Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1951 — Page 7

MONDAY, MAY 14, ISSI

Gorilla Drowned In Moat In Bronx Zoo i Daring Keeper Fails In Rescue Attempt New York, May ft a- (UP) — Makoko, a timid, 440-pound gorilla, drowned in a moat in the Bronx Zoo &pe house yesterday before a Oaring keeper Who dived into the) 10-foot-deep water could - rescue him. Little children among the 1,500 hushed spectators who witnessed the tragedy cried When ado officials carried away the hairy hulk of the gorilla whose fear of human beings caused him to slip to his death. ’ - Makoko had made three appearances since last October in the , open air pen that had been built especially for him at the great apes house. The gorilla, favorite exhibit es thousands of zoo visitors, usually remained ' inside a \ glass-encased barred enclosure because spectators frightened him. The weather was balmy yesterday, and Makoko overcame , ' fears. The big ape shuffled from /-the enclosure but when he saw the faces peering at him from across the lf-foet-wide protective moat he was stricken with stage ~ fright and lumbered back into his cage. ’ - \• [ Makoko regained confidence however, and ventured out again, this time to the edge of the moat and toward the high wall that separated him from Oka, his girl 3 friend. \ ( -k \ 7 Then the* 14-year-old gorilla < hesitated, gazed toward the crowd, and edged forward cautiously. Suddenly Makoko ' slipped and plopped into the moat. A woman screamed as she saw only a hairy hand clutching above the water’s surface. J Then the f hand disappeared. Someone called head birdkeeper George Scott from his nearby post. He plunged headfirst into the water, risking his own life to* reach the motionless body es Makoko at the bottom of the moat. Aided by two assistants, Scott finally lugged the gorilla's body to the open pen and a two-hour rescue attempt began. Andrew Winnegan. who doubles, as a YMCA lifeguard when' he Isn’t assisting Scott, tried artifle- , jaL respiration. Scott pumped one of Ifahokp’s fhijgk a£m%, up and down vigorously. ’ ; / A police emergency ,aquad ar- * rived with enough oxygen •to re-

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vlve 10 meh. But It was not enough for Makoko. Even a powerful shot of adrenalin into the gorilla's heart failed. Oka was not even aware that Makoko had drowned, but her keeper said"ahe will know what has happened." ‘ grieve,” he said. “She won’t live now." \ ; k •. - —■— Homemaking Tips Baby Beets For those tender baby beets, so popular these day's for home canning, pickling and cooking, grow them fast and pull them young—when they are about an inch in diameter. Fast growth makes beets tender and for it, beet plants need fertile, non-caid. well-drained soil. They thrive In rich sandy loam or friable silt loam, but in heavy clay the struggle may make them tough and of poor quality. Beets are very sensitive to acid soil, so lime should be applied as needed- Beets are also sensitive to heat and will not do well in the hotter parts of the country in the summer. \ Choose Tomato Variety ■' ' ’i by Characteristics The tomato ismore widely grown in the home garden than any other vegetable- The popularity of this vegetable is largely due to, the wide range of adaptability and use. The tomato plant will grow under varying soil and temperature conditions but for best results gardeners should provide fertile, moist soils and full sunlight. Many of the tomato varieties are suitable, for staking and lose planting or may be spaced farther apart and left to sprawl over the ground. The Stokeuaie variety has proved successful as an early maturing red tomato that also produces well throughout the season and does well when trained tq| a single stem and staked. Early Baltimore, Pritchard, and Valiant are similar in fruiting habits and about as early >s the Stokesdale. The improved Indiana Baltimore ripens later than these and is one of the best for general purposes For the main crop and for soils infected with the fusarium wilt disease, such varieties as Southland. Jefferson, Rutgers and Marglobe, all resistant to wilt, are recommended. - The Sunray, which is resistant td fusarium wilt, and Golden Jubilee are two of the old stand oys but the difference in the cost of the seed and the lack of uniformity of the fruits place /the hybrids on

10 Percent Lid On Wages Reviewed Organized Labor May Force Boost Washington, May 14 — (UP) — Organized labor, With;* help from some segments of industry, may be able to blow the 10 percent lid bff wage jTor many workers, this could open the door for a second round of pay hikes since January, 1950, base period for the 10 percent ‘•catch up” .'formula. For some. It would mean the sixth increase since VJ-|day. \ The rebuilt . wage stabilization board, which began its second week of deliberation today, is committed to -“review” the formula in the light of the living cost rise as measured by the April 15 consumers price index." The index will be published in about 10 days.. The trend early this year indicates that the index will show a rise of at least two percent over the mid-February level. Some industries, facing manpower pinches, are willing to see the 10 percent liberalized. Union representatives- .tried to get the board- to ; commit itself to an upward revision oi-the formula \to match the anticipated jump in the index.. But the best they could get was a promise to take another look at the formula. Even without a new formula, hundreds of /thousands of workers will get automatic pay boosts before the defense production- act expires June 30. This will be accomplished by cost of living escalator clauses in their The labor! department says some 3,000,000 workers, now are covered by'escalators, many of which call tor wage adjustments before July. Body Os Woman Is Found In Ohio River Rockport, Ind., May 14 —-(UP) — A nude body found in the Ohio River near herd Saturday was 1 identified tentatively today as a 56-year-old Louisville. woman missing since last Noveirftfer. Authorities believed Mrs. Elsie E. Ganzler had been dead about four weeks when the body was discovered. State police said there was no clothing on the body—only a wedding band wUX the inscription “J. filC. to E.EX” e r —... — Democrat Want Ads Bring Results

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Obtains Secret List Os Hiss Fund Donors Senator McCarthy Refuses Identity Washington, May 14 — (UP) — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R., Wig., has obtained a secret list of contributors to Alger Hiss’ legal defensefund.it was learned today. McCarthy told a reporter that the list includes “several” government officials, and that “there would be some red faces” when, or if, the list is made public. He refused to identify the individual government officials on his list, but it was reported that they include some "elective officers” like numbers of congress. Hiss, a former state department official, began in March to serve a five-year prison term for perjury. His conviction last year stettimed from his denial before a federal grand Jury that he ever slipped secret government papers to communist spy-courier Whittaker Chambers. McCarthy refused to say just where he obtained the list or whether or not he would ever release! it. He said he has promised his sources to clear it with t|iem before making it public in any W T' Ft was understood that he, would be willing to make it available to the senate interna! security subcommittee, headed by Sen. Pat D., Nev., which is making a continuing story of subversion in this country. Food Presrvation Members To School Food preservation 4-H members will be special guests at the frozen food school Thursday Mary Rose, Purdue worker, wiH give the demonstration at/ thp Adams Central high school.' 4-H members have been Invited to bring samples of frozen foods for the criticism of Mrs. Rose. These club girls will exhibit frozen foods at thb 4-H show in kugust. , Special emphasis will be given to the proper preparations of vegetables for the freezer —this includes a blanching’demonstration. The, packaging of meat will also be illustr'ated- All interested parties are invited to attend the 1 o’clock meeting and bring their questions. A speleologist’s hobby is the scientific stydy of caves.

--l ; . . >: NO, NOT Charlie Chaplin, but Gloria Swanson, imitating him at fourth annual American National Theatre and Academy album benefit in Ziegfeld theater, New York, where scores of theatrical greats did scenes from great plays and shows of first half of the century. Congress-chartered'ANTA is promoting interest in the theater on a national basis. v (IntematUmai) i Hospital Reports Vases Are Missing Hospital attached' today reported a critical shortage In the vase department, principally because someone collected them _jrom the basements, where they Were stored. Presumably, the hospital’s vases were taken the containers usually held at „the hospital for the florists—which also stored in the basement I'\ Miss Florence SLichtensteiger, superintendent of th£ hospital, said that it is believed that someone apparently came tdjthe institution to collect the containers and possibly took the vases by mistake. an urgent appeal was sent ouf; for the vases’ return. .mI A Twentieth' Fund survey keys women probably will outnumber men in United States by abbut 700,000 fi* 1960.

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Report Filed Inheritance taxi appraiser’s fte port 'filed for the Mary Hendricks’ estate, the report revealing a net estate of 131,631.24, With tax of 310.74 due from Harry and August Hendrick*, Pearl Major, and Clara Babcock; tax of »1075 due from Florence Dobenstein, Cora Manlove and Fern Bakes. k ! Inventory Filed Second inventory filed for the John Baker estate by Julius Baker, showing real estate In Decatur of the estate valued at $10,750. ' Fl Ida DlvOrce Suit Elizabeth Bennett, through attorneys Custer and iSmith, filed spit for divorce from Ernest Bennett charging cruel, and inhuman treatment; hearing set on the divorce complaint May 25, on the plaintiff’s application for suit money May 15. •' ;•*[:< . Case Venued By agreement of counsels, Voglewede and Anderson for plaintiff James Kohpe etal, and Leigh Hunt, for the defondants Riss and company, Inc., and Ralph Baker, the cause of action, a complaint for personal injdfy! property damage, vdnued to the Jay county circuit eoutt. L . u Wnu» Sought A motion was filed by H. A. 8. Levering, attorney for Clara Kraemer, as eiecutrix of (h® wll l of Louise Wdber, in a suit against Herman Weber, for a change of venue from the . Adam's circuit court' Levering struct Jay counter when that, the siiperior\ court of Allen county, and the Wells circuit court, were named by the court. Hubert McClanahan, attorney for the defendant, did not Strike any court J Probation Over Fred Bailer, dp a motion filed by probation officer Chris Muselman and approved •by the court, was released from probation. Bailer was convicted in March, 1960, on the charge of obtaining money through a fraudulent' check and ordered to make restitution. / * Marriage Licenses 4' Charles Lemon, Lakesville, 0., and, Alma Plant J Killbuck, O. Wayne Fenters, Peru, Leone Dailey. Amboy. ; r Joseph DiLello, Jn, and Joan Charlton, both of Cleveland. Cletus Miller, route 2, Ossian, Gertrude Rupright, route 1. Arthur Heimann,[route 3, Janet Meyer, Decatur. I ;i , . it—in-ii.i i' New Hampshire* i'boasfo some 1300 Jakes and ponds. i ■i. ,4 I ■ ,fc ■- i