Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1949 — Page 2

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CHURCH NEWS I Trinity Church The third in a series ot mid-week | Lenten services will be held tonight at the Trinity Evangelical, United Brethren church. The service will begin with the organ prelude by Harold Mumma and the singing ot the theme hymn. "Jesus Calls Us," by the congregation. The special music will be a duet "My I Task,” by Mrs. Glenn Hill and Mrs. i Sephus Jackson. The sermon by; the pastor, the Rev. John E. Cham-; bers, will be "The Call to Serv- ■, lee.” The public is invited to alb trese services. |' Decatur Missionary No prayer meeting service will he held at the Decatur Missionary 1 church this evening because of the I death of the infant son of the pas- < tor, the Rev. Herald J. Welty. 1 With more than one-third of all ' the steel plants in the country, Pennsylvania, between 1911 anil f 1944, outranked every other state f in the production of mineral prod-I j nets by sll billion. ! (]

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| Greencastle Man Is i Held For Beating Greencastle, Ind., March 16 — ' (UP) — Bernard E. Jones. 31-year-I old father of four children, today ( faced assault and battery charges in connection with the beating of a DePauw university coed. Police said Jones admitted he struck Miss Kay Schwartz. Crystal Lake, 111., student, last week. She i suffered head cuts. ; Jones told authorities he was intoxicated. Tipton County Farmer State Fair Manager Indianapolis. March 16 — (UP)— A Tipton county farmer. Carl Tyner, today' was the choice of the Indiana state fair board to take over as secretary-manager of the Hoosier agricultural exposition. Tyner was chosen yesterday by the board to succeed Orval Pratt of Rockville, who resigned recent-j ly after a dispute with some board; members. Tyner immediately re-j signed as a member of the fair; board. Governor Schricker indicat-1 ed he would name a successor soon. 1

10-Year-Old Boy Is ;|Held In Mail Thefts si Robbed Post Office 1 And Private Boxes e ! Moorehead, Minn.. March 16— I (UP)—A Ift-year-old boy was held e today after confessing thefts of checks and money orders from the post office and private mail boxes I which police said might amount to "thousands of dollars." The youngster’s loot reportedly included checks or money orders of $3 to $1,700. Some were recovered in a ivoodpile where he had hidden them after he launched his one-boy crime wave last week. , Authorities said the boy told ,! them he raided the post office by ’ entering through a package chute. ' | He also said he rifled home mail i boxes, and sometimes followed ; mailmen on delivery routes. He allegedly crept through the I package chute Sunday night, filled ! a bag with letters, and fled. Officials said he cashed several small ! checks and hid others in the woodi pile. They said “scores of letters" ■ were found there, some of them j containing large checks and money ■ orders. The boy said he threw away "ati least five others," but could not remember where, police said. Post office authorities reported a few complaints of missing mail in the last few days, but said they were not aware of the extent of the I I thefts. The boy was caught in tin at- . tempted grocery robbery Saturday and was told to report to the police i station Monday. However, he was I picked up when the parents of a Fargo. Minn., boy reported that i their son had come home with a $9.95 check which he said he got [ from “a Moorhead boy." I An S-mni. home-movie camera; with a fade-in. fade-out control to add smoothness to amateur movies I has been produced. HO DEFROSTING! I ’ I'l . I II 1 p I j ( ADMIRAL ; Daal-Temp Refrigerators Hug' moist cold compartment ' never requires defrosting. Keep foods fresh without covering ( dishes. Btilt-in home freezer j quick fteezes at 15’ below zero. PeHofnii'nce proved in over 11 jsn.Oiio kllch' ns. TRADE IN YOUR OLD ONE. , Also a Large Selection of ;< Electric Stoves J Kitchen’s Appliances ' 238 N. 2nd Phone 95

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Insurdnce Benefits Increased In State New York, March 16 (IP) A report by the institute of Life Insurance showed today that Ind i iana families received nearly SBOO.- ' 000 more in 19-18 iu life insurance death benefits over 1947 receipts. The institute said $32,971,000 was 1 received in Indiana from 36,005 pols icies, compared with payments of ? $32,189,000 (Ml from 34,689 polt--5 ties in 1947. >, , Recaptured Convict ' Held As Bank Robber i Two More Meh Sought Irt KetiftiCky Robbery Louisville, Ky., Mar. IC— (UP) —The federal bureau of investigation today searched for two more men in connection with a $9,000 robbery of a Kevil, Ky., bank, following the arrest of elusive exconvict William D. Messamore. Meksamore, who escaped from jail at Corydon. Ind.. Monday by i locking up the sheriff and his i deputy, was captured yesterday in a restaurant at Brandenburg. Ky. He was returned here by U. S. marshals, and placed under special guard in the Jefferson county jail on a federal charge of bank rob- ! bery. Earlier he admitted taking ! part in the holdup. The FBI searched for Thomas White Gore. 41. and Thomas Edward Stegall, 28. both of Louisville. Federal warrants charged them with participating in the Kevil bank robbery last August. Police in adjoining states were given I descriptions of the men. Messamore's bond was set at $2a.000, and his case will be preI sented to the U. S. grand jury during the federal court term which i opens at Paducah on April 18. Messamore was taken to jail in lieu of bond. A deputy remarked, "he's been here before and we know all about him. He'll be in a cell by himself and it will be lighted all the time. You will have to open three locks to get to him. He won't get away again.” Messamore had been held at Corydon for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Thomas Vandiver, his wife and stepdaughter from Me.samofe's home near English. Ind., last January. He has implicated Vandiver In the bank robbery, hut says he .'joegtnot know what became of the family. The bold, good-looking Messamore escaped from the Harrison county jail Monday when Sheriff Water Baxley and deputy Clarence Klee en'ered his cell to. give him fresh clothing. He slammed the cell door shut on the Jwo officers, ran to a washroom, and plunged through a window to a concrete alley about 20 feet below. He stole a 12-foot skiff and crossed the Ohio river to Meade coun'y. Kentucky, where he was captured. xoiK i: or i n »i. si-;tti.!:mhm OF ESTATE AO. ■»*«« Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Ida B. .Migner. dweast-d to appear in Uu* Adams I'ircuit Court, held at !>ecdtar, Ir-d 4 ira. on the llth day of April. ISHJA, and show cause, if any, why the FINAL SETTLEMENT tAC(’(>rNTS with the estate of said decedent Should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive sharps. (■eoraiM («aKr A llnrry Mngucr EveriitrL A Firriilor Pecntiir. Indinim, itiirrb iA t IPIK titurnry Frrd L bitterer. Mar h T 6-23

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CONVINCED LEWIS (Cbnt. From Page O n6 > page in pro'.est against the ap- ■ pointment of James Boyd as direce tor of the U. S. bureau of mines I and as a mourning period for the • “slaughter" of miners during 3 Boyd's tenure of oftice. • Coal industry sources in Wash--3 ington said the producers appear ■ determined to try, knocking the f “holiday" provision out of the • next contract. Failing in that, they will endeavor to lay down conditions under which such memorial periods can be called. Mine operators pointed out that the anniversary of the eight-hour day in the mines, a traditional ' UMW holiday, falls just four days after the scheduled end of the ■ work stoppage March 28. This, they said, might prompt Lewis to extend the holiday for another week. The miners, who were spending the holiday "loafing or relaxing,” said that confirmation of Boyd's appointment by a senate committee angered Lewis and might prolong the stoppage. pleads Tor (Cont. From Page Onel tested the mother/ when told that | her son informed police he had t been locked in the room so long | he didn't know whether he was a boy or girl. “Every day he had fruit and the best food we could afford. He liked to eat and I lot him lack for nothing. It was only that, he couldn t go out among the heigh-1 bors. God knows I meant him no i harm.” Mrs. Sullivan said the fact thatGerald was born long after the father ot her other three children had left her was “such a shame, such a disgrace, such a torture." "No one will ever know what I suffered," she cried. "I will al•ways go on suffering. It is the cross I must hear." She said the hoy was kept in his tiny room only at night and never was locked in. He was permitted to come out of the room LAWS ROLLING We have power rollers and guarantee our work. Contact operator or call F. J. COLCHIN Phene 441 403 Fornax St. Il'"llllll' l <ll WHEN THE WIND BLOWS--more than the cradle may rock! Wind may seriouily damage your property. Why not injure against this and other losses by adding an Extended Coverage Endorsement to your Fire In* surance Policy? THE SUTTLES CO. Agent* Niblick Store Btdgl, Decatur, Ind. * tqmwMing Tbe Sint Caanhy wd tuMy Coaoin, of Haaioal Coo* 11111111111 l

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and dry diehrs and mop floors for hdr at other times, she said. "He loved to do those things," the mother said. “And then he would play the radio for me. It is I a lie when they say he never had an orange and that I kept him in a dark room." Meanwhile, young Gerald discovered a new world to replace the few tree tops and tiny patch of sky that was visible from his room. His hair, shoulder length when ' police found him, was trimmed "good and short.” Officials at a foster home took away his ragged dress and gave him trousers and a shirt. Society was trying to make up to him for his lost childhood, but its efforts were proving as puzzling to the boy as the new world lie discovered Sunday. He was arraigned in juvenile court yesterday on a formal charge of being a neglected child and his case was continued until April 14. He was ordered returned to the foster home.

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