Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1945 — Page 2

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; COURT HOUSE ' Jurors are Excused | William Vance. French township, ■ Jesse J. Hurst. Decatur and Wil- • liam.C Auman, Root township, were ’ excused by the court from serving I on tlie petit Jibry. The vacancies | will ibe filled by the Jury commitsI aloneis. The complaint on account filed I by Harold Baker vs Lincoln HoursI ing Corp., was dismissed and coats j paid. Divorce Granted ’ A divorce wa,s granted by the I court to Mary lEllen Bickel from | her hu>-;baiid, Cleon Francis Bickell. I on her‘coinplaint. Costa were ordersi taxed against rhe plaintiff. I Estate Cases I In the estate of Frank Johnston. I inventory was filed showing value . of estate at 1 ss than SSOO. N‘o ad--1 ministration papers were necessary I anil title to property ordered vested | in Emma A. Johnston, widow, as j provid' d by law. . Swygart is Released ' Richard Dale SwygarL I'J-year-I old youth charged with ent ring I the Appelman restaurant to commit I .i felony, filed bond for SSOO with the coutr and was ordered released i I from jail. H : s campanion. Thomas j Anderson pleaded guilty to a simij i;;r charge and was sentenced by th court to a term in the Indiana • re oi inatory of from one 1o PI I years. | Suit for Divorce George Perry has filed suit tor divorce from his wife. Geraldin. PerI ry They were married October 3. | It* 12 and separated April Hi. Cruel I and inhuman treatment was cliarg- ; ed by the plaintiff. Th ■ couple rc- ' sided at 750 High stretti. I July Trials Set j The following jury trials have j It en set in court: First State Bank . vs -Ciiarles E. Magley. Esthet C. • Hutson and Wayne A. Barger, suit | on note and to set aside a conveyI ante, two cases. May 21. . Fitst Stat- Bank vs Charles E. Magley. compaint on note. May 21. I Ruth E. Hall and (’harl-s A. Hall [ vs Indiana Service Corp., complaint I for damages. May 2S. ■Chaties A. Hall vs Indiana Si r- • vice Corp., complaint, for damages. I May 2S. I i Special Services And Meetings Oi Area i M zl oIWMMgb Nuttman Ave. U. B. There will be no prayer service at the Nuttman . Avenue i’nited Brethren church this evening. Members of the church will go as a group to the W. M. A. branch meeting at Wren, O. o r 7;000 CIVILIANS (Continued From Page One) | ed for two of the ships, an 8.000ton transport and a 2.000-ton freighI ter. in a raid on Singapore Sat:.,I day night. It was the first time that a Philippines-based plant hit Singapore, big enemy-held port at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. Most of the rescued civilians from Baguio were in good physical condition. They had been aided | liy tlw. Agorotea who . majniaiped c' vil W F ••• I ■ I ? - 9' I fl ■ j* wi ■ W * ‘•SomeivlieVe in Poland" the photoltHiplier came upon this barefooted mother and her, baby, w rapped in up old purtai.n to keep w arm. MilH<|n.s w prse in Maf'dtivjtstated Jaqd>> i\bpard. Xqu can Ijpjp save thejn from, sickijebs aitd death by giving serviceable used clothing shoes, and bedding to the United National Clothing Collection. *

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- _ . - -f-<r—-cotiimnuications with tlie 33rd division by what the Americans dubbed the "G-string telegraph." In their daring night movement, the Filipino natives slipped past! Japanese guides and led the civilians to the Amei’lcan lines aidtig secret mountain trails known only by the Igorotes. Most of the civilians were rescued from the Japanese mountain stronghold. The only remaining' were a few aged and infirm who were unable to make the four-mlle! hike across the rough terrain. COUNCIL DISCUSSES (Continued From Page One) approved, the price being s(>(>. A lease with William H. Hoffman for the lot directly south of the city hall, facing the alley, as a park'ng lot for city trttckd was approved. the rental being $5 a month, i

HIGHLIGHTS of 1944 from the General Electric annual report

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. - C•. V . • .'.a f v _ » ///JHnwh* W- I ; 9w w I »JPI . I ERPLOirh EARNINGS Up. The average G-E employee earned $2,772 in 1944. Employees also shared $?;J4,000 in Suggest ion Awards. Top award was $2,000 for an idea that speeded production of G-E gun control for B-29 Superforts. G-E employee suggestions aid the war effort. ■iijs l ; |, | 1 1 D T ) I• ■ K I i 1' ‘ 1' 7 ■Hi 4735 WAR VETERANS Hlßtt). By the year’s end 4735 returned service men and women were working at plants of General Electric and affiliated companies. 2986 of these were former G-E employees. As of December 31, .1944, . a total of 50,228 employees of General Electric and' its affiliates had entered the armed services. FM VICTMY...BUY AND HOLD WAS BONDS

A contracl with Carl Strikct to ibuild the concrete wathj, footings, floor and drain pit for the building to houee the filter oh the South i ward well on Studatbaker street, was approved by the council. Ihe price was $680.0. No action was taken on the pro-j posed airfield project, for reason that the state commiiswiou ihas not y< t been named and the city can--1 not proceed until the new law ’e promulgated. PRESIDENT TRUMAN (Continued From Page One) tied transcriptions reached those forward elements which Couldn’t get it otherwise. Some 8.000.000 armed Americans overseas heard the report to the services. The president ended with a paragraph from Lincoln's second i inaugiual address:

"Wllii inalace toward none; with ; charity for all; with Nrinness in Ih right, as God gives us Io see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in: to bind up toe nation's wounds; to care for him i who shall have borne the battle, i and for his widow, and his orplian ] —to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among oyrelves, and with all nations." Mr. Truman demonstrated sound radio technltiue on the air last night Ills text, delivered to newspaper offices some hours before delivery. was a model Os short-pen-j fence composition. That is the i punchiest —and simplest — method ! of transmitting Ideas. 11 o Lots of tllectrons About 6 million trillion electrons flow through the electric light on your lamp table. •/• »« tec* M»» M

-t..- \ \ *(■ k i Wy S' JET General Electric developed the world’s most powerful aircraft engine for the world’s fastest plane—the Gr.EI jet propulsion engine for the Lockheed P-80 “Shooting Star.” It Is more than twice as powerful as previous models produced by G. E. for ihe Army Air Forces. 234)732 STOCRHOIDtRS. Ownership of the company was divided among a larger number of stockholders than ever before. Dividends were $1.40 per share—same as in 194.3 and 1942, less than in 1941 and 1940. Net income was less than in 1940, while sales billed were 3’4 times greater.

]944 1943 % CHANG 1 VOLUME Os BUSINESS brders received $1,609,600,000 $1,360,600,000 + 18% | Net sales billed $1,353.0bb,006 $1,288,400,000 + 5,0 | Me! IHcBMe Aft> Bivißfefeds Net income for the year $ 30,800,000 $ 44,900,0Q0 Per share $ 1.76 $ , , 1-56 + ,o Dividends declared aria paid $ 40,300,000 $ 40,300,000 Per share $ 1.40 $ I*4o TAXES . * * l . artotal taxes $ 176,000,1100 $ 163,000,000 1- 8 ® STOCKHOLDERS Number on December 31 234,732 229,127 + 2/o emHoyeEs Average number on payroll Total earnings of employees $ 464,000,000 $ 472,000,000 — « Average annual earnings $ 2;772 $ 2,756 + c Hear the G-E radio pro«r«m«: The G-E AU-girl Onhyty, Sunday 10.p.m. EWT, NBC-TTie World Monday through Friday 6:45 p.m. EWT, CBS-lie G-E Houee Wrty. Monday through Friday 4:OT P ’ ( ■ General N. Y i .‘ GENEHAIgTIECTBiC I

FkENCH MOPPING 1 f (Continued From Pago One) There were persistent, but unconfirmed, reports that the Germans on Pointe De Grave, across the river from Royan, had capitulated. However, De Larininat’s Idlest communique reported corilititied French air and artillery attackfl on Point De Grave, which is the site of a memorial to American doughboys who landed in France in the first World War. FEDERALrOOD CZAR — (Continued Frotn Page One) Butchers (AFL). They described lockers as the ; "black magic of black market op- ! eration," aitd blamed them for a ! widespread uneven distribution of I meal. I Locker plant users do not have

• *' ''4l; t VXx'k PRODUCTION INCREASED, tn 1944, tor the fourth successive year. General Electric turned out a new record quantity of war goods and services, despite an average of 2 per cent fewer employees. G. E. produced more than 8.000.000 horsepower of ship propulsion turbines for the Navy in 1944. n lm f' 7 Ski -I SR gyM i El H iiiil WilWia NEW DEVELOPMENTS. G-E research and engineering played a part in such recent dev eop menis as radar, silicones, jet. propulsion, ro< t weapons, remote gun control for B-29 -- u Pf i r ” r ’, A-26 “in.vader,” P-61 “Black Widow. G.b. worked bn hundreds of new war problems.

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