Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1949 — Page 2

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CHURCH NEWS Zion Reformed The Second mid-week Lenten service will be held thio evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Zion Evangeli-I cal and Reformed church. In the j place of the sermon, an illustrated service of worship with music and I narration, depicting the meaning of Lent for today, will he presented. Tlie theme of the service is. “Let Me Keep Lent." Not only are the members of the church urged to attend, but a cordial invitation is extended to all friends of the church and the public to worship. Ohio Man Killed By State Highway Truck Lawrenceburg, Ind., March 9 — (UP) — Mort Johnson, 87. Harrison, 0., was killed yesterday wnen I he was run over by an Indiana state highway trucl on a county road near Bright. Authorities said Johnson fell as he stepped off the truck and the wheels of the truck , ran over his head. I Oveikeatiny is not the only sign your j good ear needs a—- — WEARS—- • RINGS J • PISTONS • BEARINGS Our Pressure-Purger is the newest approved method of f cleansing the Radiator and the Water Jackets of the t block. 1 The entire Purge takes less ’ than thirty minutes. This is a visual action. You see the clogging-dirt, I rust and grime. 1 t GAY’S MOBIL SERVICE , 13 i Monroe Phone 318 jj _ . j i ■ in m i 1 j rmii i - - . - Fresh t Home-Rendered i LARD ! j J Lbs. < 79c i 10 lbs. 1.55 25 or 50 lb. cans i I f 15c lb. I f GERBER : t MEAT MARKET |, i

<ALE CALENDAR MAR. 11—Gaylord Thom**, f. mi. N. and 1 E. of Columbia Cft». Ind Wei! Improved Bl Acre Earm. Modern Horn*. Persons! Pro party. Mfdwet Realty Auction Co.. J. F. Sanmann. Auct. MAR. 12—Herbert Wleirman. fi ml. 8. of Monrm rille on Font. Ko. 101, then mi. W. or 3’i ml. N. of the Jet. of V. 8. 22! and 101. on route H>l th n ’« ml. \V. Complete doting out ra’e. Johnson & Johnson & Rohnke, auct*. MAR. 12—Mr. A Mm. Joe Colchin. US So. Second St.. Personal Proper tv. I P. M. T. Ik Schieferstein. auct. MAR. 12—M. Don Miller. RM N. Joss r-on st.. Berne, Ind. Per on.l property. 1 P. M. Melvin E. Liechty, auct. MAR. 14—Lever! Tucker and Carl F' hroeder. 3 mi. E. of Mendon Ohl • on River to id. then mi. N. of Church of the Brethren: ml. W. of Spencerville, 0.. on No. 117 then S. 1 mi on No lid. 'hen 2 ,: ; mi. AV. rtrd then 1 ml. S. Complete .arm «nle JohH'ou. Johnson A Liechty. aocts. MAR. IS—Everett Smt.lloy. k ml. W. tnd I’i ml. 8. of Fairmount. Ind. V'ell Improved s# ter-' farm, highly productive land. Midwee! Realty Auction Co., J. F. Sanmann. Auct. MAR. IS l.’nlrert C. Luna, Admin. Luna Estate. 5 mi. E. of Ft. Wayne. Ind: al June iott of Maysville and Nori'n River road. Ideally tiered t!l acre farm and personal property. Midwest Realty Auction Co.. J. F. Sanmann, Anct. MAR. IS—Heir* of Henry H. Hlentieraer. Main s’ree’. Berne. 3 tracts pt land, honaehotd imods. 1 P. M. Jeff Lic-hty. anc'. MAR IS—Wayne Franbirir. 352 N. II th at 7 room home and Karaite. 2P. M. Kent Rea ty 4t Auction Co.

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Bids Are Received For New Hospital Washington. March 9 — (UP) — A Chicago contractor had the low i bid today for construction of a 500i bed general medical hor.pital in i Indianapolis. I Low bidder was Gust K. Newberg, i who offered to build a main hospital, an auxiliary building and quarters for the mantyjer, nurses and attendants for $7,654,n00. The contract probably will be awarded during the next 10 days, the veterans administration said. Wife Killer Caught By Own Recorder Illinois Man Slays Wife, Tries Suicide Rock Island. 111.. March 9—(UP) —A murder warrant was served i today on Joseph Matusik. 44, whoi I set up a recording system to get I proof of his wife's suspected in- j j fidelity, but got a recording of how . he killed her and attempted suicide. Matusik. police said, apparently i suffered from hallucinations that' his wife was being wooed by a' secret lover whom he accused of trying to poison his coffee. He named her “lover'' as a tenant who had lived upstairs un- < stairs until recently. To prove his charges, he installed an elaborate recording system throughout the house. He told his wife. Eve, 40. about the recorder but kept thej location of the microphones secret. ‘ Monday evening, he took his wife to the basement to prove she had been unfaithful by letting her hear a playback of the recordings. The machine was turned on at the time. Before starting the playback, however, Matusik snatched up a pistol and shot her to death. The shots were not recorded because Matusik did not have microphones in the basement. As he ran up the stairs, however, microphones in other parts of the house picked up his words. When police turned the recorder on, they heard Matusik's voice: "I can't stand it any longer. It's (he second time the lines have been tampered with. There's a bunch of ghouls walking on me. They were here either Saturday night, last night or this afternoon. “The door was open again. The bullets were removed from the gun Please, dear God. I had no Intention of doing this. I only wanted the gum for. protection against these ti!fse J e'h people." Then the device recorded the voice of his daughter. Cecelia, 14. as she called police frantically while her father went to a bathroom and slashed his wrists. Cecelia had witnessed the slaying "Hurry!" she gasped. "There's been a murder." A son. Robert. 17. tried to stop the bleeding of his father's wrists. Two other children. Monica. 8. and Bessie. 7. were in bed. reading comic books, not knowing of the tragedy Mutusik resisted police because “I know I'm going and you can't help me—l'd get the electric chair anyway." Attendants at a hospital said he would recover. Schricker Parries Extra Session Talk Indianapolis, March 9 — (UP) — Governor Schricker would not commit himself today on whether he plans a special session of the Indiana legislature to unfinished bust ness. Schdcker parried newsmen’s questions at a press conference Lite yesterday. But he said he 'was more I interested right now in getting the I lawmakers out of the statehouse 1 than in getting them back in. Schricker told reporters he did i not plan to take a vacation when 1 the legislature adjourns its regular : session.

Doubt Russia Able To Attack U. S. j Doubt Wherewithal To Attack Nation •' Washington. March 9— (UP)— . j Hop American military strategists ]i are convinced that Russia does not . | have what it takes to attack con- . j (inental United States by air or ( I sea. it was learned today. In fact, a high military authority ■ said. Russia is not considered cap- | able at the present time of carrying out anywhere in the world I “large-scale amphibious operations ' comparable to those of the allies ■ during World War II." Consequently. U. S. military leadj ers are basing their strategical plans on the premise that if Rus- ! sia moves militarily, she will do so I on land. This could include attacks i or military expansion in western Europe, Scandinavia, the middle east and the far east. 1 This estimate of Russia's milij tary limitations has led the joint j chiefs of staff to decide against setting up now in continental United States a unified command or I commands like those in outside I areas. However, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower may review this decision j during his temporary duty as ! chairman of the joint chiefs of I staff and chief military adviser to ; President Truman. Mr. Trumnn has asked congress to authorize a permanent head of the joint chiefs to tighten unifica- ' tlon and to end backstage bicker- . ing among the armed forces. Such a post, some military leaders contend, would be close to that of a commander-in-chief of all the nation's armed forces. One unified command or a number of regional unified commands for continental United States could follow. All American armed forces out-l side continental United States are grouped under six theater com-! mands. They are the Alaskan. Atlantic. Caribbean. European. Far Eastern and Pacific. Continental United States now is divided into an undisclosed number of defense tones. Local commanders of the three armed forces work together in Joint operations centers. No provision has been made for automatic unification -of command in event of attack. But the joint chiefs of staff have authority to set up unified commands “in the interest of national security . . . and ... as may be necessary." HUNDREDS ARE (Cotit. From Page On*> could be ranched only by boat. Many families who fled, htmg their clothing and furniture from the rafters in hopes the water would not reach them. I One man refused to leave his home but later sat on its roof and fired a shotgun to call rescuers who removed him by boat. Re idents at Cretfr were warned 'o boil their drinking water when the sewage plant was flooded. At Fremont, Neb., a Id-inch gas main exploded, apparen'ly after being undermined by the Platte river. The pressure of the escaping gas broke a high tension wire overhead and a spark touched off >he blast. No one was hurt. At Kansas City, river forecaster Ralph Aldrich warned that an ice jam at Biair. Neb., had raised tlie Missouri river to three feet below flood. He said there was a "terrific differen'ial" ‘ between that point and Omaha where the river was 11 feet below flood.

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Boy Scout Troop 61 Meets Tuesday Night Rotary Boy Scout troop 61 held its weekly meeting at the Decatuf high school Tuesday evening, with the Cobra patrol in charge. Ronnie Secaur actins as chairman. A planned meal for a three-day camping trip was given by Robert Kaiser; an ax-sharpening demonstration was presented by Jim Helm. Dave Mac Lean, assistant scoutmaster, told how to ditch a tent and methods of conducting a first aid contest, and held a question and answer forum. The meeting was then dismissed by Kenneth Secaur, scoutmaster. Strike At Tiffin G. E. Plant Ended The strike of employes at the General Electric Company's plant in Tiffin, Ohio, has been settled. George W. Auer, plant manager, has announced. The GE plant was closed from Felt. 16 to March 6, because of the strike. About 800 persons are employed at the Tiffin plant. It was announced in Fort Wayne that settlement of the strike prevented the contemplated lay-off of 80 workers there. Mr. Auer is a former resident of this city and was formerly connected with the Decatur GE plant. “Loess” is earth deposited by glacial action and wind.

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King George Will Undergo Surgery Plan Operation To Aid Circulation London. March 9—(UP)— King George VI of Britain was scheduled today'to undergo an operation within a week on a nerve in his right leg which his doctors hope will improve circulation in the main artery. An official bulletin from the monarch's six doctors said that circulation in the King's left leg had Improved considerably since he was first disclosed to be suffering from a circulatory ailment latt November, Circulation in the right leg also has improved to a point where the operation, known technically as a "lumbar sympathectomy," could be performed without danger. The decision to operate does not denote any change for the worse, the doctors said. The operation lasts from 20 to 30 minutes. It involves cutting a nerve controlling the blood supply in the leg. Palace sources said it would be performed at Buckingham Palace. A frieght train 235 miles long could be assembled from the 28,000 reight cars delivered by Pullman Standard Car Mfg. Co. last year, j

Legion Oratorical Contests This Week 'Eleven district winners in the Indiana state American Legion oratorical contest 'will compete in four zone contests this week, it has been announced by Judge Frank B. Russell, of Tipton. contest chairman. The zone two contest, which includes the fourth and fifth districts, will be held at 1:30 pan. Thursday at the Summitville high school. The contestants are John Carey, of Fort Wayne Central high school, and Philip Gardner, of Huntington high school. The Fort Wayne winner was chosen at the district competition last week, in which Miss Colleen McConnell, of Decatur high school, who represented Ada.ns county, placed third. GARY HOUSEWIVES' <Cont. l-’rom Page One) terials were confiscated by police yesterday. Slot machines were reported in storage in a secret ware-; house. Four prostitutes were arrested' when their bordello, stayed open after the deadline, and five women were arrested on prostitution charg-| es for soliciting on the streets. The crusade began after 2.000 women, angered by the murder .of a high school teacher who resisted a holdup man, jammed the city hall and refused to let the mayor and council leave until they premised action against undesirable eleI inents.

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Former Anderson Mayor Dies Monday Anderson, Ind., March 9 — (CI ' - William J. Black. 70, former Democratic mayor of Anderson, former Madison county sheriff, and former member of the Indiana house of representatives, died in a hospital here yesterday.

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