Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1950 — Page 6

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Vocational-Ag Classes Show Value Os Reqords

A visit to the Adams Cr-itral G 1. vocatUnial*grlcultur»l law Wednesday. showed what tome farmer* M IndUha are doing to find out where they are loslngmoney and making money in farm work,' and to protect themselves with record* from income tax men: Member* of the'class met with C. R. Gross. farm economist, from Purdue, yrho examined their Indiana farm account hooka, and ■bowed them what record* they should keep to get the proper tax exemptions. About 2v.oW> farmer* in Indiana keep these record*. Grok* explained. Class member* Include Brice. W. Fisher, Washington township: Myron H Haggard. Monroe township; Gerald A. Haggard. Blue Creek township: George Fry, Washington township: Doyle E Gilbert, Monroe township. Richard LaFontaine. Monroe township; Gene Arncdd. Washington township; Glen Orif flth*, Kirhland township: Roman Brlte. Washington township; Oscar J: Miller, Washington township; Dale Mankyy. Kirkland township; and Victor Grove, of Kirkland township. The books kept by these meh and four other Adam* county farmers will be collected next Janu ary and taken to I’tirdue. There, economists will take their figures, average them, and 'hen show farmers what their *i*e farm in thia area should produce In profit from each source of income. The men keeping record* were enthusiastic, over what they were 1

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I I I >< wW I H m‘ » ' Shopping is simple here at the M %fflnjF Cl QUALITY FOOD MARKET be I cause the moment you walk I through ou r Doorway To Thrift. I your budget problems are over, ■; ■ Every item we stock is priced I as low as we can get it. ■ BEEF 35c I | ground beef .. sscl ■ CARAMELS 29c I ■ RABBITS 6 I I SMOKED BONELESS Jf\ I pork nUr LOIN ROLL * * * I I AIIFFCC W iscoiwin ( ream -- Made AAf I 3 UFIEEOE from Raw Milk 90 days old War I ■ DIITTED "• NSHINE HUM X Il I DU II EK Score. I lb Roll lb ■ 3 AIIEECE H "°" \MER( AN ■ 3 vnEEaE j io.r \h i;o\ v3fV ■ I I I STORE HOURS ■ ■ OPEN EVERY PAY OF THE YEAR . ■ ■ v EXCEPT CHRISTMAS ■ ■ - — 8:00 A. M. Io 9:<M) P. M. » — ■ sSsl

learning about their own farms. Myron Haggard explained his situation Before, he Mid. any money left at the end of the year was hl* : profit-it no money was left, no! priitlt was made, and there was no; way tor him to figure out what had made him money and what had lost It. With these record*, if hi» chickens make a profit, he can tell how much, and whether It is worth his time to raise chickens. These progressive ex-G!.’» farm a total of 2,w acres in Adams county. Most of this land Is rented. Teaching the class is J. E Thacker, of Decatur, a graduate of rhe University of Illinois, she class started last October, and proved so popular that 25 more veterans have enrolled tn a new class stained by Thacker In the Adams Central area this July. During the summer these students study their own crops snd the proAle m< which they meet in farming. When the chinch bugs attacked Adams county corn, a specialist from Purdue came down and showed this clss» just what could be done here to evmbAt the situation. In the winter and during bad weather the groups visit special agriculture shows, study feeding charts and decide which are best for local conditions, and look over new- machinery. They study the markets to find out the best time to sell the produce and buy their equipment. At this time 86 veterans are taking this or simitar courses In agriculture in this coun--1 tr-

Go to the' church of your choice' neat Sunday. A Annual Joly Storewide | Clearance Sale is now in progress,.—E. F. Gam Store. 167t4 wSS FULL MILEAGE , SMOOTH . ®*Z Heavers Oil Service

Volunteer Firemen To Picnic Sunday Fire chief Cedric Fisher today announced that the annual ■Decatur volunteer fire department's ptcalc wiU be held next Bunday at Herman Dterkea’ cot twe at Ham ilton fhke. AU member! are urged j to meet at the fire station Sunday lat 9; 30 a. m.. and each family Is I requested to bring table service. Chicagoan Denies Kidnaping Charge , Declores Woman Asked For Ride Cincinnati. 0.. July 2d—<UP>— A red-halrad Chicagoan, accused of kidnaping an 18-yesrold expectant mother, denied the accusation today and said the woman asked him for a ride. Walter Dubrov, 29. explained that he had plt-ksd up Irene Clark, of Cable. O. and Marshall dark. 33. of Danville. 111., as the couple hitchhiked through Indiana. When Clark went Into a hamburger stand near Chicago, the girl "asked me to drive her away.” Dubrow told police here after he voluntarily gave himself up yesterday. ■ Clark, whois being held Jn Danville. ill., for return to Ohio on a charge of burglarising the borne of the girt's parents at Cable. O . said a red-haired man had kidnaped his . wife Sunday The young farm girl was found walking along a road near Vai paraiso. Ind. Monday. She told police that the man who gave her a ride tried to make line to her and she repulsed hint-. He then let her out. she said She said she and Clark were mar ried at South Bend. Ind.. May 31 I and that she has pregnant-, Authj orities Said. . however, there was ! no record cf the marriage. i ClarA was arrested on a larceny ! WAjr'aht sworn opt by ' ('vfife TFuff-' i man of Cshle, father of 'he gyl. Huffman, raid Clark stole a ,b|ll fold? < !<;< k and other Items . from his home Polk-e said Clark liSd a long prison record. HOLD FLOWER <('•«!iNwrd Fr»m !*■*<* «»ae» herbs* from grandmother'*, garden” ‘ Show Rules # FteM prig*- in aIL eJasse* will be Iff and blu^ribbon. second prize in all ( lasses will be 50 rents and k red ribbon: third and fourth places will be awarded ribbon on I j evr-ty’child who ha-* an entry will placing in the prize listAU exhibitors are to furnish and b» r» 'ponsibie for their \uwij- -tnmtaint r*, ♦* xre p t for spyt’Lnn n blooms, which will be furnished by the committee Accessories such as wood, figurines, etc. may be added to arrangements HxhiblUwill be judged according to rules of the Garden Club us Indiana. Inc, and <h < isiuns of the judges are final Adult i ki-.s- miniature bouquet 4 ' x 4" or hinder, t win ’‘bouquets*':' tabb bouquets inixed. asters: lair»- ■ zinnias. ♦» bloom; small iinnias, 12 blooms large marigolds. f» -blooms: small marigolds. 12 blooms; snapi dragons; perennial phlox; nasturtiums; petunias: cosmos, iiaillar idias: speeium of, roses, 1 bloom: I roses bouquet: spreium of gladibla, I 1 fcloom.; tuberous begonias; flower i arrange men ta;~ik»wer» wear; ! flowering house plants,, foliag* l I house plants. I Children's classes mixed„ bou p quets: handicraft •* pertaintng to hqpie and garden as birdhouses, lawn decorations., or flower containers •. IS I Hl . * ■ ON fHf WHITI HOUSE lawn. Evgni (glut Billy Graham, 11. pny* for I divine aid to America tn the Korean j conflict PrM.dent Truman *tbod ! with bowed head m the Charlotte. ' North C«robn», Bapt'it clergyman j I k&elL (JwlenMtwnal SowndpAoto)

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Indianapolis Site . For Physkg Emns i; ' ’ Initial Exams For Draftees July 31 Indiahhpoii*. July 2s—(VPl—Indian* draft board* and recruiting *talion* awaited an lipaurge of buMncas today In light of Preaident Truman'* war meaeage. Retmrve* and national 'guard* men awaited poaaible mobilintion call*, -and aelectlve *ervice office* w.re leady to call up their tint 1-A men within a'week. ftav-ruitlng activity wa* (low throughout the state ye*terday—• one recruiter aald “the rain held it down" —but official* Mid today Mould be a record-maker. A downtown Indianapolis cite wa* selected yesterday aa th* piece where army and air force enlistee*, inductee*, and pre-inducteea will be given pjiyalcal and mpntal examination*. It will be the only inch station in the state. Fir»t physical exam* for- draftee* were expected July 31. Brig. Gen. Robinson Hitchcock, state aelectlve service director, said about, 2.5 M men from 19 to 2S would be called tor physical* in hillng Indiana* first draft quota of 578 men by Sept. 30. All will report to the new Induction »tition. at 3*2 Ma*»achu«ett* Av*. Setting up only one prbceMlng station mean* men from the farth-

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eat corner* of toe stat* will -hap* to travel 400 mile* or more to and from Indianapolis for physical*. Around 100, or between 15 and 20 percept of Indiana's first draft quota, will come from Marion , county where the processing' sta, (ton is located. Meanwhile, recruiting center* awaited orders under which they - wee* 'to prove** rewrvlMs. Navy s official* said roserve* would cont tlnue to be accepted on a volunt tary basis, but an army spokesman said they had.-, not yet received i- authority to'accept reServes. 3 Naval reserve headquarter* in i .Indianapolis reported an influx of L inquiries after the President’*- message to congress yesterday. Chief r yeoman George Ollier said a large - number of re*ervl»ts asked lastt night it they could volunteer as a r group and be assigned to the same ship. * "There’s no doubt about It." e Ollier said "Spirit is high, and a I. lot of navy veterans want to get e back in.“ ~ " National guard officers said they 1 have received no information which Indiana guard units, If any, will be • called. ’ 'The fastest scheduled train run 5 in the l ulled -State* Is over the 9 Burlington tracks between East 9 Dubuque, ill.; and Prairie du 1 Chieti. Wi«. The Burlington Ze- ‘ phyr goes 54.8 miles in 38 minutes tor an average of M. 2 miles per 9 hour. I- •

A blue flame which appears on certain pieces of land probably I* due to methane, also called marsh gas or fire damp. IP there are mine* in the vicinity it may be formed by the decay of vegetation. 3C — , . E*l grass Is the favorite food of waterfowl. ■ COMMISSIONERS tOewUewed Frees !*■■» Owe) Btnjantiu Gerke and Henry Dehner a* viewer* to work In conjunction

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with county surveyor Herman Moellering on the appraisement for th* Barney Harkman drainage ditch In Union township. TRUMAN CALL ~ ICeetleeed grew rase <>ee> : an atomic war What has happened, in effect, is that j£e have gone back to the -•'balance cf power" c<>uc-ept . that ha* led to ’war* tn the past In World War I It wa* the triple alliance against the triple entente: ; Germany. Austria-Hungry and Italy I

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against Britain, France and Russia. Italy gulled out when the shooting Started, but the Kaiaer went ahead anyway. In World War II It wa* the Axis against the western powNow there Is another balance of power. On oao aide to Russia and . her allies, already armed and arming faster every day. On the other ■ide ia the United State* and her supporter* in the Uuited Nation*. So far they are not too well armed, but they soon will bo. That's the ' pledge that Mr. Truman made to i the free world yesterday.