Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1947 — Page 12

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Il Railway Unions Band In Wage Drive » Work Together For 1947 Wage Raises Washington. 25 il'l’i — Twenty-two railway labor union*, representing over 1 .'iitn.uim rail road workers. have agreed to work together h> a joint IWI7 wage drive, union sources said today Top officials of the unions will meet here Thursday with I’resldents of In of the nation’s largest rtiilioad for preliminary talks. The raiway unions represent the second group <>f laltor organizations that have agreed to Itand together iti recent weeks for new wage drives Xlne maritime unions already are moving ahead with similar plans A union source said the railway group would Includt presidents A F Whitney of file trainmen pit I Ahanley Johnston of the engineers, the two brotherhoods which -taged the Ik-hour nation wide rail tleup last May Whitney- and Johnston, it was rnderstood. have agreed to join forces with the other three large operating brotherhoods the conductors. switchmen ami engine men in a united drive for higher wag-s ami changes in working i ondltion* The other 17 union*, which make up ilte non-operating railEASY TO USE . . . Also CLEANS Kem-fone, Sero-fone Texolite, Spred and other paints of this type -I—J

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. <?■ s JST w Ae *Tfti «K »< ' •* WB| fl a IHV JKMK? k \ a itdaniV 1 * nW’ fl - <> saw aw3E ' Bell at the age of 29. Alexander Graham Bell CHALLENGE ot maxing the tcicgrapn ' tarn tret to ire invention or i the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1X76. Today, the t inted States, which leads the world in the number of telephones.

road workers, wi'.l work together only on wages. They have no operating rules. — O ""■ - -"" Herbert Marshall To Marry Fourth Time Holly wood. Feb. 25 ll’Pl British actor Ib-rliert Marshall t-»-Iday set Aug 1 a* tile date for hbs fourth wedding He will tie married in Santa Barba a. t’al to former follies lieauty Boots Mallory, five days after her divorce from movie producer William Citgliev !>ei omes final

Slock Boy Confesses Starting Four Fires $150,000 Damage Is Caused From Fires Chit ago. F»-b 2.‘> I IT*i A D> year-old xtoi k hoy. who blamed ;i "frustration." has admitted responsibility for four fins which damaged IlT.u.uoi. worth of Roods at .Marshall Field A- Co., the world’s largest department store Robert C. Smith, a part-time employe, told detectives yestcr day that the first of four fi:e> they were invr-tlga'ing wax started when he drotimd a rttatch Into a pile of women's <■ othlni’ a- he left the -ton Dec 17 lie said 11--started a similar fire ntf Feb. 7. Four days later, on I’eb. 11. he -aid he started a thirl fire after ,m argument with another stm-k hoy over the uxc of a hand truck. The last of the blazes wax set Feb. 17 lifter an argument with the floor manager. Smith, wlio successfully passed a lie detector text liefore addition al questioning brought his con tension, said he had developed a frustration complex because he •had been beaten in all his boy hood quarrels.” All of the fires were quickly extinguished by the store's sprinkler system, ami most of the damage wax the n-mit of water O - ' Convicted Forger Is Wanted At Bryan, 0. E. A. "Andy” Zumtyrlnk. 3R. con victed check forger has "be-n long gone” to Michigan City state prison, but reports of his deeds are still rolling In. Decatur police chief Ed Miller was notified today by Bryan. Ohio police that they were holding one of Andy's "famous" $34 worthless checks, passed on a merchant there. r Zumhrink. who seemingly had a mania for $32 and $34 bogus i checks, is wanted in about half 1 a dozen states. Including Ohio, which has five Counties holding warrants against hint. He went to prison on a 2 14 year sentence last week, for a rlmtlar offense here. Slippery Pavement Blamed For Accident Slippery pavement was blamed for an unto accident in the 2<m block on Monme street about 4:ls pm. .Monday when a car driven hy Robert Gage. Jr.. 17. Deem nr crr-«hed into the rear of another driven by John Weigel. 11. New Corydon, chief Ed Miller reported today Gage, in reporting the accident to officer Adrian Coffes. said that he was unable to halt hi- auto <m the slippery street when th* other driver Stopped for the light at Second street Damage wss estimated fe “ ’*** ——a— —-- Pigeon Pest A pigeon P° tl system, in which the birds were used as messengers - tn li» A. W

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Drive To Aid Vets Obtain New Homes A drive to make xtt e that veti- ana g- t the ffrrtt chance Io rent or buy dwellings built with vet- • ana* priorities is being launched beginning Ma ch 5. by the office of teni|M»rary controls in the l»e---taiur urea, it wax reported by John E. Williams, area rent directorfl "This drive lx part of the government'- effo t to help veterans who need hoi.dug to find homes.” Mr E. William-, area rent director, is part of a continuing program to see that dwelHng- being built for vwe-ans in thi.- area have placards potted, so that veterans can readily li>. ate available boiMing." * ‘ The placards." he added, "must .o up within five days after const a t|on starts .nd must remain on tiie xlt»- during tin- entire period when the housing is required to l»e held f ir veta.ans." . Fort Wayne Infant Is Burned To Death Fort Wayne. Ind . Feb. 25 —tl'Pt Six-months-old Lucille Parks burned to death late yesterday u iu.ti this tlnv uhtii-k ir. which bHa

When trie tiny Mliat K ID WHICH nne worua iot wrre cents per nour. ON YOUNG’S RAILROAD COUNCIL 1 • - jUiMw *3 l ~ rigMML A /J I ft Sflwl t—- J mb* y _ MY nar Iw ? M MM*" Stettiniu* {inset), Robert R. Yeung. I r wW m - J fl MMM| jU XjIQBp Ha I vsy !*<• Wise* ’’ ANNOUNCING formation of the F*** r *2"* toT a new organ.zat.or. to rival U.« esUbiishvi Association of Americas R. Young, board chains. «f Ohio Railroad, reveals the personnel at Ma adviaory council which b by Edward ft BUttmiua. * toner at New Jer»Q OtariM Edimrt RBW—

wax sleeping caught fire from what was believed to be a defective stovepipe of a coal and wood stove. Mrs. Aildie Parks, the child's mother, told police she'd seen the child at 1:30 and then gone into an adjoining house. When she looked out the window about 4 p.m. she xaw the liny room on fire «_ McNutt In Tokyo To Visit MacArthur Tokyo. Feb. 25.— Il’Pt-Gen and Mrs. Dougla- MacArthur made ; one of their rare excursions to ilaneda airport today personally to greet ambassador Paul V. McNutt. his wife and daughter who arrived here from Manila. , A source close to MacArthur I said the reasons for McNutt's visit , to Tokyo was “purely personal.” The ambax-ador. who is retiring shortly from his Manila post, took this opportunity to bid goodbye to the MacArthurx who have been liix friends for a long time. 0 1 Cheap Laber x When a woman does home work >• that can be done by a machine, she » works for three cents ner hour

LEGIONNAIRES —— » (Continued from Fwgo II Other guests at the meeting included Mr. and Mrs J. I. Ehler and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Striker, parents of the two contestants*: C. E. Striker and W. Guy Brown, principals of the Monmouth and l»e. ..tur Junior senior high schools. 1.025 Membersnip lii>ring the business session of the lagion pint, membership chairman Bussell Weldy reported 1.<>25 | mem Iters on the post roster. Commander T C. Smith announced the appointment of Ralph E Hoop, chairman; lloltert Ashbuacher. I tee Fry hack and F ed Sharner-! loh on u committee in charge of [dans for the antt’ial birthday party of the American legion to lie celebrated March 17. He also announctd a district meeting to lie held at Gairett Ma ch •• The matter of contributing to th-* Bed Cross was referred to the eset-utlve commit- i lee. o Kokomo Newspaper Cuts Advertising Kokomo. Ind. Feb 25. -tl'Pi —, The Kokomo Tribune today elf- « minated all advertising except claseifieds because of a shortage ( of newsprint. The Tribune announced that it would print only four pages until tiie shortage was alleviated, lie cause only 12 days normal supply remained In sto age in the face of a freight car shortage. — -o —— Trade In a Good Town Decatur ■ i i —■■■ ■■ ■■ ■———a———— There are NO doublejointed people. Anatomically a joint is any con nectlon between two or more adjacent parts of ihe skeleton, whether they be lame or cartilage Joints may be movable or immovable. ami the degree of movability varies with the limitations of the individual and the particular joint involved. A double-joint, or conjunction of two joint connecttons, is not encountered In tho human body.

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