Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1951 — Page 2

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Howard Michaels Avid Collector Os Relics 4

Howard Michaejhs, 13-year-old sdh of Mr. and7 Mrs. Marion of route I4\ is an author who received, but a token fee for his efforts and a great deal of satisfaction. For jwhat he wrote was a- letter wihch appeared in the July edition o| “Open Rdhd,” which is described as “The young people’s magazine.’! . . Howard, who 4ri|l move in as! a freshman in • thp Adams Central school next Jail, is an avid collee--lor.of stones, Indian relics, and a piece which 'he i believes is a meteorite. The youth says 1 that everyone tells him that’s what it is. He, said his father foand it about 20 years ago while plowing part of his farm, and* since that time the piece has be.en exhibited, fondled and Apprised as a piece of metal that sometime—years ago—fell from the skies. Most notable, perhaps, in the" exhibition fieid. wajs Howard's collection display last; fall at the Decatur library. Thy* young collector says he has * SO” pieces in his collection, 'many of them arrow heads and bludgeons of different types u sea* for a varied amount of mayhem by Indians. At least HowardJahd. Ills father .assumed that was fthe purpose of the stones which i‘n some instances are .heavy: all of them are pretty well polished. Which shows a rather advanced iculture. So Howard wrotje a letter to the magazine telling of his hobby. Jle described hisj collection beginning with the .meteorite, then telling of the Indian| relic collec-

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tlon of which "1 have 60 pieces” including five hammers, three axe*, four skinning, knives, foXi smaller knives, five charms, “and many fine arrow points,” The letter elicited several answers from other youths, notably from the midwest, all of them describing their interests in the collection of such items. They further told of what they had, and tn the end all the boys wished to; correspond further as w r ell as, swap some of the different items.! One Os the boys said, with all, the overtones of Tom Sawyer outthinking notorious bad men, that he had many fossils, “and can get all I want in a very secret place.” ApotlteV boy said that he has a neighbor who is part Indian, “but he can’t*say anything in Indian language.” , 5 All ofjithe youths, however, state fehvishly that they hav< wonderful collections, and wish to expand them by trading for various items. And all of them, probably, like Howard, want only to make their relic land stone collections th£ best there is —for the Adams cQiinty youth is certain ‘that such relics arc the most valuable things In the world. . 7 s7 ; ■ 7 '-7'-7 7 . • - ■ \\ ■ ! • . There’s A Difference Th^African elephant is larger hi and has much larger ears and trunk than the Asiatic ele-

i ■Kr I k W 7 - Ika- I]' i I i'. , j . ” / '-■ i w J JI I. . 1.*.• : THE "DEFENSE mobilization ‘*prograrii must and will continue whether or not fighting stops in Korea,” says Defense Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilstjn in his report to President Truman in 1 Washington. The report says ourj irmed forces have doubled in a' year, but aircraft and tank »ries are 20 per cent behind' 1 jchedule.

No Draft Slowdown i | If Armistice Comes \ Selective Service Head Gives Warning French Lick, Ind., JulylO.—(UP) -Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said last night a cease-fire in Korea would not end this country’s figfat for “survival” or solve its manpower problems.. The U. S. director of selective service spokb before the 36th annual convention of the American Alumni Council. He did not elaborate on future draft policies but hidlcated there would' be no draft slowdown tn the event of a Korean “I would like to see the firing in Korea cease as soon as possible. Put we in Washington are going on the assumption that a Korean peace will not materially change the inanpowef problem. This nation still faces survival in away that we have never before known,” he said. Hershey said colleges faced “the greatest challenge in their history in seeing thkt students deferred to continue their eduegtioh develeped a “high type of leadership-’ “The public is going to demand that young men who are permitted under, existing regulations to conIt’nue to advance in various fields Os higher education must contrihiitp significantly to the welfare of their nation,” he said.

Gross Income Tax Collections Higher May Banish Fears Os New State Taxes Indianapolis, July 10—- (UP) — Improved Indiana tax collections may wipe out fears of new state taxes which plagued the 1951 state legislature, budget director Lytle Freehafer paid today. He said he was “satisfied” /'final figures will show Indiana finished the 1950-51 fiscal year in the black because this year’s gross income tax collection is up about $10,000,000 more than anticipated. But even if excess collection continues. he said, the sjate still cannot keep out of the red during the next two years. Estimated expenditures for the biennium are $44,000,000 higher than anticipated revenue, Freehafer said, and a continued higher-than-expected tax collection still would leave Indiana dipping into its $60,000,000 surplus. > \ He said the higher collections do mean, though, that the state could operate a year or more without new taxes unless expensive new projects are undertaken. Tax collections yfor the year totaled about $140,000,000, state revenue commissioner Conn J. Sterling said. That was about, stfr 000,000 higher than, last year. Gross income collections, originally figured at $73,000,000, were expected to exceed that by $10,000,000. \ Frefhafer said there were three reasons for the increase: (1) a drive on tax delinquents, (2) a drive to collect quarterly payments, and (3) inflation. Rut xyhether it would r-ontinur was not known. Sterling estimated soldier bohufund collections at $45,000,000, about. $2,000,000’ higher than \ previously anticipated. , » Average amount of morphine in opium is about |0 percent. ■ . ■ ■ A • ■ A' Motor Courts In 1922, there were only 800 motor courts in the whole nation. Today there are 20,000 motor courts with an average of 22 rooms to each court

stout KAESONG WORLD PEACE HOPES center on Kaesong, 900-year-old, war-torn city two miles below Korea's 33th Parallel, where United Nations and Communist truce teams meet to arrange formal armistic talks. Now protected by a 5-mile war-immune radius, Kaesong lies within noman’s land. Formerly a city of 93,000 residerits and old capital of Korea, it was the first important point to fall to Red invaders on June 25, 1950.*From September to it was held bv the UJSL

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MARINE CPL ARTHUR R. FRANKLIN, back in the U. S. on rotation leave, shows actress Jane Greer a charred photo of her which he retrieved from the bombed rubble of a Seoul thedter and carried in his helmet through Pyongyang, the Changjin reservoir and Hamhung battles. She gives him her autograph in Hollywood- (International Boundvhoto)

Virginia Hill Owes $160,000 Back Taxes Reasonable Time To Be Given To Pay Tacoma, Wasa., .niiy 10.—(UP) 4 - Virginia Hill, friend of gangsters, will have “a reasonable length of time” to settle hejr $160,000 back tax bill, a bureau of internal rev nue official said today. The government Seized her >35.000 Spokane residence as an emergency move, according to Clark Squire, bead income tax collector for ,|tate.. /f We got an assessment order to be carried out without delay,” he said. i Miss tun replied to a United Press reporter in Spokane, “it must have been an emergency move. They locked up all my clothes.” At Chicago, the federal govern merit also filed a $45,369 lien, for unpaid 1946-47 income taxes. Internal revenue collector John T. Jaricki <aid that the internal revenue office in Tacoma. Wash., asked that the Jlen be filed. He refused to disclose information the goverg mcht. may have about her property in Cook (Chicago) county but said ; a lien wouldn’t he filed “unless weknew : lie had something in the county.” Squire said the Kcfauver committee , star witness “was believed ’o have been leaving the country and the bureau of inierrial revenue had to protect the government’s inter ,ests.” ' 7 ■ ! y' \ ■ .7But the hot-tempered redhead asked: “where would I go? I’m broke. ’ haven’t got a visa.” The government claims Miss Hill owes tho SI6O.(HIU for 1912 to 1947.| Squire said the “next njrove was up' to her and her attorney. ' “They will have to meet with our Spokane office and discuss the lien,” he said. \ Miss -11 ill’s attorney, Anthony Felice, was out of town for the week. Tax atents padlocked Miss Hill’s home before her return to Spokantj Saturday from El Paso, Tex. She is livin-:: in a two-robm Spokane motel'during the tax wrangle.'.’ After settlement she said, ‘'l’m going to take the first plane out of the count i y?’ Iler husband and infant son are in Santiago, Chile.

Srn ■ Hr h ‘ Ic/l \ /Ml ; / r* ’ <JL_ > Rep. Charles E. Bennett TESTIFYING before a Senate subcommittee in Washingtjoh, Rep. Charles E. Bennett (D-j Fla. re- ’ vealed that he recently tUf ned down a “cash payment” offered to him by a businessman sjeeking defense com«tracts. Bennett said he gave the contractor “a little lecture” on ethnics. The Senate group is trying tn write a “code of ethics” for Congressmen and government workers. Uniemational Soundphoto)

Air Force Enlistment Deadline August 31 deadline for receiving applications for enlistments in the air force has been extended -to August 31, it was announced by General Murrow, commanding officer of Atterbury air, force base today. j a Men with nd prior service as well as former service men are I cing enlisted in a nation-wid effort by the air force to fill all vacancies with volunteers. This offer by the air force permits high school graduates and college students %yho are faced with a period Os military service to serve in the air force if they so cieslfe. This, includes fthe 300,000 men who have been ordered to take their induction physicals. . Birthstone for July is the ruby. FILLERS

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Three Men Are Fined In Decatur Courts Another Is Slated For Trial Tonight ' Three men paid fines in justice es the peace and city court Monday and another is scheduled to' appear in justice of the peace court later today following his arrest shortly after midnight for reckless driving. Charles Mcßride, of route 6, was arrested after the/vehicle he was driving along NoHh Second smashed into one owned by Cloe Parrish, which was parked at 233 North Second. Those paying fines for weekend violations included Don Whitley, Fort Wayne, |5 and costs for leaving the scene on Mercer avenue and a like fine for operating a vehicle with no driver’s Fcense. Thomas Holbert, of Dhyton, 0., wais remanded to the county jail when he was, unable to pay his fihje of $5 and costs, totalling S 15.75, for public intoxication. Hol ; bert was removed from an Erie train and taken to the county jail Gveb the weekend, Carlos Cantu, of Fort Wayne, arrested by city police for running «. stop sign at Thirteenth and Monroe street was fined H and costs, totalling $11.75, then $5 and tosts totalling, $15.75, for a second charge of reckless driving \ One Minor Accident Reported By Police ' -w City police investigated . the minor accident which occurred today when the car driven by Maurice Gas**, of 722 Walnut street, backed pp at the and Nuttman intersection to allow a southbound ear to traverse Fifth street, ana humped the car behind operated by John Dickerson, of 242 North Sixth street. Gase told police he started Into the intersection, noted the approaching car, t then backed out of the way. Total damage was estimated at $65. ’ Another . name for the grapefruit is the pomelo. ,/

statement of Condition of theNATIONAL CASUALTY < OMPANI Detroit 16. Michigan 483 Majestic .Building On the 31st Day oU December, 1950 W:G. -CURTIS. President’ W C/ BUTTERFIELD, Secretary? ..r c.»u.i GROSS ASSETS OF COMPANY ; Real Estate Unincum- : tiered — $ r Mortgage Loans on Real Estate (Free from any prior incumbrance) ♦ -0-* Bonds** (Amortized) , Value - $ 7,847,274,48 Stocks*** (Market) _ ' Value I?.— * 4,676,247*00 Cash in Banks and of- ■> flee Not on Interest) $ 1,888,3<2,-ZJ Accrued Securities (In- ■. and Rents, Etc.) ....—.I 33,63< <- Other Securities' .. . $ Premiums and Accounts ■ , " due and in process of j C collection ] $ 528,158.46 Accounts otherwise secured J.y..... Total Gross AssgJ^. Deduct Assets Mot’Ad- .7- c mitted >7.-7. I 15,6<10.3» Net .Asrffst 14.962,607.51 ’liabilities Reserve or ainohnt neeessary to jre*nsure outstanding risks ...$ 3,617,004.-7 Losses due and un- _ ■ paid ?-» 3,208,2M.63 loesses adjusted and not due 3 Ijosses <ihadjusted audio suspense .1 $ Bills and Accounts un- k. paid s $ 62.7R.0l Amount due and not due banks or other creditors ..... i , $ > :

KB& ih . w J LT. LUTHER ROLAND, Hunupelstown, Pa., one oi two jet pilots who became lost and landed northeast of Prague in Communist Czechoslovakia, is? shown with his wife Roisemarie and daughter Christine during press conference in Wiesbaden following release by Czech authorities at the German frontier. The other pilot, a Norwegian, was to be returned to his own country! (International Radiophoto)

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Other Liabilities of the if Company ...J...;.—. ..$ 2,574,605.10 Total Liabilities $ 9,462.607.51 Capital -I - 1,500,000.00 Surplus 4---* - $ 4,000,000.00 , TOTAL -i... ...$14,»62,607.H State Os Indiana, Office of Insurance Commissioner I, the undersigned. insurance Commissioner of Indiana, hereby certify that the above Is a correct c<»py of the Statement of the Conditlon of the above mentioned Company on the 31st day of December, 1950; as shown by the original statement and that the said original ; statement is now on file in this office. _ . . , Ln Testimony Whereof,. I hereunto?: subscribe my name and affix my • official seal, this Ist day of June 1950. SLAL Frank J. Viehmann. Insurance Commissioner. •If Mutual Company so state. ••Strike out 'Book”, .“Market or ’Amortized.” \ „ •••Strike out “Book or “Market. JUN| 26—JULY-10 Princess Margaret Has German Measles London, July ife. —(UP)—Princess Margaret has the* German measles, Buckingham Palace announced today. ' The ?0-yeariold princess will be confined to lief palace bed “for the (line being,” the tournament said..