Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1949 — Page 7

'HURSDAY, JANUARY G. 1949

»POOR PRESIDENT HASN'T HAD A RAISE SINCE 1908-

SO A BILL is shaping up to boost his $75,000 salary to SIOO,OOO and his expense account from $40,000 ' to $90,000. Other likely salary boosts include vice president, $20,000 now, to $30,000 and a SIO,OOO 1 expense account; cabinet, $15,000 to $25,000, and undersecretaries. SIO,OOO to $22,500 (International) I I

Jeorge Washington drew 25,0W> * year. Ham caled 22 cents'a pound 1 the HCL of 1789.

umgartner Agbin ads Berne Bank erne, Jan. 6 — E. W. Baumgartwafi reelected president of the t Bank of Berne at the annual ■ganizatlon meeting held yesay. Other officers are A. N. inger and L. B. Lehman, vicelidents; Brice Bauserman, cashFrieda Lehman, assistant cashLillian Reynolds, Ruth Gottilk and JeAn ifarchhofer, tellers; e Huser, Arleda Sorgen and garet Webb, clerks and steno>hers. Directors for 1949 are Mr. mgartner, Mr. Sprunger, Mr. man, C. H. Sprunger, Brice Baulan and Hiram Liechty. The k’s resources have grown from ttTwsucassusiy Duplets CUP CAKE MIX

. FARMING BUSINESS I i It’s our job to help make farm work easier and better paying. That means doing a lot more than just selling tractors and implements; it means that we must make farming our business, too. That’s why we like to spend as much of our time as we can out visiting our fanner friends. That’s how we learn why and how one farm is different from another... and see how the many different problems can be licked. If we haven’t been around to see you lately, we’re hoping to do it soon. We’d like to get better acquainted . . . both with you and your farm. The better we know you, the better we’ll be able to serve you. Meanwhile, next time you’re in town, drop in and see us. Lots of folks do. You’ll be welcome. We are headquarters for Ford Tractors, Dearborn Farm Equipment and genuine Tord Tractor and Dearborn Implement parts. Call on os j|l jj ln,r limc for prom P l 11 ■■■■SfissN tractor and Implement sen ice. i ■ ‘ " D ™*BORN MOIMMRb Mow Think! No wheels, axles, Jeoef*. springs, tongue* ot •» “ rUfches: And how it plows! . Quickly attached tn Ford .>» fit djf . Inirtor, lifts and lowers by flj UydraultC Touch Control: , W Mtform depth easily ma-ti- J/L'V 4A tataed. Different bottoms i B Jr dP albilaMe for diffe.ent soils. ’ Ke say It's the plow for pu« . . . we ll piwie It! liehle Tractor & Impl. Co.

■F 'W I tinder Ulysses S. Grant came first raise, to $50,000 in 1878. Ham was down to 14 cents pound.

Brush Fire Results In Call To Firemen The Decatur fire department Wednesday night was summoned to extinguish a brush fire on a vacant lot pext to the Herman Dierkes property on Nuttman avenue. No property damage was reported. District Firemen Meeting Jan. 15 Berne, Jan. G — The Borne volunteer firemen met Tuesday evening and arranged for a district meeting of firemen to be* held here January 15. The firemen also decided to sponsor a concert at the Berne auditorium Saturday evening, January 29, by tihe famous Dixie four quartet. Noah Graber, a member of the fire department for several years, resigned. No successor has been appointed. 1932 to 1948 from less than a mill,on to more than seven and a half million dollars.

Last raise came under ' Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, to present $75,000. i Ham was only 12 cents. I

Monroe Township Girl Baby Winner Berne, Jan. 6 — Carol Ann Macy, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Macy of Monroe route 1, living in .Monroe township, won the 21st annual baby derby sponsored by the merchants of Berne, for the first 1949 baby in the south half of Adams county. The 'baby was born at 11:02 p.m. Jan. 4 in the Adams county memorial hospital. The child and the parents will receive a large number of gifts from the merchants of Berne. The child’s mother was formerly Naomi Zurcher of this community. Columbia City Man To Head State Fair » • Indianapolis, Jan. 6 — (UP) — Homer E. Schuman, Columbit City, Ind., was president of the Indiana state fair board today. Schuman, vice-president of the board, was elected to succeed Lewis Dembarger, Stewartsville. Other officers elected included Kenneth Blackwell, Franklin, vice-president; F. M. Overstreet, Columbus, treasurer; L. Urviiie Miller, Goshen, an J Robert Schram, Peru, executive comrtiittee. SERIOUS FLOODS (Cont. From Page One where several major and numerous secondary roads were Closed as small streams and rivers flooded. Several families were evacuated from lowlands near Cincinnati. Indiana state police said 21 state and U. S. highways were blocked by high water in the southern and east central part of the state. Health authorities at Connersville, Ind., warned residents to boil all water because the city supply mayhave been cantaminated when the Whitewater river overflowed. A flood danger also arose in the western stonn area. Numerous farm families were evacuated by horseback near Scottsbluff, Neb., as melting snow overflowed drainage ditches and spread 18 inches deep on highways. In southern California, fruit -anchers and vegetable growers fought for the third successive night to save crops which already were badly damaged by sub-freez-ing temperatures. Agricultural experts said the loss would cause the nation to pay higher prices later in the year for fruits and vegetables. It’s the every dayness of life that requires a stout hear!. — Werner.

©ie Jnaitgural (Committer Me/tonor /trfDfhcr cf 4 Wenoralle dtufatcWt/jon //then ii> ct'tett/mif//I'lr/ift/iotr in Mr ty ®any Ontmatt n> tyretotett%uMWute ofitf. w Alben lOarklru • on’Wiu*x/&y f/ie one /A&tMHu/runt tent/rtJon</firfy-n»M tn tfa. (f'fliuktylvn t THIS IS THE OFFICIAL inviUtlon to inauguration of President Truman •nd Vice President-elect Barkley. Several thousand arc being mailed to a very select list of “diatinguished Americans • by Chairijian i VelvSJ D. Kldreth and tit cormnittee. (latersiticail)

Mh JI ■L. ■ \ & Truman says he can save only a few thousand. Ham, for instance, Is six times 1908 price.

THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

James Reappointed Lieufenanl Governor Appointment Made To Control Senate Indianapolis, Jan. 6 — (UP)— Richard T. James unexpectedly wielded the presiding officer's gavel in the state senate today when the 86 ,h general assembly’s upper house convened for the first time. James, Who resigned as lieutenant governor last March to accept a post as treasurer and vice-presi-dent of Butler university, was reappointed to his former office yesterday by governor Gates. James succeeds Rue J. Alexander, who was appointed to the state’s second highest post last .April 14. Alexander died last Sunday. James will hold office only until January 10, when the new Democratic administration is. inaugurated. The appointment — James will serve only four days — was believed made to assure GOP con.rol of the senate during its organization. Normally, state auditor James M. Propst, a Terre Haute Democrat would have succeded Alexander as presiding officer in the senate and migiht have been able to place stumbling blocks in the path of the senate’s Republican majority. EXPERTS AGREE (Cont. From Page One) failed to get or lost coveted committee assignments were mostly liberal so-called “young turk” members in their first or second terms who are more willing to go along with much of Mr. Truman’s program than is the bloc led by Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O. Paved streets were first tried out in Rome 2.01. C vears ago when an emperor recognized the need for efficient transportation facilities. P.V.— WWW .-•••• w W, r IMKHHL J ■7/'/ » xmRbHBVs me t k.vm i . A YEAR'S prison sentence is punishment meted out to the Duchess of Valencia — Luisa Maria I Narvaez y Macias —in Madrid for activities on behalf of Don Juan, pretender to throne of Spain. There was no jury, and she had already spent nine months in jail. A monarchist friend got a 10-month sentence, ; and two army officers await i court-martial in same case. The I duchess has been in and out of I jail frequently for same reason, has paid more than SIOO,OOO in court fines. (International)

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