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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-06-24
LEGAL NOTICE

Bruce Roberts, minor over II vaara -
aye VINO resides at 72O Hogan Street. Grand
rapids y. Michigan, Edith M Roberts ala
1,oelsr PoEn~t ana natural guardian of said Bruce
Us who resides at 720 Hogan Street
"rana Rapids 8, Michigan, and the lsSai
Eoatulaa' II any, for said Bruce Roberts
G"ehaoIyn Neersma. who resides at 24545
victory Avenue, Centeriine. Michigan. and
EdlIh NJ Roberts, who resides at 72d Hoyau
oueet Grand Rapids 9. Michigan. win taka
notice that Irene |. Dague, Administrators 81
the Estate of Ralph W. Roberts, Deceased ~,
sne ia <Vth day Of May, 1898, filed her petition
IN the Probate Court within and for the Coun.
" or Allen, and Statefof Ohio, alleging that
the personal estate of said dacedent il insuffia
cleht to pay his debts and the charges Of ad-
mihstering his estate; that he disd sa;vsS Il,
Zee simple of the following described real es-
tate situate in said county, to-wit.
The undivided one-haif interest In each
Of the following:
Parcel No. 1:
Situated in The City of Lima. County
OF Allen and State of Ohio, to~yit:
Lot Number Il79s in War Gardens
Subdivision to the City of Lima. Ohio,
subject to the restriction thai no dwelling
house shall be constructed of less than 4
rooms, nor cost less than si50000 and no
building TO be erected nearer than is feet
from the front street line. Said premises
Ohio.
Parcel No. q:
Situated in the Township of American.
County Of Allen and State of Ohio. to-
Lot Number s4so in Honewocd Addition
n American Township, Allen County.
The prayer of said petition is for sale al
said rrernises. for the payment of the dehNa
and eharpes aforesaid.
The persons first above naned will further
take nqice that the said Bruce Roberts
GwendoEn VeerSma and Edith M. Roberts
and others have been made parties defendant
10 said petition and that they are REQUIRED
10 answer *he same on or before the 2Ist day
Of july, I94S.
Irene I. nague, Administrators
rs aforesaid
Rys r. w. GOODING,
her attorney. IL
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Diller. Mr.. and
Mrs. Orton Stratton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Reichenbach and son. Mr..
and Mrs. William Reichenbach. Mr..
and Mrs. Glen Zimmerman and Paul
Ivan, Mr.. and Mrs. David thinner
man and family. Mr.. John Rockey,
James Daley, Mr., aud Mrs. Hiram
Kohl.
Mrs. Earl Younkman and child
ren called on Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Philips, Monday evening.
Billy Younkman is spending q few
DAYS with the Phillips.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-06-24

Gene Beach, handicapped By a sore
haha for more than month, made
MS first start since the opening game.
and hurled air-tight ball to set the
visitors down with only four hits. He
never was In trouble and Lima's only
run was on four-base clout. IN four
of nine innings, he set the visitors
down in order.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-06-24

Augsburger Brothers, sons of Rev.
and Mrs. VIM. Augsburger of
Wheaton, H., who will appear in
program at the First Mennonite
church, Friday night at o'clock.
Evening star., 1948-06-20

childrsn's love of make believe and
plants a little lesson in nice manners.
And the 'slottie'' toy makes the
story so real. How exciting to have
the Bus and Parrot to play with!
Evening star., 1948-06-26

him to wyoming. where ne became
an expert bronc- buster
He won the Roosevelt Trophy for
steer and buffalo riding In Chey-
enne, Wyo., in 1926.
Il rode Dobie, the buffalo used
as model for the buffalo Nickel
he said.
Called Human Volcano"
At the same time. Mr.. Gee de-
veloped a f1re7eating act. He be-
came known as "the Human Vol
cano." In addition, he could flick
a cigarette from a mans mouth
with an Australian bull whip and
could spin so feet of rope. s.
But my dad was getting old. and
I was getting old to be thrown
around by broncs," he reminisced.
His father, the late William Louis
Gee, was a sergeant on the Metro
politan Police Force.
Mr.. Gee came to Washington to
be with his father in 1928. The
Fire Department hired him to put
On his bull whip act at the Labor
Day celebration in Griffith Stadium,
and the chief afterwards took him
for a ride in one of the engines.
What ride" he exclaimed. The
ride on that truck was more OF
a thrill than riding a, buffalo,
So he joined the fire department
For three years, until 1t went out
Evening star., 1948-06-26
Col. WhiteseI| To Replace
Shurm as Gen. Young S Aide

1t. Col. C. H. Whitesell, jr., 80, of
the Army Engineers, will replace 1t.
Col. v. A. Shurm as Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner of the District
on July 20.
This was announced late yester-
day by the Engineer Commissioner,
Brig. Gen. Gordon r. Young. Col.
Shurm, who has been assistant en-
gineer commissioner since August
IL, 1916, Is being transferred to the
Evening star., 1948-06-26

Command and General Staff School
at Fort Leavenworth.
District officials and employees ten
dered Col Shurm a farewell party
last evening at the Mayf1ower Hotel
at which he was given testimonials
and a radio phonograph combina-
ton.
Col. Whitesell at this time is tax
ing a graduate course in civil en-
gineering at Iowa State College,
Ames, Iowa. He was graduated from
West Point in 1887 and served with
combat engineer groups in the Eu-
ropean and Asiatic theaters during
World War II.
Evening star., 1948-06-26

| yCdi HSos
He is q private
in q truck COM
pany Of No. 25
Engine C o m =
pa NY, Nichols
q v en- ue an d
Fourth str e e t
Sc.
Mr.. Gee has
packed plenty
of living In t o
his so years. He
ran away from
| home in New
| York at IL and
| Joined a road
| show This led
Evening star., 1948-06-26
William Gee, 'CowboyFiremon,
To Retire Due to Injuries

of existence, he was drum major
of the fire department band. Then
he served various engine companies.
But Billy" Gee loved the show
business and did shows with the
Elks' Minstrels for servicemen dur
ing the war. After his retirement,
he plans to open a night club in
st. Petersburg, Fla. and do an act
with his wife, Mrs. Eva Gee, who
plays the piano.
He and his wife live at 1921 Rose
dale street NV. They have son,
William Louis Gee, Navy seaman
stationed at the Anacostia Naval
Air Station.
I'm trying to figure out now how
to combine my fire eating with my
wife's piano playing. But we'll open
up a place and put on a good show"
Mothers 20 to "a years old have
Evening star., 1948-06-26

William A. Gee, veteran fireman,
fire. eater, cowboy and Snowman,
will retire July because of in
juries in the Boiling Field Fire
Evening star., 1948-06-26

Mothers 20 to "a years old have
smaller chances Of giving birth to
stillborn children than those of any
other age.
Evening star., 1948-06-16

At II, the gray-haired and graft
fed pilot climbed out of the plane
he had just put through a required
two-turn spin to help pass his flight
test for a private license.
I'm the grand-daddy of the whole
lot" he grinned. I'm older than
anybody" The comment answered
his own query as to what is unusual
about my flying an airplane?'
With the performance at the
Hybla Valley Airport yesterday
Ulysses Grant-Smith, retired
diplomat, of 1922 Sixteenth street
NV, qualified to become one of the
oldest private pilots in, the country
Only barrier left before him is
the physical examination-and ii
holds no more trepidation for him
than it did for Physical Culturist
Bernarr MacFadden, who at 10, also
holds a private license.
Feels Better After Flight.
Mr.. Grant-Smith flies because he
likes it. He also considers it of some
therapeutic value, but he doesn't
include the spins as a part Of. the
prescription.
You know and I know that when
you go up and then come down
the pressure changes" he said
when that happens your insides
are bound to expand and contract
ITS a good inside message, ane
Evening star., 1948-06-16
Court Ruling Delays
Second Realty Trial

Trial of a civil antitrust suit
against the Washington Real Estate
Board and the National Association
of Real Estate Boards probably will
not take place before late in the fall.
This was indicated today when
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough denied
a Government motion in District
Court which sought to have the
trial set for an early date.
The Government motion to ad-
vance the case was denied after
defense counsel had informed the
court that Herbert U. Nelson. execu-
tive vice president of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards,
who is named as one of Is individual
defendants in the civil case, is in
Europe studying housing conditions.
Attorneys Roger J. Whiteford and
william E. Leahy appeared in be-
half of the defendants for argument
of the motion. The Government
was represented by Justice Depart
ment counsel.
Assignment Commissioner John
Henry Sullivan said the case prob
ably would not come up even for
pre-trial before next November.
A directed verdict in criminal
case against the two boards was
granted recently by Justice Edward
M. Curran in District Court. The
verdict cleared the boards Of the
criminal charge of conspiracy to
violate antitrust laws by fixing real
estate commissions.
The civil suit asks that the de-
PENDANTS be enjoined from alleged
practices toward fixing commission
fees and that such practice be de-
clared in violation of antitrust law.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
Rush for Adjournment
Virtually Kills Chance
OF Tamm Confirmation

Virtually no hope remains for con
firmation of Edward A. Tamm, FB1
official, to be a District Court JUS
tice here, it was indicated today.
The controversial nomination
sent to the Senate by President Tru-
man in February, was the subject
OF prolonged hearings and still Is
pending before the Senate Judiciary
Committee. 1t was reported to the
full committee by 2 to l vote Of
a subcommittee.
Endorsed by Attorney General
Clark, FBI Director Edgar Hoover
Senator Bridges, Republican, Of New
Hampshire, and many others, Mr.
Tamm was opposed strongly by
spokesmen for the American Bar
Association and the District Bar
Association. Critics contend he is
not qualified because he had never
tried a case in court.
Chairman Wiley of the Senate
Judiciary Committee indicated the
case will take a full day Of consid-
Grafton by the committee and prob
ably another day on the Senate
floor. While insisting the nomina-
ton has not yet been killed, he
pointed to the great difficulty OF
getting enough time to dispose OF
it during these last crowded days Of
a Congress rushing toward pro.
spective adjournment Saturday
night.
Mr.. Tamm's case has been dis
cussed within the committee during
the past few days, it was learned
but no decision was reached.
Evening star., 1948-06-16

I always feel better after having
been up in plane"
But, he went on as he thumped
his head with the heel of his hand
Those spins always leave me
little Ill. I'll never do another one
as long as I live"
He has served in United States
legations from Albania to Uruguay
and was in Vienna when the United
States entry into World War !
chased diplomacy to Copenhagen
He was one of the signers of the
American Hungarian peace treaty
on August %, 1921.
Began Flying in 1914.
He began flying, his log book
shows, in August, 1914, but has
never tried for his private license
because Il might have to take my
friends for a ride" Most Of his
time has been logged with in
structors. II like to have them along
to talk with-and let them keep a
watch on everything"
His check pilot yesterday was
Truman Brush of the Ashburn Fly
ing Service, who passed Mr.. Grant
Smiths aerial maneuvers with a
grin OF wide approval and his sig
nature on the log book.
The new f1edgling plans nothing
extensive with his aerial career.
Il don't plan to buy plane; I'll
Just hire them" he said. "Flying's
good for me and / like 1t"
Evening star., 1948-06-16
Ticket Sale Scheduled
For July 4 Events

Tickets for the Fourth of July
parade and frework display at the
Washington Monument will 60 on
sale Friday, the Board of Trade
announced today.
Tickets for each event will cost
81 plus tax and will be sold at most
of the city's hotels. Peoples Drug
stores, the District Information
Center in the lobby of The Star
Building and in Government cafe
terias.
Arthur Godfrey will give radio
listeners a step-by-step description
of the parade-to be held from noon
to 2 pm. July 3. (The Fourth comes
on Sunday.
Mr.. Godfrey will be in the re-
viewing stand with President Tru-
man as the procession starts down
Pennsylvania avenue. turns left on
Fifteenth street and swings onto
the Monument grounds.
The President will speak at the
re-enactment Of the cornerstone
laying ceremonies at the Monument
at pm.
July will be devoted to religious
services and the opening Water Gate
concert that evening with Dorothy
Maynor, colored soprano. as sololst.
Monday nights festivities will be-
gin at 7:45 with a patriotic music
program. The fireworks display
will begin at $50 pm. on the
Monument grounds.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
Courthouse Fund
Bill Up in House

The House today began consid-
Grafton of a 81 ,000,O 900 appropriation
to start construction Of the new
Federal Courthouse Building here
to house the Court of Appeals and
District Court.
The grant Is contained in the
second deficiency bill, on which the
House began debate shortly before
noon. Passage of the measure Is
expected this afternoon.
In addition to the 81, ,000, 900 grant.
the bill authorizes the Federal
Works administrator to let
$14,875 900 contract for the job. The
building will be at Third street and
John Marshall place NV.
The bill further would give the
green light for early construction of
the new General Accounting Office
Building in the 400 block of G street
NV. The measure would give the
Federal Works administrator $22.-
$50 900 to enter contracts, with the
balance of another ap-
preparation to be charged against
the authorization.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
Hacker Killed by Police Car
After Probe of Earlier Fatality

when he saw the man coming but
was unable to avoid him.
Police quoted John H. Jackson
operator of the Curfew Cabins in
front of which the accident occurred
as saying that he had called State
police at 11:55 pm. to investigate
Mr.. Gays actions at his cabins. He
told police, they said, that Mr.. Gay
appeared to be drunk and was trying
to enter his establishment.
Mr.. Gay was pronounced dead or
arrival at Leland Memorial Hos
pitai, Piverdale. DR.. John T. Ma
loney, deputy medical examiner for
the northern section of Prince
Georges County, was to perform an
autopsy today.
Lived Here IL Years.
Mr.. Gay, a veteran of Merchant
Marine service during the war, had
lived in Washington for the last II
years. A native of Charlottesville,
Va, he worked as a carpenter there
before coming to Washington. Mr..
Gay is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Trosy Gay, and three daughters,
Frances, IA; Sylvia. IL, and Jac-
queline, 5.
The driver of the automobile
which struck the Jarboe child was
listed by police as Howard Raymond
Martin, %, a carpenter of Barbers-
vile, Anne Arundel County. He was
charged with manslaughter, reckless
driving and operating vehicle with
an instructors permit while unac-
companied by a licensed Maryland
driver. Bond was set at $4,000 and
a hearing was scheduled for June "A
in Hyattsyille Police Court.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
Assistant Director Named
For ChiJdren's S Hospital

John D. Martin. former assistant
director of the Jersey City Medical
Center. has been appointed assist
ant director of Children's Hospital
it was announced today by DR.
Montgomery Blair, jr, director.
Mr. Martin. 80, will assume his
new duties July /. He resigned from
an administrative post at the Ball
Memorial Hospital, Muncie,s Ind, to
accept the position here.
Married and the father of two
children. he did graduate work at
Columbia University, where he spe-
cialized in hospital administration.
He completed his undergraduate
work at Yale, and served in the
Army during World War II.
The hospital official is the son of
the Rev. J. G. Martin, superintend-
ent of St. Barnabas Hospital, New
ark N J.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
Detective Sergeant
And 2Women Testify
In Gambling Inquiry

A police detective sergeant and
two women awaiting sentencing on
numbers game charges were among
witnesses today in the special grand
jury investigation of Washington
gambling.
The policeman, Sergt. Reuben
Nichols, member of the ROBBERY
squad, testified for about an hour
He would not say what questions
were asked him. 1t was believed
however, he was queried concern
ing shooting several months ago
in a cafe on Seventh street NV,
which was reported to have had a
gambling angle. He had helped
investigate the case.
The women. who testified were
Mrs. Matte Thomas, 36, of the
first block of N street NE, and
Mrs. Altha L. Jackson, so. of the
1700 block of Kalorama road NV.
Both are colored.
Sentences Delayed.
Their sentences on numbers game
charges, to which they pleaded
guilty, have been held in abey-
ance pending investigation of the
cases by the probation officer.
Several other persons in the same
status were heard by the special
grand, jury yesterday.
A number of such persons testi-
fed yesterday, as the inquiry was
resumed in the District Court
Building after an extended recess.
Among them was Mrs. Erma
Elizabeth Green, colored, of 1109
Sixth street NE. who said she was
a former numbers writer.
Mrs. Green has said she made
numbers returns at house in the
600 block of L street NE.
Assault Case Continued.
Henry Hogan. colored. said by
police to be an occupant of the
house, also was heard by the special
grand jury yesterday. He would
not discuss his testimony with re-
porters.
Meanwhile, Judge Walter j. Casey
continued in Municipal Court the
case of a neighbor charged with
assaulting Mrs. Green with beer
can-opener. The defendant, booked
as Mrs. Maria Reardon, 43. colored,
was released under $500 bond for
appearance in court tomorrow.
Mrs. Green said the reported
alteration was not connected with
the gambling inquiry.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
| Jailed, 2fined
In Hod Carriers
FundConspiirdcy
Morgan Given Term;
4Others Are Put on
Probation by Judge

Penalties ranging from one prison
sentence to fines and probationary
sentences were imposed in District
Court today on five men found
guilty of conspiracy to loot funds
from the AFL International Hod-
carriers Union in the Washington
area.
Three Of the five are former union
officials, one still is connected with
the union and the fifth is a Leon
ardtown Md businessman.
George Morgan, former financial
secretary of the local union was
given 4 to 18 months in prison by
Justice Alexander Holtzof. Pro-
baton was not allowed. The judge
said Morgan personally got $500
from the funds and was closely as
sociated with a missing defendant,
Larry Kelly, former treasurer OF the
locals Building Committee.
Although defense attorneys be-
lieve Kelly lost his life at sea while
serving on a merchant vessel dur
ing the war Justice Holtzoff de-
clared that if Kelly should be found
and convicted he would get maxi
mum sentence of eight months to
two years for conspiracy. Justice
Holtzof said Kelly got some 10000
from the union.
Moreschi on Probation.
Faust Moreschi, secretary-treas-
urer of the unions District Council
was sentenced to four months to a
year and fined s2.500. The judge
said he would put Moreschi on pro-
baton because he did not receive
any misappropriated funds directly.
Justice Holtzoff directed that Mo-
reschi reimburse the District Council
a total of $1,000. The justice said
he was surprised that Moreschi still
holds a S9,000-a-year position with
the union, but added that "this was
obtained as the result Of nepotism." ,"
Moreschi is the son of Joseph Mo-
reschi. international president OF
the union.
Isaac Weiner, Leonardtown (Md)
businessman. was given suspended
sentence of four months to a year
and fined $2,50O. while Evans M.
Hamilton, former recording secre-
tary of the local, and Joseph Speed,
colored, former business agent OF
the local, also received suspended
sentence of four months to year.
Judge Issues Warning.
Justice Holtzoff gave Moreschi and
Weiner until pm. Friday to pay
their fines or be committed to Jail.
The judge warned those handling
union money to be faithful to their
trust and condemned the practice
of "squandering" union money in
barrooms. Justice Holtzof pointed
out that Moreschi had admitted that
he spent money in this way while
attending an AFL convention in
Toronto.
The men were convicted recently
after District Court trial that
lasted more than a month.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
friends Years
Learn by Chance
They Are Sisters

For two years Mrs Maggie NC
Grift, 80, and Mrs. Bessie White
43, have lived under the same root
in the 400 block Of Newton place
NV. as roomer and landlady.
They have discussed many things,
as women will-neighborhood news,
anecdotes from childhood, and more
pertinent today, the high cost OF
living.
Once, on discovering both were
born in Winston Salem, N. c.. they
thought it was a small world.
Then yesterday one OF them mem
toned her maiden name was Adams,
which drew an exclamation OF sur
prise from the other. She, too, was
ar Adams.
That was when the truth dawned.
They were sisters, parted from one
another since 1924 In Winston
Salem.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
FBI Is Testing Fragments
'0f Denekas Death Bomb

The FBI was assisting Arlington
police today in an effort to deter
mine the type of materials used in
a. bomb that killed William A. De-
nekas, 80, as he attempted to start
his automobile June Z.
Police Chief Harry woodward said
metal and wire fragments found in
and near the car were being tested
in FBI laboratories. The technicians
hope to determine whether dyna-
mite or TINT was used in the charge,
what type of wire strung it up to
the cars starter or ignition system
and what kind of detonator used.
Detectives are still working on the
case, but have turned up nothing
new. be said.
Mr.. Denekas died Of injuries suf-
fered in an explosion soon after en-
tering his car in front Of 1886 North
Twenty first street, Arlington,
where he was a roomer.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
Panel to Discuss Tuxes
On Autos and Business

Effects of proposed automobile
and business taxes in Arlington will
be the subject of a panel discussion
at the Lyon Park Community House
at 8;15 pm. tomorrow.
Participants in the program
which was arranged by the Demo
cratic Club of Arlington. will be Mrs
Florence Cannon, Basil De Lash
mutt and Alfred E. Frisbie, members
Of the Arlington County Board: H
B. Bloomer, editor of the Airing
ton Sun, and Councilman E. A.. He'll
muth Of Alexandria, which already
has automobile and business taxes.
Evening star., 1948-06-16
; Maryland Projects Listed
In S97,9S3,OOO Naval Bill

Three Maryland projects are in
cluded in the s97 1888 200 Navy public
works construction bill approved
yesterday by the House Appropria-
tions Committee.
The committee granted s1,410, 900
for installation of wind tunnels and
other facilities at the David Taylor
Model Basin at Carderock, and ap-
proved s2,275 900 for completing
supersonic wind tunnels and aero
dynamics range, and explosives re-
search facilities at the Naval Ord
nance Laboratory, White Oak.
The committee provided 5000 900
for bombing target facilities at the
Naval Air Station, Patuxent.
1t rejected a request for s205, 900
10 build chapel at the Bethesda
Naval Medical Center.
Evening star., 1948-06-16

A Washington man was killed
early today when he ran into
the side of an automobile oper-
ated by a Prince Georges County
policeman, who a few hours be-
fore had aided in the investiga-
ton of another traffic fatality.
Dead in the second accident was
Stuart ]. Gay, "a. Of l41 Bates
street NV. The driver of the car
was Corpl. Roland Sweitzer, %, who