Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1952 — Page 8

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Lincoln Day Dinner Here Friday Night Annual Banquet To Be Held On Friday Advance sale of tickets for the r z annual Adams county Lincoln day. banquet tube held Friday night at 6:30 o’clock at the K. of P. home indicate that there will be a sellout crowd. • Harry Essel, Adams county Republican chairman, said that the advance sale this year was larger than in any of the last several years. Robert E. Meyers, city comptroller of FortAVayne, will deliver the principal address. Robert Smith. Decatur attorney, will serve as toastmaster. Groups will attend the dinner from Geneva. Berne and. Monroe, Essex said. The affair is sponsored each year by the Adams county Republican central committee. It is being held ahead of .the February 18th birthday, in order that Meyers can attend the local affair. in addition to the speaking, there will be special music.Rent Decontrol At Muncie Is Favored , Muncie, Ind., Feb. 6—(UP)—Federal rent control seemed certain to be discontinued here today after mayor Joseph R. Barclay approved a decontrol resolution approved by the city council. Barclay approved the resolution yesterday, and rent ceilings will he removed when federal housing officials sanction such action. A 1951 council took similar action. -but federal officials disapproved the measure because former mayor Lester E. Holloway vetoed it.

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-4 —--tuu 1 — House Group Votes Universal Training House Committee Approves Measure »F 4 i 4: Washington. 6, — (UP) — The house armed services cohimitUe, by a 27 to 7 vote, formally approved today a bill rd call all men at age IS for six nhontbs universal milltaiy (training. lll'-U ?. M ; \‘- Chait man Carl ‘Vinshn ID-Ga.) said the controversial UMT bill will be called up ifi the house during the Week of Feb. $5. He has predicted! the hqu=< will, approve it. Vinson said the bill aipprdveti by the committee will assure a “bonafiile” UMT one in .which men are tiainrd specifically to build .up a powerful military re- j sprite..? i' F J Uilsdl 1 ;’la- ' . The committee into the measurjt a flat prohibition against a defense department plan’ unfder which trainees *w|»uld; .haio been called to active njili’ary duty for T 8 months Immediately upun completion <if their training. Under the conijnittee’s hill trainees would go into;the reserves fbr 7-Mi .years? They could not be called to active military du:y exeppt with priori consent of; congress. -Today’s committee; vote was .secret. Members- re-porfed, however. that tin? seven “no’t votes w.rg cast by Republican Reps, riewey Short (M 0. Leslie C. Arends (111.1, Paul Schafer (Mich.).: Charles 11. El-jton (0 h Raul E. Hess (().) aml Charles P. Nelson 'PT ! ; 4 :j : : ■ "H-pi • p h Moran Convicted As I 4 ? ' '; i ' Racket Mastermind Ex-Citv Official Os New York Convicted New York, Feb, fc.— James J. Morafi. friend <nd .politicil protege of former mayor William was cnnjvictVd last night 4s\ the masternjiiiiid of a $5(l(>.(»(i(!-a---year shakedown racket run,by New York C|ty firemeh- 4 i Moran. 50„ was tigbt-lipp?d but expressionless as 1 : the . jury of 12 middle-aged businessmen hiin guilty of 23 counts of extortion and one count of conspiracy. Tle\ jury -retarded its veridict at 9:50 just, two hpurs w and 13 mlmites after 1 : (sessions judge Jbhn, A. ’ Mullen Hided his charge gnd gave the {ury the case. Moran fsofts a possible maximum senteheg of 348 in jail-and a |S(M) firi-e. Judge »lul|en set March 4 for sentencing, irevbked Moran’s $25,000 bail and Remanded him to the Tombs prison.; ;i ,/ The former city Who rose i high iti the administration with O’Dwyef a<t his irrdnjtpr, is under . fctntencg of fivgiyf arg In' jail and a fine of s2.<ioo op Bis| conviction for perjury before the: senhte crime in : veVigating ccmmlOfti. .He has appealed that to the UI.S. circuit Court. : j '' Moran was lacddsed in his extortion trial of setting up a coordinated System of icollecting illegal fees frdm fuel dil ! 4<luipment installers before fitie permits, would be issued. : (i ‘l He wag: charged.-with receiving as much as $2 500 g week, wjilch was collected by his aides while he was first deputy fire Commissioner under O’Dwyer fromi I>edember, 14)47, to Novepnber, 1950. !'j - ' Aaed Pedestrian Killed By Train Kendillville, Ind., Feb. 6—(UP)— Engineer E. A. Heaite of Toledo, 0.. had: an uneasy feeling his New York Centra! passenger train had hit a pedestrian last night( He stopped hjs. eastbound train at Waterloo, Ipd., and found a *’ I it * # ■ L 1 4 I 'LI ir| i i

- i UN Tanks And InfanfryHit Al Red Lines Ram Six Miles In Red Lines, Deliver Powerful Assaults Bth Army Headquarters. Korea. Feb. 6—(VP) —A powerful Nations.tank-infantry force ratiuncd s.'x miles* into Communist territory today on the wewtenil front and blasted enemy supply lines and installations with direct fire for three More than 2(P mndiiim tanks ■lumbered across the frozen paddips in sub-zero weather at dawn in a surprise armored raid into Red territory north of CJiorWbn. Not one allied tank was “We hurt them.” the allied tank commander said. “We.mould near the Chinese ou their radios calling for help.” j AlHed infantrymen jumped off at I a. m. and secured the hills' in no-man’h land surrounding the fiat, snow-coveted valley through which the tanks drove. Directly behlCd the rifletnen moved engineers with demolition stpwphient to blast paths for the across the big drainage ditches and to test for mines jmd yther obstacles: Other activity along the 145-mile ■front was confined to patrol aetiv’ty. . In the air. American F 86 sahre'ets patrolled (North Korea and dared Red MiG's in vain to come' over tlie Yalu river and fight. It was the second straight day that no MIG was damaged. , j. Allied pilots made up for the ab «c-nce of air-to-air 'cbmhat’ by sjhel’acking North Korean rail lines in 127 places. Hip Is Fractured In j Fall At Home Tuesday Louis Worthman,; 91; father of Lewis' Wprthman. county commis sioner, and Ernst W'orthman, secretary of the Loyal Order of Moose, suffered a fractured: hip in a fall at his residence in Kirkland township Tuesday afternoon. ; ; | The well-known Adams county farmer was brought; to the Adams county memorial hospital for treatment today. . . 6 4 F::- -/V-lF FT?? ! man’s hat clinging to the locomotive. Heaite telephoned Kendallville city police, and they searched ; \ r , ;- ■ 15| ■

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SRIHSH TROOPS are digging in for' an ali-out Suez Canal zone stand >n Ismailia (1) following killing )f an American nun there and ’ heavy fire on an Ismailia bridge by Egyptian terrorists. The Egyptian government claims that recent military action near Tel el Kebir (2) and nearby villages adds up to “acts of war? by the British, s. ! :’ • ■-! !' H 4 I

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Decatur Class Wins In Judging Contest i * ■ ■ On.-hundred thirty-nine vbca:icnal agricultural high school fttjdf, ; dents from the five departments pdf the couiity took part in a crops, judging con’est Tuesday at thF Decatur high school I tfnder the chairmanship of 'Vaughn Miller. Raymond Schandrng prepared samples for judging. ’ 4 The Decatur class had ihe hjgh scoring team with 2220 poiptit Adams Central second with 21>|mdnts and Berne-Frepch third 2070 points. j Decatur’s high scoring tqam was Tohn Frank, 755; Gerald Grote, 735:. Marvin Grote, 730. The Adams Central team was Ronnie Wagley, 720; Latty Schwartz, 715; Bob Steury, 690. High scoring individuals ‘wfcre John Frank, 755. Decaturf Gerald Gride, Decatur. 735: Marvin Grot<, 7*o. Decatur; Ronnie Wagley. Adams Central," 720; Larry; Syhwartz, Adams Central. 715; Jim* Hudson. Geneva, 715; anil Willis Monmouth. 705. Jay Thaek. r helped with grading: and scoring. County agent ’L. fit; Archbold ’ gave .assistance with grading the quiz.’ the right-of-way through this city, . Near the station they 'found ' thS mangled body of Elijah Richards? .84. Mimmell. Ind. Relatives said Richards alighted from another train and was walking along the tracks toward the home of a daughter for a visit when struck.

i One ride and You’ll say: D-. <■ a T B fk, ml ** y "Thais the Smartest Million Dollars BUICK Ever Spent" ■I '■ 'i . ' ‘ ' ' ! ■ ■VW then we tell you that every 1952 *|| frame —to cushion body and engine — Never before have style and stamina— VV Buick rides like a million dollars, 1 and to silk out the whole operation with comfort and character-r power, per* we’/e not just slinging slang—we’re j| Dynaflow Drive.* formance and price been brought talking real money—right-on-the- together with such satisfying skill. I ';[ barrelhead cash. 1 *°u may not care how the job was done, ( !| or what it cost. But we’ll lay you this: The obvious thing for you to do is come A million dollars and more were poured >| xr ... ‘ / m in and look them over. How about tak* into research and testing - design and | * hoUr 08 <° do ~ j spirited smoothie under your hands and ride features you*il find on a Buick—and aunc • ? ) ;i . > , on no other car in the world. ’i| 014 familiar roads take on a new Gz^/r//7/Z>fe? ■ 'J • ' 5 if smoothness. Gone are the weave and UiZ/gZf T!W TOr * A million dollars and more was the ; wander, the jitter and jounce that you’ve price paid to work dut control of end- | felt in lesser cars. Ibu ride with roadsway and side-roll on curves—to double- | hugging assurance and level ease. check vertical “throw” with shock J absorbers and big soft-acting coil | All of which only begins to tell you r springs for all four wheels —to V-brace | what really great cars these 1952 Buicks ■■ _w g I IOH i m the torque-tube keel and X-brace the turned out to be. 1 I I SAYLORS CHEVROLET SALES -MZ r — Z . 'lm . I . '.M.-'.

Three Men KillecLAs.' Superfort Crashes | Praise Rescuers far | Saving Eight Livies L J Ait 1 . Force CalifL Feb. 6. ( Ul’c -The “great of rescuers who ■ dragged from the flaming .wreckage a crashed B-29 was creditft| today with keeping,the death tollfflown U) .three of the ill crewmen ab|>ard. ? The fouriengine superfortress crashed l and burst into flajr&es yesterday as it approached]! March Field for a landing. < The pilot apparently rehUked that hla 135,006-nound craft c|jild not reach the field and alternated to belly land it in ,an *a irtile and a half from the runway. , ; The bomber plowed several hundred feet through the fielfc ripped off a wing, Smashed down||i (pole and exploded in flanks ol) pa boulevard, 100 feet, from t®e' home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth |A en < ? The crash scattered debfis dv|r a wide area and sent chunks of the plane flying into the fronij law of Ahe Lien home, i f . Eight of. the ' crewmen^!several still strapped in their seals, were thrown clear of the wreckage, bi|t lhe other three died in thsl flames. Tire dead were identifiedyß Capt. Charles W. Gatchell; Ist BUb Lee and T/Sgt. Wilburr S,|lradl4y. The addresses of their neffl of kin were not available immediately, ; U.S. SORROW (Continned From P»iw 7 ,v\hu tne queen mother the ujftw queen,? Menzies s4Hd| p “I mysielt and I’m suras otl|er members of the house ase quite unable at this moment saying what sjiould, be said.” M -“F Field marshal ) ViscOurtg Montgomery. vacationing in land, said he was greatly Rocked. i Flags fle-W at half-staffe at the United Nations tempprarf hPMdquarters io Paris. At 1), Eisenhower’s North |Atlaniic ♦reaty organization headquarters jast'outsdie Paris the national embieuis of the 12 member ions also were at half-staff. js Elsenhower, who has k.ipwn the •oyal family well since first, arrived in Britaip, during World War 11, expressedxhls regrets to Prime Minister Winston Ghureljill pud sent condolences to royal family. |. REDS PROPOSE (Coutinned From Pare *(>neV. - i -w—---man in ordering intervention in Korea June 27|: 1956— •wo days after the Communist’invasion of South qKrea—had “publicly connected the war t|t’ Korea with other questions of ttje east.”

SEWER ICaatinned From Pare Owe) sessment would be City attorney Robert Anderson stated that fee would contact the gtate board of accounts to ascertain just what construction could be made by 1 bond issue, Members ot the street and sewer committee are* 1 ' councilmen Gage, Bauer and'Kplter. Councilman Gage then inquired about numerous holes in the streets which have been made recently by Workmen for the Northern Indiana Public Service Cq. and stated that somfe of the holes are so deep that It is dangerDUW to drive automobiles on some Os the streets. When informed that the ci£V had a contract with the NIPSCO to tefill the! holes, but that the contract was made in 1937, Gage immediately asked that proper committee review the contract yvith a view’ to revising it in proportion to present day improvement costs. The matter will be brought Up at iTje next regular meeting. COMMISSIONERS /Cowttwwed Prom P»»e Owe> operate with! Lybarger in getting better transpprtation. It will necessitate a fill of from one to four feet along the highway.? APPOINTMENT OF ' ADMINISTRATOH < No. 4755 Notice iw kereby urlven. That the undersigned has been appointed Administrator ot the estate of Catharine Frances Smith late of Adams CoUnty, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. Henry B. Heller, Administrator Henry B. Heller. Attorney Jan, 19. 1952. > JAN. 23—80— FEB. Democrat Want Ads Bring Results

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