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4 WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 19S0 J1.U1UUN, ILLINOIS PAGE TEH Interior of Marianna Restaurant Former Mattoon Man Honored Many Illinois Central railroaders will attend a banquet in honor of H. Zimmerman, formerly (f Mat- Flying SauceK Turns Out to Be a Phony Ups Price on Sugar for Hoarding Groups Salamanca, N. Y. (IP) A fro-eery store In thki western New York city displayed two piles of sacked sugar today. The five-pound sacks were labeled: Tor pilar customer, 14 cents a pound." Authority on Korea Talks toKiwanians "Every time I hear a news release I can actually gee the Korean villages mentioned," Rev.

Roscoe Coen, pastor ol the Presbyterian church i vMrrfif tnlrf t.h- members of iu T.uu-, luncheon meeting In Hotel tJ. S. Grant. "It's hard to keep my emotions from running away from me," said, "because I love the people there so well." Rev. Coen spent 22 years as a missionary in Korea with Seoul as his headquarters.

He and his wife went to Korea in 1918 scon after they were married. They were back In America on furlough when World War II broke out In 1840. Rev. Coen described the rugged terrain of Korea and gave a short account of the eccnomlc status of the people. "Of course," he said, "the abject poverty of the people was another of my first impressions.

Compared to Americans, the. Koreans are very poor. But In comparison to many people of China and India, they are much oettor off." He said that even the poorest homes have at least one electric light because of the many mountain streams In northern Korea used to generate electricity. The poorer natives live in homes made of mud walls, flat stone floor with underlaid hearths providing the heating system, and a thatched roof. "Except for an extremely heavy rainfall In July and August," he said, "the climate of Korea is much newly renovated Marianna restaurant.

1516 Broadway operated oy Mr. of the newly remodeled remodeled restaurant The murals illustrate the nwory or honor of Mrs Boya momer wnose picvuic lew of the interior of the Here is a A n.n vmvri A ton feature which adorn the east and west walls. spots. The restaurant was named U.S. Boosts Naval Forces Washington oP The navy is putting a total of 48 more war ship sea.

including three, large and yr lipht aircraft carriers, two cruis- In ersv 39F 'eyer-i the notortow toon, tonight at Clinton. Superin- tendent of the Springfield division at Clinton, Mr. Zimmerman has been appointed superintendent of the Iowa division at Waterloc. Iowa. He began his railroad career in 1936, as a switchman at Champaign.

He was appointed assistant trainmaster at Kankakee in 1941, and trainmaster on the Springfield division at Mattoon In 1943. Between 1945 to 1949, Mr. Zimmerman served successively as trainmaster on the Illinois, Iowa and Kentucky dlvi- Mons of the railroad. He became the youngest division superintended when he was promoted to that position at Clinton in September, 1949. The Iowa division Includes the western lines of the I.

C. in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota, Edward H. Endow, superintendent of the Memphis division will succeeded Mr. Zimmerman at Clinton when their promotions become effective on Aug. 1 Turkey Offers 4,500 Troops Ankara, Turkey Turkey has offered 4,500 fully armed troops to fight the Communists in Korea.

Officials said these men would not be a token force, but a trained hard-hitting military unit They would be equipped with American prms received under the current U. military aid program. Marion Fair Speaker Raps j. lilimah AdmmiStifaudh Salem, 111. (P) A speech In which the policies of the Truman administration were attacked high lighted the annual Marion eounty Soldiers and Sailors Reunion Tues- day.

Rep. Donald Jaclson (R-Cl told a crowd of about 500 at Bryan Park the United States should have given Korea more military assis tance before the outbreak of the present conflict. He said also that "continuation of the present (government) spending policy will mean bankruptcy and suicide." Licensed to Wed Charles E. Shadwlck 19, and Mary Haskett, 19, both of Mattoon. Clyde R.

Turner, 36, and Dorothle Mae Mott, 38, both cf Peoria. Gas-burning appliances must be altered to supply more air when fuel is changed from manufactured to natural gas. THESE SANCY. six-week rainy period Mrs. Evelyn Nolen of Windsor, were rice crop very productive, he said the out of tcwn shoppers Rice, barley and other1 grains pro- 4 vide the chief foods.

Since the Mr and Mrs. Ted LeOrande country Is peninsula, fish are also sJ)ent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. on the staple diet. B- jj. chambers and son, Kenneth, Most of the people are gradually in Taytorvllle.

changing to the customs of the West You can buy a Bank Money Or-ln dress. Dr. Coen said. But there aer with a duplicate receipt for your are a few who stilT stick to the old records, at The National Bank of Youth Charged With Murder in Train Wreck Caruthersville, Mo. tJP) A share- crQpaer 8 son.

who says moyje giuig iiiaJiicj mill iw i-oiiipw rajir0ad switch, has been charged wjtn first degree murder. William L. Godsey. 15, who ad- mitted causing the wreck of a Fris- passenger train Sunday in which engineer was killed and 13 per sons injured near Holland, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing tomorrow. He also was charged with "criminal intent to kill and Injure passengers on a train by tampering with switch." The charges were filed magistrate's court by Prosecuting Attorney Elmer Peal.

Godsey is held in the county Jail here. Country Club is live naturai-iuivi i tnietripc anri Says Evangelism Gets Too Glib Cleveland (Pi A New York mln- ister told the Baptist World Con- gress tnrinv that evancelism nas became too giib to be efi-ctive and I L.tnllantllftL lllll" ReV. EdWin 1. UfUUlKI. nf the First Baptist church in Syra cuse, N.

spoke as the six-day meeting of the Baptist World Alliance neared a close. The sessions, attended by some 20,000 will close tomorrow. Rev. Dahlberg said, "Evangelism has become flat, stale and prudent, giving the impression that God Is not asking very much of us. "We have got to face the fact that we are living in a generation with a completely new mentality, and even a different language." As an indication of the changing trends, he said a recent survey reported by Columbia University press showed that "Pilgrims Frog- ress was considered the most bor- ing book ever published.

The minister recommended more disciplined thinking, a fresh vocab- and a restatement of our whole Protestant world view in terms that will command" hearing and attention. Some families of chickens are low in hatchability of eggs. Trilla Home Bureau Unit Meets at Dole Home Trilla, Trilla Home Bureau met recently at the home of Mrs Robert Dole with twenty-one members, one visitor and six 4-H Club girls present. The 4-H eirls opened the meet- Jng wltn tne club pledge. After the offCOTS- reports, the roll call was an5Wered by "Places of Interest in c0es County Worth Visiting" Mlss Mary Ellen Lee reported on the 4-H memorhl camp near won tlcello The ng, "Summer lime, was led by Mrs.

Russell Newell and she had charge of the dress revue given by the 4-H girls. The minor lesson on "Lights Where We Need Them" was by Mrs. Charles Post, The major lesson, "Preparation anJ Use of Frozen Cooked Foods, presented by Mrs Clark Brady pnd Mrs. Newell. Recreation period was in charge of Mrs.

Claude Brady. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs Merle Green, with Mrs. Johnny Johnson as hostess. Southeastern League Cut to Seven Teams Selmi Ala. (P The homeless Anniston Hams were dropped from the Class Southeastern League today.

League President Stuart X. Stephenson said directors voted unanimously to finish the season with seven teams. The league had operated the Ramj as a road cluo since the Anniston was surrendered by its owners July 18 because of financial difficulties. Most of the 14 remaining players were sold to other clubs In the circuit or released outright. Reynolds Tobacco Company Boosts Cigaret Price New York iP) Clgarets Joined the price upturn today as R.

J. Reynolds Tobacco Company advanced its Camel and Cavalier brands to. tt UvnuianH from thu 17.75 lever'whTcfi 'has prettied "s-mee-July 1, 1948. 1 The company cited increased costs, especially for leaf tobacco. and noted the price change amount- ed ies5 than half a cent a pack, IN MEMORY Velmh nilher who oassed awav sjX years ag0 today, July 26, MU4 Gone and forgotten, by some you mav be.

But dear to our memory, you always will be. THE FAMILY. HOPE BLUE DRESDEN GREEN. REGENT OR FITT WAR OF THE SOUTH. Cairo.

111. Four guards patrolled a roped-off, mysterious-looking, aluminum-colored contraption at daybreak today in near downtown Cairo. CTvincr saucer-conscious onlookers resembling army uniforms, what was. Their curiosity was increasea by replies that it was being guarded until "somebody" arrived to open it up. An aerial kept jiggling atop the eight feet wide hexagonal thing.

The crowd kept swelling at the old post office site on Highway 51. Passing motorists carried tales t. other cities they reached. Soon telephoned inquiries about flying saucers came from several cities. Finally, someone arrived and opened up the contraption, showing it to be made of cardboard, stapled together.

A 15-year-old boy stepped out bearing a sign. It read: "I flew down trom Mars just to see the Jaycees' minstrel show The whole thine was to publicize the show tomorrow night when the Cairo Junior Chamber of Commerce will raise money for charities. The hoax had repercussions. Major General Harry L. Bolen of the 44th National Guard division said, "I got thousands of phone calls" from persons expressing indignation over the use of National Guards for the stunt.

The general denied that any of the four "guards" were National Guardsmen. Broker of Local Woman Is Killed Harry H. Duckworth. 61. a form er Charleston resident and brcthcr Mrs.

Kenneth Dolson, 812 Broad way, was suffocated Tuesday night when he was buried under eight feet cottonseed hulls at Quanah, Tex. Rescuers shoveled 25 minutes before they cculd reach Duckworth, trapped by the cotton seed as it flowed into a mill seed house where was working. Funeral and burial services are be held at Quanal. Duckworth left Charleston 20 years Surviving besides Mrs. Dolson is a brother, Archit, residing Charleston.

Former Mattooner Win: Honors at Music Festival Richard Ball, 18, son of R. (Ted) Ball of Kankakee, formerly Mattoon, recently won first place the Kankakee Valley Music Festival and has been invited to sing in Chicago, August 17, at 'the Chlca-goland Music Festival in Soldier Field. The. young man, a high school senior this fall, has a bass-baritone voice of great promise. Young Ball is a nephew of Mrs.

Norbert Meyer and Sam Ball of Mattoon. Monday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alva E. Carrell and family.

Mrs. Viola Williams of Charleston is visiting her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.

Wd-liams. On Sunday, accompanied by Mrs. J. N. Phelps, they visited Mrs.

W. R. Price near Westfield. Mr. and Mrs.

Cecil Selby and children, Billy and Sherry, and Miss Virginia McKibben have returned from a week's stay at Rcckawny Beach, Lake Taneycomo, and vage ueacn, uu ci me ors, MO. Thomas Wiswell of Brcoklyn, N. one of the ten top checker players of the world, and author of vw. checkers, spent Sunday in this city with Ray Belleau, en route to Chicago for an exhibition game. Mr.

and Mrs. M. D. Stevens of 11 miles ncrth of Mattoon have Just returned from a week -long trip to Washington, D. C.

Next Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Stevens and Mr and Mrs. Don Beavers of Areola will leave for a four-day trip to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. Mr.

and Mrs. Gene Aikman and roM accompanied to this city by Guy Howard of Branson, Mo when they returned from an eight-day vacation at Rockaway Beach at Lake Taneycomo in the Ozark. Mr. Howard Is known as the "walking preacher'' and was en route tc Lov-ingtcn to speak at the homecoming. Mr.

and Mrs. Ed Haskell, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crenshaw. Mr.

and Leonard Stabler, Mr. and Mrs. r. TVl. Raymond Shelly, Mr.

and Mrs. Del- bert Lowery, Mrs. Vernon Crum, Mrs. Earl Armstrong and W. E.

Fergu son chaperoned a grcup of twelve boys on a visit tn and the New Salem Springfield Park near Petersburg, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald ernes wno havAbeen visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs. Ed Crites in this city and ner parents.

Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Ir- in Chatham during July, will return to Three Hills.

Alberta, Can- ada. AugUsT Be Crltes are students In the theologi- seminary there, and Mr. Crites is on tne siaii 01 published by the college and works the printing shop which does all the printing for the school wmcn comprises grade, high school and college classes. While in Mattoon he was a linotype operator for The Daily Journal-Oasette and the Oes- ette Printing. Company.

J.JQ. Wanl Ajli Py! at ed in to On a pile of 15 and lM-pound sacks was this slrn for hoard ers, 1 cenU a Personals Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hamby visited Tuesday in St. Louis.

Mrs. L. Doughty has returned from a few days visit with relatives in Decatur. Miss Helen Winson returned Tuesday froma three-day business trip to Chicago. American Legion Auxiliary, Ice cream social.

Friday, July 28, 5 to a p. m. Miss Sharon Whitley is visiting in Thompsonville this week with Mrs. Iva D. Shaw.

Little 8utanne Grace is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Grace in Denison, Tex.

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Morgan cf Springfield, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.

C. H. Morgan. Our dining room and coektall lounge fully air-conditioned for your comfort. Hotel 0.

8. Grant. 6-16tf Miss Marge Handley has resumed her duties at Young's Department store after two weeks' vacation. Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond Senteney and son, Steven, returned Saturday from a four-day stay at Wisconsin rvilt V-Mrs, Aft' Mattoon. xne cosi a mi, njr mount. 7-31 Mr. and Mrs. J.

A. Moore have returned from a weeks vacation at Rockaway Bach at Lake Tane, "mo tharks gMchnltow. Windsor spent 7V Mr 'lZT Taber of 1. MX. Sua All 3.

xv. during the week-end. Mrs. Ruth Casey of Peoria, a former Mattoon resident, is reported as greatly Improved In health. She suffers from heart ailment American Legfea AaxUlary, Ice cream social, Friday, July IS, 5 to m.

1- Miss Judy Horton has returned her heme In Martinsville, Ind after a week-end visit with her grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. D.

Pillen and daugh ters, Maurine, Barbara and Patricia o( dlanapolii spent Sunday with Mrs. C. C. SheckeU and Miss Mary Rieck. Mr.

and Mrs. B. E. Endean and children of Utica, N. Y- are visiting her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Roberts and family. Misa Norma Settlemolr is taking a two-weeks' vacation from the. office at the high school and Is spending a few days with relatives in Harrisburg. Miss Beverly Several, who has been visiting her grandparents.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Severn, for the past month returned Sunday to her home iu Chicago. Meadow Geld Cettage Cheese Week. Delicto ns creamed Gold 4u ittM rul u- body fcoUdlnr nutrients.

Order to day in the It e. earten er ia the new ferest green Gay Nineties" tarn biers. 1-M Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Sanders and family cf Neoga and Mr.

and Mrs. John Bosley and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie ODelL. Misses Dottle Kaus and Daisy Lou Frobock of Alton and Miss Betty Wood of Flora were week-end esU of Mrs.

Oail Bain and Miss Barbara Bain. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Jennings and son, Billy, are home from a week's vacation in Green Bay and with relatives and friends in northern Wisconsin. Mrs.

Margaret Shapple of Greenville, 0 who came Monday to visit her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. 8ul- snd J.

P. Morgan, will return luwn nt.11ieu4.W nome inursaay. Miss Blanche Nichols and Ml; Merle Nichols have returned from a few days' visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ruster and Mr.

and Mrs. uee Clay In Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stewart and sons, Larry and 8tphen, vlr- lted in Mdlne over the week-end with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr.

and Mrs. Victor Stewart. Business' visitors in the city Tuesday included Mrs. Joe Wood fnff ClirroT Botlivau. Mri- Blanche Coverstone of Toled md Miss Iida McOarvey of Wind- war.

Mrs. R. e. Rexer and famUy had as their guests over the week-end slster-tn-law, Mrs. Mayme M.

Rexer. 0f Vienna. Robert Rexer accom- penied her home Tuesday fcr a few day( visit Mr. and Mrs. Billy Pritchard and son, Stephen, of Indianapolis and Mrs.

William 8. Prltchard nd son. Konaia, ox Mooresvuie, ina. of of he to in of In CAN BE SEEN IN LAMPERT'S WINDOW t.nriaV DV ,1, a Chairman Vinson, of tl.e Hfuse Armed Services Committee. The announcement, which includ- other increases for the navy and niarines, was" made after a closed- door meeting of the Armed Services Committee.

This committee Is probing Inci hew well prepared each service is and what their plans are. not only the Korean crisis but to stein possible Communist aggression elsewhere. Vinson sld the navy Is asking for $2,648,000,000 from President Truman's $10,500,000,000 emergency budget request. This steps up funds for the navy from $4,075,000,000 now in the 1951 budget pending before the Senate, a tot5l Of $6,723,000,000 Vinson gsid tne increase will per- mil tne navy to up in from 375.000 to 579,000. an increase of 204,000 officers and men.

There also will be funds for a planned Increase of 1100 planes for the navy. The marines, which in June 30 had a strength of 74,200. will be brought up to a total of 109,000. $835,000,000 in Home Remodeling New York (IP) American families will have spent $835,000,000 in one year for new front porches, breakfast nooks and "second bathrooms" by the end of 1990. That outlay for structural additions and alterations to homes is estimated by the Tile Council of America.

A report, based on government surveys, shows that the most common structural additions are porches, garages, extra rooms and bathrooms, In that order. Porches alone nviiint fnr ill tn 24 rer cent of New earages ac- count for 14 to 19 per cent, and the addition of rooms for43 to I7 Per cent conversion 0f space into baths or showers, and the addition of a as an extra room, constitutes 8 to 10 per cent of structural changes. History Matches MacArthiirs Age New York 0P Douglaa Mac Arthur at 70 is one of a number of eenerala who have maintained great mllitary reputatlons at an age when most commanders have retired. According to Col. Roswell P.

Ros- engren, chief of army information In New York, Charlemagne at 73 was converting the Saxons to Chris- tianlty with the sword. Frederick the Great of Prussia was giving a good account of himself in the field up to the 74th and last year of his life. Paul von ninaenourg was neariy g7 at the time of his victory a Tannenbere, and was chief of German staff at 70. jjy Suffers Bump Oil Head in Collision of Two Cars A seven-year-old Muncle. bo, slightly hurt Tuesday af- ternoon in a two-car collision on State Highway 1 in Gays.

George Russell TurmaU suffered a bump on the head while riding in a or driven by his father, George M. Tumuli. ctr drlven by Eugene Wittenberg Tumuli was passing Wit- lenoerg wnrn vne inr huucq tcross the road, police said they weTC told. BIRTHS the a in J. a SOUTH AFftlCA K-nrin Ktvlei.

During the years he spent In Ko- waa lMVI thjl Ar. capacities too. He was principal of the high school when the regular teacher had a furlough yew He was a professor of Bible English at Chosen Christian college from 1933 to 1940. He also did evangelical work among the blind during this time. Todo aU thU work, he ald.

one must know the Korean language, "Most Koreans," he said, "can learn to read in a month because the alphabet Is so simple." Since the United States has taken an Interest the Korean affairs. Rev. Coen said, woman's suffrage has become more and more we itemized. Men and women now alt together the churches whereas before the missionaries had to hang a curtain down the middle of the church to separate them. Dr.

Horace Batcnelor of Mattoon Introduced the Other guests at the luncheon were: James H. Breeding. O. W. BedeU, T.

Knuth, Harry Davis, and Kenneth Roney, all of ShelbyvUle; William J. Sunderman of Charleston; Seymour Zeinfeld, Russell Ward, N. T. Zoeller. H.

M. Bartelsmeyer and Rev. Merris M. Dice, all of Mattoon. Newton Ag Visits Mattoon Twenty-one members of a Newton High School adult class for businessmen-farmers visited In Mattoon briefly today enroute to the University of Illinois on one of inree summer iieio wp They were to visit the CoUege of Agriculture there under the guid ance of Paul Walker, vocational agriculture instructor st, Newton High.

Walker has conducted the class once every other week during the winter. Members of the class are Newton business men who also operate farms. Hospital Notes Vtdttnt hour 2 4 md 7 aieea as iiees Mrs. Robert Thompson, 1311 North Nineteenth street, had major operation today. Lowell McClellan of Trowbridge had a mmor operation today.

Mrs. Rita Harshbsrger, 217 South Ninth street bad major operation today. Mrs. John Jemsek of Neoga and daughter, Mary Carta, were taken 1 home Tuesdav. Joseph Ziso of Chicago was tak- en home Tuesday following a major operation nine days eirUer.

Carnival for Junior Police Members of the Junior Police can get a free ticket to the carnival cir- cue- which includes the' following acts: Acuooau, rope ipuiians, wmn- ed mules and ponies, high school horfii, trained. Burma bun and vuici km, carnival at the Ball Park, Friday, July 3 only, from 10 In the morn- ing to in the evening, aiso rree chance on a bicycle and other ar- tide to be given away Friday at p. m. Junior Police, be sure and get your circus ticket at the Police Station, as you wfU get the tree circus ticket in addition to all other ejekett, 1-21 lly 9 to EUGENIE There we're five tables in play Tuesday afternoon at the Mattoon Country Club Ladies' Day luncheon 8nd bridge party. High prizes were won by Mrs.

Wayne smiin. Mrs. R. Livesay and Mrs. Ralph Carter.

Out of town guests were Mrs. Mark Spies of Washington, D. and Mrs. Ellison Hunt of Vincennes, Ind. The July committee, Mrs.

George Bock Mrs. J. B. Schooley, Mrs. Russell B.

James and Mrs. Wayne Smith, had decorated the club attractively with garden flowers for the occasion. The Powder Keg Sat on Her Chicago (VP) The man who sat on the powder keg had nothing on Mrs. David Rosenbaum. Today, she decided to get rid of two footlockers left in her attic by relative after World War Two.

She turned them over to the Salvation Army unopened There was plenty' of excitement at Salvation Army headquarters when the lockers were found to contain a land mine, two hand grenades and several detonating caps. The weapons were loaded but-without detonators. The explosives were quickly handed over to police who quickly handed them over to Fifth Army officials. India Grows More Jute Cuttack, India VP) India should be self-sufficient in jute by next yMlr, according to Sir Datar Singh, ministry of agriculture official, He told a press conference that India's Jute position had Improved, tremendously since partition, when m0Bt of the Jute areas went to Pakistan. In 1M7.

he said, India's acreage toiaiea amy wmie this year it amounted to 4, A Am. A 000,000 acres. By WM-sz. ne aoaeo. there should be 5,000,000 acres and India should have enough to sup- pjy iu mills.

The ministoy of suture n- clal iso saw u. sufficient in cotton within two years. Picture WUltlOWS lor rigs Toledo, O. UP) Cows, chickens tnd plg, goon -m be gaiing out of blg picture windows Just like city agricultural engineers. They may ntav 0 than they were peering througn small, dirty panes, but the animals will be healthier, according to Everett Eak-ln, Llbbey-Owens-Ford Olass Company director of farm research.

Studies on experimental farms during the last year show livestock KASSAH rOHI-NOOR. ORLOFT. Grot Mofut 5 HAH. rLOREtrriNg THE PIGOTT. fTIWAKT tKgtur rASBA POLAJtJtAH JEWELER 1512-14 Broadwaw Phone 328 To Mr and Mrs.

Ralph Araeneau fares better In buUdingi that have of Champaign. In Memorial Hospi- windows big enough to admit germ-tal, a dughter. killing surishlna..

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