Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1948 — Page 7

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ses Disappear Indiana Farms « ayette, Ind., Feb. 24 — (UP)— ,ticians reported today that ilf of Indiana’s farms no longire horses or mules In the barn, i fast-disappearing work anivictims of the mechanical jecame fewer in 1947. Horses ed 16 percent in number to 10 and inules 15 percent to some areas, the experts said, one-third of the farms have s or mules. 5 report was given in a live-

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stock summary prepared by Purdue university and federal agricultural statisticians. They said all species of livestock were fewer in number last Jan. 1 than they were a year previously. The experts estimated that there were 1,798,000 head of cattle at the beginning of 1948, a drop of about three percent from the same date in 1947. Hogs also fell off three percent to 3,992,000 head. Sheep declined 10 percent to 387,000. There were 17,555,000 chickens on Indiana farms, about the same as a year earlier, but three percent less than average. _o Faith is the willingness to act on the proposition in which we say we believe.

gtr TWO TRAINMEN were injured as this Seattle-bound Great Northern Railway mail train struck a huge earth slide and careened into Puget sound near Mukilteo, Wash. (International Soundvhoto)

Food Price Decline Begins Leveling Oil End Os Price Break Is Apparently Near BULLETIN Chicago, Feb. 24|. —(UP) — Hog prices dropped sharply for the second straight day at the big'midwestern livestock markets today. The price tumbled as much as $1 per hundred pounds at the big Missouri river markets. At other cornbelt trading centers, hogs were weak to 75 cents lower. Chicago, Feb. 24. —(UP) — The food price decline showed signs of levelling off today. A spot check of grocery stores across the nation showed that prices of several basic foods stayed the same last week. Others dropped only slightly. Many grocers said the end of the price break seemed to be near. The price drop last week was much less marked than it was the week before, they said. However, some foods—particularly meat —continued the downward trend which went into its sharpest slide after the big break on the commodity markets Feb. 4. Butter appeared to have continued downwards in some cities but milk was up at many points, sometimes in the same cities which reported a decrease in butter prices. Flour prices generally remained the same this week as for last after registering a decided drop during the previous seven day period. Many grocerymen claimed the “popular belief” that prices had dropped actually was untrue. They said the decreases in some items were offset by increases in others. .Edmund J. Beck, price custodian for Von’s Grocery chain at Los Angeles, said he believed many prices would continue downwards but others would stay at present levels. He said his firm’s meat buyers expected a livestock shortage to develop in the next few weeks and maintain prices on meat at about their present levels. Reports from various cities on how food prices fluctuated in the past two weeks included: Detroit —Two cuts of meat—Beef tenderloin and round steak—showed no change during the last two weeks. Round steak was 69 cents a pound, tenderloin 97 cents. How-

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ever, bacon dropped from 65 cents two weeks ago to 57 cents last week and 49 cents today. Center cut pork chops were down to 59 cents from 67 cents last week and 69 two weeks ago. Bread sold at 13 cents, the same as last week but down a penny from two weeks ago. Eggs went back to the 59 cents it sold at two weeks ago after dropping to 57 last week. Milk stayed at 18 cents throughout the period but butter dropped from 89 cents on Feb. 9 to 82 on Feb. 16 and 79 cents today. Flour stayed at 47 cents after dropping two cents last week. Chicago—Bread dropped to 14-% cents this week after remaining at 15 cents last week from the preceding week. Eggs stayed at 54 cents this week after dropping last week from 60 cents two weeks ago. Milk stayed at two quarts for 41 cents after rising from 40 cents two weeks ago. Butter, however, dropped to 82 cents from 85 last week and 91 two weeks ago. Flour also went down again, this time to 46 cents, from 47 last week and 49 two weeks ago. All classes of meat checked continued downward this week. Bacon sold for 59 cents, down from 62 cents last week and 67 two weeks ago. Pork chops sold for 66 cents compared to 74 last week and 76 two weeks ago; round steak for 69, compared to 74 and 76 and tenderloin for 91, compared to 94 and 96 in the preceding weeks. 0 Remodel Decatur Produce Building Remodeling of the Decatur Produce building on South Third street, extended, is underway preparatory to its reopening on March 1, the new owners announced today. A corporation. Decatur Produce, Inc., has purchased the building and site, located between the Erie and

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Nickel Plate tracks, and Norman Treon of Versailles, Ohio, will be the resident manager of the business. Mr. Treon has been in the poultry and egg business for 20 years. The business was formerly owned by Clarence Jackson and William Jackson was the manager. The latter is moving to Paulding, Ohio, where he will manage a poultry company. The local company will continue to buy and sell poultry and eggs. The Decatur Produce company was established about 40 years ago by Harry Moltz of this city, who sold the business a few yeans ago. 0 — Ejection Suit Is Filed In Court An ejection suit has been filed in Adams circuit court by Thurman D. Schieferstein against Dovie Bedwell, asking $l5O damages. Nathan C. Nelson is plaintiff’s counsel. COMMUNISTS (Continued from Page 1) vately that their fight was lost. Some of them professed readiness to deal with the Communists on their own terms. > Gen. Ludwig Svoboda, minister of national defense, broadcast to the army an order to “be on guard against foreign spies, their domestic helpers, and people who speak against the Soviet.” ff WALLACE CALLS (Continued from Page 1) nation,” Wallace said. Wallace read a 10,000-word statement in a room from which radio, television, and news reel lighting equipment had been banned. Under questioning afterward he Complete Line of Plumbing & Heating Supplies, Lavatories, Bath Tubs, Kitchen Sinks, Water Heaters, Laundry Trays, Well Pumps, Water Softeners, Shower Cabinets, Wayne Oil Burners, Crane Stokers, Crane Boilers, G. E. Garbage Dispos- ■ als, Pipe, Valves and Fittings. WALTER PLUMBING & HEATING CO. 254 N. 2nd St. Phone 207

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said Russia has “every reason to want peace and security.” But a new approach to peace is called for, he added. “First,” Wallace said, “we should have some new faces in the executive branch of government. “Then, there should be a meeting between the new president and Stalin.” 0 HOUSE MAKES (Continued from Page 1) ate which frequently restores some of the cuts. Biggest committee cut was one of $77,658,000 in Mr. Truman’s budget estimate of $381,895,000 (M) for flood control work. Another $34,495,000 was erased from his request of $109,800,000 for rivers and harbors. And requested funds for Mississippi river flood control were trimmed from $70,000,000 to $60,000,000. In urging congress to go slow on new Panama Canal zone projects, the committee pointed out that the canal cannot be defended adequately until the United States can obtain military bases in Panama. Panama recently refused this country such bases. As a result, the committee cut $3,959,987 from the president’s request for $23,436,300 (M) for the canal. It said it would look favorable on better housing and other improvements in the canal zone if the bases had been granted. The committee also cut in half an administration request for $2,000,000 for rivers and harbors planning. It said current projects should be completed before too many new ones are planned. Republican economy leaders seemed unworried about the fact that the cuts, represent, only six percent of their goal. • —o TEACHERS WALK ’ (Continued From Page j > city hall in a protest against failure of city authorities to provide adequate school funds. However, strike leaders said the “token” picketing would be ended soon. Two locals of the American Federation of Teachers (AFL) are involved in the strike. The heads of both locals issued a statement as the strike started. They charged that the stoppage was precipitated by the school board’s jfction in cutting two weeks from the current school year this spring and an additional two weeks from the term starting next fall. “This means,” they said, “that except for seniors graduating in

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w-ages. But he said the school board does not have enough money to operate its schools for a normal school year on the present salary scale. Charles Boyer, president of the federation of men teachers, one of the two unions, appeared on the program with Goslin. He said that the school board announced its plans for the shortened year without warning the teachers. He accused it of refusing to negotiate “by one device or another” since that time.