Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1951 — Page 2

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Fort Wayne Reward Claims Under Study Commission Rules Out Two Claimants A Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 11—(UP) Legal aspects of sou? claims to a 115,000 reward were studied today asa special commission neared a decision on who win get the money for solving three 1944 Fort Thayne rapemurders. The comrpission 'ruled out two , claimants late yesterday, branding their stories as "irrelevant and hav-. ing no basic facts.” Arthur A. Her-' ber, president of the city council \ and a member of the special award S commission, said claims of Mrs. —Naomi Phillips and Ferdfttand Nicodemus werd rejected unanimously. > Standing claims were narrowed lo four, including that of Mrs. Marie Click, whose husband Franklin died in the state prison electric chair last December for the crimes. Click was convicted of slaying j teenager Phyllis Conine and then confessed murderih g Wilhelma Haaga and Anna Kuseff. Another man who now is at the state- prison, Ralph Lobaugh, hap confessed, denied and reconfessed all three murders the 1945 slaying of Mrs. Dorothea Howard. Mrs. Phillips based her claim on a prediction of the murders. She said she called police when ’ the women were killed as she had ’ dreamed. Nicodemus injected Lobaugh’s name into the .ease. _ -Still under consideration are th« ‘ claims of Mrs. Click, Mrs. Leona Sparks of Kainsville, Tex., and. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Moreland of Angola. The killer’s • widow said he sent her a letter of confession, Mrs. Sparks said she gave information which led to Click : s arrest after herijidnaped and raped her. and the Morelands said their amateur detective work linked Click to the, murders through a laundry ticket-.; G.E. Choir To Sing Thursday Evening The General Electric Aeolian choir of this city will sing Thurs- \ da/ 'evening at the Fort Wayne Country club, following a dinnermedting of G.E. executives. i - The «0-volfce famed choir, which opened its winter season at Delphos, Ohio, two Weeks ago, is directed. by David Embler of this city. ’ ■’ VF 5 - i Democrat Writ Ads Bring Rested

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society MRS. MINNIE TEEPLE HOSTESS'AT DINNER | Mrs. Minnie Teeple, of 510 Closa street, entertained at dinner Sunday in honor, of her son, Perry Teeple, of Hollywood, who Is visiting here, and her grandson Tom Teeple, of Bluffton, who recently returned from Korea. i. Other guests were Mr. and Mrk. John Teeple r and Mrs. Ed Kreps, of Toledo, 0., Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rutledge, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wall and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. 800 Rutledge and family, of Lima, O„ and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Teeple of Decatur. The Y.P.M.B. of the Nuttman Avenue United Brethren church will meet al the home of Mrs. Bernice Gray, 120 South Tenth street, at two thirty o’clock Sunday afternoon. A fifty cent gift e£•change will be held. All members are Invited to attend. > ' Members of the Profit and Pleasure Home Rchnomlcs club are asked to note that their meeting is to be held at the Reineker school Wednesday evening at six thirty o’clock instead of at the home of Mrs. Clarence McKean. Those attending should bring table service. . ' The Queen of the Rosary study club will have its Christmas party Thursday evening at seven thirtyo’clock at the home of Mrs. Daniel Miller, with Mrs. Leo Schultz as 'assisting hostess. Unlt 1 of the W.S.W.S. of Bethany Evangelical* United Brethren church will meet Thursday afternoon at two o’clbck at the home Os MrS. George Sprague, 209 South Fifth street. The assisting hostesses will be Mrs. Ralph Geritls’. . — • - - The Women’s Missionary Society of the Church of God wiF have a potluck supper with their families as guest* at the Reineker school Thursday evening at six thirty O’clock. A gift exchange for those who'wish to'participate will be held. ‘ The 'Order of Eastern Star will have its\ regular stated meeting and initiation at the Masonic- hall Thursday evening .at seven thirty o’clock. T he annual Christmas party -and gift exchange will be ( he|d after chapter.

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Congressman Adair To Speak Thursday E. Ross Adair, fourth district congressman, willy speak at (the. Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren at j7:30 p.m. Thursday on topics relating to Christian interests !!! current governmental problems. Rep. Adair will give the chtfrch people a view of the matters coming before congress in the next session jin January relative to church and state. Some of these interests are the prevailing law and recent developementsl of ambassadorial nomination to . the Vatican state. , The Rev. John D. Mishler, pastor of the church, States that following the speech, there will: be an opportunity for questions following the congressman’s remarks. The Work and Win class of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church will meet Friday \ at six thirty o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs,.Clarence Drake for a hotluck supper. Members are asked to bring table service and articles for the auction. Proceeds from the auction will be given to the Otterbein home. v The Ladies Aid and the Willing Workers class of Calvary church will have a combined Christmas party Friday evening in the chprdh. A potluck supper is to be served at six o’clock and members are ashed to bring a covered dish. A fifty-cent gift exchange will be held- , | if You Have Anything To Sell Try a Democrat Want Ad —lt Pays —S i — ..| 25% Discount on WINTER COATS Y,. Price on Fall Millinery E. F. GASS STORE

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Congressmen Speak At Farm Bureau Meet , Farm Leaders Hit Farm Regulations Chicago, Dec. 11.—(UP)— Two congressmen will address members the American \ Farm Bureau Federation today as more than 6,000 federation members, begin their general sessions. Rep. Clair Engle (D-Calif.) a member of the hduse Interior and insular affairs committee, will sjpeak on “land and water policies.” Rep. Albert M. Cole, (R-Ksn ). a member of the house banking and currency committee, will speak on tpe topic, ‘‘do we dare to be freer’ •Yesterday the members, holding tjieir 33rd annual meeting, heard fibrin leaders assail government ttiarketlng Quotas, crop estimates, acreage control and other agricultural regulations. They also heard Joseph B. Hall Cincinnati, president of the i Kroger Co., deciare that the housevi|fe gets better food bargains now tjbian in 1939. Hall, 'speaking .at a joint commodity conference of the AFBF, that “more food can be bought qqw with industrial wages than at ally other time in history.” /;• J ’ Although too*! prices receive criticism from the public that! anything else, food i» not high,” he said. ‘‘The same market basket of fppd it took 27 hours of industrial Work to buy in 1917 takes only 8.3 luiurt of industrial work In 1951.” ; ; Hall said that the average work-’ ~r. ip town makes $£,500 in Wages for every SI,OOO before World War j|„ Os this he spends about the shine share tor meat as before but with this meat money he is able to bpy 29 percent more, he said. .Among speakers who blasted the gjpv'ernment’B farming regulations Was Lorenzo Lamison, president of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau, liambson said that participation in government programs by New England farmers was declining. file said that a recent nine-state uferendum showed, for example, ijiat the majority of New England iobacco growers rejected marketing qiiotas and acreage controls. ■' Ralph Gillespie, president of the Washington state Farip Bureau. Soid that in his area there was also a definite trend away from government controls. ■tNylon is made from coal, air ap(l Water.

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Rushville Recounts Disputed Precincts Rushville, Ind., Dec. 11 —CUP) — A recount of the second of two disputed precincts in this city’s Nov. 6 muncipal election was made today to determine who won the mayoralty race. Republican candidate William Winship picked three more votes in a recount of the first district yesterday. Winship defeated Democratic mayoi; Russell Coons by 38 votes according td original figures. Final figures on the ttecouht qf two of the city’s eight precincts were expected to be announced tonight. * ■ ’ ' J J /' ■/ Pennsy Will Award Three Scholarships Three scholarships, one covering engineering courses in leading colleges and universities, and tho others general courses at the University .of Pennsylvania, will

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be awarded children of living and deceased Pennsylvania railroad employes after' competitive examinations early next year, William Barber, local agent, has been advised. J. W. Oram, chief of personnel, said sons of employes are eligible to compete for the Frank Thomson scholarship, established *in memory of a former president of the railroad, and granting? the witiner a four-year technical education at any university, college or technical school of his choice, subject to approval by the railroad, beginning with the 19&2-53 year. Qualified applicants may take examinations on January 12, or March 15, under supervision of the college entrance examination board of Princeton, N. J., and Dos Angeles, Calif., and the winner will receive SBOO a year for four years. ' ' x Cabbage and water creek Are members of the same botanical family. P’'™

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