Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 277, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1949 — Page 6

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II * I MM; H F;. ' |||g i I H i Hi / Hi / fl I SHI / 7 ■ 1 MHr ’ fl t CUBAN AMBASSADOR Oscar Gans, newly elected chairman of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, shako hands with President Truman in Washington at fifth annual FAO session. Truman told the delegates: “If we are to achieve peace we must have a positive, forward-looking program to satisfy the physical needs and aspirations of mankind." (International)

Four Os One Family Are Burned To Death Blame Icy Highways For Traffic Deaths By United Press Hoosier safety official* grimly counted a tragic toll in liven today from Thanksgiving Eve andi Thanksgiving day accidents. At least 1" persons died violent- 1 )y In a 30-hour period just before and during the holiday. Four mem bers of one family were burned to death In a fire which destroyed their home at Marshall, and six persons perished In traffic. Ice-covered highways were blam- i ed for at least two of the traffic’ fatalities. Mrs. Gladys Gerber. 40, Garrett, died last night in Sacred Heart hospital at Garrett of injuries suf sered when an auto driven by her brother skidded on a patch of ice and was hit by another car as it spun on I' S 27 Her two young daughters wue injured. Slippery pavement also was blamed in the death of Frank Kufnat, 28, Benton Harbor. Mich.,i when his car was hit by a truck

Public Sale Ah I have to go to hospital. will bo unable to care for my livestock. Will Hell at public auction 3 miles South of Ib-caiur on road 27 and then 3 miles West, on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1949 at 1:00 P. M. 14 — HEAD OF CATTLE — 14 Guernsey Cow 3 years old, calf by aide; Red Cow 5 yrs. old. be fresh Dec. Sth; Guernsey Heifer due to freshen by day of sale; Guernsey Cow I yrs. old, be fresh Jan 20th; Guernsey Cow X yrs old. was fresh in Sept.; Guernsey Cow 7 yr. old. milking good flow, bred Oct. 20; Guernsey Cow 4 yrs. okr, milking good flow, pasture bred; Guernsey Helfer, bred July IXth; Guernsey Heifer, pasture bred; Jersey Cow 7 yrs. old, milking good flow, bred Auk 25th; 3 Yearling Guernsey Helfers; Guernsey Hull Yearling. HOC—Spotted Hoar. IK months old. HAY AND STRAW— SOO bales .Mixed Hay; 3 ton Loos- Hay; 200 bales Straw. MILKER -Maze two unit Milker with almost new Pails; Pipe and stall cocks for 11 cows. CORN PLANTER—J Deere 290 tractor fertilizer corn planter on rubber, power lift. TERMS—CASH. Not responsible for accidents. DELMAR J. CONNELLEY, Owner Roy # Ned Johnson - Aucts. Melvin Liechty—Auct. 22 25 2fi PUBLIC SALE Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned executor of the Estate of William W. Hawkins, deceased, will offer for sale at Public Auction at the farm owned by William W. Hawkins, deceased, located 3 miles south of Decatur and 3 miles east of Decatur, also 1 mile east of the St. Paul Church then first farm north, on THURSDAY, DECEMBER Ist, 1949 Commencing at 12 o'clock noon, the following personal property of said estate, towit: 11—HEAD CATTLE—II T. 8. A Bangs Tested Durham Cow S. bred May 20; Ayreshlre Cow. bred Sept. 20; Ho) Stein Cow 5. bred April 10; Jersey Cow 9, bred March 15; Roan Cow «. bred June 1; Holstein A Jersey Cow 5. bred Aug. 5; Ay reshire Heifer. 2’s years old; Ayreshlre Hull 20 mo. old; 2 Heifer calfs. < mo. old; Heifer calf. 3 months old. 31—HEAD HOGS—3I Berkshire Sow. C pigs by side. Berkshire Sow. 7 pigs by side; Berkshire Sow, bred Oct. 29 for 2nd litter; Berkshire Sow. bred Nov. 7 for 2nd litter; Berkshire Gilt, bred; 4 Berkshire Feeders. 150 lbs.; 9 Berkshire Feeders. 100 B>s. HORSES— Sorrel Mar*. Bay Mare, smooth mouth, wt. 3000 tbs. SHEEP— Three Ewes. 1 HAY—GRAIN—MISCELLANEOUS 7 ton Mixed May; IM bushel Clinton Oats; s<*t bushel Corn; Hog House 7x9' Hog Howe Bx7; 2 Individual Hog Houses; Winter Hog Fountain; Self Feeder; Hog Fountain. Pump Jack and Motor; Mlscellan*ous TKRMS-Caab on day of eale. EMERY HAWKINS, Executor Boy S. Johnson. Ned C. Johnson and Melvin Liechty — Auctioneers Bryce De a tai* Cork 1 I Ferd L- Litterer— Attorney Ji » o ;

lon C S 2'» mar Gary yesterday. His wife and four year-old son j were injured seriously. The fire, blamed on an explosion of gasoline thrown on live coals in a stove, killed Mrs. Pauline Evelyn Pardue, 2<*. and her three i children. Her husband. George. I was burned seriously trying to I save his family. Joint Foreman. 3, Connersville, ; was the first traffic victim of the holiday period He fell out of an auto mar Connersville on the Indi- ' day eve. Hoy W. Kennedy. 41. Detroit, Mich , was killed when his auto and a truck collided on a curve on C S 24 mar Lafayette. Nathan A. McElfresh. 71. Jeffersonville. was fatally injured when Itis car overturned on Ind. 11 near ' Bridgeport. Peter Pfeifer, 4G. postmaster at I St John, was killed when an auto hit him as he walked across S. 41 mar his home. Retired Policeman Is Accident Victim Whiting. Ind.. Nov. 25. — (VP) — Harry iyiU r ulli-n S 3, a retired police sergeant, died last night in a hospital of injuries suffered last week when he stepped from behind a parked car into the path of another car.

Mount Death Watch Over Doomed Killer Desperate Plot To Free Man Thwarted Chicago, Nov 25 tl'P) Guards mounted a death watch over James "Mad Dog" Morelli today after two young men were captured as they launched a desperate plot to help him escape from the county Jal! where he will be eb- trocuted at om- minute after midnight tonight | Morelli, 23. was sentenced to d <• : for the murder of a victim killed, along with tiiree others, when a I gang of hoodlums staged a wild night of terror in revenge for .n forming polite about their robbery at tivUles. Tile two men seized in attempt to free Morelli were Erville L. Burdick, 22, and Dominick J DeiMarii. 20. They were arrested as they loit ered near the jail and confessed tilt l plot after ptdice found two lii-imh saws, a pistol ami a spool of hea-y thread in their car. Police said they would be charged with conspiracy to aid an escape. I'nder Illinois law. conviction on that charge would permit the jut!.- • •o give them tile same sentence of deatli decreed for Morelli. Burdick ami Demaria surr* ndere.l without a fight last night when patrolmen Thomas Smith. Patrick Whalen. William Boyd ami Frank McAuliffe seized them outside the jail walls. They confessed that “someone ’ inside the jail had promised to drop a thread to them. They planned to i lie their thread to the one dropped I so that the conspirator inside coni I pull the pistol and saw blades up to lite cells. They refused to name the man inside the jail who had plotted with them. Warden Chester Fordney ord ered an investigation of prisoners and guards In an attempt to identify Hie thiid man in the plot. A window pane was found broken in cell tier G-4 where .Morelli had been lodged with 12 men. including three awaiting execution. Only a few top jail officials knew, however, that Morelli had already been transferred to his death cell In the jail’s basement. A heavily-armed guard was posted around him. Police Halt Train, Arrest Engineer Bettendorf, la, Nov. 25.—(VPt —A police squad car pulled to a stop directly on a railroad crossing. its i>d light blinking. Engineer Clarence Mounds of Galesburg, 111., saw the flashing light and halted his train. ,J olice climbed aboard the loco motive cab and served a warrant on the engineer. It charged Mounds with speeding and failing to ring his bell at a crossing. The charges were filed in connection with a crossing accident In which two city employes were injured here last Tuesday. Clark Twins Play At Berne Monday The basketball team of the Berne American Legion post will play the Clark Twins, of Huntington. at the Berne auditorium Monday night. The famous Clark team, composed of members of one family. won the national family championship in both I!MJ* and 1949 and is one of the nation's outstanding net attractions. The Berne Oil Co. will play V. S. Rubber of Fort Wayne in the preliminary game. ANNOUNCEMENT We have just installed a complete self-service department, to serve you better with BIRDSEYE FROZEN - FOODS A complete assortment of fruits and vegetables, also that famous Minute Maid frozen orange juice. SEAL-TEST ICE - CREAM A fine ice cream with a complete assortment of flavor*. DI RHEE’S COLORED - OLEO We are licensed to sell our customers famous brands of colored oleo. STORE - HOURS Monday through Friday, 7 a. m. till 6 p. m. Saturday—7 a. m. till 1:30 p. m. HITES GROCERY

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Announce Reduction In Airplane Rates Mexico City. Nov. 25.-HUP)—| I Nt w plane fare* which will make Europt an travel “possible for the American wage (tlVner with a two wx k vacation" were announced today by the International Air Transport Association. E <> Cocke, vice president of Trans World Airlines, said the new round trip fare, for a 15-day t xcurxion from New York to lain don will be 8385, compared to the i current cheapest fare of 8466.70. St. Mary's S. S. Convention Sunday The annual St. Mary's township Sunday school convention will be held at the Bobo Methodist eburchurch Sunday evening at 7 o'clock The principal address will be delivered by the Rev. R. W. Parsley, and special music will be provided by the participating churches. REPORT LEWIS (Cont. From Pag* One) talks broke off with no progress report* d and no sign of an agreement on a new contract to replace the one which expired last June 30.

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Question Three In Theft Os Furniture Indianapoli*. Nov. 25 —(I'l’l— — ex-ronvk-t who spent seven | year* in Alcatraz and two companions were questioned today I about the theft of a truckload of I furniture in Fortville. The loot wax found and the threi men arrested before the burglary <>f the Fortville Furniture Co. wax j dixeovered *arly yexterday. Held were Fred Steffler. 45. In dianapoli*. who once *erved a term in Alcatraz for batik robbery; ; Lowell F. Crixler. 43. Anderxon. and Ira Blackwood. 41. Cleveland. () —- Tin- mine workers have not spell led out their contract demand* for 1960. But Lewix ha* estimated that what he wants would increase the cost of coal minitig between 30 ami !5 cents a ton. The coal operator* so far have refustd to consider any contract, j demands which might mean an in I ci ease in the price of coal. They have declared that even a slight concession to the miner* In any. new contract would force them to raise coal price*. Democrat Want Ads Bring Results Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

15 ALABAMANS (C<»nt. From Pag" On* - ) . when trug' ly struck late yext.-r- ; day afternoon. They had all help-1 ed paint a small country church after a holiday service in the morning. . ] Three other negroes, Ethe. ' Hicks and two of her children, were in the larger house when it , was carried 2mt yards through the air to strike the other cabin i Miraculously, they escaped with only a few scratches. in tile Oneonta area north ot Birmingham, damage was mon widespread. Sheriff W. F. Maynor said at least 17 houses, two ; churches, a tourist court ami a combination filling station-grocery store were demolished. If You Have ovmetning To Sell Try A democrat Want Ad—lt Pays. HOUSE I ((',rtit. From Psge One) from a Communist prison cell In Mukden, China. Ward, the C. S- consul general in Mukden, and four of his aides were jailed for a month on charges of (testing up t a Chinese The com miinlsts, under pressure of western indignation, freed all five men

this week and ordered them out of China. If the men are allowed to leave without further incidents, many state department officials believe that it would be “about g* good as could be expected. But the five congressmen -all Republican member* of the house foreign affair* commlttee-de-noiimed the case ax "one of the most humiliating chapters in Amer-. (can diplomatic history." Tite congressmen were GOP | Reps. Robert 11. Chiperfield. Bl.; John M. Vorvs, O.; H. Minn.; and Donald L. Jackson.' Smith, Wls.; Walter H. Judd. Cal. COMMISSIONERS (Coot. From Psge One) the auditor's^office November 3<t regarding the recently propriatlons by the county codncil. A fit id representative will meet with the council to determine whether the county has sufficient funds, then make recommendaHons to the state board. FUNERAL (Cont. From I’age One) found the rifle beside the dead man. who had bled profusely from the wound.

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