Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1947 — Page 7

day. MAR. 20. 1947

Of [legislation Lee Officer Lorts On Bills L „ *’ rv ' P_ r | lM jay stated that he ELd oHh '* l ’ w,,r< * I Hli4( ., r d Which affects I .nd their problems. fres-r.l to poll tai. any I Who was it* * erv * l ’® <• or Lember. I 9«. Hoes «ot Iwy the l»l< iw* l tax pajr ’ L provided only that he L county treasurer eel [hi* service a» of that date. I hi* discharge. L,k with the offices of iaiditor Thurman I. Drew L.urer Hoy I*. Price disToday that in l» l,l>ait| y all

where I sit... fy Joe Mars? F Do Men Like Women?

Kf* you read that recent ar* K a national magazine, elaimKt American men don’t really Ke company of women. They Kt them up on a pedestal ami Khem there. KI wouldn’t «ay that that wax ■eur town. lxx>k at any mar- ■ eouplc—like the Cuppers, ■wouldn’t nag If Dee spent his Kgs “with the boys”—but K- Dee liken nothing better , ■to stay home by the fire. Kg a glau of beer with Jane. Kg cnbbage, or juat talking.

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cases the poll tax assexxinents have been left off tuxes of veterans in the above classification. Mr. Drew said that the county officials had -proceeded under authorization from the stale on the theory that this particular poll tax wax to Ire omitted. According to the latest law. veterans with service-connected disabilities, or widows of such disabled veterans, are entitled to a property tax exemption. Further information may Ire secured from Mr. Arnold at his office on the second floor of the courthouse. 4 5.8 WM 0 Legion Pilgrimage To France Postponed Indianapolis, March 20 —(UP)— \ pilgrimage to the battlefields of France by members of the American legion was mistponed indefinitely today because of uncertain traveling conditions. National commander Paul 11.

And when hfl does go out. for on afternoon of fishing down at Seward’s Creek, or for an evening glass of ester at Andy Botkin's Carden Tarn n, Jane is almost al* ways with him (except when she’s got a spot of baking in the oven). From where I ait. respect doesn’t rule out everyday com* panionship ... and never should. They go together—essential parts of a successful marriage. »

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Griffith said xteamsliip line* could guarantee "only very limited numbers of accommodations for the return trip." Many legioiniunes planned to make the trans-Atlantic voyage after the legion’s 2!»tli annual convention in New York City Aug. 29 -Sept. 1. — y ...... Truck Driver Killed By Falling Oil Tank Mt. Vernon. Ind.. March 20 — tl’Pi Claude Phillips, 10-year-old truck driver, was crushed to death and Glen Woodrow. 30, was injured oeriously yesterday when large oil tanks they were moving (ell on them. Both men were from Grayville. 111. Woodrow- was treated at an Evansville. Ind., hospital

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Former Labor Head, Two Others Killed Bizarre Murder Is Probed By Police Springfield. Mo.. March 20.— tl’Pt Curious tieighltors who peered throiiuli the windows of a burning house were credited today with lattncliina a police investigation into a bizarre triple murder which miuht have gone unnoticed. Tile victims wen* Harold 11. Canant. a former union offi< ial. hit wife. Clara. 52. and son. Harold, Jr.. 2'5 They were killed by blows on tile head before their Imdics were saturated with an inflainmable liquid and set afire as they lay of the beds of their five room bungalow.

_i Conant, a fanner, was the business agent for a local of the I’nited ® Electrical Workers «Ak’l.t until ■ three yearn ano. He was shot in g the top of the head. His wife and _ m>ii were bludgeoned on the fore- • head with a heavy, blunt weapon. • The fire was discovered li.tj g tirigliltora at in am. yesterday. 0 but it wnsn’t until mld-eveniug that an autopsy revealed they ® had been murdered before the fire ■ .wept their home g< NeighlMtrs of the Conauts. wliu _ attempted to hull the flames, were responsible tor initiating the in- ■ vt-Hlig ition. When they were tin- ■ abl<- to pain entrance to the house m and reKcuc the Conant*. the nelah — bora peered through window’ll and said they saw evidence that the B InniHe had been ransacked. ■ Elaines were consuming the g Conant*' bedroom ami already had ■ burned out the bedroom of Harold. ® Jr. I Hr. Murray C. Slone, county g coroner, said the trio was killed before their bodies were burned. Conant was reported to have purW chased a gallon of kerosene two ■ days ago. which he said was med g J ed io start coal fires in the family's i new one .lory home. Authorities believed that the murder or mur- ■ | derers used the kerosene to (eed| I ALSE TEETH That l.iMtwn Need Not Hmbaratw B Jim. W.H' of fill** tectli have _ iffered re*| . ri- -m« b ■ -an* > ir ids'- dropped, »|i|>P*d ■- or wal'lihd at Just tin- wr*»na time l»e opt live 111 leal' of till* lialia polling |o voi| .111 i prinkl- .1 little " 'A TEETH, tlm .ilkulim mo. . Idt | o.u.hi, 00 vo-ii plat> Hold- fal»e lei-lli mor. fltinly. o lhe> f-o-1 more o ■ | pl.ii lor” tdetilnre lir< itln Het ■ •’AM KETH .it iu> drug utorn. g 1 1 1 fl ■ 1 1 'I ‘i WAvffL 1 ■ WHSWIr • Z z s^l! 3fc ! f ■ ■ I nci-V*** u f»«* w«O* 1 ■ l •‘If•<*•!! / ■ \ i OO4 /i ■ kX. I ■ KVS. ■ '' xl 8 • i Av**' 01

the fire which wax set to destroy evidence of the killings. The Conants wen* described as a "closely knit," moderately well-to-do family with no known enemies. They had planned Io open a drive-in restaurant in downtown Springfield tomorrow. 0 Army Transport Is Damaged By Flames Jersey City. N. March 20 • I'Pf Fire broke out early today 111 the aft supe-structure of the army transport George Waohington. laid up at the Cavetts Point pie., but was reported out two hours later. A New York fire l>oat, sent to help the Jersey City department fight the iwo-alann blase, said the damage was "considerable," and the ship wm listing slightly to the starboard

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Suspect Cleared In Boy's Disappearance Indianapolis, Much 20 IfPt A 54-year-oid engraving company employe was cleared today of any connection with the disappearance nearly two weeks ago of eight-fear -old Petsr Hublrell. De Loss Mai thin was quesfened by sheriff's invrstigntor Virgil Quinn. The boy disappeared from Riviera club gymnasium near Marthin’s home March k. The man. arrested on a tip from a taxi driver, that his three-room <ottage was being used for immoral j purpose, was still held under 1 11.000 bond on a vagrancy charge o Bringham Young, famous ax tin leader of the Mormons, wax born in Vermont in ISO I

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T Mishawaka Workers Prepared To Strike Mishawaka. Ind.. March 20 tl'Pt Some unto woikers of the - Ballband division :»t th** I’. 8. Rub 1 her company were ready tmlay to ■ utrik*- this weekend unless a new tout.act wax sign>*d by the CIO United Rubber Workers and the I rubber industry. George 8 Cummins, president! of the Mishawaka local, said his j union meat hers were prepared to picket the company's subsidiary plants in Elkha l and a warehouse < In South Bend. . _ Stringent School Bus Examinations Planned i Indianapolis, March 30 (UP)- j

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— The state whool bus <-ommitte« to--1 day said achooi bun owners and must meet stringent bus J regulations before entering into contracts with township truster*. The vehicles will be inxpe* ted by Indiana state police, the group 'said Members speculated that sevrial hundred busses would fail to pass inxpet tkm. o Trade tn a Good Town -Decatur PILES Hurt Like Sin! But Now I Grin | Thounanda change groans to grins. Use I a to'lorif formula to relieve discomfort of piles Sent drugg.sts by noted Thornion A Mln.-r CllnTc. Surprising qt.'ICK i talliatlve relief of pain. Itch, irritation. fends to soften shrink swelling Use i 'inciwn way. (Sot tube Thornton & . Minor’s Rectal Ointment or Rectal Supi.oiitorles today Follow label directions. I For bale at al! drug stores everywhere