Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1947 — Page 6

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Ideal Dairy Bar To Open Here Thursda

Offers Solution To Origin Os 'Discs' Decatur Radio Man Offers His Theory And now. not only did a local man see a "vacation” of th* "flying diacs” that have set th* nation agog for the pant several days hut he han a solution of their being He la Oliver E. Harmon, local radio man. »I?<> declares that he saw "rays" of light rather than the "Conventional’ dis-s. while driving through Monmouth. There were two ’thin ones" and a larger one. he says. The larger one made several sweeping motions almost touching the horizon, and finally coming to a stop between the two smaller ones. While all three resembled the beams of searchlights, they could not have had that origin, he says,

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for none touched the earth and there were only segments of each in the sky. He at first thought they were reflections of his auto headlights on nearby telephone wires, he declared -but after stopping his car and getting out. he saw they were much higher in fact, far up in the sky. Now Harmon has a theory two of them, in fait. But you would have to tie a second Einstein to understand what he is talking about. We recognized such words as gaseous substance in Ills first explanation and having had some little in radar, such words as high frequency. wave guides, pulse modulation, etc., in the second. But we still don't know what he is talking about. He did say that he believed he had detected something unusual on high frequency radio which might have some connection with the "phenomenon." but then we became lost again when he launched into a detailed, technical ex-

planation. So far there have only been three people in Adams county who have reported seeing the flying discs, but hundreds upon hundreds throughout the nation have declare.! they witnessed the phenomenon. There have been others in the city and county, though, who have confessed that they have scanned the sky upon numerous occasions— , "Just to see If there Is any- ( thing to these darned stories that have been going around." 0 -— 11 Reverse Salesmanship Boise. Idaho (CP»- Here’s the ( latest in post war sup» r salesmanship: A permanent sign atop a Bofee drive-in snack shop rends. "Lousy focal and wa m beer The proprietors say their food actually i» delicious but lots of the curious come in to see for themselves. — o ( Trade <w ■ <-mseU Tame — lleraiar

Best Wishes ■ I To Noah Rich for much success at his g new place of business. We congratulate him on the formal opening of the Ideal Dairy Bar : We were happy to have I installed all the electrical WIRING and FIXTURES J I We Can lh> Your PHONE fftAl 1 Electrical Job | I Curtis Hill 105 S. 13th ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■DM

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Magda Lupescu Is Reported Improved Rio de Janeiro. July I.—(VPI— Magda Lujwscu watt reported slightly stronger today, ami friend- believed she might live to see her marriage to former King Carol of Romania so mally approved by a Brazilian court. Her condition was still grave, however Carol wan at her bedside almost constantly. The Brazilian seventh court will hear testimony today from witnesses who attended the ceremony in Mme. I.upescu's hotel suite in which Carol and his ml»t:aas signed a marriage contract. The court s approval was expected within a few days upon completion of technical legal procedure. o The most popular lawn trees along the North Atlantic seaboard are the maple, elm. ogk. beech, dogwood and sycamore, reports the Bartlett Tree Expert Co.

Furniture Demand Reported Strong Summer Furniture Market Is Opened Chicago. July I—tl’Pi-Furni-ture industry leaders said today that demand for home furnishings still Is strong, and that "there are Americans without a comfortable place to sit.” Buyers and manufacturers dis cussed the industry's problems at the summer furniture! market, being held at the merchandise' mart. Lawrence E Whiting, president of the American Furniture Mart, predicted that 22.000 buyers would view the 1.200 carloads of home furnishings on display during the two-week market. Whiting said the ntsplay was the "world's largest concentrrj tion of home furnishings under a single roof," and that it stressed modern design. Roscoe R. Rau. executive vice BEST WISHES to the IDEAL DAIRY BAR We are happy to installed the have furnished and Plumbing and Heating LIECHTY BROS. BERNE Phone 17

president and secretary of the National Retail Furniture Association. predicted that when the residential construction l>oom develops. it will result In a heavy demand for furniture He predicted that buying at the summer market would I* 'cautious and substantial.* Rau said that although lumber supplies gradually are Increasing. higher wages in furnfture factories would make It difficult for manufacturers to lower prices "to any appreciable extent." He predicted few changes In the Installment credit practices of furniture stores when government controls are removed. He said, however, that most stores would drop the 33 1-3 percent down payment requirement for borne appliances to the 20 percent furniture level. Displays Indicated a trend toward smaller furniture, except for coffee tables. Furniture de signers said coffee tables were being made larger because of their Increased popularity and usefulness. Simple. modern lines have been accentuated in the smaller furniture, designers said, because t.-aditional styles are difficult to embody in small pieces. Leonard W. Stratton, home furnishings merchandise manager of a Chicago department store chain, said that "in this land of plenty, there are 50.000,000 people without a comfortable place to sit, without adequate bedding —mattresses and springs—without a decent table and chair for dining purposes." He said advertising surveys showed that In 40 percent of the nations homes there are no upholstered chairs. Stratton said furniture factories and stores enjoyed their best volume during the first six months of the year, and predicted that the Industry would have "many good years ahead.” o •Homing' Torpedo Developed Pittsburgh—(UP IA new "homing" torpedo that stems itself to i target has been developed by Westitsghouse Electric Corp. The flrm aaid the torpedoes could be offaim as much as a quarter mile and still direct themselves toward the sound of a ship.

II !< J rd NOAH RICH Death Sentences In Palestine Confirmed Ignores Warning By UN Committee Jerusalem, July B.—(UPs—Maj. Gen. G. H A. MacMillan, the British military commander, confirmed death sentences against three Jewish underground members today despite a United Nations committee warning that their execution might binder its work. MacMillan upheld the sentences pronounced by a military court June 1« against three youthful Irgin Zvai Leumi members for the Acre prison raid. Officials believed the commander's action would bring an end to Irgun's truce declared for the duration of the UN investigating committee's stay. Army reinforcements were rushed to the gates of British security compounds in Jerusalem. Hundreds of soldiers were posted around Acre prison to resist a possible Irgun bid to free the doomed men. Police and troops were warned against underground kidnap attempts. The men whose death sentences

TUESDAY. JULY 8,

Formal Openh Os Business Io Be On Thursda Noah Rich Owner: Ideal Dairy Bar Oi South Second StuFormal opening of the ->tl Dairy Bar on South J will be held Thursday. The beautiful new <», which houses the huaineu i cently completed and the tai moved from its old iocatiz”! North Second street to the > Noah Rich, who operzt*< ' business at the former loci- K 3 the past several yea-a. I. g* proprietor at the present ij U | The Dairy Bar feature* i t-sS candies, sandwiches, sop etc. A neon sign d»plctin« tbt«| of the business and "flMte ored neon lights around iiejj of the building add to tberKl tlveness of the structure. The local ABC bus statin iM located at the Dairy Bar MacMillan confirmed wars | Nakar. 21. a British army rw fl Yosef Weiss, a Cxech. and »,9 lorn Haviv. 21. a philono-b H dent. They may be hanged r. time, although high comma 4 Sir Alan Cunningham may •< 1 the sentences. Some Bnufl flciala believed Cunninghan « commute them to life isr-a ment. Members of the UN cotti J privately expressed great -r at MacMillan's action hot r: 3 public comment. The UN committee on passed a resolution express cent as to the possible unlaw, j reprecussions that the w of the three death senteno might have upon fulfillment: task with which th.- gnn I sanbly has enltwcl mittee.” ' jfl ——e ■ ■reM* t«s • «Omml T.-n - MM