Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 22 July 1949 — Page 6

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Final Tribute Paid Pvt. Rodger Young War Hero Is Buried At Ohio Hometown Green Spring'*. O. July 22 (UPt Pvt. Rodger Yiiiiii-*. ili«* war hero who "fought anti died for the men he inarched among." was buried to day with the survivors of his old in fantry outfit among the mourners. Services for the Congressional Medal of Honor winner were conducted by the army chaplain who staid a "few simple words" ovet Young’s body after lie was killed n tlie Solomons six years ago. Young. 25. attacked a Japanese machinegun nest with hand grenades on New Georgia Island July "I. 1943 Before be was cut down he destroyed the mqc-hinegun ami saved the lives of hundreds of American soldiers Burial was at Clyde. <>. about miles northeast of hwe Young was interred beside Gen James B. McPherson. highest ranking Union officer killed in the Civil War. and George Meeks, first American soldier killed m the Spanish Amerh an war Taps was played over Young's grave by an army bugler and an honor guard tired a salute Among

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General Electric Profits Decreased Schenectady, July 22. — Operation* Os General Electric company and its consolidated affiliates for the first six months of this year resulted in a profit available for dividends of 146.552.842. or 15 percent less than the 154.602.339 earned in the corresponding period ' of last year, president Charles E. Wilson announced today The earnings for the first half of this year were equivalent to 5.8 cents per dollar of sales and 11.61 a 1 share of common stock, compared witli 71 cents per sales dollar ’ and |1 89 a share earned in the first half of 1948 For the quarter ended June 30, the earnings totaled $19,849,864. or j the equivalent of 5.1 cents per dollar of sales and 68 cents a share of common stock This amount was 32 percent less than the 129,213,190. or 7.2 cents on the sales dollar and fl ol a share, earned in the corresponding quarter of 1948. those attending the services were Gov Frank J. latusche and Frank Loesser, who immortalized the Ohio hero In "The Ballad of Rodger Young" Young's parents, now living in . Baltimore, were here The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veterans orgatiiza--1 lions from throughout the country were- present in their dress uniforms The army sent an honor guard. All business in this village of some 850 persons was halted in tji j bute to Young. Lt. Col. Joel M Wareing. who I conducted the service when Young ' , was hastily buried in the coral rock > of New Georgia, conducted the fun- ‘ eral services. Among those attending were | ■ many of the men of Co. B. 148th in- I J fantry. 37th (Buckeye) division, ' who were pinned down by Japanese ! ’ gunfire the day Young made Ids • sacrifice "If it wasn't for Rodger, I would • not lie here today," said Sgf. Floyd Kruse of Fremont. (). "neither • would t;mi or 700 other guys in our • platoons." . Lt. Walter Rigby Young's platoon ; commander, said: "I yelled at Rodger as he started for the machinegun but he just , shook his head. We couldn't have I gotten out alive if it hadn't been , j for him." Coulee Dam weighs 21.600,000 , tons.

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MICKEY COHEN, colorful Los Angeles gambling boss, recovering from shoulder wound suffered when he and three companions were shot as they stepped from swank Hollywood night spot, scoffs at reports shooting was work of eastern mob. However, new death threats hang over him as anonymoua telephone call to hospital warns: "We're going to get Mickey tonight.” Three companions, including ipcc ial agent assigned by California Attorney General Fred Howser to protect him remain In critical condition. Atty. Gen. Howser has launched an investigation of shooting. (International Radiophotoa)

Young Girl Found Brutally Murdered Utah Girl Is Found Strangled To Death Ogden, Utah. July 22—(UP)- A wad of paper Jammed down the throat of pretty 17-year-old Shirley! Gretsinger was examined today in hopes it would lead to the man who ! strangled her and 1. ft her nude body lying in a field The strawberry blonde Sunday school teacher’s body was found yesterday btneath a willow tree near a roadside suburban Mormon chapel. Part of her clothing was twisted about her neck, a wad of paper thrust down her throat, and her blue print skirt was rolled Into a rough pillow beneath her head Preliminary examination showed no evidence that she had been raped. The wad of paper wax handed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation I for examination in hope It would i yield some clue to the murderer. I Sheriff Mac Wade refused to say whether it was marked or blank. He said the slaying was the "most heinous crime” in the com-| munlty's hlstoiy. A trap laid by Wade last night failed to snare a "heavy voiced" man who was believed to have lured the popular high school sophomore to her death 1 The stranger had called Shirley’s closest friend, Lee Rogers, 17. Wednesday in answer to her ad- ! vertlxement offering baby-sitting services. The man said he wanted someone to take care of his children while he went to a rodeo. Miss Rogers couldn't take the Job but turned It over to Miss Gret-. singer who agreed to meet the man on a downtown street corner. She was last seen alive when she left home to keep the appointment. Yesterday, before Miss Gretsinger’s body wax found, the man called Miss Rogers again and ask ed her whether she could meet him last night. Miss Rogers said she cpuld, and made an appointment. Following discovery of the mur- i der. Wade laid a trap for the sux pected murderer. He arranged for another young woman to take Miss Rogers' place on the street corner while deputies watched from biding nearby. The malt never showed up. Miss Gretzinger'a bod z wax found by a pas.erhv In a field near the Riverdale Lds Church Ward Chapel. Her body was lacerated as though she had been dragged for some distance A faint ,r all Indicated she waa dead when the killer hauled her fro.w a car park ed on an old highway to the ditch- . bank where the body lay. E. Stanley Jones recently completed an evangelistic tour of Japan. He sees Japan as one of our most promising missionary fields in the world at the present time.

Noblesville Worker C Is Shocked Fatally Noblesville. Ind.. July 22—(UP) < I Berlin Boughner, 57. mainten- • ante man at the Firestone Indus- 1 trial plant here, wax shocked fatally last night while carrying an extension cord over a cat walk at the factory. A resuscitator was used for two | hours, but the rescue crew failed * to revive Boughner. P Aged Man Is Killed When Struck By Auto Indianapolis. July 22. —(UP) 1 John G. Reinhardt, 86, wax killed ! yesterday when struck by an auto- ( mobile ax he walked across U. 8 ( 52 in front of bis home east of here. Russell Edward Flagle, 32. Indianapolis, driver of the car. was ■ not held. » Si Lt. Gov. Watkins Heads State CROP i« r< lurfayette, Ind . July 22 — (UP)— n Purdue University president Frederlck L. Hovde announced today y that It. Gov. John A. Watkins wax o named chairman of the Christian Rural Overseas Program. u Hovde served r.» <-ha : rman for the ,| 1948 CROP campaign, but declined reappointment because of the press t | , of campus duties. „ Hoosier farmers contributed more p than 1330.000 worth of corn, wheat J w soybeans and other products to the t | CROP program last year. Trade In a Gccd Towr. — Decatur

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Funeral Riles Held For Justice Murphy Simple Service Is Held In Michigan Harbor Beach Mich . July 22 H P) Associate Justice Frank Murphy of the United State supreme court wax buried today in a simple service attended by high government officials and boyhood friends. The bushy-browed bachelor Jurat was laid to a final rest besida he graves of his parents in the |ttle parish cemetery on the banks >f whitecapped lutke Huron. Father James J. Marvin said a requiem high mass in the villager hurch where Murphy was baptized Persons all over Michigan paused 'or prayer and meditation alont with the court colleagues and repre»entatlves of Washington officialjoin who attended the funeral. At the request of the family there was no eulogoy for the 56-year-oid former mayor of Detroit and governor of Michigan. Courts were closed in Detroit and Gov G Mrnnen Williams proclaimed the funeral ax :>ne of official mourning. More than 20.060 persons paid :heir last respects in Detroit yesterlay. filing slowly past the simple copper casket ax he lay in state at the city hall. Factory workers and Bther townspeople paused to say a prayer for the mayor who had served them through the bleak days of Ihe depression. The sun shone Intermittently Ihrough fluffy clouds as the mourn-

Young Democrats In State Convention Convention Opened By Rep. John Walsh I Indianapolis July 22 — HP» i \ Hoosier member of congress told Indiana Young Democrats today that too many people in* politic sought personal gain * , "Too many people in jxilitic* think only in terms of getting a be er wholesaler permit or some sort of a job.” said Rep. John | Walsh. D. Anderson, as he opened a two-day c onvention of 2,500 Young Democrats of Indiana. Walsh, serving as temporary 1 chairman, also said his party had I "dwelt too long on the achievements Os the new deal.” Walsh partly blamed failure of | the Brannan farm plan in the house ' yesterday on lac k of leadership He also rapped states' righters in a 1 statement in which he said Democrats "must clean the party front top to bottom of those* who have little faith." State chairman Ira L. Haymaker also look a verbal crack at the states' righters. "An unholy alliance of reactionariest who are Republican fellow travelers have joined with Republicans to sabotage every proposal of President Truman." said Haymaker. "If we tell the people what this alliance is doing to them we ll have 11 Democratic congressman and one senator from Indiana after the 1950 election " Mayor Al Feeney of Indianapolis, in a welcoming talk, told the Young Democ rats that the most "grievous error" the "senior leaders of the party" could make would be to "disregard the recommendations of Young Democrats.” era left the brick gothic Catholic church. Our Lady of Huron Lake The procession passed along treeshaded streets of tlie town's residential district on Its route to the cemetery. Honorary pall bearers Include*! , chief justice Fred Vinson of the supreme court and associate justices Hugo Black. Wiley B Rut ledge, and Felix Frankfurter. Oth ers were senior judge Shermaan Minton of the U. 8. court of appeal* in Cincinnati and five federal judg es from the Detroit area. The active pallbearers included Williams, a protege of the libera jurist. Wayne County (Detroit) dr cult judge Ira Jayne and Detroli t friends. President Truman was represent j ed Icy secretary of lalcor Maurice 1 Tobin Representatives I-ouis Ra j baut and John D. Dingell of Ml-.h igan and the state's two senators .. Arthur Vandenberg and Hom-i , Ferguson, represented congress. 4 1 “

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State Wheat Acreage j Cut 13.5 Percent Washington. July 22 — <t P» ' | Indiana s acreage for the 19u ( , wheat crop today was cut 13 5 percent by an agriculture department |i announcement of the national! wheat planting allotment. The cut. from 1.791.006 acres planted this year, to 1.548.969. was ' smaller than those for either of Lid(ana's wheat growing border states I Ford Strike Threat Delayed Temporarily Detroit. July 22-(VP) — Threat ' of a Ford Motor company strike was postponed for at least three ’ weeks today after the CIO United i Auto workers asked for a statesupervised strike vote in Michigan I Michigan's "little Taft-Hartley law ", provides 2«» days in which to conduct the secret ballot A' walkout before the election would subject the UAW to criminal penal i ttM - I Company and union spokesmen said negotiations on a new contract, covering 106.000 K<>rd workers would continue during the balloting. In 1873. Mt. Rainier erupted far a period of »**«>> <>aya. Its eruption was In 1894.

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