Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1955 — Page 2

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Changes Are Made In State Printing Two Innovations Are Put In Effect INDIANAPOLIS (IN'S) — William E. CMrkwn, director of the state public works and supply department. anaounced today that two innovations are being put into effect in connection with the state’s printing orders. They are: 1. Bidding will on a yearly basis, effective April IS. Previpusly printing has been let on a » \. It; .

NOTICE! RURAL LIGHT KILLS £ and TO WATER BILLS ARE PAYABLE APRIL 1-15 WW HUNT & WATER DEPTS.

Another Great Feature j] . X of MJOHN DEERE ffgmtOa “50” and “60” Tractors... E'W I jf ■Sf .* / 'j* KRp z \ VLr ■■•. O E I mMßT*■ Everywhere you look from your position on the seat or platform. STRAIGHT AHEAD over the center line work view—-have been retained and to ~ of the tractor hood ... to the left or further improve visibility in the new r ’^ t , •• - directly down on either side, tractors, the air intake has been concealed there s a clear, unobstructed view of the under the hood and the exhaust stack and wor * muffler moved to the right. » Sitting or standing, there’s no stretching . ..... or straining ... no craning to see where Seeing is believing. Stop in at our store you’re going and what you’re doing. The and see what we mean by the unexcelled high, centered seat Location and tapered view of the work that’s yours with a new fuel tank —basic reasons for the better John Deere Model “50” or “60” Tractor. OTHER OUTSTANDING FEATURES Duplex Carburetion • "Live” Power Shaft • "Live” High-Pressure Powr-Trol • Quick-Change Wheel Tread • Effortless Steering • Ultra-Modern Engineering • Greater Convenience • Unequalled, Two-Cylinder Simplicity H" and Strength. The “50” Delivered The “GO” Delivered “Up Your Farm _ Ll— On Your Farm POWER STEERING 6135.00 EXTRA . SPRUNGER IMPLEMENT CO. Rl4 N. 3rd St. Phone 3-3813 Decatur, Ind. = pWimw-mrigS-- - '

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blean lal basis. t. Escalator clauses by which firms could increase their bid in order to make up lor ixiCrea»e» in their costa are to be elihiLaaud. Indiana spends about $700,000 each year for printing. The figure was much higher prior to an order by Governor George N. Craig which eliminated IshAnce of new road maps and of a state magasine and other publications. However, the Craig administration may up the printing bill, in another manner ts the chief executive’s plan to call a special session of the general assembly nuterialiae- Bids will be taken April 13 on legislative printing — Just in case.

Destroyer Escort, Freighter Collide Two Enlisted Men Injured Thursday CAPE MAY. N. J., (INS) — A navy board of inquiry launched an investigation today into the crash Os a destroyer escort and a freighter in Delaware Bay, 18 miles north of Cape May. Two enlisted men aboard the navy vessel, which was carrying Philadelphia reservists back from Caribbean training cruise, were injured when it was rammed amidship at 8:30 Thursday night. The escort, the USS William T. Powell, and the 'freighter. Mormacspruce, owned by the MooreMcCormack Dines, I no., were locked together tor several hours after thfe crash. The Powell, however, bore the brunt of the damage, with a nine by 12 foot hole in her side, and a broken propellor shaft. Aboard were 204 navy men, including 15 officers. Coast guard vessels were dispatched from Cape May and salvage craft went out from the Philadelphia naval base to the crash site. The injured were taken to the Burdette Tomlin memorial hospital at Cape May Court House. The injured were identified as fireman Stephen Oswald. 20, of Newark, and seaman 1-C Ronald Parker, 21, Cape May. V • Stockholm — Betweefr 1939 and 1952. industrial wages in Sweden rose by about 200 percent.

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Restaurant Owner Attends Conference Cletus Miller, co-owner of Fairway restaurant in'Decatur, will attend a restaurant* management short coursd at Indiana University Bloomington April 5, 6 and ?, U was learned today. , * Classes and conferences during the three day session wIH be held on the university campus antd those attending will be housed at one of the college halls. Both the nations! and state restaurant owners associations are assisting in sponsoring the first short course of its kind to be held in the middlewest. Achievement certificates will be awarded to these who attend the meet. CLAIM* TO IIP, ALLOMED UV Maud w < ommissioxehs AI’MII. 4. DKW BoWm-Merrtil Co. Clk Exp.l 10.00 Haywood Pub. Co, Oper .. 75«.68 Deoatur Eight & Wat Cep O 284.J50 Edward P J«bwg Clk Fee 5.00 Jos. A. Sohetgen Ml) Wit F -4.00 Robert I*. Bose do 3.00 Norman Beaver do 3.00 Fnaiwe*’ M. Jwberg Clk Oner 70.00 Milo Faulkner A sons CARE 100.00 First State Bank Clk Exp 2.20 Commercial Print Simp do 4.30 The Daily Democrat Elec K 57.65* Niblick & Co. Cloth. Exp .... 73.11 Frank Kitson Arid Exp . 2.00 Boimle IttnucMlg do ...... .5.00 Helen E. Johnwoo Tretts Exp 161.00 Christine Nesswald do . 42.00 The Geneva Herald d<> 3.50 Aimer. Deealcotnanla iTt do 37.93 •Alvin Wlndtniller do 2.00 Thelma Franklin Rev Exp 14.00 Merle Aftolder Sher Exp ... 247.56 Patterson Fire Control do 15.04 Emergency Radio Service do 37.27 Traffic House Inc. do 459.50 Ft. Wayne Blue.Prt &Su SB 17.90 Lewis E. S-’oßli Pros At Ex 32.20 Hulrhouae Drug Co. do 129.33 Bessie A. Koos Assessor <M 175.041 National Market Report doE 88.75 G, M. GrabHl Sch Supt Exp 39.88 Mildred M. Foley Att Os Ex 49.20 Deo N. Seltenrirh.t Co Ag >Ek 138.64 Bertha Randis H D Agt Exp .126.88 Pally McCullough Co Ag Sec 175.00 Gloria Koeneotan do .175.00 Hamion M. Glllig Coroner E 33.65 Harold F. Zwiek MI) H O S 77.09 Boihlis-Merrill Co. Ct Ct Exp 35.00 Callaghan 4 Co. do .... 6.00 The W. H iAnderson Co do 16.00 West Paiblisihing -Qp. do 60.00 C H. Mruudman P-oh Os Mil 22.50 John Bixler Ct. House Jan 225.00 Jewel D. Ehinger do Matrorr 80.00 le-ule Drake do Exp . 10.00 The U. S. Chemical Co. do .... 39.75 DM Checvieial Co. do 50.55 Doris Affolder Jail Matron 75.00 Adams Co Mem Hospital <JoE 6.Q0 No. Ind. Public Serv Co. do 46.30 Burk Elevator Co. do 367.32 Geo iFV-Snatig-h Co Home Su.pt 200.00 Juanita Fosnaugh do Mat ,100.00 Wfll'e Knta-klee do Atten 75.00 Bryce Harvey do ...... 120.00 Kathryn Gav do 100.00 Bessie Wendle do 40.00 Arthur Foenaugh do 120.00 Martha Shoaf do 69.00 Phyllis Shoaf do 61 oo Nerval Rich. M. D. do Phys 60.00 Rev. Ord Gehrrstn do preach 4.00 Rev. Ralph R. Johnson do 4.00 Rev. Edgar P. Skrnffl do i.oo Art Dengerit-h Co Horae Exp 74.59 P Twisty & Co. do 1... 601.93 J. I. Holeomb 'MZg. Co. do ... 53.50 The Dni Gas Go. do _ 39*.£0 Ivan Rtuekv do 346.00 Goodyear Service tjttore do 71.84 Ra*er Plumbing & Heat do 10.50 Reavers Oil Service d" 31.43 HsthimhM Fruit Market do 17.26 IDUpdex Industries do 230.00 '■“(■’•Mtur ITfuip. Inc. do .... 93,00 J.’ R. Rupert C-i H.-me .Exp '73 30 B.UJ-k Elevator I», .do ■ 935.83 .Vforr'soh Farm StW'«» n "‘* fiW.-W Parr’-s Tire & Imp! Serv do 2&1.O0 Richard A. Martin do 349.60 Stewart’s Bakery do . 54.18 Heller Coal Feed A Suip do 284.66 Stults Cigar Store do 6.60 Stiefel Grain Co. do 29».(K> Wt'l Winnes Wasb Twp As 111.20 Thomas R. Baker Assessing 270.00 john .B. Stußs do dTO.Of) Chas. E. Jlarshand do 320.00 Chas. Robebold do 27n.M) ll<f ert F. Carr do .... 260.00 Harley J. Reef Co Comm 119.33 Le vis H. W’ontinman do 121.81 Joint A. Kintz do 115.81 David A. Macklin Co Atty 73.0’ 1 Decainn- Onnocnt Co. DAd 106.21 Berne Witness Co. do 50.37 Lawrence R. Smith Bridge 24.75 Tkeodore Baker do 17:60 Carl BurMrart do 20.00 V<Kst Grax*el-Read.vimK do 71.43 SletHiberger Bros Btbne <T do ~ 9.06 Ik'eatpr Ins. Agency Ins .... 1142.42 Ed Engel er. do 65.04 S bug-Neuonsrhnvander A do 320.08 Roland B-nlth lots. Agency do 149.49 Gillig & Doan Sold Bur , 100.00 Black Funeral Home do 100. no Richmond State Hdwp. cos p 296.14 Irene Byron Hospital do .. 717.00 liealtbwin Hospital do 728.00 Herman MoePerintr Mil 32.72 Tert Ewell Tile Dr. 32.72 Mesbberger Bnoe. Stone C do 71.81 "knary Bros, do 50.00 > -ank NuMSbauen do 4.56 '•an C Wagner do ... 15.00 E It. Wass do 12.42 K'ick-Tvndall C«». do 140.75 W. If. G(lllqim Surv. sip & Ey ftn.oo Indiana State Industries IJ 71.63 Daniel R. Freeby Tpx Refu 43.38 Stephen C. Hipsak Corn She 3.65 I twrence Smith I-abor 155.25 u h m-lor- Baker do .... 100.80 Carl 15 trklmrt do : SI .25 Cowens Ins. Agency (ns. 255,38 Krick Welding Shop Hit Al 11.00

V,,J ' - - • - JL ~ ’ />wSB WWOOA. Hll WffglLl QdA. CNMKNiuJfIRM z2 Oa, * D .gS=«Li • ~ J "*•nM 11 Arrow indicates route to be taken back by dog sled. •■■k *" JF "*W' ’ ‘i?''■''?*''■ ■■ , '* r^,, r‘ r '-* - : ■ . >' .; ;i >,> -V - i MM ihbw s ; : '< ■ ■■' ■■.... %• ■• '“*■ :l'. i ? \^H9MHIMB9HI9IIHHHWI999£m»mm^9E!!^L^ JI Expedition commander is CoL John F. Stanwell-Fletcher. ’fljMku jJEKK’ |S ; jFRL f A w A jmi|B ; Three expedition members are (from left) Dr. Hugo Neuberg, cosmic ray specialist; Peggy Keenan, chief of film production unit and wife of Col. Stanwell-Fletcher; Dr. Paul Seydel, photographer. EARLY APRIL is scheduled for start of the American Polar basin expedition, whose lone woman member (above) hopes to be the first of her sex to reach the pole. The expedition carries a secret device for measuring thickness of ice from the air, (International!

: Beavers OH Service do n 0.66 Leininger Tractor Sales do 57.00 lieinking Garage do 2.50 HKiU» AY , Frank Singleton Supt, 130.00 Walter Reppert A. Supt. .. 132.60 Richard LaFontaine do ... 128.70 l-awrenee Noll do 128.70 I Hubert Jwh Clerk 123.75 : Chester Shoaf Diesel 423.75 : Lawrence Koenig do 123.75 Virgil Ferry do 123.75 . Virgil Draper do 123.75 i Harry D. Smith Mnek. 181.50 Harold Burger Truck .... 123.75 ; Harry Kershner do 130.00 I Don Harvey do 127.50 Ja> k Andrews do 78.75 T Melvin Bixler do i, 123.75 Roger Steiner do 125.00 Arthur Rosa Tractors 123.75 Noah Brunner do . 123.75 Albert Beer do . .. .... .. 423.75 A M. Hoffman Janitor .... 37.50 Max Case S. H. 418.75 Christ Ziwcher do 123.75 .)■•"! Augsburger do 123.75 Raymond Kolter do ... 123.75 Icrttitt Drake Wat.otrtnan .._„'. "t.fto I-aWrenve it. ijmith S. H. 38.75 Tlteodorr Baker do 51.25 Marvin Fast do .... 15.00 Roger Yoder Saw Mill do 10.00 Citizens Telephone Co, Open. 16.00 Decatur Light and Bower do 19.26 Burk Elevator Co. do ... 177.71 I: uss S. 11 HTny do 7.50 Gage Tool & Engineering do 2.50 - .DA.-naor.Fbpi in. Co. do 236.02 S-hwnrtz Ford Co. do ... 2«.<ißli'itl'T's Garage d> ... 22.27 Fortney Ttadiator,„Sliop do 30.00 Max AlHgter Machine Co. do 22 62 llulsiger Super Service do .... 1 37 Decatur Auto Supply do .... 52.07 I,owls E. Arnold do 10.50 Motor Fuel Ta\ Division do 11.61 Petrie Oil Co. do 20.60 Pearl Oil Co. dx> 970.71 fn.xck Hardwaire do 2.75 The Schafer Co. do 6.25 The Economy Store do 17,85 I>-A LuHirieant Co. do 138.89 Riwls In ■. do 61.48 Indiana Textile Co. do ... 45.72 Indriana State Ind’wtrfes do 13.52 FArt Wa> nt' l’i|>v & Sup. do 25.36 llalxoager Hardware do 9.4 1 Bower Jewelry Store dp 8.70 Arnold liwnrdwr Co. do ... -<IJ 51) Waldo D. Neal. Trca.s. do JtSSdS lost Gravel & Ready Mix M 111.717.I«.J,n IV K.arch Sit.one Co. do 976,87. ■ UcT-ne Ready Mix do 29.79 The.K ■lek-Tyntiall Co. do .... 1.39 A m eric an Steel Sup. Co. do 7.-50 Kocher Durr-lber * Coal Co do 7.50 St s'ktwrxer Machinery Prop 1056.20 Korte Bros. Inc. do ..... 68,30 D EI.F WK Berni-e N'dson Post & M'iJ. 20.53 Mafv J.„ HaxelWao>d Mil. .... >17.36 Maliel Marshall do T. .12.81 V< I'onlca Mnn sip ...i 39.06 t'ilizen* Telephone Co. Prop 25.30 Ind. State Confer on So W O 10.00 Board of Ctamnlis-Mhotiers. <’e.-Dfi ,i la-fore me this Ist day of April, li'ss. -.»# FBi.bN'K. KiTtiVN. Auditor April 1-8

Gross Income Tax Receipts Decline INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Figures released today by state budget director Don Clark revealed that gross income tax receipts declined for the fourth consecutive quarter. But Clark said he was •'encouraged'* liecause the January - February - March drop wks less than expected, thus increasing by perhaps $3-million the anticipated gross tax income by next June 30. Collections tor the first three months of this year amounted to f 53.811.336, or $1,141,767 less than the income for the first quarter of 1954 when the quarterly drop began. • ■ - JBr “ ' - ■ If ■ ’ A j \ wl PAUL W. SAVERY, 33. U shown after his arrest in Chicago u> . the savage beating and robbery of an Indianapolis. Ind., woman. He is a suspect in the Duncan family triple murder case in Henderson. Kv. (International/

G. E. Mails Stock Bonus To Employes 177,400 Shares Os Stock Being Mailed SCHENECTADY, N. Y. — The General Electric company is. mailing a bonus of 177400 shares of its common stock, which would cost about >9.000,000 ia today’s market, to approximately 43,000 present and former employes under its G-E employes savings and stock bonus plan. -A Participants in the plan also have recently received checks aggregating $1,283,000, representing the accumulated income earned on the stock since 1940. Employes and former employes also received U. S. savings bonds casting approximately $15,400,000 which they had left on deposit with the company since 1949. G-E employes who buy U. S. savings bonds through payroll deductions under the plan and leave them on deposit with the company for a specified five-year period receive a bonus in G. E. stock equal to 15 percent of the purchase price of the bonds. G-E contributes the shares as an incentive for employes to make regular savings through purchase of U. S. savings bonds under the plan. This is the second delivery of the company-contributed stock bonus shares to be made under this plan. Last year, more than 20,000 participants each received one share of G. E. stock as a bonus on bonds purchased under the plan during the last three months of 1948. The plan became effective October 1, 1948. This year’s stock distribution, ranging from one to six shares each, makes a total of nearly 198.900 shares issued to employes and former employes under the plan. The stock bonus shares represent. for a large majority of the G-E employes participating in the plan, their first opportunity to enjoy share ownership in the com-

BUY WITH CONFIDENCE FROM ADAMS COUNTY’S OLDEST AND LARGEST TELEVISION DEALER. Full Quality 21-inch PHILCO *» $ 199” g| . j I g.&JagL gw 4 ] ' I ? -01 Imf3t wis /. MekM| | XMmt.uMlHr 11L. z... ? MM l-imiiiT MMI ...:. \ kjKgSw! PHILCO 4010 PAY A cE—ffl ONLY A WEEK AFTER SMALL DOWN PAYMENT E39I3SM HAUGKS HEATING—PLUMBING—APPLIANCES 209 N. 13th St.~ OPEN ’till 9:00 P. M.

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pany. At the present time there are more than 85,760 employes participating in the plan. They are buying approximately $30,000,000 worth of U, S. savings bonds annually through payrdll deductions. Since the plan was started In 1948, employes have purchased U. S. savings bonds, series E, costing mqre than $156,000,000 which were issued by the company as issuing agent of the United States government. J

JOHN DEERE Ho. 14-T Twine-Tie Baler It's at our store, the brand-new John Deere No. 14-T, the country'i most talked about twine-tte baler. Eoonoixiicalf <udr* xuq* fled and offering amazing capacity, the new 14-T is completely practical for everyone who bales hay for on-the-farm feeding. What's more, this greal new baler with its host of exclusive features, makes neater, more compact, square-cornered bales that stack well, feed easily. Stop in and see the 14-T. SPRUNGER IMPLEMENT CO. 114 N. 3rd St. Phone 3-3813