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Evening star., 1952-09-08
John M. Lembeek, 40,
Son francisco Editor
BY the Asseeisfsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. g.
John M. Lembeck. 40. picture editor
Of the San Francisco Examiner
died at his home yesterday after
a long illness.
Mr.. Lembeck. a veteran pho
tographer with the Hearst news
paper chain, Joined the Examiner
six years ago after service on the
Chicago Herald American and
International News Photos at Los
Angeles.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
Col. Charles H. Jones,
Veteran of2Wars and
|Ex-R0TC Instructor

Army Col. Charles H. Jones, 81,
retired, a veteran Of both world
wars and a former University of
Maryland ROTC instructor. died
Evening star., 1952-09-08
Nancy Patterson Awarded
FuIbriqhf Scholarship

Miss Nancy Marie Patterson, of
'2115 F street NV, has been
awarded a Fulbright Scholarship
in English literature to the Uni
Evening star., 1952-09-08

THOMAS. EDMONfA. IN memory o. ms
beloved dsuEhter. ApNoNIA THOMAS
who passed away twelve years $50 today
In my heart there still fingers fond
memories Of you.
Gone but not forgotten.
HER DEVOTED MOTHER.
Evening star., 1952-09-08

SSsps;smper Sad;nni , ., 1859: at the Y: S. Naval
sWfaER ef Roseaar1 Ma pAixa1 isna
Marsafss M svM.er M ad s9ysd f.hel Of
resting at the Davis Funeral Home
day. september o. fnterment GreenisWn lawn
Cemetery.
wsALKER: ssltsms.r JOHN Sos. suddenly. on Friday;
l305 Riggs St. NV. beloved SON Of Alice
of suwtsT Wi1s s. e. broths. Of Sarah
Isss S5 9sPS. camden e.
WHITNEY. GRACE TRAIN. On Friday
September 5, 1852. at Castine Community
Hr& Hospital, & Castine Me-. GRACE TRAIN
and DsSssa sa Es MRS Of AaEussa. MssSn n
Hand of New York City and Admiral
Charles R. Train (ret) of washington.
sass on ans weassasy sspteSSe SsaW
1862. Memorial services viii be held In
washington ct . later date TO be an
the Castine Community hospital, Castine,
Me New York and Boston papers
WILLIAMS. LUCILLE; suddenly. sunday.
beloved wife Of Harry Williams. mother
Of Mary Ann. Linda and Harry vii
Hams, JT. runefai wednesday, Septem-
Der 10, from HUNT g. Ryon Funeral
Home, Waldorf. Md. at am. Mass at
ST. Francis De Sales Church, Benedict.
Md. at 10 am. Interment st. Mary'S
Cemetery. Bryantown. Md. o
WINFIELD, JOHN 8, On wednesday.
September 5, 1862. JOhN s. WINKFIELD
o. 61l Gath st. Sc. beloved father Of
Brown and Mr.. Joseph winktield Of Day
ton. Ohio; grandfather of Miss Eloise
Brown and John WINFIELD. brother Of
Mrs. Fannie Curry. ne also leave four
nieces, Margaret. Gross. Alice Brooks
Matte Norris and Geneva Brown other
relatives and many friends. Friends are
invited to call after IL noon Sunday, Sep
tember 2. at the w. Ernest Jarvis Funeral
Church. 1892 You st. NV. Funeral serv-
ices Monday. September s, at / pm,
at the Mount Jezreel Baptist Church, 9th
and e SITS. Sc. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery.
WOODWORK. HARLAN r. Suddenly. on
F'aSs WooDrossK q 1s4s KisDI st. se beioveG
SON Of Ethel Z. and sylvester r. Wood
fork, ST.; brother of Mrs. Carolyn II.
Edwards. Doris Elaine, Sylvester r.. r.;
Pfc. Stanley NJ, Ethel Louise, Seret. Ray
mond E. and Thurman r.. Woodfork
Also surviving are other relatives, and
many friends. Notice of funeral later.
Arrangements by Mcclure. Inc. 10
Evening star., 1952-09-08
EDITH HOLE. Counselor.

EIHEL WINDoOKe. oeOfe50fI'
sept:5er ss GafGAH aART R OF 4S
6th st. NV. Brother Of Mrs. Louella
jackson. Frances Pollard, Maggie Hart
and Emma Wilson: Two brothers. Moan
Of other relatives Of friends. to mourn
his passing. Friends may call from 5-9
pm. at the Frazier Funeral Home. Tues
day, September 9. Funeral and inter-
ment Bethune. S. C. ARRANGEMENTS by
the Frazier Funeral Home.
Evening star., 1952-09-08

ZULEMA. Oficers and men-
bers of Golden Rule Council
No. 10, Daughter's Of America.
are hereby notified of the death
Of Sister ZULEMA HAMMER.
Remains resting at Warner E..
Pumphrey Funeral Home. S434
Georgia ave., Silver Spring. Nd.
Evening star., 1952-09-08

Z. EDWARD II. Members of
Spalding Council AIT,
Knights Of Columbus, are
requested to assemble at $50
pm. Monday. September 8,
1852. to recite the rosary for
our late brother, EDWARD
II. COURTENAY. in Mating
Home. l31 11th st. Sc.
Evening star., 1952-03-21
Women NViIIWoIk Only 6ooFt.
From Car to Shop, Robinson Soys

Despite the American woman's
deep-rooted urge to go shopping
downtown, she is developing less
and less of an inclination to walk
more than 600 feet from her auto
mobile to do so.
Brig. Gen. Bernard L. Robinson,
Engineer Commissioner. supplied
the statistic, which he said is
based on actual studies. to the
Women's Safety Committee of the
American Automobile Association
meeting for luncheon In the May
flower Hotel yesterday.
"You ladies'" asserted the SYM
pathetic general, make more
than 80 per cent Of all retail pur-
chases. Lack of adequate parking
space simply adds more incentive
to the woman motorists, repre-
sented by you ladies. to do your
shopping elsewhere than down
town.
Studies indicate that the dis
tances which women motorists
will walk to stores and shops is
up to 900 feet, or about two blocks
Distances beyond that depend
upon the pulling power of the
business, customer loyalty and the
degree of suburban competition.
Evening star., 1952-03-21

But in any event, there is q grow
ing resistance, as walking dis
tanceS increase above 600 feet.
Gen. Robinson met with the
women to explain the city's down
town parking plight and possible
solutions.
He said that, in a few more
years, the central core Of the city
will require $4,000 parking spaces,
whereas only $4,000 spaces are
the present goal of a parking
program. The core area parking
capacity now is 1880. or $500
short of the goal.
The Commissioner reiterated
his earlier warnings that, unless
the city solves it's traffic conges-
ton problems, many downtown
businessmen will face economic
ruin, as more people head their
cars toward outlying shopping
districts.
Traffic Director George E. Ke-t
neipp also spoke.
Evening star., 1952-03-21

Socony tokes Eoster suits real suits
-. out of the luxury class. Socony suits
ore carefully tailored of Palm Beach
cloth :. superb blend Of 86o6 royon,
l40o wool. They throw off wrinkles. !.
can be washed or dry cleaned worn
comfortably most any doy Of the year.
See the whole wonderful new collection.
l. short jooketed, buttoned. Navy,
rosewood, brown, dark green, maize or
beige -------------------25.00
2. long joeketed dressmoker suit with
new outcuvine hipIine. Navy, brown,
aqua, dark green, pink or yellow, $500
Both in misses and petite sizes.
WGl-Sportsweor, Third Floor
-. also Bethesda Chevy Chase
Evening star., 1952-03-21

Jops Average 5 Ft. 3 In.
TOKYO.-Japanese men ave-
age about five feet three inches in
height. The women are about four
inches less.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23
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sT HARRY L ~ ALE

That, more than anything else,
was what wrote the end to an cpl
demic of grave-robbery and body
snatching which ran riot all over the
western half of Ohio in the late
1S70's.
Harrison died in indianapolis and
was taken to his old home on the
outskirts of Cincinnati for burial.
Congress Green was his ancestral
burying- ground. There slept his
father, William Henry Harrison; both
of John Scott Harrison's wives; other
members of his family and his faith
er-in-law, John Cleaves Symes, found
er of Cincinnati. Also the graves of
some less prominent were there.
1t was at the Harrison burial, Tues
day, May 81, 1873, that the grave of
one of the more humble, 23-year-old
Augustus Devin, buried a few days
before, was discovered to have been
molested. To make the Harrison
grave more secure nearly two tons
of rock was shoveled into it.
Incensed at the spoilation of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23
IN, ,plained knew nothing about the mat

planned knew nothing about the mat
ter.
The janitor told Snelbaker and
Duffy that the mans name was
Charles o. Morton, from Toledo, and
his aliases were "Dr. Christian" CDR.
Gordon" and Gabriel" The bodies.
he related, were shipped to "Quimby
& Co.," Ann Arbor, Michigan.
At Ann Arbor Snelbaker, Duffy
and George Eaton easily traced the
Quimby & Co. shipments to the Uni
versity of Ann Arbor. Getting the
local sheriff to accompany them they
went to the medical department of
that school and were shown the vaults
and body-holes there. They were in
a basement room lined with old cof-
fins, old trunks and barrels.
In the body vaults-there were two
-49 cadavers bobbed and slithered
about in the brine. College author
tiles said they were ain Pickle" One
by one a professor fshed them out
with a pole until at last the body
of Devin was found and identified.
In one of the old coffins, which the
professor explained were "from the
penitentiary." Devin was sent back
to North Bend for reburial.
No further investigation was made
among the 40 remaining bodies in the
Ann Arbor University medical school
vaults. Cincinnati detectives were
not interested in them.
A grand jury indictment was re-
turned against Norton but he never
was apprehended. Marshall was re-
leased without indictment and author
tiles of all the medical colleges were
not mentioned in the jury report.
Norton's assistant was said to be
his wife, who dressed like a man in
overalls and helped dig open the
heads of the graves and pulled the
bodies out with a hook under the
chin.
The Medical College of Ohio, found
ed in the 1S00's, was unable to live
down its unsavory reputation and
closed in 1896. The Miami Medical
College closed soon after.
John Scott Harrison, an eminent
jurist and educator in his own right,
still sleeps unmolested with his faith
er, President William Henry Harri-
son, and his son, President Benja-
min Harrison, in peaceful Congress
Green.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23
Pirates Take
Worst Drubbing
In Grid History

Bluffton high schools Pirates
took their worst drubbing of the
schools history last week at the
hands of st. Marys, so to 0. The
st. Marys scoreboard, which only
runs up to 50 points, was unable
to record the last point against
the hapless Pirates.
Back in 1928 the local boys
were outscored by 81 points when
Dayton Stivers hung it on the
Pirates So to 6. In 1888 when the
Bluffton fortune was running low
FostOria raced away with a $50
victory, and again in 1922 Find
lay piled up 81 points against the
home boys but Blufton managed
to eek out two touchdowns and an
extra point during the slaughter.
Other serious setbacks occurred
in 1919 when Ada slapped it on
the Red and White 81 to 0, and in
1885 Wapakoneta administered a
so to 0 shellacking.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23

ancestral graveyard, John Harrison,
son of the man just buried, and Geo.
Eaton, his brother-in-law, both of
North Bend, the next day began a
hunt for the Devin body and the per-
sons who had robbed his grave.
Cincinnati detectives deduced that
the logical place to look for stolen
body would be in medical college
and from some reason known only to
| themselves, singled out the Medical
College of Ohio, on Sixth Street, as
the one to first be searched. There
were two others in the city then.
That night Detectives Charles Wap-
penstein, Thomas A. Snelbaker, Tom
Duffy and William Cleary visited the
college. They took along Harrison
and Eaton to identify Devin's body,
if found, and Constable Walter Lam
ey to serve a magistrates search
warrant.
Detectives later related that the
rapid trip of a strange spring wagon
with muffled wheels from North Bend
to Cincinnati the previous night and
the turning of an identical wagon
with rags wrapped around its tires,
into the alley behind the medical col
lege before daylight that morning
had prompted their search.
The, college janitor, ]. Q. Marshall,
denied that any bodies were in the
school building then and college of
fcials substantiated his denial. New
erless the detectives searched the
building. Just at the beginning of
the search somebody turned of the
gas and the lights went out. The
hunt then went on by lantern light.
The search was about to be aband-
oned when Duffy noticed that rope
leading down into the body chute ap-
peared taut as if weighted. The Of
ficer pulled up the rope, hand over
hand and the head and shoulders of
cadaver appeared at the top of the
chute. The rope was around its neck.
Pulling the body onto the floor,
detectives requested the North Bend
men to look at it to see if it was Dew
in. Wappenstein pushed aside a
piece of cloth which covered the head
and shoulders, using a stick.
"My God! That is my father!"
Harrison exclaimed. 1t was the body
of John Scott Harrison, buried less
than 20 hours before under tons of
rock.
The Harrison corpse was reburied
and the hunt began for the grave
robbers. Marshall was arrested and
questioned but was released for lack
of evidence as to his implication.
What had become of the Devin
body was a mystery and Snelbaker
and Duffy, working together on the
case, went to the Miami Medical col
lege, on Twelfth Street, eight blocks
from the Ohio college. No bodies
were there and the vault and body
hole was covered with dust and cob
webs which indicated it had not been
used for long time.
However, the janitor of the Miami
school nervous at the presence of de-
tectives, volunteered the information
that he had been forced" by a
stranger, "ferce, threatening man."
to accept bodies in the basement and
help prepare them for shipment.
The college authorities, he ex-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23
John Brdcy On Leave
From Germany

A &c John Bracy, who has been
stationed with the American occupa-
tion forces in Kaiserslautern, Ger
many, for the past Is months, was
returned on a 20-day furlougk at
home with his mother, Mrs. Homer
Bracy.
Unable to return to Bluffton Sep
tember l when his father, the late
Homer Bracy, died, John was grant
ed furlough at the first opportun-
ity. He is a raSeo operator in the
occupation forces air-warning net
work. He has 21 more months to
serve in his airforce enlistment.
Plenty Shavers
An average of Is razor blades is
sold annually to every male of
shaving age in the country.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23
Gabriel Had No Horn

1t is a gruesome
tale, but true, the
story of the finding
of the body of John
Scott Harrison, son
of one President and
father of another,
by his son in the
body-hole of a Gin
sinnati medical col
lege less than 20
hours after it had
been buried beneath
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23

EDITORS NoTE-This Is ons
of series of articles TO appear
IN the Blufton Neacs dealing
pith early OHIO history. Others
CiH appea, IN forthcoming
sssues-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23
Ton User

The United States has the highest
tobacco consumption, with 81s
pounds consumed per capita annual
ly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-10-23

two tons of crushed rock in beautiful
Congress Green Cemetery, North
Bend, Ohio.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-06-15
ibis Land Of ours
Gravel
BE- JESSE GREEN

THE ROUNDED ROCKS from
the size of a pea to the giant
boulders we see along the streams
or in great dry beds were not all
ways as they are now. They were
once the broken pieces of solid
beds of rock having more or less
flat sides and sharp corners.
Ages have passed. During this
time several forces have been at
work to make rounded surfaces,
or to get the greatest weight in
the smallest volume, which is an
object the shape Of a sphere.
Among the forces in action,
moving action was the most eff
fective. Mechanical action, or roll
ing and humping of the pieces to-
gether as they moved down hill
had part, as did wind, freezing
and thawing and chemical action.
Along the stream we might
pause to pick up single piece of
gravel It is interesting to esti-
mate the energy required to pro-
duce the rounded 5 h ape. How
slow it was, just one grain Of
sand at a time. If we would then
consider the vastness of the grav-
ell beds in the country we know
we would easily conclude that
the energy required to grind an
the rocks was infinite.
Our prime source of energy, the
sun, evaporates water from the
sea and the land to be carried to
the mountains. From here it runs
down, doing a little grinding
along the way, and finally the
work is done and gravel is made.
The kinds of materials of which
gravel is made include about all
of the hard minerals, with basalts,
GRANTEES and quantities. predomi-
mating. The softer minerals are
soon ground away and disappear
in solution or as silt. Placer gold
occurs in gravel, as do platinum
sapphires and some other valu-
able materials. We know of the
famous placer regions, Alder
Gulch, Confederate, Last Chance
and numerous others. Above al
other uses, gravel IS a constituent
of concrete, and it IS used in thu
building of roads. What would we
do in our modern civilization i
there were no gravelf
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-06-15

bearing plants such as astragalus and
woody aster, as well as halogeten
and water hemlock.
Bulletin 31S. "Chemical Control Of
Poisonous Range Plants" by D. W.
Belmont, is available to Wyoming
ranchers and farmers on request
addressed to the Director, AgricuI-
tural Experiment Station. Laramie,
Wyo.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Big ; Ministers Put
Finishing touches on
Reply 10 Soviet Note
BY the Associofed Press

LONDON, June 27.-The Big
Three Foreign Ministers met here
today to decide the Vests latest
answer to Russia on the question
of German unif1cation.
Secretary of State Acheson sat
down with Britain's Anthony Eden
and Frances Robert Schuman to
put the finishing touches to their
reply to Soviet note calling for
four-power negotiations on Ger
many's future.
Out of the meeting was expected
to come a final decision on when,
where and on what terms the
three Western nsDions would join
Russia in planning a united
Germany.
Peace Contract Protested.
The Soviet note. delivered May
Is, protested the signing by the
Western nations of a peace con-
tract" with the West German gov
'ernment at Bonn and the inclu-
sion of West Germany in the
projected European army. It
made plain that Russia would not
consider any arrangement between
the Western powers and the Bonn
Government binding on any future
all-Germany government.
The precise details of the pro-
jected reply have not been dis
closed. But diplomatic sources
in Paris said earlier this month
that the three Western powers
agreed that the Russians should
be asked to confer on a level be-
low the foreign ministers on the
questions of elections in noth Vest
and East Germany.
The Western Allies want a NEIL
tral commission to determine
whether free elections can be held
in both parts Of the divided coun-
try. The Russians want SUCH an
investigation by the four occupa-
ton powers only. group in which
they have a veto.
AcheS0n to Talk to Dane.
Today's three-power conference
follows several days of talks be-
tween Mr.. Eden and Mr.. Acheson
on problems ranging from West
Evening star., 1952-06-27

ern Europe to the Far East. The
American Secretary, before his de-
parture for Germany on Saturday,
also was scheduled to meet Dan
ish Foreign Minister. Ole Bjorn
Kraft. Reports from Copenhagen
said Mr. Kraft would speak for
both Denmark and Norway on the
possibility of setting up United
States air bases in those coun-
tries.
The American Secretary took
time off from his discussions with
Mr.. Eden yesterday to talk to
Parliament members in an at
tempt to quiet the political hor-
nets nest reused by British
Laborite objections to the bombing
of North Korean power plants on
the Yalu River.
His off-the-record remarks to
what was described as the largest
gathering of MPs addressed by a
foreign statesman in recent times
included an apology because the
United States failed to give Brit
ain advance notice of the raid.
Seek to Give Britain Larger Hand.
Mr.. Acheson and Mr.. Eden also
drafted a plan to give Britain a
bigger hand in United Nations
military moves in Korea in the
future. Previously Prime Minister
Churchill was reported to have
asked that British military man
be named to the U. N. policy and
planning command for Korea.
American Assistant Secretary or
Defense Frank Nash. now in Lon
don. is expected to help work out
details Of this new Anglo-Ameri-
can liaison setup designed to keep
both governments from being
caught unawares in the future.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
q w HyCnI9 VuIN W
I0n Korea Talks Over
Communist Protests
By the Assoeioiad Press

MUNSAN, Korea, June 81. -
Allied truce negotiators today
walked out on the protesting
Communists for the third time
in a month.
Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison,
jr.. declared a three-day recess
and marched out of the armistice
tent at Panmunjom while an an
CRY Communist delegation loudly
demanded another meeting to-
morrow.
Gen. Harrison said North Kor-
can Gen. Nam II, head of the
Communist truce team. had great
difficulty controlling himself" at
the walkout.
Voice Nears a Scream.
A U. N. spokesman said Mans
voice was approaching strident
scream"
Gen. Harrison once got to the
tent flap when Nam called please
come back. We have something to
say"
The American general said he
resumed his seat and consented
reluctantly well, once more"
But Nam merely repeated his
demand for a session tomorrow.
AS soon as Mans statement was
translated, Gen. Harrison and the
four other Allied negotiators
marched out of the tent.
Chinese Ignores Nam.
IT got the impression that some
lof the North Korean attaches
were laughing at Man," Gen. Har-
riSon told neWsmen.
Brig. Gen. William Nuckols,
U. N. spokesman, noted that the
Chinese delegate. Maj. Gen. Hsieh
Fang. "pointedly" ignored Nam
today. instead of aiding him, as
previously.
In Tokyo. Gen. Mark Clark said
in an address the Allied negoti-
ators were riding out Red invec-
tive. falsehood and bombast. 1--WE
have offered them reasonable
terms for cessation of fighting so
that peace may be restored" the
United Nations commander said.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
7 raining Cuts Accidents

EVANSVILLE.-The records of
So per cent Of Evansville's teen
age drivers who have not received
Entertaining instruction in
school show accidents. Only q
per cent of those who have taken
the high school driving course
have been involved in reportable
accidents.