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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1939 Five Are Killed Due at Plane Base Changes Peril It Happened in Michigan Board Permits Hero to Retire Bandit Killer Asks to Quit Police Force Compromise Made on Beecher Taxes FLINT, July 17 Residents of the Beecher Metropolitan District north of Flint, protesting against a proposed taxation totaling more than the 15-mill limit they believed put in forc when they voted to Incorporate last year, effected a compromise at a meeting of the Genesee County Tax Allocation Board Monday. The metropolitan district's governing board had requested permission to levy a tax of 4.5 mills this year, which in addition to a school levy of 9 mills, county levy of 3.4 mills, would have brought the total to 18.9 mills, exclusive of Genesee Township taxes of 2 mills and Mt. Morris Township taxes of 1 mill. The compromise sets the school tax at 7.5 mills, the metropolitan district at 2.6 mills and the township levies at 1.5 mills each. Office Building Swept by Fire Thousands Attracted by Jackson Blaze JACKSON, July 17 A spectacular fire which was visible over most of the city and which crowd-ed the central business district with thousands of spectators roared through the upper three floor and roof of the five-story Carter Building Monday night for more than an hour before it wag bi ought under control.

Smoke from the office building blaze filled the downtown section. The fire started in an elevator shaft and swept through the upper floors. It was discovered when a member of the Rose City American Legion Post, which was meeting with an insurance firm, was unable to operate the elevator and, glancing upward, saw the flames in the shaft. He notified about 10 companions upstairs and they and a late office worker left irx safety. The fire first was noticed about 9 p.

m. and was under control shortly after 10 p. m. Damage could not be estimated TIfe Police Merit Board Monday approved the retirement of Patrolman Martin Greiner, 53 years old, of 3341 Pingree, at his own request. Greiner joined the department In June 1914 and since then received 11 citations.

Last February he was awarded the Detroit News Medal for Valor for his part in killing a holdup man who had shot Patrolmen Hiram Reno and Seymour Lawlor on May 12, 1938. The board also decided to hold examinations to fill two vacancies in the Police Department radio service. Examination will be held Aug. 8. Applications by candidates meeting the requirements can be filed up to Aug.

5. The first examination since the board was inaugurated was held Monday to fill the post of lieutenant in the police scientific laboratory. Two members of the laboratory, Detectives Richard Bowen and James Payne, were examined. The results will be announced later in the week. Testimony Taken in Widening Case Taking of testimony In the widening of Gratiot between Brush and Randoph was begun Monday by a condemnation jury before Recorder's Judge Edward J.

Jeffries. Opening of the case followed a week's inspection by the jury of the condemned property. Clashes over admission of testimony brought the judge to the Jury room before the case had progressed more than two hours. "Seems to me the attorneys are acting like a lot of kids over things they could settle themselves," observed Judge Jeffries after his last visit to the court. The case is being heard on the fifth floor of Recorder's Court.

Judge Jeffries Is on the fourth floor. He sits in' on the case only when questions of disputes arise. Hard Times Cost Tax Collector Job Mayor N. Marra of Amherst-burg, announced the dismissal of two township officials Monday for economic reasons. Leo H.

Gron-din, tax collector, and David Pet-typiece, Board of Works foreman, received notice after the council backed up the Mayor's suggestion. 'Wonder Doctor' Is Killed in Electrical Laboratory LINZ, Germany, July 17 (A. Valentin Zeileis, 66 years old, who was known as "the wonder doctor" of Gallspach, died today of an injury suffered in his lab-oratary. He worked with high frequency electrical current in treating his patients. His institute at Gallspach was internationally known.

His methods were frequently opposed by medical circles and the institute was closed several times. Bus Driver in Windsor Robbed by Two Bandits Gerald Shaw, of 1930 Torongeau, Windsor, a bus driver, was robbed of $16 at 11 p. m. Monday at the intersection of Hickory and Ontario, Windsor. He told police that two men approached his bus at the end of the line, and that one held a pistol on him while the other took his money.

Hudson's Post Shake-Up on Buying Board Started iFram th Fret PrM Lanilnr Bureau) LANSING, July 17 A reorganization of the State Purchasing De partment, which may Involve the retirement of Grant M. Hudson, appointed by Gov. Dickinson to have complete charge of pur chases, was under way Monday. The Administrative Board's pur chasing committee, headed by Auditor General Vernon J. Brown, and including Treasurer Miller Dunckel and Attorney General Thomas Read, spent several hours In a closed discussion of recommendations made by an advisory group of purchasing agents of large industrial enterprises, headed by u.

c. Disser, of the Ford Motor Co. DiscuKNions to Continue Beyond stating that the discus sions would continue Tuenrtav members were not communicative. It Is known, however, that major attention was given to the recommendation of centralizing- nurch. ing authority, which in the last iew monms nas oeen dispute between Hudson and Lawrence Niendorf.

secretarv of the Admin istrative Board and a Fitzgerald appomiee. u. Ji'erry, chief buver. has claimed a share in ad. ministrative authority.

The committee has nearlv 100 applications of prospective appointees to a Dost for whlrh th advisory body recommended a sal. ary raimg vi annually. Director to Get Authority When a choice, is mart it nrobahle that the ilirertnr rlll given complete authority to reorganize the department alone- rec ommended lines. Nearly a dozen applications for head of the salvage division, not yet established, have been received. It was indicated that new civil-service examinations would be ordered before buyers were named.

The departmertsiitlv rm been in conflict with the civil-service department over nominees. The committee holds, however, that the Ripper Bill calls for consultation between the commission and the department head over questions to be asked and that there could be no complete compliance until a director Is named and given voice in the selection of his personnel. James Watson Says He Won't Run Again INDIANAPOLIS, July 17 (A. The veteran seventy-four-year-old James E. Watson, onetime presidential aspirant and a Republican Party leader for more than half a century, bowed himself out of the political picture, as a candidate, today at a joint meeting of the Indiana Republican State Committee and Editorial Association officers.

In disavowing further political ambitions for himself, the veteran of 38 years in both houses of Congress made it plain he was not deserting his party. "Nobody can keep me from being Republican," he declared, "and wherever I'm wanted In the next campaign, I'll be there." Reward Is Posted in Becker Slaying Oakland Offers $500 to Break Case PONTIAC, July 17 The Oakland County Board of Supervisors posted a reward of $500 Monday for Information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered Henry S. Becker, Oak Park manufacturer, on May 26. The action was suggested by Harry Merritt, County civil counsel, who said that it would aid In breaking the case. There was no opposition to the suggestion.

Becker's wife Juliette, 39 years old, and the foreman of his plant. Ernest Hawkins. 42, now are awaiting trial at the September term of Circuit Court on charges of plotting the murder. They are free on $15,000 bond each. Becker was slain when he went into the yard at the rear of his home to Investigate barking by his dog.

Five Firemen Overcome NEW YORK, July 17 (U.P.) Five firemen were overcome by smoke tonight fighting a fire which destroyed the four-story Sacred Heart parochial school, one of the oldest In Brooklyn. There were no pupils in the to Save a Life Car Rams into Truck to Miss Pedestrian PAW PAW. July 17 Five persons were killed and a sixth was injured critically early Monday when an automobile struck a truck and trailer head on on L'S-12 In an effort to avoid hitting a pedestrian. The dead are Floyd Remington, El years old, driver of the automobile; his wife Verna. 49: his granddaughter.

Roberta Kurtz, 21 months old; his son Gerald, 23, and Gerald's wife Violet, 21, all of Kalamazoo. The sixth passenger. Leonard Remington. 14, a son of the driver, was in critical condition at Bron-son Hospital. State Police said that Remington, in an attempt to avoid hitting a pedestrian, turned his car directly into the path of a.

loaded (ruck and trailer driven by Paul Tavenner, 29, of Marcellus, who was unhurt. Tavenner was exonerated by State Police. The pedestrian, James Sargent, 36, of Kalamazoo, an oil field engineer living at a hotel here, was arrested and after treatment for cuts was arraigned before Justice H. Davis on a drunk charge. Sargent pleaded innocent and posted bond for appearance for trial Aug.

2. MT. CLEMENS Arthur Bishop. 23, and Norman Careen, 23, both of Richmond, were killed early Monday when their car crashed through a barrier at the end of Hoover Road near here. Mathew Kazbriskl, 21, and Ray Bonin, 23, also of Richmond, were injured eriously.

IRONWOOD David Pierpont, 22, died Monday of injuries suffered Sunday in an automobile accident which also took the life of his brother James, 20. John Angst, 20, of Montreal, and Robert Johnson, 25, of Ironwood, were injured. BIG RAPIDS George Winters, 67, Morley farmer, died Monday of injuries suffered Saturday when his car was struck by a freight train and dragged 1,000 feet. GRAND RAPIDS a Quinn, 24, of Grand Rapids, was killed Sunday when the car in which he was riding crashed and overturned in a ditch after tire blowout. REED CITY Arthur Stoll, 35, who was found dead beside an upset automobile near here Sunday, died of a heart ailment, an autopsy performed Monday revealed.

Lee Schultz, 35, driver of the car, is being held for questioning Tuesday by Prosecutor R. B. Savidge. PORT HURON Harland J. Weston, 15, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Weston, died Sunday of Injuries suffered Thursday when he rode his bicycle into the side of a car driven by Harvey Pringle, 44, of Sparlingviile. Crash Faraljies Woman MAUSTON, July 17 (A. Miss Minnie Blanchard, 64 years old, of 2122 Thornapple, St. Clair, and her brother, M.

Blanchard, 66. of Toledo, were injured criticnlly monday when their automobile left a highway here and overturned several times. Miss Blanchard suffered a broken back and was paralyzed from her neck down. He brother suffersd broken ribs. Hearing Put Over in Church Dispute Methodist Suit Aimed at Pastor's Ouster CENTERVILLE, July 17 (A.

Circuit Judge Theo. T. Jacobs Monday continued until Friday a hearing in a suit asking that a permanent injunction be issued restraining the Rev. Lester L. Case from occupying the pulpit and parsonage of the Ninth St.

Methodist Church of Three Rivers, Mich. The Rev. Case is one of 17 dissenting Methodist Frotestant ministers who have refused to recognize unification of two divisions Into the Methodist Church. The action was filed by Harry Gleason, one of three trustees favoring the united church formed at Kansas City last May. The Rev.

Case has defied the trustees and has preached at regular Sunday services, the bill of complaint states, although the trustees announced at July 2 services that another minister had been assigned to the pulpit. State Milk Board Fixe Detroit Marketing Area LANSING, July 17 (A. The State Milk Marketing Board designated a marketing area for the Detroit metropolitan area Monday, but referred a decision on miik price fixing within the area. It will meet again July 26 to consider prices. Milk producers in the affected area had asked the board to order an increase of 10 cents a hundredweight in the price from distributors, plus a cut of 15 cents a hundredweight in freight charges.

They contended that this would rot affect the price to consumers. The marketing area includes portions of Macomb and Oakland Counties and most of Wayne County. Michigan Deaths UK-OS Mr Mnnie Awn M' 'b French. S'J. i.N' hp iyiie w.

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GEORGE J.i WELCH, of Owosso, driving home from Detroit, met a hitch hiker thumbing a ride near Novi. "You better alow down and pick him up," Mrs. Welch her hus band, reminding him that their own son George was hitch-hiking to the West Coast "We would want drivers to be good to him," she added, reflecting, "I wonder where he is tonight." They picked Money Exhausted, Board Halts Relief Stoppage to Hit 5,000 in Jackson County JACKSON, July 17 The County Emergency Relief Commission, its funds exhausted, or dered an Immediate halt of all direct relief to the approximately 5,000 Indigents In the county Monday. Simultaneously, an auditor of the State Social Welfare Commission arrived to check local re lief financing. The County a indigents still will be able to obtain staples from the surplus Commodity Bureau, and the relief commission will continue to pay rentals and probably will honor emergency medical orders.

Commenting on the stoppage. Alan Leamy, County relief admin istrator, declared: "Since all efforts to obtain more State money have failed, the commission felt that it could not go further in debt by continuing direct relief. In spite of previous drastic retrenchments, continuation of direct relief would mean piling more and more on the $70,000 deficit." Direct relief here has included two grocery orders, totaling $12.50 a month, for an average family of five persons. Prior to the last slash, grocery orders to taled $25.15 a month. Surplus commodities still avail able include bread, bacon, beans, cereal, flour, oranges, onions, but ter and canned milk.

Decision by Read Upholds Donahue CiviUService Head Is Sure of Job Now (From lh Free Prfs Lninf Burrau) LANSING. Julv 17 Edwin Donahue, of Niles, chairman of the Civil Service Commission, had ft firmer grasp on his position monaay man at any time since the Michigan Senate neglected to confirm hi appointment late in June. Attorney General Thomas Head ruled that he was serving in a de facto relationship, and could not be withholding office from a de Jure commissioner because no legal appointment to the commission has been made. The Senate withheld confirmation of Donahue's appointment when representations were made to the committee on executive business that he was active In Berrien County patronage matters. According to State Senator Joseph A.

Baldwin, chairman, Donahue admitted to the committee a patronage interest which his later ctvll-service responsibility did not entirely dissolve but promised he would be more discreet in the future. Gov. Dickinson indicated that he still is weighing his course and that Donahue might be regarded as holding office on a day-to-day basis. Berrien County objectors, headed by Senator J. T.

Hammond, of Benton Harbor, while admitting that there had been factional disputes over patronage with Donahue a participant, said that their basic objections were to the propriety of a civil-service executive in the role of ft patronage arbiter and using the influence of the merit system office. Unless there is an uprising, Gov. Dickinson indicated that there will be no immediate change. Kuhn Makes Court Wait on Drunkenness Charge SOUTHBRIDGE, July 17 (A.P.) While court and police officials pondered what to do about his failure to appear in court today to answer drunkenness and profanity charges, Fritz Kuhn, German-American Bund leader, telephoned from New York that he would appear for arraignment Thursday. Kuhn was arrested yesterday after an argument with Police Officer Henry Plasse In near-by Webster.

He was held for four hours before being released under $54 bail. that it be shown when the defendant refused to enter a plea of guilty. "If you want to go ahead and show it to the public, go ahead, it's a swell act," Stipes told Beagle. The jury of middle-aged men and more than 100 men who packed the darkened court room had Just started to evince inter-eat in the film when Beagle stopped it and snapped on the Lghts, declaring, "That enough." In his closing argument Stipes contended that all the testimony showed only that sex pictures similar to the one in court were shown at the union party. He also charged that detectives had illegally forced their way into the hall where Blondin was exhibiting his pictures and asserted that "police can crash that kind of a party, but they never crash the Elks Clubs, because there would be too much backfire." up the hitch-hiker.

It was George In 10 days the closest he got to the San Francisco World's Fair was Des Moines, he explained, so he decided to come home. A suburb of more than 3,000 persona attached Itself to Traverse City Monday as the Jat of about 700 trailer rolled to a halt for the opening of the summer meeting of the Tin Can Tourists. The trailer dwellers come from all sections of the nation to play gamea, fish, dance and swap yarns. The meeting ulU close July SO. The body of William Bellware.

39 years old, of Detroit, who was burled alive Saturday when the sides of a well he and a companion were repairing at his cottage at Higgins Lake caved in, was re covered. The fifth annual reunion of the late Lorenzo and Harriet Badgero family, of Ona- way, was held at Budd Lake, Har riaon, Sunday. The Rev. Father Ludger Wegemer, priest at the Holy Childhood Parish of Harbor Springs haa been elected superior at Holy Trinity Friary, Dubuque. Opportunist Saginaw police waited nervously for someone's hot water tank to explode Sunday and Monday but no blasts were reported.

Their fears were aroused when cold water taps on two blocks of Houghton St. ran hot Sunday, apparently because someone went away and left a heater on. One woman took advantage of the situation, however, by getting her Monday wash a day ahead of time and with someone else's hot water. Edgar A. Guest Detroit Free Tress poet, will speak at a sunrise religious service Sunday, Aug.

6, at Kearsley Park in connection with the second annual Flint Motor Festival. Russell Patterson, the artist, will crown Berneice Henthorn, Twenty-one-year-old stenographer, as festival queen. The former Jackson County Building was sold to the J. C. Penney Co.

Monday for $50,000. The goddess of the second annual Cascades Festival at Jackson will be selected from among 16 aspirants Tuesday. Secretary Ickes announced Monday that he had allotted $78,588 to Michigan for development of wild life resources. Richard Weisover, of Kalama zoo, placed first in a field of nearly 100 entrants Monday to win the first gasoline model air plane contest at Adrian, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Retail milk prices In Grand Rapids were advanced one cent a quart Monday under- an agreement to provide increased rates to producers.

About 1,000 persons attended opening meetings of the Midwest Farm Bureau Training School, of Michigan Smith-Hughes teachers and of county agents at the Michigan State College campus. Better living conditions, new farming techniques and other problems will be discussed. Second Cache of Gold Found; Squabble IsOn COLDWATER, July 17 Laddie Kregger, owner of a farm four and a half miles northwest of Bronson, where the youthful sons of a tenant farmer unearthed in rold coins under a tile Sunday, revealed Mondav that th discovery reminded him that he nan piowea up an old stovepipe last year. He searched around th farm Sunday until he found the pipe, he said, and sure enough inside was a hoard of gold coins, amounting to only $200 this time. He said he had turned over the coins to Sheriff Homer Burns, but the Sheriff denied he had received the gold, possession of which is iiiegai in me united states.

Sheriff Holds $1,880 The In trnlrl rnln. Sunday by Kenneth, Robert, 6, and Hawlev Belote 3 u-r- tum.n over to the Sheriff by their father, rranK tseioie, wno has been farming the property a year. The Sheriff deposited the coins in a bank. They were dated 1S82 to 1902. After Krereer strike, he warned Belote, "There's to be no more digging on the farm." Belote answered milrilv "Vmi can't operate a farm without digging." Kregger claims that money found on the farm pn.

In th owner, Kregger. Belote protests that the old jingle. "Finders keepers," is his guide and that he will hire an attorney if necessary to protect his interests. Stories of Riches Revived That there may be a third aide laying claim to the gold found and whatever more turns up was evident Monday as veteran Bronson residents revived stories about Canary rhillipg, eccentric farmer who owned the property years ago. Although Phillips died in moderate circumstances in 1904, stories still circulate that he was wealthy and that he banked most of his solid cash in secret places of burial about his farm.

The farm was sold by his heirs, but they also may make a bid for ownership of the gold coins. Sheriff's officers are trying to' discover clews to the identity of the person who secreted the coins, but Sheriff Burns comments, "I think they'll have a hard time proving who buried the money." A few score curiosity seekers gaped at the treasure trove hole Sunday, but as far as could be learned there was no free-lance treasure hunting. Vandenberg Club Formed ALBION, July 17 The Albion Vandenbere-for-lP40 Club was organized M'ndy night with State Senator Joseph A. Baldwin as president. Other "tlirers are State Rep.

Warren G. Hooper and Mrs. Arthur H. Dew, vice presidents; Mrs. L.

Ward Davis, secretary, and John M. Weeks, treasurer, I 3 4 GEN. DELOS C. EMMONS BRIG. GEN.

A. M. KROGSTAD Army Air Chiefs to Visit Selfridge To Inspect Field with Staff Officers Maj. Gen. Delos C.

Emmons, of Washington, commanding general G.H.Q. Air Forces, United States Army, and Brig. Gen. Arnold N. Krogstad, commanding general Second Wing at Langley Field, accompanied by their staff officers, will visit Selfriiige Field for a tour of inspection Wednes day.

They will arrive by plane at the field at approximately noon and will inspect the facilities of the Mt. Clemens airbase and the activities of the First Pursuit Group stationed there. This group is under the command of Maj. Lawrence P. Hickey.

Lieut. Col. Laurence F. Stone, acting base commander, and the officers of the field will be hosts to the visiting generals and thetr staffs, who plan to remain at the base for several days. Young Lutherans in U.S.

Denounce Hitler Regime KANSAS CITY. July 17 (A.P.) Youthful descendants of 700 Lutherans who left Germany 100 years ago to seek freedom of worship applauded today a protest against the regimentation of Hlt-lerized youth In the homeland of their ancestors. Walter Hclmke, Fort Wayne (Ind.) president of the International Walther League, told delegates at the annual convention that Americans were thankful "they may stand with heads bowed In prayer for peace, not with upraised hand in salute to the god of war." Condition of Detroit Boy, Hurt in West, Improved Word was received in Detroit Monday niRht from Estes Park. that sixteen-year-old Marvin Leonard, of 5556 Detroit, whose left leg was broken Saturday by a rock which fell from a cliff above Black Lake in the park, was reported in good condition Monday. He was taken by stretcher and ambulance over a rude trail and finally reached the park rlinlc nine hours after the accident.

With him, at the time of the accident, was George Jenkins, Rocky Mountain Park naturalist, who enlisted the help of CCC members to bring Leonard to the clinic. Life Given Aged Slayer of Son and Grandchild TAMPA. July 17 fA. -Oliver Bishop, seventy-five-year-old pensioner, pleaded guilty in Criminal Court today to the double slaying of his son and granddaughter. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on each charge.

Shortly after his arrest, officers said Bishop had told them that he killed his son George and his granddaughter Louise Mounts April 7 as they prepared to retire. Several weeks before the killings, the elder Bishop had had the two arrested on a morals charge, but they were acquitted. Reading Hustler Sold READING. July 17 The leading Hustier. owned and pub-iihe-d by Frci A.

Rogers for the 'ist 50 years, has been sold to Miss Roberta Simpson, of Litchfield, a County teacher. 4 MAJ. 17 --in urn ii nil sit Mini" rininww mi itri Former Clio Chief Asks Examination Child to Testify for State in Slaying FLINT, July 17 Charles Wright, thirty-three-year-old former Clio police chief, demanded examination Monday when arraigned before Municipal Judge Frank Cain on a murder charge. Before arraignment, Wright was transferred to the County Jail from Hurley Hospital where he had been recuperating since June 23, when he shot his divorced wife, Irene, 31, to death and attempted to take his own life. Judge Cain remanded him to jail without ball and set his examination for Thursday.

Sheriff's officers declare that Wright fired three shots into his wife's body, killing her instantly and then turned his .38 caliber service revolver on himself. He suffered two wounds in his chest and one in the right shoulder. Wright claims that Mrs. Wright seized his revolver and shot him first. Witnesses who will be called at the examination, deputies said, included the Wright's six-year-old daughter.

Norma, and Joan Odette, 9, a neighbor, who were eye-witnesses of the shooting. Mechanics' Demands Shut 20 Port Huron Garages TORT HURON. July 17 All but one of Port Huron's 21 garages closed Monday as mechanics presented demands to garage owners. Less than an hour after 10 mechanics of the Harvard Chevrolet Garage struck for hourly wages, seniority rights and union recognition, owners of dealer and Independent garages closed. One garage owner left a card on his front door.

It read, "Gone fishing. Will be back in the fall." TABLE PADS FACTORY-TO-YOU IALE T9 ASBESTOS TOP Niw Low Prlci GREEN BACK 3 lVS OKU CUSTOM MADE Wt Cotl tor Phone Pingree 2760 UNITED TABLE PAD CO. 581S Malcolm i J. it. Playmate's Blow Breaks Neck of Girl on Vacation MUSKEGON, July 17 Deborah Getz, nine-year-old daughter of W.

Gctz, of Mollne, died of broken neck suffered Monday afternoon while playing in the woodshed of the cottage occupied by the Getz family on Lake Michigan near Whitehall. Deborah had lifted a board about six fet long to shoulder height, when a boy playmate sud-denly struck the other end of the board with a sledgehammer. Tha end of the board struck Deborah under the chin, fracturing her neck, and she died wtthln two minutes. Former U.A.W. Salesman Is Sentenced to Prison FLINT, July 17 Thomas G.

Gar. retson, 29 years old, a former ad. vertlslng salesman for the U.A.W, Auto Worker, was sentenced Monday to serve 1 to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to forgery and uttering and publishing. GOOD FOOD In Rifrnhlnj; Coolntu Canadian Bacon Roast Fresh Qrttn Btini Delicious Ntw Polatoit Hot Rolls and Butfir 26c 616 Woodward North ot Congress Cooed by Refrigerated Air GOOD FOOD Depld Self Serve ftoor 'J4S, 'i IW 1928, AN ENGLISH GOLF PRO CLEARED A LAKE ON HIS DRIVE. A GIRD SCOOTED DOWN PICKED UP THE CALL AFTER IT HAD STOPPED ROLLING, FLEW TO THE PUTTING GREEN AND DROPPED IT IN THE HOLE I Union Stag Party's Movies Not Obscene, Jury Decides YOU CAN GET A KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURDON WHISKEY, QUALITY-MADE SINCE 1880, FOR UNDER A DOLLAR A PINTI ASK FOR CRAB ORCHARD AND ENJOY A RICHER, SMOOTHER, MELLOWER BOURBON! FLINT.

July 17 Partial showing of an allegedly obscene motion picture in Municipal Judge Frank Cain's court Monday afternoon failed to convince a jury of six men of the guilt of Isreal Blondin. 35 years old. The film was seized and Blondin arretted on a charge of exhibiting an obscene movie when officers raided a stag party given by U.A I.O. members April 21. Casper Kenne, who said he was a steward for the U.A.W.-C.I O.

group in Buick Factory No. 18, testified the party was given as a benefit for the union's welfare fund and admitted that sex pictures were shown. After a lengthy argument between Assistant Prosecutor John BvaRle and Reese Stipes, counsel for Blondin, women were cleared from the court room and the first part of the picture shown. Stipes had admitted that It was "lewd and immoral," but Beagle Insisted iniU'-.

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