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Jonas Pakrantis A m ri k o J e
'A senoves |ietuviai tikrai
neturejo sventoviu?

silciau, ramiau ir SUI tam tikra
pagarba ir net meile? = daznai
Pakrantis klausia save. Juk Sian
dien j niekam nebepavojinga !:
Amzinosios Ugnies garbintojai
is piliakalniu nebeprisikels, o
tue tarpu toji tikyba buvo di-
dele Lietuvos istorijos gadyne,
be abejo, didesne uz krikscio-
niskaji laikotarpi, kurio pradzio-
je Lietuvos galybe trumpa laika
iskilusi, eme smukti.
Persokdamas nuo didziuju ant
salutiniu problemu, Pakrantis
prisimina ir senujQ lietuviq
sventoviu klausima Ka mes Ii
nome apie tai? sventieji azuo-
lynai, alkos, ramoves -. Del
romantiskumo labai romantiska,
bet nieko tikslaus. IS istorijos
vadoveliu mes zinome, kad Sven
tuose azuolynuose vaidilutes
kurste Amzinaja Ugni, bet ar
mes jau turime galvoti, kad ia
ju kurstoma ugnis panesejo
pusberniq lauza naktigones me-
tu? Vasara, kada silta ir grazios
naktys, gerai, bet juk Amzinoji
Ugnis turejo kurentis rudeni ir
ziema, kad darganos ir pugos
siausdavo. Sventieji aukurai ne
galejo butt gryname ore, mes
per didziuosius ziemos salcius
ir pacios kurstytojos butu su-
salusios, o, uzejus liutimis, ir
r1pestingiausiai saugomas lau-
zas sunku apsaugoti nuo uzge-
simo.
Pagaliau, kaip SUI maldinin-
kais? Sakysime, didziosios Sven
tes vykdavo vasaros metu, bet
juk gi mes negalima isivaizduo-
tt, jog zmones atsimelsdavo va
sara visiems metams, O ziema
visai pamirsdavo savo dievus ir
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AbgraibOmis 80.

Pareiskimo wade tarp ko kita yra pa
sakyta, kad kalbamojo perversmo faktines
ir psichologines Saknys siekia net anksty-
vuosius Lietuvos nepriklausomybes laikus,
todel cia bJsianti padaryta platesne demo-
kratinio rezimo apzvalga, kadangi pervers-
mo priezasciu esq reikia jieskoti to rezimo
sukurtuose saygose.
Mintis, be abejo, teisinga. Gala tik,
kad toji apzvalga padaryta labai apgraibo-
mis-. Tai krinta j aki kiekvienam skaityto-
Jul, todel uzteks cia padaryti tik viena kita
pastaba del tos apzvalgos tikslumo
Sakysim, lieciamas laikotarpis prizes
Steigiamaj Selma stai kaip pareiskimo
autorius 'nusviecia" ta, jo paties teigimu,
reksminga laikotarpi 1920 metu pradzio-
je Kaune buves kariuomenes sukilimas.
(Koks tai sukilimas, keno paskatintas -
nepamineta). Tautininkai issgande (Ko-
del tik tautininkai?). Xiii suprate, kad tau
tininkai vieni nesugebes palaikyti tvarkos.
(Kode vieni? Argi tada vyriausybe buvo
vienu tautininku sudaryta? Kodel pareis-
kimo autorius, dawes tokias tikslias zinias,
kick kokios partijos atstovu buvo katrame
seine, nepaminejo, kas buvo kalbamu laiku
vyriausybeje?) Pareiskimo autorius apsi-
lankes pas prezidenta Smetona, kuris padeti
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(Bus daugiau)

liksia zemes dar po maziau - tai buvo vi
stems aiSku. Tuo tarpu tautininkai tue
anuo metu opiu zemes klausmu tikrai nieko
masses patrauklaus nesake. Jie kalbejo, kad
ryti ekonomiskai tam gerai prisirengus, rel
kia nesuardyti zemes ukio produktingumo,
bet tai buvo daugiau konservatyvi kitu CRU
piu programos kritika, gal ismintingas, o gal
ir perdetas atsargumas, bet ne isdestymas,
ka konkreciai siulo. Tokiomis salygomis,
zinoma, kitu partiiu gausingems agitato-
riams uzteko paleisti ganda, kad tautininkai
tai yra dvarininku partija ir baigta. "Tur-
tingieji' tautininkai, atrodo, neturejo lesu
kaip 'vargsai'' liaudininkai ir krikscionys
demokratai, kad galetu tok ganda nuko-
voti..
Bet ne visai rimtai atrodo DIR. K. Girl
niaus bandymas perversmo saknis idiegti j
tautininku grupes neva antiparlamentinl ir
net monarchistini nusistatyma. Parlamen-
tines tvarkos veikimo kritika, pirstu pa
rodymas neigiamus jos pasireiskimus (de-
magogines priemones rinkimuose, savotiskas
rinkimu istatymo isaiskinimas tam tikru
grupiu naudai jau po rinkimu ir t.t.) is tik-
ruju juk nera principinis nusistatymas prizes
rarlamentine sistema. Pavyzdziui, argi ga
lima butu patti DIR. K. GriniQ palaikyti par
lamentines tvarkos priesininku, kada jis tel
gia, jog 1926 metu seine antivalstybiska
buvo ne tik visa opozicija, bet taip pat ir
koalicijon itrauktos mazumos, kurios, taip
iseina, vyriausybe RENE tik santazo pagrin-
dais.
(Bus daugiau)
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nupieses CANA pesimistiska. DR.. K. Grinius
paklauses, kodel neskelbami Steigiamojo
Seimo rinkimai. A. Smetona sutikes, kad
tai reikia daryti, tik nusiskundes, kad dar
nera rinkimu istatymo, bet pazadejes isa-
kyti tuojau ta istatyma parengti.
Tai ir viskas Ar daug cia galima pa
matyti faktiniu ir psichologiniu priezasciu
po keleriu metu ivykusiam perversmui?
Svarbiausias dalykas, kuri pareiskimo au-
torius pabrezia, yra, kad A. Smetonos nusi-
skundimas rinkimu istatymo nebuvimu jam
buves juokingas /.
zinoma, kas dabar patikrins, ar A. Sme-
tona tada skundesi istatymo nebuvimu, kaip
labai svarbia kliutimi, ar tik konstatavo fax
ta, jog to istatymo dar nera? Bet cia tinka
prideti ir ta ka DIR. K. Grinius nutylejo. Bu-
tent, kad po to pasikalbejimo, ivykusio me-
tq pradzioje, tu paciu metu geguzes Is diena
jau buvo ne tik istatymas, bet ir pats Stei-
giamasis Seimas. Taigi prezidentas ir w.
riausybe to reikalo tikrai nenudelse.
Teisybe, kad Steigiamojo Seimo rinki-
mus laimejo krikSc dem. blokas, kad tauti-
ninkq grupe negavo nei vieno atstovo. Del
ko, gall butt ivairiu aiskinimu, bet visi tie
aiskinimai primena garsu posaki "madry po-
lax po szkodzie" (gudrus lenkas po nelai-
mes). Man, pavyzdziui, atrodo, jog anais
laikais rinkimuose (kaip ir dazniausiai bu-
na), nuleme labai toll eina pazadai, kurie,
zinoma, tikrumoje tik labai maza dalimi
tegalejo butt isteseti. Tautininkq rinkimi-
neje propagandoje buvo pabreziama, kad,
girdi, nesusigundykite tusciais pazadais, pa
galvokime rimtai, ka galima padaryti. Tas,
zinoma, neimponavo. Toks balsas demago-
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IA. VOKIECIV zVALGAI
RADIOFONE

Antradieni, apie ketvirta va
landa po pietu, Daukanto gatve-
je pasigirdo minios usesys. Jis
kilo ir augo j visa tvarka. Nu-
stebinti toxic staigaus triuks-
mo isbegome j gatve Gi ziurime
. didziausios minios apsupti
zygiuoja du vokieciu kariai.
Sutikom juos susidomeje ir
nudziuge: jei vokieeiai jau cia,
tai rusai, turbut, nebegris.
Vienas ju, leitenantas Ckitas
buvo puskarininkas) tuoj per-
dave savo vadovybei pranesima,
kad Kaunas nuo bolseviku isva-
lytas ir kad visam mieste tvar-
ka atstatyta, kad Kauno gyne-
jai JUGS - zvalgus prieme en-
tuziastingai.
(Bus daugiau)
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-08-09

Siemet lietuviai mini savo
kriksto 700 metu sukaktuves.
Simtanuosimtinis lietuvis Jonas
Pakrantis daznai apie tai pa
galvoja, dirbdamas fabrike ir
labai apgailestauja, kad apie ia
didiji Lietuvos istorijos ivyki
musu praeities tyrinetojai tick
mazai teraso spaudoje. Tiesa,
pasirode vienas kitas straps
nelis laikrasciuose, bet tu rasi-
niu autoriai pasitenkino labai
bendrais samprotavimais, ku-
riuos mes jau zinojome is Lietu-
vos istorijos vadoveliu ir. tu
straipsniq tebuvo tick nedaug,
kad tikrai nesijunti gyvenas di-
dziaisiais jubiliejaus metals. Ne
sinoretu tiketi, kad musu istori-
kai neturetu medziagos apie pir-
mali Lietuvos kriksta : ,greiciau-
siai redaktoriai "nesugeba" jos
is jQ isgauti -.
Pagaliau, juk ia proga nebu-
tinai reikia kalbeti tik ariie
kriksta: butu labai idomu dau-
giau patirti ir apskritai apie
ano meto politine, tikybine bel
kultlrine Lietuva. Reikia kalbeti
apie kriksta, bet kodel ia proga
nepakalbeti ir apie senaji lietu-
viu tikejima, apie kuri mes tick
mazai tezinome? Ivedus kinks
cionybe Lietuvoje, apie vadina-
ma stabmeldybe buvo arba ven-
giama kalbeti arba buvo kalba-
ma su didziausia panieka, pasai-
pa ir net su pasibjaurejimu.
Taip apie Amzinosios Ugnies
garbintojus kalbejo naujojo IT,
kejimo skelbejai, ir mes tai ga
lime siandien suprasti, bet ko-
del mes negaletume siandien j
senaja lietuviq tikyba pazvelgti
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KAn RADNDAN %AUKf
DRNF GnANO
Karo pradzia ir sukili1as Letuvoje pries 10 metq

totinos rusu invazijos galimu-
mu. Tai isdestes paprasiau NJ
susisiekti su Sauliu Sajungos
stabu ir paprasyti jo permit
radiofono apsauga. NJ. mano par
ziuroms pritare. Sutiko ir sauliu
Sajungos stabas. Tuoj po pietu
atejo stabo paskirtas leitenantas
P. ir pereme is names burio va
dovybe. Deja, visiskai pasiliuo-
suoti nepavyko, teko likti nauS
jojo vado padejeju. Jis spyresi,
kad prie jo butu zmogus, turis
burio pasitikejima, pazistas EMO
mes ir radiofona. Taciau tue
padejeju tebuvau tik is vardo.
Telikau, taip sakant, rysininku
tarp apsaugos burio ir radiofo-
no.
Radiofono apsauga peremus
Sauliu Sajungai, NUNS, radio
fono zmonems, ne tik palengve-
jo, bet ir tam tikras saugumo
iausmas apsiaute.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-08-09

nail tikejima mes vengiame kali
beti "pagal tradicija". Vienas
DIR. J. sliupas buvo isleides kny-
ga apie senoves lietuviq dievus.
Pakrantis ja turejo ir sklaide
If labai apgailestauja nepasi-
emes jos SUI savim. Kick jis da-
bar atsimena, tai buvo lyg ir
savotiskas senujq lietuviu dievu
katalogas - sarasas, taciau,
kick tas knygas buvo parasyta
moksli.kai, jis nebeatsimena.
Jei musu archeologai tvirtina
musq prosenoliu turejus auksta
kultura, tai jie turejo tureti ir
savotiska individually architek-
tura. Jei senoves tyrinetojas sa-
ko: "Neisliko jokiu liekanu, ne
zinome jokiu lietuviu stabmel-
dziu sventoviq pedsaku" tai dar
toll grazu mes neprivalome IT,
keti ir manyti, kad tokiu Sven
toviu ir is tikrqju nebuta. Kad
jokiu pedsaku neisliko, be abejo,
kalta medine statyba. Jei daug
kur murines statybos pedsakai
visai isnyko nuo zemes pavir-
siaus, tai ka bekalbeti apie me-
dinius pastatus +? Juo labiau, kad,
isigalint krikscionybei, be jo-
kios atodairos, su didziausiu
inirsiu ir neapykanta buvo mai
kinama visa, kas "stabmeldis-
ka". Aisku, kad toje neapykan-
tos ir kersto aplinkoje tur6jo
negrazinamai zuti daug senojo
lietuviu pasaulio Siandien jo-
kiais pinigais nebeikainuojamu
paminklQ. Galimas dalykas, kad
mes niekados to pasaulio pilnai
nebeatkursime, bet kad mega
letume susidaryti apie j nors
apytikrio Waldo, tai, aisku, ME
kas tuo nepatikes.
Kaip senas uzkeiktas dvaras
nuskendo praeities amzius Sc
nasis, didysis lietuviu pasaulis,
kurio atgarsiai tebepasiekia dar
ir musQ ausis. Kur yra tas bur-
tininkas, kuris ta uzburta pa
SAUL "atburtq" ir parodytu j
NUNS visoje jo grozybeje?
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-08-09

las lyg ir butu buves ne sukliudyti demago-
gija, (kuri galejo butt regina tik vaizduo-
teje), bet ja eventualiai suzadint Nebutu
labai nuostabu, jei Sis tikslas pasirodytu
saukiama, tai kartais ir atsilepama -.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-08-09
13. RADIOFONO APSAUGA
PERIMA sAULIU SAJUNGA

Kai suzinojau, kad veikia Sau-
liu Sajungos stabas, nedelsda-
mas nuejau pas M. pasikalbeti.
Buvau nepaprastai isvarges If
norejau pailseti. Be to, praktis-
kai, burio eilese tue metu buvo
daugumoje svetimi radiofonui
zmones. Radiofono tarnautojai
turejo nueiti prie savo tiesiogl-
niu pareigu, kuriu, programai
vykstant, buvo daug. Turejau
darbo ir as. Reikejo gi padeti
ir M. Juk buvau lyg il jo pa
vaduotojas. Pagaliau, lengviau
butu buve ant Strides, kad kas
nors acknowledgements sprestQ
kokiu pareigu ir priemoniu rel
kia radiofono apsaugai. Juk Wis
dar buvo skaitomasi SUI pakar-
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BALYS GRAzULIS

jutome - il pasireiske keletu
paskyrimu provincijoje (skyre
Laikinoji Vyriausybe) ir keletas
isakymu Kauno Miestui.
Veikimo salygos normalejo ir
radio programa teko praplesti
= zygio dainu ir marsu muzi-
kos nebeuzteko. Tuo metu visa
menines programmes nasta prak-
tiskai guile ant radiofono rezi-
sieriaus peGiu, asistuoiamo pir-
moi eilej buv. vyriausio prare-
sejo, praneseju ir radiofono pia-
nisto. Bet M. paliko kaip ir bu
yes lyg ir radiofono virsininku.
kurio zinioj buvo ir mano va
dovaujamas partizanu burys.
TIA diena, dar suviams. mieste
tebepyskant, buvo kreiptasi
operos solistus bel dramos ak
torius talkos radio programai.
Malonu sakyti, kad nei vlenas
ju neatsisake.
Evening star., 1951-05-16
Teachers al 81. John 81
Praised by 0'BoyIe
AT Centenary Banquet

The Most Rev. Patrick A..
O'Boyle. Archbishop Of Washing
ton. last night urged some 1900
alumni and friends of st. Johns
College High School, at a CEN
tenary banquet in the Hotel Sta
tier to follow the example of their
teachers, the Brothers Of the
christian Schools, In living a
Christian life.
Archbishop O'Boyle praised the
brothers for their 100 years of
service and expressed the respects
and thanks of the archdiocese
"for as magnificent a job in edu-
cation as any city could possibly
ask"
/ Points to Encyc1icals.
| Noting that May Is was the
anniversary of the publication of
Pope Leo Kills encyclical "On
the Condition of Labor" in 1891
and of Pope Plus xI's encyclical,
ION Reconstructing the Social
Order" in 1881. Archbishop
IO'Boyle importuned his hearers ito
give more sympathetic study to
the teachings of the Popes con-
Icerning the welfare of the work.
|ingman throughout the world"
God did not give the resources
of the earth for one person only
or a few persons or a class or a
single nation" he continued. HE
gave the resources for all of us.
The encyclicals tell us how to live
up to that moral law-through a
religious dedication to personal
dignity and human brotherhood
and through organization and
legislation to make personal dig /
nifty and brotherhood effective"
$4,000 to Scholarship Fund.
Jack Reidinger, president Of the |
alumni group, presented a $4,000
check for the scholarship fund to
the schools director, Brother Ed
mund Clement.
Among the honored guests were
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughn. mill
tary aide to the President; 1t.
Gen. Clarence r. Huebner. Vice \
Admiral John McRea, Ambassa-
dor j. M. Elizalde of the Philip
pines, Representative league,
Democrat, Of Texas; District
Court Judges Matthew F. Nc
CURE and Edward A. Tamm;
Municipal Court Judges Milton S
lKronheim, jr.. and Thomas D.
Quinn: United States Attorney
George M. Fay; Police Supt. Rob-
Iert j. Barrett.
Also the Very Rev. John s.
Spence. archdiocesan director of
schools: the Very Rev. Joseph A.
ISchieder. director Of the youth
council Of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference; Brother
Emilian James, Baltimore Pro-
vincial of the Christian Brothers;
Philip H. Love. feature editor of
The Star. and Carson Lyman,
president of the National Press
Club.
The POSTMASTER was William
E. Leahy, Washington attorney.
Evening star., 1951-05-16

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Evening star., 1951-05-16
''No-Rooeh" Coote
B9c .....

Brush on Johnston's No-Rooch and pests
die when they walk across the surfoce.
Invisible, odorless, sure deoth to reaches,
ants.
Kann's-Housewares-Third Floor
Evening star., 1951-05-16

Protect your fine domosk, topes-
try or other upholstery fobries
without hiding their beauty.
These plastic covers fit nine styles
of chairs soves fobrics from
soil, dust, weor-ond-teor.
, 1951-03-22
Victims
Is Critical

Late this afternoon, Ellis
worth Pullins, %, of 415 S.
Western Ave. was still in a
"critical" condition at St.
Elizabeth Hospital. He was
one of two young men
wounded in a West Side
wine store yesterday after
noon when they refused to
leave after being ordered
out by the owner.
The second youth, Edward Ball,
%, of 4O5 S. Western Ave. was
in good" condition at Miami Val
ley Hospital.
Store owner John Roseman told
police that he shot the two boys
after they entered the Pony Keg
Wine Store, 423 S. Western Ave-,
and began making a disturbance.
He said he ordered them out, but
they refused to leave. Roseman is
being held in City Jail for in
vestigation.
A third youth, Jesse Herd, %,
of 48 Weller st. entered the store
with the other boys, but was not
injured. The shooting was witness
ed by a Daily Express reporter
who was on the scene. The first
story appeared in the late edition
Of yesterdays Daily Express.
, 1951-03-22
Has Hubby Under
Stabbing Spell

NEW ORLEANS, March % CA
NP)-That old black magic has
gone and done it again. AS a re-
suit, Mrs. Florence Jarman, "a, is
in the charity hospital suffering
from multiple stab wounds, while
her husband Frank Jarman, 43,
is charged with aggravated as
sault.
What happened: Frank took his
wife for a ride and drove her to
Algiers where you go to get your
fortune" told. All of a sudden
the irate hubby beat his spouse
with his fists, and at the same
time stabbed her repeatedly with
, 1951-03-22

Earlier, members OF both the
Charles family and the Gartrell
family had denied that the champ
was married. They discounted a
story in the Pittsburgh Courier
last week. The weekly newspaper
said it had learned from every re-
liable sources" that Charles had
married Miss Gartrell.
The champs disclosure that he
was a father adds up: Miss Cart
rell is known to have been in New
Kensington, Pa, where Charles
said the baby was born on Feb. 13.
She left the Pennsylvania rem
devious last Saturday and joined
Charles in New York, where the
champ had gone to visit his mother
and attend a church meeting.
EZZARD DECLINED to say
where they were married. No mar
rage license has been granted in
the Cincinnati or Greater Cincin-
, 1951-03-22

st. address as man and wife, but
she said she left him and went to
the Joe st. address to get away
from him. She signed a statement
that she did not wish to prosecute
him. He promised not to bother
her any more, she said.
HENRY 81, of
345A w. Fifth st. told police Of
ficers he was cut on the wrist by
C. R. Brown, alias "Scrap Iron,"
owner Of a Springfield st. cafe.
Brown had ordered him from the
place at the point of a shotgun.
Brown said Mcdowell came into
the cafe while under the influence
of liquor and started an argu-
ment. He urged him to leave and
Mcdowell threatened him by MAX
ing GESTURES with "something in
his pocket" During the fight, Nc
Dowell broke a bottle of wine in
his pocket and cut himself. Brown
denied he cut him with a knife as
Mcdowell stated to police.
SHEDRICK TAYLOR, %, of
111Weakley st. and frankie l..
Finley, 26, of the same address,
chanrged with grand larceny in
| the theft of seven bronze castings
Continued on page
, 1951-03-22
Dayton Urban League
In Reqionui Confub

At least two Daytonians will
play important roles at the Urban
League Regional Conference in
Akron, April 6-8.
DR.. Joseph Myers, Journal
Herald writer and an expert on
community relations problems, will
speak at a general session on
what Public Should Expect of
the Urban League" Mrs. George
Tanner, president of the Dayton
Urban League Guild, will be a
consultant at a session on els
Your Public Relations Showing?"
, 1951-03-22
Youth Who Shot
Dad Is Puroled
Under New Law

YORKTOWN, Va, March %
(ANP) A nine-year-old boy, who
shot and killed his father while
the latter was beating the boys
mother, was paroled to his home
after a hearing in York County
Juvenile Court.
The courts action was reported
by Sheriff A. S. White. During
the hearing the court sought in
, 1951-03-22

Gilbert was originally sentenced
by a court martial board to die,
but the sentence was committed by
President Truman following a
nationwide protest. The officer
denied the charge and contended
that his trial had been conducted
in an illegal manner.
AS a direct result of this case,
the NAACP assigned it's national
counsel Thrugood Marshall, to
make an on-the-spot investigation
Marshall reported that he found
many similar cases involving dis
, 1951-03-22

natl area.
Miss Gartrell and Charles had
been going stady" since they at
tended school together at Cincin-
MATHS Withrow High School, ac-
cording to intimate frineds. She is
described as light i'll color, very
attractive and statuesque." The
24-year-old beauty stood out as
a blonde who wore her hair in
"Veronica Lake" fashion.
The beautiful Mrs. Charles re-
fused to talk to neWspapermen at
her jacksonville home, just out
side Cincinnati proper. Friends
said both she and the Champ had
just returned from New York.
Ezzard is scheduled to appear at
a mass rally in support of Fair
Employment Practices Commission
(FEPC) legislation next Thurs
day, March 20, in Dayton's Me-
mortal Hall.
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Matthews slashed her several
times with a knife on her thigh,
hand and under an arm pit. She
grabbed a pan of I've water and
threw it on him as he fled from
the scene. Matthews was appre-
hended later and held for investi-
CATION by Detective Sgt. James B.
Hogan and Detective John Allen.
ACCORDING TO G.. J. McLin
Jr. of the McLin Funeral Home,
113O Germantown St., it will
"take an army" to gather all the
forged checks FLOATING" on the
West Side bearing his signature.
Ralph Blakely, owner of Blakely's
Market 629 w. Fifth St., said
he C a S h e d one of the checks
made payable to Eddie Vaughn,
an escaped convict from
the Dayton Work. no S since
early February. The check was for
S87.54. According to Detectives
w. c.. Stevens and O. A. Phillips,
who are in charge of the investi-
cation, McLin told them several
blank checks were stolen from the
firms check book recently. He
said many of these checks have
been forged and cashed in various
stores on the West Side. Vaughn,
25, was sentenced to the Work
house Feb. 8, 1851, for n year
and fined $1,000. He was charged
with assault and battery. Tie
ESCAPED from a work gang assign
ed to Linden Community Center
last month.
SADIE WILLIAMS, 33, OF III
Joe St., told police that her com
mon-law husband, Leslie Stewart!
26. of 1926 w. Fifth St., came to
1926 Washington st. while she was
visiting her friends and they got
into an argument. According te
the story, Stewart ripped he1
clothes off, cut her on both hips
with a knife and fled. They hat
been living together at the Fifth
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Charles Sdys
Married.

CINCINNATI, March % Especially Despite denials
by close friends and associates, Champ Ezzard Charles
said last night that he is married to his former school
mate, attractive Gladys Gartrell. The heavyweight box
ing champion of the world said he has been married more
than a year, and that he has been a father since February.
, 1951-03-22
an ice pick.

an ice pick.
Jarman then forced his wife
back into the car and drove to
New Orleans where, in a wood
ed section of the city, he repeat
ed his Algiers' performance of
beating and stabbing. The frantic
wife fled into the woods and
eluded the beserk hubby.
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formation on the boys record in
the past. 1t was found that the
boy had no prior record and there
was nothing disclosed which would
indicate the youngster is a juve-
nile delinquent.
The boys father died Feb. 9 in
a Richmond hospital. He was
struck in the arm by the bullet
which pierced through his body
in his abdomen, the sheriff report
ed.
Virginia's new statute forblds
the arrest of a child under Ia
wears of age on a felony war
rant. nor can one under IA be
charged with felony. Officers car
take under consideration only
whether the youngster is a juve'
nile deliquent. If he is, he can be
turned over to the State Welfare
Department for custody.
, 1951-03-22
POLICE BLOTTER:
Detectives Investigate
(uttiina Lve- Throwing
By JIMMIE N. JONES

Cutting and lye-throwing are highlights on the police
blotter today. Ethel Fountain, 81, of 1926 Washington St.,
told Detective Sgt. Lucius Gleaton and Detective Phillip
Greer how her boyfriend, Willis Bell Matthews, 46, alias
"Devil," returned to the Washington st. address and start
ed an argument. He was released from the Dayton Work.
house Tuesday.
, 1951-03-22
(onWctedAmy Officer
On Wdv To Federal Pen

WASHINGTON March p (Specia)-Convicted
on a charge of refusing to obey orders to attack with his
unit in Korea, 1t. Leon A. Gilbert is on his way to a
federal prison in the United States. A company officer of
of the famed oath Infantry Regiment, he must serve 20
years.
, 1951-03-22

The first daily in America was
the Pennsylvania Packet and Cen
eral Advertiser, started in Phil
adelphia in 1874.
, 1951-03-22

William Brewster, a leader on
The Mayflower, in 1920, was a
printer.