Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1950 — Page 6

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Cooperation Mb-Hbm Census C. Os G Manager Points To Valves There are many reasons why oompl** e*n*u* return* are vs prime Importance to residents of Decatur. it wan pointed oat today by R W. Prodan. executive manatee of tka Decatur Chamber of Commerce, tn dtoeuaatag tbe 17th deeeunial ream of the Vai tod State* to be conducted la April. Pruden listed some of the reason * for local cooperation In the IMO census-as follows: The population count for each city combined with that of all other places in the state will determine the state's number of repratafetatires ia the Catted States coocreus "The population county of this city combined with that of all otheplaeea in oar legislative district will determine thia district's poeittoo in the state legislature. "(Mr city, Decatur, for the next IS yean will be ranked ia all oilcial population reports according to the ISSO count. .This become* lit - portant. aside from mere pride nt numbers and also, when bus!nearmen consider new locations for stores and factories which mean local employment: when government authorities plan the levelopmaat of public utUltloa and services; and whoa legislative bodies consider action on the distribution of school aid and other benefits thst are proportional to tbe population of each area. "The housing census will determ In* the number of dwelling units hare, bow many are occupied by oners and how many by tenants, what facilities they hare, and the ' indicated need for more housing ; sad Mt sue Ina of pubHe utilities! such as streets, water and sen er lines, and electricity, gas. and oth- • r facilities "The inquiries on income are important to determine the relative purchasing power of individual* : and families in our Such figures ate widely used as\ guide'to marketing and advertising ■ by a wide range of businesses, 4inc-- ■ hey show the number of ctm'sunrer uni’s in various Income brackets Information on .purchasric power Is vital Informat/on tor news papers and radio stations because ! nallo. Sl advertiser* fix their local quotas in part tin such data The census bureau/&oes not publish in come figurop for any Individual or family bupcomblnes th* Infornia-

Public Auction - HOUSEHOLD GOODS - On account of th* death ofmy hatband -I will eeil my Household -Goode at PuhUc. Auction at 1H South L Fitth Street. <>“. _ SATURDAY, MARCH 25,1950 at 1:00 P. M. HOUSEHOLD GOODS 2 piece Wine Living Room Suite, like new. Wine Tilt Back Chair and Ottoman Walnut Kneehole Desk * Vpholstered Chair 4 piece Walnut Bedroom Suite springs A mattress, good; Blue Studio Couch: Rose Overstulfed Chair: 7 Straight Chairs. Chrome * Red Breakfast Set J utility Cabinets; 4 Cupboards; Bookcase. Stands & Tables; Cotfee Xahle Walnut Sewing Cabinet; 3 Table Ij*mpx; 2 Floor Lamps I Wall Lamps, Walnut Bed and DrealeT. 4tollaway Bed. complete. .Metal Bed; Two Vxl2 Linoleums; 12x15 Linoleum. Walnut Dresser; Walnut Commode. Marble Top, o Whlte Enamel Kitchen Heater 5 Burner Kerosene Range 2 Burner Kerosene Stoye; Twin latundry Tubs; Maytag Washer: Kitchen Cabinet: 2 Wardrol>es; 75 tt> Ice Box; 2 Round Tables. Breakfast Table. 2 Medicine Cabinets; 2 High Chairs; Kitchen Stool; Electric Roaster' Speed -Queen Portable Mangle. |UO Ib. Ice Box. lutrge Pressure Cooker; H»0 good Dish Towels Dishes; I tenails. Garden Tools, Box Workman's Tools. Mine, articles TERMS CASH. ...... . - ............ Sale will be held inside In ease of bad weather MRS. BEATRICE KELLY, Owner S. Johnson. SM c —• Au<tioners ' Ml-lvin Lie, hty Brycr Daniel* Clerk

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Liest Fort Wayne Milk Medel Ares Washington, March U — (CP) — Au agriculture department proprMal would limit the Fort Wayne federal milk marketing area. In which mln imum producer prices are fixed, to the city limits of Fort Wayne, a spokesman said today. The department has recommended that suburban Fort Wayne Included in a four mile belt circling the city, now in the marketing area be dropped. The agriculture department meanwhile rejected a proposal by Fort Wayne area dairymen that the minimum milk price be boosted 1« cents per 100 pounds for class 1 milk. , ■ft SV I - tloa in statistical tables which do not reveal identities. "The inquiries on age measure potential needs for facilities, ser vices, and goods used primarily ny certain age groups, such as schools for Children and equipment tor these schools, hospital focilitie* for elder Individuals, and the like “The questions on marital status are important to establish national, state, and local totals on the number of married persona the oumler widowed, the number divorced and separated and the number of single individuals. Economists use the information in studying family formation and dissolution for business purposes The statistics tn combination with personal characterise’:are Important in measuring the in fluence of factors affectlng/families. t / "The questions asked of farme.-s in this county, and the other counties in our local territory bring out valuable Information on the production of food and other agricultural products and on the purchas- ; Ing power of the farm families. I “Every question included In the ■ 1950 census has been carefully selected after many conferences between representatives of business Isbor.ind governmental agencies. The Census bureau’also consider* 1 the'thousands of questions for iu formation received in Its correspdn/deni.efrbm users of census atari* - I tics. Therefore the inquiries reprjeirent th* census bureau's effort to obtain only such information as Is of maximum usefulness to the puo- . lie. The census represents a coop erative effort of all th* people in the country to compile basic infdrI mation about the population and ! its chief social and economic char ' act erist ics," .. I - 1 Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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Bednasek Showing Emotional Strain Grisly Details Os Girl's Death Told lowa City. la.. March 22—(UP> —lLobert Bednaaek showed sign* of severe emotional strain today as he listened to medical -teatimoay revealing the RriHly detail* of how hi* pretty campus sweetheart was strangled The moody University of lowa senior winced and nearly wept yes terday as two doctors gave vivid descriptions of what they found when they examined the body of Margaret “Gee Gee” Jackson. 20, last December Dr K J itoyd. |H (»niin‘‘Tit uhi vet »ity pathdloßist I*, expected ttv t<PII today what he , learned from an autopsy o’n the socially promincnt coed'*'-body.' • • • What he will have tfraay is con sidered crucial to the prosecution, which hopes to prove Thar the in juries the girl suffered w’ere so severe her death could not have been an accident Bednasek. a dreamy eyed psychology student, is on trial for fir*tdegree murder Fie ig :*i < u-cd of strangling Miss Jackson in a men s rooming house early Pec 1! foh lowing a dance and an Intimate dlH' ner of iwbster and burgundy wm* As the state moved info the ni di cal phase of Its case B»dna>» k squiimcd in - haß •'. < d and-cpvered his-eyes to escape seeing his swf »_’h» ,i: : - ■ Ml | ■ I post mortem photographs Defense attorneys <a*»d ‘'iUtHH has bes n hi s hard by. thrs talk Hi.-he tm d» •nd i ■i— Coroner George last witness called yesterday (debt! tied ’he ftDWtax white fvcninc gown adorned with a red . plus the gold slippers and other dpparil Mis> J-aekson wore that fateful morning On cross-examination, the defense asked the coroner if he didri t shout at Bednasek in the, police station and tfemand: ’ "Now listen you goddam S. O. H come clean.” Callahan denied it. “Didn't you pick up rhe clothes and stick them in his face?” he was asked He denied this but admitted later that he had shown the rloflies to Bednasek to prove he wasn’t lying when he "said JarkFnn- wash t<l . The owl c annot- move its eyes in their sockets, but may Tfifate its head hr an arc as wide as 270 degree*

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SB Jb' v ‘ JOAN MITZtI, 5. Is tended in New York hospital by nurse Anne Bonaventure after police found her hungry and suffering ' from third-degree burns, tossing on a soiled bed in a filthy room in an otherwise neat apartment In need of blood transfusions, she has a 30-50 chance to live. Parents, Mr. and Mrs David Rertzel, who said Joan burned herself playing with matches, were ordered to a mental hospital for observatlo'n. Three- other children were sent to a child welfare. center. . (IntcrnationaU , W a-hlncn.n State Ir, rci-tn' TWfflH hss forged ahead of It» neighbor.: nfegori jodake thg bad in tiw ptodticilon of h"p- Th- ' » -'a--s n d TWornJETaT. ( qTfd"r-r Thv-frSTton’’-comm* rciul—urop-pf. the plant

» THIS IS HOW "New Glory'' would look with stars added for Alaska and Hawaii »s states, according to design suggested by Chester Allen of Chicago Experts differ on the problem. (International)

Stale Legislators Slow To Announce Only 289 On File Now Officially Indianapolis. March 22 —(l'Pi— There win J>e 252 primary elections on May 2 to pick major part, -I-candidates for the 1950 legirlature. hut today--10 days before the filing deadlinp—only 289 persona had declared their candidacy officially. ; A slim majority of the declaf-. ed candidates were Republicans. land many of the Incumbent law ' makers had Indicated they wanted jfo come back for another term.I otds in the >*< frijlTT: <lf <«ns waniM to *tt in. the senate ir.nd 120 in the house There were ' 21 Democfats in senate races and i"ios In primaries' Tor ■ house seats Thirteen of the senate-* 20 tn i ciimhcnt RepilbiJ an* »ald they ’ wanted another fo.'tr-year term. ;and 3i of the 40 GOP representsft ives were'candidates acnin IVmI iwratle lawmakers were a little ! Slower.- Os th* four Oemwratic - senator* .whose . terms expire this year, only two had liled for re’ i nomination In the house. 37 of the Ih‘tho< r»ne - fin meml'er major liy -again ir-re candidates and 21 were huldouts." -Met o’ 'he Republican lead ers lit fife I'tr 1 cession were candldate, ,-..in’but th* top Democrats . appeared f' iui t ant to file again Senate ptesident pro tw» John \V Van Xe s.’-ft. Valparaiso, was ine ot the' ; fj rsl s o file intt Sen c l.en J.-■-■stem!.--: !• Jasper—who was minority caucus leader and

Norbert Lengerich ; Injured In Wreck Adams County Youth Injured Last Night Norbert Lengerich, route 5. was i admitted to the Adam* ednnty hoapital Tuesday night following I an accident which occurred in Allen county, one-four mile south of Monroeville, at Approximately ' lltJ# p. m. Lengerich suffered a compound ' fracture of the left leg. fractured left arm. body abrasions, lacerat- ' ed lower lip. and shock aa a result of the accident. Allen county authorities who investigated tbe accident stated that the Lengerich ear was apparently going south on state road 101 when the car struck a corner . of the Webster bridge, near Monroeville. , Tbe impact of the collision with the bridge swerved the car around dntil it was facing west. Its rear end perched on the railing of the bridge, about four feet off the ground. Authorities estimated the • damage to the car as a total loss. ■ 111 . ' "' the most experienced possibility to succeed the late Ren. Walter Vermillion. p._ Anderson, as his party'g upper house leader, wasn't! among those with his name on file'aS'a'candidate. The situation was similar in the house. Rep. W. O. Hughes. R., Fort Wayne, the minority leader last time, got his declaration' in early. But neither of the two ranking Democrats speaker Robert H. I Heller, Decatur, and majority leader Walter II Maehllng. Terre Hgute declared during the first 17 days. — Trucks hit IS time* harder than! automobiles, according to the In-T terstate Commerce Commission and the National Safety Council 1 Analyzing 1.20« truck accidents caused by mechanical defects, the ICC r«h>£t«ii 11 fo’al PJopTtyi age of 12 I’-’ P'-r (rash , ' Erltp'i-s-mcctth ; <m--welter- planet - 1 beside* the earth As ibe shadows of their satellites pass across them, or iri th* the shadow <d the planet', the phenomenon uceurt ~ .|

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4-H Accordion Band Planned In County Adams county I* to have a 4-H aceordtaa band. Any 4-H club membar'' Wte' playa an acronMon -♦ W vited to take part In this BOW activity. The first meeting for the group la scheduled for the county extension office Thursday. March 30, at 7:30 pm. The group will have several opportunities to perform throughout tbe summer. Arlene Balalger, Junior 4-H leader of Bertie, will be the director. All 4-H members who are interested are invited to come to the meeting or contact Mis* Balalger or the extension office. „ - 2 . DEAN ACHESON | (Fee Heard Free, res* <*eet substantiate his case. The state department. It was . understood, favors making its own loyalty files available to aulmommlttee members on term* of strictest eecrecy. But attorney general J. Howard Mcflrath. it If Yeu Had* fiemetnmg Ta fiell fry A Democrat Want Ad—lt Faya.

GOOTOIICKS and GOOD CHICK SUPPLIES Thete ar« the very be»t cWckt we can supply ot/ reasonable prices. They ore: 1. Bred for production. 2. From disease-inspected flocks. 3. Producing flocks are fed for chick vigor. PURINA ~ PURINA - STARTENA CHEKR-TABS-CHECKER-ETTS ui* them m drinking water Offv? Last year’s chick starter for firJf c ,;t. sentafion—proved on ico) tof 101 million chick*! I . - | feeders — fiSSa : FOUNTS H “ Several differ. • n * *’ ie * on d fsvSjSi fcirtd* to fit your X- needs. STIEFEL GRAIN CO. r -North First St. Phone 2-‘t-1

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WHS reimruri. Ims Informed Mr Truman that such mtion would . ......... ' ..

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