Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1948 — Page 2

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New Car Announced By Ford Motor Co. Radically Changed Models Announced Detroit, June 9 — (UPt —The 1949 Ford rare, costing more than 137,400.000 to develop and looking nothing like their predecessor* in styling, were announced today by the Ford Motor company. The new cars are lighter, completely re-styled and re engineer - ed. and without the traditional ■ appearance of Ford*. Introdu. tlon of the radically different model* climax*-* two years of work and research to overhaul a product that even the company admitted was behind the times. Hut now, Ford sales director John R. Davis contends that the “new standards of beauty, com fort, economy and performance" put the new cars "far ahead of others in the low-priced field." The first public showing will be tomorrow when the company stages a lavish world premier at the Waldorf Astoria hotel In New York Thousands of the new car* will go on display in dealer show rooms June 18 In body styling the new Fords have backswept front fenders, flush aides, more interior space, bigger windshields and windows and a lower silhouette. Independent engineers were surprised that the new Ford* are lighter, reversing the trend in automobile* The four-door sedan for 1949 Is nearly 240 pounds lighter than the comparable 1948 model. Factory list pri< e« have hern advanced from SBS to ,125 or an

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I average of 8 7 percent, on the new models. Delivered prices will be | several hundred dollars higher. I Ford models will be made tn standard and custom lines, equipped with V-8 and six cylinder engines. The V-8 develops 100 horsepower and the six 95. An j overdrive for fuel economy will be offered a* optional equipment for the first time. The cars have virtually the same overall width, length and wheelbase as 1948 models, but have more interior room. A newheating and ventilatlnf system, featuring air vents from the front I I grille to the interior, is Included.; Ford has abandoned it* old I transverse springing system in! favor of coil springs with by-' draulic shock absorbers in front and 'wo parallel leaf springs in the rear. All dash instruments have been combined into a group directly in front of the driver, and project I slightly from the dash for better visibility. Chrome trim throughout the car ha* been reduced. j Size of windows has been In-, creased, the curved rear window; having kN percent more area, and ■ the windshield is deeper and i wider. The front seat has been widen 1 ed more titan six inches and the , back widened nearly nine inches. I Front and rear treads have been | narrowed on the car to an even i "6 incite*, compared with 58 Inches in front and do in the back , on the old Fords. Horse Likes Spaghetti Memphis, Tenn. (UP) —Adolph Gris.mt! has an eight-year-old riding horse that eats spaghetti Grisanti was short of real horse feed ope day. so he carted to the stable a bucket of spaghetti. Spot, i the horse, loved it. and it’s now part of his regular diet.

aux —’ 1 ■ rQr > tBBI rd Uli | IBMEafr ■ Ok ' ' SIH i WAINfD BY TNI ACTION of Jewish snipers that Israel troops were readying a new drive to retake the Old City of Jerusalem, nn Arab riflemen dashes from the “Notre Dame de France,” a churdh which overlooks the ancient walled section. The attention of a medical corps member (foreground) is attracted by the shooting. (International)

Alleged Killer Is Saved From Death Confession Saves Texas Man's Life i Huntsville. Tex., June 9—(UP)— Joseph lx-e Snulter. 34. *at dazedly in hi* death row cell today, trying to accustom him*elf to the fact that he hae an excellent chance to live out a normal life in*tead of dying in the electric chair. Saulter waa sentenced to die early today for the fatal stabhlnc of Mr*. Thelma Incite in a Galveston saloon on Feb. 24. 1947. 1 He wa* saved when Cecil E. Barker. 33. confessed that he committed the murder. Barker I* serving a lite term in the Retrieve state prison farm He was sentenced last January for robbery by assault and a.« an habitual criminal. Saulter had given up all hope for life until yesterday when he was told of Barker’s dramatic confession. He had already willed his eyes to Alfred Johnson of Dalhart, a blind student at Hardina-Slmmonv university. After Barker confessed. Gov Beauford H Jester granted Raul ter a 3<>day stay of execution so that Barker's statement, made In the form of an affidavit, can be Investigated If it checks out, Saulter probably will receive a complete par don. If not. he will die July 9 Authorities appeared to believe, however, that Barker wa* telling the truth. “! was resigned to dying and 1 figured my number was up because the time was getting closer and closer.'* Saulter said. "From now on I’m living on borrowed time." “Um grateful for life. I don't know Barker. I waa dead drunk at the time of the stabbing. I j didn't see anything and I ffon't know what happened." Prison officials said it was actually Sautter's mother, Mrs

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Ernest Wheat of Huntsville, who I saved him from death. She wrote Warden I. K. Kelley at the pri*on farm that Barker knew something about the murder. She asked Kelley to question Barker. Barker at first denied any knowledge of Ihe murder. Then he broke down and confesed. "She (Mrs. Leslie) knew too much about my life.” Barker said “I wa* in Galveston drinking with Th.'Una and Saulter. She said she was going to tell off on me. i didn't *ay anything, but I left and came hack in about five or 10 minutes. ”1 ju»t slipped behind her while she was standing nt the bar with Saulter. I cut her throat with my pocket knife. “I didn't even know Saulter was Involved in it. I don't want to see an luuocent man die He dld't hav<*«nything to do with it. Saulter was tried 111 Galveston' last July. He pleaded Innocent. The T.-xas court of criminal ap peals upheld hi* conviction At lea*t three witnesses testified they were in the saloon and saw Saulter kill Mrs. Leslie. Watchmaking Talk Given Lions Club JesKC Sutton, local jeweler, wa* (hairman of the program given at the Lions club meeting last evening at the K. of I’. home. Mr. Sutton made a short talk on the art of watch making and showed an Inter-1 estlng film covering the manufacture of fine watches. Dr. Gerald Jones, new minister of the First .Methodist church in this city, was a guest at the meeting. It was announced that the club would not charter a bus to transport members who were planning to attend the state convention in Ind.anapolis next Sunday. Several member*, including Noah Steury. president, are planning to drive to the convention city for the three day meeting. A worker in galvanized iron, or a tinsmith, is known as a white- | smith.

Weather Remains Cool And Cloudy Rains Aid Farmers To Work In Fields The weather remained cool and cloudy In Adam* county today as farmer* in all parts of the- county worked in their fields The temi perature at 11 o'clock this morn--1 ing showed 5!» degrees on the ' Dally Democrat thermometer. An earlier prediction nt “fair and warmer” had not materialized by noon. No rain had fallen in the last 14 hour* and most of the land in this section of the state was in condition to be worked. Rain* of the last few days, which broke a long drought, apparently had softened the top of the ground enough to permit the pieparing of field* for bean plant ing. Most of the other spring planting had been done. Yards and gardens In Decatur looked much fresher today, and tree* had their early summer fullness. Fruit trees In Decatur and the northern part of the county probably will, fall far below their record yields this year. It was reported. The sun made several weak efforts to break through the gray sky. but It was still “cloudy and cool" at noon. Gen. Bennett Meyers Sued For $250,000 .New York. June 9 — (UP) — The former secretary of Maj. Gen Bennett E. Meyers sued him for 1250,000 today charging that he defamed her character by telling a senate war Investigating commit tee that she was his “girl friend " Mrs. Mildred R. of Dayton. 0.. brought suit in federal district court against Ihe former deputy chief of army air force procurement. Meyer* now Is serving a jail sentence of from 20 months to five years for perjury during the senate war fraud hearings. Trade In a Good town — Decatur Uli k ™Ri * .eH SMILING screen player Martha Stewart, a patriotic miss. Is getting ready tor the Fourth of July some weeks ahead of time. On the edfe of a Hollywood pool, she displays her newest parasol with Its red, white and blue design of stars and sumea. (International) r SAVINGS SCHEDULES Nr. I Call Yaw Bm Station W IFVTwn* BMkAft WaraoHairioiUkMoai CHAN OUT RUST, SCALI, | DIRT AND SLUOM... TNI WAY cwon CDoanj n a* port ant Io your cor os proper l lubrication. We can dean your J coaling system thereeahly, f wah Bus \ , Gay s Mobil Berviee ) 1 11th A Monroe Phone 811 I 1 “A Homo tor every ear" f

ANDERSON (Cofit. From Page Ono) deciding some of the closer races. Ballot boxes in Isolated areas of the state traditionally are slow In reaching offices of county clerks CONGRESS RECORD (Pont. From Page un»> liarkley *aid the Repubib an con trolled house, by cutting funds for foreign aid, had only encouraged the "dictators of the Kremlin ” „ Southern Revolt —Anti-Truman southern Democrats, meeting in Jackson. Miss., decided to meet In Washington or Philadelphia just before the Democratic convention to decide their convention strategy. Delegates from 11 southern states will be invited. Most of them are expected to oppose nomination of Mr. Truman in protest against his civil rights program. lawo — Final returns from lowa's primary showed that Gov. Robert 1). Blue failed to win the Republican nomination for a third term by more than 63.000 votes. He was defeated by state Rep William 8. Beardsley. In Washington. Jack Kroll, director of the CIO political action committee. said the primary defeat of Blue and Rep. John W. Gwynne means the people of lowa "are fed up with reactionary government.” FDR. JR.—Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jr.. Indicated In New York that he would support Mr Truman's candidacy. “1 shall support the candidates, program and de cisions of the Democratic convention." he said Young Roosevelt rrs WONDERFUL T08E160R60... with a room all your own that boasts glamorous Peach Tint Kem-Tone walls, dainty Celestial Blue Durafilm-painted furniture. With a flowery chintz spread and draperies added, it's Just the room for you. For Sale at Arnold it Klenk. Inc. adv.

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previously had announced support, of Gen Dwight D. Elsenhower but is apparently convinced now that the general is not a candidate. MCMILLEN | (Cont. From I’a ■ ii« • —' y — - - complex jurisdiction >f th<. , programs Approximately IDA)) will 1*• donated by the McMillen F >un la tlon to both Adams an 1 Allen counties If final approval is given by the township trustee.!. Two thousand dollars will he granted for the work during the remain ing months of 194 R and 14.590 will be donated for each of the next two years for each county. A total annual budget of }12.000

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