Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1949 — Page 2

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Valley Residents Dig Out Os Flood Victims Heartened By Rainless Skies Petersburg. W. Va.. June 20 — (t — Rainless skies heartened thousands of Shenandoah and Potomac Valley residents today a» they dug out of the worst flood devastation in the district'* history. As the muddy flood waters of the Potomac and Shenandoah river branches receded, the death toll rose to 13 with eight bodies recovered and five other victims presumed dead. Authorities estimated from 11 "to 20 victims still were missing. The rain-swollen truhutarie* of the two rivers in West Virginia and Virginia raged over their banks Saturday. Hundreds were made homeless and property dam age mounted into the millions. National guardsmen, state police, Red Cross workers and volunteer* joined into a gigantic rescue force to cope with the widespread disaster and suffering. Second army headquarters at Fort Meade, Mil., rushed land and water craft, 200 cots and 400 blankets to the stricken area in anticipation of more rain tomorrow. Col. Benjamin K. Erdman, commander to the West Virginia military district at Charleston, sent a special officer to the scene to report on further needs. Health authorities gave typhoid inoculations to residents at Bridgewater, Va, and Petersburg and Moorefield, W. Va., the hardest hit communities, Truckers, ploughing through wasted out roads and makeshift bridges, hauled in fresh water, food, clothing, bedding and other essentials. Petersburg and Moorefield caught the brunt of the blow when the Potomac river’s south branch and its feeder streams spilled over their banks along a 60-mlle stretch. Petersburg’s 2,000 residents were isolated from outside help twice Saturday, last night electricity was restored with emergency power units. Electricity also was restored at Moorefield. Nearly 300 homes were either washed away or damaged here. Rescuers accommodated some 1.000 discouraged townfnlk in public buildings and tent*. Trade tn a Good Town — Oeeatur

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Ted Reinhart Hurt In Cycle Accident Ted Reinhart, 20, of rural route two, Decatur, suffered a broken vertebra when the motorcycle he was driving left the Winchester road one mile west of Decatur and threw him into a ditch. The accident occurred about 1:30 o'clortt Saturday afternoon. Reinhart was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital, where his condition was stated as being very good. About 1100 damage was done to the vehicle. • Sale Os Business Buildings Revealed I. A. Kalver of this city purchased two uptown business bulldints from Bernard Clark, it was learned today. The building* are now occupied by Miller-Jones shoe store and the Mirror Inn. and are adjoining buildings on Second street. Kent Realty and Auction Co, handled the deal for both part'es. It was learned from a reliable source that the purchase price of the two buildings was 132,000. Hartford City Man Critically Injured Las Vegas. Nev.. June 20 —(UP) —Doctors said today that Kenneth Field. Hartford City, Ind . loan ' company official who was injured near here Thursday in a three-car accident, still was in critical condition Field received a fractured skull. and internal injuries. Hi* wife' was listed in good condition with ; a broken arm. The two Field children, who were accompanying their parents on a vacation trip to California. were dismissed from the hospital yesterday. Rally Planned Here Sunday Afternoon Major C. E. Critaer, commander of the Salvation Army in Fort Wayne, will be the principal speaker at an open air rally sponsored by the Victory Prayer band in the Adams county jail yard nest Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Community singing will open the service*, the Rev. Ja:r •« R. Mead-, ows, founder of the Prayer band said, and the speaking will start at 2 :30 o'clock. Rev. Meade w* will preside at the service, Mr, and Mrs. Walter Zent, well-known mutlcian*. also will be on the program. Dele-| Ration* will attend from several i neighboring cities. The public I* invited.

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-**. Adi? * ■ A ■ ESCORTED by police Lt John Cui- | nan, holding baby's bottle, Mrs. Donna Robinson, 27, carrying daughter, Decdee, is led into an Albany. N. Y, police station following shooting of her sister's spurned suitor. Richard Bard, 33 A former member of the Women’s Marine Corps, Mrs. Robinson told officers she shot Bard when he attempted to strangle her sister. (International) Charged With Death Os Wife, Daughter Charge California Cabin Set Afire La kt port. Cal., June 20 —fl T P)— Handsome 32 y<*ar-old Daniel Bru*natron's list of 31 women with •'lonely heart*” was messaged to police across the nation today to make certain none had met with foul play. Hru-nahan was charged with murdering hl* wife, Virginia, 31, and her daughter Agnes. 2. by setting fire to their cabin 10 miles northwest of here last Tuesday night. At a coroner’s Ihquest Saturday a few hours after double funeral service* for the victims, Brusnahan denied any guilt. He said his wife touched off the fire accidentally while Ironing clothe* daubed with cleaning fluid He was in the cabin himself, he said, but was unable to save the vh-tlms. u District attorney Lovett Fraser said, however, that “everything points to foul play." Among Bresnahan's ‘fleets, authorities fvund three "lonely hearts” books ctntaining the names, addresses, descriptions, photographs and other information about 31 women The listings covered the year* 1947 1949 Fraser said Mr*. Bresnahan's name appeared last on the list. She formerly was the wife of Charles Wiltgen. a Chicago police-| man She and her daughter went' with Brusnahan to Hutchinson, I Kans., where they were married i March 31. They came here in April to await ■ settlement of her father's 14.090, estate. Previously. Bra-nahnn worked as a mailer for a newspaper at Chicago where he lived with his father, Ray. i The other picture* In the “lonely , hearts'* catalogue were those of, either single or divorced women.' silhie young and attractive, some gray-haircd. Notations «ucb as ( "possible" and "maybe'' were written beside thetA APPWiNTWENT OF AIIMIMUTH ATOM \ oflev !■ hereby art see That the und*-reigned ha* been appointed Administrator with will annexed ( the estate of Ed Gerber late of Adorn* Couatr, The estate I* probably solvent Harter Oerber Administrates with the will annexed. ( Feed 1.. I.itterer Attorney. June 4. 1949. June *—l3—3* • Trad* in a Good Town — Oeeatur

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50 Hoosiers Attend State Police School Bloomington, Ind., June 20 — (UP)—Fifty prospective state policemen today began an intensive six-week training course from I which 25 will emerge as new blue coated troopers. The 50 were sei lected for the course from more I than 600 applicant*. They must pass course* in all I phase* of police work and then be I approved by the Indiana state poi lice board It was the first full-scale police . department school since one at ' Culver military academy in 1942. , The 1949 general assembly appro- ' priated fund* for this year's course and one in 1950. Death Toll Fairly Heavy In Indiana Heat Contributes To Deaths In State By United Press Sweltering weather drove Hooa--1 iers to cooler recreation spots and contributed to a relatively high death toil during the last official i spring weekend. A total of seven Hoosier* died in highway accidents, or drowned. Elkhart. June 20—(UP)— Searchers recovered the body of Francis Glenn Gregg, .10, yesterday from the city-operated swimming pool where he drownedP Saturday. A search for the boy's body was begun when the pool's check room closed Saturday night and his unclaimed clothing was discovered. Transport, June 20—(UP)— James Conn. IS. lx»gansport. was killed last night when the motorcycle he was riding went out of control on hid. 17. six miles north of here. Indianapolis, June 20 —(UP)— William J. H. Sellers, 21. Indiana polls, died yesterday of injuries he received eight days earlier when hl* motor scooter collided with a car. • Muncie, June 2<> —(UP) — Philip Pittenger, 16. Rte. 4, Muncie, drownea in an abandoned gravel pit while swimming yesterday. Indianapolis. June Ift—(VP) — A Saturday accident was fatal Sunday to Johnny Grimes, 41. Indianapolis. The car in which he was riding- swerved off Ind. 37 and struck two utility poles. The driver and another passenger were not injured seriously. Marlon. Juge 20— (UP)— David 11. Walters. 24, Marion, was killed in a plane crash at an airfield two miles west of Converse. The plane, piloted by Terry .Mills. 26. also of Marion, struck a pole while taking off. Brasil. June 20-(UP)— Wilfred Miller, 19. Terre Haute, drowned yesterday while swimming In the Shakamak slate park swimming j pool. statement of Condition of The IIEAHHOIih BATION AI. CASUALTY OOMTANY Detroit, Michigan 1* Wltherell Hlreet On The 31»t Kay <•( December I*4*. MR. DAVID BRODERICK, President MH A. It. JUKIHCH, Kocrctary Amount of Capitol paid Up . • * 331,93999 Cl ROHM AHHETH OF COMPANY j Real Estate t'nlncumt.ered I None 1 Mvrtgaae I x>nn« on H<-a| Estate * 1,961.93 I (Free from any prior Incumbrance) I Bongs*• (Amortised) Value « 343.343.35 Hto<-lt*»«« (Market) Value * 3,179,37* 39 I Cash In Bank* (On In--1 terewt and Not on Intcreel) * *4.976.4* ' Accrued Hecurttlea (Interest and Renta, ; etc.) ... * *?« 19 ; other Kecurltlea 3 None i Itltl* Receivable * 6,714.49 Mortgage Other Than | First * 1,990.09 , Premium* and Account* due and In ' Proceaa of Collection $ 315.1*!.*5 i: Account* otherwise secured ... 1 None Total Oro»« A»«et» * 3.559.537 51 I Deduct Asset* Not Admitted » 34.315.13 . Not Assets * 3 *3* 513 4* LIABILITIEH I; Reserve or amount ne- \ 1 cesoary to reinsure j outstanding risks * 599,394.74 I Dosses due and unpaid * 911,3(9 99 ! Ix>s-es adjusted and I not dee | None ' Ixisses unadjusted and I in suspense * None Bills and Accounts unpaid * (4,111.(9 Amount due and not due banks or other creditors * . Non* Other Liabilities of the ’ Company * None Total Uablllttes S 1.597.47* *3 capital j 331.0*0.9* Surplus .6 I.MS.9M.M Total 8 3,»3*.*33 4* STATE OF INDIANA. Office of Insurance Commissioner 1. the undersigned. Insurance Commissioner of Indiana, hereby uertlfy that the above Is a correct ■ enpy of the tttatemont of th* Condition of the above mentioned Company on the 31st day of December. 5*49; as shown by tho original . statement and that th* said origin- ' al statement is now *n file In this I of flea. fn Testimony Whereof. I beteun11* subecrihe my name and afn* my 1 offlctsl U>U let day of June, i 1949 i (Baali FRANK J. VIRHMAXN Intoranc* Commissioner I »ls Mutual Company so state ••Mrtk* out "Book< "Market" or I "AjsoHlseU- 0 I •••Btrlke out “Book ' or “MarVrt r JUNK IP—:•

Sex Fiend 1$ Sought For Child's Death Seven-Year-Old Boy Victim Os Fiend St. Paul, Minn.. June 20—(UP) —A sex fiend who criminally assaulted and strangled a small boy beneath a bridge was sought today by scores of officers assigned full-time to the case. Seven year-old Harlow O'Brien was found dead yesterday after noon under an automobile bridge spanning the railroad yards. The killer's thumbnail* had torn hl* throat. The back of hi* neck was punctured In two places by the strangler'* fingernail*. Detective* were queetionfng five men but authorltiea *aid none was adeflnite suspect. The boy's father. Jack O'Brien, said he last saw Harlow about 8 p m. Saturday. - Later the same evening, he was Meea with several playmate*, throwing rocks at railroad cars in the Mississippi Street railroad yard* where bls body was found. Trainmen said the boys ran into a depot when they chased them. The playmates said they split up after that and did not see Harlow again. About 6 a m. yesterday, the boy's father walked into hl* bedroom and found that his bed had not been slept In. He organised a searching party of neighbors and notified police. A neighbor. Mrs. Julia Rhoades, found the body lying face down in the sandy slope beneath the bridge about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. The boy’s play trousers had been tore from their suspenders. Deputy coroner Roy Heron of Ramsey cot. .ty said death resulted directly from a brain injury caused by strangulation. Police were searching for an oldmodel green car seen near the bridge Saturday night. Their only other clue was an orange-colored matchbook, hearing the advertising of a Minneapolis dry-clear.lng firm, found near the body. Two of the men being questioned were drunks found near the scene. Two others were packinghouse workers from South St. Paul who said they slept In a car near the bridge Saturday night because they had been evicted from their roomlnghouse. Their car was noticed in the neighborhood and police watched It until the men returned. A third man who stayed with them was being sought. The fifth man undergoing questioning was a 73-yearold former boarder at th* O'Brien home. He still Ilves in the neighborhood. Man Killed Under Train At Bluffton Bluffton. Ind.. June 20 —(UP)— Harvey Benton Swaile*. 76. Kokomo, bled to death from a cut on nls throat suffered when he fell while trying to board a freight train Saturday night, police said today. Police said S-walles apparently slipped as he stepped toward a moving Nickle Plate railroad freight train. He waa Identified by a Kokomo moose lodge card in his pocket.

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Decatur Student On College Paper Staff I Muncie, Ind., June W. — Mies Alice M. DeWeese, Decatur soph omore at Ball State college, has been appointed staff reporter of the Ball State News, student newspaper, for the first summer term She is enrolled in the beginning journalism course at the college. Editor-in-chief of the paper for the summer Is Al Potts. Muncie senior. The weekly I* produced entirely y students. ®nd the college now offers a major In journalism. Nation's Governors In Annual Meeting Emphasize Highway Safety And Taxes Colorado Springs Colo., June 20— (UP)— The nstlon’s governor* opened business session* at their 41st annual conference today with sharp emphasis on highway safety and taxes. Gov. William Preston I-ane, Jr., of Maryland, the conference chairman, pointed up the need for curbing ever-mounting fatalities. He also spoke of the importance for Interstate cooperation in regulating the gross weight of motor carriers. He called for readjustment in the nation's tax structure "to asaure a fair and equal application of existing taxes to all taxpayers." <The tax problem was expected to lie one of the most controversial Issues during the four-day session, particularly In view of a proposal that the federal government redur* grants-tn-ald to states by at bast ?o percent In the fiscal year of J 956. The conference opened In th’ main ballroom of the Palatial Broadmoor hotel with the flag* ci each state adding a festive not<t ss Gov. lA'e Knous of Colorado extended his welcome. Forty-five governors of union states were present In addition to three territorial governors. Lane told them that the increasing loads on the highways were "becoming one of the major problems In highway construction and development. He said national regulation was needed to solve the problem. He amwi the conference ’0 "come forth with a plan of action aimed at immediate and continued results" to halt the "eteady increase of the almost Wanton riestrection of life, limb and property cn the highways.” Today's agenda called for disre> sion* on social security, welfare and education. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE Ne. 4490 Notice k hereby given to the creditor*. heirs and legatees of Harry Daniels, deceased to apoear tn the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur. Indiana, on the (th day of September, I*l9, and show cause, if any. why the FINAL. OKCTLEMEXT AtXtnUNTS with the eeute of aahl decedent should not be approved; and aeid heir* are notified to then and there make proof of helrahlp. and receive their dl*trlbiHlve eheroa. Rryre naalrta. Administrator Decatur, Indiana, June 11, 194*. Attorney l». Berdette ( amter JUNE 13—3*

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Paul Robeson, Jr. Marries White Girl Parents Bitter At Press Coverage New York. June 20 —(UP)— p»ul Robeson, Jr., 21, son of the pro-Russian negro baritone, married Marilyn Paula Green burg, a 21-year-old white girl he met at college, yesterday In an atmosphere of tension created by his parents' onposition to press coverage of the event. The 10-minute ceremony wa* conducted In the fifth floor walktip apartment of the Rev. John W. Darr, Jr., a congregational minister Darr said the vows were a combination of Jewish, Catholic and protestant ritual and did not contain the word "obey." The elder Robeson* arrived at Darr'* apartment with the groom. The alnger informed reporter* and photographer* that they would not be admitted to the ceremony nor allowed to take pictures. "I have the greatest contempt for the Democratic press,” he said, shaking his fist at newsmen. "Something within me keeps me from smashing your cameras over yonr heads.” Mrs. Eslanua Robeson guarded the door to the apartment after the bride, her mother, Mrs. Rae GreenI berg, and her brother, Harold, arrived. She shouted down the stair that she would do “everything I can" to prevent photographs from being taken. The bride's father. Jack B. Green-

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