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MARCH 30, 105: MONDAY, COMMERCIAL -STAR, MATTOON, ILLINOIS THE DAILY JOURNAL- GAZETTE AND Church Group Opposes Race Track Deal SPRINGFIELD, III. (P) Three Rock Island legislators today brought into the Illinois House a bill which would permit counties to hold vote on whether to allow parimutuel betting at horse race meets. They failed in an attempt to speed the proposal along for early consideration without the customary committee hearing. Introduction of the bill stemmed from House passage last week of two horse race measures sponsored by Rep. John W.

Lewis (D-Marshall). ROCK ISLAND, III. (P) The Rock Island County Couneil of. Churches reported today from 6,000 to 8,000 members of 63 Protestant churches in the county oppose establishment of a horse race track and parimutuel betting in the county. Rev.

Arthur T. Clark, chairman of the council's social action committee, said that a number of church members signed petitions ed over to State's Attorney Bernard Sunday. The petitions will be turnJ. Moran, who has said he will do everything in his power to prevent legalizing of parimutuel betting in the country. A statement issued by the church committee declared: "We believe, establishment of race track and parimutuel betting again would make Rock Island ounty a wide open area in which professional gamblers would wield power to corrupt politics and corrupt the character of the people." Moran has said attempts are being made to set.up.

a track in Rock Island County to cater to the populous Quad-City area. The Chicago Sun-Times maid today State Rep. Carl H. Preihs (D- Pana) is behind the effort and that with him in the venture are Reps. Clyde Lee (D-Mt.

Vernon) and Paul Powell (D- Vienna). The newspaper said Preihs and Powell, also have attempted to rent the fair grounds at Marshall, Clark County, for. racing, and added: "A bill to legalize such tracks at state tax was quietly pushed through the lower house at Springfield last week. Win Firsts in Latin Contest Two Mattoon High 4 School Latin students won first places Saturday in a district contest held at the local high school. They were Gene Siegel, a second year student, and Jim Baker, a firstyear student.

They will advance to sectional contest April 18 in Paris, along with seven other winners. Students from other area schools who won first places were 5 Joe Schrodt of Sullivan, George Palmer of Eastern State High, and Frank Clinton of Paris, all second year students. First year students who will advance to the sectional were Dorothy Jackson of Paris, Ruby Taylor of Sullivan, and Donald Lacy of Kansas. Effingham Attorney Talks To K. C.

Lodge Group George Bauer, Effingham attorney, was the speaker at a breakfast for the Knights of Columbus and their wives in Hotel U. S. Grant Sunday morning. The breakfast was held in connection with their CommunionMass Sunday. Urban J.

Raef, district deputy, introduced the speakVincent Welsh, grand Knight, presided at the meeting. Robert J. Welsh was chairman of the breakfast committee. Infant Dies Michael Leroy Binnion 5-monthold son of Mr. and Mrs.

Maurice Binnion, died of bronchial pneumonia. at home, 2517 Richmond Sunday about 10 a. m. The infant's twin brother, Jerald, was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment Sunday noon. Puneral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.

m. in the Schilling funeral home, Rev. D. L. Dishough, Effingham, officiating.

Burial will be in Stewardson cemetery. In County Jail Special to The Journal- Gazette CHARLESTON, Ill. William Mack Alamon, 56, Mattoon, is in Coles county jail today in leu of an $18.25 fine imposed by Mattoon Police Magistrate Frank French. He was charged with drunkenness. To Mr.

and Mrs. Cecil Heddin, 416 8. 6th in Memorial Hossital Saturday, a son. To Mr. and Mrs.

James Patterson, 129 Woodlawn, in Memorial Hospital Bunday, a daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Walker, Rural Route 2, in Memorial Hospital Sunday, a son. To Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Newby of near Arcola in the Jarman Hospital in Tuscola, a son, Rex. Lee. Typing Class 12 week course in beginning typing, starting Thursday, April 2. Classes meet on Monday and Thursday evenings.

Phone 4144, UTTERBACK'S BUSINESS COLLEGE On Committee 302 Sen. Robert W. Lyons of Oakland has been named to the legislative council of the Illinois Senate which is a research commission in charge of legislative and suggested. Personals Mrs. Carl Johnson of Neoga visited in Mattoon Saturday.

T. V. Janes and Harold Gill have returned from a week's vacation in Hot Springs, Ark. Spencer corsettere, 2700 Prairie Mrs Mary McGinnis 6-23tt Mr. and Mrs.

Homer An Sanders spent the past week-end with relatives in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Malatesta of Indianapolis were week guests of friends in this city. Dr.

and Mrs. L. E. Koepke hare returned from a week's vacation in Natchez and New Orleans, La, Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Speck and Mrs. Owen Hall of Oakland are business -visitors in this city today. Remember- Special cocktail hour, 4 to 6 p. m. Martini and Manhattan 45c.

Hotel U. S. Grant. 3-30 E. S.

Gossett returned today from two months' visit with relatives in San. Antonio, and Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Braun and son, Stevie, visited her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Floyd Pryor, in Vandalla Sunday. Robert E. Stephens' of Franklin, was a Sunday guest of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.

A. E. Carrell. Rummage sale Wednesday at 3312 Shelby. Men, women and children's clothing, etc.

Not responsible in case of accidents. 3-30 Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Butler and granddaughter, Deborah Butler, spent the week-end with Mr. and More.

Charles and Mrs. Butler J. in M. Casey. Bradbury of Rev.

Henton and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Walker of near Toledo were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Walker.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gehl have returned from a three weeks'-visit with their son-in-law and daughter, 3 and 3 to 6X, prices from $2.98 to El Paso, Tex. Mr. and Mrs.

B. Goodman, in Tog dresses in time for Easter, 1 to A special shipment of Tiny Town a $7.95, Cradle and Tot. 3-30 Pyts. Richard and Robert Parker, stationed at Camp Gordon, spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Ted Parker, and other relatives and friends. Mr. and and and and and Mrs. Louis Brining and Mr. and Mrs.

Burd Zike were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foust in Dundas and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Badgley in West Liberty.

Miss Betty West, a student at DePauw University in Greencastle, and Pvt. Robert Weigand, Camp Gordon, were week-end guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Weigand. Delicious tempting salads and fresh vegetables are served with our dinners.

Reduced portions are available for children. Dining room open until 8 p.m. Hotel U. S. Grant.

3-30 Mrs. L. A. Neal and sons, Eddie and Steve, and Mrs. Ruth Cochran have returned to their home in Albuquerque, N.

after a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs. James Wade and family and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Waddell of Lake Worth, were week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Baughman and other friends while enroute to Oregon, where they will be in charge of the Country Club for the summer.

Pvt. Morris C. Hovious has arrived from Ft. Bliss, to spend a 10-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Clint Hovious near Lake Mattoon. Pvt. Hovious will report to Camp Devan, April 9 for further schooling in radar. Mr. and Mrs.

H. A. Rohr have returned from Port Orange, where they spent the past three months. home they visited Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Whittaker, former Mattoon residents, in Vero Beach, and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Armer, who have been spending the winter at Kissimmee, Fla. Mr. and Mrs.

John Fogleman and sons of Decatur were overnight guests of his sister, Mrs. W. Wiser and family, Miss Nedra and Bruce, Saturday. On Sunday they all attended a tamily dinner at the home of their brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.

I. W. Cox, neat Montrose given in honor of Bill Cox, who is spending a furlough with his parents. Rev. James M.

Lively spent Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday forenoon this week at Allerton Park near Monticello attending a province meeting of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. The conference was largely attended by undergradute students from Wisconsin, Illinois and Arkansas. The leaders were graduate students from the Holy Week Services Open An attendance of 125 people attended the Union Holy Week Service in the Central Community Church at noon today. Donald Crocker, minister of the Champaign Methodist Church, is the guest speaker at the services, sponsored by the Mattoon Ministerial Association today through Thursday: "Unanswered Prayer in the Light of the Cross," was the theme 4 of Dr. Crocker's message today.

He stressed the fact that prayer is never unanswered if it is sincerely said in the spirit of Christ's prayer, "Thy will be done." He said that prayer is: sometimes answered through the strength which comes a person who prays. Sometimes it answered through to, the kindness and service of others. Sometimes, he continued, the prayer is answered by the direct intervention. of God in the human scene. it is answered by the a power greater sometimes, than ourselves.

"In one way or another," Dr. Crocker said, "God always answers prayer." Dr. George V. Herrick, pastor of the First Methodist. Church, acted as chairman of the service.

Rev. Joseph Somers, pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, led the devotion. The Mattoon Rotary Club attended the service as a group. They held their luncheon in Hotel U. S.

Grant early today and attended the service instead of having a regular program. Rev. John Codd will act as chairman of the service Wednesday. Rev. B.

C. Stine, pastor of the Evangellcal United Brethren Church, will lead the devotions. Three Youths Arrested for Armed Robbery Mattoon police today claimed solution of an armed robbery and a burglary with the arrest of three teen aged boys. Officers said the armed robbery, Jan. 17, at.

Lewellen's Grocery, 920 was never reported to police but the youths told of the holdup in signed statements following a lie detector test in Springfield Saturday. The youths are Clarence E. Baker, 17, Rural Route 3, Mattoon; Ronald W. Strickland, 16, formerly of Lake Mattoon and now of St. Louis, and Donald Forbes, 16, of 500 N.

22nd St. Two of the youths entered the store and with the aid of. a 45 caliber automatic pistol obtained from the cash register, police said, while a third youth remained outside in a car. Each youth posted $1,500 to charge of armed robbery. Officers said Baker and Strickland signed statements admitting breaking into the East Side Market, 600 Broadway, about Dec.

19, and taking some $50. Baker and Strickland' each posted $1,500 to charges of burglary and larceny in this case. Meanwhile, officers had two more breakins over the week -end. Harold Cox, 2417 DeWitt reported someone broke a window of his home Saturday evening and stole an old revolver. Another breakin was reported at the Mattoon Stockyards Saturday afternoon.

The burglar took some $7 in coins from a candy machine. William Maglone Dies at 68 "William Thomas Maglone, 68, died of a heart ailment about 10 a. m. today in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joe Mattox, 412 S.

18th St. He had been ill 10 months. The body will be taken to Sailor: Springs this evening from the Schilling funeral home for funeral services burial. Mr. Maglone came to Mattoon from his home at Sailor Springs a week ago.

Besides his daughter, he is survived by his wife, Bertha, at home; three sons, Bill, Sailor Springs, Marvin, Richmond, and Bob, Springfield; and four other daughters, Mrs. Jerome Hildebrand, Sailor Mrs. Carl. Brant Miss Loretta Maglone, Kansas, and Mrs. Frank Shock, East St.

Louis. various colleges and universities of this three state province. Rev. Lively is an assistant hegamon of the -Arkansas Province. Anickies 'By Wen Reynolde getting a dog with a Journal-Gazette Want Ad- or is it for Three Hurt as Train Hits Car Three Charleston youths were 1 in jured, none serlously, Saturday night when their car was struck by New York Central passenger train the 19th St.

crossing here. Clinton Hampton, driver of the car. told officers. he did not see the train. Another engine, had just crossed the, -tracks 'and Hampton thought it was the -cause of the flasher light working.

Hampton suffered minor facial cuts. Forrest Carter suffered a bruised shoulder and Eileen Hayes suffered shock. Sheri Schick, fourth person in the car, escaped injury. None of the injured were hospitalized. The car was going south and the train east at the time of the mishap, about 8:41 p.

m. 4 1 Hospital Notes Visiting hours 2 re 4 and 8 p.m. daily, Mrs. William Freeland, 409 Illinois Ave. was taken home today following treatment since Saturday.

Ricky 5-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hampton, 1000 S. 17th had an operation today. Cyndla Lee Aleshire, 5-year old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Owen Aleshire, 1212 S. 14th had an operation Ralph Edward Moyer, 2-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D.

Moyer, 2321 Western had an operation today. Gary Lewellen, 12-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lewellen, 1112 Champaign was taken home today following an operation this Jerald Binnion, 5-month old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Morris Binnion, 2517 Richmond entered the hospital Sunday for treatment. Mrs. Aldo J. Bernardini, had an operation today. Mrs.

E. W. Dickerson, Rural Route 2, entered the hospital Sunday for treatment. T. L.

Reynolds, 2204 Moultrie entered the hospital Sunday for treatment. Coy Hendricks 1720 Champaign entered the hospital Sunday for treatment. -T. L. Reynolds, 2204 Moultrie entered the hospital Sunday for treatment.

Coy Hendricks 1720 entered the hospital paintay for treatment. Mrs. Alice Birchfield, 1720 Champaign entered the hospital Sunday for treatment. Mrs. Rebecca Schrock, Arthur, entered the hospital Saturday for treatment.

Mrs. Glen C. Woodard, 9C. Veterans Court, had an operation Saturday. Mrs.

Leslie Dobbs, Rural Route 4, and daughter, Selina Rose, were taken home today. Mrs. Nellie Reilly, 3116 Walnut was taken home today following three days' treatment. Mrs. William Calhoun, Rural Route 1, and son, William Lee, were taken home Saturday.

Albert Thomas, 1204 Marshall was taken home Saturday following an operation four days earlier. Miss Mary Ann Kastl, Rural Route 3, was taken home Sunday following an operation Saturday. Mrs. Donald Sawyer, Rural Route 2, was taken home Sunday following an operation seven days earlier. Madeline Kastl, 9-year old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Kastl, Rural Route 3, was taken home Saturday following an operation the same day. Naomi Teets, 5-month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Teets, Jewett, was taken home Sunday following nine days' treatment.

William Wilson, 5-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilson, 2208 Marshall was taken home Saturday following an operation the same day. Mrs. Orien Weakley, Windsor, was taken home Saturday following an operation 10 days earlier.

Mrs. Cletie. Van Wey, Marshall, was taken home Saturday following 19 days' treatment of injuries received in an auto accident. Thomas Paden, 6-year old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Lawrence Paden, 404 Moultrie was taken home Sunday following an operation four days earlier, Miss Ruth Moulton, Effingham. was taken home Sunday following an operation 10 days earlier. Mrs. Vernon Fleenor, 617 Edgar was taken home Sunday following an operation seven days earlier, James Fogleman, 213. N.

21st was taken home today following an operation four days earlier. Robert Sanders, 3, Rural Route was taken home Sunday following 21 days' treatment. Mrs. Richard Reish, Windsor, was taken home today following an operation six days earlier. Mrs.

Charles Starwalt, Lerna, was taken home Sunday following 17 days' treatment. Glenn Kuhring, Wheeler, and daughter, Glenda Diane, were taken home Friday. Mrs. Charles Galloway, Noble, was taken home Friday following 12 days' treatment. Mrs.

Ida Mae Jenkins; 2021 layette wag taken home Friday following an 15 days earlier. Mrs. Lawrence Dooley, 1 Neoga, was taken home Friday 1 following 10 days treatment. Speedwriting Twelve week, course beginning Thursday, April 2. Classes meet Monday and Thursday evenings.

Register now. Phone 4144. Utterback's Business College. 3-31 Moose Lodge Degree Staff Cops ritualistic degree staff won the Illinois state the Illinois Moose Association convention in East St. 15-22 in Miami, Fla.

Members of the team above are and Gerald T. Houts; back 'row, Lloyd W. Sparks, Downing. The team scored 589.87 out of a possible 600 Bulletins WASHINGTON (P) Harold E. Stassen, mutual security director, today accused Sen.

McCarthy and the Senate investigations subcommittee of "undermining" the work of executive agencies seeking to cut off trade between the West to Iron Curtain, areas. "You are in effect undermining and are harmful to our objective," Stassen told McCarthy to his face at a televised hearing of McCarthy's subcommittee. There was a sharp edge in Stassen's voice as he spoke. WASHINGTON (P) -Julius -and Ethel Rosenberg today filed a third appeal asking the Supreme Court to save them from execution in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair as atom spies. WASHINGTON (P) President Eisenhower, saying "It is time to relieve the people of the need to pay taxes on taxes," asked Congress today to set up a commission ways of achieving sounder relations between the federal, state and local governments.

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Two Fires Cause Damage Estimated at $400 Two week-end fires caused damage estimated at $200 each, Fire Chief John C. Storm reported today. or of a garage at the Philip Fire Saturday damaged the residence, 1617 Edgar Ave. Fire Sunday damaged the roof of the Carl McMichaels home, 521 DeWitt Ave. $37 Chev, cheap '39 Olds 2 door, runs like a Greyhound Buick 4 door Super perfect motor.

Sell or Trade Mattoon Auto Wrecking South on Route 45 2141 Stevenson Says May Be Okay to Use Chiang Men MANILA UP) Adlai Stevenson it "might be well worth said today while to try out some" Nationalist forces in the Korean War Chinese also told a news conference he He would be delighted if the ists are sincere in their acceptance of a United Nations proposal to change sick and wounded Korean War prisoners. The Democratic presidential didate in the 1952 election said, however, he is "very skeptical" of any Communist peace offensives. He recalled that Chinese Nationalist President Chiang Kal-Shek proposed "quite a while ago" that Nationalist troops be used in rea, but the proposal was never cepted. Nine Confirmed In St. John's Lutheran Church The Mattoon Moose Lodge by defeating 16 teams at for national honors Aug.

Beason, Arthur D. King, Man Uses Club to Stage Holdup Here A man, brandishing a club as weapon, this morning took $3 from Daniel Burtschi Burtschi's Book and Gift Shop, 1612 Broadway. Police said Burtschi could furnish only a meager description of the holdup described as about 50 and wearing an overcoat. The man was waiting. at the store when Burtschi -arrived to open it about 6:45 m.

The man entered and asked to buy some merchandise on credit, Police said Burtschi told the man he didn't have anything to do with the store, that he just sold newspapers. The man was quoted as saying: "This is a holdup. Give me your money." Burtschi gave him the $3 because the man held a club in his hand, police said. Henry Grobelny, 2500 Western who had taken Burtschi to the store, said he noticed the man standing outside at the' time but presumed he was waiting for a paper. FBI Chief Told Reds Break Into Small Cells WASHINGTON UP)-FBI 'Director J.

Edgar Hoover has told Congress Communists have gone underground, broken up into small cells of five persons each and are running their own loyalty, checks. That makes his job harder, he said, and he needs more agents. Members -of a Senate appropriations subcommittee, before which Hoover testified last Friday, said today the Eisenhower administration has approved without cuts the million dollars allotted to the FBI in the budget submitted by former President Truman. But these members, asking not to be named, predicted Hoover will get an additional 5 millions above that amount, largely to hire new agents and to help finance a loyalty and security investigation of American employes of the United Nations. Separation and Divorce Suits In Circuit Court Special to The Journal -Gazette CHARLESTON, suit for separate maintenance and a divorce suit are on file today in Coles County Circuit Court.

Betty McPherson asks for a decree of separate maintenance from prank E. McPherson on cruelty charges, Edna Birk asks 8 divorce from Elias A. Birk, on desertion charges. Charged With Larceny Frank Nelson, Mattoon, was taken to Coles county jail today in lieu of $500 bond on a charge of larceny -following his arrest in connection with the theft of a wallet containing $29. Louis Evans, owner of the wallet, said it was stolen from his room in a local hotel, FUNERALS BINNION, Michael Leroy: Infant son of Mr.

and Mrs. Maurice Binnion, entered into rest at his home Sunday morning. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. D.

L. Dishongh. Interment Stewardson cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 'til 9 this evening. SCHILLINGS LANKFORD, Dewey Entered inrest at his home Sunday evening.

Funeral service will be held from the funeral home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment Dodge Grove, cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home any time after 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. SCHILLINGS MAGLONE, William Entered Into rest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joe Mattox.

Monday morning. Arrangements incomplete. Notice later. SCHILLINGS CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all our relatives, friends and neighbors for the many acts of kindness extended us during the illness and death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Lily Highland CARL, BESS AND VIRGINIA.

Nine young people were ed in the St. John's Lutheran church Sunday at the morning Palm Sunday service. Rev. E. T.

J. Birner, pastor, officiated at the service. Those confirmed were: Joseph E. Speer, Larry Meyer, Curtis D. Coyle, Gale E.

Garbe, David W. Walker, Virginia Prota, Carol Ann Homann, Mary Protz, and Patricia Behrend. See Altrogge Dr. HAMPTON'S, About Eyes Your REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST HAMPTON'S, INC. LEADING JEWELERS 1523 Broadway Mattoon, 1 "I shot this picture at Olney the other day Why? Because I found out it's the Population Center of the Nation! "I'm a salesman.

Recently, I was sent by not altogether in Cook County (Chicago), my home office to take over the Illinois but that nearly half of it is in the many, territory. While getting acquainted here, fine cities and rural areas around the state. I discovered that the population center of the country is in Illinois. So I took this In fact those are the places where most of shot of the marker located near Olney and my product is sold. Guess I better suggest intend to send it back to the boys at the to our sales manager that advertising space factory.

I'm going to tell them, too, that in these local daily newspapers could do us Illinois has the largest population of all a lot of good. I'm beginning to see this states and ranks 4th in' the Illinois State Market from a new view. United States. And that this population is point, now." Shown in map at left are the locations of 48 Illinois Daily News p-peis. Ours is among them.

These are the papers that bring the news tot over one and one quarter million families in Residents of these trading areas rely on the local the for state. news. Surveys show that these attain paper local coverage in their circulation newspapers almost advertising in these media zones. Consistent local and national the sale of make Illinois profitable territory for brochure is good merchandise. The Illinois Consumer available to you on request at our business office, Analysis All Business is Local Daily Journal -Gazette Member of Illinois Daily Newspaper Markets.