EAST FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, August 12, 1952 Vol. C627
LOCAL NEWS
ROBBERY!
Local Merchant Robbed at Knife-Point
In a brazen act of hubris, a knife wielding scoundrel held up the Lost Oasis bar on Saturday morning. The bold action took place just as the bar was closing and there were many patrons still on the premises.
At approximately 1:45 AM as most of the patrons were exiting the bar, an unidentified male in a dark shirt with dark glasses and a red bandanna approached the bartender and demanded money from the cash register.
“I thought he was kidding at first and then I thought he must be with the theater group in town,” said bartender and owner Charles Wenz, “but then he produced this big knife and started waving it in my face. I tried to stay calm and not get anyone hurt, I went over to the register, opened it and gave him wanted. He took the dough, turned and walked out of the bar. No one seemed to notice until he was at the door and I shouted to my doorman to stop him but he ran out the door and got away.”
The police responded immediately but there was no trace of the robber. A local investigation is on going. Anyone with any information on the whereabouts or identity of the robber is asked to contact the police. The event is very distressing to most of the townspeople, “What is this place coming to,” lamented Mrs. Mallard owner of one of the oldest boarding houses in town. “You can’t even go out for the evening anymore.”
SPORTS
The Streak Ends!
Travelers Fall to Bear Creek 6-4
The Travelers 12 game winning streak ended Friday when they were bested by the Bear Creek Cubs, 6-4. The game was highlighted by sterling defense but peppered with offensive gems from both teams. The Cubs got out to an early lead in the second on a two run double by Knowles. The Travelers pitcher, Joe Nagy, had some early inning control problems walking four in the first two innings and letting up three hits. If it wasn’t for the razor sharp defense the damage would have been worse. The double play combination of Dunham to Archibald to Watson connected three times in the first four innings. Nagy settled down in the later innings but it was too little too late. He was able retire the last six batters in the last two innings but the Cubs had scored six runs and that was enough to seal the win.
The Travelers offensive highlights were once again centered around Johnny Cloos, who hit another home run scoring two in the fifth and driving in one more in the sixth with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. The last Traveler score came from a couple of well placed singles by Tony Dimero and Joey Brown and a long drive by catcher, Billy Sweet. The Travelers will try to get back on the winning side of the ledger on Wednesday when they play Ondita Cougars.
NATIONAL NEWS
Bloc Urges Democratic Plank
Favoring Nationwide Primary
WASHINGTON (INS)—A Bloc of 33 Democratic senators an congressmen demanded today that their party’s campaign platform call for a nationwide Presidential primary to strike down “backroom political dealing.”
The Democratic legislators, spearheaded by Sens. Douglas of Ill. , Smathers of Fla. , and Rep. Bennett of Fla. , sent a petition to Rep. McCormick of Mass.
The committee will begin hearings on platform proposals this week in Chicago
Signing of the petition followed a claim by Douglas that Sen. Keith of Tenn. Douglas , in a television interview also charged that the “big interests will move in” on Gen. Eisenhower if the Republican nominee is elected.
Douglas said that Eisenhower, whom he once suggested for the presidential nomination on both the GOP and Democratic tickets, will be the “hardest GOP candidate to beat”
He added that “as an American I was very happy to see Gen. Eisenhower nominated but as a Democrat I was very distressed.”
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