THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Dec. 28, 1951 OBITUARY OBITUARY Oscar Stuart Oldknow Funeral services Oscar Stuart Oldknow, 52, widely known motion picture theater executive and native Atlantan, who died Wednesday night in Los Angeles, will at 11:30 a. m. Monday at 'Spring Hill. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at St. John's Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. Born in Atlanta, Mr.
Oldknow went to Los Angeles in 1931 when, at the age of 31, to become president of Fox West Coast Theaters. In 1933, he joined National Theaters Supply Co. as executive vice-president, a post he held until his death. He also had extensive interests in the theater exhibition field. A graduate of Georgia Military Academy and Georgia Tech, Mr.
Oldknow was a veteran of World War I. He was a Mason, a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Yaarab Temple in Atlanta, and a member of the Variety Clubs International. Surviving are his wife, the former Louise Scruggs; a son, William Henry Oldknow, and a granddaughter. Mrs. A.
J. Martin Funeral services Mrs. A. J. (Oma) Martin of 3967 Peachtree N.
Wednesday Bradenton, be held at Piadlein 2:30 p. m. Friday Spring Hill. Burial will in Westview Cemetery. A native of Atlanta, Mrs.
Martin daughter of the late Dr. and Caroline Goodwin Childress. At the time of her death she lived in the Goodwin House built by her great-greatgrandfather in 1831. In 1918 Mr. and Mrs.
Martin moved to Florence, Ala. and returned to Atlanta in 1944. Before his retirement, her husband was associated with the Martin Stove and Range Foundry in Florence. Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Alex Shafer of Knoxville, and Dr.
Elizabeth Martin of Atlanta: two sons, Ralph A. Martin of Atlanta and Albert L. Martin of Florence, and a sister, Mrs. Ada Northcutt, Toccoa. Ben P.
Armistead Ben P. Armistead, 40, a produce dealer of Scottdale, died Thursday at a hospital here. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at Trinity Chapel.
The Rev. H. T. Daniel will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
A native of Fulton County, Mr. Armistead had been a lifelong resident of the Atlanta Surviving are three arrothers, G. S. Armistead of Miami, R. J.
of Scottdale, and James V. Armistead of Mountain View, Idaho, and a sister, Mrs. Frances Kelly of Scottdale. Mrs. John C.
Mumford Funeral services for Mrs. John C. Mumford, 34, of 760 Central S. who died Wednesday in a private hospital, will be held at 11 a. m.
Friday at the chapel of Williams and Smith Funeral Home in Monroe. Burial will be in Cedar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery near Winder. A native of Winder, Mrs. Mumford had lived in Washington, D. C.
before moving to Atlanta five years ago. Her husband is traffic manager of American Associated Co. of Atlanta. Surviving are her husband; fa*george F. Edwards of Augusta; two sisters, Mrs.
Jess Daves of Monroe, and Mrs. Howard West of Albuquerque, N. four brothers, W. C. Edwards of Augusta, J.
R. Edwards of Pontiac, H. D. of Augusta, and Howard Edwards, in Korea. Stephen Dixon, 46, of Blanton Ben Hill, who died Wednesday night at his home, will be held m.
Friday West "Atlanta Primitive Baptist Church. Elder J. P. S. Stephens will officiate.
Burial will be in Westview Cemetery. A native of Florida, Mr. Dixon lived in Mobile before moving to Ben Hill several years ago. He was a member of Forest Park Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are his one son, Steve Dixon; two daughters, the Roy Stephen Dixon Funeral services for Roy Misses Annette and Geraldine all of Ben Hill; father, S.
A. Dixon of Arcadia, brother, T. W. Dixon of Tallahassee, three sisters, Mrs. J.
E. Frady of College Park, Mrs. Lila Grimes of Bowling Green, and Mrs. Lilian Garrison of Fayetteville and several nieces and nephews. Mrs.
Nannie Poole Mrs. Nannie Poole, 88, who was called "Nannie Ma" by her 52 living descendants, died Thursday at her residence, 228 Pine N. W. Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m.
Saturday at the Poplar Springs Baptist Church. The Rev. George N. McLarty will officiate. Burial will be in the churchyard.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Fannie Gower of Atlanta; three sons, C. G. Poole of Atlanta and S. A.
and H. C. Poole, both of Mabelton; 14 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, seven great-g re a t-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Man Believed Drowned in Morgan Lake Constitution State News Service MADISON, Dec. 27-State troopers and Morgan County officers Thursday said a new type drag hook would be used in an attempt to recover the body of an elderly believed to be in a small fishing lake here.
The missing man was identified as John Harper, 83-year-old retired farmer, of Route 3, Madison. Morgan County Sheriff G. P. Saye said Harper disappeared a week ago and letter carried in his the hasidencoat pocket were found floating on the lake. J.
C. Richter, a machinery company salesman, on whose farm the lake is located, hired labor to assist in dragging the lake, the sheriff related. said crews stretched a rope across the acreand-a-half lake, searched the marked-off section beanure then moved the rope to that the entire area was covered. Saye said Richter had co-operated in a search despite reports by the forethbebod; drain the family chathhe had refused to Saye said new drags equipped with fish hooks would be used in the search Friday. "We are still searching in lake because that is about the only place we know to look for him," he said.
Every FBI Facility Used in Bomb Probe WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-(AP)Atty. Gen. J. Howard McGrath said Thursday the FBI is using every facility to get to the bottom of the wave of bombings in Florida.
The attorney general's office said Wednesday that two FBI field agents had been sent to Mims to find out whether any violation of federal statutes was involved. McGrath also noted that he had previously authorized the FBI to make an investigation of bombing incidents in the Miami area, apparently directed against houses or worship. STATE DEATHS Mrs. Eugenia Pippin near. Louisville.
Funeral set Friday near Louisville. Mrs. Thornwell Gamble Forsyth. Funeral set Friday in Forsyth. Vivian S.
Hatcher in Milledgeville. Funeral held Wednesday. Wyatt M. Allen in Allentown. Funeral held Wednesday.
Mrs. J. T. Dozier in Dublin. Funeral held Monday.
James W. Barnes in Rome. Funeral held Wednesday. Mrs. J.
P. Brown in Cordele. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Johnnie R. Harris in Macon.
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Mrs. Macy Harris of 45 Maddox N. cashier at Miller's clothing store, 77 Whitehall S. told police the store was being closed for the day at 6 p. m.
when the man appeared suddenly beside her. Holding one hand in a coat pocket of his brown suit, he motioned toward cash register. want the money and I don't want any fooling around," he was quoted as saying. Several other employees were in the store at the time. After taking the money from cash register, witnesses said, the bandit left the store.
They said he was very pale, extremely nervous and appeared to be drinking heavily. Dets. N. W. Flanagan and Jack said another employee, Mrs.
Jewell Jeffries, slipped along a counter toward a rear stairway, climbed to the main office on the second floor and placed telephone call to police headquarters while the robbery was still in progressive arrived less than a minute after the bandit disappeared into throngs on the sidewalk. Most of the money from the day's sales had been transferred the main office only a short while before the robbery, Flanagan and related. They said the store's would have been Caiss much larger if the holdup had occurred earlier. Peep Suspect Cornered by Police, Dogs Six DeKalb policemen aided by bloodhounds late Thursday captured a 22-year-old Negro who had terrorized residents of fashionable Mabry attempting to break in the homes and leering through shuttered windows, according to DeKalb Capt. Harry Christianied as Nathanlie Dillard of 119 Mays Ave.
in Linwood Park, the man was captured after being shot at in the back yard of the third Mabry Rd. home he had tried to enter within two hours, Christian said. Warren H. Bearden of 4297 Mabry Rd. told Christian he shot at Dillard as he ran from the southeast porch of his home, but missed.
Christian's report also said Dillard was identified by Dr. David B. Smith of 4147 Mabry Rd. as a peeping tom who had frightened his daughter, and by and Mrs. Archie Hamilton of 4085 Mabry Rd.
who said he attempted to force his way into their house. Christian said Lt. H. Broome and Ptl. J.
L. Miles. R. T. Clack, S.
C. Roberts and T. H. Spruill combed the area for Dillard. The Negro was booked on a burglary charge, Christian said.
Wife Shot as Son Sees Fast Draw Exhibited NEW YORK, Dec. 27-(A)- James Haynes' 11-year-old son wanted to find out if his Daddy was as fast on the draw as a cowboy. "Let's see how fast you can the boy. James demanded Thursday night of his father. commissioner.
a penitentiary corrections Haynes, 32, unloaded his revolver, demonstrated hs speed, then loaded the gun again and started to put it away. "Just once more," pleaded Jimmy. Haynes drew again and forgot the bullets were back in the revolver. The shot hit his wife, Ada, 30. She was seriously hurt.
Police cleared Haynes of blame and labeled it an accident. Deaths in the Nation New York Times News Service Special to The Atlanta Constitution ELMIRA. N. Sherman P. Moreland.
83. chief prosecutor in the trial of Brig. Gen. William (Billy) Mitchell in 1925. NEW YORK- J.
Hanley, 50, executive office manager of the New Yorker Hotel. LOS ANGELES- -Oscar Stuart Oldknow, 52. film theater executive and former president of Fox West Coast Theaters. UTICA. N.
Francis Kernan, 82. president of E. F. and J. S.
Kernan, a real estate and insurance firm of Utica. NEW YORK John M. McMillin, 68, vice and director of Cities Service Company. NEW YORK-Mrs. Mary Williams Field Fuller, 88, a descendant of Col.
Ephraim Williams, founder of Williams College. UTICA. N. Ellis K. Baldwin, 51, Utica Observer- Dispatch music critic and news reporter.
SCRANTON, -Albert S. Rosenberg, 51.1 an attorney and member of Lackawanna County Bar Association. MORTUARY SPENCE EDWARD McHUGH SR. Funeral services for Spence Edward McHugh 61. retired electrician, who died Wednesday night this home, 258 Fraser S.
will be held at 1 p. m. Friday the chapel of J. Austin Dillon Co. The Rev.
Claude Hendrick, will officiate. Burial will be in the Mountain Cemetery. VERNON C. SEWELL Funeral services Vernon C. Sewell.
53. of 1665 Kenmore S. who died Wednesday in a hospital here, will be held at 10:30 a. m. Friday in Westview Abbey Chapel.
Dr. 0. M. Seigler will officiate. Entombment will be in Westview Abbey, MRS.
RUBY L. (VANCOVICH Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby L. Ivancovich of 407 Angier N. who was killed Sunday in an automobile accident near Douglas.
will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Usrey chapel in Anniston, Ala. The Rev. Charles Ferrill will officiate.
Burial will be in Edgemont Cemetery. LEE VERL HOWARD Funeral services for Lee Verl Howard. 58, of 331 Windsor S. who was fatally wounded by a bullet Christmas Day, will be held at 2 Saturday at the Macedonia Baptist Church. The Rev.
Weyman Fields will officiate. Burial will be in the churchyard. Solons Seek Party Group Rules Shifts Members of the Fulton County delegation to the Georgia Legislature said Thursday they will seek major changes in regulations governing the city and county Democratic executive committees in the 1952 assembly session. Included the solon's plan to strengthen controls of the committees are: (1) Appoint the Atlanta city clerk as an unpaid, exofficio clerk for the committee to receive all entrance fees. (2) Fix salaries for officers, and committeemen; an itemized expense account to be filed with the solicitor general and the city clerk.
Senator Millican pointed out that a bill, presented by the delegation in the last session of the state body and passed in the house, would prohibit city and county employees from retaining membership on the respective committees. The delegation said the bill may be amended with the new regulations when it is presented in the senate in 1952, Rep. Muggsy Smith said he would oppose "any action that would wholesalely bar honest public servants from serving" on the committees. Representative Smith said the plan to name the city clerk ex officio "clearing house" for entries would "clear confusion among candidates who cannot find the committee treasurer. The city attorney's office is studying the concluded.
None Likes To Live On Kremlin Street PITTSFIELD, Dec. 27-(P)-Nobody likes to on Kremlin Street -even though it was named for a a horse. So said real estate dealer in petitioning Robert O. Canzoni, Thursday. year-old Pittsfield street name be changed.
He'd like to call it "Lillian Street." Lillian has a good American sound. Meanwhile the trotting horse, Kremlin, probably was galloping in his grave. The Pittsfield light harness horse as a five-year-old set a world's record for trotting the mile in Nashville, in 1892. Jubilant Pittsfield citizens named the street for him. Methodist Pastor Dies in Griffin GRIFFIN, Dec.
27-(AP)-The Rev. MacLowry Elrod, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Griffin, Thursday night of a heart He was first stricken Sunday, Dec. 2, while administering the sacrament to a group of children in his church. He was carried hospital where he remained about three weeks. He suffered another heart attack at his home Thursday night and died shortly after arriving at a hospital.
Rev. Elrod was former superintendent of the Gainesville District of the Methodist ence. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter, and his mother. Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church at 10 Saturday. Burial will be at Buena Vista.
AND GIVE THE WASH WORD ROMAN CLEANSER BLEACH PASS, FRIENDTO LIGHTER WORK AND WHITER WASH NOW AT YOUR CLEANSER GROCER'S ROMAN CLEANSER Buy the handy whitens BLEACH size Safely clothe half-gallon save! and Staff Photo- -Ryan Sanders WITNESS ROBBERY IN WHITEHALL STREET STORE L. to Mrs. Macy Harris, Cashier; Mrs. Jewell Jefferies and Husband, Samuel Jefferies WEATHER Jewish Youth Frat Elects Atlantan Head CHARLESTON, S. Dec.
27- (AP)-Jerry Siegel of Atlanta was elected president of the southern region of Aleph Zadik Aleph, Jewish youth fraternity, as the organization's 15th annual convention close Thursday night. was elected regional sweetheart Miss, Reva Hirsch of Atlanta and was crowned at a dance. new officers are Alan Mandel, Atlanta, vice-president; Charles Goldberg, Charleston, secretary; Sherrill Klein, Greensboro, N. treasurer; Alvin Siegel, Atlanta, reporter; Edwin Herelik, Augusta, sergeant at arms; Morton Harris, Columbus, assistant sergeant at and Melvin Galin, Savannah, chaplain. In basketball finals, Atlanta Chapter 799 defeated Atlanta 134, defending champions, 47-44.
Discussion winners who, with the winning basketball team will now advance to district competition, were Adrian Cohen. Augusta, and Mandel, Atlanta. given to chapter The Alexander Triest Trophy, amassing the most points for participation in and winning of various competitions, was awarded to the Augusta, chapter. youths from North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia attended the convention, which opened Tuesday. Hearing Today For Collegian In Cafe Slaying A 21-year-old Negro collegian, paying his way through Atlanta University by earnings he received as a sub carrier for the Atlanta Daily World, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 3:30 p.
m. Friday on a murder charge, police reported Thursday. Thomas S. Scott is charged with the fatal shooting of Thomas Williams, 22, Negro, of 1031 West Fair S. in an Ashby Street restaurant Tuesday, Dets.
M. W. Blackwell and H. E. Burdette said.
Williams identified Scott as his assailant just before he died, a Grady Hospital physician told police. Police stated witnesses told them Scott called to Williams, then shot him four times. Ala. Woman Sentenced 3 Years in Muscogee COLUMBUS, Dec. 27-(AP)-A 23-year-old Mobile, woman was sentenced to three years in prison seven years on probation in Muscogee Superior Court here Thursday.
She pleaded guilty to 10 charges of passing worthless checks. Judge T. Hicks Fort sentenced Jean N. Bell (alias Griggs) after she pleaded guilty to passing checks totaling $400 in ten local stores around Dec. 9.
ATLANTA-One year ago today, Dea. 29, 1950: High, 41; low, 32. LOCAL WEATHER REPORT (Based on Observation at the Municipal Airport) Higbest temperature 47 Lowest temperature 29 Mean temperature 38 Rainfall in past 24 hours .00 Rainfall since first of month 8.30 Excess since first of month Rainfall since since Jan. Jan. 1 1 48.71 Deficiency WASHINGTON, Bureau for the 24 principal where: STATION Alpena Asheville Atlantic C.
Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chattanoga Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth Galveston Houston Indianapis Jaxville' Kansas West C. Knoxville L. Rock Angeles report cotton H. 20 37 34 46 30 21 42 41 14 30 24 50 49 21 23 52 58 28 51 33 77 39 40 70 Dec. of hours growing L.
11 .02 23 26 .00 28 .00 19 .00 16 .01 30 .00 27 .00 -3 .00 14 .00 16 .00 22 .00 16 .00 -7 .00 12 .00 -9 .00 38 .00 37 .00 .00 47 .00 7 .00 70 .00 25 .00 24 49 .001 27-(P) temperature and rainfall ending 8 p. m. in the areas and else- R.STATION H. R. Louisville 32 17 .00 Memphis 41 25 .00 Meridian 49 30 .00 Miami 76 65 .00 Minn.
7 11 .00 Mobile 51 32 .00 Montgomry 53 32 .00 Montreal 14 .00 N. Orleans 53 36 .00 New York 32 23 .00 Norfolk 35 33 .00 Philadlphia 33 27 .00 Phoenix 77 38 .00 Pittsburgh 26 19 .02 Portind. Me. 27 .00 Richmond 35 25 .00 St. Louis 29 .00 S.
Antonio 61 39 .00 S. Frisco. 59 52 .03 Savannah 51 41 .00 Seattle 40 31 .00 Tampa 64 58 .01 Washington 33 28 .00 Wilmington 45 32 .00 Army Sets Up Post Office for Prisoner Mail MUSAN, Korea, Dec. A special post office has been designated handle mail to Army, American prisoners of war in Korea, authorities disclosed Thursday. The address of the prisoners is: APO 100, Postmaster, San Francisco.
In Washington, however, Pentagon officials said the special Army post office is in process of being set up and that presently letters to prisoners of war should be addressed: Grade, name and service number of the prisoner. Care Chinese People's Committee for World Peace, Peking, China. Name and number of prison camp, if known. No postage is necessary, Washington officials said, but the words, "Prisoner of War Mail," should be written on the upper right hand corner of the envelope. Such letters may be dropped in any mail box in the United States.
The agreement on exchange of prisoners' mail was clarified further at Panmunjom Wednesday. The Communists, according to the agreement, will accept mail for Allied prisoners in their Camps, and will turn over mail written to the families and relatives of the prisoners they hold. No mention was made of parcels. USE FRESH Ad HOT HORSERADISH DELIVERED FRESH DAILY CRAFCO FOODS CO ATLANTA GA WESTERN Markets 112 BROAD TWO 55 GEORGIA ST. S.
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