Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1952 — Page 2

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Auto Safety Check Month V. j t _.' . . z '- : ' '' I. . »Ssr .Js&r ■ - - ii f. ■ ■RS I wk ’ j wosl IhJMMHHI ..W * r 4’ : .'>-■■ > ' ' . Brant Motors, Inci, local Ford dealer, is joined in the nationwide auto safety check program during the month of May., Free Check of all autos thiq month ircludes brakes, lights, steering, tires, exhaust system, glass, windshield wipers, rear view mirrors and horn. Pictured above are sheriff Robert Shraluka and police chief James Borders aiding Harry Schwartz. Brant manager, in making the check ’ °- n * CaF '» '''\' •■ f I ‘ — — - r— if — | -

Ndmed Cdtetakers Os Hanna-Nuttman Park Mr. and Mrs. Tim Sprague, of this 6ity| pave been appointed as at Hanna-Nuttman park fbr the slummer, season, it was an_nounqed ;|oday ! I by Mayor John Doan. lift Decatur couple will > oart theif new work immediately. \The patiOc- has been open to the 1 •public forpbout 10 days and picnic arid swings and playground sqtifpmeßt| have been set for the ’, fummer.H Ti 1 aL * ■ Use of| the park and picnic area fe- free. Ot it is necessary to con- ( fact th® caretakers for reserve- , fions of the shelter house. It ; also |js advise b'.e to reserve an’outdoor furnace pfior to the picnic date. ; There ife enough tables ■ and < benches ’that reservationjin’ ad: ( )*— : —l

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I ■ - ; | ‘ Take a new Cadillac fiome with you—use it with • common prudence aruCgive it reasonable care— | —and ten years from today, there should be many, • * many people anxious to drive jt and call it their dwn! The soundness of this \ prediction is attested op : uSed car lots throughout America. Every day, buyers • \ f are taking possession of Cadillacs 'built before the war v . > i j —and are doing so with pride and I - There are many and vital reasons for this enduring value of a Cadillac carpi ! ‘p i i First, of course, is’quality. Cadillacs are built to \ • the highest standard ijt is"practical to enforce in the production of a motor car. - ” . I > ■Hj r The watchword aid the goal of those who de- \ sign and build for Cadillac are one and the low good and how fiidurfag can this car be madt? < | v Year in and year out, the search for improyemeht f ; j goes relentlessly ahead. \ I’ • [ I v J Small wonder that the car keeps its youth and its performance—far,, far beyond the normal span.

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5 4' i J , ,' . | van.ee of thesb is not hecepsary, Maypr Doah said. Public use of the park for reunions and picnics Ip invited. I —-r— —h“ ' ■ j? i . . ' ( ‘ ■ r Attend National Congress Os PTA Mr and Mrs. Ed Wert and Mrs. Chester Dalzell, jail of Decatdr. will the Wednesady seslons of the national parent-teachers assdriafion coriveiition at Indianapolis. ■ AH, are active in the Lincoln parent-teachers association of Decatur and Wert is president of the loeaL group. Mrs. bharles Magley, vi4e-presiaent of the Decatur ’• \• ■ ' ' \.V grpup, is attending all three days of the conference as the Decatur delegate. -1 r

Nation's Capital Is Most Expensive City New Orleans Least Costly Metropolis Washington, May 2(k—-(UP)—-It costs a lot to live in the capital. The bureau of labor statistics conducted a survey which showed that a "mbdest but adequate budget” for tpe average family of four came to $4,4&4 under prices of last October. This Was more than was needed in any of 33 olher large cities. New drlekna was the least expensive metropolis. It took only $3,812 a year to maintain the same level of living there. Milwaukee was next to Washington. with a $4,387 budget. Then came Richmond, Va.; Atlanta, and Los Angeles. New YoHt, the nation's largest city, was 26th with a budget of s<oß3. Chicago, the No. 2 city In population, wah slightly ahead of New York with a budget of $4,185. The average family covered tri the survey included a father, a non-Wqrking housewife and tlvo children under 15. Savanhah, Ga., showed the Highlest food costs—sl,469 a year. Next in line were Mobile, Atia‘nta. Seattle. and Birmingham, all of which have 1 a three percent taod sales tax: Milwaukee had the lowest prices? an annual expenditure of $1,296. . Washington and' New drleans also were at the top and bottom of the list in housing costs. Housing for the average family in the capital cost* $1,034 a year, but was only SSAI in New Orleans. Father Doing Well Boston (UP) — Thomas F. Breen Jr., 35-year-old Roxbury father of four children, is the highest rank-! ing senior at Boston University college of business administration. He entered the college under the GI bill of rights. Sf I

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I 5 :■ I .•• jra®!- » ..Bl i SB -.?• THESE DRAMATIC PHOTOS taken by New York Daily Mlrrot photographer Bill Stahl show a hit-and-run j accident on New York’s Park aventie at 72nd street. David Lewis, SP. victim, sltk in street (upper) t after being struck by auto at right. Driver gets out to help. Driver starts to help Lewis get up (lower) as taxi driver Irving Adler runs toward them. A moment later the Motorist got back into his late model Lincoln, which bore Florida license {Hates, and drove away. Another man and a woman were in the car. Lewis was taken to a hospital in critical condition and police sent out ajlarm for motorist (International} ! ' , r - -- ' ! I 1 ■ . ■

Woman Takes Post With Bluffton Police Mrs. Truman Bierie, wife of the state; trooper, rias taken a job with the Bluffton police department. Mrs. Bierie will be in charge of the police radio room and keep official records. Officer Jack Fuller resigned the position last week.

Pjcnic Held Here For School Patrols ■Safety Patrollers At Picnic ■\ ! i jjjarion Kirkpatrick, of; Huntingassistant district manager of th(£ Chicago Motor Club, was host to’oso boys of the schobl safety patkols at a picnic at U’orthman fießl last Saturday. .patrols fnom the Dedatur and Cafho’jc scnools, Berne.! Geneva, Ossian. Bluffton and Rockcreek in Weils county attended the outing. Between showers. Floyd Reed, of ;the Decatur athletic staff, conducted a series ;of games fpr| the boy patrolmen who guard the strieet crossings wheii children cpipe and go to school. l|ryce Thomas. Lincoln school principal. Hubert Zerkel.fend Jerry of the school staff, prepared and served the boys with tarje quantities of hot idogs, ice crehm and soft drinks. The, Lions club, whosej members first sponsored the safety patrols, futhisjied the prizes for the Decatur winners in the Afternoon athletic events. Kirkpatrick said the turn-out wa| one of the largest ever in attendance at an annual picnic arranged for the boys who serve efficiently during the school year. |■' — — | »

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Richmond Man Dies As Auto Hits Tree Richmond, Ind., May 20 — (UP) —Authorities said today that Loras Clirey, 51, Richmond, apparently lost control of his atito and was killed when it crashed into a tree at the Intersection of U. S. 35 and U. S. 38 near here yesterday. \ i ——| — LPlan Major Address By Gen. EisenhdWer Managers Planning Address In Detroit Washington. Yiay j 20—(UP) — Gen. l>wight D. Eisenhower s camstrategists are making plans for the t general to del|vsr a major address, petroit on or about’ June 17, it Was learned today. Informed sources siid itjs “definite” EiSenhpwer will make a June appearance ih the motor city, but that the date is not yet “firm.“\ i 1.-y The Detroit speech could be one pf Eisenhoweris most important undertakings before the Republican July 7. I Present plans call for him to' return front Europe In time for a June 4-5 appearance at his home town of Abilene, Kan., followed by; an indefinite schedule that indicates at least two or three major speeches. Supporters of both! Eisenhow»er and his chief rival for the GOP nomination. Sen. Roper,t A. Taft (R.-O.). eye Michigan as. a key state this year. Besides wanting to capture the state’s hefty bloc of electoral votes, the GbP especially wdnts to knock off Sen. IJlair Moody. (D-Michi.), a prime Republican target in the November voting. Meantime, on the Democratic side, President Trumah accepted an invitation to serve rs a delegate-at-large from Missouri at the .party’s national convention. Mr. Truinan accepted the offer from John J. Nangle, Democratic national committeeman front Mis-’ sduri, to join his home state delegation, However, the president repeated what he told his| peWs conference last week—that lie would not show up at the convention until the Democrats have chosen tlieit presidential nominee.. Party interest also focused on the May 27 showdown for Florida ccyiVeltlon delegates between Sens?iuchard B. Russell and Estes Klrfauver. z Russell licked Kefauver ‘in! theXtate's recent preferential prumrfy. But the Georgia senator, concerned over activity by Kefapver backers, revealed plans to revisit Florida for a two or three-day‘ stand to confer with his leaders and firm up his bid for a majority, of the stated convention.delegates. Russell backers concede privately that Kefauver imay take a few of the state’s 24 delegates. . \ CHURCH REWS First Methodist The regular mid-week service of study and prayer will be held Wed- I nesday evening ajt 7;io in the Wesley room of th&i Methodist church. -Although, it is conference week, the service will continue as usual. Leonard Solida}' was selected by ,the group to be the leader tor the service thjs week. The pastor will be out of the city this week because of annual conference session Democrat Want Ads Bring Results ' , If . V

Mefhedisl Chutth j Parley This Week Annual Conference Opens Wednesday At the Fort Wayne district Methodist conference held in Decatur last week a number of interesting reports were given of recent achievements. Among thein was the report of the new Christ church in the southeast section of Fort Wayne. Within the past year a full block of land has been purchased on McKinney avenue near the new Abbott school. Since January 1, the Rev. Donald F. been minister of this project which has been supported by the conference board of missions and churches of the Fort Wayne district. \| A temporary church building was recently built on this new church site. The first service was conducted March 36. Since then 175 persons have joihed ; the membership of the church, and twp services are conducted each Sunday morning to care for the coiigregitibn. There is Immediate demand for enlarged facilities. \ \ The Rev. Samuel Emerick, treasurer of the conferehce board of missions, stated that this is only one of the several fine church extension projects now under development in northeast Indiana by the Methodist church. The 109th session of the North Indiana conference of the church will convene at Trinity church, Elkhart, at 2 p.m. Wednesday under the direction of Bishopl Richard Campbell Raines, bishop of the Indiana area. The memorial service for deceased members and the service of Holy Communion will be the main program for Wednesday afternooh. In the evening the six district superintendents will give annual reports. [ Speaker for the 2 o’clock inspiration hour each day will be Dr. Paul S. Rees, Minneapolis. The Friday evening lecture, LutherOak of Saxony," will be given by Dr. Edwin Prince Booth, Boston University. The Lecture will be giver) in the Elkhart high school auditorium. V . \ ! Rev. Etnqrick will give the devotional address at the conference worship Friday morning,. TheV conference w’ill conclude Sunday afternoon with a service of ordination so r newly elected deacons arid elders and the reading of the appointments sot the new year. 1 The local church will be represented by the pastor, Rev. Emerick; ind the lay member, Fred Busche. Adams county churches will likewise be represented by the minister and lay member of each charge. Urges $25,000-Job Fbr Ex-Presidents Washington. May 20 — (UP) j—< Rep. Hubert B. Scudder (R-Cal.) has introduced a constitutional amendment to create a $25,000-8-year life-time job for ex-presidents. The proposal also would limit future presidents a single fouryearj term and increase the; terms of house members to four years instead of the present twp. \ Merry Maids The MonmOuth Merry Maids 4-H club held their fourth regular meeting recently at the Monmouth high school. The meeting whs opened with the i pledge*? led by Jackffe Hurst and the 4-H song by Ethel, 1 Cook. The roll call. “What .makes a boy or girl attractive," was answered -by the 35 members present. A demonstration on “How to make graham cracker pudding,” was given by Patty Hurst and Noam! Kirchhofer. Rowena Merriman and Ester Cook led the recreation. Refreshments were served by Donna and Cdrolyn Owens. Patsy arid Sue ■ Miller, Sandra Brown, and Ann Seasman. The next meeting will be held May 22 at the Monmouth high school. . 1

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TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1952

Minor Auto Mishaps Reported To Sheriff Two minor auto mishaps were reported to the sheriff’s office Monday aftdrtioon. Property damage in the two was estimated at SSOO but there were no personal injuries. Automobiles driven by Robert Helm, Decatur, and Charles Williams, Decatur, route two, collided neat the golf course on U. S. road 224 west of Decatur. Property damage was estimated at $l5O. A half hbhr later, autos driven by Charles F. Drayer, Craigvil’.e and Glen Veach, Fort Wayne figured in a mishap on the same road, farther west at the lane of the Linger fatip. Damage to the two cars was eStiihatd at* $350. Deputy sheriff \ James Cochran investigated both mishaps. .' r • • • t .fi ■ John Lewis Confers With Union Leaders May Talk Over New Contract Demands Washington, May 20 — (UP) — John L, Lewis met with other top officials of his United Mine Workers —perhaps to discuss new contract deniands to W served on the soft coal industry. The 25-man UMW executive board, with some district presidents’sitting in, met fpr the first session of a two or three day conference which union spokesmen insisted was simpjy a “routine’’’ affair. ' e 1 But Lewis’ contract with the coal operators can be ended at any time after :60 days notice. Whether the miners’ chief would await the outcome of the steel before moving for a new wage hike was uncertain. The union’s wage policy committee gave Lewis power last January to act when he chooses. Besides a flil-in on his contract plans. Lewis presumably will take up the organizing problems faced by the union during this week’s meetings. The board,. , which regularly meets at.this year, also will get a. progress report on mine safety legislation pneding in congress. The senate already has passed a bill giving federal mine inspectors power to close down unsafe riunes and the house Tabor committee is to vote on a compronttke measure is. acceptable to the union. A house labor subcommittee has approved the compromise. , SSOO Damage To Home Frbifi Skidding Auto Indiabapolis, May 20 — (UP) — Earl Rogers, 35, vowed today he will “impound” a late mode} convertible which crashed into the front porch of his damages are paid. \ The porch was smashed into a ? scattered collection of wood and roof supports were knocked down in the mishap late yesterday. Rogers said he will keep the vehicle until, damages of about SSOO are paid. Donald Gowen, 19. driver of the . car, said he skidded on wet pavement while passing another auto. His car raced over a curb, through a lawn and crashed into the Rogers porch. Montana is planning to use part of its s.tate gasoline fund to advertise for tourists. > Quality Photo Finishing Featuring Oversize Prints Holthouso Drug COl,