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ThursnV, April 12, 1936 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER GO PICNICKING VISITORS GET SPRING VIEW SORORITY GIRLS Buds on shrubbery, bushes rapher, Greater Cincinnati showers and snow. So, as sent to get a few Ludlow Defeats Highlands; 7 After I rial Is be sun morphosis from grays and browns to greens, reds, yellows and flrs Alma Martz Dies; 4-3 Victory Dixie Swamps St. Thomas his grandfather, Frank Catalano, visiting here from Louisiana, kneel in new grass looking from a high knoll in Clifton. (2) Three pretty University of Cincinnati sorority girls hunt for a picnic spot in flowering Burnet Woods, where spring is well along. (3) Mrs.

Louise Hall, left, and Mrs. Peggy Hampton examine a tulip bed, in which Fome of the varicolored flowers already have bloomed. Covington Tax Schools' Levy $2,965,406 Covington maintained its same tax rate for municipal operations for 1956 in a budget adopted yesterday by the city commission. The city's rate remains at $158 on each $100 valuation. Added to this is the school board's new rate of $1.57.

The over-all rate is up 11 cents because of a new levy by the Board of Education to build the new Ninth District School for $950,000. Even without an increase, City Manager Oscar Hesch anticipates an increase of $200,000 in revenue. Most of this will come from the newly enacted payroll tax. The city will receive benefits from this only for the nine-month period as it did not go into effect until April 1. "This should be the most progressive period In Covington's history," Mr.

Hesch told the board. "We must keep In mind that this new source of revenue was adopted primarily for the purpose of instituting a general permanent improvement pro- Accident Ruling Expected Following Holliday Autopsy HIGH SCHOOL BAIEBAIX 4, HighlandH 3. Dixie HelRhts 12, St. Thomas 5. Newport Cath.

7, St. Bernard 3. Elder 9, St. Henry 1. BV MARTY 3 Ludlow High School scored Its third consecutive victory by ft one-run margin as the Panthers topped Highlands, 4-3.

yesterday at the Ruth Moyer School Diamond, Fort Thomas. Newport Catholic High School marked up its third consecutive victory by defeating St. Bernard, 7-3, at the Ohioans' diamond. Dixie Heights opened its season by defeating St. Thomas High, 12-5, at the St.

Henry diamond, Erlanger. St. Henry of Erlanger went to Price Hill and lost a 9-1 ierdict to Elder High as the thinners registered a one-hit victory. Ludlow, In Rcorinjr a 4-S win fver the Highlands High team, obtained four hits. The l'anthers moored single runs In the first and third, and added the final pair in the sixth inning.

The losing Highlands team had three hits and committed four errors in the field. Ludlow had ona error. The losers scored a run in the second and two in the last of the sixth. The first two Ludlow runs camevin the tame manner, with two walks and a double steal accounting for the runs. In the sixth, Ed Trammel singled with two run-fters on base, to bat in what proved to be the winning runs.

Sarakatsannis hit a double to account for two runs for Highlands in the sixth. Remley hurled for the Tanthers, and fanned seven and walked two. Hope Hudepohl for the losers, fanned eight but gave up seven costly walks. Trammel led the aPnthers with two hits. Finneseth hit a home run for Highlands' first score in the sec-n(nd inning.

Sarakatsannis and Faulkner, had. the. other, hits. Remley and Meeee had other Ludlow hits. Tom Ferring flouted a home run with two runners on base in the sixth inning to break a 2-2 deadlock and give the Newport Catholic Thorobreds their 7-8 victory at St.

Bernard. The Thorobreds scored four runs in the big sixth inning and added two in the seventh. The winners' first run came in the second inning. St. Bernard had tingle runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings.

The Thorobreds had 10 hits mid the losers had five. Each toam committed four errors in the field. Jerry Welscher went the entire distance for the Thorobreds, and he struck out and walked three. The losers used three hurlers. Dick, Roberts and Spellman.

The trio allowed one walk, hit one batter rhd fanned seven. Ferring. with a home run and a single: Paul Meyer, with a pair of singles, and Jerry netting, with two hits, led the Newport team. Meeks led the losers with two out of three. Flder scored five runs in the first inning and went on to take an easy 9-1 victory over St.

Henry Crusaders at Trice Hill. The winners scored a pair of runs in the fourth and another pnir in the sixth inning. St. Henry averted a shutout in the tith with a run on an error. Lee Davis opened the game fvr St.

Henry with a single, and Gift Water At TULIPS SOON WILL Miss Augusta Maddermen, and a niece, Mrs. Elmer Wessling, both of Fort Thomas. Miss Katherine Mader Miss Katherine Mader, 1354 Observatory Cincinnati, died yesterday at St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas. A native of Dayton, she was 88 years old.

Surviving her are a niece, Mrs. M. C. Ervin, Fort Thomas, and a nephew, Harry Mack, Cincinnati. The funeral will be held at 8:30 a.

m. tomorrow from the Dobbling funeral home, Fort Thomas. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a. m. at St.

Thomas Church, Fort Thomas. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery. Christine Nicholas The funeral of Christine Nicholas, nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

James Nicholas, 33 W. Third Newport, will be held at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow lrom the Muehlen-kamp funeral home, Newport. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a.

m. at Immaculate Conception Church, Newport. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Christine, a third-grade student at Immaculate Conception School, died Tuesday at St.

Elizabeth Hospital, Covington, where she had been under treatment for a heart condition. Besides her parents, she is survived by a sister, Darlene; six brothers, James. David, Robert, Curtis, Phillips and Kent Nicholas, all at home; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Litha Wilson, Newport, and her paternal grandfather, Isaac Nicholas, Grants Lick. Pauline Burkhardt The funeral of Miss Pauline Agnes Burkhardt, 70.

510 Overton Newport, will be held at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow from the Radel funeral home, Newport. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a. m.

at St Stephen Church, Newport. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery. Miss Burkhardt. who died Tuesday at Speers Hospital, Dayton, is survived by two nieces, Miss Helen Goodfriend and Mrs.

Val Osburg, both of Newport. KENTUCKY DEATHS William E. Wells MAYSVILLE. April 11 (Special) William E. Wells, 88, retired independent tobacco buyer on the Maysville market, died today at the Oaks Nursing Home.

A buyer of leaf on the market here for more than 40 years, Mr. Wells also purchased tobacco hanging in the barn in the early days before the loose-leaf warehouses were built at Maysville. He was born December 15, 1867, at Moransburg, the son of William and Lide Moran Wells. He was married tn Mice Roberta Wilson January 23, 1910. Since which time the couple had resided in Maysville.

In addition to his widow, Mr. Wells is survived by two brothers, Pete Wells, Mason County, and Fred Wells, Maysville. Services will be conducted at 10:30 a. m. Thursday at the J.

W. Porter and Sons funeral home. Burial will be in Mays ville Cemetery. Henry J. Scott Pikeville UP) Henrv J.

Scott. 47, a partner in the law firm of Hobson and Scott, died in Methodist Hospital today of a heart attack. Mr. Scott was active in Republican politics and was widely known in GOP circles in the state. He leaves his widow, three daughters and two sons.

William King Maysville, (Special) William M. King, 69, retired farmer and landowner of the Cabin Creek community, died yesterday at the Mason County Benevolent Home. Unmarried, he had been resident there for eighth years. Mr. King was born in Lewis County, the son of the late W.

and Lucy Nickerson King. He survived by a sister Mrs. Nora Bradford, Lafayette Apartments. Services will be conducted Thursday. Ernest Barker Irvine iJD Former Irvine Police Judge Ernest Buford Barker, 81, died today at a Richmond hospital.

A native of Madison County, he was police judce here 16 years and later was in the merchandising business until retiring 10 years ago. Survivors incluie his widow; a son, Horace M. Barker, Louisville attor- BE IN BLOOM City Continues $70 As Clothing Grant To Police, Firemen The Covington City Commission voted yesterday to allow police and firemen $70 a year clothing allowance. This ordinance is passed each year. It was inaugurated several years ago by the former administration.

Bids for the relocation of the pumping station at the entrance, of Devou Park to be used by the waterworks were turned over to the city manager to be checked. The John Hemmer Co. bid $12,097 and the John G. Exter-kamp Sons $15,710. Through a mix-up in assessing property at the Kenton Corp.

plant, the city voted to give the company a tax refund. The city taxed the plant on $42,000 when only $2300 of property was subject to taxation, it was reported. A request to tax-exempt the company for five years because part of its operation is a new industry was referred for further study. Driver Test Made By Postal Officials On Newport Road A mechanical detonator test held on Carrothers Road was called a success yesterday bv Newport postal officials. The demonstration was held to determine the thinking power of the motorist.

Steward M. Berkley, Newport assistant postmaster, said the post office last vear had an accident rate of 3.3 for 100,000 miles. On the test conducted the reaction distance was 20 feet and the breaking distance 22 feet for a total stopping distance of 4 feet from the time damage was noted. The demonstration worked on the principle wherebv the instructor pulled a string which fired a blank cartridge, making a yellow mark on the road, simulating the time the danger w'as noted by the driver. As the brake was applied a second shot was fired, making another yellow mark on the road.

The distance between the two mark showed the reaction time and the distance from the second marker to where the vehicle stopped was the braking distance. The test was conducted hy Francis Carter, post office employee, who was assisted by Newport police. The post office in 1953 instituted a safety program, which has greatly reduced accidents, Mr. Berkley said. National Safety Council sae driver awards have been presented to Robert Dews, Harry Dierig, William Fausz George Guenther.

Edward Heeg, Joseph Klump, Walter Myers, Ixjuis Philippe. Thomas Swope, Vernon Waldenmayer and Charles Yutze. V'tyo Pnroc Cltnrrlt lTe RaiCS LlIirCl In Pendleton Town DRY RIDGE. April 11 (Special) Fire razed the one-story frame Knoxville Christian Church, in Pendleton County, four miles east of Dry Ridge today. Loss was estimated at $10,000.

John Renaker. Dry Ridge fire chief, said the blaze was believed to have been caused by a defective flue. Fifty firemen from Dry Ridge and Williamstown battled the blaze for two hours. They were hindered by difficulties in pumping water from local cisterns. A revival service had been scheduled for tonight.

ney and former Jefferson County judge, and three daughters. Mrs. Myra Rawlins, Louisville; Mrs. Eunice Edwards, Irvine, and Mrs. Lois Bledsoe, North Middletown, Ohio.

Omer Hundley Danville up) Omer Hundley. 72, retired farmer and director of the Old Bank of Perryville, died today at a hospital. He is survived by two daughters, six sons, 22 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Anne Humlona Maysville (Special) "jTrfc Anne Frazee Humlong, 81, widow of R.

Graham Humlong, Germantown banker, died of a heart attack last night at her home in Germantown. Mrs. Humlong is survived bv a daughter. Miss Elizabeth Hum-long, at home, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Asbury, Lexington.

Services will be conducted Thursday. and trees were "busting out all yesterday, following last week Jerry Cornelius, Enquirer photog- examples of the annual meta Rate Stands; Up 11 Cents; Budget 0.K.'d Budget On View The 1956 Covington budget will be available for public inspection at 9:30 a. m. next Wednesday, Stanley Chrismah, city solicitor, said. Citizens may view the pay schedule and other hudget items prior to the regular meeting of the City Commission.

gram. It is imperative that we exercise good judgment in the use of these funds and carefully guard them so they are not directed into other channels. The budget totaled $2,965,406. It was broken down as follows: Administration, law department, $65,129.80: en-gineering department, public works department, $516,072.84: waterworks department, public finance department, health department, safety department, public welfare, street construction, 5100,000, and debt service, $267,871. man, is suffering from a heart condition, the coroner said, and is unable to give "coherent" information about his wife's death.

Mrs. Holliday died Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Covington, a day after being admitted. Police said she entered the hospital approximately a week after suffering the burns. She was unable to tell police what happened.

The coroner's verdict is expected today or tomorrow, pending the outcome of microscopic analyses. Private serv ices for Mrs. Holiday will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Allison and Rose funeral home.

Covington. Burial will be in Spring Grove, Cincinnati. Besides her husband, she is survived by a brother, Raymond Turner, Covington, and a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Wallace, Williamsburg, Ohio. Bankruptcy Sought For Tire Comoanv In Covington Court A petition in bankruptcy was filed yesterday by the Royal Tire Sales, 137 Pike Covington, in U.

S. District Court, Covington. The petition lists $75,108.35 in liabilities and debts of the company, and $50,754 in assets. Jesse Browning was listed as secretary and treasurer of the organization. March 27 the U.

S. Rubber Co. filed a suit for $16,925 against the Covington firm in Kenton Circuit Court. U. S.

Rubber said it had sold and delivered merchandise worth that amount to the defendant. Bi'cycZe Safety Week Set In Mayor's Proclamation Mayor George E. Winkler. Highland Heights, yesterday proclaimed the week of April 16-21 as Bicycle Safety Week. The bicycle safety campaign is being sponsored by the Highland Heights Optimist Club.

The campaign is designed to acquaint bicycle riders, especially the young, with the rules of the road and to emphasize the importance of being alert at all times and using common sense in respecting the rights of others. Mayor Winkler urged citizens to co-operate in the Optimist safety campaign Berea Graduation Reset BEREA. April 11 .) Berea College has rescheduled commencement exercises for June 3. Spring vacation will be April 13-16. a Third In Row; it marked the only hit the losers got, as Beck, on the mound for the Ohioans, pitched hitless bill for the remainder of he way.

He fanned 12 and walked three. He whiffed eight batters in succession. Ron Huser hurled for St. Henry, and he fanned three and walked three, Weber and Htinold had two hits apiece for the winners, and both of Weber's were Roubles. Art Walsh took the wraps off his Dixie Heights Littlt Colonels and the team proceeded to spank St.

Thomas High School, 12-5. The winners, trailing 5-0, exploded for seven tallies in the fourth Inning. They added one in the fifth, three in the sixth and one In the seventh. The losers were held to four hits and committed four errors. IVxie had 11 hits and had five errors.

Sam Branham hurled for the Little Colonels and fanned 10 and walked three. Valtreakis and Eilerman hurled for the losers. The pair fanned five and walked four. Eger and Ed Fry each had a single and double for the winners. Lloyd had two hits for the losers.

Girf7HeadlsHurt In Two-Car Crash; Two Others Injured Rosemary Younger. 9, 716 E. Eighth Newport, suffered ti possible skull fracture in a two-car collision last night at Ninth and Monmouth Sts. in which two others received minor injuries. Mrs.

Florence Roberts, 29. the girl's mother, suffered bruises about her right eye, and Jesse Chancey, 38, Columbus. severe cuts over her right eye and nose injuries. All were removed to St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas, by the Newport life squad.

Chancey was a passenger in car being driven north on Monmouth Street by Airman Hugh Andrews, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Patrolmen Donald Barnes and Alvin Schultz said that Harold Roberts, the other driver, was crossing the intersection, heading east on Ninth Street, when the collision occurred. Neither driver was cited by police. Senior Made Assistant On Staff Of University Patricia Rott. Villa Madonna College senior, was named teaching assistant in the chemistry department of thi University of Cincinnati yesterday.

Miss Rott, also a medical technologist at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Covington, is a frequent award winner in her studies. She is majoring in chemistry at the college and will take graduate studies next year. Miss Rott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Rott, 504 Hawthorne Covington. BorgeStar Of Festival LEXINGTON, April 11 fif) Victor Borge, Danish pianist-comedan. will b. the attraction at the Bluegrass Festival, held here each year near Kentucky Derby time. This year's performance will be May 7 at the Lexington Trotting Track.

About 7000 tickets will go on sale next week. Dam Cut Off not in any way a personal matter and that we will be glad to supply them with water whenever an emergency exists." It was recalled that five years ago, in the midst of one of the most severe droughts ever to be experienced in Boone County, the supply of water was arbitrarily cut off on orders of a Civilian employee of the Corps of Engineers, who termed water hauling trucks a "nuisance." The order was countermanded after an Enquirer story was juhlistied citing the plight of surrounding farmers who were without even drinking water. Since that time several hundred stock-water oonds have been constructed in the county and many new wells have been drilled. It is understood that water haulers have been obtaining free water from the well at the dam when other sources were read.lv available. piaff, shot in h.p By Nephew, Had Asked Total Of $10,925 A second trial by jurv during the current term of Boone Circuit Court yesterday was settled out of court, but not until the trial had been under way for more than three hours.

Tuesday a sheep-stealing case was settled out of court, after having been in progress for five hours. The plaintiff In yesterday's case, John S. Curry, Cincinnati, had sued a nephew, Ernest Harman. Hopeful Road, near Florence, for $10,925, alleging that he had been shot in his hip with a shotgun charge fired by the nephew, Harman, on July 31. 1955.

Mr. Curry sought $10,000 compensatory damages, plus a hospital bill of $325, loss of wases amounting to $400, and doctor bill in the sum of $200. The jury was taken into a room adjoining the courtroom to view a scar left by the wound, in order not to violate the "element of decency." After a conference by opposing attorneys a settlement was announced and the case withdrawn from the jury. A panel of 24 jurors has been summoned for 9 a. m.

today for the trial of Chester Lain-hart, 23, accused of shooting his wife, Phyllis, 20. from whom he was estranged. The shooting occurred February 13 after Lain-hart failed to effect a reconciliation. Stolen Gems Found! Boy Carries Pillowcase, Can't Give Police Slip A 17-year-old Newport youth, an escapee from Kentucky State Village, Grundale, was turned over to Newport police early yesterday following his arrest in Cincinnati. Police nabbed the youth when he was found carrying a pillowcase filled with jewelry and articles.

The jewelry, valued at more than $300. and $100 in cash were reported stolen by Robert Dressel, 709 Ann Newport, a few hours earlier. Newport police said the home was entered by breaking a glass on a door. The youth implicated a relative as the robber. Police charged the youth with burglary pending a thorough investigation.

The boy told police the relatives requested that he take the pillowcase to a Cincinnati address. Cadets Are To Visit As Part Of Training For Salvation Army Nine' Salvation Army cadet officers will visit Booth Hospital and the Salvation Army Citadels in the Covington area Monday as a part of their training. The group will conduct an open air meeting at 2:45 p. m. at the Newport Corps, 318 W.

Fourth St. A children's meeting will be held at 4 p. m. at the Covington Corps, 14 E. Eighth St.

Services will be held at 7 p. m. and evangelistic services at 7:45 p. m. at the Covington Corps.

Booth Hospital will be the center of their activities. The cadets are visiting the Salvation Army installations all over the country for practical experience to correspond with their studies. Leader Re-Elected Fnr Anniinl Pnrndfl of Beiievue, Dayton Mrs. Louise Koester was elected president of the annual Bellcvue-Dayton Memorial Day Parade for the 16th consecutive year last night at the Beiievue city building. Other officers include Joseph Gonding, vice president; Mrs.

Martha Miller, treasurer; Mrs. Pauline Gugel, secretary: Gilbert Birkley. music chairman, and Raymond Beyer, publicity chairman. Kersten-O Day Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, presented the organization with a plaque for outstand ng community service.

Scrzp Drive Is Planned Beiievue volunteer fire department will sponsor a paper and scrap drive at 9 a. m. Sunday. Residents are requested to place the paper in bundles on the curb for pick-up. Henry Schutte, chairman, announced.

Proceeds will be usd for the maintenance of the department. a at Wife Of County Official Mrs. Alma E. Martz, wife of Jacob (Jake) Martz, Campbell County commissioner and owner of Martz's Playground, Ross, died yesterday at her home on River Road, Ross. She was 60 years old.

Mrs. Martz, who had been ill for a long time, was a member of St. Philip Church, Melbourne. She was active with her husband in the operation of the playground. Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Ralph Martz, Ross; four daughters, Mrs.

Robert Andrea; Mrs Jack Croppen-baker and Misses Delores and Charmain Martz, all of Ross, and eight grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 8:15 a.m. Saturday from the Dohblin1; funeral home. Fort Thomas. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a.

m. at St. Philip Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Camp Springs.

Samuel Mink Samuel Roscoe Mink, 56, 3606 Glenn Covington, died yesterday at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Covington. He was a machinist for the Newport Steel Corp. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Grace Leffler Mink; three sons, Vernon, Clark B.

and Ronald B. Mink, all of Covington; a daughter, Mrs. Louis Dunker, Covington: his parents. Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel B. Harlan: two brothers, Hubert and Venus Mink, Harlan, three sisters, Mrs. Iola Koester, Indianapolis; Mrs. Thomas Hurley, Covington, and Mrs. Roxie Whitson, Birmingham, and 10 grandchildren.

Services will be held at 1 p. m. tomorrow at the Allison Rose funeral home, Covington. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Mary Jane Wright Miss Mary Jane Wright, retired employee of the Wads-worth Watch Case Dayton, died yesterday at her home, 641 Overton Newport.

She was 86 years old. Miss Wright, a native of England, had lived in Newport for 70 years. She was employed by the Dayton company for 50 years before her retirement. Surviving her are two nieces, Mrs. Martha Kempf, Fort Thomas, and Mrs.

Dorothy Royan, Seattle, and a nephew, John Wright, Fort Thomas. Services will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at the Erschell funeral home, Newport. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.

Fred W. Kampe Services for Fred W. Kampe, a former resident of Covington, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Middendorf funeral home, 917 Main Covington. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.

Mr. Kampe, who was 67 years old, died Monday at his home in San Diego, Calif. He had re sided in San Diego in recent ears. A native of Covington, he was a retired carpenter for the Kieswetter Carpet Cincinnati. He leaves four sons, Ray, Meford, Fred, in the Army, stationed at Selma, Cyril, Newport, and Robert, Ft.

Leavenworth, a daughter, Mrs. Henrietta Penick, Walton, and a brother, George Kampe, Cincinnati. Mrs. Ruth Mc Arthur Mrs. Ruth McArthur, 128 E.

Robbins Covington, died yesterday at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Covington. A lifelong resident of Covington, she was 63 years old. Mrs. McArthur was a member of the Ladies Society of St.

Mary Cathedral. She leaves a sister, Mrs. Josephine Lancaster, Covington, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at 8:30 a. m.

Saturday from the Linnemann funeral home, Covington. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a.m. at St. Mary Cathedral. Burial will be in St.

Mary Cemetery, Fort Mitchell. Mrs.AnnK.Uhl Services for Mrs. Ann K. Uhl, lifelong resident of Fort Thomas, will be held at 1 p. m.

tomorrow at the Dobbling funeral home, Fort Thomas. Services will be In Evergreeen Cemetery, Southgate. Mrs, Uhl, who was 87 years old, died Tuesday at St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas. She formerly lived at 49 W.

South-gate Fort Thomas. Surviving her are a sister, a H. is An autopsy yesterday Indicated the death of Mrs. Olive Holliday, 64, 206 Sterrett Covington, would be held accidental, although her injuries remained unexplained. While investigation continued.

Dr. E. L. Smith, Kenton County coroner, said the immediate cause of her death was "a collection of fluid in the lungs and swelling of the lung tissue." However, the mysterious burn covering the top of her head was unexplained. It was described as of the type caused by scalding water from a hot water bag.

Flames were ruled out, because the hair was not singed. Dr. Smith said he doubted the burn was serious enough to have caused death. Mrs. Holiday's husband, George, a retired paper sales Bandit "So Sorry" Apologizes To Cafe Owner For Robbing Register An apologetic thief robbed Mrs.

Anna M. Stein, 70. operator of Stein's Cafe. 104 Pike Covington, of $20 and a pint of whiskey at gunpoint early yesterday, police reported. Mrs.

Stein told officers that the man said he was "only doing this because I have children in the hospital." He took $20 she had in a cash register, she said. The robber also took a wallet from Vernon Douthitt, Harvey Street, Covington, but returned it when he found only $1 inside, officers said. Just before leaving he took pint of whisky from a counter, Mrs. Stein said. Bus Service Is Planned For Opening Ball Game Special bus service to Crosley Field will be operated next week for the opening game between the Reds and the St.

Louis Cardinals. H. P. Ishmel, superintendent of the Green Line transportation system, announced yesterday. Buses will leave Third and York Newport, at 1 p.

m. Tuesday. At 1:10 buses will leave from Third St. and Court Covington. Buses will return to the same locations immediately following the game.

Fares for the round trip will be 65 cents for adults and 35 cents for children. Ishmael said. r-ir i Sunday Club To Meet The Sunday Morning Club will meet at 1:30 p. m. Sur.aay tre Turf Club, Southern Avenue, Covington.

By U. o. hngmeers Urder The practice of obtaining water from the artesian well located at U. S. Dam 3.S on the Ohio River, except in emergency oi severe drought, will be stopped effective May 30, it was learned in Burlington vesterdav.

Col. W. D. Milne. U.

S. district engineer. Louisville Engineer District, said in effect that the district's policy had been hused to the extent that persons living in the vicinity of Look 3S now are taking water rom this installation when it could be obtained from a commercial dealer or by developing thru- own facilities. Colonel Milne said the Corps oi Engineers d.d not want to compete with private interests in supplying water under normal conditions for She populace of the area. "It is h.ped." Colonel Milne's Vtcr stated, "that the parties i ncerr.od understand that this.