Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1950 — Page 1

Vol XLVIII. No, 1

20 WOMEN DIE IN HOSPITAL FLASH FIRE

County Tourney Schedule Drawn This Morning

Tournament Opens Thursday Evening; Commodores Draw Bye To Semi-Final The for the annual _ Adan*** county high wboot basket ball tourney, to be held at the Iterator high school gym next Thursday. Friday and Saturday. wi« drawn thia morning at a meeting of *<hool officials in the office »f Hanael Foley, county school superintendent The tourney will open at 71 IS pm Thursday, with the Hartford’ • ( Gorillas meeting the Jefferaon I V Warriors in the first tilt Thia will he followed by the battle between rhe Adams Central Greyhounds and the Monmouth Eagles tamers of the Thursday night | Kames will clash in a consolation, game at 7 15 pwi Friday, followed I s ' Jhy the Geneva Cardinals and Plea want Mills Spartans . The fortune of the draw favored the Decatur Commodores The Commodores, drawing the bye. moved directly into the first semi ‘ final tilt at 12:45 pm Saturday, tangling with the winner ot~ the Hartford-Jefferson till Tlte second semi final al ? p m Saturday, will match the winners! of the Monmouth Adams Centra! and the Geneva Pleasant Mftlgames. ■ - I The championship game will by| played at 9 p.ni Saturday between I the winners of the semifinal lilts i The Monmouth Eagles are heavy J favorites io annex the county title. " 'having lost only, one game this season while winning nine - 1 , ' Tickets On tale Season tickets for the tourney, priced at 22. are on sale at the seven participating schools The. ticke<«wer»atl<>»t»*l.i'nan enroll - meat basis In event the tourney trnora sett sejutoh tickets. single session -■"geis will b» on sale at the Kern hot office before each srvxioo at So cents Tou'tiev officials will lie lion I lebernm ami Hyrl McKensie. both Os Fort Wayne Hale Hoss and llii r ry Dailey of- the Decatur high school faiulty. will lie official tlm er and scorer, respectively. Dale Decker. Adams Central principal and tourney manager has ar. nounced that doors to the gym will ’ Open promptly one hour before tire ' ,X- J*tartteW lime, efjsachsession Schedule , ’? ' T Thursday _ Game 1. 7.1-5 p m , Hartford vs Jefferson ' ' Game 2 -grid p m Monmouth vs tdams Central. Friday Game 3-7 15 p m laiser ot game 1 vs loser of game 2. "'Game 4 x 30 p m Geneva vs I‘IeWMHW MUla — . J - Saturday Game<s II 45 p m Decatur Commisiores vs winner of same-1 Game « 2 p m. Winner ot ( ;,i- of game 2 v, winner of game 4 ... Game 7- S p m Winner cf game 5 fa winner of game 6 Chicago Man Killed In Indiana Accident Indianapolis. Pan 7 —(PPI Christopher Taglia st. Chicago, was injured fatally last night when his rar was hit at a road junction Taalia-told puUce.be was not In ' jured In the accident, hut he died enroute to a doctor's office at neat ’ hy Plainfield Stale police said j Taglia tried to cross J', 8 3< and Bls cur was struck by one driven _ hy Earl Cline. 32. Danville. ' I ,y ■y *TTe*-C- ■ Confesses Slaying. Os Bedridden Man Chicago. Jan 7.—(VP)— A 23yeanold stablehand today confessrd the bludgeon murder of a 70 year old bedridden saloon owner four boors after the dead man’s.; body was discovered Alfred Weslowskl’i' three word rcnifession to the. slaying ot C.le- ! .meat Lesicki said merely, "1 did; It." the Cook county police said _ The youth confessed after police } entered his small cottage in suburban Paolis Park and found jewelry and Leaickl's purse taken at the I Ums ot the killing

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Army Rudies Troops Into Flood Areas 800 Soldiers Sent Into Flooded Areas Os Three States , 'Chicago. Jan 7 tl’Pt- The army rushed M**t soldiers today to battle floods in - Illinois. Indiana and Missouri. Where 4,***M» persons i were driven from their homes 1 New floods arose in six other ' midwest and southern stales Ohio. I Kentucky, Tennessee. Alabama. Mississippi, and Arkansas About Kiifi persons were affected In those states Tributaries of the mighty Ohio river were rising swiftly and a few. i families In Columbus and Clnctn mall. <>. fled from their horn,, A United Press survey showed that the last week’s tl*a*d. billiards, sleet, heavy rains and severe cold ■killed at least 4!* persons aero.-* [ the nation A new arctic cold front was expected to arrive In the Pacific ■ northwest this weekend just an the I last Wtass of cold air was expected , to sweep east to New York City, a "heat ware” that broke 1 records for high temperatures four days In a row The mercury was expected to drop to f reeling In; Xew York tonight The new cold front made south • ern California fruit ranchers fear I that alt iHtswible hope for savingtheir crops was lost The ranch J ■ ers werefiring -mudge |t.cs in their! orchards for the fourth straight], ■ day Damage was believed heavy ftjut the exact extent of the crop] ' loss had m.ir'been defermlnrd Wann Io..;,- from th. helpeiTte melt a vast sheet of ice” stretching from Pennsylvania to' Aik.ito.o but tin ion ..11 imi.ass ed Hie threat of floods ■ ’The army oideted kite troop* . from Ft Knox. Ky to Vjitc.nne". Ind win t.e a lev.-, threatened to let the surging Wabash river over run lowlands The troops wire expected (b-| make their hindquarters at Vln j I.ones white standing alert for . du'i anywhere In Illinois? Indiana or even*. Missouri ’ i The lied Cross ~an estimated 2.trmi -persons had I been fhiod.d out of rheir homes in , Indiana and 2ST families, or l.im« persons, in Illinois Another 175 families or 7mi persons, wire Henry Reiter Dies At Home Last Night Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Henry Reiter. *7. retired Root township farmer, died at s laoclock Friday evening at'hls home five miles north of Decatur orul' 8 [ highway' 27. toHowing a week’* illness' He wan horn In Madison town- ■ ship Allen county..JJct 1!'._1m.3. _ i a son otDietrick and LisseCr Selk- ■ ing-Heiter. and was married to i Elitabeth Dlrkaon Oct. 2. 1«2. | Mrs. Reßer died May 13. U4O. — He .was a niemTier of Sr John's Lutheran church Surviving are two sons. Martin Reiter, at home. And Paul of Flirt ’ Wayne; two daughters Mrs. Christina Mailand and Mrs Ella Schroeder, both of Allen county; 10 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren Seven brothers and sisters preceded him In deatn Funeral servues will lie held at 1 30 p m Monday at the Nome and at 2 o’clock at the St John s Uith eran cbnrcS.' the Rev M. H fteh- ■ ling officiating. Burial wtll be In the church cemetery The body I will be removed from the Zwh k i funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 7 o'clock thia evening

Floods Cover Illinois Road, Missouri Town L " "a Ait- ■ V^e^‘'s T-'' **- we ' ' ’ 'o* ' -r WITH HEAVY RAINS additur tu meltinr mh»w. V R highway 51 near Vandalia 111. (h»pt. normally I'. !. t i'litvr u iti i t* ."Vi rvit with tiMi fo*-t <>( lli»iMluaf« i from the KartaMkin HW; whn h inun•• ll'juii) ai u-K in the area. at Valley Park. M<». th* M*ram*e river ninst at ilw Town, tm* iiig evu< ualioii of moat families in th* area T . * ..a_2 • -

County Clerk Makes Annual Report Today Annual Figues Are Released By Jaberg ) More than eight and one half l times up piiint Aeuple decided to; Igo hunting or fishing in Adams [ county ihuii de. ided to Ket_4j)urirmd. a-cording to annual figiires ri-leased fodai lo Ed .laberg. I,lerk o's court, whose office issues all «mli Heenses Ij-Two hundred and twenty lypplii atioiis were made for marriwge ii.etises till the yeur lf*4l>. according to the rejairt. asi I'iimpared with 272 during IH4S. During IMS there wore 3.352 Uleenses issued, though not all a>f them were to Adams county real- ■ dents '. »» There «efe 2.794 resident hunt Ing and /flaking licenses issued, at 11 50 *49 female fishing I licenses us fifty cents; 74 annual non-resident fishing licenses 42 25: 55 14-dAy nonresident fishing licenses 11. and -20 non-resident hunting, "fishing and trapping licenses at 115 s*t Other compgrative figures released by the clerk's office revealed That Hl* civil- cases were fll«L In 1949 as opposed-to 243 in 1949; 24 i rimlnai cases in 1949. nine dur ink 1949 Fifty four divorce actions were filed during 1949. and 14 dilories wvre' granted During 1919. t'.g divorce actions were filed and 19 were granted Ten guardianship cases were fll ed. 93 estate cases, and 40 wills were probated Ten adoption pr*r reedings were begun during the year. There, was one more case venued into the county during 1949 than In 1949, six venued into the rnuntv last year and five the year before. Eiqfit cases were Venued out of the county during 1949. five In 1949. New York Takes Moves To Conserve Water New York. Jan *7 — (UPV Swimming pools -and ice skating rinks closer! today and Russian and Turkish baths cut off their steam on orders from the department of wafer supply The new orders came after the supreme uourt gave the city power to halt the use of water wherever necessary 'to conserve dwindling supplies The Ambassador hotel, mean while, attacked the water problem more directly It began drilling for water under its basemant.

(MM.V DAILY NKWDSAPM Ml ADAMS COUNTY

becetvr, Indiana, Sahl rdeg, January 7, 1950.

Reports Slight Rise t In St. Mary's River The fhMMiml St Mary’* river j rrme a quarter of an in< h during the 24 hours ended at S ’orlwk ’this marniiiK, Herman Mey.er. Heather '«»b*er\er states! The tdreain stood at 17.60 feet f today r On Thursday m<*rnlhg it ; O measured 17 35 feet Vraterdav morning h sleet and rain sent the - stream upward, Mr Meyer calcui i,i!»-ti Stu»wfall was mejisured at about I three inches, with a pre<*i|Mtation Thf 16 -of aii inch The stream seemed t’ l trave rea< he<i its < rest • and' Meyer expected a reeedhit; of * - the floodxwater during the 1 ■ V ■ ' ' Ward Declines To (Comment On Policy | i Consular Official Enroute To Capital t ('hirage. Jan 7 (UPI Angus : - Ward. 54. United States consular official recently released by the >- Chinese communists after a year's imprisonment in China, defended Ujtih Mj 1 **..P*®* ed here on his way to and to the nation's capital s Hr de< lined comment on the - British: recognition of the Chinese ’ . ■eommuniat Rovbrnment. and on the: 1 policy toward Formosa. the last strfßifchold of the, nationalist♦?- — ... : .j _■ i » Wart>and his wife. Irmgard. were ’ on their way to Mich . e where he will visiTa bnWRr. T.ef fel Ward, during the weekend be - fore going to Washington ) Ward. who> '• imprisonment was B ordered by Chinese communists on e, charges that hf ; injured a Chinese ; ri employe, discussed the accusation ! c against him briefly. "I was charged with hitting a | Chinese six times in the eye but j ibe jnan...dkln’t even have a- black j !eye.” W’ard said “I’m sure.” y fee added. *1 couM ' hit a man once“ anS give him a- - black eye ” Ward wearing a neat goafee. said he had recovered practically; J i all of the 25 pounds he lost while held by the Chinese * American ' hospitalityhe said. ” is really ! fine : The Wards were accompanied hy p • a Polish lhe r | were four cats which they brought r with them from China I AfTer eating breakfast here Ward went to another railroad sta *_ Hoh >to board a Michigan Central 1 II train leaving here at 9 45 a m CRT t It will arrive at Kalamazoo neat Allegan, at 12 32 p m CST

jSkspetl Questioned In Reuther Attacks Janitor Questioned By Detroit Def rot t. Mi» h r Jan 7 v»I ’j? L Police hammered questions at a| HOft-spoken middle aged- janitor to-’ day in an effuC irr break the Hen tli?r broiher tempted bombing «»f the CliV UnU'-t ed.. Aur•» W<hkers h aidqu o’•t - ( - Fifty eight year old Ceorge Thomas evtiTessed Ta-<t night tha.t he falsely . report*'*! himself ki*l naped yesterday to < ov» r up i ; snicifle attempt. Detroit polive aniUthe-FRI hint ed that it was. their ’biggest break” since the first-outbreak «»f violence against the union and ifs leaders in April. 194 s Inspector jokeph V Krug saida that Thomas, a bachelor. most definitely” would be questioned about attempts on the lives of UAW presitieul. Walter Kent her and his brother. Victor, arid, ahou the dynamite bomb found by Thomas at the union's lieadijuarteri building here llev jo he I said Thomas ateo wouM be’ given • Thomas was found roaming near ■ suburban Dearborn. Mich He Seemed dazed. A piece of sash coni was tied around his neck — At first he said tWo strange men forced him into their car. drove him around Detndt. then tied him up and (lumped turn Into a roadside snowbank.—-*■ ■■ -- Thirteen hours later a dete< tive tricked him into tying another piece of rop» around his neck He tied the aabje. odd hmble square ; knot fhaTlteM the rope w hen po lice first found htm i Then he hndie down 7 1 - “People were saying f put the bomb against the building ” the ' janitor said. ”Idfe didn't seem worth living ® I tried to kill myself’ Thomas said he tried to strangle himself with the r<»pe, but lost his courage when he first felt it tight en around his neck said hjf* lout consciousness then awoke and started'”just walking around”! Detectives questioned ' him late! in the night then allowed him to-,:-.y , <Tuew Tm Pa<» Flve» WtATHER ■ Moatly fair today, tonight and tomorrow escept for awow flurrlew near Lake Michigan to- ' night Colder tonight High today 25 to 30 north. 30 to 35 south. Low tonight near 10 2 north, 15 oauth. - —

Mental Ward At Hospital In lowa Swept By Flash Fire Early This Morning

2,000 Homeless In Hoods In Indiana Crests Moving On Downstreom Points Indianapolis. Jan. 7 (UP) Crests on the W.i bash river and Its -tributaries moved down today to wreak havo* al downstream points as the waters l»ega_ti to recede from inuft<lat»*d - land upriver. Meanwhile, the |*-d Criiss counted more than 5<H» Hoosier families including ’ some 2.4 MW persons, homeless aa a result of the flood j They doubled up with frinnda and [ and some were house<l in emergency shelters Vincenm**.- usually hard hit by any* major shawl called* for'Volunteers to fill sandbags to bolster levees and flood wall* weakened • by the 1943 flood and. never re- ^ rs ' .- htrtidred soldiers- from Fort Knox. Ky . scheduled to arrive-there t<»day Lojhelp tfctUvob ~ttnleer force hiMwter the N’ihkuk levee in riTJrthern Knotf* county _Jubri*ak there—rwould send the l< y waters spilling- over sumacres of 1 —Terre-Haute was another/Hth all point on the lower Wabash Thej Dresser levee on the west Imnk. across froYn Terre Haute, was W Ing sandbagaed to prevent a re j enrrenre <»f the 194” break - i ’rii»' wi-aiio-r OWN [ f*-iiip*-i,<fin<• drop during the nr.- hi | IJo well b»4ow fr»'ozing over mokCv 4 Indiana - probai»ly would hav*'little effect on the Hooded State police ‘reported hlghsray* over the entire : -state, except in * \ . n:»-m ? herrr Jhd ta fra. were-eov-— cred with s<i s!i< k glaze of ire !’«< I iict* ters 1 had no \r*’p**rt.s' I of w c*'uh£.';‘_ iht hl 1 t ttrt *• said diey ***»/■ •'• irst a!'•<sirawod I Under w it h. mim»r < 4»llisions ” | The W.xb.i-was scheduled te | isolate- Griffin., in northern I’m-* y I county. by m»on t<>dav Tli ThTjU’ ■| lowin' was ch: off from civilization _ : for a full month in the . January. . lT«ra l<i !••«* H»el ; 7 ■. , s ■ i' Handicraft Institute Here Next Tuesday Institute Is Open To Public Tuesday Adams county craftsmen will I develop the ir ski Its at The hafidr | t raff ' institute Tuesday, at the’ I De* atur .Christian chur< h base ■ merit" TU hi. hy 3: The institute is- open to the pub | lii and auyone wishing to learril one or mere of the/ handi* rafts is. w*'h o’li • to at ’’’i d Tjibse who wish to do meta) pounding making trays. «*»asters etc . under the dire*:thin of.- Dennis X.-rm.’in. r**< n adnnal directo' should !>rin>: with diem a- Mdl peen hammer Mrs Wm , who wrrtt: be in charge of the textile paint lug. remind* bring jilopg..’ clean and white feed sacks' arid razor blade ; : Those desiring to make leather gloves w+H find materials om sale at the meeting with the pofesible! exception of a thimble - Knit ting. _ w iIL_ rr«i«ire a pa i r at| nee*He< and some yarn j • For candle making paraffin; oldj candles Wax crhyonc will prove Aaiuable Board Os Education Reelects Officers John Stoneburner. Washington j township trustee was .reelected | president by the cohlßy board, of education in a meeting held this morning in lhe county superinten I dept's office Charles Fuhrman Hreble townihip and Charles THurdg. t’nion -fownshlp; were rtp.. i elected tfeasurer and »e* ret arv . | respectively at the meeting

Put Pressure On Iruman In Coal Dispute Senate Democratic 1 ~ Leader Lucas Asks Truman Take Action \\ i-iiinn’oii. !.»n 7. .f I t'» I’rTsidlnH Truman < wme under inouiiting pressure today 10 HW'> i. into the soft coal deadlock The heaviest pressure came from ‘jr’siirprising quarter senate-Dem<e < tatic had* 1 Scott W. Lu» a* of 1 Illinois He is one of four miit western congr* smen wh*» hav* <fei tuanded White H« u*se action to relieve coal shortages !. i BS "toM »’-♦■ * - ’> 1 White House conference yesterday with presidential assistant John R Steelman that he would ’’pro!» s» a> vigonjusjy as -I know how utilesthe miners fcive up tlfeit three daywork week: and reTuftv on a full skid, promised to J f.'icr^- a -TnrfrTre'*-'The' VUre^id*nt today • _-.4 ItdiU. L Ja wiy Ra* .fnktiaged I*l > negotiate a new c<>al‘T-«>nir»et.WT< 1i s irniy a sntaiTscgmfnt of the fndwe ■ try. In the. meantime, the thrve-day • work wwk of hi* united .rotor work • ers is shrinking the nation's coal stockpiles . '"""TT t In 'order.' to- conaerve railroad ?Ue— in:* ennim* r* * t com-mission has ordered all coak w ' .1 >’t 1 H'k>loT'i juXU opera ~~rton s hy 1t fi ir d T h*~ jdlrw+j-v-e-U ' effective at il «i 9 p.m ESI> tpl .! fIT<*W Lucas’ *»!li»i . •I’i.H-- ; men Who demanded, furthet g*-.ver fc—..im iil. jn t*’ ’' *■:Ai*»«.. *2 ’’ AYIL., . iium E Jenner R . Ind -and R* p> : -1.. •. ut• in . IL Smith. Iv" ’Hi* I E Church . R ’Hl_ ATI t.L-'.» , - cOV<!- e ihv. ‘i, r’ li 'IT ~f !.♦ «i- '<■» -U * Stnrh ■■’ard-th** > : n>4e in tout" ; require* act ion m j vi* vT' o’ ? h*' i’r* -i.d» n; s_ r»fnsa ’f\. ! Mr ' Truman- has said repeatedly. Ih* w-oq!d invoke the antis’’ike i-pro' rsiops of rhe 'Tai’ Hat '■ Ity—at ’ J *mly when be-is < <iti vln it'd the t ■ :i-i- ror<-i’ua a * u.* it i♦io y S<> far. however the White j rHtm*e -htf> Itcpe fcauUTaift Uie di', i. s pu:* ■ The rtrrnr/ old’snap in the mid ; « I MFM Te r»«r I Hr* Charles Meyers Dies Suddenly las! Night i Heart Attack Fatal To Decatur Resident j Charles B Meyers 49 for many j \ ♦ ar< ar: ♦ mptoy e of the McMiDtr. I - indust.r.ws ;n ’Ju* ( i-y di»d -sudden . Fly' <>f h«.art at 1 ack F» i<lu' ", > • iiTO. ,1 at 9 4.. O'clock \ Meyers, with the Rev. whjiam C i I Fell*-4 arTff ■seVcraL Dih er _mrJ\ * i doing some work at the Zh+p".Evan •’ F geITCMt and Reformed rhw*wWb| ! cx.inplitlitd OTT^Htng 'll’ -I*e«- h j in a few minutes FR wa*- 'l»orn H: Sep?- j 14KML ii= suu*4if ink* and Enimai Merri*’Meyers. :tnd-*was. piarried to! i (jgra Nevada Fa«kbi Apnl ’ 19’A / 1 ' He was a member <>f the ZnT I Evangelical and R» formed < hurch Shkrvlvirig bi addition wife • are ilL i bo -Ai.ur. alid th r *e mstfts Mr* QmiVH Miller mK k.'Ux Croxkr l 1 and Mr~ Frank Kt i , all d D» ' I catu.r One sister preceded him Aril ! death. I " • . "" ■< I Funeral services will be held a: 1 3P p m Monday,a* home. : ’k. - street atid it 2 b*< Ifclj a* ! ' the Zion Evangelical’ and formed j « hairch the William U Fetter | [officiating Burial wiH be in Fair I \ lew 'at iVu’f ?p . . ’ b*‘<D w ill r be ten-.o»d from the •HU. k hr re*T ■ <ittic> ma* *1! afterj Ibfr rirPipi

Price Four Cents

At Least 20 Women Dead; Seven To 10 Missing In Fire At Onvenport BULL £ T ♦ N Davenport. 11., Jan. 7.—(UF> —The bodies of 24 women h**e been recovered »n the Mercy hoepdai coroner C H. Wildman ia»d at 10:30 a-m., today Thirteen women at’H are miaatng, he said ;• t\ • 11• i' I . .l it: 7 'TP- A i flawh fir* _&wept the women’g men paKwarU-at ~M»;rry fiosptial 'early ■ today und at I* asr *♦’ tminy ■ upi“<i tn :h*i! ha-r»d ■ I ish»d in th* flam*-* Coroner- C - I.L_ Wild man said 2ft bodies had _ been rtfr-ov rod and ' tMt MOII Id I” I" ' ■ 'hour* as. t’ • hid I 'urh*-d' ' i ■ 11 i*■ ■■ ' ’ ■ l ' ‘ d j buildhnt- into a blati.UK. d»-;»’h trap Sist* i Mary.. Aunuto ia’a. tin trmjrni of tWe • ygtd she hriieibd ilii*. at least 2-7"perswans’ would be h>t-■r-ed dead in Ofe final ■ hic’ Th. firs’* a* 'urtod is; K •.o"Ham* *'•■arid *bv wgrih mv<»t napped* )> i f i* nT> po -t-- * d th* p” - dawn.xmijtii- Th*'-'hospital te sitaat • d '»h oD P-* ' r _ f Jifnl b^iuEEl-ffemih? ffwr i two . ■ -alt*-ndants Awl begun &sftEWF a’ - / ■\ I ■ | }'.*v. h*! !>.'♦ ?r\!nK *o i patients Tin’ rest o* the knowin 1 dead were inmates , /■ . . Fir* *. <*o ’ L- S 1 I . fire inspec.’«it Otltmar Mangel* said, •th* » aus« j-»f iht fir e ’wji'k 7-bur thaf f limes ?Fpx» a»T tID viigh The wl’h-it: r* Dbi* Schirk -..rT Jeto •• ' '*•••' ■ - »-■»'*- <*i!o .<‘ ati’-'-it- »•'• -•;* 'i*Mt had .Im yti , " ‘ ■ ■ fir* it;'!>•/<•:i>r rJ»-d />■.• ■■ whicl’ f spn idk crioljwnt ? W r;-n»c' .7.-- - ' " ’’ i!i«:itutiotf bad ’ub doctu,’ Chxr<’ s j-. ' vt: v (■•"?’. -tv'-:-;- ;-.' * '■•: <! to •!;. ft’* <D pa’.' u: ’h.r’ •I.*-- b* ?”,73’.l . ; Ui'* no r nuts. < .trni a’:'-4»dan < rescued t> ..patients. d»-splti_ 'he ’ taprd 'p! <ad <»f the blaze V »th ; l atch* 1 ' and crow bat s firfmep I i limbed tatidcr* and Dp ped bars \ - Lfroiri :D* - Wind.!*' ’•?' ! »U1OV»- ’'4*u**’ ; , : ’l.'.pa;..-- ■" 'at- -x I Finnpn finally su< -e«ihd Jn ! folrigmg? : rhe HSfin a under c<»n:r<d ( TbLj* ?h*.’- . *-uid -pread :i<\ bihjßX-: —__ buildings which co:n.pri*e the in : lIZE- I|r ir I. ' / / I Experts Said th* -speed wi“ j which Th.- Ware spread ’’.rough ■- ’’fee fr;*'". ,ipd bt’ k -v» n« « : bu-...!' ! tng, if*•ailed thje fir*- a •St Atrhop.y hospital in Effing ' h;vt’ Ih . *'* V” ' ’• rn * bi-a * ■ I persons, hiu-hiding l-in ftaluu.— 7’ i Mercy hospitsd offirtals *' I ickri 62 persons were Rs *l*c lH4ll*i - f ;nx The ,x»e: -count . ..uliin ; be C • Liver br , -nu-. ft . WO- n»>* knvxn j, how ma**' xtrindan*- n-.a' have < :, ~,-r. ab-.:r ’ ;'i. - - tn- -*■•- - t hntlxtini< .'f’Tfte 'ift? jtWftfoK'fiaqant I The death toll rose -rapid!* xfo-F- ’ dawn as th, e mb. rs“c arled and Tn-” I -n,n were able b> enter 'he <«ienTiF I eting ruing to bring on. the Iwdie--Report Little Change In Prices To Farmers Lafayette. TrW. Jan ~ it'ftr. l-EupteeL universify and federal T. I ♦'.4’fn 9.’ati«tr,. i.•♦!•*•- . | ’ there wac prar-iraPv t»«* •’> o- >■ m ; pri4-!F< rei • ivV**l ( l»y H«>y>ier farm* rs ; duriwg-~DevenYl*eT as ce*mpared i with - Nuveoihet._ a ; _ J T*!ie • • pri. index w*< ?•’* penetft le®** ‘?an Ikvri ! i*er . and ”7 .pevj -.v-t. :L les* than -’b*' pcrit‘.j o. thev hmj • e I* . - j prnr* rwmwl by farmer* in I*4s wjui 2*l cotoiparod to C? in I*!*!