Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1948 — Page 2

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Drive in Theater Is Robbed Sunday Night Griffith, Ind, Aug 2 — (UP) • A masked bandit robbed a drive in theater near here of between 84.000 and 15.000 lam night, (xilice reported The man forced the theater - * manager. A mold Berger, to open the office aafe while 1.000 iiiato mere watched the movie ontaide He then ran to a parked car a block away and escaped. A spe< lai traffic policeman, at ! the rear of the theater, was unaware of what was happening , I < I' Trade tn a Good Town — Decatur

SALE CALENDAR AUG. 3—lra Mcßride, 2'y miles south of Decatur on road 27 and then 2 miles went. Modern country home. Roy Johnson * Son and Melvin Liecthy Aucts. AUG, 3 —Four room home <t two adjoining lots, 922 No. 11th, Decatur. J F Sanmann. Auct. Max Andrews, owner. AUG. 4 —Highly improved 41 acre farm In laiwer Huntington road or two miles east of Roanoke, Ind. J. F. Sanmann. auct Cletus Razet, owner. AUG. s—Heirs5 —Heirs of Asa McMillen, lb acre farm, ’i mile west of Plena-1 ant Mills. Kent Realty A- Auction Uo Johnson A Son , auctioneers. AUG. s—Carl5 —Carl Schroeder Chattanooga. Ohio Building and Barber Shop equipment Roy A Ned Johnson, aucts AUG. 6 —lmproved 50 acre farm two miles south and one mile cast of Geneva J F Sanmann. am t Fred Bone, owner AUG. 7 —Guy McAfee. 5 miles west of Bluffton on road 124. then 2% , miles north on road 303. Chester White Brod Gilt sale I Roy Johnson A Melvin Liechty Aucts. AUG. 7—Fine Lake Cottage, boat and furniture. Barbae Lak* J. F i Sanmann. auct. Frank Weaver, owner. AUG. 9 Richard N Rudrow. 215 East Votaw St.. Portland. Ind . 5 Room Modern Home. Midwest Realty Auction Co. .1 F Sanmann. Auct AUG. 10—John J Brecht, 158 Stevenson St . Decatur. Ind. 6 30 P M Household Goods. Midwest Realty Auction Co. J. F. San mann. Auct AUG 14 W J Hill. Lowed. Ind The Lowell Hatchery Business and Building Mhlwest Realty Auction Co.. .1 F Sanmann auc AUG. 16 —Sam L Relneck. 12 miles Southwest of Paulding. Ohio Two Farms. Well Improve ! 80 acres and Well Improved 120 acres Midwest Realty Auction Co. J F Sanmann. auct. CHESTER WHITE BRED GILT SALE SATURDAY. AUG. 7, 1948 1:00 P M. At Farm 5 miles West of Bluffton on Road 121 then 2'n miles North on Road 303. . 29—BRED GILTS—29 3—TRIED SOWS—3 2—FALL BOARS—2 Sired by Vernon s Balancer. 1947 Grand Champion of Wells County Fair. Alfalfa Choice and Gold Leaf Trend They are bred to Whiterap Medium Lad. from the Parkison Bros herd, and to a top son of Vernon's Balancer All animals will be recorded In purchaser's name free of charge Not responsible in case of accidents. Gl’Y McAEEE, Owner Roy S. Johnson—Auctioneer Melvin Uechty—Rale Equipt A Auct Old First National Bank, B nffton. Clerk - »

Public Auction Four Room Home and Two Adjoining lx>ts 922 North 11th Street I Decatur. Indiana Tuesday, August 3 7:00 P. M. LOCATED—922 North 11th Street. Decatur. Indiana. IMPROVEMENTS — A well constructed house, new roof, asbestos ahingie siding, living room has large picture window and knotty pine interior, kitchen has built in sink and cupboards, oil floor furnace, chemical toilet, city waler, electricity, natural gas available, one room is not completely finished and the house is set on pillars, but concrete blocks for complete foundation are on the lot and will go with the property. Two adjoining lots 50 z 121 will be Mild with the property or separately to suit purchaser* An opportunity to acquire a well constructed home with built in features at a reasonable figure. TERMH— 20% on day of sale, balance upon delivery of good title, immediate possession. Max E. and Elaine Andrews OWNERS J. F Sanmann—Auctioneer Sale conducted by Midwest Realty Auction Co.. Decatur. Indiana MODERN COUNTRY HOME AT PUBLIC AUCTION I will sell st public auction, without reserve, my hom* located 2% miles South of Decatur. Ind., on Road No. 27 and then 2 miles Weal Tuesday, Aug. 3,1948 Evening Sals S'-OO P. M. COT. MODERN HOME & 1 ACRE OF LAND The house known as WaiMngtnn School, which I have completely remodeled into a epi ndM redden, e consisting of a pleasant and < haerful large Ivtng room two :ovaiy nite siaa bedrooms, and a modern kitehen wl h built In cupboards. Modem bathroom with all new til;urea. Basement under entire house; New Majestic warm ait turn <ce; El ectric water presvure to deep well and water softener A0 this equipment is new. Good two car garage One acre of good land The premises are neat and well taken care of. We* made thia into a home tor ourerdvea ar.d *he work done and equipment used tai the heat Plm-« don't think of thia as a xchoo! house but come out and inspect the jroprtj Y ®“ wi 1 *• Pleasantly surprised when , <>n walk into tiha ctemrful < om’ortable home within a few minutes drive of Drca'ur. Inspetlon welcomed at any time NOTE -We Mare new bottled gas Range which may be purchased Also Electric Refrigerator The purchaser of the home will be given to buy these 2 Items If they desire them •THRMB-Sold aubjet to the unpaid ba anre of t2«t4.OA loan favor Ftrr- B‘ate Bank Decatur payable »2f> per momh or SIMM each < am. above the amount of lean, A, cash and % on receiving posse. Moe which can bo had within a few days after sale ira Mcßride OWNER Re- B. letaueu 4r feou—AucU. Muhin UecMy Berne Anrt. 2» JI 3

Two Show Windows Broken By Truck ■ Attenmptlug to pass the stieetwide 'Fun In the Dark loncesslon at Third and Monroe streets early Sunday morning, a truck driven by Augelo Bloutseas, of Columbus, 0., mounted the sidewalk and broke two large show windows of the Niblick store with is bumper Police could not immediately estimate the extent of the damage. To the distinguished character of patriot it should lie our highest glory to add the more distinguished charai ter of Christian —< reurge Washington.

■eprinted from The SMurday 1 venlng Post. Copyright ltd(. The Curtis PublisMaa Company. Here is the Norman Rockwell painting of Herald K. Rippey, Jay County Agricultural Agent whicl will be featured in the Fine Arts Department at the Indiana State Fair, September 3 through 10. Th< painting ie one of several made by Mr, Rockwell for an artielo which appeara tn The Saturday Kvenmi Poet. The painting will not ba eligible for a prigs inasmuch aa the art aahibit ia confined to Hooiisrt Adolph Dehn, well known New York artist, will judge the ahow.

French Flying Boat Missing, 52 On Board Sea And Air Units Searching Atlantic For Missing Plane Paris. Aug. 2—(UP* — Sea and air units searched the mid-Atlan-tic some 1.400 miles west of the African coast today for a huge, six-engined French flying Imat missing with .'>2 persons aboard. Tlie p'ane. a laitccoere 631. the largest commercial airliner in the world, was last heard from at 8 p. m EDT (7 p tn UDT* Saturday. It disappeared in the <ea on a flight from Fort de Frame Martinique. In the French West Indies, to Port Entienn*. French West Africa Port Entienne is north of Dakar Air France said the missing plane carried 40 passengers and a crew of 12 No passenger list was available in Paris and it was not known if any notables were aboard. Frrmh naval authorities ordered a warship and naval planes from Dakar to search for the missing airliner and ships at sea were notified to be on the looks out. Air France sent two 'ongrange planes to join the search, one a Lat'coere 631. a sister ship to the missing plane, and the other an Air France Constellation The U. S. coast guard cutter Campbell, on patrol duty In the mid Atlantic notified the U S

embassy that It was steaming to: the last known position of the giant sky queen Air France said the missing plane left Martinique at 10:50 a. m EDT Saturday and was scheduled to arrive at Port Bnienne at 9p. m It was last heard from at S p. m . when it gave Ils position and said all was wei’. The position given by the plane was about 1 100 miles shoe* of Its destination In an area some E*o to 900 nautical inilea northwest of the Cape Verde Islands The C 8. embassy notified Air France that an American radio station in the Azores had picked up a distress aignal from the sky lueen. The time of the message was not known. Should al) aboard lie lost, it would lie the worst disaster on 'he trans-Atlantic run and the third worst aviation disaster In history. Fifty-thru persona were killed In each of two air crashes 'sat year, a Doug's* DC-4 crash in Maryland in May and another fX’-4 crash in the mountains o* Co'ombia. Houth America. last February.

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Woman Is Released After Questioning A Bluffton woman believed to be mentally 111 was questioned by sheriff Herman Bowmau after she was reported hitchhiking and blocking traffic iu the city over the weekend. After checking nearby mental institutions in vata. the sheriff released the 51-year-old woman without pressing charges. Monthly Report By Service Officer 748 Services Are Rendered In July Dwight R Arnold, county service officer of the state depar;ment of veterans affairs, performed 748 individual services for ea-Gl'a durl'i? the month of July Follow ing is a detailed breakdown of the monthly report; Personal interviews. 136. repeat interviews. 29, hospitalization. 10; claims against the V. A., 11; outpatient imedical A dental* treatment, 12. terminal leave pay. 2; department of veterans affairs. 17; education: academic. 28; apprentice A one the Job, 29. rehabiliation. 2; farm training. 4; flight training. 3. Insurance, 45: loans. 8; U. 8. employment service. 6. Indiana em’ployment security. 7; return of war dead. 2; bank, 6; housings. 15; war asaetii administration. 12; civil service, 19; pensions. 18; veterans organizations. 17: Red Cross, 2; legal advisers. 4; welfare agencies.. I; allowances. 4; Individual employer. 3; social security, 2; employment. 9 Family allowances. 15; property tax (Information t. 4: Department of lulcor. 2; subsbetence pay. 15; application for Ohio Ixmus. 7; public relations department, 3; finance department, 9; phone calls (out),' 57; pilous calls (in). 78; letters (out). 41. letters tin), 72.

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Methodist Pastor Is Guest Speaker Dr. Gerald Jones At Lake Webster Dr Gerald Jones, pastor of the First Methodist church In this city, is the guest speaker this week at the Epworth Forest Institute at lutke Webster. This institute. under the general oversight of the Methodist church, is for the high school young people of the conference. Because of the large number* of young people who attend, the program has been planned to last for six consecutive weeks during the summer. Each district of the conference has a full week on the grounds. The Decatur Methodist youth attended thia camp a week ago There, were more than 500 registered from the Fort Wayne district, of which Decatur is a part. Eighteen youths and adults attended from First church. Dr Jones is the speaker for the Richmond district This district by tradition has the largest group in attendance at the Institute, having a registration of 600 full-time students. After morning watch conpU' ted on the lake shore, the students attend classes for religious instruction all morning In the afternoon Interest classes are held; many forms of recreation are used during the afternoon hours. In the evening the formal worship Is conducted During the past season and this current year. Varner Chant e of Fort Wayne has been the director of the choirs and other musical features of the institute RECORD CROWD <<'«»ut From Page One) nt compliments and after a shaky start Monday and Tuesday, ideal fair weather was the m»nu for the rest of the week. • ——■ • Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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Further Meat Price Increases Foreseen Livestock Receipts Reported Dwindling Chicago. Aug 2 — (UP) — Dwindling livestock receipts at major midwest markets may force sky high meat prices still olgher. industry sources said today. They said prices would climb if meat-OD’thehoof becanu acarvoi Small r*/elpt« Friday sent hog prices sot ring to the highest level In history at Chicago and other corn belt markets. Cattle supplies also were light. Chicago wholesalers predicted that their prices would reverse a downward trend and bout* •«• back up under the impac t of the record livestock quotations They expected their boosts to be reflected In Increases of one to two cents a pound on the retail level by the end of the week. The raise i» expected despite strong consumer resistance. In Dallas, a 71-year-old grand mother. Mrs. R. D. Vaughan led a telephone campaign asking house wives to "step buying meat for one week,” from Aug 9 to 16. The National Association of Re tail Meat Dealers opened its 63rd annual convention with a display of the finest cuts in beef and pork. The association referred to its display as •'like the rich people have." The associations president. James Elliot, isad that "today’s high prices have practically ellin inated any element of profit from retail trade" Milk prices also rose tn Chic ago, milk was up one cent per quart Roosts In milk prices at Evansville. Bloomington and Indianapolis, Ind prompted two civic organization* —the Indianapolis federation of community civic clubs and the Ind ianapoli* women's council — to call for a federal Investigation In the manufacturing Held. Ford Motor Co. said prize boosts on its automobiles could be expected within a few days The Thor Corporation announced retail price increases averaging 10.8 percent on its washing machines. "This is our first price increase since May. 1947.” said Thor president John R Hurley. "It is the result of increases In cost over which we have no control and which can nn longer be absorbed by the com-

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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF TAX LEVIES Ui tin mutter of determining the t.ix rates for- ertaln purp'w-es by Union Township Def-re ■iAdvisory Board. Adams County. Indiana . Notice is horwby given the taspayere of Union Township. Adame County, fndtons. that tbs pr'for WP officers of said municipality, at their regular suet Ing pla-on the 31st day of Augu’l !»<•- w the following budget , _ . towwsiup srnorr clasmficatiom Township Fendi School Transfers 7500 ’ey of Tea-hers Atlarv of Trustee |750 Total Tuition F ind 11550 Janitor Service n . Office llent 34 ReereHtem cranspnftatlon of <"h 1-lr- ~ Clerk Hire .... 7» Prlr lpa| . *a| , »_ w ,. Trustee's Traveling Hbpenae 110 T'-tal Fund 2*l **** * an " " if Kapense Telephone Tolls and Repair of Building* and are of MU'• llaneous . Telegrams jo Cvr-unda 500 Total gpectel » hm-l FviwiifO. ’ PHn’ins’ and AdvertUng 32* " ,’ „ . ■■ „ ’ , ’ o «. AMaSstewtiMi Kspeeae: l'a>of Advisor) Board 75 *’hool Furniture and Equip- A( p t . r ,„ n al gervl-e u.iwrgen- y Loans Went. e«< opt * hool Hu ear a «<0 j |»irve» «»Hrf> Interest on Emergency and ► hool Supplies, other than Jan. nt w>.airal HosOllal and Pur-Temoi-rary Loans too Hors M ipplioa .... |JS ~| ijSnßSCbip puna I'“’*’"” L; rnifh-n f undi *^ u *l for * hools too Bl an i H.'i „■ Pay of Teachers ... teso Loans. Interest and lneuran--e Siu Total Poor Relief Fund KSTIMATK OP FINOS TO Bit RAI4KD FweMe swgwtred *»e Bspennen Aegwot I. pswaeas year. Mpe< lai **'•' > ~,! to Deeemker SI. of enewln* yews Township It- 11. Tuiti -n >' , Fund Fund Fund t• 1 I. Total Budget Estimate for Incoming Tear »l»:o SliKi IlliSv »• I. N<-<-essar> Kapendtlures to lie nuul<- from -Aoproprla* ~ :t Uons Lnexpended July 11, of present year 1124 «»“» I Additional Appropriations to be SMMM August I, to Decwmber IL of present year - r ... ... . 127’0 A Out sanding Temporary Loans tn be paid before December fl, of present year, not included u* Unoo * * > - ste , vc i Total Funds R-uurred <Add Lines l, 2,1 and 41 sets l?7tl !t»K Funds on Hand and Is »>o Received Prom •osnene rther thaw the Proposed rase of Trz Levy i 4. Actual Bale ace. July >L preaeM year 1 SPY 1471 7. Tates to be Collected, present year i. SeidomeMi ...... _— lie 4100 tise A Nlvoellaneoue Hew a us. other then from Tag Levy io be rseshed from August 1 of present year to ' December St, of ensuing year. <•»• erhedule In Trustse's Offlci) (al apevtai Tease idee Schedules! 2124 lb) All Other Rev-enee (See SchodMlgb) 7« . ». Totel Funds (Add Unes A T la and bb> »«07 9771 *l«»7’ ** s** A " ,o ““< «• b * for eapenees t-> DocewUnr 11. of onaulag year a :n « 4732 11. Operating Bnlane* (Not in etcem of Hxpeneo JaaUMy *• J’ ■’’J’*’ *• **•" MieeeUaneoua Revenue for seme Period- ..«™ ye*. 1002 5700 if. Amount to be raised by Tas Levy 1705 lisoo l>4« ; -'’* PROPOSED I RVIKS Net Valuation Os Taaabl- Property motive Number vt Tasabie Polla „ met so „ “ *“ Levy on Tom cabin . _. Pmpertv )tJI Mmciai icbool ’ U'"' T-itlen ’ *, Hl4*» ReeiwMlen jl .... • i , 31 T-lai J lowriuxrs prarammry or wns cattHrm anp to bw cmikOCTW” T r “** Collected Collected C * , * , ( S 1 * 4 C TvwuUa 1014 HU , | •<-' ndHea _ — — ._—„ I>t - (| M tU .v nr. tint w.n -■;* *• iwrn. 42 < r fc '’vmiw B <, * rC •• W «*» nv «■ OS or before the Un th day after »sMl«auen ‘"J,,,, 1= Mila oeuetp »*«»»ed. whichever dale i. Utee, and the State Board wUI As a Onto tor al'Cls/ ! j-I» !M ’ C "* r! *Lmoii*T«p' 4 * W *

pany." In tbe luxury field, most cigar ette smokers were paying a cent more per packagke in line with a wholesale boost last week. hOTHK OF FINAL »HTTI.HMEAT 04 KSTATK 9<>- 4JSX Notice !■ hereby given to the creditors. heirs and legatees of Earl U. Halrit-M, to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, held at Heratur Indiana, on the 7th day of September. Igis. an t •!*”*,'•.'l?' why the FINAL ShT I i.LMITN I At COUNTS with the estate of said deedent sh-.uld not be approved, and -aid heir* are notified to thi-n and tlh-re mak«- proof of heiruhlp, an«l receive tlielr distributive shares. Hlsle 11. Hslaea AdmlnWirsirl* lleeatar, HidlenS. Jaly g*. IIHX. Xttoreer Heer, H. Metier. Aug. 2-9 Trade Hi a Good Town — Decatur

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