Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1948 — Page 2

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Extinguish Fire In Pile Os Trash The Decatur fire department was called out late Sunday morning to extinguish a fire in a pile of old tires and trash behind the Texaco ADVERTISEMENT FOB BIDS Notice is hereby given that the Hoard of Public Works and Safety of the City of Decatur, Indiana, will receive sealed bids at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer, until the hour of 2:00 o’clock P. M , on the 17th day of December, 1945, at which hour bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following described equipment: ♦ ONE dump truck of not less than Iton capacity and having gross weight rating of not less than 15,000 lbs., wheel hase suitable for mounting 2 yard dump body. Chassis to be fish plated for extra ■strength and fitted with overload springs. Chassis shall be provided with standard transmission suitable to drive power take off to operate hoist. The truck shall be equipped with dual rear wheels, front and rear tires shall be 5:25 x 20-10 ply. The truck shall be equipped with dual side mirrors, dual windshield wipers, replacable type oil filter, oil bath air cleaner, heater and defrosters and cab marker lights. Tlie successful bidder shall furnish and mount on above mentioned cliassis one 2 yard dump body 6‘ x 9’, having not less than 12 sides and 22" ends and weighing not less than 1290 lbs., equipped f with reliable 7” cylinder hoist, suitable for operation with above dump body and truck. The bid price shall be th-v total cost of the above equipment FOB Decatur. Indianaf less allowance for the 1911 Chevrolet 14 ton dump truck now the prop, rty of the City of Decatur. Indiana, which shall become the property of the successful bidder. Bidders shall submit complete specifications and information covering tlv ir equipment as quoted In their bid. All bids shall be accompanied with a bond or certified check in the amount of sso.tin. .All bids shall be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer of the Citv of, Decatur, Indiana, on General Bid Form No. 95, prescribed by the State Board of Accounts of the State of Indiana. The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Decatur, Indiana reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Board of Public U orks and Safety H. Vernon I lira nd — City ClerkTreaMircr No'.. 29 De-. *'»

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Legion Committee Draffs Bonus Plan Carry Out Intent i Os Legion Parley Indianapolis, Dec. 6 — (UP) — A special American Legion committee met today to draft a pension program for veterans of World Wars I ■and 11. National commander S. Perry Brown, Beaumont, Tex., said the group would “carry out the intent of our pension resolutions” at the recent Legion convention in Miami. Spokesmen expected the committee to debate two conflicting proposals sponsored at the Miami meeting. The Illinois Legion department plan would pay veterans of both world wars S6O a month when they reach 55. and $75 monthly at 65. A Missouri department proposal provides S6O-S9O monthly pensions for World War I veterans, similar to those received by Spanish War veterans. Brown, in a speech at Chicago last night, did not compare the .wo proposals, but said that the final program "will be sound and workable. combining the best interests of the disabled veteran, his dependents. the over-age veteran. and*the nation." The question of pensions for world war veterans is the "burning issue confronting us at the present time." he said. "The veteran of today who is getting along in years must scramble for security with the odds stacked heavily against him," prown said. “We've got a battle on our hands, and were not going to win it by turning the other cheek. "The government, in good con science, must stand by its defenders in their hour of need just as they stood by the government in its hour of stress." station at Second and Jackson streets. Cause of the minor blaze was not known. Every house needs Westinghouse. Be sure and see the Westinghouse refrigerator—Arnold & Klenk, Inc.

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I Seeks W hereabouts ' Os Sister, Wants Christmas Reunion Herbert Cline, ot Grand Rapids, Mich., wants to have a family reunion this Christmas, but he isn't sure where he can find his sister. He last saw her when she was two years old. Both of them were then in a Greenville, 0., orphanage. He has reason to believe she is now residing in or around Decatur, the wife of a man named Dale Norton. He has appealed to the Decatur police department to help find her for that long-delayed Christmas reunion. Local residents knowing of Mrs. Norton's whereabouts are asked to get in touch with the police department. or place a collect call to Grand Rapids 34214. Conference Is Held In Union Township Township Leaders Plan Activities Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Grote were host and hostess Friday evening to the Union township leaders conference. This group of 16 leaders of various township activities met to plan for needed improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bleeke were selected to represent the township on the county extension committee for the next two years. The discussion at the conference centered around leadership for 4-H club work, recreation in community meetings, the multiplicity of and conflicting dates for activities, youths leaving the farm, and the need for getting more families to participate in community activities. Dennis Norman, county Recreational director. Anna K. Williams, home demonstration agent, and Harold Smith, hural socialist of Purdue University, were present. Mrs. Norman arranged to help with the development of a recreational committee. Mr. Smith, who will be in Adams county for the farmers institutes, congratulated those present on their pioneering work in program planning. BOXED CHRISTMAS CARDS Good Selection 20 for 39c ECONOMY STORE, Decatur

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Three Coal Miners ’ Killed In Rock Fall J, Victims Trapped In Illinois Coal Mine s ' Benton, 111., Dec. 6 - (UP)- - ° I ■ Rescue crews early today recovered the bodfes of three coal miners who S ' I were trapped under 100 tons of ' j debris. I 0. C. Grimrttet, assistant superin- ! tendent of the Orient No. 1 mine, , said the victims were trapped by a rock fall yesterday as they prop- ’ ped the mine roof with timbers. He •, said officials were investigating the 1 , cause of the accident. The dead were Andy Marko, 50, ’ Orient. 111.; James Taylor, Benton, and John Urman. West Frankfort, i who were working in a tunnel two miles from the central shaft when the fall occurred. Their bodies were found together. 450 feet below the earth’s surface. Mike Vukniir, Orient, a member of the timbering crew, escaped. He was pinned against the side of a mine car, but was dug out uninjured. Forty-six other miners also escap- , ed injury when the fall occurred, i Grimmet said a rock slide results . when large masses of rock are de- • tached from a tunnel roof and fall, i leaving a gaping hole in the mine ceiling. 1 ■ —— Nationalists Claim Kuchen Recaptured Report Communists Driven To Retreat Nanking, Dee. 6 — (UP) — Government sources claimed today that nationalist troops have recaptured Kuchen, 130 miles north of Nanking. and are driving the Communists in retreat to the northwest. General Daily News said the powerful Communist force that was halted last week in its drive on Nanking was mauled so severely by nationalist attacks from north and south that it now is seeking to es- : cape into Shantung and eastern Honan province. These dispatches quoted a nationalist military spokesman in Pengpu as saying that four Comi mv.nist columns which last week threatened Pengpu had lost more than half their fighting men before they withdraw across the Huai riv- ' I er.

The normal strength of a Communist column is between 15,000 and 20,000 men. When they turned back northward they contained no more than 8,000 men each, this report said. Three nationalist army groups driving south from Suchow toward the big Communist base at Suhsien have reached Fulichi, 10 miles north of Sunsien, Central said. J A large part of this force has 0 been diverted northwestward to cut d off the Communist attempt to retreat and regroup in their old *’ haunts along the flatlands of the “ Yellow river, these dispatches said. a Nationalist troops are forming a ’■ line to cut oft the Communist ree treat between Hsiayi, 15 miles e south of the Lunghai railroad, and Yungcheng. 50 miles southwest of *’ Suchow, Central said. '■ One pro-government report said ■ nationalist troops had broken into 0 Suhsien. but this could not be con- ’ firmed. B Other heavy fighting was reportE ' ed around Kualyin. on the Grand Canal 110 miles northeast of Nanr king, and at Kalgari in the far ? north. 1 A government announcement said meanwhile that the organized evacuation of more than 100,000 dependents from Nanking would start next Friday. s The evacuation will be carried out by rail, sea and air, with 6,000 ■ scheduled to be transported each day. The communications ministry set up a special evacuation committee to handle the program. During the past few days hundreds of Chinese —the exact number is not known — have been killed In accidents connected with the general rush to flee Nanking and Shanghai in face of the Communist threat. 17-Year-Old Girl .* Radio Quiz Winner I Pawtucket, R. L.-Dec. 6 —(UP)— ■ Alice Heaney, a 17-year-old meat market clerk who won a $26,200 radio merchandise prize, said today she ■ would go back to work as usual. > The girl, one of a family of 20 ■ that lives in a five-room house. ■ identified the mystery melody on I last night's “stop the music” broad- • cast (ABC). The tune was "Nancy i Dawson.” The list of prjzes she won in- ■ eluded a 1949 automobile, a twoi week trip for two to Rio De Jan- ■ eiro, a $3,500 motorboat, a $3,000 : diamond ring, SI,OOO piano, $3,000 • watch. SISOO men's wardrobe. SI,OOO ; silver tea service, SI,OOO credit in • a department store and luggage valued at $2,000.

COMMUNISTS (Cont. From Page One) would accept a Soviet appointment as commissar for all plants of the Bewag combine in the Soviet sector of Berlin. Six non-communist workers representatives, barred early today from the Russian sector municipal power administration building by a newly appointed communist director, returned to the building and forced their way Inside at noon. The workers were protesting the arrest of six officials of the non-communist trade union UCO and the posting of police guards in the plant. They threatened to strike at 3 p. m. (9 a. m. EST) if the men were not released and the guards withdrawn. Guards barred the six again, but a score of sympathetic Workers pushed the guards aside and permitted the six to enter. They are the non-communist members of a nine-man workers council in the plant. They were scheduled to attend a meeting protesting Soviet police methods. Communist leaders attempted to speak at the meeting, but they were shouted down. Non-commun-ist speakers then reiterated demands that the arrested workers be released and the guards be re-

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