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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
Disabled Vets Name
Dirnberg For 9Th
Year In Succession

For the seventh consecutive
year, Franklin Dirnberg of Port
Clinton, Route 3, will heal Dis
abled American Veterans Post as
commander.
He was elected Monday night,
along with these other officers,
senior vice commander, Phillip
Fehr, Oak Harbor; junior vice
commander, John Miner, Erie
Gardens; adjutant-treasurer, Ar
thur Grieger, Oak Harbor; chap
lain, Kenneth Behlmer, Oak Har-
Dor; service officer, Ezra Hiss;
Sgt-at-arms, William Splitter, rural
Port Clinton; officer of the day,
Donald Grieger, Oak Harbor.
They will be installed July IL
by Albert l.. Croy, Ohio City, past
department commander. New
members will be initiated at that
thine.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO A,


TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO 379,
ENTITLED, "CREATING AND ES-
TABLISHING A CITY BOARD OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY". BY STAT
ING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO
BE MANAGED AND OPERATED
BY SAID BOARD.
Be it Ordained by the Council of
the City of Port Clinton, State of
Ohio:
Sec. l. That Section % of Ordi-
nance No. 379, entitled, "Creating
and Establishing a City Board of
Public Utilities and Declaring an
Emergency, be amended to read
as follows:
Section % That duties relating
to the management and opera
tion of the Air Port, Water
Works, Cemetery, Sewage Treat
ment Plant, Rubbish and Garbage
Collection. including the collec-
t1on of water, rubbish, garbage
and sewer rentals and charges.
conferred upon the Director Of
Code of the State of Ohio, be
transferred and vested in board
composed of three members and
known as The Port Clinton Pub
lie Utilities Board
Sec. 2. That Section "a of Ordi-
nance NO. ol3, entitled "Creat1nG
and Establishing a City Board of
Public Utilities and Declaring an
Emergency" be amended to read
as follows:
Section ca That said board shall
have authority and power to
manage, control and maintain
the Air Port, Water Works, Gene
terry, Sewage treatment Plant,
Rubbish and Garbage Collection.
including the collection of water,
rubbish, garbage and sewer rent
ais and charges, but shall make
no expenditures up to $4,000 un-
less approved by the Board of
Control.
Sec. 3. That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent
with or in contradiction to any
part of section hereof are hereby
repealed.
PASSED.: June Is, 1854
LEROY BRACKEN.
President, of the Council.
Atte"+: BOYD MARTIN,
Clerk of the Council.
Approved: HAROLD JEREMY Y,
Mayor.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
New Cage Coach
Is House-Hunting

Bob Green, who will be new
basketball coach at PCHS next fall,
was in town Wednesday afternoon
to talk with Superintendent D. D.
Sims, and to start looking for a
house.
Green and his wife have four
children, Linda, four; Barbara,
21a; Jimmy, ~; and Mike, two
months, and they'll appreciate any
leads On housing Accommodations.
They are living this summer near
Bellevue, where Green is getting
in trim for next years athletic sea-
son by working on a farm owned
by his wife's parents. He taught
last year at Anna, in Shelby
county.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
Here's A Warning
For All Mariners

Mariners, commercial fishermen
and other interested parties have
been advised by a special firing
notice from the commanding Off
Ger of Erie Ordnance Depot that
artillery proof firing will be con-
Quoted at the installation between
Z am. and II midnight on Monday
and Tuesday.
Col. Grubbs pointed out that the
entire artillery firing danger area,
as shown on U. S. Lake survey
chart 80, will be closed to surface
navigation during those hours.
He pointed out that firing at
EOD is in addition to the anti-air-
craft artillery firing taking place
in the Camp Perry danger zone.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
HARMON HEBNER

Funeral services for Harmon F..
Hebner, 60, Rocky Ridge, were
held Tuesday at 2 from st. Johns
Evangelical Lutheran church at
Rocky Ridge, preceded by rites
from his residence. The Rev. E.
H. E. Winterhoff officiated and
burial was made in Elhston Gem
etery.
Mr.. Hebner, sand blaster a
EOD for II years before i'll
health necessitated his retirement
last June, died Sunday at Magru-
der hospital. He is survived by his
wife, Amelia; son, Earl. Rocky
Ridge; two grandchildren; three
brothers, George of rural Port
Clinton, Emery and William OF
Rocky Ridge; and two sisters, Mrs
William Hamann of Port Clinton
and Mrs. Joseph Perry of Ere.
mont. He was born August II,
1893 at Graytown, son of August
and Carrie Lipstraw Hebner.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
Jake Ohm Buys
Into Car Agency

Jacob Ohm, 657 Jackson Drive,
with two Fremont men as partners,
has purchased the Studebaker
agency in Fremont. 1t will con-
tinue under the name of Vic Fred
ericks Motor Sales, Inc.
Mr.. Ohm has been associated
with the garage there for IA years,
and his two partners, Don Logs
don and Vic Fredericks, Jr., FIRE.
mont, also have been mployees.
The Fredericks agency is one of
the oldest Studebaker dealers in
the country, having operated as a
leadership in the same, location for
As years. s'0 I1fS-''
The Ohms will retain their home
in Port Clinton, and are not plan
ming to move to Fremont.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18

A portable transformer was
brought by truck from Springfield
after the transformer which was
struck was found so badly damaged
that it will have to be completely
rewired. The emergency portable
unit will be used till repairs are
complete.
Crews remained on duty all
night in efforts to facilitate a
quicker resumption of power. In
the meantime, candles and hastily
dug-out oil lamps and gasoline
lanterns provided Pickering illu-
mination throughout the whole
area; families with only electric
cooking facilities ate picnic-style;
housewives hastily re wrapped
precious stores of food in home
freezers; ordinary raZors eplaced
electric shavers, and wind by-hand
alarms were pressed into service
to replace useless electric cocks.
Many events were called off, a.
mong them a meeting of Gold Star
Mothers which was moved to this
Thursday night when out-of-town
members arrived in Oak Harbor
to find the town in darkness. Case.
line stations, with electrically pow.
cred pumps, had to close up.
Many homes south and west OF
town, as we'll as a number of places
east and north, were affected by
the power failure.
Rotary Club ate by candlelight
at the Warner Hotel. Oak Harbor
Council used lanterns for illumina
ton at its meeting. Burial services
for Harmon Hebner had to be post
poned till Wednesday, because FL
! liston cemetery was too flooded
for internment following Mr.. Heb
ners funeral services Tuesday
afternoon.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
Five Workers Gain
lob Concentrations

Communications for jobs we'll
done were received by five Erie
Ordnance Depot employees during
the past month
Eugene F. Hemminger, Oak Har-
Dor, received letter of COM
mendation for his outstanding per-
formance in the Advanced Basic
Inspection course of study given
at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.
John J. Menier, Atwood Mannis.
to and Barden L. Witter, all OF
Port Clinton, and Henry o. Won.
nell, Sandusky, production expedi.
tors at the depot, received praise
for contributions toward insuring
the success of an urgent overseas
shipping demand for II rebuilt
and modified howitzers.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
FISHERMAN SUED
FOR NON-SUPPORT

Marjorie Doris Graves, Garden
Grove, Calf, filed suit in common
pleas court here Monday charging
Stanley Frederick DeMars, Port
Clinton commercial fisherman,
with non-support of two minor
children.
She asks $123 month for their
support. The couple was divorced
Dec. 10, 1851, and plaintiff claims
Mr.. DeMars has failed to provide
support since June, 1852.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
Finds Gypsum Man
Guilty Of Larceny

Donald Stetler, %, Gypsum, and
Carlos Leal, Jr., %, Venice, plead
ed guilty in Sandusky municipal
court Tuesday to charges of petit
larceny. Stetler was sentenced to
80 days in Erie county Jail and
Leal, Is days.
Police Chief Russell Thorn said
Stetler is now on five-year proba-
ton to Sheriff Alton T. Young on
larceny conviction in Erie coun-
ty common pleas court.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18

the Rev. o, C. Doenges officiating,
with burial in Union cemetery
where the American Legion Auxi-
liary will hold graveside services.
The former Florence Wendt,
Mrs. Wyatt was born at Danbury
May 10, 1899, the daughter of John
and Matilda Meter Wendt and was
married Nov. %, 1922. She lived
in Oak Harbor 80 years. Surviving
are a brother, John Wendt of Dan
bury, and sisters, Mrs. Albert
Brady of Marblehead, and Mrs.
Ethel Blalok of Toledo.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
60. D D,yr1 1echnicians Leave
For Duty At Greenland
EIGHT DRAW
ASSIGNMENT
+ I'5se F@:.. =, BASE

In the midst of 80 degree
weather, eight Erie Ordnance
Depot technicians left Tues
day afternoon for a 9O-day
assignment at Thule Air
Base, Greenland, where the
terrain is always glacier packed
and the summer temperature sell
dom exceeds SO. degrees.
Thy we're: Clarence Lowien, Jr.,
John Macy, Albert Marshall, and
Eugene Collins, all of Port Clinton;
Dwight Martin and Raymond Lem
on of Fremont; Ned Mengel of
Woodville; and Robert Beatty of
Sandusky.
Mr.. Lowien will act as crew
leader and courier for classified
documents.
! These men will furnish technical
assistance in the modification of
antiaircraft weapons which are To-
Gated at Thule with the 549th AAA
Battalion. This base is just 800
nautical miles from the North
Pole.
The 400 mile journey from Port
Clinton to Thule will be divided
into two stages. They travel by
train - the New York Central's
Interstate Express - from Port
Clinton to Springfield, Mass, and
then by military aircraft from
Westover Air Force Base near
Springfield to the 350O-air mile
distant Thule base. There will be
q break in the trip on Newfound.
land.
A layover at Springfield will be
necessary for some of the group
as only pairs of the technicians
will be taken on scheduled hops
to the far north base.
The men travelled light, for
special clothing suitable for work
ing in the Greenland climate will
be issued to them there. Personal
items were scant, mostly cameras
films, cards, and stationary. Spe
Gal maintenance tools for work
ing on electronic equipment &C
companied them.
They aren't expecting "big'
time, for they realize that -recrea
tional opportunities are scarce
They plan to work long hours ane
Weekends SO that they may com
plete their assignment and bt
ready to return by October wher
the long, bitter winter sets in.
The AAA Battalion at the All
Force-operated base at Thule il
the farthest north combat outfit O.
he Army.
It is under the operational con
troll of the Air Division, which
from its headquarters at Pepper
rell Air Force Base, Newfound
land also controls the early warn
ing units and the all-weather fight
YER interceptor units which guart
the eastern polar approaches t
the industrial heartland of tn,
United States.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
Look Out, Fish!
There's Trouble
Headed Your Way

Note to fish in the Manitoulin
Islands area in Canada: head for
the deep water, boys A Port
Clinton father-Son invasion is on
its way after you.
Leaving Thursday for ten-days
fishing trip at Manitoulin were
George Schade and son Sparky,
Ken Krupp and sons Dan and John,
Howard Fulton and son Billy, and
Georges father, Adelbert Schade,
who arrived Tuesday from Fuller
ton, Calf, to accompany the party.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
HITS PARKED CAR

Police Officer William J. RobeI
reported at 1906 pm. Tuesday
that car driven by John L. Short,
81, 634 Madison-st, struck park
ed car owned by John Sorensen,
PIT w. Second-st, and damaged
fender. Short told police he was
reaching for a radio button and
hit Sorensen's car, parked about
20 feet south of an alley on Madi-
SOn-St.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
FLORENCE n. WYATT

Mrs. Florence H. Wyatt, 55, of
SAB Church street, Oak Harbor,
whose husband Melvin died April
9, died Monday at her home.
Funeral services are Thursday at
2:30 from Robinson funeral home,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
MRS. DORA GARDNER

Mrs. Dora M. Gardner, who
made her home with son Char
les w. Gardner of 1867 Harbor
Road, was buried in st. Joseph's
cemetery following services Mon
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
CALLAHAN IMPROVES

Harry Callahan, general man.
ager of the Clinton theater, Mon
day underwent serious lung sur
gerry at st. Luke's Hospital in
Cleveland. He is getting along
satisfactorily. His brother, Emmett
Callahan, who has been manager
of the road show company of the
popular Guys and Dolls, flew in
from California Monday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18

Bob Scott, of Marion, governor
of Lions clubs will be the guest
speaker at the dinner meeting Of
the Lions Club Thursday. Election
of officers will also be held.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
1.5OOHon1es In Area
Without Electricity
For 15-Hour Period

Approximately 1900 homes in Oak Harbor and the ad
acent area without lights radios teevision, electric
cooking and refrigeration facilities and of other
modern convenences from 305 Tuesday afternoon to Gas
am Wednesday, after lightning struck Ohio Edison Co.
transformer near the Oak Harbor SuO-StatiOn
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18

Members of the Sunday school
of Trinity Methodist Church held
their annual summer picnic at the
Catawba Island community hall.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18

Miss Shirley Limestahl, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Lime
stahl, left for Texas Monday to
spend a couple of weeks visiting
at the home of her brother.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
is HOSTESS

is HOSTESS
Mrs Charles Zelms welcomed
members of her pinochle club for
a meeting Monday night.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
Condition of Fred Singer.

Condition of Fred Singer, per-
Sonnel manager at the U S Gyp-
sum Co., remains serious at Ma
gruder hospital where he has been
patient since suffering heart
attack last Thursday. He has been
in an oxygen tent, with no visitors
other than his immediate family
permitted.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18

Mrs. John Oravec entertained
members of her sewing club at her
Catawba Island home, Friday eve
ming.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-06-18
DEATHS
CHARLES Petersen

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Evening star., 1954-01-03
Robert |. Glenn, 81,
Rail Union Official
BY the Assoeiosed Press

SANFORD. Fla, Jan. 2.-Rob-
ert L. Glenn. 81, general chair
man Of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen
on the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road. died yesterday following a
heart attack.
From 1887 to 1941, he was edi-
tor and manager of the Brother
hoods magazine published in
Cleveland. Ohio. Pres i'd e n t
Roosevelt appointed him in 1941
regional director of the OPM
with headquarters in Cleveland.
Mr.. Glenn Joined the War
Production Board in Washington
in 1912 and was assistant to the
director in the Once Of Defense
Transportation and National Sc
curity Personnel Board until his
retirement in 1943.
Surviving are the widow and
three sons, Norman B. Glenn,
Cleveland: Robert F. Glenn, Salt
Lake City, and Bill B. Glenn.
Sanford. Services and burial
will be here Sunday.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Seventy Doctors Licensed
By Virginia Medical Board
BY The Assoeio.ed Press

ROANOKE. Va. Jan. a.
Seventy doctors have been
licensed to practice medicine
and surgery by the Virginia
Board of Medical Examiners,
DR.. K. D. Graves. secretary
treasurer of the board, an
nounced today.
Thirty-three Of the doctors
were licensed by Endorsement
and 81 by examinations held
December Us.
Receiving licenses to practice
were:
BY Endorsement - Roger Carroll
g.. Chariottesyille; David Fowler. Bell,
Alexandris:: Edmund 7. Daley. washing.
ton; Edward. Colson Day, Arlington;
Nd; Dorothy Armstrong Elias. WASH
ton; Richard Daniel Finucane. Ariins-
rs Dssa Sossph hHsrSs Asn Hs4ts Hasf Fas Was
Charles King Holmes. washington; Roy
johnson King, Waynesboro: Robert a.
Leonard, washington; Leon A. Martei.
jr.. Falls Church: Franklin Martin, .jr.,
Washinsson; nssse Harcid 9ef Sraneis 0u Mccann..
Arlington; Harry johnson Miller, 0las-
gov; Henry Darwin Murray, Waynes-
boro: PHYLLIS Jean Mofiett, Williams-
Md: Robert Joseph o'Donnell, Arling-
tom: Boyd. Nelson Park. Alexandria;
Daniel Wells Pratt, Charlottesville; Will
William. Rook. Alexandria; Rollin Fred
Snide. .Waynesboro; Henry H. .. ster-
yeti, jr.. Arlington: Robert Haldane
Thompson, Alexandria; Seymour Paul
Weissman. Williamsburg, and Mary c.
BY examinat ationNEmiie II. Bisharat.
Washington; Brian c. Campden- Main,
williamsburg: Thorjorn Johan Lassen.
williamsburg and William Barton Van
slyke, ChariottesYille.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Baby Girl Dies in Rounds
OF Taverns With Father
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

CHICAGO. Jan. "A father
who took his baby daughter
along on a New Years night tour
of taverns and then found her
dead beside him when he awoke
in his parked car was questioned
by police today.
Ester Bennett, %. said he was
waiting in his parked car with
the baby for a woman friend to
join him in his round of neigh
borhood taverns when he fell
asleep about 2 am. Awakening
about two hours later he found
his IS month old daughter,
Frances, dead beside him.
He hurried the infant to the
home of his mother and called
DR.. Gerald o. Macdonald, the
family physician, who pro-
nounced the baby dead, appar-
emily from suffocation.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Philadelphia Orchestra
Cancels Radio Concert
by fha A,,oeiaiad Pres,

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. o.
The Philadelphia Symphony Or
chestra today cancelled the in
itial broadcast in a planned 13-
week series over a national net
work (CBS) because Of certain
financial requirements" by the
Musicians Union, Harl McDon-
aid, general manager of the or
chestra said.
Mr.. Mcdonald declined to
elaborate on the union demands.
He said he did not know whether
the demands would force cam
collation. of the entire series.
The 1l0 members of the or
chestra are represented by Local
II, American Federation Of Mu-
sicians (AFL) Union spokesmen
could not be reached for COM
ment,
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Lawrence P. Artman,
Florida Publisher
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

KEY WEST. Fla, Jan. a.
Lawrence p. Artman, 70. owner
and publisher of the Key West
Citizen. died today in Monroe
General Hospital.
He had suffered a stroke in his
Office five weeks ago. =
Mr.. Artman once owned the
Fort Pierce (Fla.) News-Tribune,
the Ocean County Leader at
Point Pleasant, N. j., and was
part owner of the Okeechobee
(Fla.) News and the Brunswick
(Ga0 Banner.
He bought the Key West Citi-
zen in 1921.
Mr.. Artman was born at Haub-
Stadt. Ind. near Evansville, and
attended ST. Minard's College,
which he left before graduation.
He travelled from town to town,
first selling newspapers and
then working as a printer. He
worked for the Mexican Herald
in Mexico City 10 years as q
printer and sports writer.
He was credited by Spaulding's
Baseball Guide with being the
father of baseball" in Mexico.
He organized a number Of teams
and was a star pitcher and
ShortStOp, He also loved the
ring and fought as lightweight.
He often boasted that he had
never been f1oored in any Of his
ring encounters.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Estella .Artman: two sons,
Lawrence P, owner of the Flor
ida Keys Printing Co. in Key
West, and Norman B.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
6. @. P. Plans 10 Publish
Periodical for Workers
By The Assoeio,ed Press

The Republican Party plans to
begin publication soon Of a reg
ular periodical for party workers.
A national committee spokes-
man said yesterday that. while
the form had not yet definitely
been decided, it would likely be
a news letter rather than a mag
aZine.
Thus it would not resemble the
Democratic Digest, published by
the Democratic National Com
mittee in pocket-magazine style
and sold on newsstands and by
subscription.
The committee source said the
Republican publication would be
distributed free to party workers,
with each State sending a pro-
posed subscription list to head
quarters. He said it was still too
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Mrs. Jacob Fisher, Wife
Of Trucking Official

Mrs. Jacob Fisher, 81, Treas
ury Department worker and wife
Of a trucking firm official. died
Friday at her home. 5006 Second
street NV, after long illness.
Mrs. Fisher, the former Ida
Orlove. was born in Europe and
came to this country with her
parents. At the time of her
death, Mrs. Fisher had worked
for the Treasury Department for
more than 80 years.
In addition to her husband, she
Is survived by her father, Samuel
Orlove Of 4616 Ninth street NV;
a sister, Mrs. Ethel Gordon of
5000 Second street NV, and two
brothers, Israel Orlove of 1923
Sixteenth street NV. and Jo-
seph Orlove of 2717 Rittenhouse
street NV.
Funeral services will be held at
noon today at the Danzansky
funeral home, 3501 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in the
B'nai Israel Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Eddie Jane Poindexter, 28;;
Sonq With Dance Bands Here
VocuI Artist Also
Worked for Navy
During the Wur

Mrs. Robert M. Stewart. %,
who as a dance-band singer here
was professionally known by her
maiden name. Eddie Jane Poin-
dexter, died yesterday of q heart
attack at her home in Altadena,
Calf.
She sang two years at the
Madrillon Restaurant here dur
ing the war and had sung with
bands at the Shoreham. May
flower, Hotel 2400. Wardman
Park and last at the Broadmoor.
She also modelled here and in
New York. Her picture appeared
in many magazines.
She and her husband. who
formerly taught at George Wash
ington University, met while he
was playing trumpet in local
orchestras and were married in
1948. They lived with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John M.
Stewart. at 1916 North Edge
wood street, Arlington, until
1949 when they went to Cali
fornia, where sne sang for a
time in San Diego. Mr.. Stewart
is a research physicist at Cali
fornia Institute of Technology.
Born in Kentucky, the at
tractive brunette singer grew up
in Covington. She studied voice
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Man Held as Italian Firm
Gets Threatening Note
BY the ASsoeioted Press

TURIN. Italy, Jan. 2. - A
threatening note ordered a
Turin power company to toss
q million lire (s1.60O from a
speeding train. or its plant would
be dynamited.
So a bundle was tossed from
the window of the Aosta Express
into a field marked with two
empty gasoline cans. as the
train streaked by at q mile a
minute.
A dark-clad man dashed out
and snatched up the bundle, the
train screeched to a stop, 20
armed detectives vaulted to the
ground. famed out. and caught
the man as he tried to escape.
Identifying himself as Bruno
Batteli. 48. a soap salesman, he
admitted the threatening note
and was in jail here today for
attempted extortion.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Body Of Woman Found
In Fort Knox FoxhoIe

FORT KNOX, KY, Jan. "A
decomposed body apparently a
woman's. was found in a foxhole
on this big military reservation
today.
The post public information
Office said two soldiers hunting
in a training area discovered the
body. Sergt. Sol Ruder and
M./Sergt. James o. Moore said
they first noticed the skull pro-
jecting through dirt in the
f1lled-in ,foxhole, one of many in
the training area.
Capt. Elston L. Belknap, a
medical officer at the post hos
pital, said the body apparently
had been buried at least a
month. He said its condition
precluded determining age or
sex but added that fragments Of
underclothing and long, light
brown hair indicated it was q
woman.
Military and State police were
cooperating In the investiga-
ton,