Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1952 — Page 2

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Lad Walks Out Os \ L Richmond Hospital Richmand.lnd., Jan. 7.—(UP)— David Roland, IS; Dayton, 0., was Anight today after he slipped away from Reid memorial hospital >frhere he underwent an appendectomy four days earlier. Roland was held in the theft of |l,Qoft worth of t| pewriters from., a Lewisburg, 0., school. Police said doctors had tpld them he need nob be guarded as he wasn't able to walk away. ;— u . U.S. FIGHTERS ; . i (Continued From Pane One) against 196 enemy planes. ;6n the ground, a Chinese battalion burled back a series of allied ’ad-acks on a key mountain of the v>< stern Korean front Sunday in sijb-freezing temperatures. Since l'| N. infantrymen lost the hill Dec. 2S, they have attempted nearlyia dozen times to recapture and hdld the position west of Korattg- ’ p 4 , ‘The Reds held again Sunday at}d threw two stiff counterattacks injid advancing U. N. forces, which alio w'ere kept Under heavy mortar i • Quality Photo - Fmteh'ng . Work ’a*t i before 8:00 P. M. Monday,’ • I Ready Wednesday at 5, } 10:00 A. M. f Holthouse Drug Co. **< t at///* //////////i

rWWT-F WFTMUII—I 111 TOMWmMMMMW ' FOR COMPtETf PROTECTION" j ' : j J RURKF INSURANCE SERVICE | ; Rhone 9-3080 ! | j -.19 N Th.rn St _ Deeaturb Ind • T " CAL«NDAI^ ,I^^1,,P ’ JA|N. 8—10:30 a. m. EST. J. & M. Muritzinger* & Clfffortl Muntzlnger. j . w 2 miles south and I’4 miles east of CQivoy, OhiolH 19 head • of cattle and farm machinery. Roy & sed Johnson,, aucts. ; ■ JA?N. 13—Albert Coblentz, 5 miles East of Geneva, Indiana on Highway No. 116. Well Improved 80 Acre Farm, l:$0 P. M. Midwest Realty Auction Co.. JI -F. S&nmmn, Auet. d i j JA|N. 12—1:00 p. m. K. R (Bud) Fiaher. owner,'Willshire, O. Small ■ £ ' tools. Purdy A -Cisco* Aucts. 1 ,■ ' . JAjN. 16—10:00 a. in. Jason Dobaghy and ;Son, and Ackerman Estate, I miles north OF Ossian, Ind. On flt. Rd. 1, these 3’4 ’ on Allen and Wells county lj®e. Cattle, hogs, feed, tractors, implements. Ellenberger Bros., AuHs. M-H — ——w I . . '■ j j ll' I Reopening of TKe 11. K. Ming Shop Reals 3 Phone 3*8400 Electric & Acetylene Welding Blacksmithing ■ j . ■wJ —, PORTABLE SERVICE I It I Plow Shares Sharpened/ ; ] ■\ t [ . Relaid, New Noseß and •?' Hard Surfacing. 1 4 ' ' FARM WAGONS and TRAILERS CLOIS EICHAR ■ i ■ j- •! [ _ -j . <■ ' ' ' J ■ : J' ' : ... : I'; 3

V- . : ■ - ’ and artillery, fire. It was the day’s longest and bloodiest action., in the east, orte light fenepiy probe was repulsed north of the punchbowl iafteit* a 20-minute fire fight Action along the rest of the 145-mile front was confined to patrol encounters. g i , Veteran Indiana U. Instructor Is Dead Bloomington, jkd., Jan. 7.—(UP) —Miss Estellp M. Whitted, 78, who" served In the English department of Indiana Upivnrsity for 26 years, \iied SaturdayVnjght in a hospital, she joined the faculty tn 1317 after Reaching |t Andersbh, Ind., and in California/ ‘ • SUSPECT <Cwutinuea From Pna<~ On< ° no special’ significance, Joy issued a statement >arhing: ’•With each there is less and less ret,son to |hink the Communists want a stable armistice. Certain] y, no oriel can accuse them, of being in a hurry to demonstrate good frith.” At Panmunjom In korea. Communist truce de egates for U the fifth straight day rejeMd aK I'. N. raguments for a banion all-field construction .und for voluntary repatriation of all war] prisoners and civilians jhelfl by each side. Despite the lack of] progress, howevep, bjth h. subcommittees agreed to meet igajn kt 11 a. m. Tuesday (8 p.lm. today CST.) The kishes: radio station in eastern is WMIT on Clingman’s Pbak, North Carolina, 6.560 feet near the Blue Ridge Parkway. .i -1 ■IMi .. I ■ Jif i : —....-k —_—

three Hotels Are |j Destroyed By Fire Disastrous Fire In Atlantic City Atlantic City,. N.J., Jan. T—(UP) —One of the worst flrea in Atlantic City history destroyed three hotels and nine rooming houaak in a two block area today and then spread to the 12-story St. Cbarlee hotel, one of the 13 major hotels on the famed oceanfront Boardwalk. One of the twin tower* of the St. Cbarlea caught ska when the wind shifted after firemen thought they had the devastating blaze tinder control. The tower blazed high above the Boardwalk. > When the St. Cbarlea took fire, the Breakers hotel, one block east of the burning tower, was ordered evacuated. About 100 guests left the building as firemen played hoses on the structure In an attempt to save IL 4 Most of the burned buildings were closed for the season and unoccupied. 1 Firemen said no on® was injured. A 30mi!e-an-hour wind whipped the flames from the frame sevenstory Congress hotel oh St. Charles Place to th® flve-atory r Lorraine hotel. Then the fire jumped lo the New Davis hotel. The Congress and Lorraine had 150 rooms each and the Davis 125 rooms. All were 1 burned to the ground There was no immediate esti- ; mate of damage, but firemen said it was "well over >1,000,000." Seven Persons Missing Westfield, Mass., Jan. 7.-j—(UP) — , Seven persons were listed as missing today after a S|,OOQ,QOO fire ■ wrecked the professional building iu the business district. Sixteen others were recovering at a hospital from burns au dinjuries. i 4 Earlier, 14 persons had been\ion the missing list, but at mid-morning the Red Cross, police and fire officials reported that only seven were still unaccounted for.L The ruips bf tjie five-story structure still were too hot to permit a careful search fjor bodies. No victims had been found and authorities said there was I a possibility that others on the missing list would be located alive. Traffic In Southern Indiana Disrupted Indianapolis/ Jan. 7.—(UP)—lce and snow which have plagued Indiana motorists almost cqn. stantly since Dec. 14 melted aid wore away during the weekend.: But although the one hazard w-ks removed in northern Hoosierland, high water disrupted traffic in the south portion of the stat®. Half a dozen or more highways in the southwestern; area were closed as the Wabash and White river flbod crefcts moved downstream. The Wabash was falling down to Terre Haute but rising below that point. \ -—»-»———r - It is against the law to snore • loud enough to annoy youp neigh- i bors in Dunn, North Carolina. 1 For a Lassie - - / \ i i 71 I i \ I 7 I \\ Arr I I iIJ b I\\ i ' ■ .i-V IfT ' /i / 7I s ’ \ nO rW ■'St y 91 08$ize$ 6—14 She’ll be the bested rested gill in the Crowd; Mem! Style, aplenty in those slanty scallops with jmckct and hat scalloped to match. And color aplenty, if you make this of gay plaid whh plain contrast picking up onie of the colors! Pattern 9108 in Gjrls’ Sikes 6,8, TO, J 2, 14.’ Size 10 dress, 35-inch; .% yard contrast fabric for dress and hat. Send THIRTY seats in coins for thi® pattern to Marian Martin, eare of Decattfr Dally Democrat, Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 6740, Chicago 80, 111. B-int plainly YOUR NAME. ADDRESS, ZONE, SIZE ’ -nd STYLE NUMBER.

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-A f 1 - II I- e...» , ~, u Quadruplets Bofii In Brooklyn Toddy Quads Are Born In i Less Than Half Hour New York, Jan. :7 — (ujpj-— ; 4 Brooklyn mother of three childrtm gave birth to quadruplets itoday in less than half ail nour- H Mrs. Flatlny Gruber, 32, J present-' ed her bewildered husband, Jo#-' eph, witlj three gjps and h--boy no quickly tjhat he did not havje tip|>. get excited, Bushwick ihbspital imperlntendept Harry iMoerlag said. j . i ? 1 .-V "lie ju»t sat there in chafe reading a newspaper,” =Moering sold. "He let his motlfeiiln-law' do all the floor-pacing.” J j The children.iminedtately were, placed ini incubators and tyrk. (ii> .er wa» taKerij tio a privatd|vhome i where lifer coiidiitiph was | said ijo be "good.” | ; Mperiuk »ai<l |hq first baby/? a ' girl, wasjborn at‘3:23 a. m, Tfen minutes later a bby was borii. ! ? "We ktjew there would be multiple births, but we didn’t’ expect ? her to hhve more ’ than i twins,* { Moeriijg said. "Ruilithe thiM cMild ; was horri two mihUtes the ' second one and tlje fourth and * ast w£s delivered at 3:43 i.'jm.” ? Moerlng said the first! J child weighed in at three and ode-half ’’ pounds. > • "If yob want the rest i fef Ate J ital statistte®, the hoy weighed \ three pouindk, nine ounces Hd the ! ast two girls weighed’ three pounds, four ounces anifi ithrke peunda, J 6 ounces,” Moeritid said/ Moerlng said the odds .against s mother having qhadpuplete; were more than 1.000,004 to one, i ; I • — .J. H L . I j 1 Illinois Governor To Seek Renomihotion; . ! ■ ' 'i I ’ lb? I Springfield. Hl. Jan. 7—(UP)— Gcv. Adlai E. Stevenson announced today tha|t he will be a candidate for renoniiiation iu t6e Democratic primary April 8. The governor issued a 2<)o>wo»'d I atement announcing his; Candidacy, after h c arrived at tho executive on a flying ,tr(p|(rom Chicago 'tms mbrnjng. H l GEN. EISENHOWER (Continued From Paye Om»> ' command 'of the western ifenitrs’ which are girding thertiselyds .to meet a possible Russian aggfe :! t/ — / H / Raccoone go to sle®p when pood is'scarce pit wintej-. Dyrinj; mfhl spells, they often Rave tliejdim during thfe| might to satisfy Sheir appetites. } sfe • ; -

Plymouth’s Pace-Setting New Belvedere rrjn. l .ii l »..< ll | l ; |.« | 8 |„ I , • I , i .i' — ~. - f fIINNWWWWfrWE Lr F iZ S v..jfe-”7aSßMfr Sr|Hjf WB ErsHTo .'.jqL>jjgr Er ’Sr* DBF RjVßE* jir WT y Ir If? IF' NF« F»W |y;| a**- m fIK *hw k ’ 4R ' •' _iiX 1 - ' r ' •’• H ' ■■ ■ ■ I •:. - ibl ./■ ■ 'hH J■ ■ 1 b Here’s I’lymontH’s smart hafdiop dub coupe, the Belvedere, the pacesetter in the lowest price field* wif . I its new concepts in styling and-beauty. The car has glistening, lively two-tone color?: Suede Tan with SaK Bronze top; Belmont Blue Potychroinatic with Sterling Grey top; Mint Green with Black top. The cdlor use ’ on the roof follows the Belvedere’s streamlined contours around the spacious rear window and down ove j the rear deck, giving the car thi: continental look- Sparkling chrome molding outlines the top-and carries bacl ' to separata the two colors at their jumtlort at the rear quarierpaueL The interior i» luxurious, with u>knh. < quality fatwx ttd-Mud blaodaii » perfect barswoy uith the shades used en *J» sxtcrfcx - — ■—r— —.iw ;■'• " !

? ! f " ■•l’ —- ' - -- -‘ . ' • . t • ’’’ ' ' 1 i ' Him TsSf , ■ .1. ANTONIO RICHARD ROCHIN, 22, shown in Los Angeles with his attorney, David (right), is tree of a narcotics conviction by an ■ 8-to-0 verdict fef the U, 8. Supreme Court. The court ruled that' forcible ruse of a stomach pump by Los Angeles sheriff’® deputies to recover two narcotics Capsules which Roehin swallowed was "dose to the rack screw” of imedicyal tortures. The ruling overturned his conviction iof Oct, 28, 1949, (International BoundphotoJ I1 I ■ I 41 /r < . .'-JZiALb i /* • Bb»R fw - 4,.Eg ! Mnr.-.#a WhLii • fe 44*s®.. m'k -< fe JrXI wOHIi3HKU,v. !or * W ■ ’ 9 » "E® S ' S * H - -’ RI ... • , fl j ON HIS ARRIVAL tn Washington, Lt. Gen. Jean Baptiste Piron (left), : J 'gian Army Chief (fe Staff, is greeted by Lt Gen Maxwell Taylor, | 1 pjuty Chief of Staff of the UJS. Army. Looking bn In tenter Is Baron j Silvercruj's, Belgium's Ambassador to the United States Piron was invited by the Department of the Army for a Uvo-week tour of US. | Army installations and training facilities. (International Soundphoto) j / ; \J\,; ~T • ' 4. I , „ ~.„ J,

14-Yw-old Boy . Confesses Killing Calmly Confesses Murdering Farmer Martinsville, Ind., Jan. i— (Up) —Repaid JVayn® Montgomery, 14,; calmly described to police today how he tired the shots which killed a retired farmer and led to the death ot an elderly widow. 4 j Jiorgan county sheriff Marvin Skaggs said that charges would be filed later today against the stocky seventh grader who confessed that he opened fire with an automatic rifle when Hermap Taylor, 68, surprised him during l a robbery, which netted him 110. Two Bhotk struck Taylor, killing him. The boy then tired six more bullets at Taylor's rural home and police said one ot the bullets probably struck a kerosene' lamp, igniting a blaze which took the life of Tayjlorl’s housekeeper, Mrs. EJlvje Bradley,. 82. ■I 4 \ 4 ;. Police seised Montgomery in a restaurant Saturday after ho took his bicycle from his home in nearby Eminence, Ind., and tried to pedal out of the county. 14 They suspected the boy because he bad robbed she Taylor hpme of $236 a yekr ago and was On probation from juvenile court. Montgomery, th® eldest of six children, confessed last night after two days questioning. He told police that fehen he saw the Taylor’s two-story home burst into flames

"■‘■“■“j - Published jin accordance with the call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this diet Het pursuant to the provisions Os .the Federal Reserve u' Act and a call made by the Department of Financial Institutions of the Btat« of Indiana. * [ 1 State No, 731 . 4 REPORT OF CONDITION OF | > L THE FIRST STATE BANK OF DECATUR of Decatur, In the State of Indiana, at the close of business 4 j On December 31, 1051. I ASSETS ' Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve balances, and cash items in process of collection.-,.-,,.—.>3,030,780.6-0 United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed —.. "5.677.277.77 Obligations of States and political subdivisions 439,985.24 Other bonds, notes, and debentures —... 20,691.38 Corporate stocks (including 37,500.00 Reserve Bank) —...— 7.500.00 Loans and discounts (including $ none overdrafts) 3,257.885.59 Bank premises owned $12,503.00 |•' ‘ . ! Furniture and fixtures $29,359.15 . | 41,862.15_ Other assets U 5.224.27 TOTAL ASSETS .....4—•-.312,480,607.00 L I A B I L I T l|E 8 Denjand deposits olt individuals, partnerships, and corpora- ; lions .._4— £ 4 .. $5.335,960.83 Time deposits of individuals, partnershipshnd corporations 4.675,298.49 ••• Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings) ;1 .... £.__ 152,867.21 Deposits of States and political subdivisionsi.L. 1,289.349.61 > Deposits of hanks .q |_. 125.318.65 - Other deposits (certified and officers' checks, etc;) 10,827.36 TOTAL DEPOSITS .... — Other liabilities 35,543.21 S TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including suboidlnated I r ' obligations shown above)4--—165.76 * . b CAPITAL ACCOUNTS f I 'C*pita|« ——— r ,.,s 425,600.00 , Surplqe t ..L_ iso.ooo.uo ' Undivided profits U—— J— r ._. 365,395.64 Reserves (and retirement account for preferred capital).. 15JM6.00 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 865.441.64 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACC0UNT5....512,480,607.00 •includes proceeds of $ bone of debentures sold to the Reconstructioh Finance Corporation, $300,000 ; p0 of debentures sold to local interests which debentures are subordinated to the rights of creditors -> and depositors, and 1,250 shares of common stocks, par $160,00 per share. ' If' !<■ \ v ’MEMORANDA Assets pledged or assigned to securo Habltitlea and for \ \ other purposes 4.-™$ 168,000.00 Obligations subordinated to claims Os depositors and' other creditors, hot Included in HabillHes\— none (a) Included: Ip Loans and Discounts #j>\ LOANS TO AFFILIATED COMPANIES v — no ne ' (b) Include ih Other Bonds, Notes, Debehlpres and ojr.porate StodkA are OBLIGATIONS OF AFFILIATED COMPARES ........, ..I£—_,4,; nQne (c) First lieb trust funds — UO ne (a) Loans as shown above are after deduction <>f reserves of .i 18.37L27 (b) Securities as shown above are after deduction of reserves of © V n(iue J. H. H. Krueckdberg, Cashier, <4 the abova-named bank, do eoleinnlv swear that the above statement is true, ai)d that it fully aud corfeCtly represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and tel forth, to tho best of my knowledge; dnd belief. i j L Correct- Attest:> J I|. H. KRUpcKEBfcRG, \ ; J T. F. Graltker, ■ 1 i ! , ; b fc W. Busche, G. W. Vizard. Q J- - , . * i - I Directors. State of Indiana, Couuty of Adams, sp: ; - : I SAorn to and subscribed before me this 4th day Os January, 1952 and I hereby certify that I am not .an officer or director of this bank (SEAL) ' ROSE ELLfcK MILLER, Notary Pablic My (commission expires Nbvember 24 • I NOTICE! ! j HURAL LKHT BILLS ) ) '" d > CITY WATER BIUS ) v 1 < are payable r January 1-15 | CITY LIGHT & WATER DEPTS. J

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"I felt Iso bad 4 thought I was going to pass out.” But Skaggs 88id the boy showed little emotion at the jail, ate regular mealfe land slept well. Th®J boy said be was. Seeching in a window sos Mrs. Bradley’s purse* when Taylor crept j arouiuT the comer of the house a|nd SuN prisedfhim. He whirled and! started • he said. Tsylot fell,, fatally wounded. j A Montgomery said be fired six more shots at the home and fled towards ,his own bout®, less than a mile feway. Ppajje believe 6ne of ths shots ignited the fire or caused Mrs. / aradiUy to become panicky And kick over the lamp. She wu found dead in the ruing. It could not be detefeihlned whether she Sljso had been shot. ; j Montgomery had been staying alone jn his home while his parents stayed with a hospitalized daughter ,n Martinsville. ; ’ d J . ‘ ' f You Have Anything Tb Ben Try v Democrat Aa —n rays. Defender Nose & I Throat Atomizer I Twifetube type for heavy I oils, aqueous or « solutions... JewV HH|H / Smith Drag Co.