Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1945 — Page 2

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Illinois Child Is Killed By Pel Bear Sheriff Lays Blame To Meat Shortage Tower Hill. 111. July 1" ,vp ' Shelby county sheriff J. <'■ lioein said today I hi’ killing of a 33-months-old boy by a pet Inowu hear here yesterday rttay have been due to the ticur becoming hunger-crazed because ot a nie.'it shortage Tile boy, Paul Bryan Reedy, son of Mr. and Mrs Isil Reed} who ope,ate a local grocery. was seized by one of two bears, ehnined to separate trees. .2 > ieet apart..

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as ne played between his Mt her s store and the family home In the | rear. The boy's brother, Jack. 17, was in the grocery and heard Paul scream. He rushed outside to see the bear biting and clawing at Paul. He attempted to fence oft ilie hear with a pitchfork but by the lime he succeeded ids brother was dead. Coroner Gerald Lockhart lias scheduled an inquest for tonight. Ibcm. who Was called by Ibe father, shot mid killed both bears. He said the one which attacked PaUl, chewed and clawed him mid that the body was badly mutilated. Beeln said lie thought better precautions might have been 'akeu t<> proleci the public but Ihlit in the main the tragedy "was probably because the bear was

New Haven Pastor I I HHB K Ml The Rev. Roger Hugh Ward, son of Mrs. Amanda W Ward, 522 St. Mary's street, who recently was graduated from Olivet Nazarene College, Kankakee, 111., with ths degree of bachelor of theology, is now pastor of the Nazarene church in New Haven. The Rev. Ward, in his study for the ministry at Olivet, was active in student affairs on the college campus. He. was secretary-trea-surer of the student body, belonged to the Orpheus choir and was preßident of the Spartan club during his junior and senior years. He served as class treasurer during his sophomore year, was a member of the “O" Club, acted as assistant N.Y.P.S. group leader during his college training, the church octet, glee club and the Christian workers band. He was class coach in the basketball tourney and was a member of the Indiana club and vice-president of the Sunday school class in his junior year. The Rev. Ward was married last ' June 8 to Miss Wilma Austin of Winchester. The couple resides in New Haven. meat hungry." The father bought the two bears early this year for SIOO each and kept them chained to separate trees in a lot between iwo houses a short distance from the street. They were fully grown and were being trained by , Reedy for selling purposes. Beem said the boy apparently wandered in the direction of the bears and that one of them just reached out and grabbed Paul as he case near. Only one of the bears attacked the boy. the other not being wit Ilin reaching distance. “While better precautions might have been taken to protect the public my idea is that it was caused by Ihe meat shortage," he said. "Both bears were supposed to be pet bears but they probably were so meat hungry they just grabbed with the idea of something to eat.’’ — —o — CRACK STREAMLINER (Continued From Page One) run from Los Angeles to Chicago ordinarily arrives here at 12:15 p. m , CWT. The train operates ever Union Pacific tracks as far as Council Bluffs. la. it makes the final run from Council Bluffs to Chicago on Northwestern tracks. 0

TONS OF EXPLOSIVES tContfnuvd From Page One) selected targets. Hitachi and adjoining Sukegawa are the center of the largest and most important complex of industrial targets north of Tokyo. Industries there are in a compact coastal area along the Fnku-shima-Mito highway in Tochigi prefecture. The cities face on the sea of Kasiilma Nada, along a slightly curved coastline. At that point Halsey's battleships were scarcely 30 or 40 miles from Tokyo bay, separated only by the- Boso peninsula. This was the first "night sea bombardment at’ Japanese homeland targets. Factories in the Hitachi areff manufacture aircraft part's, electrical equipment, precision instruments, wire, cable. Diesel engines, radios and gears. Other potential targets were the Hitachi engineering works, the Japan mining company in a narrow valley behind the city, the Yamate wire cable plant, and a complex railroad system feeding the entire industrial Area. :— o SENATOR EXPLAINS (Contlnut-a From Page One)

traveling allowances to workers referred to jobs in another city by the U. S. employment ketvfce also was asked. Kiigor said that in states Where the ceiling for benefits Was limited to sls or S2O a ■toeek, “the ceiling will be increased so that makimurh payment of $25 can be paid,” Providing this does hot exceed tWo thirds pf previous wages. .—i : The altitude of citfes In Tekas, mggeat sta's tn thi Vnidh. rangto from »v»l Mong the Gulf of Mexico to bue mile high at Fort Davis.

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King Leopold Asks Election On Return Belgian Parliament Ignores Suggestion London, July 17 — (UP) The Belgian parliament moved swiftly today to take over the power of determining whether King Leopold will retain his crown. He had expressed a desire for an election to test the people’s desire ih the matter. Ignoring Leopold’s suggestion, the chamber of deputies adopted a measure proposed by the government under which parliament itself would decide whether and when tile king could return to his throne. Tlie vote was 96 to 6, with 32 members abstaining. Premier Achille Van Acker read Leopold s proposal in a letter to the regent. He then offered the government’s measure providing that the king could “resume exercise of his constitutional powers only after deliberation of the chambers.’’ Leopold, in the letter broadcast by the Brussels radio, said sentiment at present could not be determined, and that the "will of the people alone” would cause him to abdicate. The Belgian parliament met in extraordinary session to consider the political crisis. Leopold said he considered that a majority of the Belgians wanted him to return, but he would not "until national consultation of the country takes place." Leopold's letter, from Salzburg where he has been since he was liberated by Allied troops, was W" ''' kjt [ ? w ' if Taj ' - •% '. W ' ' is Ik. ' , " b & > w * *" - S: . ■ : ? . .'. • . •

SENATOR ARTHUR CAPPER (R) \ of Kansas, celebrates his 80th / birthday working at his desk in \ the capital. He told reporters: “I f have had good health, good \ friends, and most of the time good / luck.” (International) 1 .. 3K. ®FW i '.ME ■ I K 1 J fl •-- '•’.*» I K j ■HMMH|t ■. ij£' r ' * J J .-... _| au WINNER of a national beauty contest to select “Miss Stardust,” Eleanor Cahill, Cdronado, Cal., came out tops ovar a field of rhorO than 8,000 entries. She was awarded a SSOO bond and a modeling contract She is 19 years old, 5 feet 1 inches i ■ tall, U 0 pounds. (International) 1

addressed to his brother, Prince Charles, the regent of Belgium. He acknowledged demands by three-fifths of parliament and the | Belgian press that he abdicate, and said it was not “my intention for an instant to impose myself upon my country.” But he said he also had information that “an important majority in the country insisted upon J demanding my return." In view f of the dissension in parliament f and the country, he said, he could • not discern "the wish of the a country." 1 " 2T a Democrat Want Ads Get Results

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Over-Average Gram Yields In Indiana Good Yield Os Corn, Small Grams Seen Lafayette. Ind.. July 17-H- PlHtmsier farm today predicted above-average yield. ot corn an d-inall grains in Indiana this year. The forecast was canted in the monthly crop report, as o^J^L—L

bv the Pmdue university depart-:' n [ pnt 0( agricultural statistic-. Winter wheat was estimated at 2fi.720.000 buahele. or 13® per cent of the 1944 output and 135 per cent of the 10-year average. Acreage wa,s 124 per cent of the 1914 total, hut the yield was 22.5 bushel- per acre, or 5.4 per acre Higher than the 10-year average i The farm statistician- said that corn acreage was one per cent below what it was a year ago, but the indicated yield was 192,864,000 i bushels. Thus, the 194 b com crop was | expected to be nine per cent higher | than a year ago and 12 per

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