Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1948 — Page 6

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1 B oL 1 : DJCOfIATED seven times by the Allied nations for her outstanding work during two wars, Sister Mary Chantal, 53, is shown as she arrived in New York aboard the hner De Grant. The famous nun, commended by Gen. Eisenhower for rescuing Allied paratroopers, is here to rest r.t a convent < International) Roy S. Johnson & Son Auctioneers & Real Estate DeV oss Bldg.. Ground Floor Phone 104 153 So. 2nd St. We'll be glad to Repre-cnt you In the transaction of Real Estate at Public Sale or private sale. 25 years In this business In Decatur. We welcome your Investigation of our record of which we are proud. Melvin Leichty, Rep.

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Giant Blast Furnace Placed In Operation Chicago. June 23 — (UP) — The I second iif two giant blast furnaces I built under a postwar expansion I program .wax placed in operation today by Carnegie-Illinois Steel i Corp. at its South Chicago plant. The other new furnace was fired j several weeks ago. The furnaces I have a daily capacity of more than , 1.500 tons of iron and will step up production by Sfiti.oiHl tons a yeaj, ; officials said. The furnaces are part of a 4775,- ; noil.uno improvement program for I the Chicago area undertaken by ; C. S. Steel Corp , parent of the I Carnegie-Illinois subsidiary Nebraska ranks second In beef I packing, third in wheat, beet battle and corn production in the I nation.

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Cost 01 Living At New All-Time High Figures Quoted As Os Last May 15 Washington. June 23—(UP) — The cost of living hit a new alltime high last May 15. the labor department reported today. in its regular monthly summary of the retail price situation, the department said consumer prices Jumped 0.7 percent between mid April and mid May. Although the department has no accurate figures on retail prices since May 15. indications are that living costs have continued to rise. On May 15. the department said, retail prices were 72.9 percent higher than the 1939 average and nearly 20 percent abov* June. 1946. when most price controls were abandoned. According to the department, re-1 tail f<«>d prices went up 1.4 percent between mid-Xpril and mid May; clothing increased 0.6 percent; rents were 0.3 percent higher and fuel prices rose 0.8 pen ent Only house furnishings decreased in price. They averaged 0.6 percent lower on May 15 than a month earlier. Index Declines New York. June 23 (I’Pl- Ihtn A- Bradstreet. Inc. reported today that the wholesale food price index for the week ended yesterday declined two cents to 17.16. The <np reflected lower prices for beef and lambs, the agency reported. There were declines in only eight foods, but beef dropped 3-U cent* a pound and lambs were 2*a cents lower. Eleven foodstuffs advanced and 12 held unchanged The index had been rising stead ily since May 25 and had reached 47 18 last week, the highest level since last Jan. 20 and only 10 cents under the all-time high established on Jan 28. The Indrt represents total of the price per pound of 31 foods used In general use. It was 16.24 a year ago. included In the foods whioh registered decline* In addition to beef and lambs were oats, barley, coffee, cottonseed oil. cocoa and steers. Advances were noted in flour, wheat, com. rye. hams, bellies, lard, sugar, eggs, hogs and butter. Cheese, tea bean*, peas, peanuts, potatoes, rice, molasses, currants, prunes, milk and raisins held unchanged. Feed bunks and racks reduce feed waste when cattle are being fattened. Each animal needs 24 to 3 feet of feeding space.

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Only Minor Damage As Autos Collide Automobiles driven by Waldo F. Barkley, Monroeville route 2. and ilk-hard Thieme. Itecatur route 5. figured in an auto mishap on state road 101 Tuesday night. Damage amounted to about 440 and all of the occupants escaped Injury, according to the report of sheriff Herman Bowman. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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ITo Consolidate Six Air Forces To Four To Strengthen Air Defense Os Nation Washington. June 23 — (UP)— The air defense command will consolidate it* six air forces Into four by July 1 to establish the most effective air defense posdblu.” The four air forces will protect the four major "defense" area* of the United States. Each will have a single commander. The first air force will protect the Industrial northeast, extending south and west to include Ken lucky, Virginia and Indiana The 10th will guard vital area* in the middle west, bounded on the west by Wyoming and Colorado, on the east by Michigan and Illinois and on the south by Kansas and Missouri. The 14th. now embracing the seven southeastern states, will take in the five southwestern states as well, extending as far west as New Mexico. The fourth will be responsible for defending the eight far western states. . STOP-DEW EY (Con* From Fag* One) push toward the open arena. Gov. Kirn Sigler of Michigan said he would put the senator formally into nomination with a speech for him tonight, t'p to now Vandenberg has insisted on being merely "available*' instead of getting openly Into the battle. The day's most intense operations were carried out among the Taft-Stassen forces waging the counteroffensive against Dewey. Conference followed conference as the two generalissimos tried to enlist other leaders on their side. Taft, Stassen and Gov. Duff kicked off the campaign with an hour-long meeting after which . Stassen Issued a communique He said that they and "other

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