Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1951 — Page 1

Vol XLIX.'Nw. 28

MILLIONS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE COLD

Nation Death Toll Is Near Ta3ooMark Fart Os Southland i 1$ Hit By Sub-Zero i Marks This Morhipg J'- ' 1 ' . ■ ■H ■ ■ ■ , Ry United Pros* ■■). ~v -Sub-zero'cold , engulfed sections iiif tbr soilthhupj today as millions [of A|necJcans miffered from the i«4» know, floods and cold of one pt'trtK* most Wvere* winter storms |hi -y*|urk ' • ■dr Foijr persons froze to death in states and the weather lieatk' toll since Saturday apfiroawed the 300 mark. Property’ |\nd crop damage ran into the millions'of (Lpllars as the big freeze Iproajl across Dixie. ') ! •- Shlyerink midwesjerners were theetfd by predictions that tern’would climb above the. ero jniark in sohie communities Hnotpajw. | Since Saturday y when the storm IL-gai| a United Press survey list•|d deaths. Nearly half were < m tmffic accideqta on rflippery Highymys. Fires killed. 76. |) Memphis reported 11 helow zero. t|ie i|ddest- on record. Subzero Weather hampered the efforts of ' (matins to dig out pf a blanket ( jpi knpw 11 inches .deep at some . Greensburg, Ind , reported 'i|’. 35, below zero today, the i cold*-*! eVer recorded. 11l thaflloos- ' Mr affile, ■ ..■ I par LHonvllfe. Fid , renmicd ‘ »f|rrz.t ig rain which fnlrined ihdeles tji tihe heat Ip's N w ,ht ly 5.50 U ' around Etl>l St 'Ulii*. lit, Wljrfe laid off ImcatiHe gtjtk sup idles Were < totalled 111 t.idd MjriUhiT.- ' ' v I* U H ’ StnuthweMern lltdl hp<Mhnoiif* company -ahi the Mietiliir lute' roused SI,IHM),(Hm Worth’-<»f dnmoMe to It * IRHm ami cfjrtlptjhfnt in five hlulim, mostly 111 Tejfiis . ’’ , ' ' «leyastutit)g freeze, jcausod < linp ftnd IjvoHto'ck losses eglim,it v| utf 112.500,000 to $20,000,000 tn ’• 'l'i‘xa-i- alone . jT3>»»|\frlgld ulj ;tnoVed doWn the ■ v F|<rrida peninsula .today, endangeriu[g nw»re thatU $100,000,000 worth ofi; ritjiis fruit and? thousands. of adres of truck crops. p*he;( Kentucky and Uumherland more than 5.000 perthleir homes In south«isteh| Kentucky, and engineers saiid property losses would, surpass the damage hi the "million dculaf |fl6od”. of 1946. \. i |Shd<| piled 14 inches deep at riptbkjnd, and a treacherous sheet off h*e| slush of snow > stretched frorti thk Rockies'to Maine, Kvea(her ‘forecasters at -Chicago sa|d wkrtner Air was edging into I'. 3 Turn To Pave M*» Legion Oratorical Contest Feb. 16 j Ddte Is Announced County Contest was fttade tkday by’ Ed Jaberg that Thd county - wide Afnericun Legion sponsored nidtprotal c ontest will he held in Ihf Hejntur high school auditor iiiiji) Friday, February 16 at 1 :m ; i‘ . >' ' ' i I - hi •del <• übly'lup I fihle.-.linii., .! I h.i|ar Ip-rti named ! Miss’ 'M.inh n 1 HiidPlllo rcpreseni llm ’He. .om' ’ ; Ithib sripxd utid MHs Kdlth. Htru iyt to fepreaeni Admits 'Chiitrnl \ It..th , . - <i«-hofth ■ - ' > ' ißhniigh h lias mil hm>h dfll riiijly .lahmit sithl Ito? Ittiiiei>4md| that IM’iiiliii t’lilholh ■ hlgjh si |ool wilt iileo huVe it >i epfp seqtaPiv|« psri h l|»m Ing In ilo> lUh annual ittrtlionnl lilrh m bool mu r tiirjcdl |oti)e.Ht . j-X- » . J -Jaher|. who Im amerh iinlAm chillrmthi of poM.t 43, local spun imHit ofrjihe contest, stated that thdre will"- he the usual, awards to Paiilcipfhls: $25 for first ,plnce islfi for second/ a lid $lO fprphirtj place i He add erf that there wIU be five .tTwm »o P««* tut s y > i-B . \ ■ .. L ' ' ■t ■ b

. - ■ . ? I i ’ I / h ’' ■ ;. 1 Boy Scouts Will Pick-Up Waste. Paper Saturday Morning DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY IN ADAMS COUNTY ' A —— '■ ; — ; L ; '

| Paper Collection Saturday Morning p ■ . ■’ Ih -pltv the, <old weather Ibtc.i Itilr lh»y Hcotits will miike thelj‘UOptSlv w.mtv pupi l pojlevtloH . Hutitrduy mornbig. stdrilti t tn ■ <i .Im k Any rcHldents jwho .ill<• [ Utmlile to pim v their waste paper ■reciirely lied, on tin* rtirliH, m |mlHge<| diiring the t idle« iloti, 'hr. laskbd |t> telephone !! Mi IT betwi‘ei|i I'• ahd 11 .4 m . and the paper wll I ne flicked' up.i r • ' : War Effort Is Paralyzed By Rail Walkout Limited Embargo Placed On Mail By Government Orders j BULLETIN | Washington. Feb. 2.—(UP) The White House today acicus- ■' 'led: the chiefs of four railroad unions of “bad faith” iih sighing an agreement' with the carriers last Dec. 21. \ j Presidential secretary Joseph > Short, in f formal statement/ . said the striking of one of the unions—the Brother- ■ hood of Railroad Trainmen—• ) have an “dhligation” to stay at / work "white they use whatever I democratic processes are availi. able to settle their dispute?*. | Ry Unifvd Ur. ms ( i 'l'lii. v miMl •<> < o;v I riilli narl 4trik/ f wiih m|)»wlv puinlyzlng llm 4tpiii ; n'< *tir_|tfiiu'i jb’diis .1-. tiamm.i'b .■ \ I imiduil tlpilij wulkoiK iliMplfc /din <'imifmi!l pinccidlugH and iippifilH i fiom.ihtlr >|nhm t«> i.'iunv io wmk Tlii* Htifko by ulmin lo,ihU) mem ' lu-in ol Ihr 'lmii h> i hi.'"d "I r.illm ul nulnmiii hl|d thrown liTT:i\<l<’l wm,l‘ i »tm off thvli! lolih hi uif. (<i'd Imlu , trie i uml tip* l<u:il wu r i xprch d io Miiui ovi i hy niphlfall \ ‘ tli' l walkout Mprciid |<i IT inll loubi and - f ’>p (it'll-, (lie pb«l birth' dtputfmeni, placed i| '' |lmi.|rd rm h.iiito on II e irnillK .which were caixing hi m, y load- of thiilfuty i orreMpondt !i n “ and pareelA, ' The i inbiirgo stopped imiils ’ traveling botwenii affected Areas but (Xi inpled first class jmMt tjndtr r ight, ouh< < newspapers j and .emergency -mpplh s such as mi*dieal goods. Aiit mail, air pai'eel posl ai|d /purely local .mail, including iinhl (Turn To I’airv, Thrrrl j Decatur Rotarians. Hear School Orators Constitution Is Topic Os Speeches ' Decatur high school’s twd top oralors. Misses Marilyn Hpblei and ■ Ann Deitsch were the guest sneakier.s at the. Weekly meetin|g of tim ! Decatur Rotary club Thursiday evei niug. ' Jhe young) ladies, both members of the smi|oi| ohms, presenfeds Hu fr orations on |he American constiti| : lion. As ( ijtrit.s in the ' aifnual American Liehion oratorical contest. Miss llohlet iwoii the Decatur high i school contest, with Mis- Dt-itscb .a- the iliei ii;tii . . • ! Mis- lit.h|» . will iepi is< nt r the I Ihi atui high school in ihe efuinijt Immtrttt, to. ht held Friday, Felj |t| | \ limji stml.pi- pK-mit il iheni dl4 I missions ip ddmiitihlp style, gjviiiit hinhly initllhumi ami RRmehini Viewpoint” o|) thr» z i-niisHfnDop; anil wlittl it m»-iiil tn ih< i Hd> ns oj Hit I’tlllrd rtlftlri® * ■••..• | ! ! rhe ’poahiii. Wme imiotlmeM by I’s mo’ Dot win lurll n< ini'of »io i ( h lii ihi high hool i Ta.' ii»A .leity Lit ir nod llliht K /• iIo I li Ihi'li' l.fti' h> « l-’ Ilf llm Idtumlp uidiool werii fogj m tin iiiifio h | imo the clpli. wnh U E Bull Votpran notnhii oif thti D'i oio chib viiitdiietiim the<i 11 .< lllntiv, ; I 4 \y iibm f. t| o blub pn’ id* m, mi noupoml that the RoturliitiH i will meet next Tl nrnday evening jwllh, the Llon» duh and ri pi t" t-iitaji'< « nf Adamn Post 43. Amerlcuh i Lfgioo, In th- annua! Roy Beirut banquet at the Maxonlfc hall

“Den. Ike” Reports On Europd Command >9H9ic| I Ml I GEN- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER tells a Joint session of chngresa ifj the of congress that his , sole interest in leading Western fcurbpe’k unified defense forced is to ’‘abrvht- the good of the United States'.” lie is shown (lower left) as he delivered his address.; )•( |

UN'TanksAnd | Troops Smash ! Wearer Seoul Within Eight Air ' Milos; Rout Reds i From East Anchor j Tokyo, Rriti.i'day. Feb x (VP) I ; Ni.iloih tank-and liil'an ' 1 tty kmii'Mhod within tight ah I pis s,mil Fj)l(la) To the rust Huy i< ui« flu uiiiiw •« commiini I; > 1I ofll, I lie I a-i Ill'll hoi of lln h '<hj f I . Il’llHl | Hill- ; The drive on) J4»oul cnpfuiedj Atiyutm. nine ii|ih« to the Mouth,l 1 mid hioiight the Houth KoieAn rapi-; tul Within aitllleiy rang*. Fo iy miles rust, a Franco-Amrri-ran '.i<k foriv muit'il fi otin n-ds In a bloody, i:; hour battle ground I . Slncl on, 10 miles north of Vojti. J Allied officers said the United Nath ijis attack was moving steadily forWiyd all along the 40mile front, backed by a shattering, around-the* clock British and American artU- [ let y inrrage. Chinese Communist troops attempted to counter-attack undty cover of fog seven miles northwest of Sifwon. mt were bealten back with heavy losses in the first at tempt The fog gifted. revealing the Chi-\ nese. ind “everybody got into the act” in blasting them -machine gunners, tadks artillery and rpeketfiiing planes. ' Late Friday two more red com panih oattacked the same positions i anti 'i|he battle was reported still going on earlv Saturday. (The Chinese communisV radio at Peiping said Saturday that the allied itiack'was being made with “more than 10(1,000 men." (An English language broadcast ideptijfiod the units in setion as the IF.pl. Ist cavalry division, the U.S. 2nd, 24th and 25th infantry divisions, the Republic of Korea Ist and 6th divisions, the British 27th and 2pt|h brigades' and Tut kish and • (li t ek I l oops (The! ud broadcast said the al li«d ailack made “little advance apd oil'll HI rijpit (I\l>ul pO-l s Of,tile pfopU-. tOK e-j ") ■ ' Ait| nb'iuurd tank forVe lashed mn from Aiiyaiig ,n dgmi m d edged' M<miy noiili ipwaid Hrmil thimmh' H IT»mt tn Fawe HIM Government Reporfi 40 Million Surplus Wdkhlth'.hm, |'pb ? (UP) | ho (c. 1,1 al t-lvei nmelil bail II Hlfl ijlllß of sl(l,m.<l.tpt 2(1 nt thu end Os .IniHiiary. tile dnllv treasury statei k-iii disclosed today. I'riilH f'bliiek lnk\" figure for tl*» flhstJ'seven mmiths jot tfie 1051 t lHCiil year Which began liihU July ( i l - compared with a deficit of .$1,25(1,q5,926 27 on Jan mho. ) Treasury offlclftla wpert the she 1 i plus to evaporate when heavy 'military begin |o ahow np on the balance sheet

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 2, 1951. - — -

- , — i —i —-r-t Las Vegas Rocked By Atomic Blast Tremendous Blast Rocks Nevada City p- I .•4S U 4. LJ,T I N Roche.ter, N.V., F»b. 2— (UP)—-Dr. Henry A. Blair, head i of the atomic energy project at the of Rocheeter, eiaicU today that test* ehowed radio active materlate In enow which haa ‘alien here ilnce the beginning cf atomic ttata near I' Lae Vegae. Ney. , He paid that there was "no danger whateoever to either h antmall or humarj belnge" in Ithe radio-active enow. ■ ■ * Las V<?gils, Npv Feb .2 — (UP) A t reintindoiis atomic t<*Kl blunt ut •he pi'tyihg grounds ioo miles I from here rocked this resort city before djiwn today. causl|ng minor damage find setting |<iff burglar) alarpis Ip the downtown district, I A tren|endous cloud mushroomedintp the sky seconds after the blast. It was the first time L;is Vegas resldenis have reported seeing such a cloud following a test blast. ■* : ' ■. ') ' J ResidenU of fopr western states) Utah, y California and Arizond—saw the blinding flash that accompanied the explosion. ' Many, residents said tile, blast I was the strongest of four explosions at the proving grounds, located on Frenchman Flat, in the past Week'. I Mrsi. Annie C. Hille, a resident of Fa|rvif»w, Utah, about 350 miles norttidast of, Las Vegas, said she had been getting up early to watciA fdr blast si She said she saw the great liglit fropr the blast this ■ morning about U|:4s a. hr. ysT. (7:45 a. ill. CST.) ' -i ! ' r L "It was like a beautiful sunset, amPorange, except that it lasted only a.split second," she said; I, A plate glass; window was broken in Marjer’s furniture store In the hegrl of (lie Las Vetfiih business dlslriri . ' j,,. HiIFKIW : illarnis In lam Vegas wt i e set ori ua happened atiei the seebiiil (if lest explosions. po)h.ifhcei Elmei E thiui Mid life fwdltm desk Whs, driuaw(| W Illi felrpimile . ,ii| B I 1.,- fllißtih nneiev ', .mimiMlpb rield dfl bK l UIH Itmed llillf llm liluM Was from ‘tmu of (»ur per Indic h»«ds f ’ hut would miiv unlhihg more it Wimlit npt comment <>in the poaslblllfy tlml todny'H blast wiir Ihe sirrmecst A spokesman siiid tln-re wn« no slgitUh’ance 0 .to the Ru’t that AKO rapreseniUHveH left word Unit they w.-t,- "unavailable” for, nearly half an hour Imtneiliatgly after confirming , the explosion, 'fhe ARC’would not confirm that, the cloud that mushropmiwl Into the aky after the ,an< atomic dnhd ' .?■ 'f•■ ' '■■ ' ’

—p 1 Truman Asks Tax Increase Os 10Billion Asks Congress To n Prepare For Later r Still Heavier Tax ■ .• 1 ~ WaHllfhglou. I'eb 2 (UP) Pie idem riurnan naked rdnjiree*J loilav to jin reg o luxes by sjio.imu (kip.ihlp now mid prepiire foi later jHII Ifpn.vlvi levies lo put the g(M (tl'lmieht on a pay us be go miMla fMi 'hliman recommended n f l ? ( Hu;iu)|i,omi Increase In p •r-'oiiiil ttixea. |:l,(lOO,O0n;ft()fl more In. i oi'puratbm Income hisc|h mid :( Immh of fl,0011,0,00,(ib(l In federnl ei'xHse l taxes ’in addition, he urged congress to t "curry further thb program It last year to .-(.-lose l Iriop- ) tjojes hi jhe present tax laws " * ) .Mr. Trtiman aii<l not say how much more tax nioney he “would 4sk Inter, po|ptirig\ out that con-, ) iir#ss hag not yet acted op his , spending budget. I 4)n tlie of his January budget estimates, it would take a further in taxes to '■ balance the budget. But many fiojlfbe.rs of congress contend that bisH spending should and will: he reduced, lit Mr. Truman's budget there ) is ’4 spread of $16,500,000,000 between the estimated receipts and the,, estiipated expenditures) The president asked that only $10,000,(HKlpiito of this be made up at this 1 ’ijiie. “ ' ’ . ■ '- ( . ~\fr. Truman did not recoinmend ij a hationai gales tax, which has been under study by government i officials as a potential gource of new revenue .He| did not even iheitiiou it. (|id he spell out jn detail how the : new taxes should be raised. He left that for treasury secleiaky John \V. Snyder ' to , do. ' Monday..:: ■Vfiklml ‘54,000,000,1100 more in itui|yhlm»l income taxes. Mr. Truinaft Siiifd Ibis i- the. mainstay of mil’federal (ax sysienj ; ‘jf hhtml.l he the major source of .the adtliiion.il reyenim , we ' uMt" .he Mild j )'l^ B ui. rt aiiiy I'cportedly plans :m ( ~t ' fmti IH'ippulhye pnlul- 111 cat’ll liniiiiin ini tbrai’hai ‘l’iih IllhtiUn tlml nil (he fit sf oM|ip tis thkilpln Im mill' n faxpiiy’ "iwi’iilil |uiv 2k percelH liislond <if ( "0 ipHci'nt In the hiackef ho •*e£ti s2„(»im and H.ihhi of laxahlo ( Hi' onto Ajie would pay 2(1 lia rctmt Instead of’the proseut jmrgrnt - n<*t*ii#ea would Ifie made on up the . lad.ler- > 'li -Ttummi would ynnilnue the ; lido I’xempiiou for each, taxpayer ind .lopen'deni Some have propHicd reducing It to SSOO. ns was i iTnra Te Few m«t

■ Record Mark Os 35 Below Sef In State 1 ■ . ** Coldest Mark Eyer Recorded Set At Greensburg Today I’.v t’nitrd Prett '>■ The coldest ev< r rp corded in Indiana pushed the met- ! cury to 35 below zero today. ) I JHif 1 low mark was recorded lit I fireetisburg. 47 miles southeast of [lndianapolis, It shattered an alltime low of 33 below ,st i| at Lafay- | ette In 1885 and duplicated in 1887, VVtiather bureau records djate back to IS7I. <\.., ■ \ j extreme bold wave blanketed the 4tate\ with surprising suddenjiness.: Koiua-ts had called for an extrejne down to 10 below But turned far colder, on the heels of a 24-hotir [snowfall that blanketed Hoosierland with up to 10 inches. area in the state fell vicJ tint to the sub-zero cold. Strangely. southern and central Indiana points were colder than upstate cities). Evansville’s 21 below and Terre Haute's 20'below set blew all-timh records for those .cities'. At Indianapolis. it was 19 below but -six ,degrees short of the hll-time record of 25 set in 1884. The extreme temperatures were recorded shortly before daybreak. T» mperutures dropped steadily all day yesterday and throughout the piuht' and early morning hours,. Aimi ml fl am., they reached the hottoin and stinted a slow climb. ' Wlthl/n little more than three hours, (he liDicuty roue 11 degrees in Indliimip<dis to eight b. low Til.- .-old literally frow autos, in jlhrlr t racks, Thmtsand* of motor i|HtH wiir unable tn wtart their cur* liind public 11airportati.m fiK lllllts jh el r |O .if u'.i ils j ■| Dozen <d s.-hooi. throughout the Htate pieMiim'lv were cloud by h v and packed ttuul* Other* were expictid iju stay <Ho«i!d today bvcuuHc ,of lihndcttmiti- luntiim in the fuee of the t. m pci at in "s It was "gr-uindhog day" and the day dawned bright and sunny <)!> Mivcis s;iid there was little doulit lire aniniil saw Its shadow' mid went back Into his burrow for six more weeks of winter weather. 1 Th» low temperatures rfidn’t sur prise Mijrk Purcell of Rushville, veteran forecaster who r/e ads (Turn to Pnsrr Mobile X-Ray Unit In County Next Week ■ aT■ Nr"' ' ■-'■'■fj ' Announce Schedule For Examinations Mrs. W. Guy Ftrowfn. secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association. today announced the schedule wlmn the mobile X-ray unit Will visit different points in the county. The unit will be here f)om Mondav through Friday next Week.' I I ' ’ On Monday the mobile unit will be at the Herne high school to X-ray student , fjrom 1-2 pan., then the general public from 34 p.m. \ Tuesday, the Unit will visit Geneva high school whet 1 students of that school will undeigo X-rays ftom 9-)lu a.ni., stjudurfts (Jf Hartford ahd, Jefferson hllgh sclumls at ihe same Mtation fro|m iti-11 am., and ihe public until.jiiomi rrrnn 2 :to-4 hi pm the uhit will Im al thy Htdiaftr mmipmiy til DmJiDit | W.dix u-d..i Hit u|iit mu 1.,- m,. Hbllfd -11 lilt’ Cphliml Hhvji cumlmin igitihi n •- -■ ugth nimn mid m«i)iii ftmil l i> tn mini <I! 11l V 1 (in ’fhliisdiiv ||ie unltj will h» mi lip* Dt ent in f Giftt Im'** w coinimny li->m .0: Until! It) a.tn,, then at the frmtt entrant ♦' of the DreatiU high ! rhooi., wh< i•• from i unitr :> p m sNudi m * of Monmouth high schoiil will be X-rnved, from 2 to 3 p ni.j simliiiiH nf Adam* ('<»ntral high ; gflhool. und (lit general piihllc from ! 3-4 p m. 'J-’tlday the studehts -of Phuistint - MUN high school will bo Xi;ivol from » a u). tii 9:30 a m ; Decatur (Turn To Paitr lata)

dniTi.ii.i iinur “I ... i- _ Ts ’- ’ ■ ‘ Candidate ;■ • . ■ I ■ * JH ' K-' Mayor Jdhn M. Doan 11 i ... John M. Doan Seeks Reelection As Mayor ; Seeks Republican | Nomination In May »■ I > . )-■ ■( •■ . i■• ( f Mayor John M. I)lan today aiiiloiinced that he wouljl st ek renomi- ■ nation and rceltctioii as mayor (if 1 Decatur. .Mayor Dotin. a Republi ’ can, will fin ; sh term in that office iky- .ianuSiy 1 \ Mayor D->an, who inh fmi» ial di 1 rector in rhe firm of Gillig and *! Doan, whs elected miljyor |n 1947 -i"f>:i,ting turner mayor .) nn n ■) Stullta, Democrat. He had previous -I ly serv-d two t» tins k' v W’ashing'on ■ I Township trustee. Tin Dotin- came to Decatur 2s I >)• U S ilg.. Th. y . nljlde in flu b 1! own home <m Jef/arsmi stn.i A 'Lapn, John, Jr I- In the I’s murines hnd -li pi--(ib K t imin', to JUpitb 1 In a u phiet mt nt unit Another sim Rtlbe- u|ent in I». < ..I 111 111 th L si-lioid I hcie also are two diiliuli ■' i»’tj Mi' |(’ il H-emv and Mik. ‘ D ivhl 111 111 I hot II (if De< il'flii Mayor Do.in, In m-« him: I < Slime of |ii !• ! m as tnnyt.i ,point < d out the street mid nib y uu I J pfovements made during the la-t tlii.'c years.' th" water. soft, ning j plant, which Will begin operation vtry soon, lit passage of a milkI inspection o|<linance; installation of police radio servicM; easing of traffic congestion by; the Installs*tion. of parking meters and the pur- ■ chasing of a free parking lot in the uptown area the improvement ot city parks and the furnishing of I facilities at Hanna-Guttman park j ftjr the annual-fair: erection of new : street signs and the improvements : at the municipal power plant, which j eventually will provide* the city! with all of its necesshry light and) power. , \■ , i The mayor t|aid tbSl he would ' an active campaign both in the primar.v and gejnerdl electhm : and would continue his presept I’policy of .“good local government, ’• Mayor Doan is the third Republican in the history of Decatur ever to be ' elected to the office of mayor. Maloney Home Is Destroyed By Fire ! i Early Morning Fire | Destroys Farm Home An early morning fire today lev- '. 11.-. I ihe HiiiiH of Uharles .M<il<. ney rural mall cn’ri-tei ab.ouf a mile wgbf of the city, wlii|e c|ty I fßemeh were ungblp l« exHnkuUh <hi? flmiiti" f Thu apvm’e tmltj wpglhui l pluJ vmtrd aiiitm hV ilib Brrmau Fr(tlif llm llliiintiii Hrnv temivm: the ball ilmtil 1 I . a m mu it they 'lravelpil lt> IliU sdmm id thn | lite, the pi)mps ami valves of th*.’ . fit" Inirk were frc>«ett snltd. i p Unable Id utilize the lire trmK g riniu hjnery. city hfi'men tried I i.lesporatelv to cmilw*< t the hpgp with a cistern next to the flam- . Illg houae. The beat;, howi wr, drmi 1 ' them iiwtiy By the OOte firemen were nil!,<.|, j the fire wn,M well underway, gml I ♦.he Muloncya were able to Httlvage I ■but a. few items from the honbg boforo It burned dpwn

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Mercury Drops To 16 Below; Schools Close All Rural, Berne Schools Closed By Severe Cold, Snow There’s probably no question about it j - if the groundhog had enbugh spunk v to crawl out of a nice Uarni. hole today he doubtlessly saw hik shadow. According tp mythology, or something, that fneiiins ftiat winter will be I with us for six more weeks. ■ There was evpry indication that winter was going to take its work seriously, for the thermometers in >he. area plummeted to their lowest marks in the past several years.. In fact, according to the record books, only two times H the.past 33 yea?s has the temper »- ture dropped so low. I|n 1918 there w.-ie recordings of 30 below; in the winter of !1936 temperatures of front 10 to 20 below were re1 ported. ' ' |f The temperature here dropped to an official 16- degrees :below zero, but unofficially. lowleA temperatures were reported. Thurman Drew reported that it was IS helow at his home in Root township, and other reports <ore as low as 22 below. Sporadic readings of ihe thermometer on the front of she Daily Democrat building showed exactly ' zero alt 10 p *n. Thursday. 2 below at midnight, 12 below at 6 a m today, in below.l at 8 a. ,m. Thu thermometer tb'uMend. though, toward the zeni marl) by -noon,today j | ' The-cold weather had Hts < rtec is mi the schools, All rural s» hooW il, well a# Benw Fionch were clos > d Imrause pf the Blletisv \ old weather iimt Impnsaahle sp«*ondnrv Kinds Th&le were two haaki'itbnil f game* cum *• lied- at un imrly hour By mam today the Hartford f’en ter I’etndeum game and the Adi ima ('"iitiHl-l'itmsant Mills we.e called off It was (l(tfinite, timiigb. that the Decatur Yellow JiickefKendallvllle game would be played in . the Dm atm- high' school i Ky, T - 1,... ally l.otli m liools.. Di’catiir biglh school and Decatur (hltbolie schools, reported had (dropped. At the Catholic schools [city attendance was "almost per.feet.” hut a drop was noted among I rural\ students. ' leashing ton township trustee W. L Linn and Mrs. Max Schafer [of the) American Red Cross both [-stated there were no disaster I eases, no orders' for coal “over the (usual numirer.” Most the main highways, ar * "all right” now. but county highway officials reported some of the roads in the county “are drifted Over,” and snow plows * ; worked since early morning clear- j ing as many as possible. ' Motbyista were still urged to I show extreme caution! while driving qn city' as well as: county roods. The slippery pavement resulted in one accident in the city when a car driven by Jahn Spencer. of Leesburg, was unable to stop'to avoid hitting the car driven by Ernest Foreman whiclvwr; i making a leh hand turn at Fifth and Adams street, Police, who rnj vestigmed, estimated the total (damage at $ 125 Difficulties were also reported pt the Ihmeral Electric company . When ears wt<i(‘ stalled wlidn em l ployCs leaving at inidniglii w cil . 1 UH.<1.1., h thill . <ii - ' (lai.. of them would hoi afari and a mtlll'Ul Heir | r-f t Iti t| U i Iturkhtg Im a Docatur Minister* Will Meet Monday The\ Dci Miti mittlhthHM «»e«" I nlbm ' will mem nt ’;f» ;|<» „ ( i,„ Monday mmiilug nt thi> Blurt Evun.’••llCal ami Rpformed j chiireli. All luemlmrs are urged f<| he ptosent •tin scvecnl Importani Items u r ’'iishu’sH are mi the agenda iWIATHKR Fair and fold tonight. Satur* day fair And warmer. Low tonight 8 to 15 below. High Bat? urday 18 to 20.