Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1948 — Page 2

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Proposed Tax Rate For Berne Increased Herne. Auk 5 — The projnised 1919 tax rale for the town of Berne has been set at 85 rente by the town hoard This is an increase of 11 cents over the 71-cent rate now in effect. The proposed rate is div ided as follows: general, 59 cents, street, 15. and bond, 11 cents. The total amount of money to be raised through the levy is 321,299.84. coin I

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I pared to the amount of 916,31139 I being raised through th. 1348 levy. The rate thia year Is based on a net valuation of 12.592.355 00. Th. reason for the Increase In the rate is the fact that the proposed budget Is higher by the amount of 11.9e« than the 1913 budget. Moat of the increase was caused by the purchase of the community auditorium by the town of Berne. Aviation is (hanging th. economi ic and political tempo of the world.

Chicago Hoodlum’s * Body Found In Car r i 'Tough Guy' Token For Ride Wednesday Chicago. Aug. 5 — (VP) --Police believed today that "Tough Guy” George (Red) Smyth, was taken for a ride yesterday to repay him for ihs stick-up raids on handbooks. Smyth, sometimes known as Smith, was found dead yesterday In the trunk of his car parked on a lonely road off U. S. 66 near Plainfield. 7b miles southwest of here, lie was 28. He had been tortured, stangled. and shot twice through the head His natty blue gabardine suit was torn and mud-soaked Authorities believed he had been tied to the bumper of the car and dragged along a gravel road. Today he iay on a morgue slab, his ultimate destination during a long career of banditry and racketeering that began when he was a kid in Chicago's west side slums. Will County coroner K. A. Kingston said a piece of heavy cord had been yanked tightly about Smyth's throat. Tape marks over his face showed that he had been gagged At the time he was taken for the one-way ride. Smyth was out on 265.000 bond as a member of the "Tunnel Gang.” a band of hold up artists which had preyed on currency exchanges and handbooks in the Chicago area. The gang’s leaders. Nick Lococo. 37. and Harry Wagner 19, have been convicted in connection with the robberies They also are under indictment for the murder of Otto Freund, wealthy executive, in his Wilmette mansion, in 1916. The gang gave up handbook robberies about two years ago when, it was reported, the Chicago gambling syndicate let it ho* known that the bandits might be in for trouble it they raided any more syndicate holdings. Recently, however. Smyth was reported to be planning hold ups In the Streator and Peoria areas of downstate where Bernard (Bernie) Shelton was the kingpin of gambling. Shelton was killed two weeks ago by unnown sniper. Downstate gangsters, intent on keeping their area free of the Tunnel (isnKi depredations, chased Smyth and another gangster. Raymond Auburn, last June. The Chicago bandits' car overturned and Auburn was killed. Smyth escaped with slight injuries. Police were convinced that Smyth was rubbed out by the or ganized underworld to rid themselves forever of the Tunnel Gang's raids on their handbooks !• was just a question, officers said of whether he was given the final treatment by Chicago or downstate

Mi StU ABMiniD former Soviet espionage agent, Miss Elizabeth Bentley, testifies before a Senate Investigating rub-committee in Washington. She told ■ dramatic story of a &>viet spy ring which she directed and which extended aa high al the executive offices of the White House during the war. (IntenwtloMf) Country Style LAKH OPEN KETTLE RENDERED »l-35 5 th. Bucket GLRION MEAT MARKET Phone 97

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hoodlums. The Tunnel Gang gained its name because of Its method of burrowing through walls to gain entry into currency exchanges and bookies. REPORT FLYING BOAT (Cent. From Page One) about midnight Sunday. It was flying from Martinique to West Africa with 10 pasweng ers and a crew of 12. The Latecoere is the biggest AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT to thone with IMrtlllEß HEtIUW Is unsatisfactory hearing retarding your business and social life? Sonotone offers you scientific hearing correction, with continuing care by a trained and qualified Consultant. Aug. Hearing Center RICE HOTEL, DECATUR Sat., Aug. 7—l p.m. - 8 p.m. .Mr. J. M Friend will be la charge Take advantage of this opportunity for an examination of your hearing problems Consultation private, without charge or obligation. 712 Gettlc Bldg., Fort Wayne, Indiana Phone A 62 to s f the o-b *“ A i 1 lls udV SUCCO* “ i W mV I j _____ \ JA 1 AeKXtaA. z MUdSn f Voe can *

I commercial air liner In the wor d. llt has a takeoff weight of about 83 tons, is 141 feet long, and has a wingspreud of 186 feet. Man Found Dead In Brazil City Jail Brasil. Ind, Aug. 5 — (VP) — Police today Investigated (he death of A. X. McNeely. 60. who waa found dead In his cell at the city jail here yesterday. It is believed McNeely, held on an intoxication charge, committed suicide by teklng rat poison which he had when arrested. CLAIMS (Cent. Fr<»m Page One) ly "polio-proof" rabbits. Sandler said be bit upon his discovery when be found that rabbits with high blood sugar counts were “polio proof' but that the animals fell easy prey to the paralysis virus as soon as their blood sugar got low. Polio-infected rabbits also died quickly when their blood sugar waa reduced by insulin injecttiona. he said. Sandler explained the oddity of a low sugar count being caused by eating too much sugar. Eating sugar raises the blood sugar briefly. a i ... ■ l l ,vw—B"-rr

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he said, but in the long run it lowers the count greatly. Sandler said that hot weather diet has plenty to do with the prevalence of polio during the summer months. MEAT SALE CUT (Cent. From Pagv <>»») select li»U name from the telephone book and pass .the word along. Mrs. Peter Kavanaugh of San Francisco recruited a group of other housewives. They divided uj> the city s telephone book and began calling subscribers, asking I hem to join the crusade. "I'd just been sitting around waiting for someone else to do something about prices." she said. "At laat I thought I'd better do something myself." In Oakland. Cal., Mrs. Earl J. Rock, president of the Alameda eoun'y federation of women's clubs, sent out a bulletin asking Peace At Last From PERSISTENT ITCH! No wosdor thosund. WMrd br ilekr lovm«nl bleu th» day thoy ch»a«»d to Rmiosl. Hera t quicM action from »r>l moment —a btitihil mom ot peace that lattt and iaeta, thanks to 6 aclive aoolhins aamits la a IsonUn baas that atara on Dos t be content with en>thins lent effective than Resinol Ointment.

the 3.100 members to stay away' from butcher shops until prices drop. Mrs. Hugh Bel. Fresno. Caimother of four children, began calling 10 friends daily in e chain telephone campaign. She asked them to spread the word to oth- 1 ers to give up mea? for three weeks. If prices 'don't drop in that time, she said, the strike will be extended Meanwhile, the lady who started It all was still plugging away In Dallas Tex. Mrs. R D. Vaughn sat at a battered card table in her home, giving long distame advice to people across the country on how to set up their own campaigns. She said a man named Tom : Cross called from Baltimore. Md.. |

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' to tell her that he .nd nln , men planned to start s'rike In the eastern city Women in at least 12 y» cities are now conducting ati-??** she said. ”*• Jon. A. Kintz Pleane call and identify sgro at the residence SundaT AugWHt H, 1948, fm m 9 g.« to I p. m. Henry J. Zuber.