loading contraband pada bes r| alliances with crooked politicians, snelii iin htanh: Wiine dnis itlibs ai yh. tographer in waterfront warehouse, shows Detroit rum runners un- Ee AR, beet At arene lawlessness go's These, were the years in which the’ gangsters created their own invisible empires through unholy crooked lawyers, crooked doctors 'and crooked police, Confer in Witchita Today. Ike May for Aid to Farmers TUCSON, Ark: (#—President Eisenhower, ready for a final round of drought land inspection, may disclose today what the federal government proposes to do about easing the worsening plight of farmers and ranchers. Aides said the President his plans at a conference*sch Tell Plan m ‘ht talk about some of Tate in the day. at ——* Wichita, Kan. He will meet Rash Arraigned in Wife Shooting Rochester Man Pleads Innocent to Ist Degree Murder Charge — A Rochester man, L. J. Rash, 52, faces trial within q month on charges he shot his wife, Nina, 48,|_ ing. Rash, who inichioataie sities say admitted the crime, yesterday ATE Woodward testified) area. » * SL ini: *) 5 ‘oo : g & rs F i RS 1; a E zo af - rH ify i ri _|tion of drought conditions in three 25 ig at McConnell Air Force Base there with representa- tives of all states con- fronted with drought dam- age problems. ~ In advance of that session Ei- senhower’s program calls for on- the-spot study of the situation here in Arizona and in the regions around Pueblo, Colo., and Garden face’’ Capone, overlord of. Chica- underworld, . | merce, Curiously, the BI was power less to move against these under- world, empires unless and until the gangs violated a federal law, such as the Antitrust Act, which forbids restraint of interstaté\com- Capone was virtually untouch- able for years. But finally the FBI produced the evidence that got him a contempt of court charge when he failed to appear as a witness in a prohibition case in Chicago. SENT TO PRISON While he was serving six months prison for 10 years. sterism in the 1920s is still dis- that its beginning coincided with the nation’s letdown after tlie war and with the arrival of national Prohibition, Millions of Americans didn't want Prohibition, and the boot- legger stepped in to supply the | demand for spirits, With their huge treasuries, the rate of 12,000 a year. massacres were commonplace, POLICE STYMIED In the Chicago area alone dur- ing 30 months of 1924-26, there were 92 gangland murders and 90 per cent of them were unsolved. In this wave of lawlessness, Hoover received the shocking re- port that FBI Special Agent Ed- ward B. Shanahan had been shot and killed by a professional auto- Durkin. For the first time an FBI agent had been killed in line ‘of duty. Hoover called in an _ aide, “We've got to get Durkin,” he sald. “If one man from the Bureau fs killed, and the killer is permitted to get away, our agents will never be safe.” The hunt began. Durkin killed a policeman and wounded another rin Chicago. .The FBI traced him to California, Arizona, New Mexi- co and into Texas. Interstate cooperation between in jail he was charged with in- come tax evasion. The one-time bawdyhouse errand boy couldn't beat this rap. He was~sent. to “The reason for the rise of gang: putes—but there is no dispute! .Gangland. mobile thief named Martin James} S. Four Buildings - Families Flee in Zero Weather as Store Blaze Spreads to Apartments ' SALINE # — A mother and three small children were believed to have per- ished today in a fire which destroyed three buildings in the heart of this south- eastern community, near Ann Arbor, of 1,533. Three other families were \forced from their homes in zero tempera- tures. a bar, hardware store, plumbing shop and five- and-ten. store in their first floors. Four apartments were spread across the sec- ond floors. Missing’ were Mrs. Bar- bara Gibsoén and her chil- dren: Diane, 3; David, 142, and Gary, 5.months. Firemen said the blaze started in a bar owned hy George Malin- czak, immediately below. the Gib- sons’ apartment. Malinczak esti- mated his loss at $25,000 to $30,- 000. No other loss estimates were available immediately. ue te nee eon ah spewed into the zero tempera. - tures. Only the shells of the brick build- ings were left. Cause of the blaze wasn't immediately determined, * * * Mrs. Gertrude Rankin, who oc- cupied one of the four second-story apartments with her son, Edward, 14, said she was awakened by smoke at 2:45 a.m. Mrs. Rankin, part owner of ‘a nearby restaurant, said she thought she had heard babies crying in (Continued on Page 2, Col..6) Detroit Goes Into Red Removing Heavy Snow: DETROIT (# — Detroit used up the Iast of a $500,000 snow removal appropriation and went $39,000 into the red in removing last week's 9- inch snowfall. ' The Department of Public Works said it would ask Common Coun- cil to replenish its funds to- Detroit has had 23.1 inches °of snow this winter, the most since it got 37.8 over the same period of 1951-52. Last winter there had The buildings contained PHILIP a SINGER : Red Flannels Our Advice to Pontiac Folks over Pontiac and the entire TODAY’S TEMPERATURES | a 12 p.m, 0- 6 a.m., 4 11 am, 11 2am, 1 8am. 4 12-a.m. 11 4am. 2 10am. 8 1 p.m. Il Frigid arctic air will continue to clamp an icy grasp for another two days, the Weather Bureau reports. The season's coldest weather last night helped shove | Fur Coats! Police Claim Ex-Marine Told of 3 Details Known Only to Girl’s Killer ' DETROIT (#—The signed statement of a 38-year-old bachelor was studied by police’ today in what they be- lieve may be the climax of Detroit’s most intensive manhunt, Detective Lt. Glenn Coller said Philip J. Singer signed.’ _ a formal statement admitting in detail the Jan. 2, 1953, slaying of 18-year-old JoAnn Gillespie. : The discovery of the’ girl’s body, raped and beaten, in an alley near her home, electrified De- troit at the time and has baffled police ever since, More than 6,000 persons had been questioned in the crime, (See Stories, Page 2) among them Singer, and then re- leased, Several persons have admitted to the crime, but none of their stories has held up under inves- tigation. In Singer's case, Chief Assistant Prosecutor Ralph Gar- ber said. “ I won't go out on a limb and AP Wirephete northern half of the nation Holly Couple Freed Pending Court Action The Holly couple facing a child abandonment charge for allegedly leaving of their new-born baby in ‘la wastepaper basket at Willow Run Airport were back at their Groveland Road home today with the child awaiting further court ac- tion on the incident, Glenn Terryah, 22, and his wife Patricia, 19, will both be exam- ined Jan. 31 before Ypsilanti Municipal Judge Edward D. Deake The teenage mother stood mute at an arraignment on. the charge, just as her husband had, yester- day following her release from Beyer Memorial Hospital, The baby, which has_ improved rapitily since birth last a was released by the hospital to (Continued 6n Page 2, Col. 8) . been only 12.7 inches to Jan, 15. the custody of the parents. by plane late yesterday after 10 hours of aerial and ground inspec- other southwestern states—Texas, Oklahorna and New Mexico, He| seb west and the general Great Plains But new programs in both cat-| egories are being proposed every- where Eisenhower goes on this 4,500-mile inspection tour which started from W. F “. d & 4 to’ the ctl after the Wichita conference. In Today’ s Press’ Oe SOs ae Sports RPM circ ccs cishooin Mh 5 Theaters POOP ET Fae vars 16 TV & Radio Programs ..... 3 Wilson, Earl eaten seedp vanities FIRE IN SALINE —.A mother ahd her three small children are missing in a blaze which raged ee ee block of Saline, Re cameaoapeni Flames Hit Town s Business Area AP Wirephote Mich., ,early this morning. Mrs. Barbara Gibson +the thermometer at Pon- ito House Committee gress “sidered definite but awaits final = | Rep. ir Hoffman, Michigan \delegation representative on the _|GOP" group which prepares the tiac Municipal Airport to four degrees below zero, while in downtown Pontiac the mercury plummeted to 1 above. The forecast is for a low to- night from four degres to zero, with chances of accompanying snow. Tomorrow's high is expected to range from 8 to 12 degrees. to reach zero also. Emergency road service stations continued to report a rash of calls to aid stalled cars. The entire state was in the sub-zero or zero belt this morn- and New England where the mer- cury planged to readings be- tween 20 to 50 blow zero, Back in Michigan, Bad Axe had the state’s low last night with a Wdnesday night's low is predicted) tails were. * * * put Singer on the poly- of the Homicide Bureau said: he answered, it showed a straight line. “When we asked if he killed JoAnn, the line jumped all over. “We showed him the results. We showed him he had led about the hotel, “Finally, eh said, ‘Yes, I did it. I want to.tell you all about it’,” Singer, described by Coller as a “mek and mild’ man, lives across the street from the alley where the young girl's body was found, She was on her way home from a movie calied “Appointment With Danger,” near midnight of Jan. 2, 1953. She had parted with a for .which he was arrested, pers — Dieas Plane - “SCrashesi in West Coller did Coe saat what the de- Pilot’s Parachute Fails, 2 Killed When Aircraft Plows Into Plants graph—the lie detector. The head! , 7 ® friend who accompanied her. ee eee (Continued on Page 2, Col, 6) His Job: Traffic Offenders -15, Sault Ste. Marie reported -14, Oscoda -5, Flint-4, and Grand Ma- rais-7. * * * The frigid air in the eastern half of the country was expected to bring ‘the coldest weather of the season ag far.south as Georgia and northern sections of the Gulf Coast states. © ~*~ The lowest temperature recorded in downtown Pontiac preceding 8 a.m, was 1 above..At 1 p.m., the mercury registered 11 degrees. Broomfield Named U.S, Rep. Wiliam: S. Broomfield of Royal Oak has been named to the House Committee on Public Works, ‘it wag announced today in Washington, D,.C. Broomfield’s committee assign- ment, as well as assignments of three other new Republican con- men from Michigan, is con- Republican and House approval. : , committee slates, also announced assignments of Rep. Giffin of Tra- verse City to the Educational and Labor Committee; Rep, Chamber- Nain of Lansing to the Banking Committee, and Rep, McIntosh of Port Huron to the Un- the probation of traffic offenders in the county. Michigan Secretary of State ‘for habitual negligence. - ly report of suspension and revo- yesterday revealed that following twa_tickets for driving with one (headlight and running a red light, pte Seeives Wwe aeeeing tickets, through the mails several. days have been one of his own Poor Driving Record Hits Probation Officer ‘A probation officer for traffic offenders who might cases was ruled out today by two Oakland County officials. John L. Witherup, coun ty personnel erevtr. ane and Arthur P. McKenna, chi probation officer, will ask for the resignation of Leo F. Coyle, because of his bad driving record. Coyle was hired Jan. 2 to handle from municipal and justice: courts That same day his license was for 60 days by ,the “Due to the nature of his job, we felt this was the only course,” Witherup said teday. He .and Coyle’s name turned up on week- licenses, issued by the Secretary of State. A check with -that -department/ fore _ and her youngsters lived in an apartment on the Se Subane ater, .| fairs Committees. Activitiés' and the Vetérans Af- wha ‘gree in June, Coyle, 7, lives at © 640 Fourth St. #8 nei gn Prac tle me Nov. 11 he was placed on six months . good driving behavior by the Secretary of State’s office at a re-examination hearing. His 60-day suspension followed an Oct. 29 speeding ticket in Bir- mingham. . Coyle’s $4,355 a year. position | was created after an Oakland County Circuit Court ruling that justice court probationary sen- tencées were illegal without a pro- bation officer. A student at University of Detroit where he expects to take his de- | Coyle said today he would fight som suspénsion in Lansing, if possi- — don’t intend to resign im-~ mediately if there’s anyway to get the ruling changed,” he said. He declined to discuss details be- “talking the whole thing over’ with McKenna arid Witherup. He explained, though; he had re- ceived. notice of. the suspension rat Ce Oe ee by ee eee ~_ of Zoning in Clarkston _. & Eimie Felice, owner of the Cari- give the century old landmark to the village, to be moved to a more . “suitable location. occupy 3,000 square feet of safe deposit boxes. space at the end of the center's % 2 but one abutting property |- — of the Inn has signed the ‘ae oe ew male = Pontiac Leaders the y. to law, : 0 per cent of abutting prokperty ee ee ee ee a6 on. comet (Cather Tonight : due to zoningcrestric- 4 | Mayer maward Thompson salt | Expect 500 to Attend and Seinen pot 2 ana 2 | ©. Of C. Annual Dinner,| © ae be reached be-| Installation of Officers * Other business of the council ince iiettttaminn: dite anie’ ‘the resignation of Lloyd TisGee, who has served on the '™dustrial leaders will gather Souncil for 14 years, Jerome Wil-|night at the Elks Temple for the! “ford has been appointed to fill the annual dinner meeting of the Pon-| | Today in Pontiac * Lowest temperature preceding $ a.m. above i , m.. eens ee Missoeuenes ; M.sseseewes Be soscevene mn. seer eeeee Rezoning Approved T old Joann Gillespie, $2 ; * * * = (Group Picks Manager for Automobile Show} <= The appointment of Richard I. Moore as manager of the forth- coming 1957 Auto Show was an- ~ * LJ * _ The show is scheduled to take place Feb. 1, and 3 at the Oliver Motor Sales service building. Ac- cording to planners, some 70° new models will be displayed by deal- ers belonging to the association. Phony Check Bounds by Township Board The Waterford Township board rec- ceomemintion Wo tusehe 17 ts tal A Port the township from residential to commercial at last night's regular meeting. on and a report by that committee will be presented at the next meet- ing. Commission Meeting Set Over to Wednesday The regular Tuesday night meet- ing of the Pontiac City Commission jwill not be held tonight, so that -\commissioners and city officials may. attend the annual dinner meeting of the Pontiac Area Cham- ber of Commerce. The meeting will be held tomor- : Wind velocity 5 m.p.h. row night at 8. Against Port Huron Man Huron man, John M. Carman, 40, of 220 N. Watkins St., yesterday pleaded guilty to uttering and publishing a $10 check in Pon- tiac drawn on a Port Huron bank careers when they leave school. view Pontiac High's facilities and visit Pontiac High School Education. On Nov. 29 of last year, GM Executives to Observe City High School Facilities a series of Visitation Days between Industry and Pontiac Public Schools spent the day at General Motors: tomorrow in the second of; 20 administrators from the and seeking the answers to better preparation of stu- dents for facing industrial . The industrial executives will Truck visiting executives Stern Penalties for Union Battle where he had no account. é aa * oe . ' Carman was remanded to Oak-| Jan, 21. | Two on Probation for Area Breakins Circuit Judge Clark J. Adams yesterday sentenced two men who pleaded guilty Dec, 26 to breaking into a White Lake Township home at 3701 Ormand Rd. earlier that month, : * Ls * Leroy Howard, of 10200 Mill Rd.,' ‘Milford was placed on probation for three yars. William Shoults, of 4656 White Lake Rd., Davisburg was placed on probation two years. They were assesed $150 court costs ach, No Penalty on Taxes Paid in Next 5 Days Pontiac taxpayers have through next Monday, Jan, 21, to pay their 1956 county taxes without penalty, | ¢ DETROIT (INS)—Four years . , - six hundred suspects in the “Big Black Book” . . . fifteen hundred men questioned .. , fourteen phony confession. And then—‘‘We've got the right man. We’re sure, Real This was the opinion today of Detective Lt. Glenn coller and his partner, Detective Lt. William E. Sheedy as they discussed the con- fession of the murdered of 18-year- Collier, 44, has been on th De- ‘troit police force since 1936 and thas been a dtective since 1945. to him, murder is an old story. 4 4 }! He wrangled a killing confession 55 out of the “Jolly Milk Man” — “tae |John P, Lange—in the 1954 slaying jot steel company xecutive John W. Mattson, » Lt. Colter was also a key fig: ure In the conviction of Mrs. Victoria Hermiz ang her secret boyfriend, Maurice Hamilton, in the murder of her grocer-husband last year. And he was assigned to the Gil- lespie slaying from the very start. Sheedy, 38, joined the force in 1941; became a detective in 1948; a lieutenant in 1965. He was assigned to the detective bureau desk in headquarters’ un until with Duty Pays O# in Long Patience citations; Shédy; 6. -—. ar eye: “This is thet Driving While Drunk result of police cooperation.” | Dumon S. Littlejohn, 43, of 39 eae St. rday was freed un- veel would take any personal/ ger $309 sentencing of the most baffling in Detroit his-|!" = CORT SA, SF os 8 tory. men, credit to ~ oe Little ty. before opheerePe office the Circuit Judge Clark J. Adams bureaus. Their boss, Inspector Thomas Co- chill didn’t agree ntirely, He said: “Solving that case got to be an first with Coller, then July of last year,, then, on his own |request, went to homicide. He ro ‘ vs 4 , rene off. We're proud of them 7B . Thir dedication to Sentence 4 County Men on Jurisdiction Fight at Grand Blanc in May: Four Oakland County men were among a half-dozen officials of De- troit Riggers Local 575 who were heavily sentenced yesterday for their part in a bloody battle over union jurisdiction at the Grand Sentenced by Genesee County Circuit Judge Philip Elliott to serve from two to a maximum. four years at Southern Michigan State Prison were Thomas P. Donovan, 21, of Hazel Park ana Nicholas Co- va, 34, of Madison Heights, both charged with felonious assault. Donovan is steward of the le- cal and Cova is business agent. C, Allen, ake Jack Kierdort, 32, of Lake Orion; charged with conspiracy to molest, was fined $1,000 or six months and placed on probation three years. They and two other men sen- tenced today for the same fight had all pleaded guilty to the charges Nov. 8. . - * * * In passing the heavy sentences, Judge Elliot declared, “Jurisdic- /Swept by Flames. line fireman whose family occupied one of the second-story apartments, said he was sitting in the kitchen fire alarm go off. ‘ens and his wife, Rosalie, and 16- -|by deputies in a preliminary| look in searching the ruins. Ice glazed the scehe and heavy black smoke still poured from the ruins far into_the ‘morning. FIREMAN ESCAPES Lather Dicks, 39, a part-time Sa- > when he heard the community's Racing to get his ‘fire-fighting clothes, Dicks said he discovered smoke billowing into his apart- ment. He awakened his wife, Betty, 35; \sons, Larry, 11, and Carl, 4, and his mother, Mrs. Minnie Dicks, 66, and led them out.— * LJ * Dicks said he tried to get into the Gibson apartment but smoke drove him back, The fourth family, Rodney Ow- year-old daughter, Roseann, also escaped from the upstairs apart- ments. might possibly have been a city plow They did, however, authorize City Manager Harold Schone to within. the alley to permit a wider paving area in the future. * * ca The Ruth Shain International Relations class resumed its activi- ties at the Community House to- day, after a holiday recess, Professor Preston Stasson, head of the history department at the University of Michigan, spoke on “1 Presbyterian’ Chureh nn as Missionary society ipa. 5) Declares War ht iva ON Capone, Gunman Coe pa an a H y, “it 'just| the FBI, were -in an = Downtown Saline | ,.Now tmey,rezrettully say. “it sus] he Tlopement—and ‘this sade it . * * * Martin Durkin, killer was -captured a little more than three months after his gun felled Special Agent Shanahan. He ad- One of the FBI's strangest: cases in this era had nothing to do It in- Police Find No Car - Broke Ice at Teeple A thorough investigation at Tee- ple Lake in White Lake Township Monday cleared up any possibility that'a car had gone through the ice about one-eighth mile from’ shore Sunday night, the Oakland County Sheriff's Department ‘said today, ; Detectives Don Francis and Jack with two ice fishermen, yesterday and found no trace of any vehicle after probing an area\ 40 feet square with long poles. The water is 13 feet deep at the spot where a large hole had been discovered The investigators reported a close check of the car tracks found at the area near the Ford Road Pontiac Deaths Mrs. Herbert Clemence Mrs. Herbert (Anna T.) Clem- ence, 79, of 360 Auburn Ave. died early this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Richard her daughter, Mrs. Richard (Thelma) Wright? 31 Alice Ave. She had been ill several months. She was born on Feb. 22, 1877 jin Burnside to Michael and Jean- Davis conducted a long search| it. Wingert. Mrs. Clemence came to Pontiac with her hushand in 1918 from Brown City where she was martied April 21, 1907. A member of the First Method- ist Church, she was active in the Leah Circle Class of her church. Besides her husband, she leaves her daughter, Mrs. Wright; three sons, Orby, Leland and Cecil, all and the Booster e including the general staff, the infantry, munition and air force! Tt happened in 1926.. A warning reached the FBI that Maj. Gen. Enrique Estrada was recruiting and training on American soil a revolutionary army to be used for an invasion of Mexico. The general had fled to Cali- fornia in 1924 after an abortive effort to overthrow the Obre government. : ( Estrada depended not on the great muntions makers to supply the necessary arms—but on a local hardware company. “ The hardware which Gen. Es- trada ordered included 400 Spring- -| field rifles and 150,000 rounds of .30 caliber ammunition, two Marlin machine guns, 5,000 rounds of machine-gun ammunition, 300 pounds of dynamite, and pipe fittings and sheet fron suitable for do-it-yourself aerial bombs. _ Resident Pleads Guilty of liquor. He had been convicted of the same charge within the past year, : ' . Denmark has revised its textile Thils is one of a series of ar Tax Return. ° a , It you are not premium that applies to the current ing to the rented part are deductible. For example, if you rent half of deducted against the rental income. duty -schedule, increasing most ‘items, Schedule G when preparing your 1956 ae ee ° Internal Revenue Service to help you prepare your Income Further information on income tax problem: ble, panes. at the Internal Revenue Service. otniee Bote We Huson ticles prepared by the U. S. hind them were done today will have some effect : rby, SMALL AIR FORCE in hal tion and use of csi Gpelvtetiy' sae ation and « brotier "john yGneet at Estrada and his staff had on force.” on the and then backed off Detroit. ’ . order an air force of four Ryan \ Eleven men were injured in the jaain. 7 "| Service will be at 10 a.m. Thurs-| ™0noplanes complete with three club and chain-swinging melee | day from the Pixley Funeral Home,|@Vitors; an armored task force which developed over moving of | New Zealand is- said to export |400 West Fifth St., Rochester. The|f two 22 ton armored trucks; machinery at the plant, There (more cheese than any other/Rev. Paul T. Hart, her pastor,|®"4 & supply train of five used was evidence, the judge sald, |country, and also exports almost will officiate with burial follow-| ‘Tucks. — that Cova and Donovan both |as much butter poundage as that |ing in Evergreen Cemetery, Brown| The advance echelon of the were “armed and seriously beat of Denmark. City. : ‘invasion army rolled out of Los others” in the battle. The evi- | | 4 Angeles on Aug. 14, composed of dence was, he said, that Allen p= two trucks loaded with arms and had directed part oi the fight. : i , ammunition, and an automobile. ren ueremoare®:| Your Income Tax | ats cette * * * x DO YOU RECEIVE RENT? : engaged in selling real estate. to customers, but receive rent from property owned or controlled by you, the total amount received is included in gross income. You are entitled to various deductions such as depreciation, taxes, interest, repairs, or maintenance. Insurance is also deductible, but ofly the portion of the year. ett If only part of your property is rented, only the expenses pertain- your home, and you live in the other half, only half of the depreciation and other expenses can be Minor repairs are deductible, but the cost of major improve- ments, such as 4 new roof or remodeling, are not — they are re jrytign, covered through-depreciation. If you have rental income — you need. om, to &t. Next day, assembled in Los Angeles, num- bering some 115. Off went the convoy toward the Mexican border. The ammunition train reached the rendezvous point on schedule and waited for the arrival of the generaj staff and the troops. But the enemy, infiltrating and at- tacking from the rear, overran the entire train without a shot fired. In the busy hours that fol- lowed. officers captured the gen- eral,”his ground forces, his armor and his air force, picking them off piecemeal, as military men Copyright , ’ . :/ Marder by Proxy.) armor, artillery, am- ~ Estrada’s main army say. ‘And so ended a dream of revo.” 1987 by Don Whitehead ~~ ene and the at aati il | ‘Sawehuk Named Goalie ONTREAL » — Three Detroit Red Wings, two Montreal Cana- ‘diens and goalie Terry Sawchuk of the Boston Bruins were selected for the Natiorial Hockey League) No, 1 all-star team in voting, an-| | nounced today, for the “first half _ of the qeteon. Three players were unanimous choices of ‘the hockey writers, | — broadcasters and _ telecasters | from the six NHL cities. Center | dean. Harvey of Montreal ‘and ~< Peug’ Harvey of Montreal and.| right-winger Gordie Howe of De troit received the 99 possible points, Others voted to. the first all-star - Points - were awarded on the basis of five for a first choice, three for a second and one for a the: first and second teams, The second team, based on the rsthalt™ Detroit; defense: Dough Mohns Boston, and Bill Gadsby, New| York; center, Norm Ullman, De- DON’T DELAY! * 3 Red Wikes Selected’ on NHL All-Star Team | ~ team were defenseman Red Kelly) The combined points will deicde troit; right Maurice Richard, Montreal; wre Dickie Moore, oe “ ; Fontine Préss Photo “BALL OF FIRE” — A fiery competitor for the Avondale High School basketball team is speedy Fred Hyten, who will be a key figure in tonight's Oakland -B League battle with Lake Orion ns DO IT NOW! Dial FE 8-820! 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The loser’s John Collins \picked up 13. * * * In ‘tonight’ s contest at Crary, Philgas tries to tie Drayton Drug place by beating Matthews- argreaves. Game time is 7:15. - land ro area, pave {pected to be an interesting area | “By BILL CORNWELL The renewal of a sizzling Sub- jheadline tonight's light high school basket’ program in the Oak- tana nara we ult- : M ickey Man ‘ ‘Sultan of Swat’ Crown BALTIMORE 7 — Mickey Man- ‘tle, modern day slugger of the New York Yankees,'was awarded -ha-eréWn-lest-night-named.atter. the perentent baseball’ slugger of all Ruth Sultan of Swat" crown by the annual ‘ ‘Tops. in Sports" ban- leagues in hitting, .353, home runs, ~—+52,-ant- runs batted in, 130, last| season. ° Mantle \was given a_ standing ovation by a sellout crowd of mare than’ 1,000, as was Olympic sprint star Bobby Morrow. Morrow, who\picked up three gold medals at the Olympic games in Melbourne in November, was cited as ‘Sportsman, of 1956"" by Sports Ilustrated magazine, |. Other awards went to: : Sal Maglie, pitcher of the Brook- lyn Dodgers, ‘Comeback of the Year;"’ Frank Lary, Detroit Ti- gers, “Winningest Pitcher of* the American League;"" Sherman Lol- lar, Chicago White Sex, ‘“‘Top De- Oakland's Two Leading Wrestling Teams Meet Oakland County's two foremost prep wrestling teams clash headon at Hazel Park tomorrow when the |Vikings play host to the strong | Berkley contingent in what is ex- battle, Both have lost their only matches to. state powers thus far. Hazel Park has a 2-1 record with the 'setback administered by Ann Ar- | bor. The Bears are 3-1 with the only loss to Lansing Sexton. Both have won all their other outings handily. | Senators Sign 3 More WASHINGTON — The Wash- ington Senators announced today that three more players have) signed contracts for 1957. They are shortstop Jose Valdivielso, in-| movable, - louvered shutters add new charm to fielder Tony and Rookie pitcher Ralph Groves, up from Chatta-|s nooga, } i ¥ achievement. " He led both major}. 1tle Bverded Seen oe anor ese fensive’ Catcher;"* Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox, “Outstanding Hurler of the American * League;”| and_Catcher Gus: Teiand. “Most /¢ | Valuable Oriole. ————_ ke Iremen crewn for “outstanding ‘betting! Jackie Robinson Takes Up His New Job, Sends Letter to Giants NEW YORK ® — All was quiet today in the household of Jackie Robinson, baseball star turned business executive. ; * * * The famed Brooklyn Dodger in- sured peace by formally retiring from baseball- yesterday and re- porting for duty as vice president of personnel for a - restaurant chain, * * Jackie's retirement drew an au- dience of reporters and - photog- raphers to his new business of- fice where he dictated a letter to th New York Giants officially re- questing his retirement. 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Co. ....12. “TToledo Edison Co. .. Wayne Screw Pd. Co. .... *Ko sale; bid or asked “it Brief Strike Holds Up CHICAGO POULTRY CHICAGO, Jan. 14 (AP). — § : $ a! ti eet Le among 14 Pontiac-area Mills Bakery drivers cited § -Heinning, and DAY, JANUARY 15, 1957 _ e eee * es _ (extreme right) Mayor William WATERFORD TOWNSHIP — Service for Walter Hedlund, 60, of 136 Olive St., who died in his home Sunday, will be held at 2 p.m, Wednesday from the Christ s forward il-|Lutheran Church. The Rev. Arvid E, Anderson will officiate, Burial will be in Oakland 's Memorial Gardens, The body is presently at Donelson - Johns Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Mary; two daughters, Mrs, Greta Swan- son, Linnea Ann and one son, Arvid W., all of Pontiac. Also sur- viving is a brother, Jack of Pon- tiac and one sister of Sweden, Wil M. Barnes ROYAL OAK—Service for Will M. Barnes, 91, of 615 Frederick St., who died at. his home yester- day, will be held from the J. H. Spiller Funeral Home at 3 p, m. officiate, with burial in Oakview Cemetery. Mr. Barnes is Survived by his wife Carrie; two sons, Roy V. of Royal Oak and Milton of Ypsil- anti; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Osgood of Royal Oak and Mrs. Walter Burnard of Troy. Also sur- viving are 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Francis Coleman 4\be held on from held at Allens Funeral Wednesday at 8:15 p. m. ~ two brothers, all in Scotland. B... 7 tie 42.1) -- §3'4 County Teachers Go ** 23 to MEA Conference Four county teachers represent- MEA at St. Marys Lake near Bat- tle’ Creek this past weekend, were Mrs. Mildred Williams, of Butson, librarian at Ayondale Jun- High school and president of Avondale Education — Assn; Helen Harding, also home- bound teacher for the county. About 200 MEK leaders from the attended the meeting. Major was Dr, Glenn E. Snow, assistant executive secretary of the NEA. Admits Splitting Loot ziin Market Holdup. A Royal Oak man, Gerald Hub- ior the and Hubble, of 120 Pingree St. plead- - guilty before Circuit Judge J. Adams to a_ reduced receiving stolen prop- ittedly the getaway car 2 ‘t i Hi i : at E , %, of 68 Putnam B eng ret! gaz? | William Beaumont Hospital, will “ Joseph Church at 10 .a. m. The Rev. Fr. George E. Ging will of ficiate with burial in St. Joseph section of East Lawn Cemetery. weekend's receipts. Recitation of the rosary will be} Home on’ Mr. Coleman is survived by his wife Jessie and three sisters and in 1953 Holdup Thompson. Awaits Trial; 3 Already Imprisoned in Fox & Hounds Theft Returned to Michigan to face charges as the alleged fourth the Fox & Hounds Inn in Bloom- field Hills on Nov. 30, 1953, Andrew mpson, 34, yesterday stood mute at his Circuit Court arraign- ment. . ° . : Judge Clark J. Adams entered member of a gang that held up i \@ plea of innocent and remanded to Oakland County Jail under $10,000 continued bond. i lcution witness. ‘ Sullivan confessed the crime, implicating two others. Prison, and John Graham, 31 |bookkeeper, Peter Larson, morning. The money was Episcopal Auxiliary Elects New Officers North Branch Couple Announce Engagement \cinity. : Sherry J. Bannow ‘Betrothal Announced | UTICA — Mr. and Mrs. Charles) Bannow of 7590 St. John St, here’ . announce the engagement of their B d Ay 5 H daughter, Sherry Joann -to Donald) a e fore it Mandley. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Mandley of 50820 Mile End here. No. date has been set ;,|for the wedding. & 5 To Represent Ortonville ' ORTONVILLE — OES Chapter | 286 here: has elected three dele- |gates to represent them at a spe- | cial session of the Order of Eastern Star in Grand Raapids on today and Wednesday of this week. The representatives will be Mrs, Horac ,and Mrs. Wilmur Kilbourn, ‘Versatiles’ to Meet It is expected Thompson will be | tried on in armed robbery charge | Wednesday. Rev. John Rase will| within a month, with-one of his | ‘alleged partners as the chief prose- | They are Charles Clark, 33, serving: 20-40 years in Jackson , serving 10-20 years. They were LAKE ORION—Service for convicted on Sullivan's testimony. Francis Coleman, 64, of 857 Pine| Thompson was extradited from | Grove, who died yesterday in Chicago to face the charge he and | the three others took $5,600 from | St.|the inn safe, after tying up the) and* * NORTH BRNCH — Mr. and \Mrs. August Summersett of Sil-| |verwood announce the engage-| ment of their daughter, Janet Ann, | to Rex Curell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Curell of this vi- - AVON TOWNSHIP — The Ver- ecently for-their safe driving records. They total Donaldson. Drivers are (I-r) Fred Cope, Jim Ut-’ ‘0 years of nccident-free driving. Offering co ‘Tey, Johir Brooks, Jini Richa “County Deatis —Arraign dth Man lie Discloses | . me ae Arraign 4th Man Note Exchange With Macmillan TUCSON,. Ariz. W} — President Eisenhower today made public an exchange of messages with Great Britain's new Prime. Minister—an exchange pledging continued per- sonal friendship and obviously looking to the bolstering of Angln- American unity. LJ we * The exchange with Harold Mac- millan, who last week succeeded Anthony Eden as chief of Brit- ain’s government, was put out in Tucson shortly before the Presi- drought damaged areas of the Southwest. * * # “I send my wasrmest- congratu- lations to you on becoming Prime Minister of the Unitea Kingdom," Macmillan, iquainted during World War It. | Neither Eisenhower nor Macmuil- The partner is Ted Sullivan, (lan, in his reply, made any men-) 32, whe is serving a 5-20 year (tion of the possibility of a face-to- | prison term in Marquette State [face meeting. There has been Prison, Demand Dulles Furnish Proof. dent left on a further tour of messaged with whom he became well ac- 3 Units Join in Parade rod ? Brucker, cae tn Waster ton Jan. 21 will inc’ individuals and * * * Ss. _ “Interest is extremely high,” said Norman 0. Stockmeyer of _| Wayne, chairman of the Michigan inaugural committee. People are going to Washington by car, train 20 as’ well as the inauguration.” Michigan units marching in. dion, and Ed hery ee ee sociation of Letter Carriers | Band. . Ranking figures in the Michigan delegation will include Postmaster General Arthur A. Summerfield, ude more than, ygome.- te... attend, events scheduled for Jan. 19 andjPl Tears Springfield Township. : if your Driving with no operator's li- eense on her person cost Elizabeth Allen, 27, of 188 Earlmoor Bivd., $10. in fine and costs Monday. She leaded guilty before Springfield” °°” Township Justice Emmett C. Leib. Bob BR. Sewood, 30, Flint, was friend's in jail and needs 5-0424 or MA 5-4031. Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker and Sen. Charles E. Potter. be Top Michigan GOP organiza- tional figures will include State Chairman. John Feikens and Clif- ford O'Sullivan, National Commit- teeman. * * @ @ Michigan residents attending the inaugural will be welcomed at a luncheon Jan. 19 sponsored by the ington. County Births i | WASHINGTON «®—Some Dem- \oecratic senators demanded today | that Secretary of State Dulles fur-' nish proof of his contention that the Communist threat to the Mid-| ‘\dle East is the most dangerous: “we have faced over the past 10 2 years." ORION-OXFORD—New officers) They insisted tha for the St. Alfred’s Episcopal Aux-) ‘ a iliary elected recently are: Mrs. Richard Morgan, -president; Mrs. Emily Dalgleisch, vice president; Z}ing area chapters of the Michigan Mrs. Alfred Howey Jr., secretary, Education Assn. attended the mid- year leadership conference of the urer. ; Mrs. E. R. Hawkins and Mrs.|" Morgan will be sent as delegates Attending from Oakland ogee bs represent the group at the forces if any free nation of the |Middle East seeks such aid to combat .open Communist aggres- sion there. He also has asked for’ military and economic offered no such evidence. * * @«@ special | aid. Snate Majority Leader Lyndon B, Johnson of Texas told Dulles he spoke in “generalities” yester- day, Dulles promised more de- tails at closed sessions, saying |““for security reasons.”* | * * * | Most Republican members of ithe committees refrained from _comment, although Senate Repub- | jlican Leader Knowland of Cali- {fornia called Dulles’ — testimony ' helpful.” by $100,000 Blaze BAD AXE, @— Fire raced through a downtown furniture store yesterday ed $100,000 Ganage. * * By coincidence, William Collon, reported he was talking with a representative of his insurance firm at the store. The insurance lon said. | Firemen from nearby communi- ties aided Bad Axe firefighters in battling ‘the blaze for about two hours. Cause of the determined, * * * The first floor of the two-story brick ‘structure collapsed into vou om WORRIED O Member American Association of Credit Counsellors Let 9 ¥ ears of Credit Counselling experience assist you" Hours: Daily 9 to 5, Wed. & Sat. 9 to 1. Evenings by App't. * _. MICHIGAN “CREDIT COUNSELLORS 41% 5. Seginaw FR eons =. * Above Onklond Theater : Senators Ask Secretary |, to Back Up Contention two waitresses early on a Monday! of Mideast Danger the | Dulles was recalled for a second, day of questioning at a public, hearing of the Senate Foreign Re- lation Armed Services com-/ ] and Mrs. William Sheenan, treas-|mitters. President Eisenhower is asking standby ‘authority .to use U.S, | some. information was guarded night on Wednesdey evening, at 8, Michigan State Society of Wash-| oe . WALUABLE FACTS. 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