Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 30 October 1954 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PttMtehed Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO, INC. Entered a* Che Decatur, Ind, Poet Office a* Second Oase Matter Dick D. Heller - President A. R. Holthouse Editor J. H. Heller ...Vice-President Chas. Holthouse —; Treasurer Subscription Ratos: , By Mat! in Adena and Adjoining OounHee: One year, 38.00; Six months, 34.96; 3 months, 32 25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 11.00; 5 months, 34.75; 3 months, 3150. , By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies: 6 cents.

. ; The hot store league may have a lot of unusual election returns to discuss along with what teams I*. ? will win the 1955 world series. ■ 0 o Only a couple of more days to convince the voters how they ought to vote. Watch out for last minute stories about candidates. Better just follow the donkey. q o Attend the Democratic rally at the K. of P. Home tonight .to wind up the campaign. The various candidates will be there and so will a lot of your friends. 0-— ■ The Republican National Committee telephoned 300 of the well-to-do type ot business men the other day and asked for another 31,000 each. What will they give in return* For a running account of the Adams county and Indiana elections next Tuesday call telephone number 3-2171 Tuesday night A tape-recorder wil give you the latest figures on the outcome. • —-0 ' Indications now are that the voters of Colorado, Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain states may • have to go to the polls on bob sleds or by some other means. They have already had ft foot of snow in some districts. , _—o-—0 ■ We will soon know whether we like daylight saving time in the winter or not. Most towns in this section of the state are going to • try it any way. Decatur, Geneva* and Berne will be starting tonight. Be sure you get to church at the proper time. • '*' - - ’ Lerey Collins will take the gov- t emorship contest in Florida without a battle. His opponent, Tom Watson, died of a heart attack and the Republican state executive committee decided not to name a candidate with only a week to go before election. ‘ Gov. Craig, When he refers to ’ selfish interests, no doubt means the people. He says he doesn't a want our economy to depend on j “selfish interests”. We refer the! king of the toll roads to Dixon,j Yates, Bobby Jones and Eisen hower. g| 0 0 I Many farmers say they are hav! ing a tough time getting their! beans and corn out of the fields! due to the frequent rains. Harvest! is an Important part of growing! a crop and it's tough to raise! beans or corn and watch them! disappear tn wet fields. fl 0 0 New York state has the dirtiest! fight on with Tom Dewey trying! to control it. They have charged! Harriman with about every crime! on the calendar, the latest being! that he voted in a play election! last spring and thereby lost his! residence in New York. ■ , ' —0 Wort on the constructfan of! the road between Decatur and! Fort Wayne will begin soon, low! est blds having been received! from Yost Construction company! tor bridges and from Metts! Spears and Dehner for the dual! highway. Contracts will be award! ed soon. £

November 2nd -*3*g a BBEkHIBbI WE URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES! H®jßfgHT BUT WHATEVER YOUR CHOICE PLEASE BE SURE TO VOTE! naqwW ® ADAMS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE ' 19K®LJRfltfHM ™ Dr. Harry Hchhlg Chairman P;ii<l Politi< a l Advi'i-ti. emcnf (). W. P. .Macklin, Trca*. 0

Mayor Don Underwood of Van Wert is requesting his city council to purchase a meter to test the degree of intoxication of prisoners. He says they had a half doaen cases in which they have had to reduce charges of drunken driving to reckless drtving and it’s time to tighten up on them. * —- Remember the number of election returns all through the night Tuesday and until 8 o’clock Wednesday morning — 3-2171. Latest county and state returns will be tape recorded and the recording will be kept up to the minute as returns arrive at the Batty Democrat office. o -0 Mr. Babson who has for years told people how to invest their money and who predicted Mr. Eisenhowers victory two years ago has completed a nation wide poll of the coming battle for congress. He predicts the house will be Democratic by a large majority and the senate rather close, perhaps not more than three to five either way. —0 o—Objection to the speedy action favoring daylight saving time has caused a postponement at Huntington for at least a week to give those who oppose it a little time to get their thoughts together. They will probably decide to go along with the rest of northeastern Indiana but it’s alright not to get too excited about it Their city council will meet November Ist to decide. —o-—e-— The G.O.P. is putting on a big finish to the campaign trying to dodge the real issues of the campaign. They enjoy calling Democrats names and accusing them of selling the people to the grafti era and talking about the treaties with foreign nations. If they win, look out for some repetition of 1929 when they were telling us how good the country was and —boom —along came a stock ( I market crash and the results are well known. Keep and eye on k the Dixon-Gates altercation and £ other big business deals and . notice how quickly they are setE tied to the detriment of the peo- ■ pie if they have the power. These ■ things are far more important ■ than many of the things they ■ talk about and advertise so nosifly. ■ * g| The Adams-Wells county repre- ■ sentative district and the Adams- ■ Blackford-Wells senatorial dis■trict in the state should be well ■ accounted for at the 1955 Indiana ■general assembly. ■ Sen. Von Eichhorn, veteran Un- ■ iondale legislator will be named ■ without opposition to another ■four year term in the state sen■ate From all indications William Jj. Kruse will be elected state ■ joint representative to the lower ■ house Kruse is a farmer and bust- ■ ness man and former soldier. He ■ knows well the problems of the ■ people of this area. He is not the ■ type of representative who will ■ ■deep through |he business ses- ■ sions. He does not expect to have ■ a 60-day vacation ;he wants to ■ represent the people of this area. ■ fie will not follow any leader ■ jlindly He will represent the ma- ■ jority of the Adams and Wells ■ county folks at all times. What ■ more can you ask?

I 20 Years Ago I Today »—1 October 30 — Dan Niblick, Herman Yager and Lew Yager of Decatur receive the honorary degree in Knights of Columbus at Fort Wayne. . Mrs. Clara Hughes. 79, widow of the late L. C. Hughes, died this morning at her home in oFrt Wayne. The Cloverleaf Creameries will sponsor a basketball club during the coming season. The national labor relations board is submitting a plan to the A and P that they hope will end their difficulties. The Century of Progress exposition closes in Chicago today. Congressman David Hogg will speak at the GOP meeting here Friday night. Mrs. J. C. Sutton will preside. Court Rews Marriage Licenses Richard Seymour, 27. Painesville, 0,. and Jessie Dill. 23, of Painesville. O. Justus C. Augsburger. 32. Geneva. and Orpha M. Cook', 34, Geneva. Proceedings Closed The commissioners' final report has. been submitted and approved in the complaint for partition filed by Joy E. Clark against Glen E. Clark. Pauline Halberstadt and the First Bank of Berne. The commissioners have been released and the proceedings which awarded partition to the plaintiff have been closed. Estate Cases The personal representative's inventory for the Hiram C. Wall

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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE EIGHTY miles an hour, ninety, and the road was a straight flat ribbon in the moonlight Ninetyfive. a Carve sign slammed at me. 1 pushed hard on the Drakes and fought the wheel The rear end skidded uckemngly on gravel and the tires made a horrible screaming. 1 ted gas again, let up on the . brakes, and made the curve. Ahead the road was straight again. Seventy, seventy-five, eighty and the motor wound up. Far behind 1 heard a faint banshee wail that sounded like a siren, but it could have been the Mood singing in my ears. 1 laughed aloud. Maybe 1 was going crazy. 1 pulled the Mercury off the highway and coasted to a stop, gunning the motor affectionately before I turned the key. It growled a response and died. In the restaurant I got a cup of coffee at the counter and earned It back to one or three phone booths in the rear. 1 placed the coffee co a small shelf, got out a handful of silver, tat a cigaret, and went to the telephone. Sandy's voice sounded faint and tar away. “This is Jim, honey.” “Where are you?" “Somewhere on Route 20. How’s everything 7" “Ralph's worse, Jim. 1 called the hospital, and they told me. His temperature is up, and he’s not responding to treatment. They nad already sent a car tor dad, and he’s at the hospital now. Dr. Mazzini is still with him, but—" “I’m sorry, Sandy.” “I—l know you are.” “What’s Judy doing?" "Still sleeping." It seemed to me that Sandy's voice held a bitter edge. “If you want to go to the hospital, I’U come and stay with her.* “No, don’t do that I—l can’t do anything for Ralph. .. . Jim, bow have you been?" *T think I'm going nuts." "Wtatr* "Never mind." I paused. "Listen, Sandy, I’d better come over there." "I—l am a little scared. It’s kind ot spooky out here. But I’m all right. You do what you have to do.” “Chin up," I said. “Bure, Jim." I hung up, fed more money into the slot, and waited maybe three minutes before Eileen Fortune's breathless voice said, “Yes?" is Jim Bennett, Eileen. "He’s gone I" she cried. "Ralph's dead! I knew it, 1 knew it. . . .’’ Her sobbing filled the booth. "Listen," I shouted. “Tell me," she whimpered. “I—---TU be brave.” “He’s not dead, but he’s worse. His condition is critical, but there’s still hope." 1 didn't know if there was any hope for Ralph, but there

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estate has been filed, examined and approved. The report shows a value of 314.939.12. A petition to sell crops at market value has been filed and sustained. The schedule to determine the inheritance tax for the Christian Hilty estate has been filed with reference to the county assessor. The net total of the estate is 36,999.57, to be divided among three sons and one daughter. The last will and testament of Elsie Haines has been offered and accepted for probate. A bond in

was no harm in telling her. "Is she with him?” “Who?" "Judy." “No.” “She killed him. She meant to kill him, because she's jealoua She’s got Ralph's blood on ner bands. She—she's a Jezebel, a—"Stop it," I snapped. “Shut up. Is your father home yet?” ~ “Papa ’ No."** *- '■* - j “Where is he?” “1 told you—" “He's aot at Dan’s Place. Havqa you seen Earl Seltzman?” There was silence on the wirell Then she said prunly, "Ot course not. I am engaged to Ralph, and it would not be proper tor me to be seeing EarL" “You let turn take you home last! night." “That—that was different" “1 see,” 1 said. “Is Earl therej now?" ■ “Na Really, Mr. Bennett—" “Goodby, Eileen.” “Thank you tor calling. I—TU pray tor Ralph." ± . “Do that," 1 hung up. Outside the booth a young, grave-eyed man in the uniform of a state trooper stood waiting tor me. 1 gazed at him, took a sip of coffee, and said, “Guilty, sergeant" “'■"la that your black Mercury outside?" “Yep.” “Lucky you made that curve," he said shortly. Over ms shoulder 1 saw that everyone in the restaurant was looking at us. “Lucky," 1 agreed. He held out a hand. “Driver’s license, please." 1 handed nlm my wallet, and he flipped through the compartments. He gazed at my private cop's license issued by the Cleveland police department He studied it carefully, frowning a little. Then he looked at me and his eyes were friendly. “So you’re Bennett?" I nodded, and drank more coffee. It was getting cold. “Down here on a case?" he asked. 1 nodded again. “Care to tell me about it? I've heard ot you since 1 was a kid." “Sorry, sergeant Confidential” "I understand," be said seriously. Tm on patrol between nere and Wheatville tonight ’. picked you up just outside ot Ridge Ceni ter. Can 1 help?” t “Not right now. Maybe later. Where are you stationed?" “At the barracks In Wheatville. Gilmore's my name. If you need i me, they'll put it on the radio and I’U be on deck." “That's nice of you. 1 appreciate it" He grinned modestly, showing very white and even teeth. “1 never thought I'd meet you. I've been >, thinking a little about going into i the private Investigation field. ..." "Come and see me," 1 said. “We

the sum of >3.7€FO has been filed and letters testanientory have been ordered issued to Brice Bausernian. The will bequeaths the entire estate to four children, Alta L. Lautzenheiser, Doris E. Runyon, Doyle Haines and Jean A. Haines. New Haven -The first doctor Os philosophy degree was awarded by Yale university in 1861. In 1892 women were admitted to Yale as doctor degree candidates in the field of the philosophies.

always need good men." “I've got a day ofl next Thursday." ne said eagerly. “Fine. I'll oe in the office, as tar as I Know." Thank you,'* he said, and added wistfully. “Would you want an escort, to wherever you're going ?“ “No, Uianxs." He held out a hand, and 1 shook it, and everybody in the restaurant relaxed and went back to the coffee ano doughnuts, their hamburgers ano trench Cries. The trooper saluted smartly, and went out, the state’s finest, and a very good thing. 1 drove back toward Ridge Center at a sedate forty-five miles an hour. Everything was in the past now. It was tour o clock on a Sunday morning and in a tew ooura it would be dawn and a new day would begin. Everything that nad happened since Friday night would never nappen again, not tn exactly the same way, not tor anybody. And oddly enough I wasn’t tired any more. 1 nad gone beyond the barrier of fatigue and Uie need tor sleep. 1 wasn’t even Hungry, and 1 didn't want a drink, I was in a- nappy limbo, suspended delicately between the world and space, and tt seemed that my mind worked smoothly and calmly on oiled bearings 1 thought of an of it, taking each little scene as it happened, all the spoken words, the gestures, inflections and expressions of the people Td met, the living and the dead. I laughed a little foolishly as 1 drove along. The road unwound and the fields and the dark farmhouses drifted past and the moonlight was very bright. The ram nad blown over, uie wind nad died, and the trees stood tall and straight along the, road and across a line of hills on my left, tt would be colder by dawn, much colder. And then I looked tn the rearview mirror, and 1 saw tt behind me on the road, its fights off, but with the moonlight glinting on glass and chrome, the pale ghost car. 1 patted the .38 tn my pocket and said croonlngly, “Come on, you, come closer, Just a teeny bit closer." But It didn't, and presently 1 didn't see it any more. 1 knew tt was still there, somewhere behind me, as it had been for some hours on this cold November night, waiting tor a chance to strike again, but 1 didn't worry about tt now. 1 had beer the hunted, and now 1 was the hunter, i pulled over to the side of the road and stopped, waiting expectantly. But no ghost car drifted up beside me; tt refused to take the bait, and the road behind remained wide and empty. I lit a cigaret and hummed to myself. (To Bo Continued)

Indianapolis Woman Killed In Accident INDJANAPOUS, (INS) —Mrs. Rath James Hall, 51, of Indianapolis was killed and four other persons were injured in t two-car cfash at the Hoosier Capital city limits Ute Friday. Critically injured was Mrs. Ann Rahn, 63, of Indianapolis. Seriously injured were Mrs. Mabel Hall. 66, Mrs. Bernices Sweny, 69, and Mrs. Helen Hahn, all also of Indianapolis. Li minute I GORDON’S Western Auto Store 152 N. 2nd Decatur

To The Voters of Adams County Your vote for me will be truly < f appreciated. And if you elect me Sheriff of Adams County, 1 will try my best to do an honest and efficient job. ? | lam indeed sorry that 1 have not C RHY had the time or opportunity to see and talk to every voter in this county. Thank you, MERLE AFFOLDER ' DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR HV'fl SHERIFF ■ I W Pol. Advt.

Your Vote and Influence Will Be Appreciated john a. pia KINTZ jrj DEMOCRATIC MBwWI CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER HWM 2nd District Jl GENERAL ELECTION J November 2, 1954

I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE mo ‘Bick’’won DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR CLERK ADAMS COUNTY EXPERIENCED — QUALIFIED TO GIVE YOU GOOD SERVICE General Election, Tuesday, November 2, 1954 - ... - Pol. Advt.

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