Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1949 — Page 2

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AIR SPEED KING (Cont From Page One) Reynolds. ran in third place as he pivoted around the pylon. Two Thompson race pilots who witnessed the crash said he swung too wide and lost control when he tried to flip back on course. Instead of stopping in a horizontal I position, the plane rolled over on ,

No Worries About Fuel Shortages lA/ILLIAMSON I* You Own This ALL-FUEL Furnace That Baras Coal. * OU. Coke or Gas || U To eliminate for all time, worries II about fuel shortages, the New 11 Hl L-tfVTts* i Williamson Tripl-ffe All-Fuel Furnace fl u Jrlinll I K "'** th-signed. Thousands of families ■ 'aatlllllLl | in all parts of the country say, "Best H liVr’MTtli'' heating plant we ever used." Burn the H ” i- ■ -J , fwl you prefer. Monthly payments t IfliESh 1 u ’ uit I I IlMi[ill- U-M Furnsees cleaned 4.50 up haugk rorr Heating & Appliances Decatur. Phone 49 ballet ] and TAP CLASSES BEGINNING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Enrollment of old and new pupils Wednesday and Thursday, September 7 and 8 from ] 1:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. ] Studio located at 160 X. Second 2nd floor Telephone 1920 swuuaaiauiawiwßlWMßtW I SALE CALENDAR SEPT 7 Xorvei Nunn, 109 South 16th St Decatur, Ind. Residence, Property. 6:20 P. M. Midwest Realty Auction Co.. J. F Kantnann. Auctioneer SEPT. 10 Cephos and Mattie Redd, 2'j mi. S. of Petroh urn, Ind on Highway No 1 then 1 ml E. We'.l Improved 51 Acre Farm Midwest Realty Auction Co.. J. F Santnann, Auct. SEPT 13—Gale J Thomas. 3’i rui S. of Bluff Rin. Ind . ou the Ellinghani Pike Well Improved SV Acre Firm Midwest Realty Auction Co . J F Baumann. Auct. SEPT 11—Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church, It* miles north of Magley. Ind Frame building 38x30 ft. Roy A Ned Johnson and .Melvin Liechty. aucts. SEPT 15 -Heirs of Mary Murphy Estate, % mi. W. of Antwerp. Ohio on No Zi Highway then *, ml N. Improved. Highly Productive 137 acre.. Midwest Realty Auction Co.. J. F. Santnann, Auctioneer. SEPT 15 Ed P Miller. Admr Paul J. Miller, corner Seventh and Jefferson street-c. Decatur 5 room bouse and household goods Roy A Ned Johnson and Melvin Liechty. Aucts SEPT 15 Mr and Mrs Fre i Driskell, 7ml W. of Herne on 11«. then ■>, mi S Livestock, machinery, household goods. 10:30 a m , D S Blair and Dell SWaw. Aucts. SEPT. 16 —Harold Petrtt, 3 ml. W and \ ml. S of Warren. Ind., or 2fe ml. N and Imi E of Van Huron. fn«l *, ml. S of road No 21*. Complete cloning out sale Roy & Nod Johnson and Melvin Uechty. aucts SEPT 17 Bob Gebhart. 1 mi. N and 1 mi E of Payne 0., on route No 113. theu '« mi N. General closing out sale Roy A Ned Johnson and Melvin Liechty. aucts. Daa’ttry to fix ttTomr—lf-Call BAKER'S | ~ E fi- to” ♦ « " h '* - Siu - I / "JOHN REALLY MEANT TO INSTALL »T IN TH£ BATHROOM--BUT HE . MISCALCULATED ABOUT FOUR FEET?" Far txptrt Workmanship—Qualify Material*— Careful Supervision- Thorough inspection - Cal/ Baker Plumbing & Heating 704 W. Monroe Si. ’ Phone 232

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its back, the nose dropped, and It dived straight into the house, miss-, Ing other homes In the area only by a few feet Mrs Laird's husband was in the | yard when the plane flashed under 20-foot high power lines and crash-1 ed into the rear of the house. He was not hurt. I His plane, owned by Jacqueline i Cochrane, bad been modified for

Arnold Gerke Winner In Safety Contest Arnold Gerke. of route 5. Decatur. was one of the winners of I the annual 4-H dairy safety con'test which Is sponsored by five ; dairy associations and an Indianapolis radio station. Gerke won a 825 U. S. savings bond and county medal presented by the radio station. First place i winners In the five breed classlf-, ications received a high quality registered heifer from the respective dairy groups.

I ■ ■! !. II I ■ HI - I racing at a cost of 8100.000. Odom hung up his latest world record last March when he flew a single engined monoplane with a 185-horsepower single engined monoplane some 5.000 miles non stop from Honolulu to Teterboro. N J On Aug. 10, 1947. he made a 19.-545-mile solo round-the-world trip in the record time of 73 hours five minutes in a converted A-26 bomber. Four months before he had made the same trip with Reynolds in the same plane. Records of all kinds toppled Pi . the 1949 National Air Races. Paid attendance surpassed 170,000 for l the three days. Only one race. the women’s trophy, ended with lower than record speed. New records established this year were: Cleland. Cleveland. Thompson Trophy Race, 397.07! MPH Captain Bruce Cunningham. An j drews air force base. Washington. i'D C., jet division. Thompson Tro- | pry Race, 586.178 MPH. Lt. Walter C. Rew, air national guard. San Bernardino. Calif , Allison jet race from Indianapolis to Cleveland. 594 SO6 MPH. Benjamin W McKillen. Willoughby. O. Tinnerman Trophy Race. 386 069 MPH. Odom. Tetterboro, N. J. Sohio Trophy Race. 383.393 MPH Joe Deltona. Beverly Hills. Calif. California to Cleveland Bendtx Trophy Race, 470.136 MPH. Major Vernon A. Ford, Middleitawn. Pa., jet division of the Ben- ' dix. 529 611 MPH , William Brennand, Oshkos i, iWls., Good Year Trophy Race. 177I 31 MPH Lt R 8- Laird. Jacksonville. Fla, I naval air station, from a carrier off <>f New York to Cleveland. 548.878 MPH This race flown for the fii.it time this year. Masonic Stated convocation of Decatur Chapter No. 112. R. A. M., at 7:30 o’clock this evening. Is Norman G. Lenhart, H. P. INSURANCE Leo “Dutch” Ehinger FIRE — WIND — AUTO 720 No. 3rd St. Phone 570 OUMMMUUaUIMMMMMMM A. J. ZELT 843 Mercer Ave. Phone 14201 Adams County Home-Dressed w I Good and Choice Grades BEEF, lb. STEAK, Round and Sirloin, lb 73c Freshly Ground BEEF, lb. GERBER MEAT MARKET

Rushville Man Is Indiana Corn King Holiday Attendance Below 1946 Record Indianapolis. Sept. B—(TPl—- — nine day-long state fair started the second half of its 1919 edition today after chalking up a Labor day attendance of more than 128.000. ’ Entertainment highlighted by Wayne King’s orchestra grand circuit racing, a style show and Judr Ing of open classes in livestock competition were on the sixthday program. > Meanwhile. Newton L. Halterman. Rushville, reigned as 1949 state corn king hy virtue of his sweepstakes victory In the grain show Halterman won the world corn king title at Chicago last winter. An overflow crowd filled the grandstand around the racetrack yesterday to watch the opening of grand circuit harness racing But 12.000 spectators were disappointed when Miss Tilly, winner of the llambletonlan. was scratched from the feature race

The holiday attendance was far below the record 162.fh)0 set in 1946 But it was 41.000 better than the 1918 Labor day admission total Fair officials also were pleased at Sunday's 88,500 admissions, best crowd ever admitted on a Sunday in fair history Crowds were expected to fail off from today until the fair doses Fri day. etiiefly due to the fact schools are starting after the summer vacation. SHIRLEY MAY (Cont. From Page Ond I i she swam within eight miles of Dover at 3:15 p. m.W minutes before she was taken from the water. The channel is 20 miles wide as the crow flies, but it is 23 miles i from beach to beach along the ; route Gertrude Nderle took when . she set the women's channel record of 11 hours and 31 minutes In 1926. Shirley was following the same route Harry Boudakian. the swimming coach who had sent Shirley on her way this morning with a kiss, shouted to her to stop at the half-way mark. "Stop."' he cried, "and take a look at the White (Tiffs of Dover ” Shirley stopped, raised her goggles, looked ahead and smiled Then she readjusted tbe goggles and resumed the 21 strokes to the finute pa -e that had carried her two and a half miles in the first hour of her swim. Adverse tides had swept Shiriey far off her course this morning, but the tides changed in her favor just before noon. Vic Burwell, her pilot, estimated she had swum 25 miles to reach the half way mark on the direct-line route. Trade in a Good Town — DecaMr

v*. an auri awa-*.> i n ft! TIME FOR A CHECK UP!

WE JUST got burned up | about a newspaper story we - saw the other day and decid-! ed that it was time to check up on the General Electric Co.—in public. The story said: “GE Minimizes Plant Layoffs." • 0 0 (DO YOU KNOW THAT SEVEN GE PLANTS HAVE SHUT DOWN . . . AND THAT 14.500 GE WORKERS HAVE BEEN I LAID OFF IN 17 OTHER GE , PLANTS SCATTERED ALL THE WAY FROM ILLINOIS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE?) i In the story. GE Vice-Presi- ■ dent L. R. Boulware was 1 quoted as saying: "We may have to make more layoffs and have some more temporI ary shutdowns . . .” 1 Mr. Boulware added: "We are doing all we can tO minimize such possibility by the vigor of our advertising and selling efforts and by the attractiveness of our products." 1 RIGHT THERE WAS WHERE WE GOT’ BURNED • UP—NOT BY WHAT WAS' (SAID. BUT BY WHAT WAS LEFT OUT! • • • WE REMEMBER GE’s big campaign “to stop inflation"

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September Term Os Court Opens Today The September term of tbe ■ Adams county circuit court open- : ed today with most of tbe business before judge Myles F. Parrish ■ limited to appearances made by attorneys. The docket for the court will be drawn some time later this r l week. A petition for partition was j filed In court, and a summons or- , dtred to the sheriff of Adams coutr , ty for the defendants Elva Klllinger. Nellie Lenniger and Leia f Bell, and the sheriff of Wells coun- . I ty. returnable September 26. The . i complaint for partition was signed ( by Harold Barger. Also by agreement, tbe charges of Harold Theime against Joseph Kintz, were dismissed, and costs I were paid. Proof of publication of , notice of appointment was tiled ! In the estate of William Heeter. I which was closed Also tiled were proof of final settlement, certificate of clearance, and tbe final re- , port was submitted to the judge, which was examined and approved. , .IS II I Heater Explodes, One Man Is Killed Bourbon, lad. Sept. 8-— (VP) — James Reichert. 29. died today in a hospital of burns suffered when a gas water beater exploded in the basement of his home. The explosion rocked tbe house and started a fire. An ambulance hurrying to the scene collided with an autoombile and was damaged to the extent of 81.000 but nobody was hurt Reichert died in Parkview hospital at Plymouth, early this morning The explosion occurred yesterday Harold Russell Named Amvets' Commander Des Moines, la . Sept, f—(UP)— Harold Russell, who lost bis bands in the war and became a movie star, today headed the American Veterans of World War 11. Russell, a 32-year-oM former paratroop instructor from Watertown. Mass , was elected national commander of the AMVETS yeaterday after the lowa delegation swung Its 37 votes behind blm. The election was made unanimous , on a motion by Dwight Oliver of Kalamaxoo. Mich., bis chief opponent. Russell gained national prominence as tbe amateur actor who turned in a professional job in the motion picture "Best Years of Our Lives." ij Among tbe beetle family is one member known as the "bombardier." When disturbed it exudes a volatile fluid that explodes in smoke. tepolnfmeat us Rarewlrls Fatal* Xa. ».■». Xailr* la kerrb, *!«<>■, That the und rslgned haa been appointed Kxecutrix of the estate of Kufua O. Moldner late of Adams County, deceased. Tin- estate l» probably solvent. Mart H. soMarr KseeatrH ■. .„IU ~ „ .„ Suauat »f. IMS. Al'G. SO MEiPT S—l.l

|in 1946 and 1947 and 1948. And we wondered now—when job* are at stake—why GE is not again assuming national leadership to help keep the country prosperous. • Why does GE make "small talk” about "minimizing” unemployment when bold, decisive action is necessary ? • Why doesn't GE frankly admit that the reason sales are falling off is that millions of people can’t afford to buy because wages and salaries are too low? • Why doesn't GE take national leadership in a campaign to get all the corporations to cut high prices and raise pay out of huge profits? i • Why doesn’t GE frankly ■ face the fact that the buying l>ower of the people (wages s and salaries) must be raised so that the people can pur- > chase goods which they pr> I duce? 4 a e MORE BUYING POWER FOR THE PEOPLE WOULD I MEAN MORE SALES, i MORE SALES WOULD I MEAN MORE FACTORY I ORDERS. MORE ORDERS WOULD MEAN MORE JOBS! r I That's what we need to *! keep America at work!

New Home Prices To Remain About Steady I * Few Home Builders See Reduced Prices By United Press The price of a new home Will stay about the same for tbe next year and may go slightiy higher, contractors across the nation predicted today. Their consensus was obtained by United Press in a spot check of building costs In 22 widely scattered cities. Few home bnlldera saw much prospect for lower prices. average price pt a five-room frame bouse in a middlt»class residential neighborhood in the 22 cities was estimated roughly at 89.«)9b, not including the lot Highest building costs were found in Chicago and Louisville, Ky„ where contractors said an average five-room frame residence would cost about 312,000. In Oklahoma City, contractors raid tbe same bouse would cost about 16.800, the lowest price uncovered in tbe survey. in Louisville, several builders said they have quit constructing small homes because costs are too high and they cannot be sold at a profit. Most contractors cited high wages In the construction industry. higher freight r » le * and tew substantia! cuts In material prices to support their belief tbat prices for bomes will not drop. In some cities, contractor* predicted eyen higher price* because of local slum clearance and government housing projects. These, they said, would, increase the demand tor materials and boot their cost. In Milwaukee. Roland A Teske, president of tbe local builders' association, said tbat if the city go*s through with It* municipal housing project, price* for privately financed homes will go up again next spring He said tbe municipal program calls for construction of 1.200 units a year, double the current private production Teska said the project would DR. R. E. ALLISON VETERINARIAN announces opening of hl* office at IM'/ f S. 2nd ht. Phone I*2l Decatur, Ind, MtMWWMMWWMMWWRMW Ous tecs! Fisa ' .t a * A■■ si4 a * em • Mesdi to. eur ZF—bofSO»»ft 4* Sto r Iwsi •< UN or lew. Sm «• «*o«r. I D<ertfrat<<| ■rw* sSST»-»•> I Otealar, IMiM*

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>r*4te a l<bor «c*rclty and a demand tor still higher wages. At present, he said, there is an adequate labor supply At Dallas. Tex., contractor W James Mitchell said labor costs should remsin stable, but that projected government subsidising of homes for servicemen would create a scarcity of building materials and raise their prices. At Detroit. Edmund Kuhlinaq. a director of tbe national association of home builders, said be believes prices w(ll remain gbout the same. But he added that “tbe new slum clearance act may create a material shortage in some communities which wiU c*u»e « Price increase." Some contractors believed tbat stiffer competition might cut costs slightly. AeealatOMWt nt Kseeator Estate Wo. 4!tO) Statlee la hereby gives. That the un<i« rslgned lias been Appointed Executor »f the estate of Mary GHlinm late of Ad»m« County, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. Henry W. Cflllom Eseestar lleary H. Ilrller Attarsey Asaraat *. law. AUG. 30 SEPT 4—13 > 8 8 *>♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦9>* ******** BICYCLE REPAIR Rtasonabla—Guaranteed DECATL’k CYCLE SUPPLY 12S Monro* St Phon* 907 MMAMAiNWANMMMMMIAMb BfFOW YOUR CAE b tha lima to Ve clean the Radiator and Vater Jocketa «t th* Block Ja Sew thbtjr minaf«Ba • UVH OAS . • SAYU MOTM WIAR Gay’s Mobil Service ISth > Monroe Phon* 318 "A HOMS FOR IVBRY CAR" WMMMMAMMMMRMMWMAAMN

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