Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1958 — Page 2

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Farmers Are Warned Os Dangers Os Fire Urge Precautions Be Taken With Hay LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPl)—They may not know it, but Indiana farmers may be setting the torch to their barns. / That warning came today from versity, who said that since hay agricultural experts at Purdue Unihas higher-than-usual • moisture content this season, an outbreak of barn fires is likely unless precautions are taken. Farmers who already have their new hay in the mow were advised to rig up a perforated pipe probe containing' a thermometer and thrust it into the stored hay. A close check snouid tc maintained on the thermometer, and when temperatures inside the new

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I hay hit 160 degrees, the engineers I say trouble is ahead. If the hay temperature readings reach 180 degrees, the farmer should immediately begin removal of hay from the barn and also call the fire department to stand by, according to these experts. Farmers who have not yet put their new hay in the mow were, urged to wait until its moisture content has dropped to less than | 25 per cent for loose hay, or 20 per cent for baled or chopped hay. Dr. William Gillig Opens Internship Dr. William C. Gillig, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Gillig, and a recent graduate of the Indiana University school of dentistry, left today for Indianapolis aftpr spending a week here with his parents. Dr. Gillig is beginning a 12montfi internship in pedodontia at the Riley hospital for children in Indianapolis.

MS Hope Cfiest Fund To Aid Experiment Clue To Treatment Is Found By Doctor j Part of the money left in the | MS hope chests in the county will I help in an experiment directly affecting MS sufferers and potential MS victims in this area, Mrs. Bert Haley, co-chairman of the county hope chest drive, has reported. Following a clue to the treatment of MS. a doctor in Philadelphia is Working on an experiment similar to the 1953 Salk polio vaccine experiments. It has been, found, states Mrs. Haley, that, the mystery disease follows a certain cycle, attacking in a certain territory. Fort Wayne and the area have been among the places hardest hit by MS. No cases have been found south of Indianapolis, Mrs. Haley

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adds. Mrs. Haley, whose son-in-law is' a victim of the disease, was hospitalized in the Hines hospital, Hines, 111., the nearest MS clinic besides one at Traverse City, Mich. While there, he Was to have participated in the experiment had he needed further treatment and had he been forced to stay longer in the clinic. •— ~ This is part of the fight against MS which the hope chest drive hopes to back up with funds—funds donated through the black and fed hope chest cannisters that are stationed all over the county. Fall Down Steps Is Fatal To Muncie Man MUNCIE. Ind. (UPI) — Robert K. Johnson, 54, owner of a Muncie hardware store, died Saturdaynight in Ball Hospital from injuries sustained last month in a fall down the basement steps in his home.

Rackets Group Opening Long a Investigation Plan Lengthy Probe Os Infiltation By Gangsters, Hoods WASHINGTON (UPI> — The Senate set out today on the biggest crime-hunt-ing expedition since the celebrated “Kefauver committee” hearings of 1950-51. The committee planned to open a months-long investigation of how gangsters and hoodlums have infiltrated labor unions and industries. * The hearings will turn the spotlight on a sinister array of underworld bigshots, including the reputed bosses of the international crime syndicate known as the Mafia, or “black hand” society. Chairman John L. McCellan <DArk.) said the committee had evidence an “underworld syndicate” has worked its way into “some phases of the labor movement and., .some, businesses.” Threat To Economy “If permitted to go unchecked." he said, this inflitfation might become a threat to the national economy. He was interviewed Sunday on a television program (ABC's “College News Conference” 1. The new hearings, described by McClellan as potentially the most Tinpoftant the rackets group has yet conducted, will give the public the most intimate picture of orj gapized vice since the televised Senate Crime Committee brought such characters as Frank Costello and Virginia Hill into the nation's living rooms several years ago 1 . The first witness will be New York state police Sgt. -Edgar Cross well, who is credited with breaking up the so-called “Underworld. convention” at Apalachin, N Y last November. The meeting has been characterized as a major policy gathering of Mafia overlords. Makes List Public ; The committee made public a long list of other witnesses it I expects to quiz this week, including nine men who attended the ill-starred Apalachin conclave. Five other law enforcement officials will help Crosswell give “background" The Apalachin delegates on call •re Russell Bufalino. a Pittston, Pa„ garment manufacturer: John C, Montana, a taxi company of- ' ficial. and James V. LaDuca. a former hotel and restaurant workers uion leader, both of Buffalo, N. Y.; Louis A. Larasso, a Linden, N. J., man, formerlyassociated with the Hod Carriers and Laborers Union; Rosario Manucso of Utica,-N. also a former laborers union official; John Scalise of. Cleveland. Ohio. | a juke box operator; and New) Yorkers^Michael Miranda. Joseph ProfacF and Vito Genovese. Genovese and Profaci were described as the most important witnesses scheduled for the first phase of the hearings. ■ I.U. Prof Escapes In Lebanon Revolt . BLOOMINGTON. Ind. (UPI) — Indiana University officials said today they have been advised that Prof' Edward 11. Buehrig and his family have escaped from Lebanon—scene of a revolts—and are now in Jerusalem. Buehrig, an I.U. professor of political science, has been at the American University in Beirut for the past year. He will return to Bloomington in August. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results.

90-Degree Weather Forecast In State y Coldest June For Years Ends Today By United Press International The month’s first blast of 90degree temperatures was due to-; day to close out Indiana's coldest June in 30 years and the second coldest of the 20th Century. Forecasters predicted temperatures would range from the upper 80s in the north to near 90 in the central and the low 90s in the south. If the mercury touches 90 at Indianapolis, it will be the first time this season. Even .-a 90-de-gree reading would keep the June average temperature in. the Hoosier capital below 67—about 4t4 degrees below normal—and provide the chilliest average for a June since 1928. High temperatures in Indianapolis this month have ranged as high as the 80s only eight times in 29 days. The peak was 89 recorded on the Bth. Arrival of July on Tuesday may feature the first 90-degree readings of the season for the entire state. The forecast called for 90 or warmer from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River. Sunday readings were a forerunner of the warmer trend. The mercury reached 82 at Lafayette and Indianapolis, 83 at Fort Wayne, and 85 at South Bend and Evansville, then dropped into the low and mid-60s early this morning for the warmest night in nearly a week. The five-day outlook for .the period Tuesday through next Saturday called for“hear normal temperature averages. Normal highs are 83 to 91 and normal lows 60 to 71. "Warm Tuesday, turning a little cooler Wednesday or Thursday and warmer again Friday or Saturday," the outlook said. The weatherman previously had predicted cooler readings today on ' the heels of scattered showrs and thunderstorms. But neither the the heels of scattered showers and Fair skies will prevail today ' and tonight, and again Tuesday in the south. But Tuesday will be partly cloudy in the central portion and there was a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers in the north. The showers may be general over the state Wednesday, and i there was a likelihood of more rain about Saturday, with precipitation during, the week averaging .25 to .50 of an inch. Indianapolis FBI Agent Transferred Foster Transferred To New York Office INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The FBI-announced today the transfer of Harvey G. Foster from special agent in charge of the Indianapolis office to special agent in charge of the New York City office. , Announcement also was made that Edward J. Powers, who has been special agent in charge at New York City, will succeed Foster here. Foster leaves next Sunday the post he~has held since last October. Powers is expected here about July 21. Powers has headed FBI offices at Boston and Miami. Foster has headed offices in El Paso. Cincinnati, ' Boston. Newark and San Francisco. He served the Indianapolis office from 1946 to 1952. Marlin W. Johnston, who has been assistant special agent in charge in Indianapolis, went today to Boston for a similar assignI ment,, and James E. McMahon. Norfolk. Va.. succeeded Johnston at Indianapolis. • J lx Gifts & Greetings for You — through WELCOME WAGON from Your Friendly , Buaine.a Neighbors •nd Civic end Social Welfare Leaders Off fl* ecenr/off e/f The Birth of a Baby Sixteenth Birthdays Engagement Announcements Change of residence Arrivals of Newcomers to Decatur Phone 3-3196 or 3-4335

Four Persons Killed In Indiana Traffic Fort Wayne Woman Is Among Victims By United Press International | At least four persons were killed in Indiana traffic during the ' weekend. Clara C. Grice, 45, Fort Wayne was killed Sunday when the right front tire blew out on a car In which she was riding. The car driven by Earle Beltz, 54, Fort Wayne, skidded and hit a bridge abutment on Ind. 9 south of Albion. < ‘ Ronald Camben, 19, Bloomington. and Mrs. Frances Huffman, 30, Macy, were killed in separate crashes Saturday. * Camben died when the car in which he was riding hit a tree near Bedford. Mrs. Huffman.' a music teacher at Chili, was killed | when a car driven by her hus-1 band swerved to miss a farm i J

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