Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1950 — Page 4

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It sou efts tar sprteg wbsn a fifty percent riat te tvetva hours is reported in Bt. Marya river. o o— — Indiana's death toll oa streets and highways last year was I.IIS. It we can’t lower that Hfare, we might *• wall considar ouraelrea highway Mrtteran. o-—o Joe DiMaggio needn’t worry about age decreasing his earning power. When be started playing baseball In 1«M, he earned I?AM a year and now has signed up tor lit®,W» for the ISSO season . n e— — Since the senatorial election tat New York state, the word "stab ism" has been discarded. Foes of national legislation now use. “socialism” In the attempt to terrify the people, la past presidential elections, "communism" wan the coined word. What will be the new political phrase in 1552? It appears that we outlire aH the catch words and continue to build a "more prosperous country, while stUl maintaining a government of the people. p .—O- — !' if the federal excise Uses. are., to l>e reduced, why not go a little farther down the line and cut the tax on theater .ticket Nominal in price, movie goers pay a high tax on theater admissions. It’s different with football game* or world series for there the 20 percent tag is a •«>*!! Item in the entire overhead of attending such events If one Can afford to drive to a baseball or football game, the tldket tax van easily he absorbed by the sports, fab. a\nd regardless of the amount of tax on cigarettes or. al'-obolic beverage? conssmpt«»n docs not Mem to decline The ■ government might as w. II levy tapes on these Hems aS" .< wav of rataing -revenue In walking out of vanou, fnitrd Nations meetings to emphasise their demand that tbe Nationalist China delegates to the i'uited Nations he disaccrediied and repli - ed by .Cotnmunisf delegates, -’i,- . Rusvutp have revealed that-th> tr basic alms and methods of opera tton have not changed since the quarrel at Berlin and the rupture of the Council nt Foreign Mints

Operation Moy Aid Type of Deafness

By Herman N. Bundeoen, M O. TO a great etr»*n4, our ability *.o. hear properly depend* on' three b*>n» * in th* inner ear ~ k,-i< n«>k ’-t pick up •«<ijnd wavr« froyi outbid* world and conduct ihetp * ’<> the »< O' of hearing. housed foij prof* b* bind wU‘J_’ »H» d .vh«’ • • •■:. J'l BIM .X.-.-rripc:’-. -■ if _ -'D« v-fchlf. al Kthi-, |Uiini- th Ay I ■ ( •juinr Sony ninrs fiiu bin of bnrrr' ‘ ■■ , l> .... :T • . rend’"H / ■ - ' <>f bones in., - Thi- condition. * known a* results in 1 « deafnrv. . —J— 4 For th»* relief nf ~hi> ?vp« « f surgenns .-have devjvoli wixa: itJLi&wn a« the finestratUor? • pej-atifm It ii-Mj of making a new opening no rfcar -sound waves. pass- the diseased -ear ijcioc* • ,<■ •! «•> . j.4v the nervePatients w ’; ■ i rj • ' i< : dr at ip ear-. tdiilt li’» and’. as ’he> grow, 'he • vviaLUuXi k: au-ia-.v M’l»n ■ > • t . • •<_ '-utnpi*’* ♦ ''d»iitpra?e<l bttt.mosf pa . ttenta .find it, /h-afn*’’ severer * apa« tty ’ Thu- prop . a-!fh .i.foo- ' ■ . • • arvf .in ic*» ’ ■ - in a quie’ rootr- * I: 'in’t'res-iin: • tein j •hi< d!s ; - drr there u » ‘..< n hr--» j • ; «• • * A (>•■’!• -IX ' a- • i«u\. A .ej.j \» aringjdiffi< uUy git? w■r -» dur ; ?Ld ‘ i

tars. The Raaalaaa still are determined to play by their rules or not play at all, and still believe that they van control international negotiations by tactfca comparable to the scooping’"pro greaa of a bulldoaer ■■■—o ■■-o —'■ There are many reasons why buslMss firms and professional people should be members of the -local Chamber of Commerce, it is a service organisation which helps promote the welfare of the community and gives stimulus to trade activities. A good Chamber of Commerce, each aa we have here with an efficient full-time secretary- b always aa the lookout for better things In the community This may be trying to get a new factory or in helping those already here that provide steady employment. It studies the trading .territory and assists merchants and retail establishments In trade expansion. It is a civic, as well as a service office, and like any successful organisation functions better when it has alert, active members. 0 o— — w . ■ A One Bit Piece: Almost every American -*ka**wo that.Lwo-bitels twenty-five cents, but how many ever saw one bit? As a matter of fact a one-bit piece, half the value of & quarter, did exist In old Mexican and Spanish coinage, and from that piece lhe bit* got Wlo American money talk. -■; Now Representative Wright Patman of Texas has introduced a bit! which would add the bit to the a< iual—American coins This would hot only add substance to the common t« mis of two. four and eix but would ‘ rruatelb< odd numbers between those even 'figures. Congressman Patman would go farther He would establish a half bit piece. This, howcvr-r -might be lvs-> 1 I half < uiu< worth seven or seven and a half cents and three cents, previously l*r»‘P“4*’d Wifj£- all thcim suggestions for rio-STvMies coming forth some miy win* adoption We need small ’ coins. But 4T4Hore teimuld be add j <d to she mint list, w<uM we ’r>c 1 •ibl® to keep any thore in our pockets? -

greatly bfntfijtd bj a prop crly fitted hearing aiT This, aw» 11 as rhe fai t (bat th* feneat ration opFTitotjon dor =• not rive r 1 result* in all -hould be t» j tnefnl.Mrcd in consider inn whether ,L«*r not to have it done O’.h» ? f.v.’--: • ;tn bt • t idt r? d are-’he oge «»f th« patient, ’h»»-V b» +7 wWwij I y_jin d n y rs <fT >z»■ b♦in ir 1 h-up* d mmst The <»t bring Hlig th»- hearing- la a “perman* (Ith ‘ kupr«-v»d -‘ -<‘l »v» n r» f»r»- only | about .'<l percent . Sonic pa’tents t d> vi inp (lizzh'.cjts toffyj'w&fjr the ojtf ra’i 0; • ■• '- j 'On the hand, where the ' opera: i<»n''dn» - *j»< • oed the hearing I it tnake« possible j> more sath»fa< | • ; t> b* -»;}-■ •■• ■ ■ • ‘!. .1 ‘ ;ral ’han » that' obtainthrough the y>e of . bearing aidss^-. While the hearing grve'n by ’b* jperation ;.erfi.’ .• d «C' ;nake'it po.-jible f>r to arry ->n t- 'in*' t’i-n • ! theater go to h<’ u.ris 3ind othcr- / «n?e“tire a normal life...’For thi'‘reason.Tn manv who have thu* had ‘ • ’h*ir heafinr improved. There -ha-j ■ 1 s<i'.T»een a marked char-.er jn n» r | !.M'ti:fr}. *>’h greater >■• ,;f ; - .nt.-!. ; d»*H' ** fra ppi !:*»*<» aud he't.rcr -ad I prc’mrnf to eveiy day Ih tng . QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ' 0 4 M Q . f have he. n ’“id to aj» I ;d) *h; e todin# to uj> fiDgernaiU l l • d'liiv v.’K’h»u ’ Ci, I* ’her* dat Mr. .f bing/.lu' Into rh< and railing Miiuibh * - J • ■ ■..» i..;hn. "firr u • naj ' HowA* r P knew .of no rniararr: -mgwuteju?. l ...

THE GREAT POLITICAL GLACE* ST' o*' 0 *' A ■I 111 11 iiiw.F I tat I *f« Mll ■>/ 0-1 L AST I r Ut

— "A Modern Etiquette By ROBIRTA LU 4- T —«. Q. 11l it proper" for a girl to enter the room in her hat and coat when a man calix for her. or should she wait until be arrives before putting ou her wraps? A. It te perfectly all right for her to be all ready to depart with him. Q. When should the phrase "excu*e me".-be med? A: This P*MM te Woperly used only when asking to .be ext-uaed from the room, or the table or from giving one’s attention to a person for a moment. Q Is it expected that a member of a bereaved family retnrn all call* nt < onrtqlence that have been made at their hduie? A. No. thia te not re<|iiired. ts and I certainly should not he expected

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■ll I ■ ■ >•» CHArTEn FOURTCEN DONALD let Susan in. “You'va got a nerve!” he expoatulUed. "That car's supposed to be mine!" “Well, you weren't using it,' Teasonabiy. —why aiMMikin'A I J’t "You ought U» ask me first." “Don't be a drip." She was tossing off her outer garments. "You .were asleep. Would you have bked me to waken you? Anyway. I knew I'd be back before you were up." "Widl, you weren't." She kicked off her red boots, her laugh sounding on the air. "Do 1 bear GrandXathkcls legal . exactness in you?" she asked gaily, and. blowing bun a kua, she linked her arm in his and walked with him toward the dining room. AX the door they both stopfed. feeling instantly the atj tnpsphere within. "What's this?" Donald asked. "The ' graveyard hitch? Or Just the merry morning after the naughty night before?" iX They were a delightful pair. Donald with bia blond debonair Jight-hearteilness, Susan with her dark, incandescent beauty. They Blood' there Cora moment then, dropping his arm. Susan preceded ' him to the table. “I imagine I'm the reason for all this /gravity," ahe said. "Where have you been, Susan?" Susan looked across at her father. Donald had taken his place and was reaching for fruit, but she still stood behind her chair, her bands resting lightly on its top. Tve been down to the Inn having breakfast with Gerry. Any crime in that?" She tilted her chia and awaited his reply with a level, undisturbed composure that suddenly infuriated Frank. His face became suffused the color of dull rad brick, his eyas glittered and for a moment be felt as if he were going to choke. For here was defiance of the first water Hera was eprei insubordination to a superior. ■ •Tffe told you last night we didn't want you to have anything more to do with this fellow. And we told you why " “It so happens that you didn't have the whole story about him." “And you now have. Hie story ' There was an ugly sneer tn his voipe and Susan's hands folded quietly over the rtm of her ehalr until the kaucklea showed white. "Yea Hia story." Frank was breathing heavily, overwhelmed again by his sense of inadequacy before’ this chit of a girl "The fact remains." he said, "that you disobeyed an, order.". Susan elevated an eyebrow. "Or ier ? Ini not accustomed to orders." Donald broke in. his mouth full i of banana ' flela*,—Dad. Yer're out of the Army, you know WhatTs' Die matter with Gerry that you’re w? -ft. 1. due.l e.n ttrmcr'ghjway ?--11' , th< ugiit~ lie was a right nice guy.'

DBCATtm DAILY DMMOCRAT, MCATVR, INDIANA

Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE ! 4 41 Salt AIT vegerabtew ttarf muat be j washed thoroughly to remove sand and soil, such as spinach, lettuce, i and watercress, should be washe I tn slightly salted water, ao that i not only dirt come* out. but any amwltHnwm will rise to the tup of the water. ——- - ."j "'' Parchment Shades A cloth dipped Into olive oil ‘ will remove all noil from a parchment shade and at. the same time impart-to It a lovely antique luster. . Shiny Clothing Itejunie shine from clothing „b> awing an emery cloth Rub the shiny spots gently with this., then go over them with a warm silk I handkerchief. 'I-

A regular success story. Rags to richci Typical American. I thought you d approve." "XKinald. Keep still!" Elizabeth's voice was charged with an invincible authority. "It's all your fault, this w hole thing. But I give you credit for believing you acted as you shoulit However, Gerald la aot a suitable person to bring into this house—and never has been And I. rerso'naliy, don’t want lb See him cross this threshold again." "Nanna, don't say that!" “Suuan, I do say it. I realize that rightly or wrongly—and' now, tc-wfiti. sure, it was wrongly—you have been brought up •to make your own decisions on personal matters. But this time you will have to accept the decision and opinion of those older and therefore wiser than, you are." ■ _ Therefore wiser!" Susan turned her cool look contemptuously on her grandmother. "Really, that's the darnedest tommy-rot I ever hoard." "Susan!" “I mean it. Mother. Why? What makes you all wiser? Living is supposed to, I know. But thie way you all live, you're learned nothing. Nothing at alb You just go on aad on in the same old rut of doing and thinking." * Frank'a chair went over backward as he got to his feet "Shut your mouth! Do you hear me? Shut your mouth!" Susan whirled toward, him. "Don't talk to me like that'" "I'll talk to you. young lady, u I see fit Vou sScm to forget I'm your father." "Susan." Audrey was on herfeet, too, now, her dark eyes fl,u>hing from one to the other of them. "Susan, wait. We can talk th’is out calmly. We always have Frank, you ahould know thafrs hot Um way ..." He turned on her. This is your fault.” be said thickly. "Always, all their lives you've let them ... It's—your fault." Steven's voice fell quietly into the electric atmosphere. "If I may be allowed a word.” One and all turned toward him. "I think," he said slowly, "that we do not want to make the mistake of forming a snap judgment.” ■He paused. '1 think," hi, went on. "seeing what perry has done with his life fhr." ho pans- I 'atra.n. starting from scratch, that -wo might give him the benefit of ttje doubt and wait ami sec what, feedoes with the rest'of it.'*. "Wail and see!" Susan br't’r in passionately. ‘This don't ui!! f .r---wattin- His calls tor domq right dTOSfi” • ' "Just what had y‘oq' in mind, Susan?" tier grami/attu r a-kcl. "Well, you're going IB bein'' she n- I-led 'toward ter - Aim. If he want • you to going-to tc|p- him I hear! say so: Why don't yoti, help Cerrv ‘ ,; v’ VwC-i ' as Frank!"

20 YEARS AGO TODAY Jaa. IS.-IF Arnold announces the organisation of the A and Z dining car company with main otficee in Fort WayneThe Adams county highway system is changed to provide four deputy supervisors instead of a foreman te each township. , Harry Daniels la a candidate for the Republican nomination for trustee of St. Mary's township. The Yellow jackets defeated Central of Fort Wayne last night. M-»9, te -M exciting game The CoinmodonM tost to Fort Wayne I’alholk- Contral .in another hot one, 37 to 27. J. S. Husey of the state public Instruction department is inspect the elementary schools hi Adams couaty. The Adams circuit court disposed of 224 civil cases during i»2»." Wills Probated With personal property valued at MOO, and the real estate valued at s2. (mm), as revealed when offered, the will of George Hindeulang. Sr. ’ was probated. There were 10 hairs listed In the appli( r at|on for letierk t»statn« nt ary filed by Henry Swy j gart. D. Burdette Custer filed affi - • davit aa subeerihing wiuusa to the I will, bond in the sum of was sbo filed Swygart was narie j e<j ex<c.v.tor of the estate, and’letI ter* were issued. 1 The will .of H&roM Moeshbcrger. I s'lpul.iiinu uil of my reiii.iin ina property, both real and per- ’ sonal.” should so to hi* widow, pro i vldhiK she doesn't remarry, f tr-red for prohatT’ Hrrwtven-etKMtkP J th* widow remarry, then >!»e will get on* third, and the vhjldrt n wiH ! get fwotfiirdh, to l»v «<|uaHy stiar’<d Fero-.ne Hawbakrr. by terms of the will, wax apppliited » -<* • ttlor oT I the Fa*l will and testament, Sain Nussbaum filed an affldavit'as sub ■H’rlbina witness, subjec t to th/ apj pri»val pkdhe c ourt . ' License * H I’.rrc-t-’- -,.f Heeattir;*and Jiidfih . L’c j.u. ' -. J Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

> The two cases aren’t exactly 1..." Suddenly, to their surprise, Don- ■ aid. also, was bn bis Ret, ins face 1 dead-white ,ib' an anger rarely seen t in him, bis napkin bunched in his • hand. 1 “You all make me. sick. Just i plain sick. You wonder why? > Well, 111 tel! you why." His blue eyes, as coldly brilliant as Eliza- >" beth’s haU’cvcr Veh, "went abound I the group, holding each one In turn. "Because Susan's deaii right! Because you've learned nothing 1 from living! Not a darn thing. , You people are the ones who have 1 sept the world up itv flames twice! ■ And now you're tatkmg about do1 ing it a third time. Hatr. That's 1 all you've generated in this world. I Hate and fear. And a lot of . dis- ■ gusting prejudicca Yet you ask ua to listen to you to take your. I word for things ..." He broke off i and threw his napkin’ violently i into a far corner of the room as f he finished. "Corrie oh, Susan. Lct'B get out of here." In the quiet that followed th* ir I rapid d< jiarture, k rank Bjiokc I again to Audrey. r "Your fault." he repeated/tal. • ■ ing a savage delight in l«ipg able > to accuse her of something d< sis nite. "Now you can whole business."" And ho mev/T • with his curious, light, ponderous I grace out of the room. ’ Elizabeth picked up a crane and poffped it into her mouth In spite . <>f her concern over the situation she could not. help but derive a certain amount <4 pleasure from ! thinking-that ATidrr y at- fast was getting her comeuppance. SI ■ was : having tn takeTrmn _ KcrTiilldr(’n~ ■ exactly W hat she r . EjiZAbclh, ha I had to take from her. "Tm inclined to agree with Frank. They got out'lit y opr cont trol years ago, Only- I w. .id- r if you can handle them now?" ■ she asked. Audrey made no reply for a- . moment. She was sudlcnly frightened. More frightened than- she. i had ever been m her life. But she would not admit it. ’ "If everyone will keep their hands off. I think I can," she said ! finally, and she. too, rose and went away. When she was g- n- Hbza- ' lie th pressed the buzzer for John and then began to hrfp hmrearr-. i out the remains of the Jifcakfast . to the kitchen. "It's m very late. ■ John.” she sail, in explanation. AS they went through the swmgmg-- door into the. pantry, Steven gazv'd thoughtfully’ , after i them. What Whi it) he had s-ud - to Gerry only last nig! • " "I porg firwla.-'v d abkt axil, do furbunic' ’ under my boa rm./.-free Yet here they w- ri , all. at each other’s throats. And all UvaUeC ' of Gerrv. " , .11? gave . a‘ shjift'. i—•■t' nt soin.d. Gun. • i’. h ; ” leiilu ral-' way to hit study. ' This" entire affair wopld take (To

Select Four Jurors In Mercy Death Case 21-Yeor-old Girl On Trial In Bridgeport Bridgeport. Cotrn., Jan 15 '(rPf- Tk>th the state and the defense in the Caro! Ann Palght murder trial appeared today to have decided that women ran search their minds and hearts on the issue of ‘’merry killing'* with Itwei passion than men Four jurors have been chosen. All are Women, middle-aged and mothers of children. Al! said they dtd not believe that one person or group of persons should be allowed to decide whether other persona should be put tn death. But they also told the defense would l»e willing to accept i the court’s instrucUon that the state of Connecticut must prove Carol was sane at the mo num ( she shot her father, shortly after she learned he waa stricken with a canter that could not be treated and would kill him within six months. Carol. 21, a college senior killed her father with one Shot from bis policeman s service re vol ver Si’pt. 23 as hr lay on a hospital bed in Stamford hospital Cail W i’aight, 52. was a veteran sergeant of the Stamford, (’onn.. , polke force. He had l»een his :'ei s i»et*i pal. her hunting and swimming companion. Carol I* teeing tried ip superior., court on a second-degree murder charge She pleaded innocent I ndvr state law. Judge John A Cornell must give her a life sent i em-e is she.is found guilty. As the friai began yesterday, defense attorney -Ha-vM —(hddatein--1 discdoseil Cafol k •leteiise would be femiMoary insHnhy: 1 • Th. defense will not dispute P_th_ 'fac’d that CaniF Fat shot ( h« t fat!ier_Sept 23 but will c laim . -die *;♦>. Insane at t|u* time,”-Gold-1 stein told the jtenlreiimn. The? tn’er national cuntrwersy ■■. ■ : , . ’ • v -f- , ’J. .' and I In* I * <»nb.-idLuu ‘ oT. EuihjanasUF groups ' th\i; jwrwitsjfn.rmuhlv ill and suf . . J):’, h • ■ I ; l»«g I’lJI •i • tlieli bwi :• •( < our! TttjvhorixaHon was reflected in <juvytio»t* of stairs attorney W Willis to the prospective? ■ • ~~~ 1 z •W J ’ lis as bed •ac h v enfrem a u u h«’t‘.' i h<’ we®.a member of an i jcFgdniZxit ittn' wh-h h beJievus that a MreVup • '-'.'Ol,''" ’perwuha .• ~ -hould : •/ put out cif tlVe world for i any whatsoever’ Jh also asked- whet hr tip* nlremon Lie -w !»» DnnfH Gt if fin,* _ ■ Bridgeport p>y, hiutrim It was. b.<‘ ! I'-vi at.n.'- te limohy wo iTd form « i; ■-i ; tis !!■»■’ i a>e of' both aides Three Portland Men Held For Robbery Washington. Pa , Jan .25 Xi’PF ! ‘i,’•*■»' I’-’.rf I.lrid Ind. n.' h wi re 'ln :-,i t.-day t>i trial <-n chaise* of nibbing a^ frafermU < luh I They w ie WilLud E, <‘*onpr. j ,-W»34v r. I Jr . and John W j Hi. i.ind. . all// ' a.pttrrvd aftor c j r hilr eiikaf•. r.entl •. \i’’e fa J - . j r/Hv.e vuiid _th® ! ’'it’ll also might ' be I e .pon>i;.;e for several -roh- j ■»eri<’s Jn..<M»io. -tli*’)r"»'aiotlT pre ' .'imniaiv hearih • vestvrdav ALGER HISS IS *1 otilini.x-d l'r«»M® Trsr «»»<•» ’."d 'u < «in ft <. umfc ’ l».i+4- twi- e dte-ciw-iiftt he had b«« n -■a—fbcixk .unra ♦ hi: iniLu-.: J t’ • • irj* tA I» motion ; in t '<e •. .. 1 ‘ •'" • ' ”'• ”P» n» •1.--. ' .tn »f!Y I i a n< w ’ri.ri C ■ ‘ ,i| '• . I*. . te. !i de ( »t| ■ •. ;. >• ..j,’. ~l’ , « •» :• Ff --’ : ’-.Crrtucp-f M- I’ ? ’\ - t> I > -Themms • • A’ :- •• c - y- t d Hr; ,a;d if»?w •n ~v•• b»i • id. i•• . | •‘‘.ct will s’.thd’ — Mr-*—avYT-. w?Mo-u l hesdtutiott j fr • L .. /h« ’ '-ra* b»• !d.- h:■ »)!“. • j’:: ilia. Hi' a?‘oen*y iiiteriupted ■ • t-k i iuiAAiL.n, j» r llir.s ?p makt-L .‘,l hrtef ’’xCv-ttjx hl Tb*j tUOge * >ll - !••«! and inviud th... to yo:ne .’o th* font c ( the c •'urtr’iom Hi- a n vde* his st ate turn* and G'Gcitid ti.n pruniunL/d . • • it i\r ' w ’’.l *ra* .a I’rt* <>f ‘l*: t > r :t'•i v.'tr- : li’ civnr’jb •' ■ ' P w' ft --I b «fd i : . ! h« . • •. 'i .c; ■; ,■ <»d ‘.\ k th *».*• , J *rtr ’ e r<rd / j,-o <r’ F Lr-.'.ij;ai u< ■h» • -.V 7f; *' . I . '1 ■ H ; u ? • 1 irt i 11 •* r ',U rh . - • h».tv >•>,. : ,u|. haI li.jf.d* .4?.-u a 4Ua*Lu*U4Lc 4,tel. -shuWjcd 11.0 . ’■ . ? F ;• -3. | Irt.,. , :.■ <1 ' . 'Ai.. 'de ov< n,di- '■

Temperaturo 64, Shorty Lee Out In A Street Hat The sun came out and the mercury climbed to about 44 decrees Tuesday aXtarnaoa. It looked aad felt Uke spring. And la sprint a mas*® fancy turns to hats. Along came " Shorty" Lee. farmer and frmer restaurant proprietor of thia city, wearing a atraw hat. 7. Stepping into this nenepaper office. Shorty inquired, "Where is Fred Mills.' I want to show him my straw hat." For many years Mr. Milla waa the harbinger of spring, being the first to appear •h a straw bat. ;—?= AU this happened on January 247 1»M. A. O. Fivt Bum T# DmNi As Home Destroyed Sailor, Wife And Three Girts Dead Hatboro. Pa., Jan? ». (I’l’i A BMilor, hit wife and their three daughtefM died today in Ihuir flaming home de*pile heroic effort* of the parents tu nave their chiidrea. The dead were: Horace Morrow, 10, Aviation -Machiniat’s Mate 3. c at the nearby Willow Grove <Pa.t naval air station; hi* wife, Claire, 39, and their daughter*/ Virginia. . 13; Patricia, nine, and Lolita, two. Mrs. Morrow had reached safety only to die when ehe runited hark into the blazing building to help her family A neigblMjr tried to stop her But failed. h Their < barred bodies were found J fruddlHl together in the childreD * hfdroom at the reared the »e< omi floor Firemen believe that Morrow awakened"by the smoke and flame# rushed from his bed to aid th®- |,< hildren and was trapped ——- The couple ii <.«ly son, a sai'lvt. i left the house two day* ago to , t a- turn tu-duty at Koy. West, Fla ’. *Th< Moifote* occupied quarter* ' tn a four-dwelling unit at the Lacc y Park housing project-. Three other I families in Ute unit escaped At though their homes Were damaged | by smoke and water Firemen brought the,flames on-' dor control in 2<» minutes but it w.»* more than before They cotild enter the < harred five-room I res-idepc e -* | Th“y fonnd Morrfiw> hody. Madrl Tf»7?SWrfti on the ; n<SYr n»Mr the «hart cd bed The j ithej* lay ahuigtejUe. .-' ■ / • . LaPortc Eldest Miehiggfi 'it'. Ind. Jan 34. ■I r> .All.-n M \fltetur. S 3, t.a Fori, . ,di«',i t>xiav in clink al ontirerKN ■"wn-Tra>rwi»"-u" -te w r siru, k by a car Jan. 13 II was Hie flr-f traffu fatality |„-rv in 361 ; days ; Hoosier Is Killed In Mine Accident I r. !». H Ulf. It 1 lan 2 jl’p) j ' •-•?' • • i *» t. artangi d * ■ i i li o• . ■ ■ h". . j ‘tiirr i bar miiter kill’ d in the l.Bbuk ILiwk tntii’?. I' llijy.li’ • te .1- b\ :* coal ’ .TnTT~v. ♦ : .uff. it.T“ a j j• .i u-h* d < hv't am! died ihMantiy j Trade tn a Gpod Town — Decatur

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Russians TigMea Partial BlKkada Trucks Slowed Down By Restrictions Bvrite, Jm gS.—fL'P!— Tb« Rumlm® UghUuMte tteir pgrtlal blocked, of Iterlta today by Impow inc slowdown restrlctloas on track* bound for the western auae*. Restrictions placed on westbound traffic on the Berlin suiierhlghway were the same as those imposed oa esat bound’ traffic into Berlta last Saturday -minute inspection of document, : The new slowdown cut truck traffic both in and out of Berlin by to percent Reports from HeimStedt. Soviet checkpoint on the sonal border west of Berlin, said three of four trucks an hour were going through each way compared to a noriust traffrc of 15 to 2®. Most of the trucks returning to western Germany weje empty, but were betag given the name alow check as loaded track* trying to ante* the <Uy. Train traffic over the border was n<4 interrupted bat the Itessiaus rontiaued hampering waterways barges The Sovlehsponsured news|<aper. lUrliit Zeituag. said the raetriettehs were merely. "< imirul to protect the German democratic republic and Berlin from exploitation by the i weal.” The newapaper said trucks had twen refused passage-be, ause they were cairyias a: tap metal, machines aud spate parrs needed in Berlin and the Soviet son," %UlMrtfa•• •»< t'.atMfr Wh. UVMU \otlr«- in Akrrrb, *Kr». I b.*t «*’•’ itii<le-t.4*igiu‘'l h-ik h<d-h roppoiht.f»! !•’ - rtutoj! t»f tlHi un it* t.f l<hi■di’ffT*'»«*>-■ >’» ta r. --f Ad te ■ta .. fp ,-*s. <1 Thr mU!•* hj prohal-ly urlytafit llrnr; «*«»>a«r< Kir«tal«®®r ’ " ■ I>. RwrArtlr I (Bair* <•!♦»»•»’ f M. IXW, JAN Jt* i M*. t * dWWARMhRItaaftaMMRAMnMWMI LJ. ZELT RAWLKIGH PRODUCTS • •43 Mercer Ave. ’ Phone 14201 1f.... Your Car Noeda OIL . . . come out to GAYS I - • W> will br-'pjid to thee* your oU, and i ■ - add to it. if needed. IS OUR BUSINESS! SAY'S MOBIL SERVICE Phone 318 Cor. 13th 4 Monroe St*.