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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15
East Orange

Rev. R. Turner, C. Jones, Carl
Gallant, Claude Harrison, Emerson
Lugibihl, Rayon Boutwell,, Byrl Ma
thewson, James Gallant and Orren
Zimmerman attended mems meeting
at the Lima First Baptist church
last Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Lugibihl
and daughters Carolyn and Dorothy
spent Monday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan Basinger of near Benton
Ridge.
Mrs. Lizzie Sanders, Mrs. Irene
Morris and sons Ted and Joe, Mrs.
c. Moss and daughter Della, Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron Boutwell, and son Mich
ael, Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Boutwell,
spent last Wednesday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell, and
Lynn and Lonnie.
The Missionary meeting of the
Riley Creek Baptist church will be
held in the home of Rev. and Mrs.
r. Turner on Wednesday, Jan. 14th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Stager spent
Saturday in Forest visiting her sister
Mrs. Alma Borset.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rayon Boutwell, and
children Lynn and Lonnie were din
ner guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. J. Boutwell,. Afternoon and even
ing callers were Will Boutwell, of
Ada, Mr.. and Mrs. O. J. Gallant, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Tippin and daugh-
ter Lynda of FindIay.
Miss Esther Wolber of Columbus
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wolber and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kimmel
and son Stephen spent Sunday even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Bout
we'll and son Michael Dale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tippin and
daughter Lynda of Findlay, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ezra Heldman of Bucyrus, Mr.
and Mrs. Ted w. Smith and daugh-
ters Ann and Jane were supper
guests Sunday in the C. NJ. Heldman
home. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Boehm
and sons were evening callers.
The mid-week prayer meeting will
be held in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Cramer.
Mrs. Mary Heldman spent Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Emma Boutwell,
Mrs. Bill Warren and baby were
brought home from the Bluffton Com
munity hospital Saturday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15

family in honor of their daughter
Diana's third birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert NDillman and
family and Mrs. Ella DiIlman were
Sunday evening supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Dillman and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Pugh and Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Myers and daugh-
ter of Lima spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Green and
sons. Supper guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. William Greeley and family of
Lima.
Mrs. Linda Fett, Mrs. Christina
Harris and daughter Mrs. Treva
Crawford and son Larry spent Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Barnhart.
Mrs. Gus Basinger and son Ernest
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Schick and
family spent Thursday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Chidester and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Marquart
spent Sunday evening at the Amos
and Weldon Luginbuhl home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Gerber spent
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Frank Burkholder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Amstutz, Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Yoakum, and Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Gratz were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Bixel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and
daughter Sharon were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Matter
and daughter Carolyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin
were Sunday evening supper guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Stryker of
Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Courtney
and family were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. J. I. Luginbuhl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Chidester
and family were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald
Chidester and family.
Mrs. Martin Burkholder and Mrs.
Warren Moser called Sunday after
noon on Mrs Hershel Moser of Col.
Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Gerber, Mr..
and Mrs. Marion Hochstettler and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Luginbuhl and family were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Gerber and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Geiger and
Mrs. Sam Kohler called Sunday
afternoon on Mrs. Raymond Ander-
son and family.
Past week and Sunday callers of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Core and
| family, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz,
Mr. and Mrs. John BoegH, Mrs.
Kathryn Maidlow, Mrs. Otto Am
stutz, Mr.. and Mrs. Reno Gratz and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Boegli.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Chidester
and family called Wednesday even
ing on Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Leiber of
Rockport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sargent and
son were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Schaublin and
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Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Pifer were
Sunday afternoon callers of Mr.. and
Mrs. Orton Stratton.
Don Kuhn was a week end geust
of Mickey Gleason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Herr spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Zimmerman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman
and daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer Long called on Mrs. Dorothy
Zimmerman and family, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Hartman spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Pete Hartman and son Jay.
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Andrews and family
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Marquart
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Reichenbach, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Reichenbach and Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Niswander.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Miller and
daughter of Lima were Sunday din
ner guests at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Blosser and daughters
Afternoon and evening callers We're
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Schmidt and daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM, Edwards and
son Robert were Sunday evening
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice Bell and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Zahrend and
daughter Vera of West Minister were
Sunday dinner guests Of c. W. Glea-
son and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Hounkman
and family were Sunday afternoon
callers of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey Younkman
and daughter called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Younkman Sunday evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15

Tenn, baritone; Kenneth Bauman,
India, bass, and Richard Baum, Car
lock, III, marimbist.
Presented in the program will be
music by the quartet, a gospel mes
sage and marimba solos. The serv-
ice is one of a series to be given
in Mennonite churches in Illinois,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, South
Dakota and Ohio.
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LEGAL NOTICE

Fred Mueller. whose iastf known place of
residence was knoxville, Tennessee, but whose
residence il now unknown. will take notice
that Marie Mueller. Administrative of the es-
tate of Louise Merkle, decea@ed. on the 18th
day of January i94s filed her Petition in the
Probate Court Of Allen CounCy. Ohio. being
Case No. 24503. alleging tlpat the personal
estate of said decedent is insufficient to pay
her debts and charges of administering said
estate and that hse died seizal in fee simple
of the following described real estate, to-wit:
Being the North Half of the West Half
of that part of the East Half of the
Northeast Quarter of Section Twenty-seven
(2D, Township Four az South, Range
Six (6l Ease. and lying just South of
Little Hog Creek containing Eight lS)
acres of land. more or less in Allen
County. Ohio
The prayer of said petition is that said
premises may be sold in accordance with law
for the payment OF debts and charges afore-
said and for all further equitable relief.
The above mentioned Fred Mueller, as heir
at-law Of said Decedent. will further take no.
tice that he has been made party defend
ant IN the above mentioned Petition and that
he Ia required to answer the same or be-
fore the 18th dav of March, le4s.
Marie Mueller. Administrators
W. p. Anderson. Attorney
"a for said Administrative.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO
LEGAL NOTICE
No s37917
Fred A. Barry Plaintiff,
Carter & Carroll a Partnership of Lima,
Ohio, ct al, Defendants.
Carter & Carroll, a Partnership of Lima
Ohio, Thomas B. Carroll ahd F. ]. Sawmiller.
whose places of residence are unknown and
cannot be certancd. andI the Heirs at Law.
Legatees. Devseea TRUSTEES, Assignees, Re-
ceiyerss Benefciares. Surviving Spouses,
Children, Descendants, Ca editors, Successors
in Interest, E&,s utors, administrators and
Legal Reprcsen, ives, Whose names and
places of residence are I'd known, of George
+. Carter, Deceased Thomas b. Carroll. De-
ceased, and f. j. SawmEer Deceased, will
take notice that on the 2Sth day of Novem-
ber, l947, the Plaintiff, Fled A. Barry, filed
his petition against them land others in the
Court of Common Pleas fof Allen County,
Ohio. the same being Case No 37977 in said
Court, for the purpose of quieting the title of
certain real estate in said petition described,
to-wt:
Inlot Number Ten Thopsand Nine Hun
dred and Sixty Eight R1096S1 in the
Buckeye Addition 20 the City of Lima,
Allen County. Ohio.
The prayer of said petition ia for the quiet
ing of title of said real estate and for other
equitable relief. Said defenaan required
to answer said petition on the lSth day of
March, l948. or Judgment will be taken
against them
Fred A. Barry, Plaintiff
By +. w. Gooding, His Attorney A
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15
POWeU Heads Mt.
Cory School Board

Norwood Powell was elected presi-
dent of the Mt. Cory board of edu-
cation at it's organization meeting
last week, with Harold Benroth serv-
ing as vice-president.
Merle Folk is clerk-treasurer. Rus
sell Ream, Waldo Hanna and Lehr
Green are the other board members.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15

called Monday afternoon on Mr.. and
Mrs. John Barnhart.
Mrs. Emanuel Boutwell, and daugh-
ter Barbara and Mrs. Wilford Gratz
and daughter Sharon called Monday
at the Walter Schaublin home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15
Physician Ill

DR.. J. w. Beach, Arlington ply
sician, we'll known in this area is
reported seriously i'll in the Findlay
hospital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-01-15
Pandora

Lockwood Whitis who has been a
patient of Bluffton hospital since
Thanksgiving, as the result of a
tractor accident, has been removed to
his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Basinger re-
turned Saturday from their visit in
California.
Mrs. r. A. Krohn has returned to
her home after spending several
weeks in the home of her son Paul
and family of Chicago and sister Zoe
Of Rensselaer,, Ind
Mrs. Raymond Bucher is a surgical
patient of Bluffton hospital.
Eli Schumacher is quite i'll at his
home here.
Levi Hager who had been a patient
at Veterans Hospital in Dayton for
a number of weeks returned to his
home here last week
Miss Betty Steiner is employed in
the office of the Lennox Furnace Co.
in Lima.
The Putnam County Mems Brother
hood of the Methodist Church will
be entertained by the Brotherhood of
the local church on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Arthur BURY entertained at
a birthday party in honor of their
daughter Janice, on Monday evening.
Cassius C. Corson, S8, passed away
at his late home here at 2:30 A. M.
Monday after a brief illness. He is
survived by son Guy of Bluffton;
two daughters Mrs. Virginia Davies,
Pandora; Mrs. Magdaline Wilson,
Dayton; a number of grandchildren
and great-grandchildren and a broth
er, Edward Krohn of Pandora. The
body will remain at the Lehman
Funeral home until time of services
which will be held at 2:30 P. M. on
Wednesday at the Church of Christ.
Burial will be in Pandora Cemetery.
Ohio poultrymen have found ways
Evening star., 1948-10-22
Marriage License
Applications

Under d. c. laD, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, ipait three full days and
receive the license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Pietro Pinoeci. 40, 1925 Lincoln I'd. me-,
and Antoineete Aurtti. 40. 1925 N ct.
Henry Bryant; aH, e, and Betty carrick. Is,
soIs IsTs q sS sos sns q vivian Richardson
Mary sandmeysr, Is. Sis4 Nebraska
s and Lillian M.res. III s s. 44S ssh =. st. NV NV
EdTin Miefsyiss Hy11: * As1spdTi. and
v.rnos s, NV, ! tanS Rsns Harrison, ss' isIs
"ss 9ss sEs: ss::; ss ass isas hs Rsd.s It :1: :ns
Ferdinand Berry: 50. sol Rhod. Island
S: ave: ne, and Gertrude Banks, 20, 42s
and Mary Butts, Sc 50. 10 ios New New York si ave ave.
oeorse Drumwrisht. "a. 1903 Floral st.
n.S nv. ssnnd Mary spicer. 81, Takoma
JUsepH reeves, Ir.s 70, 3146 w ~. NV,
and Betty Thayer, 2s, 1910 S7th St.
Pablo Alemar. %. 43s Jefferson st. NV,
and Dawn Slater. 2l, 424 East Capitol
John cosswen, 20. GAIL 9th st. NV, and
virginia Jefferson, Is, IT. Wayne. Ind.
Charles Mercer. 35, and Lucy Jones, ~.
c1s,! beth uor. Of 4s17 en Bennins e. 81. rr.,v,
Aiberts. 81. 451s chesspesEe st. NV
John Gross, S.Ps ArnEton; MMass Ma. and
William Fortenberry. "a, TT. Belvoir. Va.
and Marie Watkins. %. 27O6 Ontario
Stephen Mcclintic, ab. 1923 2eth it. NV.
and Dorothy 0roes6eek, "a 3S4S Gsrri-
Shelly Sa K Russell. sell 81, and Mary sest.s. 10.
both of Takoma Park, Nd.
and Mary Whitman. 2s. 2osz goth st.
H.TTy Stump; s'; 4s,, 1890 sSs 7 A st. ne. and
Lynn oiifehrest, fn &c. 'Ss Ss43 S ehesy ss ch...
pkwy. NV. and Mariane Ingersoll. ~,
cri.s s Albrsnos. arsas 81, IS w st. NV. and Mar,
Mccluskey, ~; Gallinser HOSPITAL.
John Cook, go, 1885 New Hampshire ave.
nv and Artelis colemsn: 90: ArlingtMon. M
ss. sotS s'etr? 81 saS ana 81 Gertrude &C. A'n''1'
Paul Dwyer. 2s. 21Os 18th st. NV. and
Clarence Scott. 70. 6s2 L st. ne, and
Dorothy Harris. Is, $50 Morton pi. ne.
John Simmons. %. " Defrees st: NV.
Carl Alexander, 80. 1858 Msryl.nd ave,
Marlboro pike sc.
Evening star., 1948-10-22
Births Reported
(rrom D. o. Bureau Of vital Statistics.

Edward and Rose Baboyian. boy.
Henry and Anna Balivet. boy
Van Aaron and Ruth Bats, girl
Wam .na 1ad pUrs safasts s.nR.at n.1shss sr s
Eliot and Ann Bradford, girl.
ana nad soi boy
Joseph and Esther Cohen, boy.
Byron and Ruth Cochran. boy.
Rerman snd ana rrsnees peSis cUlss soy .r
Joseph and Gloria DePetris, boy.
lawrence and Clara Detorte. girl.
Ssss1t ana ma kashs.lns s.h esaai Paaean: 01s Soy.
HsaTy zsam .ns .nd Wils. Winons a, FslsS; boy;
Joseph and Anna Filippo, girl.
Maurice and MARY, Fletcher. boy.
Robert and yirainis Eurniss. sifL
Richard end Anna GARFIELD. boy and girl.
William Sn,I,. sne cstheTine Geary, girl.
Helmer and katherine drotte. girl
Roy and Wilma Harper, girl.
M,1aas wi,l1Iard and md Shirley Hess; boy:
GGrsyson IN and nd sylyia Johnson. boy.
Bara snd .d Eiasp.t AisB keisns k.n.h ss sd,
Howard and Dorothy Keyworth. siri.
ana ana ys yH. k1aas. khans tslr .r boys
Oscar and Anna Levine, boy.
Harry and Mabel Lowe, boy
William and Hilda Lucas, boy.
Thomas and Wilma Mahaney, girl.
Paul and Louise Manchisotto. boy
Haskell and Dorothy Marrinson, boy.
Mathew and Theresa Marmula, girl.
Hugh and Helen Maxwell, girl.
Harry and Ann Moran, girl
EDWARD and Lena Murphy, boy.
Edwin and Elizabeth McFeeley, boy.
William and Jean Marie Nealon, girl.
Robert and Joan O'Brien, boy.
Michael and Florence OReaean. boy.
Marion and Christina Petite boy.
Scherer and Wahneta Preston. boy.
Daniel and Pauline Quinn. girl.
Edward and Dorothy Quinn, girl.
Carl and Jean Redinger, girl,
Robert and Anne Relos. girl
Joseph and Irene Runnels, girl
Alexander and Mollie Rosenberg girl
Walter and Mary Saunders. boy
Frederick and Margaret Schwartz, boy,
Otmaro and Jolsnda Silva. girl
Julius and Frances Singer, girl
Wesley and Doris Slepicka. girl.
Frank and Lucille Smith, boy,
Charles and Eva Smith. girl
Paul and Margaret Smith, girl
Richard and Betty Smoot. boy
Leonard and Elizabeth Snider boy,
Willie and Dollie Spencer girl.
Edward and Agnes steadman, girl.
Leslie and verda Stull. boy
EDWARD and Carlotta Taylor, boy.
Evening star., 1948-10-22
MRS. Fannie Bell Truvis
Rites Toduy in New York

Funeral services were to be held
in Brooklyn, N. Y, today for Mrs.
Fannie Bell Travis, IS, widow of
the late Eugene M. Travis, q for
mer comptroller Of the State Of
New York State seantor.
Mrs. Travis died Wednesday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Wendell Cleland, 3sll Jocelyn
street NV.
Evening star., 1948-10-22

Joseph and Gloria -Tippett, girl.
Francis and Frances Trap, girl.
Hubert and Colette Treuille, boy.
William and Barbara Turney. boy.
Frank and Louise Van Dalsum, girl.
Robert and Renilda Vaughn, boy. ~
Ectord and Ethel Volt, boy.
George and Jacquelyn Won Mach, girl.
Douglas and Peggy Wick, girl.
Willard and Hazel warthen, girl.
Robert and Elizabeth Warner, girl.
Evening star., 1948-10-22

1 Eoy and Mary Elisabeth watford, girI.
Harry and Dorothy Webb, girl
George and Vera Wishart. boy.
Vincent and Katherine Willett. boy.
Henry and Lillian Wolf boy.
fGordon and Ruth Wray, girl.
James and Irene Bailey, kiri
Edward and Arseene Bivens, hoy.
Henry and Francina Butler, girl.
James and Anna Fairfax, girl.
Walter and Doris Green, girl.
Melvin and Ruth Harris, boy,
Evening star., 1948-10-22

winifred and Alma Hayes, boy.
Carter and Anita Jenkins, boy,
Wortha and Johnnie Lyles. boy.
James and Lucille Medlay, boy,
Charles and Evelyn Moore, girl.
Nelson and Marion Nicholson, girl.
Ricaud and Ruth Owens, girl
Rudolph and Ruth Robinson, boy
Roosevelt and Ann Elizabeth Rose girl.
Fred and Bernette Sample, girl.
Ernest and Alice Simms, eirl.
Lewis and Essie Mae Watts, boy.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-15

s2.18-22s No, 4 yellow. s7.o7-2.2e; No. S yell
low, 81. 89-2.23
oats: No. 2 white. s1.24-1.26; No. , white.
s1.21-1.75; No. 4 white, sl.17-122
Barley: Nominal range, s1-8l-24S-
Rye: No. 2, s2.44-2.60.
Flaxseed: No. 1. IS.
Minneapolis wheat premiums: 1870 protein,
lie premium, 1870, 12c; 1870, 19c; $50, 28e;
16%, SAC.
CHICAGO@Standard average quality, 900
or better termination. basis clean, per 100
lbs, timothy, SIS. sos. rs; red clover, s43 .50-46;
alsike, s26-28; white blossom sweet clover,
14.90-15.2 Is; yellow blossom sweet clover,
s13.75; alfalfa, Montana, s3e .75-4o.75.
BUTTER AND CHEESE
CHICAGO-wholesale prices, creamery but
ter, SO score 83c; 90 score 821sc; go score
811a-82c. Other 80h-81c.
NEW YORK-Wholesale prices, creamery
butter, SO score 86-8612c; 80 score S5-85hac;
-Cheese-Chicago, Twins 4o-41c; single dali
sizes 42-43Kc; longhorns 42-431ac; Swiss $3.50.
KANSAS CTTY-Alfalfa. nominal. per ton:
No. l extra leafy, s37 and up; No ? extra
leafy, 1886. SO; No. 1, s34.35; No. 2 leafy,
1898; No. 2, s26-28; No. 3 leafy, s24-26; No.
3, S2o-23; sample grade, $l6-l9.
EGGS AND
CHICAGO-Eggs, wholesale selling prices,
per doz., extras 42-48Ac; standards 42R -43c;
current receipts 41-41Ec; dirties 40c; checks
381ac. Poultry, live, per h., hens SIC; roost-
ers 18c; broilers 38-42c; springs 44-46c; capons
44-48c; turkeys 32-52c; ducks 26-36c; geese
(young) 32c.
MINNEAPOLIS Eggs, wholesale selling
prices. Current receipts 36c; medium 36c; dir
ties 33c; checks 33c.
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Greek Army Reports
Violent Fighting in
Area Around Karditsa
BY the Asseeioted Press

ATHENS, Dec. 13.-The Greek
General Staff said today that violent
fighting between national and rebel
forces has erupted around the town
of Karditsa, in North Central
Greece.
There was no immediate explana-
ton how a guerrilla force reached
Karditsa, which is about 100 miles
from the nearest border point.
Unconfirmed press reports from
Larisa said $500 to 5000 rebels were
hurled back in the Karditsa attack.
A Greek General Staff commu-
nioue said guerrillas launched the
attack on Karditsa yesterday and a
rebel unit entered the heart of the
town, which had a prewar popula-
ton of some $4,000.
Air Fighting Reported.
The communique said the Greek
air force has gone into action, STRAIT
ing and bombing the Communist
force. Several fires were reported
raging in the town.
The report said the rebels have
blockaded themselves in houses in
Karditsa and national troops are
trying to clear them out.
The communique said the West
ern part of the town was reported
in guerrilla hands this morning.
Four rebel brigades from Mount
Agrafa made the initial attack, the
report said.
Reinforcements Rushed.
Karditsa had a garrison Of only
200 men, but reinforcements were
rushed in from nearby points.
The communique said rebel
cavalry brigade was virtually wiped
out. Airmen reported seeing hun
dreds of dead animals and many
fallen rebels in the battle area.
Tass, the Soviet news agency, said
In Moscow today the Greek demo-
cratic army" again holds heights
around Mount Gfammos In Greece.
The Tass dispatch from Belgrade,
said the democratic army" had re-
captured many villages in Northern
Greece.
Evening star., 1948-12-13

at the Jefferson Memorial Audi
torium In the South Agriculture
Building, Fourteenth and G streets
S.W. Miss Nancy Fisher, soprano. and
Jacob Berkin, cantor Of the Adas
Israel Synagogue, viii be soloists.
The Marine Band Concert Or
chestra, under the direction OF the
Second leader, Henry Weber, will
appear in a program at the audi
torium at $50 pm. Friday. Sergt.
Edgar Fernley. baritone, and Miss
Fisher will sing. @
On both Thursday and Friday
programs, the Agriculture Choiris-
ters will appear.
Although there is no charge for
Evening star., 1948-12-13
7 Band Concerts SET
For YuIe Fund Drive

Two service band concerts, in
addition to an original play for
children previously announced, will
be sponsored by the Agriculture De-
partment,s Volunteer Unit next
week to help finance its annual
Christmas-cheer program for hos
pitalized servicemen and veterans
in the area.
At $3.50 pm. Thursday, the Navy
Band Concert Orchestra will play
Evening star., 1948-12-13

They rushed into the bedroom
and found the sergeant severely
wounded.
Mrs. Ybarbo's attorney, Stanley
H. Gaines of Boston, has said she
would plead self defense.
The trial will be before an Ameri-
can Military Government court
Mrs: Ybarbo is charged under mill
tary government law, but supple
mentary charges have been filed un-
der German law fJr possible use If
the courts jurisdiction is challenged.
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Wife Goes on Trial In Death
OF GI in Reich tomorrow
by the Assoeiofsd Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 13
"A New England housewife will 60
on trial tomorrow in Marburg, Ger
many, on a charge of killing her
American soldier husband.
She is Mrs. Wilma Billie" Ybarbo,
%, of Maiden, Mass
Her husband, Sergt. John Ybarbo,
died October / of gunshot wounds
suffered during a quarrel in their
bedroom after party on Septem-
ber 20.
Other members of the party, sew
eral American soldiers and German
girls. reported hearing three shots.
Evening star., 1948-12-13

the concerts, contributions will be
accepted at the door. Tickets may
be obtained by calling Chcrles H.
Cunningham, director of Employ
Activities, at the Agriculture De-
partment.
The volunteer unit hopes to raise
Evening star., 1948-12-13

Brown, head Of the university's law
school, announced today.
The Red Mass is held each year by
the law school to signalize the open
ing of Congress and start Of new
terms in the courts.
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Boston PreIute to Talk
AT Red Mass Jan. 16

The Most Rev. John j. Wright,
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, will pe
the speaker at the annual Red Mass
to be held at II am. January Is in
the National Shrine Of the Immacu-
late Conception on the Catholic
University grounds, DR.. Brendan F.
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Air Troffic Group to Meet

Maurice B. Mitchell, director OF
advertising for the National Asso-
citation Of Broadcasters, will be the
guest speaker at the December
meeting of the Air Line Traffic Asso-
citation of Washington at 1915 pm.
next Monday In the Burlington
Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-12-13

money for such major recreation
items as television sets for patients
here. i