Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1947 — Page 6

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I ■ ” * fr- ' z . ?* .... ■ sW ir^ 7 <•»' . vijxdziik _"*** g -.WffXOCCUPANTS Os this six-rcom bungalow in Pittsburgh's suburban Mt. Jebanon escaped with ruts, bums and bruises -.vhc.- a pre-dawn explosion leveled the house. (International Soundphoto)

Jr*,. v gt I T L > W' f < f- n GERMAN i'Z firmed dn'.g.Uc expert, Dr. Hugo Eckcner Heft), ehats with Adir. T G. W. hettic upon arrival at the lj»kehur«t, N. J, ravat air elation. Dr. Eckei.cr is in the I*. S. to work with federal expert; 1.1 developing new i.ghler-ti.an-air craft. (International)

Prices Reduced Still Lower Out They Go! You'll have to hurry to take advantage of these sensational savings. We’ve cut prices to the bone in an effort to dispose of our '< remaining stock of LADIES SUITS jfeV * w We’ve arranged the following table listed In * w/ below for your shopping convenience. I ’ r.J .yr (’heck it over for size, color and price you | wish to pay. Come in tomorrow while selections are complete. i Look at these Savings A FORMER SALE £ W / ' SIZE COLOR PRICE PRICE ♦ 9 Mint Green 32.95 22.95 12 Gretn Kelly - 29.95 19.95 12 I Honey Brown 29.95 17.95 WB 12 Grey Mix 39.95 27.95 ?7 12 Gold I 3500 2299 J Sw 12 i Black & White Check I 22.50 14.95 14 ! Aqua Blue 25.50 | 14.95 ’ 1-1 14 Brown A White Check 39.95 24.95 <C’ 11 Melon 29.95 22.95 /TAWjy&'-’X H 15 *9ua Blue 29.95 | 22.95 I I 12 Griy 49.95 2799 11 Gray Stripe 39.95 27.96 W I 14 Sl’ck * White Check I 39.95 2495 1 f 4Fj 16 ' Biege 29.95 17.95 FW 1 4 N «*y 29.95 17M * 16 • **«• Blua 2999 22 99 18 Honey Brown 29.95 19.95 If ‘ 18 ' Copen Blue 39.95 | 27.95 1.1 4MM1 16 ! Copen Blue 29.95 | 17.95 16 Gray 29.95 17.95 18 Brown 2999 2299 ! • |I •' 'Zs 18 Brown Check 39.95 24.95 16 Black and Whit* Cheek 39.95 24.95 ! I I fF It'/a ! Biege I *LM | 29.95 ti l ; W'S 18 I Gra 7 Mixed 49.95 32.95 X yW 18 B,ack *■ Whlta Btr| P a 4295 2785 IrMtofln 11’/, Black & White Stripe 34.95 22.95 18* 2 Gray Stripe . 34.95 22.95 7 J 22> t I Black and Whit* Cheek 34.95 22.95 ‘ 22>-i Brewn Check 34.95 22.95 — ■ ■ 1111 11 "■■■.— Great Reductions On Sale On Special Lot I • All Coats Beautiful Dresses I ® Niblick & Co.

Dog Fund Surplus Is Senl To State Surplus Reported In Five Townships DOG FI ND SIIIPLIS A check for 1702.74. surplus in the county dog fund, was sent to the state today by Mrs. Thurman Drew of the office* of auditor Drew. This In the first time in recent year* that a surplus has occurred in the fund. *he *aid. with damage claim* ordinarily creating a deficit. Five township* reported a *urplu*. she said They are: Hartford. 1140; Monroe. 3188.50, Hoot, 838.35; Wabash. 8295.88 and Washington. 1287.13. Those showing insufficient fund* to pay claim*: Blue Creek. 8107 3o and St. Mary - *. 8228.40. Each of the township retain* a Hurphts up to 8100. if any, and

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then torn* nil over that amount to the auditor, who. In turn, pay* any unpaid claim* before making the Mlute report. The surplus totalled 8t.038.44 and the unpaid claim*. 1136.70. thus leaving the balance of 1702.74. 0 Infant Diarrhea Death Toll Is 25 — — Mysterious Ailment Reported In East 'Philadelphia. May 6. —<TPiThe death toll from an epidemic of infant diarrhea climbed to 26 today with the report that five liable* had died at the Somerville. X. J. hospital of the my*teriou* ailment. Twenty bahie* have died of the disease at Philadelphia and Allentown. Pa. All the victim* were from Allentown where the epi-, demlc broke out in the maternity l ward of Sacred Heart hospital last month. Physician* aald the epidemic among the Allentown liable* who were transferred to Philadelphia appeared to be under control. Nineteen bahie* Infected with the di*ea*e apjs-ar to he showing general Improvement, physician* said. Superintendent Florence Burns of Somerville hospital reported that 10 bahie* are seriously ill there Five liable* died between April 24 and May 3. Authorities had been unable to trace the] source of the disease. »he said. I The disease, classified a* gastro-' enteritis. I* caused by a virus which has not been Isolated, physicians said. 0 Decatur Student At Annual Conference Leona Hoile, daughter of Mr. and* Mr* Otto Hoile, fit# Mercer are.. attended the 24th annual conferMice of the Illinois college press association held In Galesburg last week as a delegate of Illinois Wesleyan university. Bloomington. Mis* Hoile is music editor of the Illinois Wesleyan Argus, student newspaper, which was awarded first place for the best new* story of the year and for the greatest improvement of the editorial department out of a field of 38 Illinois college newspaper* entered in the Gale*burg competition. The Argu* won a national rating of All • American from the Associated Collegiate Pna* last October when the Wesleyan paper was judged as either “excellent” or “superior" In every field of collegiate journalism except the editorial page. A sophomore at Wesleyan. Miss Hoile was graduated from Decatur high school in 1945. A member of Sigma Alpha lota, national music sorority, she is majoring in piano and minorin/t in voice o Charles Eagle Plume Here Thursday Night The Decatur Talk of the Hour club will present Charles Eagle Plume, a* the third attraction of the season Thursday, at 8 pm. at Hie Decatur Catholic school auditorium Eagle Plume, one of America'* formiMt interpreter* of Indian lore, life, and culture, is back from three years in the southwest Pacific. A* an army scout he had an unusual opport unity to study the strange peoples of the Solomons and other Pacific Island*. The demonstration prog am to lie presented Thursday In costume is, “Indiana Life. Lore, and Culture.” ' Ticket* may lie exchanged for this attraction. —Qil-I Takes Jurisdiction In Possession Suit Ferd L. Lit tot er ha* ’.men named special judge and assumed juris* diction In the uosseaslon suit of George and Elsie Schriefer against G. A. Idle in Adam* circuit court. An answer was filed by the defendant in the suit of the Auto Owner* Insurance company against Harold Feasel. The will of the late David Matelin. giving the entire e*tate to the widow and to the children upon her death, ha* been probated In court.

SC ATTER SUNSHINE with a Greeting Card They coat eo little and mean so much. I have a card for every occasion. Mother's Day and Father's Day Cards 10c each Mrs. Maud Merriman , 222 S. 4th Street Phone 902

Plead Reallotment Os Holthouse Ditch Petition Is Filed Here With Surveyor A petition ha* been filed with county surveyor Virgil F. Bower* for Hie reallotment of the Peter Holthouse ditch In Klrklund. Washington and limit town*hl|M h> Adam* county. The ditch I* 14.82 mile* long and effects 18.000 acre* of land in Adam* ami Wells counties, the I surveyor stated. The petition was signed by about 40 farmers living in the northwestern section of Kirkland township. Mr Bower* jinid. however, that since the petition «has been filed, shout three-fourth* of the affected land owner* have signified their objection* to the reallotment. A heating will be held on the matter at some future date, he stated. If nd legal objections are raised however, he said that he would proceed with the reallotment. o Grow Bedtap Seed Illinois produces most of the United State* redtop seed crop. n Biver of MUk Enough milk it produced annually in America to fill a river 3.000 miles long, 40 feet wide and 3 feet deep.

LINN CLOTHING STORE takes pleasure in announcing it’s appointment as representative in Decatur for CADILLAC I ffjCTk 'J I ; Now Linn Clothing Store offers men of Decatur Cadillac Shoes —America’s favorite footwear at a reasonable price. Styled in the traditional Cadillac fashion... built in the sturdy Cadillac manner ... formed of fine leathers to give you a faultless fit— Cadillacs are priced to give you more miles per pair. Try a pair of Cadillacs today. CADILLAC S4om fa* “We* LINN CLOTHING STORE DECATUR, INDIANA

ri IM'**B» 4JB . ' ' l ’*Wß POLICE TRY TO CLEAR a path through a crowd in San Francisco as an unconscious woman is carri-M scene of a mass demonatration near the telephone company's main office. Two thousand »trik workers had started to march on the building when police rushed to the scene in fifteen prowl can s*l — wagons. Outbreaks occurred and forty of the demonstrators were arrested. (International

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