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41.1.14 1 6 THE WEATHER GAZETTE 1 CHILLICOTHE A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Information and Enjoyment For Every Member of THE FAMILY ScatUtred showers tonight. sun. day sums cloudiness, cooler. Friday 113-38; 6aturday a. Oldest Newspaper in the United States West of the AllegheniesEstablished 1800Three Years Older Than the State of Ohio 14 PAGES 6 CENTS CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1951 VOL.

151, NO. 126 rM I-'4-J NUT A IP 171347i 0 'U an). West Given Pursue Faithful Old 'Dobbins' to Yield Milk Routes to Trucks on June Clay Replica Casts Doubt on lberville Rock More Power In Dem Ranks DENVER, May Foe Across 38th Parallel Mike and Bill Last of Their Kind in City By BtRBARA BOLMER KALFS Historical Society To Seek Outside Analysis of Tablet Receipt of a clay of the Iberville "rock" 1 WI -i- ow 4', 1 u. .44 it ii 1 A 1 ,......4.00. 1 I 1: 4 I it 4" ti 1 4111, 411111 ,,,.7 5 )4''' -tor -A 7" 1., oi, 1, t.

:1 i 4 ...) i (-: .1 it I Democrats gave the west a I stronger voice in the choice Enemy Surrendering at Chicago of their 1952 presi- I Unprecedented dential candidate as they chal- Numbers, Says Yank lenged the Republicans today TOKYO, May 26--(AP) on foreign policy. The reapportionment of dele- i Allied tank-infantry columns gates, approved by the party 's swarmed into Red Korea all national committee in a one-day along the 125-mile battlefront session here yesterday, gave Cali-1 i and leneinngotcpourfirmsuuitniosftsb.eaten ft(1)1renila21340 atdodit(emarlepvroetseetvedut in I the nominating convention the They were stepping up hourly week July 21, 1952 1 the pace of the all-out offensive o. proclaimed Friday by their corn- Other states with gains includ- ed Colorado, Florida, Iowa. Ohio, mender, Lt. Gen.

James A. Van Wisconsin and Wyoming. four I Fleet. each, and Texas, Virginia and AP Correspondent Jan Becker Washington two each. I said it appeared the Allied corn- 54 Votes for Ohio I wanders "were striking a daring Ohio will have 54 votes in the blow for victory." convention.

Based on populatio 1 Co in mmunists were surrendering "unprecedented" numbers, and 1948 election results, these Becker reported in a front dis- added votes will be offset by losses in states which failed to I ed troops jammed the roads return to President i to the north in pell-mell right. I They had abandoned their tact(' Truman in 1948 and thus lost of waiting until nightfall to move. planes hammered at these their "bonus" of four delegates each. States which lost in the Allied 1950 population census were not wide open targets; penalized by the committee's de-1 Officer Amazed by the Gazette, Friday, damp. I Delivery of milk via the reened some of the enthusiasm liable, motorless "oatsmobilen of local historians for the 1699 I Will be a thing of the past for stone" found on a Scioto Chillicotheans come June 1.

river bank April 29. On or about that date, the Chillicothe Pure Milk Co. will The clay reproduction, seiit to write 'finis" to another colorful the Gazette by the Shearwater Pottery of Ocean Springs, chapter in American life--deliv is identical in size and outline to ermg milk by horse-drawn wag- the tablet picked up back of the ons Troy Klepinger, president of aluminum plant by Pearl M. San- the company, reported that lord when he was skipping rocks two new trucks will replace the across the river, familiar wagons Col. David McKell, past presi- Although the change deals with the dent of the Foss County Histor- ever-advancing machine age write 'finis" to another colorful the Gazette by the Shearwater chanter in American life--deliv- Pottery of Ocean Springs, ermg milk by horse-drawn a is identical in size and outline to ons, Troy Klepinger, president the tablet picked up back of the of the company, reported that aluminum plant by Pearl M.

San- two trucks will replace the ford when he was skipping rocks across the river, familiar wagons. Although the change deals with Col. David McKell, past presi- the ever -advancing machine age dent of the Ross County Histors Woman, Bound To Bed, Slain In Madhouse Bizarre Murder Bared in Cleveland State Hospital CLEVELAND, May 26 (AP) A violently insane aged woman at Cleveland State hospital beat another patient to death with the heel of a slipper as she lay strapped to her bed, it was disclosed today. The murdered woman Miss Elizabeth Parsons, 82, of Oberlin, O. Miss Parsons was beaten early yesterday but did not die until today.

The hospital deemed to disclose the name of the killer, other than to describe her as about 80 and "completely irresponsible." Dr. Charles Waltner, clinical director, said she had delusions that Miss Parsons was "after her." Attendants Resign Two attendantsMrs. Willa Holmes and Mrs. Louis Carothers have resigned as a result of the incident, said Dr. Waltner.

They were responsible for the floor on which the murder took place. The mental patients occupied adjacent beds in Pellow cottage at the hospital. Dr. Waltner said there were 250 patients; in the cottage and called this "bad overcrowding." The women attendants should have made their tour of inspection separately rather than together, Dr. Waltner said.

Homicide Detectives Harold Lockwood and Vincent Morrow have requested that the murderer be transferred to Lima state hospital for the criminal insane-. In such cases as these, no prosecution it given consideration. Miss Parsons forehead had been cut and required several stitches. Her face was bruised and discolored from hemorrhages, Dr. S.

R. Gerber, Cuyahoga coroner, said. She had been in the hospital only April 30. He announced the death as a murder. (4,,," ff ii.

It if '1 '-i- i s. A 4., 411 ti 11,10 71 i kr iii i sASsic 4 1.. se-40sis S'S so i 4' ical society, Eugene D. Rigney this story really belongs to Mike i and Bill, the last of a long iline director of the museum, and Fred of noble dobbins, known as the ickle 4 R. Keeler, geologist and county i agent, compared the clay replica milkman best with the Sciot river find.

i Mike to Go 'Home'. Last of the milk horses in Chillicothe are Bill, left, and Mike, shown with drivers and Queen ao 1 Mike, a 17-year-old part Arab- Dave Mallen. The two horses are being retired by the Chillicothe Pure Milk Co. after long service- Variations Detected Ian, will end his 11-year career (Gazette photos by Clyde Porter.) Some slight variations in the 1 as an A-I milk deliverer by re- lettering and in depressions on turning to the scene of his youtn the surface were detected and i on the J. B.

Grimes farm near 17 the tablets are not of the same i Kinnikinnick Klepinger eniors thickness. bought Mike from Mr, Grimes The three observers came to 1 who said that whenever the Graduated at the conclusion that if the Scioto i horse's usefulness ended, he ha assesswasos tablet is ve a cl been ay reproduction Clarksburg 1--'i it 1, would like to have the privilege must made from a I of providing a "retirement pas- --1 1 different mold than the one sent 1 ture." '''k, it I .0 from Mississippi. During his years of steady sent- Greetings by way of transcrip- Je. 4 .0. j.

State Geologist John Melvin ice, Mike has delivered an aver-1 tion from a former superintendent fil, si and four other geologists at Ohiol age 425 quarts of milk a day on! who ser turn of at the tu of the 1'. I ii State university had examined the No. I Route, west of the Nor- I century, were heard Friday night I 1. 's ,4 I', A 1 the Scioto tablet and declared it 1 folk and Western railroad to when commencement exercises to be stone rather than pottery. 'Hickory street, Always ready to I were conducted at Clarksburg i tp is, Still not convinced that it sn't go Mike practically runs the I's high school.

s'! i1 li iti stone, the historical society rep- route for his driver, Dave Stat. The voice Was that the Rev. 4 I se, resentative's plan to send the fan of 348 East Second street, John W. Reynolds of Newport, s- tablet to some disinterested genl- some Miracle. bores ses Me.s supeeintendent at Clarks- ogist from olif of the state for 1 deny acquired the faculty of burg from 1890 to 1903.

There was 0 1 further examination. speech, Mr. Klepinger said, Mike also a reading by Mrs. Reynolds, i 11. A In a letter to the Gazette, Mrs.

would be an invaluable driver who is a Clarksburg graduate. I i -I' -1 Peter Anderson of the Shear- trainer. Mr. Reynolds is now 90, water Pottery at Ocean Springs Bill Is Showman Rev. Weir Speaks 1 AV said 1 Bill, a 12-year-old part per The Rev.

Harold B. Weir of 1 I In about 19'25 the original di. cheron, is the cut-up of the duo. Chillicothe gave. the commence- s' 0, the small stone which you have i He has a streak of sho wmanship ent 'address.

His subject was I so lately 'discovered' was un- that has provided many a laugn "What Are You Li A ving For He ss' lt 2 --i, earthed in this town on the s.te for folks his route, Which obser 4 ved that the world is in a of old Fort Maurepas, thus poi covers the downtown area from sordid state and in need of youthing that our small city ayes the Mulberry west to Hi street. I leadership. A the -v, ree nswering first landing place of the French With the nonchalance of a sea- question posed by his subject, in this section. This stone is now I soned comedian, Bill will stop in the speaker said "Love of life, in the Cabildo Museum in New I front of a house, calmly cross his through God, is what you are livOrleans and is a marble slab left front leg over the right and I ing for." about two by three feet. I rest his hoof on the curbstone.

Seventeen seniors received di- Replicas Made in 1939 I All the while, be is gazing specu- plomas from Pryor. B. Timmons, 'vka 'In 1939 it was decided to give latively about the neighborhood. superintendent. Medals for schol- a pageant here depicting the land- I At almost every stop, the comic arship were given five honor trig of Ihreville.

We were asked to dobbin pulls this stunt. 1 students, James Masson, Wilma do a replica of the old stone for 1 His driver, Harold Queen of a Stuckey, Ethel Walls, Bill, the cut-up of the dairy horses, frequently crosses his legs souvenirs which we did. This 1 961 Columbus street, has had I Georgia Gregg and Ada Jo Sow- and places a hoof on the curb tviille be waits for the driver to small clay tablet was worked up eight years on this route, just era. In addition Ada Jo Sowers return. by James McC.

Anderson and was two more than Bill. Mr. Queen I and Joan Bowdle Hawkins were made by the hundreds from a I and Bill are the best of friends given track medals. i Music small press mold so that the, until the last of the average daily was by graduates and eaper ozen ig Ch Dht "stones" were slightly varying as! 500 bottles are delivered. Then, former graduates under direction I to thickne of Miss 011ie Ater, Mrs.

Ralph ss. It is made from clay i Bill takes the bit in his teeth and I CHS Senior Class Playgoers Mosvbrav and Mrs Glen Aer with a mad scuffle of hooves, is I (Please Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) off for the home stables at the 1 sang a duet as did Wendell! 1 Morrison and John Martin rear of the East Seventh street! Jr. Chillicothe high school seniors. with youthful zip and freslmess, plant.

During these wild rides! 1Mr. Queen sometimes ex periencesi Georgia Gregg and Dort Furniss, I played piano solos; Mrs. John .1 G1 ar in 1, an rs en 1 n-e ented et comed three "Cheaner Bv the DO7en" before an appreciative audience I that almost filled CHS auditorium Friday night, la feeling akin to that of the Ro- a an eer. man 'ot. et and A ith-father'' theme the lay 1 Ater a vocal u' h-ay with a life "-w iliell LlidA co, gi 1 .0, i A IMMMINIMil wm.

4., 1 4 r- 1 11 A i 'A 1 tt''' 4 1.. A i' 1. i- .4. 1 i i'' 4 Collins Says Mac Violated son, Alabama, Connecticut, Dela-, like it before," a L. S.

8th Army ware, Louisiana, New briefing officer said. He added, Hampshire, New Jersey, New "Amazing York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and The Allies too had abandoned South Carolina each lost four i their maneuver of the slow ad- delegates. Maryland and Mich-. Vance. They slammed across the igen lost two votes each.

border into Red Korea in a half-The 1,230 total was four less; dozen places, Athed troop, were then ve rin tTrheuml9a4t8li north shifting int0 high gear in their ward thrust from the Yel- was nominated. low Sea to the Sea of Japan. 2 The shift in voting power cut 1 There were so many Chinese convention 1 into the big state hold on the dead on some hills, ore officer party convention, as represented: said, "You had to be careful not by New York Pennsylvania. to step on them." California moved above i U. S.

doughboys rammed up the which stood stationary a at -CHtiain central Korean highway 1 votes, 1 of captured Chunchon As an indication that the tin a pouring real and red crate are willing to go all-out in, about two miles beyond the 38tn support of President Truman's parallel, program for fighting a limitedi Red opposition was light as war in Korea, William M. Boyle i the infantry column stabbed the national chairman, chal- in six miles of Hwachon, a ilenged Republicans to make for-; met, key Chinese bastion eight elan affairs an issue next year. miles north of the pre-war poll-The national chairman said the tical boundary, Republicans are "reluctant to aid i To the west, American and Europe but they are enthusiastic. Trench troops smashed through about getting us mired down in Chinese screening forces and the military quagmire of China, swept up the Hongchon-Inje road. where a decisive world victory The thrust opened a direct sup: could never be won." ply route to the Allied bridge, i head across the Choyang river on JCs to Collect the east-clerantpraT1 ed The link-up with the bridge- head tightened the trap on suicidal Chinese rearguard Junior Chamber of Commerce; actione to keep over a six-mile cardboard, magazine and waste route in the mountains paper drive will be held Sunday.

I near the road. 4. Ten Jaycee-manned trucks will The American- French linkup make the collection between 12.30 column knocked out Red resist-and 3 p. rn. ance along the important Hong.

James Evans, chairman of the chon-In)e road. The infantrymen proleot, said money received from captured six important tom-the waste material would be used manding the route. i to outfit a baseball team, sPon-; LT. S. Marines took "many Igored by the organization in the prisoner, who refused to tght.

Midget league. No estimate has been made of lie stated the drive would have the number of captured Chinese. a two-fold purpose: helping to al- i The officer said Allied forces leviate the shortage of waste "are taking more prisoners now paper for the war effort and as- I than ever before." sist the development of recre- i Allied fighter bombers mountation for welfare. i ed 88 sorties in rain and ground- the organization will leave from hugging The trucks and 25 members of clouds Saturday against Memorial Armory for the mmunist targets just north of t. I ma lc CAPVaSS of the city.

the front. It was the lowe4 Donors are asked to tie the i 'lumber t't vghts an 48 flown waste paper in bundles and place Ann' 2 2 it at the curb in front of their 1 B-29s struck supply cemert I home before 12:30 p. tn. rear Pyongyang, North Korean MOTHER'S 114 I Captured Chinese said some of LONDON. May 2in--Queen their comrades had committed Mary was 84 today and suicide rather than face any more she received 20 truckloads of fire power or I flowers and tele-grams be- shot by their 0All off.cers for I fore noon.

I retreating. Korea Policy. 1 WASHINGTON, May 26 tin Pa pe Sunday 1 Paper Sunday Gen. J. Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, insisted today that Gen.

Douglas MacArthur "violated a policy" in sending U. S. troops close to the Manchurian border in Korea. Gen. J.

Lawton Collins, army IWA Dr. J. R. Hull In Como After Stroke Dr. J.

R. II oss i ru I I I I tan II After Stroke WASHINGTON, May 26 tEt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins said today the Pentagon "carefully reviewed'' the idea of bombing Chinese communist bases in Manchuria last November and again in January and each time rejected it.

Collins, army chief of staff, was testifying for the second day at the Senate inquiry into the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur from his Far Eastern commands. MacArthur's public advocacy of using air power against Chinese bases, in an effort to shorten the Korean war, was one of the policy differences figuring in his HI keeper. Gloria Wills the prim schoo)teacher, and Garry Dill was as the doctor. The high school orchestra the direction of Miss Patti Thompson, played before the and during the intermissions.

The production stiff included, make-up, Miss Helen Waldont managers, Scotty Griesheimer. Jim McDermott, Don Allison 13JI Lane; prooertEes, Shirley Johnson and Jim Peters; make-up assistants, Shirley Johnson and Erdmann. When Collins was first before the senators yesterday, be was asked to get from the Pentagon full information on MacArthur's proposals that he be permitted to bomb the Red Chinese supply centers and basing points in Man. Ex-Wife Held Slaying chunk. Change Times Of Ceremonies OPS Red Tape Is Slashed For Small Goods Retailers 1 1 a trio was sung by Wendell was set in the middy blouse Bill will be sold to Tiffin Streevey, a Huntington to I vvnship 1 farmer.

Morrison and Mr. and Mrs. John and cotten-stocking-wearing 19'20s1ke, Martin Jr. The Rev. Thomas W.1 when The Shiek-' was a tune I sc 1 Taylor gave the invocation and and a moael Ford could be a 1 Mr.

Klepinger, with a hint of benediction. I hot-rod terror of the highways. 7 Dr. J. R.

Hull, 69, of 397 Laurel, regret in his announcement, re- i I Eleven members of the grad- Griesheimer Plays Dad street, a delegate of the Chillico-rported that these two horsesivating in class left by private auto' Father. played by Scotty Gries- the Lions club to the state con 1 must be retired for their I own I Saturday morning for a trip to helmer, was an efficiency expert sho vention at Akron, collapsed at safety, if nothing else. The down- Washington D. C. who assembled his brood-9 were 1:15 p.

tn. Friday, as he prepareditown traffic is increasing steadily I in the play- with a whistle and ed, to register at the Mayflower ho- rand the horses prove too slow 1 i timed them by stop-watch. His rstal tel. He was reported in a coma during the busy hours. 1 1 1 1-Year-Old Lad Drowns 1 efforts to systematize the fam- I and very serious condition Satur-1 Blacksmiths Scarce ily's movements in the interests an, day.

1 Another drawback is that Near Rocky Fork Lake i of saving time and motion-and Jot According to a telephone re-, blacksmiths, wagon makers and money-clashed with the roman- ass May 0 I port from Akron, the local den- I harness makers have almost HILLSBORO s- I 0 26---(1 tic moods and aims of the growing Jar -J tist suffered a stroke that par- i appeared from the scene. The 1 erry McCoy, 11-year- old SQA girls alyzed his left side, but since his horses must be rough shod in i of Mr. and Mrs. Oakley McCoy, The trials of boy-struck" Anne, Fork lake Rock the eldest daughter, played drowne near I removal to a hospital in Akron! winter and a blacksmith has to I the paralysis has moved to his be called immediately if a sho.slyesterday. The mishap occurred Marge Thornton, dominated the right side.

I is tossed. Mr. Klepinger also ex-110 miles southwest of here in a story, but each of the characters I 1 At his bedside is his wife, andl creek near the earthen dam for had his or her chance in the spot-1 his son, Dr. James Hull of Co- (Please Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) 1 the lake.

light and all came through to do! 11 lumbus, who arrived in Akron at cred.t to the direcor, Charles R. I 1 10 p. rn. Friday after receiv 1A notice of his father's condition. 1 Weekly Traffi Duncan.

Box Score Even, the perky white Scotty dog. who appeared in several! Dr. Hull and his wife had en- scenes performed like a veteran gal tered the hotel with a party of I (Traffic box score for the week ending May '25: last week's In the spotlight, literally, were! Chillicothe friends. They moved 1 totals in parentheses): Marilyn Moore and Don Black. I 1 up the stairway to the lobby, Police Patrol Total Their before-curtain dialogues wa Dr.

Hull chatting with those about a I him as he deposited his luggage.1 Accidents ....15 8) 11 7) 26 (15) prefaced each scene. Jane Morris was cast as the mo- wil He had moved to the clerk's desk Injured 3 3) 10 2) 13 5) th er. who until the end was over- his preparatory to registering when Killed In I shadow ed by the husband. The I tot he slumped to the floor. Arrests 4 7) 11 (25) 15 (32) children included Shirley Johni I Others in the Chillicothe dele- Warnings 100 (48) 100 (48) son.

Leon Wmget. Jim Peters, gis gation at the convention are Mr. In 'the city, 30 cars and cycles were involved in accidents; Jackie Kunstel, Sally Goodman, mc and Mrs. Arch Morrow, Mr. and Martha Rodgers, in addition to 1 ins 25 were damaged.

Thirteen tags were issued to double parkers Mrs. William Althouse, Mr. and and one to a to violator Marge Thornton. Marilyn Moore I bo: Mrs. Edward Gerlaugh, Mr.

and and Don Black. I One fatality was recorded last Saturday when Dallas KIght, Mrs. Don Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Placier was cast as Arre's1 ha 10, of 249 Douglas avenue.

was killed in a bicycle-auto trash on Dv. ight Williams. Mr. and Mrs. first hoy friend.

who quickly Orland Copley, Mr. and Mrs. Art Douglas avenue. The investigation was made by the sheriffs superseded by Lore. Martha on ,1 ma River and Lo Gant.

1 department. Jean Gerber played the house- 1'1 In cast under show stage and Jane A held her 1 was a his 1 'give ing boy i had 1 i on 1'1 COLUMBUS, 0., May 26 30-year-old mother of four was in city jail today for investi1 gation in the shotgun slaying of ex-husband. Police said Vernon Penrod. 30, killed instantly yesterday by blast from a I6-gauge shotgun while he stood in the kitchen of ex-wife' home holding their soh'. Bobby.

Police said Pcnrod had gone to his ex-wife, Ruth. 30. an allmony check and that the shoot. followed an argument. The vas not hurt.

Officers reported Mrs. Penrod bruises on her arm and legs. They also said she called police the telephone and reported, shot my WASHINGTON. May government has chepped reams of price regulation red tape off the nation's small fry.xis cernet stores. There is limited peace on the railroad laber front.

and is committee says loans and tax I8VOTS for defense are I "the biggest bonanza" ever. Other developments yesterday price rollback will cause beef in the nation's giant effort to gird! its economy for defense 3. In Chia. a stand-in for i 1. Charges before the Bouse Charles E.

Wilson, mobzation investigating commit-i et I rea a S011 st tee that General Motors Corp. got said the U. S. "will be able to 1 steel allotments from the Nal meet all the demands of global tional Production Authority while 1 warfare" by 1953. from four other firms starts Leg "lost." Wilson.

in3Liret1 his If II getting off a plane at La- i 2.. Stabilizer Eric who, Johnston told a house committee Gendie in New Yrk. wee stabilization office economists as vtatteet We reams Weil igiotat runt lo Stec CAL toi Changes in hours of Memorial observances at Grandview and Greenlawn cemeteries were n' a nounced. Saturday. by General Chairman Merton Moore The service at Grandview.

ribualistic in nature. will be con! ducted at 9 a. m. Wednesday. in.

of 10 as announced previous-I ly. Members of American Legion Posts 62 and 126 will conduct the services, The service at Greenlawn cemetery. arranged by the Spanish War Veterans. will be conducted at 10 m. instead of 9 p.

on. Speaker at Gresnlawn will be Judge E. A. Monts. of C141.bcota nuasizIp4i cams.

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