Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1951 — Page 2

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12th Polio Death Recorded In State Lake County Hardest Hit; Two New Deaths . / ; - - :• Indianapolis, Sept. 11 — (VP)— . Indiana’s polio death toll as r£l * corded by hte statW health board jumped to 12 todky with two nev? fatalities in hard-hit Lake, county. . , Paulette. Roberts, age 3, . ami Revneil Oates, 7,'both of feary, died yesterday of bulbar . polio, deadliest form of the disesase; Over the state, the number qf cases-increased b| 44 Aufingr thb past two weeks. \ jfferecases on record in! 47 counties, I But Leyen in Lake county; wjtere 41 cases were reported officially, the situation was not considered ♦ near epidemic proportions. ' '■ The number of deaths, cases

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and counties involved is slightly belbw last year at this _aaine time, ♦hen 15 deaths had Occurred and 202 cases were reported in 56 counties. Thpse figures were far below' the peak year of 1949, when, by Sept. 11. 705 cases had been reported In 68 counties and 70 had died. ! Meanwhile, a case of polio contracted six years ago cost the life belatedly of Ralph E. Brouilhetet, 211, Fowler. Brouillette died Saturday in a Lafayette- hospital of complications. He had beep in hospitals most of the time he was stricken in 1945. | --— —-— 1 Just Ornamental N.Y. (UP) — For .years l , residents here wondered why the three-faced clock in the tower of St. Peter’s Church did not tell time. The reason became clear when painters started , work on the steeple. found that each set of bands was carved from one piece of wood.

1 f v • iiiii—p*- jH w x * /j. • v <4 -1 — \ f A MOTHER'S WISH IS FULRLLBD as bedridden Mrs. Frances Rolg, 49, sees her daughter, Marcella Garrido, 28, married to John Sebesta, 28, in New York's Beth Israel Hospital. Officiating is the Rev. John Shintay of the Lutheran Church, while Nurse Helen Frankel is a witness. The pair had planned a church ceremony but •t th« mnthmr’a raouest the Cathnlid rirl married a Protestant boy In a Jewish hospital. (International)

Mouse Brought Forth Ellsworth, Me. (UP) - i - Ralph Beal, mechanic, needed but a moinept to remove a squeak from the automobile of John Dixon of Green--wich. Conn. Beal reached under the hood and pulled out a live white mouse. . If You Have Anything To Sell Fry Try A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pays. 'THt REAL democratic Argentina A’ill survive," Dr. AJbetto Gainza Paz, editor of t|he Buenos Aires newspaper La Prensa, which Juan Peron suppressed, tells reporters in New York. Dr. Paz is in the U. S. for a six-week visit, will receive an honorary degree from Northwestern U. (International) —/■ ■ _ ” 7 ; ? ' h; L 0.0. Moose I *■ \ Lodge . \ 1311 / /. — ' ; Memorial Services 1 ■ - ; / p\' . I -‘r •’ H for Charles Hammond />•! Are Aeked 1 To Be At Moose Home TONIGHI at 7:00 P. M. Please Attend! *

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Tax Delinquents Pay Up In State Thousands Paid On Gross Income Tax Indianapolis. Sept. 11—(UP)-fr The Indiana state revenue, depart* ment’s crackdown in the courts against gross income tax ‘ delipqiu nts has- brought in “thonsantia of dollars" from startled Hoosierg, tai chief James M. Propst said t - day. ] '?* Propst said he could not preliensrively estimate the intake but it would run into the Tlie first day alone after the department 'announced it was suing lop delinquents brought 200 persons to get light with the state. •'•Some of those who came in and ,j>ald those on *the list to be sued." Propst said, tn those cases, he added, payments included court lyists and penalties as w.e|l us .the tgx. Not all the 100 suits have been fill'd yet. but attorneys are.'branching put over the state. They planined to file some tqday and later in 'Anderson. Fort Wayne, Marionj and Richmond. \ AtnoiM; the suits filed or ready to file were six in Indianapolis, fiv;4 ill Evansville, four in New pv? in K6kmo, four in South l!t‘h(T, ®ve In East Chicago, three in flaffitnond, four in Gary and three hi 'Terre Haute. k ' * |1 I?p u_ Urges Farmers To Prepare Carefully For Future Output Mobilizing the farm, plant for pioduction In 1952 calls tor look-' ing ahead and laying out thertafm< ing operations for,next yekr. says Winfred L. Gerke, chairman of tLi? Attains county P*.MA committeet ‘ As he sees it, stepping up dnt’eijsi* efforts -more men In the military service ah\dincreasei defense pr iduction in industry—will call for continued high level farm prodijef ion. Faced with the challenge of meeting current defehie nbt'dsand at the some time keeping the farm production plant in good condition for production' in 1*»5:»and the years to follow, fariiiers of Adains county wi 1 nde.l to look ahead 'and make preparation to make the best use of and facilities. Farmers can make their mosti effective contribution to deft-nse* l:y giving careful thotighf 0:1 how, the' limited financial assi-fam-e available under the AGP program •*r • <-'x-- .'Z, t 1 ''' ’ > tSL t 1 ' ■ ■ jLJlfflßfcL THE NEW Rightist party of Field Marshal Alexander (above) led\all other parties in elections for seats in the 267-seat Greek parliament. The Liberal party of Premier Sophocles Venizelos wjLs fkr behind the monthold grouping of followers of Greece’s war hero. (International)

can contribute to conservation and production. 1 Gerke suggests that farmers ehbek carefully the conservation i>H»asu.res| for which assistance Ui.der the program Is available ?ml then determine the conservation needs of each field on the farm to injure current as well as future production. As* chairman Gerke sees! it, by booking alhead and listing conseriaiton ipeasures to be carried rut ni 1|952, farmers will make better use of the ACP and the reIttlt will be increased conservation for each dollar of the conservation ’fund allocated to Adams County. w-X , When he discovered the Hawaiian Is ands in 1778, Gapt. Cook called them the Sandwich Islands. 1. TMH . £TC.

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Shoots Estranged Wife, Kills Self Shooting Is Staged In Downtown Tipton Tipton, Ind., Sept. 11—(UP)— Willie Hugh Smith, 30, a factory worker, shot his estranged wife three times before the eyes of their small son and downtown shoppers last night and then killed himself on a country road with the same guin. In fair condition at Tiptdn hospital with bullet Wotinds in the chest, neck and arms wai Mrs. Pauline Smith, 27, mother of a four-year-old child. * ' Police said Smith fired four shots at Mrs. Smith as she sat in ah auto mobile with another woman and the Smith boy X>n a downtown strieet. I Then he ran aWay, drove his car half a mile intd the country and fired a shift Into : his head. He was dead when officers found him. Authorities blamed months of quarreling for the tragedy. They said Smith had been placed under a restraining orjler after his wife claimed he had to kill her. But the ordpr was not in force at the time of tfce sh<K)ting. Mrs.'Smith had filed suit for divorce and haA gone to work in an Anderson factory. Acquaintances said Smith protested because she got a job. Fellow workers who had been driving Mrs. Smith to and from her Anderson job said they told hetyesterday they ipouldn’t take her anymore because'Smith twice had tried to force the car off the toad by maneuvering bis own car in frojnt of it, Mrs. Frank (Strong of Tipton was in the driver’s seat last night as Srhlth approached his wife after double-parking His car across the street. She said!Smith shouted: . not gibing to work any more.” ' 1 Then he fired four times. One bullet went astray and hit the Citizens Bank building. T|ie child was alohe in the back'seAL lie and Mrs. Srtbng were unhurt. Birds Plant Treea Newton, Ma4s.(UP)—Two trees are; growing out of the steeple of the! First United Presbyterian Church. The trees apparently sprouted from seeds left in crevices by birds. 1 .*■ - - False Alarm Mjemphls, ‘Tenn. (UP)— Sunlight on- |)he 'red- tile roed of St. Peters orphanage here looked like sparks to oine woman. She turned in a fire alarm; ? The University of California has eight different campuses.

PRES. TRUMAN (Coatiased ffrsm Pg«s OM) with.” * p ; " Mr. Truman conceded that taxes were high and burdensome, but said it cost a lot of money for this government to meet its responsibilities. "I would not want anyone to give up his time honored right to Complain iVbout paying taxes,” be said. “If people couldn’t blow off steam that way sometimes, they

VOTERS .... \ ARE YOU REGISTERED ? LAST DAY IS OCTODER 6th, 1661 1 ver Y anxious that all eligible ’ yotera exercise their priyilegepto vote In the Decatur'city election November 6, 1951. 1 In order to vote you must! \ ? ; -1. Be at least 21 years Old by the day after the election (November 7, 1951. ' ' ' ' ' / . . . 2. Have resided in this state si>( months, In your township sixty days and your precinct thirty days. 3. BE REGISTERED. If you have not previously been register- • . ed, or if you have moved to a different prei cinct, or If. you have changed Jyour name by marriage or otherwise, you will have to regis-, ’ ter In order to vote. Also, if . you have previously been registered, but have not voted in either the last general election (November ' \ 1950), or primary election (May 1951), you V mutt re-register. , .* • You can register at the Clerk’s Office at the Court House. If it is not convenient for !1; you to 4 go there, either pho)ie my house (Telephone 3-3452) or Telephone 3-3803, and I will see that'a qualified registration officer calls on you at your home. . I \ , Remember, the last day to register Is October 6, 19511 I urge all persons to check their registration today, so that you can vote . io continue the progress of our city Novemi ber 6, 1951. ' ' . J ’' i ’ ''''••l , ’ y § * ' ’

Sincerely CANDIDATE MAYOR OF DECATUR, INDIANA i Pol. Advt-

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might explode, y Half of the fun pf being a < itizeri; in this country . comes from complaining about the way we ruii our governments —federal, statej and local.” The said that whilethere was a vital reason for every item in , I.he budget, he did hot claim ah absence off waste. j v ' “In an operation as big as thb government, there are bound to * be some cgses of waste or exk travaganeje,” he said. «