Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1949 — Page 2

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Kindly Weahhy Man Gives Away Fortune Bulk Os Personal Fortune Given Away Aurora. 111.. Nov. 9 -(UP> Proud fellow townsmen said today that James Powell, 74-year-old retired businessman, was living proof that riib men aren’t necessarily stingy or hard hearted During recent day*. Powell lias giv-n away $ ;.*>«■ the bulk of the personal fortune he acquired as a real estate and insurance man Powell had hoped to keep his philanthropies secret. He wanted to be known simply as "Mr. Benefactor." but so many people benefitted from hl* gifts that his identity leaked out and was published in newspaper. Today, townspeople said hi« action was "typical" of him. City officials and citizen* agreed that his gifts, culminated, a lifetime of service to hi* neighbors and the community. Through an Aurora attorney and a Chicago trust company. Powell started handing out checks to city institutions, charities and nearly 100 persons, most of them Aurora residents. Mayor Lloyd II Market received ISS.ipiO to start a fund for a city auditorium. Kail D Waldo, superintendent of East Aurora school*, got $50,000 to be used for building a new high school, or for adding to the

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Services Held For Former Resident Funeral service* were held re- [ cr etly in Jackson. Mich . for Elva If. Place. 60. a former resident of Adams county, who died suddenly of a heart attack at hi* home in that city The family moved to Jackson 2* years ago. r Surviving are hl* wife, formerly - Pearl Watkins; two son*, two f daughter*; seven grandchildren. f two brother* and one sister. Belalive* from Adam* county who atu tended the service* were Mr. and i M: William Watkins and Mr and i Mr* Burvll Watkins ‘ present structure. Il St. Joseph and Mercy hospitals I were given 16.000 in cash and $lO.- • I 000 in bonds, while the Trinity > Episcopal Church drew f 15.000,1 i Merryville Sanitarium. $5.000. the • Jack and Jill Nursery s.’>.ooo and f the Suntlymere Old People’* Hume i 16000. ■ "I want to make happy my dear; friend* . I want to see some | good done and some people happy | while I still am alive," Powell said lie wanted to remain anonymous "because I do not want it to appear that I am doing what I am for ( publicity." Mayor Markel said that Powell.' who lias been living in an Aurora hotel since his wife died last June, has been known in the past for givI ing generously to charities "Many deadbeats are swarming to him for handouts." Markel said. ( "but he has his own ideas about j how to spend bi* money. Tiie individuals who received checks ranging from Slot) to Slo.ooOJ ; were "dear friends who have been' I thoughtful of me and my late wife and sisters.” Powell also sent checks <>t undis- ' i lost d amount* to distant relatives. . He has no close relative*. Tiie aged philanthropist said he| lias givtn away all of his fortuneexcept for a small trust fund to I support him while he live*. Upon 1 his d>ath. the fund also will go to i friends and charities, he said.

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i 13 Men Indicted For Sex Orgies Charged In Luring High School Girls Belvidere. 111., Nov (VP) Thirteen men were under indictment today for allegedly luring local high school girl* to haystack* for wild sex parties by plying them witli Ice cream sundaes and sodas. Circuit Judge William tarroll signed the Indictment* yesterday, but did nut set a trial date. Till* small town of If.ooo was shocked last month when it learned that nine girl*, ranging in age from 13 to 17. had indulged in aex orgies with men 17 to 31 years old I over a period of weeks. Assistant state's attorney Alexander J Strom, who Interviewed the girl*, said that the details th v had given him were "shocking, sor- . did and horrid." Those Indicted were charged with ' rape, assault with Intent to rape, or j taking Indecent liberties with a ! minor. One man drew three charges ' of rape. Authorities refused to reveart !h-| girls’ names or detail*, but prom-1 Ised that the case would be- fully aired at the trial. Police, however, accused the men of taking the young girl* to a loci! ice cream parlor, filling them with I soda* and sundaes and then whisk- ■ ing them to haystacks on tiie ed.;e of town in automobile* for sex relation*. it also was learned that authorii tie* became suspicious when they noted that girls loitered frequently 1 near a lunchroom adjacent to a noI tel where some of the men lived, j Report* further hinted that some | of tiie parties took place in tourl: t i cabins, hotel roomtrand parked car* ' on tiie outskirts of the town. One of the men, Daniel Chris.lan. wa* traced to Detroit ami arrested there. i The indictments added only that nine girl* were involved and that i the offense* took place from June ' 20 to Oct. 11. Tiie girls, said to lie I from good families, were not charg- • ed Two of tiie men arrested. both , teenagers, were not named in tiie ' indictment*. Os tiie others, nine were free on bond while four were ' held in lieu of bonds ranging from ' $4,000 to $6,000. Strom said that most of the m m j came here recently from Tennessee 'and Missouri for factory job*. Two. however, were farm hands. — Indiana Farm Bureau Convention Thursday Indianapolis. Nov, 9. (UP) ' A 10-inember committee today considered resolutions which will 1 be submitted to the 31st annual convention of the Indiana Farm Bureau, to lie held here tomorrow through Saturday. Some 5,000 farmers were expected to attend tiie convention, at which charter member* will be I honored. Governor Schricker, a member for 30 years, will speak at the opening meeting tomorrow morning along with Farm Bureau pre*!U jtrjnfHclr;T.e;.;<i..,n.” Electricity Make* Good Mount Washington. Mass. (I'Pi This town has decided that elec- | tricity Is here to stay. Mount Washington is the last community in Massachusetts to become tleci trilied Only five dwellings now have electricity, hu’ more are exj peeted to have It before the end of the year. The town ha* 54 iuhahl 1 (ant*. College Record . • Manhattan. Kan (UP) — Kansas State College ba* granted more degrees in 1949 than any other 12 month period In its kfryear history. miHHUHHHUKSIHIB It Could Happen To You! “I was so busy getting ready for winter. I completely forgot about my car!" GET YOLK CAR READY FOR WINTER NOW. STOP IN TODAY GAY’S Mobil Service 13th & Monroe Phone 318

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Mon Is Fined Here On Traffic Charge One man was arrested Tuesday I and fined in justice of the peace i court and an accident wa* invosti-, gated by deputy sheriff Robert Shraluka. Donald Etnrick. of Hoagland, was arrested at Se-. ond and Monroe s-reets for speeding 45 miles in a I 30-mUe speed limit zone. Justice j Floyd Hunter fined Etnrick $1 and - costs, totalling $11.75. A car driven by William Workinger, of Monroe, collided with a truck driven by Eugene Ahlers. New Bremen, 0., in Pleasant Mills when Workinger. turning off 101 onto I’. S. 33. lilt the truck. Tjte front of the Workinger far and the side of the truck were damaged; Shraluka estimated the damge at SIOO ter | both car* State Official On Visit To Schools H. L. Smith, director of tiie division of schoolhouse planning, of the state department of public > instruction, I* making a tour of certain county school* in company with Hansel Foley, county superintendent of schools. The purpose of the visit*. Foley explaied. is to get proper sanction for certain! alterations and improvements planned liy the county schools. The men will Inspect the site 1 for the building of tiie Adams Cen-1 tral high school, near Monroe; the Pleasant Mills school* where it ha* been planned to increase the size of the school'* playground, j They will inspect the Hartford high school’* proposed alteration of one of tiie building* there to house tiie industrial arts classes. The industrial art* class preae it | location will be used for a lunch room for tiie students. If You Have Something To Sell Tiy A Democrat Want Ad —It Pays.

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Youth Is Acquitted Os Murder Charges 15-Year-Old Boy Is Freed By Jury Martinsville. Ind., Nov 9 (VP) A 15-year-old boy. Mitchell K. Bryant, wa* tree today of murder ebarges in connection with tiie shooting d<ath of Jatne* Kelly Brook* at Indianapolis a year ago. I Bryant was acquitted last night by a jury of seven women and five’ nun which deliberated les* than an hour. He wa* accused of being an accomplice of Wiley E Senleney. Jr . also 15. the confessed "trigg' rmun" of the Brooks' killing Stnteney. who walked into police ! headquarter* to confess the murder I two weeks after it occurred on Nov. 1 , 3, 19 IS. had named Bryant as Irt* . companion But Bryant testified during hi* trial he did not help plan the attempted robbery and was ■ leaving the- scene when Broks wa* shot. The state asked for a first degree murder conviction but not the death penalty during the four-day trial. Morgan county prosecutor Hugh Couch said Bryant was a* guilty ax Senteney "whether he, find the shot or not.” Benteney lia* not been tried yet Charge Violations Os Pure Food Act South Bend. Ind., Nov. 9. .’(VP) j — Charges of violating the feder- • ’al pure food ami drug act were I on file today against Wilson Corn Products. Inc., and Glen Wilson, i Rochester. The charges ware filed in federal! district court hero. Tiie firm wa* a cused of shipping adulterated yellow corn meal from Rochester 10 New York The meal was said to have been contaminated with ro- ' dent excretions.

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Services Held For Local Man's Mother Funeral services were held at Toledo, <>.. Monday afternoon for Mrs. Clara Carroll. k 6. of Detroit. Mich., mother of Frank Carroll of this city. Mrs. Carroll died at the home of a niece in Toledo Saturday afternoon. She had lived for several years at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Mary Ryan in Detroit, and wa* visiting in Toledo when site was stricken with a iieart ailment about a month ago. She never re--1 covered sufficiently to return to her home. Surviving are the daughter; the son Frank. Decatur, and two other sons, Ray Carrol) of Blissfield. Mich., and Dan Carroll. Toledo. Investigate Death A Os Man Along Road Winamac, Ind., Nov. 9. —(UP)— Police today investigated the murder of John Pels, 66, Monon, Ind., whose body was found yesterday in a ditch along Ind. 43, south of Francesville in Pulaski county. It took authorities nine hours to identify Felz, whose head was bruised and cut badly. State police said it Ufas believed Felz. a retired Monon railroad brakeman, was robbed and beaten. They said be usually carried a good bit of money and a watch, both of which were missing when , the body was found by a state highway employe. Justice Triumph* San Antonio (UP) — Police ofI fleer E. J. Five! wanted to be helpful wh<n he saw a stalled motorist. He gave him a push in hi* patrol ear but the bumper* locked. When the officer got out. the motorist thought it wa* time to depart — 'on foot. It developed the motorist wa* driving a car stolen four hour* earlier.

Man Fatally Hurt In Farm Accident oblesville, lod., Nov. 9. —(Up) — Funeral service* at Carmel were planned on Thursday for M. J. Harr. 73, who died last night of injuries received in a farm accident. Authorities said Harr was struck in the head by a handle which broke off a machine he wa* using to unload corn. Harr will be buried at Lebanon. BOLIVIA (Cont. From Pag* One) engine trouble. But control tower officials denied hi* story that he got emergency landing clearance According to Pol, hi* government was buying the plane, an obsolete surplus fighter left over from World War 11. from the Universal Air and Marine Supply Co. Meanwhile, the civil aeronautic* administration, in a sweeping safety move, assumed full-time control over the flights of al! military plane* on regular air route* in the United States. The defense department an nounced that the air force and tiie navy have ceded to the CAA the power to prescribe the altitude, radio frequencies and other flight terms of military craft "under all weather conditions." Previously, the CAA has controlled military flying between cities only In adverse weather The defense department said the change was made with a view to achieving "maximum flying safety over the entire United States." Details of the new regulations will be announced shortly. CAA* assumption of control over military flights came as: 1. The civil aeronautics board opened hearing* on the collision here la*t week between a P-38

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