Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1947 — Page 2

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Reformed Criminal Makes Cartoons Pay • Turned To Drawing During Prison Term Crown Point. Ind . June 24 — (IP) —A man who found out the hard way that crime doesn’t pay walked out of jail today determined to use a pen Instead of a gun to make his fortune. « The ex-criminal. Chet Lamb. 31. found during his 13 year* in jail that he could make more money honestly by drawing one cartoon than he did during his <nt ire career of robbery here end In Tennessee. was sentenced in 1932 to serve five years Itt it Tennessee prison hut three monthii after he began hi* sentence he escaped and came to Indiana. He was arrested in 1931 ami < tnvicted of committing robberThe New j THOROBRED An ultra modern tire built, after years of careful 1 research, to fulfill the 4 i exacting requirements— A ( safety and durability —so 7 necessary in driving today. ▼ • wide*, flatted tread- > 1 distributes weight evenly, puts % more rubber on the road, 7 giving thousands of extra, W > safe miles. A ( • 5,740 ROAD-GJWPMNG J EDGES—give quick stopping ▼ * —positive control in alt types A of weather and under all road 7 conditions. m » • t-R/BSAfiETT TREAD—with 4 thousands of traction elements, I prevents skidding and side-slip. y A • THE FAMOUS ‘BAYTEX 4 ( FORTIFICD-Da/ ton s specially A processed Rayon construction J * in sizes 6.50 and up—giving A extra strength and security. • SCIfNVFICAUY BLENDED J i COMPOUNDS-with More A Natural Rubber. ’ ««.9 US. tat Office X »Ik I ik? f * / t Thlr new tire with these—and > L meny mere— modern lea- A £ fares, will give extra mileage 1 7 gnu super protection, because \ r it U built to match the speed € W nod power of modem car*. V 1 TOP TRADE-IN PRICES / 4 ON YOUR OLD TIRES J A Tory form Io mmT yew ceevMryeco J | THOROBREDSty * 1 > Sl&ytan J * BUU BMH wmt B4TTON AT \ , PORTER TIRE CO., f 334 N. Second St. > ZINUR HOME / APPLIANCES At J ' TiREN, 147 S. 2nd fit < <1 Eastern Indiana Oil / & Supply C<m Gureva, ind., Dit»i. •

100 In Hammond. Ind., and In East Ghb-UKo. Ind. Hack In prison. Lamb, who had away* ha I a talent for drawing, began submitting carloons to magazine*. Hix firxt efforts were rejected, but then he began to sell Home. Gradually he built up a following and in recent yearn liax sold cartoonx to magazines of nationwide circulation. He sul<l that . he earned ax much ax >II,OOO in a single year. Several month* ugo he war i given a new trial. Again he wax found guiliy. hut Judge William J Murray reduced the two 2"> year **nten<es and placed him cn probation The final barrier to freedom i wax removed yesterday when Gov James McCord of Tennessee granted him a parole in the <ux tody of Indiana authoritlex, —. ..... o ..- ■ LARGEST FLOOD l< »nllai><-<l ir<im a asr I* had ho far thlx month and dean out tlie valley for thlx year uh far an crops are concerned." The Platte river wax leveling off ut Agency, Mo., where only the house top* showed uhove the surface. Wooden saddle stlrriip* floated everywhere among the roof*, having drifted out of a local saddlery factory that wax in The water wax extll.iated to lie 15 feet deep. The Platte ix a tributary of the Missouri Rescue workers still nought five perxonx at Cambridge, Neb., whore eight perxonx died in a flash flood Sunday morning. Tile water* of Medicine Creek and tlie Republican river had receded today, leaving the street* and house* full of gooey silt. The week •■ml flaxh flood* in lowa and Nebraska wore pouring their bill'd* n of wafer into the’ larger rlvern today Alexander aid the Missouri would rise to six feel above flood stage at I Kansas City tomorrow Train* were running hour* Into, in Mime cases. and airline* reported that many stranded railroad traveler* were , appealing’ for air reservations. A gasoline shortage wax reported in the quad city area of Hock Inland. Moline. Davenport mil Bust Moline. The citie* are supplied with gasoline by Mis slxsippi river barge*. Deliveries have lit en held up for almost a month by the swirling flood waters. 0 ■■■ ■ The only one who should put faith in a rabbit's foot Is a rabbit. 'l'rnilr in n <..•<•<! Tawa — llreafar NOTICE! Partnership has been dis•uthed in the Heerhower-Mc> i Bride Welding Shop, hut I will continue to do portable welding service. For portable service call — 1760 — Lee Mcßride S|t| KQQQQQ3 U COMPLKTiLY _ AUTOMATIC Tharmostat controlled » a AUTOMATIC SAFITY PILOT P > SEGMENTAL BAFFLE Utilise* all 1 the heat I A 2 PEDESTAL I _ (BASE Eliminate* I cleaning underneath ■MMIRTRfII’ (Myl- Btf'' Ip* p- - wiww y J

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MOVIE ACTRESS Joan Crawford received $400,000 in 1946 to top last year • movie salaries, with Bob Hope'* $275,000 and Dvnnia Morgan's $261,000 runnera-up according to the Securitie* and Exchange commission. All oalanea and commissions are gross figure* before income taxes, amounting to 50 per cent on SIOO,OOO scaled to 68 per cent on $500,000. are deducted. flnternational)

VA Representative At Red Cross Office Veterans interested in vocational advisement and guidance, or desiring information about any other veteran*' affairs, are invited to •-all on William F. Boyce, veterans administration contact representative. at the American Red Cross office in Decatur June 30 and July 14 and 2s. Q - GM PRESIDENT • funilßurd from I’sgr If issuer. Representing a ''committee to Insure non-partisan radio." Kaltenliorn said it is the function of congress to "legislate fairness." Network representatives claim it is not. Credit — The house banking committee voted to wipe out gov-x-rnnient controls on installment buying. The federal reserve l»oard Iras been requiring onethird down payments on such things as automobile* and washing machines, with the rest to !»• paid in a speidfied t.ime. Repealer — The senate passed and sept to the house a bill to repeal 60 wartime laws en masse. Among other things it would alfolixh wartime military death penalties for deserter* and spies. It also would end government authority to hire $1 a-year men. The Taft Hartley bill was law. but discussion of it continued. A co-author said he had "serious doubt*" as to how effective it would be in preventing a threatened coal strike next month. Q Trade tn * «•••••«! Tnwn — 'feeular O LOAL MAN ■ ■■ l * I fl'nnflnnrd from l*nar If last night. He was to be ariaigned late ihi» afternoon before Mayor ohn B. Stults to answer to a charge of public intoxication.

PUBLIC SALE We will offer our Real Estate and personal property for public sale on premise# located just qu south edge of Decatur on old state road 27, on Saturday, June 28,1947 Starting at 1 P. M. REAL ESTATE 7 Room home, with 1 acre lot; Good drove well; Good cistern; hi by 15 Poultry house; Fruit trees; Plenty of shade. Ideal residence location. TERMN ON REAL ESTATE: 1/2 cash day of »aie,. Balance on delivery of title. PERSONAL PROPERTY Knwifler 2 pc. Living Boom suite, like pew; Occasslomil table; Platform Rocker; King upright piano; Inllrect Floor lamp! Phiico cabinet radio; 2. magiisino racks; Hail tree; Davenport table; Table lamp; Dining talite. 6 chairs; 2 Sewing mai hlhes; Book ends; 3 pc. Bedroom suite, complete; Iron bed. complete; %-bed. complete, like new; Lirge Estate Heatrola; Combination gas and coal range; Bedroom Ijimps; American Beauty washer; 2 9 by 12 Axminxler Rugs; 2 9 by 12 Congoleum rugs; « by 9 rug; 9 by 9 rug; Throw rugs; Electrolux Sweeper; Electric (Dock; Twin Tubs; 50 !b. Ice Box: Kitchen Table and 4 chairs; 2 Utility Cabinet*; Porch Glider; Curtains; Drape*; Lawn Chair; Ironing Board: Curtain Stretchers; Gas Waffle Iron; 7 pt. Cannister set; Scales; Canned Fmit: Set of Dishe*; Cooking Utensils; Lawn Mower; Garden Plow; Garden Tools, and many other Item* TERMS; CASH. OLIVER & HELENA SCHNEPP OWNERS Atictioneer T. D. Schieferitetn. Clerk: Bryce Daniel*. Juns 24 2® 27

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STANDARD OIL «C»nilnnra from Page It reflaory <lemand. "Another fact.” said the statement. "affecting some companies in the Industry h'is been the existence of refinery strike*, not all of which are yet settled, and which have resulted in the loss of alrout 13.tftHi.mm (M) barrels of total petroleum products since Jan. 1." o UNITED MINE It <>nt!nu<-tl from t’nsr I f ed: Pennsylvania More than 30.000 miners out in the Pittsburgh district field and 9.300 in the central Pennsylvania area. Production I was off more than 200.000 tons al day. West Virginia- The walkouts spread rapidly with 38,000 of the state's 108,000 miner* already Idje. Alabama—The Alabama Mining Institute reported every important mine closed and virtually all of the Htate'K 22.000 miners idle. Illinois More than 15.000 CMW worker* quit and 5.000 members of the Independent Progressive miners also Joined the walkout. Virginia-VMW district 28 reported 6,000 miners had walked out. Indiana The protest walkout* spread to at least eight shaft and strip mine*, idling 7,000. Ohio—Mines reported closing with 5.000 already out. Tennessee More than 5.000 miner* were reported idle in the eastern section of the state. — o _ - rwige l» ■ f.mMl T.X» — Heeatwr IWggj

Conference Opened On Atomic Energy t Notre Dome Is Site Os Scientists Meet ■outh Bend Ind., June 24 —I UP) — Scientist* and reaearch technician* from the United States. Canada, and Great Brittan gathered today at the university of Notre Paine to dlxcuxx probleme allied with atomic energy. Dr. Millon Burton, professor of chemlxtry at Notre Dame, said the expert* would consider the bask' chemical effect* of nuclear radiation. This radiation, when operated upon by certain procewe*. produce* i atomic fission, which In turn pro j duces the explosive force of the atomic bomb, he xald. Burton aaid that no delegate* from Soviet Russia attended ■ although the four-day symposium was opened to all nation*. "Every country in the world wax free to send its observer* and scientist* to thi* *e*slon,” he said. "We have received lelteq* from numerous European scientists, Including several in France, Belgium. Holland and Hungary, asking us to keep them posted on the meetIng.” Burton was chief of the ladiation chemistry division at the Metallurgical laboratories at the University 1 of Chicago He eaid that little was known about radiation chemiatry 1 before 1942. * "It came Into it* own when the Manhattan project was established." he said. He said the sponsor* of the conference hope to pool existing information on ladiatTon chemiatry photochemistry. "Although photochemistry, which * deal* with the chemical light es ' sects on substances, take* up a sec- ' tion of its own. it is closely enough related for both field* to be dlxcuxwed at the xame session," Bur- i

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RATTLKHIP WASHINGTON is berthed at the Naval dspot In Bayonne, N J., with tugs pushing her K toward the dock. Tlie batikwagon will be inactivated ami 'canned for future use.

ton xald. Amopg the sixteen scientists participating in the discussions were Prof. Jamew Franck, of the University of Chicago, a former Nobel prize winner; Dr. Robert Spence, director of the chemical division of the British atomic energy project; Dr. E. W. R. Steacle, director of the chemical division of Canada’s atomic energy project; and Dr. George Glockler. chai: man of the department of chemical reaction at the University of lowa Burton said the conference was •‘full of international significance because anytime individuals of different nationalities meet to discuss current iseues, whatever field they may be in. It is a step in the right direction.” o Usually he is most empty who Is most full of him*elf.

July 31 Hearing On Amos Thieme Drain 1 Judge J. Fr«"d Frucbte has set •j July 31 as a hearing date on the I Amos Thieme drain, after a report ’ was filed by the urveyor and view- ‘ era. The petition for the drainage ’ of the ditch in Union and St. Mary's ‘ towmihipx. emptying at the Indr iana - Ohio state line, was first filed in February, 1945. An extension had been granted II previously by the court for the tiling of thd final report. John W. Tyndall had been named as surJ veyor with Herman Steele and ’ Otis Shiffeily as viewers In event no objections are entered, it is exliected that the drain will be constructed this summer, according i to Virgil F. Bowers, county surveyor.

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, i

A sponge belongs in a ] ( . a ky — not in a friendship. The cheerful live longrat in j and afterwaidx in on. Bobee. SH o ST. LOUIS ■ ((oHtlnurd from l*a*r I, I 1 Nicholas M. Fillo said th-y no new plan to offer ".md gB don't know that we will PROTEST STRIKE || «< oniluuril from l*a«r li I A of the Savannah Maii:i7r~B'® Foundry Co. Savannah G., they would go to fi-dera. . ■. end the dispute in their ship HB pair yards. |B