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Smyrna times., 1950-10-26

Common, $500 to SITS. most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
Gamers and Cutters, S14.70 to
$3.50, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Feeder Heifers
Dairy type, $1e.25 to $1,000,
mostly S24.00 per cwt.
Beef type, $500 to $1,000,
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Over 1000 lbs, medium to good.
$500 to S23.s5, mostly S2S.2
per cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs, medium to good
S19,25 to $2S.25. mostly S21.75
per cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs, common, $500
to $500, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Straight Hogs (GoOd Quality
120 to 10 lbs, $1,000 to S20.25,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
10 to 24O lbs, S2O.50 to S21.25
mostly S21.00 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs, $500 to s19.75,
mostly S19.25 per cwt.
Sows (GoOd Quality
200 to 300 lbs, $16.75 to S17.75,
mostly SLIPS per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs, $500 to S19.25,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs, $1,000 to $17.25,
mostly S17.OO per cwt.
Bears (GOod Quality
Under $50 lbs, $11.00 to $16.25,
$1,000 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs, $8.25 to $1,000,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Shoats
Medium to good, $1,000 to $22.50
$21.50 per cwt.
Common $9.25 to $500, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Feeder Pigs (6-12 Wlzs. OId)
Choice $3.50 to $14.OO, mostly
$1,000 each.
Medium to good $3.50 to $500,
mostly $3.50 each.
Common, $3.50 to $500, mostly
$500 each.
Horses and Mules
Work type, $500 to $1,000,
mostly $4S.0O each.
Butcher type, $500 to $500,
mostly $500 each.
Live Poultry
Heavy breeds, fowl, $1.1O to
S1.60, mostly $1.40 each.
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Muscovy Ducks, $1.05 to s1.S5.
mostly S1.35 each.
Muscovy brakes, S1.55 to S2.1O,
mostly S1.75 each.
Rabbits, large breeds, SIPS to
$500, mostly S1.50 each.
Rabbits, small breeds, $50 to
$50, mostly $50 each.
Eggs, ungraded, mixed, S.44 to
S.54 per doz.
Eggs, large, S62 to SGT per doz.
Eggs, pullet, s.27 to SAP per
doz.
Miscellaneous Produce
Pumpkin, sos to $50 each.
Apples, S.45 to $40 per Is bu.
Grapes, S.45 to $50 per LOOT.
basket.
Cabbage, $50 to S1.15 per bu.
Sweet Potatoes, $50 to $50 per
Is basket.
Pop Corn, $50 to $40 per Is bu.
Lard. $500 to SITS per 50-lb.
can.
White Potatoes, $50 to S.65 per
IS bu.
Black Walnuts, $100 to $1.40
per IS bu.
Peppers, $40 to $50 per IS bu.
Turnips, $50 to $.55 per IS bu.
Pears, $1.s5 per IS bu.
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Medium to good, $500 to $s1.75
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Rough and common, S24.00 to
$27.5O, mostly $500 per ewt.
Monkeys, $500 to S26.OO, most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
Cows
Slaughter, medium to good,
$500 to $3.50, mostly $3.50
per cwt.
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~. w. SAuC VI Tie IOdu 4SdulAAE
from Kenton to Blanco, on
| WEDNESDAY, NOV. s, 1850
at IL am. Sharp, Rain or Shine
IL Head DAIRY CATTLE
IL head good Mich Cows, G
fresh, 5 with calves by side, 2 to Z
years old. All T.B. Tested and an
Accredited Herd. Guernseys and
Holsteins.
Guernsey Bull, years old.
5 nice Heifers.
Farm Implements
sc. Case tractor on rubber,
only one year old, in perfect con-
dition; hydraulic cultivators for
tractor, set of 14-inch bottom Case
plows, on rubber; 7-ft. Case disc,
all one year old; 3-section drag
harrow, iron wheel wagon, side
delivery hay rake, Oliver corn
planter with fertilizer attach
ments, 600 tomato baskets, 160 #.
Aft. chicken wire, lot of forks,
shovels, hoes, and lots of other
things too numerous to mention.
Dairy Equipment
Four-can Wilson electric milk
box, good condition; 7 milk cans,
bucket and strainer.
600 bales good Lespedeza hay,
IT'S bales straw, all in loft.
POULTRY-50 Crosses laying
hens, so nice pullets, starting to
lay; so Muscovy young ducks.
Household Goods
New 3-piece living-room suite,
extra good; bed and mattress, good
ice box, table and chairs, chunk
stove, coal stove, lot of kitchen
utensels, white utility cabinet,
good child's double swing, baby
carriage, play pen, good brooder
coal stove.
Terms: Cash day of sale.
LEON GORSKI,
Owner
J. c. Walker, Auctioneer
Frank Hazel, Outside Clerk
Ruth Schreiner, Inside Clerk
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Farm Markets

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and misceI-
laneous commodities prevailing
last week. This report shows av-
erage prices received by Delaware
farmers for commodities that were
marketed throughout the week.
Livestock Prices
Vealers, choice, $500 to $1,000,
mostly $36.75 per cwt.
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PUBLIC SALE

Having sold my farm, will sell
my entire lot of Stock and Imple-
ments on the Cooper Farm, located
IL miles West of Kenton, on
N. w. side of the road leading
from Kenton to Blanco, on
Smyrna times., 1950-10-26
PUBLIC SALE

Having sold my farm, I will sell
without reserve at said farm, To-
Gated near Garrison's Lake, mid
way between Smyrna and Dover,
on Route 13, on
THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1850
at Ill O'Clock A. Nj.
Smyrna times., 1950-10-26

License Application
l. Charles Henry. do intend to apply
for license to sell alcoholic beverages for
on the premises in a build
ing known as Welcome Inn, located on
Route Is between Canterbury and FELTON,.
Charles Henry
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2S COWS and HEIFERS
at Ill O'Clock A. Nj.
The following personal property:

2S COWS and HEIFERS
Consisting of several fresh cows
2 with calves by their side, a few
springers, balance in full flow Of
milk.
IL Holstein and Guernsey heifers
ranging in age from to Is
months; Guernsey stock Bull. All
blood tests and vaccinated.
2 Good WORK HORSES
2 sets good harness and new
Irish collars.
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
New 6-can McCormick-Deering
milk cooler, new electric hot wat
er heater, new 2 unit Mccormick
Deering milking machine; is milk
cans, double wash tubs, buckets
and strainers
FARM IMPLEMENTS
F-20 tractor on rubber, and cul-
tivators; 5-ft. Allis-C Chalmers COM
bine, 2 IFIC Manure spreaders, side
delivery rake, 32-ft, elevator with
gas engine, lain. John Deere plow,
New Holland cylinder power corn
shelter, new; lime drill, Case low
down farm wagon, hammer mill,
lift. weeder, hog feeder, hay fork
and rope, grain fan, old grain
cradle and OK yokes, and other
articles too numerous to mention.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Hot Point electric range, 7-ft.
Norge refrigerator, sofa, table,
buffet and chairs, large chunk
stove, coal-burning Heatrola.
TERMS CASH
Mo goods to be removed until
settled for.
LINTON #. SMITH, SR.,
Owner
Warrington Bros, Auctioneers
Robt. and Ruth Schreiner, Clerks
Lunch will be served by Ladies of
Kenton Church
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PUBLIC SALE

ODlAC OALG
Intending to discontinue dairy
farming, I will sell on my farm
known as the George Turner Farm,
on the Brick Store Landing Road,
2 miles from Smyrna, on
MONDAY, NOV. 6, 1850
at 12 O'Clock Noon
AZ Head of CATTLE
As head Mich Cows; 2 registered
Holsteins with papers.
2 registered Holstein Bulls wit,'
papers.
These cows range from 2 to z
years and are good milk producers,
some close springers.
Dairy Equipment
Surge milking machine, 2 units;
Scan Wilson electric milk box,
21-can Wilson Zero-Flow milk
cooler, 81 milk cans, 8 buckets, 2
strainers, one wash tank.
Also, Pony, Z years old.
Terms Cash
VIM. S. DANIELS
]. C. Walker, Auctioneer
Smyrna times., 1950-10-26

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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
Many At Meeting
Held I'm Columbus

The Noble county chapter of
the Central Ohio Breeders Asso-
citation was we'll represented
Saturday at the annual meeting
held in Plumb hall on the Ohio
State university campus. About
20 farmers left Caldwell early
Saturday morning for the tour
of the bull stud farm northeast
of Columbus and attended the
meeting and luncheon at the
campus later in the day.
At the business session the
local farmers subscribing to the
service offered by the associa-
ton heard a report stating that
over 10000 members were now
active in the Central Ohio asso-
citation. The secretary of the as
sociation also said that over IL
percent of all dairy cows in Ohio
are now bred through artificial
dissemination.
The local chapter which was
organized about one year ago is
headed by David Beckett, well
known Olive township farmer
Calvin Mendenhall is techniciar
for the local unit.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
Two Injured AS
Car Hits Horse

A horse emerged second best
in a collision with a car, Friday
at 9 p. m. on u. S. Route 40 at
the junction of Route 265, ac-
cording to state highway patrol
men.
The driver of the car, Howard
B. Young, of Caldwell, and a
passenger, Robert Nickels, of
Columbus, each received lacer-
ations of the right hand. The
car was badly damaged.
The horse, owned by Jake
Warren, of Cambridge route 4
was killed in the accident.
Mr.. Young was enroute to
Washington, Pa, where he was
called by the sudden death OF
his mother, Mrs. Lucinda Young,
aged 79 years. Mrs. Young was
found dead at her home on Fri
day morning. The attending
physician said that death had
occurred on Thursday. Mrs
Young lived alone. She had been
quilting at the time of her death
Funeral services were held or
Monday morning at Washing,
ton, Pa, and interment made
there.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
DIVORCE GRANTED

A divorce decree passed down
by the common pleas court last
Wednesday. Feb. Is, became fin
al Friday. In the action filed by
Pearl Stack against John Ellis
Taft Stack, Common Pleas Judge
L. B. Frazier granted the divorce
on grounds of extreme cruelty
and ordered the defendant to
pay $50 per month alimony for
the care of five minor children.
The court also turned over all
personal property to the plain
tiff and awarded her all of an
undivided one-half interest in a
farm consisting of 79.48 acres.
The couple was married in July,
1880 and as aforesaid have five
children ranging in age from
two to eighteen years. Earl Nc
Ginnis was the attorney for the
plaintiff.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
Commissioners
Change Highway
Six County Roads
Will Be Patched

The Noble county commissions
ers established a section of new
highway at their meeting Mon
day held in the court house. The
new road will join county road
81 in section % of Beaver town
ship and terminate at a junction
with township road 172, about
siX-tenths of mile northwest of
the junction.
At hearing on a section of a
highway in Wayne township, the
commissioners changed a portion
of road near the Carl Dollison
home. In the approved altera-
ton of the road, the commissions
ers declared vacated a section of
a township road in Beaver town
ship between county road 5 and
State Route lat. A new section
of highway will be constructed
in section "a of Beaver township
near the Monroe-Noble county
line TO replace the vacated road.
At a meeting of the commits
sioners on Tuesday the board
agreed to furnish rs yards of
crushed limestone for use in
patching six county roads. The
material was purchased from
William Dimmerling at $2.25 per
yard making a total expenditure
of $15750.
Roads to be repaired under the
agreement, include ten yards of
crushed stone to be spread on
the Wilmer Watson hill. Five
wards will be used on the Elk
Fork bulk station road. Ten
yards will be poured into the
new fill near the corporation
limits of the village of Summer
field while ten cubic yards will
be used on the Garrett road in
Marion township. The Lexing-
ton Ridge road will come in for
25 yards of crushed limestone
and the other ten yards will be
used in repairing the Barnes
Ridge road.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
FOur-H Tractor
Club To Organize

An organizational meeting of
the Noble county All Tractor
club will be held at the county
extension office this Thursday
evening. The club is for farm
youths IA to 81 years of age.
Last year the club had IA
members with tractor mainten-
ance and safety programs high
lighting the years classes of in
struction. During the coming
year, Bob Newton, of Jackson
township, and Delbert Butler, of
Batesville, will have charge of
the beginners club. Dale Hedge
will be the leader of advanced
class which received their in
struction through the co-opera-
ton of local implement dealers
during 1949.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
s6,S3O.25 Spent
On Highways
In County Area
Of This Amount
$5,2OO.53 Goes
For Limestone

The Noble county highway de-
partment spent $6,83025 last
month for the maintenance and
repairing of roads and equip
ment. The monthly approval OF
all road and bridge bills was
made last Monday at the regular
meeting of the county commits
Sioners.
Stag and crushed limestone
purchases made last month cost
the county $5,20O.53. A bill for
Stag, presented by the Standard
Stag Co., of Youngstown, totaled
$4,520.28. Local contractors fur
nishing stone for use on county
highways included William Dim
merling, crushed limestone, 1915,
and $180.25; Walter Christman,
crushed stone, $125.
Other bills presented included;
Ohio Associated Telephone Co..
phone service, $14.30; Crock and
Schafer, bridge planking, 1922
56; M. D. Hitchins, lumber, $458.-
! 81; Farmhouse Chevrolet Co.
, supplies, $17.52; briggs Auto
Parts Co., supplies, $30.78; James
| Manly, supplies, $l2.70; MerricR
Miller Inc, supplies, $12.02.
Stalkalta Mfg. Co., stamp, $14.'
40: Worl w. Thompson, supplies
$5.62; w. c. DeLille Co., oxygen
and acetylene, 1922; Roekel Co.
supplies, $52.72; w. w. Hurst
cumming cross cut saws, $3.50
Tipton's Hardware, supplies, So
70; Morrison Motor Co., retread
$99.30; Kenneth Tucker, cut
stone, $1465; Sinclair Refining
Co., gasoline, $405.
Major Equipment Co., supplies
$43.21; Ernest Stritz, wheel fol
truck, $12; Automotive Service
supplies, $10.74; H. Cole Co., blue
line prints, $500; Standard Oh
Co., supplies, 1886; Mahaffey
Sunoco Service, fuel, $2.45; Nor
rison Motor Co., vulcanizing anc
retread, $3.50; Clark's Service
station, car wash, $3.75; Harry
Hesson, labor for removing tree
$40; Pickenpaugh & Robey, labor
and supplies, $43.77; r. c. Moore
Lumber Co., galvanized sheeting
$4.48; Homer H. Weldon, stamps
So; H. H. Snyder, spreading
stone, $11.30.
Two general bills were ap
proved last Monday. They in
clude STA to the Washington
Electric Coop. Inc, electric fol
court house and the Ohio Asso
eiated Telephone Co., $500 fol
telephone service.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
BrOOkfield Club
To Give Broadcast

A special broadcast on Tues
day. March 7, over radio station
VILE will be presented by
members and leaders of the
Brookfield All club it was an
nounced today by County Agent
Floyd Henderson.
Mr.. Henderson said that the
broadcast is being planned in
conjunction with National All
Week which is being observed
the week of March 6. In the
broadcast the club will build
their program around their club
activities planned for the coming
year.
Leaders include John Hedge,
Mrs. Charles Robinson and Mrs.
Dale Hedge. Club members are
Evelyn Leonard, Judy Willyard,
Patty Lou Reed, Betty Tilden,
Donnie Ziler, Johnnie Lisak,
Jimmie IckeS and Charles Reed.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
Cub Scout Pack
Organized In
Caldwell Area
Rev. 0. 0. Wilson
Will Serve AS
Local Scoutmaster

At the first meeting to organ
ize cub scout pack in Caldwell,
Is parents of future cubs at
tended. At this meeting last
Thursday night in the Methodist
church, Robert Brooks, scout ex-
ecutive, told the story of clubbing
and showed movies on the pro-
gram. So each parent would
more easily understand clubbing,
each one became a bobcat cub,
the lowest rating in clubbing. All
who were present said they
would be willing to take leader
ship positions in the cub. pack.
Rev. o. o. Wilson, pastor of
the Methodist church and for
the past two years the district
chairman of the scouting pro-
gram in the county, volunteered
to be the Cubmaster.
There will be another meeting
of all parents of boys of cub age
e, 9 and 10) this coming Friday
night at 800 o'clock at the Meth
odist church. The first meeting
concerned the program for the
cubs. This meeting Friday night
will be about the administration
of a cub pack. The responsible
tiles of the pack leaders will al
so be discussed and another
movie will be shown. Rev. Will
son will be present to discuss
plans for the first meetings with
the cubs.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
State Highway
To Relocate
State Route 562
Hearing Will Be
Held March Is
At Dexter City;

A hearing on the relocation of
a part of State Route 562 in JEFF
ferson township will be held on
Friday evening, March 13, in the
high school at Dexter City. In
the announcement received to-
day from the office of Theodore
j. Kauer, director of highways,
Columbus, the state highway de-
partment proposes to take over
township road 342 in Enoch
township.
The proposed relocation of the
highway came about following
the collapse of the old steel sus-
pension bridge which formerly
spanned Duck Creek and joined
Dexter City with Newburg, Jem
and State Route 564, just north
of Middleburg. The township
road has been used as detour
since the old bridge fell into the
creek about six weeks ago.
When the relocation of the
| road is made all of the old sec
Ntion of State Route 563 within
the corporation limits of Dexter
City will revert to the village.
Engineers for the department of
highways estimate that this will
add about one-tenth of mile of
additional highway to the Dex-
ter City village street depart
ment.
According to the announce
ment, the new location, if ap-
proved, will be added to the
state highway system immed-
lately. The section of the town
ship highway to be taken over
by the highway department be-
gins at bridge near the Frank
Barnhart home at a junction
with State Route 563 and joins
U. S. Route 81 just north of the
Union Carbide & Carbon Corp
offices. This will add about As
of mile of highway to the local
system.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
Baiesville Senior
Ranking Student
Clarence F. Pfeffer
High In Noble County

According to results just re-
ceived from the~s state department
of education, Columbus, by H.
c. Secrest, county superintend-
ent of schools, Clarence F. Pfef-
fer, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ansel
Pfeffer, of the Batesville COM
munity, ranks first in Noble
county in the general scholar
ship test.
This test was given Feb. 4.
with Is seniors in the county
system participating.
Mr.. Pfeffer is a senior in the
Beaver local high school. Other
students ranking in the upper
fourth of the county are:
Alice Marie Mallett, a senior
in the Summerfield schools;
Wanda Lee Patterson, senior in
the Summerfield schools, and
Richard Gerald Harper, a senior
in the Dexter City schools.
Virgil Eugene Vickers, of Ber-
lin Center, placed first among
the senior boys in Ohio. Alice
jeanne Holloway, of Akron
Buchtel high school was first
among the girls.
This year the test aNas taken
by 10,042 students, with each
year the number of seniors TAX.
ing the test showing an increase
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02

serve as the fund drive
chairman. L. H. Tarleton is
the executive secretary and
Bolon Farmhouse will be in
charge of the special gift dona-
tons.
Fund Chairman Reed said that
personal solicitation would be
made throughout the county in a
concerted drive to raise the $500
quota. The new quota is sharp
reduction from last year and Red
Cross officials are confident they
, will go over the top in less than
two weeks.
All necessary drive data was
placed in the mail to all chair
men in the various communities,
and the organization was we'll
perfected before the current
drive opened.
You may become a member of
the Red Cross with a donation
of $l.00 or more, Chairman Reed
pointed out.
A portion of the money raised
will be retained by the local
chapter and the balance sent tc
national headquarters in Wash
ington, D. c.
Chairmen who will serve ir
the various districts for the 1856
drive are as follows: Beaver
township and Batesville, Mrs
Emma Long; Brookfield town
ship, Fred w. Denny; Buffalo
| Mrs. Edna Bond.
| Center township and SarahS
vile, John Grimes; Elk town
ship, Paul Kelby; Enoch town
ship, Rev. B. J. Bates; jackson
township, Mrs. Winnie Ogle
Jefferson township, Mrs. Dessit
Eichhorn; Dexter City. Mrs
Grace Hutcheson.
| Marion township, Mrs. Bessie
Love; SummerfieId, Mrs. Emily
J King; Noble township, Ben Bo
ley; north Belle Valley, Mrs
John Sklenar, sr.: south Belle
Valley, Thurston Ralph; Olive
township, Myron Pickenpaugh.
| Caldwell CA, Mrs. Roy Smith
| Caldwell "B'', Mrs. A. R. Boyer
Caldwell &C., Mary E. Harmon
and Caldwell d., Mrs. Pau
| lSeffens; Seneca township, Free
| Stiles; Sharon township, Mrs
Vera Harmon; Stock township
| Lewis F. Swick, and Wayn,
township, Eugene B. Ward.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02

in the next session. That's
when the big drive will have
to come"
Secrest said he has word that
Democrats and Republicans who
voted for the Marshall Plan and
haven't joined the high tariff
fight will catch blue blazes'
from the folks back home on
their fall campaign tours.
They'll hear enough in prac-
tically every state to give us
votes to spare in the next con-
gress to enact some tariff laws
that mean something, he pre-
dicted.
Secrest wants embargoes on
imports that hit American in
dustry too hard and tariffs that
will compensate for wage diff
ferentials between u. S. and
foreign labor. He said at least
10000 Ohioans are out of jobs
because firms that normally
would employ them cant pay
them a decent wage and still
compete with the cheap foreign
labor of so many of the foreign
countries"
Even communist Russia is
dumping merchandise on our
market at demoraliZing prices,
taking jobs and sales away from
Americans. and gaining dollars
to help her cold war;" Secrest
said.
'Czechoslovakia, behind the
Iron Curtain, leads the list OF
nations sending glassware into
this country to take jobs from
Ohio glass and plastics workers
And the Marshall Plan has
backfired, just as the fey of us
who opposed it predicted il
would"
Continued on Page Two)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02
ATTEND FUNERAL

Among those from distance
who attended the funeral of
John Hanes, Wednesday after
noon at Summerfield, were Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Reed and sons,
Joseph and James, Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillip Ehret and son, Ronnie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Doan, all of
Lakemore, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Hanes of Akron, Ralph Hanes
and daughter, Mrs. Jack Four
nier of Cleveland, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry NOVEL; of GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. c. L. Robinson of Millers-
burg, Mr.. and Mrs. u F. Kohler.
John Becker and Carl Treadway,
all of Canton. Mr.. Hanes was a
prominent resident of Summer
field for a number of years.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-02

Stainbrook told Marietta po-
lice he had previously stolensan
automobile in Charleston, w
Va, and abandoned it about 1C
miles out on Route so.
He then hitch-hiked into Mar
ietta and stole the Rinard car
when he discovered the ignition
keys in it.
He was dishonorably dis
charged from the Navy last De
cember and since that time has
been travelling about the country
looking for work.