky build. the bet was collected.

The letter says: ACROSS 1 Coins for pay phone 6 Scamper 10 Slight 14 Out of plac" 15 City of Norway 16 Surrender 17 Step 13 Historic spot in London 20 Interested 22 Lassoed 23 'Dotted 24 Out of sorts 25 Poker antes 28 Neaative 29 Collected 30 Hideaway S2 Asiatic warbler 37 Musteline mammal 39 Universal language 40 plexus 41 First communion garb: 2 wds. 44 Holiday 45 Woeful exclamation 46 Greek letter 19 Boo-boos 21 Uproarious play 24 Dove call 25 Farm machine 26 Statement in court 27 South American monkey 23 Narrow escapes: 2 wds. 31 Return like for like 33 Food fish 34 Founder of Troj 35 Chest sound 36 Depicted 33 Soften 42 The breadwinner, usually 43 Musial 47 Tarsi 49 Referring to punishment 50 Invalidate 51 Fissile rock 52 Point of vievr 53 Rift in the 54 Serving aid 55 Sicilian landmark 56 Offscourings 57 Liner 59 Shoshonean 48 Work as dressmaker 49 Lost color 51 Looks over 53 Russian VIP: 1870-1924 54 Unappreciated 58 Strange 60 Door fastening 61 Stretched 62 Lofty 63 State of being dissatisfied 64 French pronoun 65 Hooks and 66 Sticker DOWN 1 Record 2 Preposition 3 Low-minded 4 Iliad and Odyssey, e.g. 5 Scattered 6 On a lower floor 7 Remains of blaze 8 Slithered 9 Torrid 10 Student 11 Vaults 12 Wastes time 13 Canasta term After a week ef worry and Detroit Tops study we are confident that! and found her baby sitter miss- through greater effort on our; ing. Frantically, Mrs.

Ruth Big Cities in Auto Safety Detroit, Pontlac and Wyan part and through the co-operation of union, company and community, your operation in Cadillac will be successful. "We pledge greater productivity and greater co-operation." dotte were among the leading cities in the nation in traffic Flores counted her children. Only six- were there. Missing was one of her eight-week-old twir.s. Police called it child steal-ire.

A bulletin was issued for the woman who volunteered to care for Mrs. Flores' brood. Officers found no trae nf the woman, a short, stocky woman known to Mrs. Flores only 8-s Ann Williams. The baby is Eric Leon Florss.

safety in January, the National Safety Council reported THE LETTER said the wager was "evidence of our "If we succeed." it continued, "we will have our money and our jobs and B. F. Goodrich Co. Detroit led cities with more than a million population with will have success and the satis Police said the woman told Her income represents an investment of around $65,000 and is far more than most single women at retirement. AX INCOME of $232 for a single woman is more than ample.

For $175 a month she could have a comfortable and dignified life in most parts of the U.S., including orange tree country. Therefore if inflation cut her buying power 25 per cent she would still be safe. This woman, reasonably assured of ample income for life, would be foolish to jeopardize it by selling property. Her expenses for clothes, beauty and a resort vacation sound like a spinster's search for a swain. There's no worse way to find one.

In the main, the greatest happiness for a retired single woman lies in marriage to a man about her own age, or in close relationship with a family composed of Mom, Pop, and the kids. She must go out and get a job, mix with people, dispense with "dowager" dignity. FOR MARRIAGE she should look for a widower (never a bachelor at this age), And should look for the type of job that will enable her to show some widower she can give him the comfort, the food, the companionship, the sympathy he is hungry for. faction of helping a community Mrg y. it too bad of many families who want you 2.1 deaths per 10.000 registered vehicles.

Chicago was second with 2.5. In the 50,000 to 100.000 population group, Pontiac was one of three cities which had no traffic deaths. Wyandotte ranked at the top in the 25,000 to 50,000 group, with no traffic deaths. need you and seek this oppor tunity most sincerely and re spectfully." a single person who wants a baby can't adopt one?" School Band To Perform Pershing High School will present its annual concert at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the school auditorium.

Participants will be the Concert Band under Larry The letter was drafted by a civic committee, sparked by Floyd J. McCarthy, local manufacturer, which has been studying the problem since Monday's announcement that the company was planning to shut the plant. Police Revive 'Dead9 Baby i 2 3 4 5 7 9 'Q II 12 13 3 mtL 2j 22" 323 28 17 jTTH 33 45 -4T (-H4i MLMiHTr ift I Tjii-i I 53 rnp 55 56 57 53 59 1 61 o2 63 I I I I I t. I f-u The impact of the closing on be i Teal. and the Dance this city of 11,000 would Band of 17 members.

Camile Michalski will be the vocalist. NORWICH, Conn. (UPI) A young mother met a police emergency squad at her door late Friday with the hysterical cry "My baby is dead!" But policeman Gerald Ken-nan administered artificial respiration and detected life in 18-month-old Douglas Howard. Later, at a hospital, the boy let out "the best cry I ever heard." He's home LOW. begins at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday. An innovation in this tournament is a one session Mixed Team of Four event scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday. Glass Lifeboats LONDON 13 Twenty fibre-glass lifeboats are being molded for the Oriana, new $39,000,000 flagship of the Orient Line. Each lifeboat will carry 145 persons.

For association with a Mom-Pop family, the housekeeper and baby-sitting are best. The retired single woman with a good income usually lives well, and dies well. Lonely all the way. But the one with an insufficient income has to scratch. If she scratches with a bit of cleverness 'she often comes out all right.

severe. The 200 jobs at the plant represent about 10 per cent of Cadillac's total industrial work force of 2,000. About 2.000 persons are employed in retail establishments, services and Government. In addition to the 200 now working at the plant, about 500 Also taking part will be Mrs. Edith Glussac's.

Modern Dancers. Besides Miss Mich alskl soloists will be Wallace Stephens and Clarence Price in piano duets, and Ellis Sandlin, singer and guitarist..

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