Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1949 — Page 2

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Christmas Rush On Throughout Nation Extra Clerks Hired To Help In Stores Washington. Jm< 5 (UP) Tin- usual Christmas rush is <>n — and it s* emu pretty much the ■ante as other year*. Stores are hiring more salespeople and the post office department is putting on extra employes to carry the Christmas mail. About lUO.OOO extra persona hare been hired to sell gifts in the department stores and shops, possibly 275.000 persons are going to work for the post office for four weeks Thai s just about how many were hired during the Christmas rushes of 11* 17 and 184 b. Sim > I'banksgiving. sales have picked up and tile retail trade is beginning to hum. Even Uncle Sam is offering what it thinks are tinsel-bright gifts to prospective buyers. Big buyers, that is. The war assets administration must fold De. 31. But it still has a lot of its surplus property to dispose of. So if you re in the Christmas market for a power line, the WAA has one in New York State, warbuilt for s3.i;7o.mm. Then there's mi oil refinery at Corpus Christi, j Tex. In fact, the government has i s<» surplus plants, valued at Masonic Stated convocation of Decatur chapter No IJ2 H. A. M . at 7:3<»: p. m. Tuesday. Dec. tl. Norman G. Lenhart.' H P | 285b2tx DON'T GUESS HAVE you increased the fire insurance tin your home and household prop erty to allow for their full insurable value? Don’t guess about your protection, but ask us to check up your insurance policies. After a fire, it will be list late! IX) IT NOW! THE SUTTLES CO. Hartford Fire Agent Niblick Store Bldg. Decatur, Ind.

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».5«.000j2M>. it will gladly sell. At any rale, e.unoniiats at the bureau of labor Matistics believe that retail trade employment may ! hold up for some time after this I Christmas They point out that in the present buyetji market, there must be more effort made to sell products I This means larger sales staffs. Another incentive to keeping sales staffs more or less intact , is the forthcoming 12.800.000.000 insurance dividend to be paid by the veterans administration to about 10,000,000 veterans who are policyholders of World War 11. j This money will be paid to voterI ans all over the country. First I pay men's, VA says. will start ’ * about Jan 15. and will be carried | out over subsequent months. This money is expected to be a shut-in the-arm for merchants who ! generally expect the post-Christ-1 mas doldrums. Recreation Night Held At Monmouth .More than 100 people attended the family recreation night held re . cently at the .Monmouth gym, ac<<>rding to a statement by iiennis Xorman. county recreation officer. Erwin Buuck, of Preble township. U"sed out Norman Becker, of Root township, as checker < ham pion for the evening. A new Monroe recreation club will have its initial meeting in January, it was also announced. DR. GEORGE E. 'Cunt Frum Pasts One) duties pertaining tu student life and activity on the campus. - During his time with Purdue. Dr. i Davis has spoken in scores of Indiana communities on education and lie has entertained hundreds I of groups with his readings of poems by the famed Hoosier poet. He has made a complete study of Riley's life and writings and is perhaps better informed about the Hoosier bard than anyone jiving, except those who knew Mr Riley intimately Because of his detailed study, Dr Davis is able to interpret tlie writings of Riley in a very able and entertaining manner. 147 South Second St.

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Water Supply Short In Many Sections Precious Resource Being Diminished By United Press The nation s most precious resource. water, is running short in many sections, a United Press survey showed today. In a few cases, such as at New York, the water shortage is a momentary matter, caused by a lack of rainfall. But in vast areas of tbe midwest, southwest and far west, agriculture and industry are beginning to feel the pinch of ground water j shortages as moisture tables drop tar beneath the surface. Geologists and other experts said the falling water table was a simple case of too much water being taken out of the ground too fast for nature to replenish the subterranean lakes, rivers and ' rivulets that seep precious moisture through the rocks to fill wells and reservoirs. Modern air conditioning systems, for example, depend on huge quantities of cold waler, drawu from the earth to circulate through their mechanisms and provide the low temperatures to chill air. In some localities, such as Illinois. distilleries and other industries use so many millions of gallons of water that they must sink wells hundreds of feet into the earth as the natural reservoirs drop deeper and deeper. In the west, vast irrigation projects are diverting water from its natural watersheds through canals and ditches for surface use to 1 water plants in areas that are naturally arid. Some pessimistic geologists warned that unless emergency measures were taken to halt the trend, big sections of the nation might become desert wastelands or dust bowls. The situation in New York, although temporary, was serious and Stephen J. Carney, commissioner of water supply, made a radio appeal to the 8,000,000 residents yesterday to cut down consumption. He said the situation was caused by an eight-inch rainfall deficiency at a time when the city's reservoirs were 37 percent below capacity. The day may come, officials said, when citizens throughout the j nation might hear their radios voicing the appeal heard by New i York listeners: “The Aqua supply in New York I is low; "The intake's much less than the I outgo. "So do your part when you're in the tub; "Just diminish on the water and accentuate the nib.” Decatur Principal At School Parley W Guy Brown, principal of tbe , Decatur high school, left today for I Purdue University, where he will attend a conference and workship. | The meeting will last through I Tuesday. A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pays. Trade in a uoed Town — Decatur RELIEF AT LAST For Your COUGH Creomuliino relieve* promptly became it goes sight to the teat of tbe trouble to help ioo«en and expel germ laden phlegm and aid as lure to wothe and heal taw, under, inflamed bronchial mucout membrane*. Tell your druggist to tel J you a bottle of Creomul i<»n I with the undemanding you mint like the way k quickly allay* ths cough or you are to have vour money back. aBHHg Christmas Suggestions _l_— New Home Sewing Machines — light weight, 20 year guarantee, free service and demonstration. Cash or Terms. Good trade allowance. Select from desk models, table modeta, cabinets. portablesWo have ooase Sood UMO SEWING MACHINES ( Electric < Treadles. Guaranteed. Toy Mseblnan—Skirt Markers Pinking Shears Good Scissors Sewing Cabinets— Many other things too numerous to Advertise. SEWING MACHINES IS OUR BUSINESS BOARDMANS 233 North First ,

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Make your windows an import ant part of your holiday decorat Ing scheme, say lighting special- I lets. An unusual window treatment is often the key to creating holt- ■ day decorating magic tiiat will net your home aside as the showplace of tbe neighborhood You don't have to have any special artistic talent to duplicate the three attractive windows il lustrated above Several strings of outdoor bulbs, shiny foil, ever-1 green festooning and lace paper i doilies, together with a full mfc-1 sure of holiday enthusiasm are all that's required for any one of these distinctive window ti-al meats. The snowflake window nt the top was achieved by outlining 1 three sides of a rectangular-shap-ed window with colored outdoor Christmas lights <over <1 witli crinkled metal foil. laicy white snowflakes cut from paper doilies were fastened to the iuside of the window to make an enchanting frame for the indoor tree with its twinkling lights. If you have an unusually attrac tive window as shown at the lowEscaped Convict Is I, Killed In Nebraska * Convict IsfTrapped By Lone Policeman Rulo. Nell. De. 5 (UID — A lone Kansas policeman trapped and killed W illiam Dunkin. es< ap-L ed convict who used stolen police cars to fie.- across half a dozen ( states in 11 flays. Dunkin died with a gun in his hand as patrolman W. W. Smith : shot it out with him on a lonely ' country road yesterday. Smith spotted Dunkin riding in a stolen car across the Kansas • state line just south of here. The officer began chasing the . convict who sped through town ami th* n lost control of hie car as he roared around a corner on the city's outskirts. The car turned over. Dunkin crawled out. gun in hand as Smith approached. "I yelled at him to come out with bis hands up." the patrolman said "I didn't hear a thing until there was a shot and a billlet whistled by '•>>' head." Smith said be pum|>«d several idiots from his riot gun into the car but they did not pierce it. Then hr shifted to a rifle "I shot twice Tlie second shot got Ipm in the stomach. He was d«ad right away." Smith said The pistol Dunkin used Id the fight with Smith was one lie had taken from a .Missouri stat'* pi troßnan after fleeing to St. Ixmh in a stolen Nebraska state con- i servation commission car he stole after escaping from tile Nebraska state prison at Idncoln. Neb. Later in bis flight, he Mole a Missouri state patrol car and a Nebraska state police auto. i*o2ice Imlieved that he stole a dozen ! cars while avoiding pursuit. The car he was driving at the time of the gunfight with Smith 1 had been stolen a lew hours earlier in Omaha. ( , Smith, a veteran of seven years I on the Kansas patrol and Ist het of four children said he was "kind of w*ak' alter the fight with Dunkin. "I was too busy to be scared before that," he said. New Butler Building To Be Opened Jon. 3 Indianapuits. Iler. i. —<L’P) — Butler University officials today announced that a (IJIOO.ueo Ma dent center lutUdiag would be j epeaed for use Jen I. Construction ' of the Julia Whistler Atherton | Center began In May. IMB. it wW bouse student activity rooms, the' book store- a campus cluh and the i cafeteria. — If You Have Something io Sell Try i i A Demecrnt Want AM—tt Faya |]

er left, you'll merely need to outline it with strings of gaily colored ligihts to form a perfect frame for tlie family Christmas tree. Balance the setting with lighted shrubbery Newer homes without benefit of shrubbery often present a problem when it comes to holiday decorating. Framing a window with the outline of a large Christmas tree, as shown in the illustration at the lower right, is one ingenius way of making up for lack of shrubbery. Although it looks professional, the decoration is really very simple. All you med to do is to twine colored outdoor strings of lights ami evergreen festooning ami fasten it to tlie house in the shape of a giant tree To complete the tree within a tree design. feature your window tree in the same window. Indiana Doctors To Clinical Session Indianapolis, Dec. 5. — IUP) — A delegation of 150 Indiana doctors will attend a clinical session of the American Medical Atso iation at Washington which opens tomorrow Indiana Medical Association president Dr. C. S. Black of Warren will head the group. Schnepf Reelected As Church Chairman Lutheran Assembly Names 1950 Officers William C Fc hnepf was re-elect-cl chairman of tlie Zion Lutheran church at a voters meeting Sunday at the c liurch. title r officers elected for l>so are: E W Lankenau. vice-chair-man: Karl Reinking recording sec-re'ary; Reinhold Sauer, deacon: 11. H Kruec keberg. elder: Harold August, trustee; Howard Buck, treasurer; Clarence Staple•on. financial secretary: L>uis lacobs. member of finance laiard: Henry Krue* keberg ami Robert Nyffelcr, lacard of Christian education; Aaron Weiland. Harold Thieme and Theodor-- Witte, nominating committee: Norbert Aumann aud George Rentz auditing committee. The new officers will lie formally installed Sunday. Jan 1. The asaeinldy also confirmed the appointment of two committees u> conduct tbe |iarisb education building program The building committee will cousiM of Phil Sauer. Oscar Lankenau, Norliert Aumann. Herman Dierkes and Ceorg • Rentz. Members of the building finance committee are Earl Caston, H. H. Krueckelierg. Louis Jacobs. Robert Zwlck and I Gerhard Schultz.

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' Sex Orgy Trial 1$ Opened In Illinois First Os 13 Men Faces Trial Today Belvidere, 111 . Dec. 5 — (UP) Tbe atate opens trial today again**, the first of 13 men charged with luring teen-aged girls into hay Mack sex orgies by plying them with lie cream sodas George Frost. 31 and the oldest of the accused men, was charged with two counts of rape and one of assault witii intent to *pe. Other defendants range down ward in age to 17 years. They will be tried during the coming weeks State s attorney A J. £>trom aa'd the girls, who have not yet been identified, would appear as witn-sa-es against the- men. The courtroom of circuit judge William Carroll was expected to he crowded with residents of Belvidere and the surrounding Illinois and Wisconsin countryside. They have been sho* ked by vague reports of the case but the full details were withheld by authorities pending the trial of the defendants. Carroll, a circuit riding judge, ia scheduled to hold c ourt here only j today and tomorrow but Strom sa<d I lie was sure that Frost's trial could - be completed iu that time. Strom said the defendants were being tried separately because they i bad been indicted separately. Must of the defendants are local men or from surrounding comtnunitiea. A few, however, are travelling men and us far uway as Detroit. In the meager reports released by authorities until today, it was told bow tlie men allegedly lured the girls to wild sex parties by Iftding them sweets, sodas and sun dues. The girls were said to be members of good families here. Many of the orgies took place iu haystacks ami haymows on nearby farms but some were reported to have taken place in cars, parked on lonely lovers ianea near the edge of towu. or in hoUd rooms in tiu city it seif. Police discovered the situation when they became suspicious after noticing that high school girls loitered around a local ice cream parlor near one of the city's hotels. After extensive questioning of the girls, police gained enough information to seize the men. COMMISSIONERS (Cont. From Page Ont) supplies of the highway depart ment. There are 18 item* under coiisidcration and all c>f them, except tbe gasoline, will be for the full year The gasoline contract will be for six months.

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; Police Seeking Mor For Fatal Beating Indianapolis. Dec. 5 — (UP) — ; Police today said they Mill ware searching for a man who attacked Charles Harry Day, Jr., 5«. two weeks ago. Day died of his Injuries j at General hospital Saturday night. FOUR ARRESTS (Coot From Page OW> Jr. of Boise. Ida. and Joseph ,Mi< bliuach. of Bluffton. The Kies car. in attempting to turn into the airport, collided with the Michlieach car, which wga in the process of passing on U. 8. highway 224, west of Decatur. Both driv ers suffered alight injuries, wbicb were treated by Decatur doctors Total damage was esUmatod at - more than fijmt) by deputy sheriff Robert Sbraiuka. who arrived on the scene from Lina Grove. Deputy Sbraiuka had been called to Lir.ii Grove to investigate an accident. Upon arrival, Mato trooper Richard Myers bad arrived and arrested Ruth Banter tor driving without an operator's |iceuaa and failure to yield right of way. atm ia to appear later in i court. Deputy Sbraiuka is to prefer , charges against George Fry«. of Munroe, for rockloM driving following an accident which occur rad Saturday five miles north of IM- . catur on IL B fl- A car driven I by Frye, at an apparently high rate of speed, turned over after the driver had lost control of the car. Frye and his brother, Kenneth, escaped injury, but George Wagner, of Decatur, another passenger in the car. suffered a broken collar bone He waa taken to Adams county memorial hospital for treatment. 1

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