Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1947 — Page 1

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DECATUR VET TELLS OF ARMED ROBBERY

S Wave To Broken In ■s Friday MB Expected To Much Help TBCrop Os Corn Aug Paul \ Mi)l<-r Haul I'uliafia may n-<-elvc a Hiuiid<-'sh<>W'-i“ t„ breaking the heat wave ifij! I^Kd<l' - <l that mil'll I'li'f for Hoosier crops j,;,! toward Indiana *hlcßbmid lower I In - temperature within the next 48 a little VOa|Mbel|> the state corn crop " said the Marion i> nltural agent s office we need most is a good (inuring rain." now in bloom could considerably by hot. if the mercury failed to the next day or two. a f,,r ” IP ' ,url '’ ll , '" ul ‘ ij said. rain would do no harm te and the bean crop in either hw«Med forecast said llorud expect "continued warm todayß becoming cooler in the this afternoon and cool north and central tonight and in the extreme temperatures over remained at scorching leading the hotreport was Goshen, where urv reached 86. South q^Hregi stared 95 and Terre Lafayette and Indianapolis. Mlflteansville broiled in 91 degree IMB- -—a — - - B 0 ■ Frog Crop Good _ o fl corn crop isn't up to par feMe frog crop at the Marion ■IB* IS far,n °n route 5 is ex’WP'■ according to Howard Michson of Mr. and Mrs who brought a dozen frogs to this office Wednesto substantiate his time ago. Howard's father flßi* an old horse trough with ■■water from a creek and in a lß|iayx noticed that there were ■Beggs in the water. From that young Howard took over, ■■n a few weeks some tadpoles M* in recent weeks the tad fl have changed into frogs and Howard has about G<> of a * * M * ,H A f** w are 1,1 stage. Howard hasn't Bfd Just what he will do with yet, but he says he’s had a fl fun raising them. OB | —- —— <> — —- — wmond Moser Will floated In Court Moser was named ad with will annexed of t W B * ,a ’" Henry H Moser Bond Q* 11,0110 *•* filed, The will, Bl 1 ' *“* written May 27. 1932. all property, both real to the decedent’s w - Emma Moser.

Reppert School Tobacco Auctioneers Entertain t» Cwß* v i «br»'> <KKi r *i BTOwfii IT WUFt 'Lw i f*- L - ■fil'; IISJ 5 * K®£i*tS 31 Pictured above la a group of students of the Frei Reppert School of Auctioneering forming the to ■*'> auction class at the current session of the school. The group han entertained the >« h<»ol on sev V occasions and thia evening will appear before the Decatur Rotary club in the weekly meeting at ■ Knights of Pythias home. Demonstratons of a tobacco auction, the art of teaching and other acts 1 the entertainment. Col. George G. Borum. school instructor, may be seen at the extreme left, ly* r ®w. Cal. Quentin R. Chaffee, also of the staff, will be present tonight.

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Proposed Tax Rale In City Units Up Levy Is $3.24 In Washington, Root Proposed rates payable next year In the two taxing units that comprise the city. Decatur ■ Washington and liecatur - Root, are identical In total, hut higher than the 1947 rates, a compilation of the tentative levies revealed today. The current rates vary five cents on each flott of taxable*. In Decatur • Washington, the rate Is 13.14. In Decatur • Root, the rate is |3.19. The proposed rates for 1949 are 13 24 The levies which comprise the total rate und comparison for the two years follow: Decatur-Washington Taxing unit 1943 1947 State 13 .13 Welfare 14 .14 County 65 .57 City .78 .78 School 1.30 1.36 Library .09 .09 Township poor .12 .03 Township general .03 .04 Total 3.24 ?.14 Decatur-Root Taxing unit 1948 1947 State .13 .13 Welfare .14 .14 County .65 .57 School 1.30 1.36 Library .09 .09 City .78 .78 Township |xx>r .06 .ol Township general .05 .06 Township bond .04 .05 Total 3.24 3 19 Adams County Agent To Speak On WOWO L. E. Archbold Adams County Agricultural Agent will speak on the Little Red Harn program Monday morning. August 25 at 6:00 (CDT) over radio station WOWO. "Seeding Rye for Pasture" will be bis topic for discussion. Fate Os Fort Ben Undecided I Indiana Army Post May Be RetainedWashington. Aug. 14—(UP)— Secretary of war Kenneth C. Royal! said today that the final plans for Fort Henjamin Harrison. Ind . would depend on a report by two generals who are studying the situation. Royal) told a delegation of Indiana citizens yesterday that the ' fort may be retained as a military (lost if it is found militarily necessary and ch:, he operated eco--1 nomically. Royal I assigned Brig. Gen. Donald P. Booth and Brig. Gen. A. Bradshaw. Jr., to make a thorough investigation and report their findings to him. The secretary conferred with the 1 delegation for 20 minutes yester--1 day. It included W. F. Souder. Jr., Indianapolis; Edward James. Indianapolis; Arnold l-evy. Washington, D. C. attorney; and Horace M. Coats, administrative assistant to Sen. Jenner of Indiana. Bradshaw told reporters that f Camp Atterbury. Ind. would re--1 main on a caretaker basis temporarily. pending passage of universal military training or an inI crease in local national guard eni listinents. Atterbury originally was earmarked for UMT. he said.

Truman Bids Adieu To Envoys Bound For Rio 7 WE Mt \. ■» ,\f/. ifcW H V ' amH -.' B* W - 1 T R j 1 K? • ■EE BOARDING THE "SACRED COW" at Washington. D C.. bound for Rio de Janeiro conference of foreign ministers. U. S. delegates (right I receive "farewell and happy landing" sendoff from Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Martins (left > and President Harry S. Truimui From left, the conference trio includes C. S. Secretary ot State George C Marshall. Senator Arthur II Vandenberg (ID. Mich., and Warren Austin. United States delegate to the United Nations

Mayor Fines Two On Speed Charge South Bend Youth Arrested Today Two men were fined by Mayor John B Stults in city court this morning when they pleaded guilty to charges of speeding. Russell Huston. Jr.. 19. 1564 McKinley Ave., South Bend, was fined SI and costs, totallfhg 111 when he pleaded guilty to charges of driving 50 Gff miles per hour west on Monroe street. He was picked up by city police about 7:45 a.m. and held in custody until arraigned later this morning. Urban H. Post. Fort Wayne, who was picked up by city police on a similar charge earlier In the week, was also fined SIL 0 Probe Army's Abuse Os Caste System In Italian Occupation Washington. Aug. 14 (UP)— Rep. James G. Fulton. R.. Pa., a member of the house foreign affairs committee, today promised a thorough Investigation of charges that U. S. occupation soldiers in Italy are being mistreated in a flagrant abuse of the army's castesystem. Fulton, a World War I! veteran, said he will look into the charges of Scripps-Howard columnist Robert C. Ruark when he goes to Italy soon with a four-man foreign affairs subcommittee. The group will study occupation policies of the army. Ruark wrote recently that “there are abuses condoned and fostered by (Lt. Gen. John C. H i that make any of the wartime castesystem howls mighty puny" Lee Is commander of U. S. forces in the Mediterranean theater of operations. In a series of columns from Italy. (Turn Th Pair* 2. Column

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 14, 1947

Master Drive Residents Seek Transportation For Children —— — t ——————— —-—

Residents in the Master Drive addition in the north part of the city, are petitioning the school hoard to furnish transportation for their children who attend the Lincoln scltool. A representative of the group. 4<ave the following eiateinent to this newspaper: We. the people who reside on Master Drive wish to enlighten the general public regarding the difficult condition we face In trying to furnish our children with an education. For several years we have been paying the local taxi company $72. a year for transportation for each child attending the local school. Why do we pay this? First, we are located one and one quarter miles from the school building. They also must cross a large and dangerous section of railroad tracks Second, the majority of our children are very young They <an not he trusted to know the value of time, or the daegers Involved in walking such a distance four times a day. Thirl would be particularly hard on cold, wintry days. Some of us have three or more children of school age now. or will have in a few years This required additional outlay impores an extra heavy financial burden upon us a Idng with the present soaring cost of living. We, as a group, who are all propHonor Pastor In Special Service Rev. Schultz, Family Leave Decatur Soon A special service, followed by a reception in the church basement will lie held Sunday night at 8 o'clock, honoring Rev. Paul W. Schultz, who will leave Decatur mam for his new reaidence in California Dr. Paul F. Miller, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church of Fort Wayne and secretary of the Lutheran university association will be the guest speaker. Dr. Miller has for many years been active in the affairs of Valparaiso University. Rev. Schultz Is leaving Decatur to accept a position as west coast secretary for Valparaiso He and hin family will move to Glendale, Cal. the latter part of next week. The committee In charge of Sunday night's affair, to which the public is invited, includes: Oscar Lankenau, Adolph Schamerloh. Mm Phil Sauers and Mrs Herman Dierkes. Special invitations have lieen issued to other neighboring Lutheran congregations. Rev. Karl Hoffman of St. Peters Lutheran church Is serving the local congregation as vacancy pastor until a new minister Is called. Louis A. Jacoba is congregational chairman.

erty ownem and taxpayers, believe we are entitled to have transportation furnished for our children. The same will of course apply to other outlying districts as the Homesteads and Stratton Place. It is a known factor that it is a practice to furnish transportation in other eommunitlm through-out the country, where consolidation of schools leave certain children located text far for convenient or safe travel. We realize thaf the members of the sch<xd lx>ard have a rather hard and thankless job in trying to please everyone. However, we believe that if they and the general public will give true consideration to the plight the «clkh>l situation has placed ue in. they will realize that in petitioning for transportation, we are not being unreasonable. This artlclb has been read and endorsed by the majority of people living on Maxtor Drive who have children of schixd age. Scouts To Return Sunday From Trip Charlevoix Stop Is Planned On Saturday The Decatur Boy Scouts and adult leaders who are on an outing in Northern Michigan, will break camp on Saturday and return home Sunday, Steve Everhart, camp director, informed D. Burdette Custer of this city, in a telephone conversation last evening A highlight of the trip was the lake crossing from Frankfort to Manistique, Mich., on a ferry boat The trip took oeven hours. Mr. Everhart said that the Scouts and adult fishermen -were catching an abundance of pan fish, but as yet hadn't landed any big ones. From Curtla. Mich, which is on Big Manistique l<ake. the scouting party will go to Charlevoix, passing through the lock* at St. Ste Marie anroute. At Charlevoix the Scouts and adults will be guests Saturday night at the American Legion home Mr. Everhart stated that they expected to arrive in Decatur Sunday night. ■■" ——• WEATHER Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers northeast and central portions this afternoon, and in south portions late this afternoon or early tonight, becoming generally fair Friday. Cooler northwest portion thia afternoon, north and central portions tonight and Friday. In extreme south portion Friday.

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Richard Cramer Reports Being Forced Off Road, Robbed At Point Os Gun

■ I Legion Studies On Fate Os Red Post’ ——» j Charter At Least Temporarily Taken Chicago, Aug 14.—(UP) The executive committee of the Illinois department. American Legion, was expected to consider the proposed ouster of a negro legion post at Peoria. II! , at Its regular meeting tonight. William B Kleuskens. state com-' niander, charged the Roy B Tisdell post had followed the Communist party line in Its policies. He suspended the post's charter temporarily and recommended that it be revoked permanently by the executive board. He was expected to present his i charges in person tonight. National officials of the Amerl can Legion said at Indianapolis that any action against the post must be reviewed by the national executive committee at its next meeting on Aug 27. one day prior to the organization's national con vention at New York. Meanwhile, members of the Tlsde|| Post planned to meet tonight as an “independent organization" to determine what action they would take to fight the ouster. Clifford A Hazelwood, the post's com mander. said the meeting would be held in a Peoria community center rather than in the group's legion home 0 Four Killed On Indiana Highways ' Three Are Reported Drowning Victims By United Press ♦ Four persons died in Indiana! yesterday of injuries received in accidents and one pernon was drowned In the stale Two other Indiana residents were reported drowned in Michigan Elkhart county coroner S. C. Wagner returned a verdict of accidental death in the ccse of Clem L. V Hedrick. 57. whose mangled l>ody was found beside the New York Central railroad tracks near Elkhart. Kenneth C. Clark, 4ff, also of neat Elkhart, was killed when the wheel of a tractor crushed Ills head and shoulders. Ell Long. 87, Bruceville, died in a Vincennes hospital of injuries received in a two-car collision on Ind 55u south of his home. Mr and Mrs. Orivia Long, the victim s son and daughter-in-law. suffered internal injuries Police said the driver of the second automobile was Roscoe l.aiilling. 54, Wheat land James Richardson. 31, Crane naval ammunition depot employe, died in Bloomington hospital of injur les suffered when he was crushed between a bulldozer and a heavy truck Aug 7. A disabled was veteran from Cincinnati, 0., was drowned in Duck creek near Metamora when he suf sered a heart attack and fell into the stream while fishing He was Turn To Page ?. Column Si 0 Three County Students Win Purdue U. Honors Three local students were among 1.620 to win places on the distinguished rating list at Purdue University for the second semester of the current school year, according to announcement made by C. E Dammoii. registrar and director of admissions. To attain this honor, a student must have made an average of five points or better In all subjects carried for the semester. The Adams county students on the list are as follows: Naomi R. Steury, of Berne and Ronald L. Stucky and Melvin T. TiueSie both of Ibis city.

Officer, Jap Girl Wed In Second Rife Married By Consul After Nip Ceremony; Religious Next ! Tokyo, Auk 14—(UPi—Frank K White. 27 year old »-x army officer from Somerset. P.i wcni through (he second of three wed ding ceremonies today with Pia Ktiiusu. daughter of Saburu Ku rusu. Japanese envoy to America at tile time of (lie Pearl Harbor ! attack. White, dressixl in a brown jack el and army trousers, was ex treinely nervous as lie went tiirough Hie II minute ceremony at the office of the American con sui. Hilt Ills 21 year-old tiride was smiling and happy as she watched consul liouglns Jenkins sign the papers that made the marriage legal. She wax dressed all in white The service at the consulate merely recorded a Japanese civil < eremony held previously Now vows were exchanged The Kurtisii family said a religious cere moiiy would be he'd later The Ifiide, whose mother was an American-born white woman, is an Episcopalian White is Pres byterian. Tile couple showed Up an hour early for the wedding, hoping to avoid publicity Bui re|x»rtcrs an I photographers were waiting for them Pia did not speak but she smiled frequently at questions asked by reporters. Asked where they were goihv to honeymoon White r» (Hied "We are not going on a honey ! moon " Mrs Kitriisii a native New Worker, raid the family did not plan a wedding re<e|>lion because of present shortagewhile and his bride met while he was on assignment at Kuriii ziiwa. a mountain resort But ’(Turn I-(Ke . <’..l<iuoi »• o Bill Zintsmaster Winner In State Model Auto Event Bill Zintsmaster. 15. son of Mr and Mrs. L R Zintsmaster of this I city, has been declared one of the winners in a model auto building contest, it was made known here today. Bill received a check for sl‘» as his honorable mention award in the colites». siamsored by tho Fisher Body company. The local youth worked several months whittling and sanding his streamlined miniature auto Into ehape for the contest Five prizes were given in the state. Bill is a sophomore at Decatur Catholic high school. German Pastor i Willshire Girl Fc A letter of thanks from a German preacher, who expressed his appreciation at receiving a shirt so that he "as pastor can go proper in his church" is one of the most prized possessions of 14-year-old Barbara Strickler, daughter of Mr and Mrs. K L. Strickler, of Will shire. O. Miss Strickler, who some time ago. aided in sending clothing to German war sufferers, received the letter this week It was written June 30 by Wilhelm Hinkeltheln of Grobraschen N/L. Lindenstralw- in an inliditable style, typical of a native of Germany attempting to master the English language Miss Strickler's name on a slip of paper was placed, without her knowledge, in the pocket es one of

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One Stays In Car, Other Takes Cash Os About $5 From Pocketbook, Flees Richard Cramer, 23 year-old Decatur World War II veteran, reported to City Police last night that Ids car was forced off the road east of Decatur and that he was robbed by an unidentified man at the point of a guu Cramer drove into the city at 10-50 o'olock last night and told City Policeman Robert Hill that the man ordered him to “give me your wallet" at the point of a gun Cramer said that the gun looked like a 38 calibre blue steal revolver: that the bandit, after tak Ing between |5 and 86 in cash oontents, threw the pocketbook back to him in the car The youth said that as he passed the Twin Bridge service station about one mile east of Decatur the bandit car forced his vehicle off the road to the right tine man jumped from the car and brandished the gun at him. he said The other man, driver of the car. did not leave the vehiclp, Cramer said The local youth described hh robber as a young man. about five feet. B» Inches tall and welching about 170 pounds. The bandit car. he said was a 1935 black Chevrolet coach, bearing Ohio license plates and yal low wheels He was unable to see the plate number, he said Cramer told Officer Hill that he noticed tile other vehicle following him as he started east on Monroe street toward his home near the Dent School. He said he watched the car con tinue behind him until they neared the place where Hie other vehicle started around and forced hhn off the road. His bandit said little more than order him to hand over his (wicket hook and issued no warning when he fb-d ba< k to the other car. after throwing the purse back into the Cramer auto Officer Hill immediately began an investigation of the reported robbery, notifying Indiana and Ohio state police to be on the look out for the bandit auto Sheriff Roy Shaffer of Van Wert. Ohio, was also notified Immediatelv j in event the men drove into that efty from the robbery scene. police chief Ed Miller and Os ficer Hill said that the investigation was being continued today This is the first report of an armed robbery in the community in recent times n Hearing Held On Journay Ditching William T Corwin, surveyor of Jay county and Virgil F Bowers, surveyor of Adams county, held a preliminary hearing at the survey or * office in the court house thie morning on the (leaning and re--1 pairing of the William I Journav ditch The drain originates in Adams county, but affects farm ’ lands in Jay county The estimated cost for repairs is |2.tHtO. Sends Thanks To or Gift Shirt the shirts sent in a package by the i Willshire Girl Scouts and the > Girls Friendly Circle. The letter verbatim follows: Wilhelm Hinkeltheln. I Grobraschen N L. Lindenstrabe 12 3o Juni 1947 Dear Miss Barbra Strickler? ( lam the pastor of the Baptist ( Church in the Nether-Lusatia and I I can you write that we have rei celved but just now firstly the gifts ’ from Amerika We have had the , distribution last week. Therefore I , write you our many thanks because , you would help to alleviate the sufferings in the distressed areas of , our Chnrches here And 1 have . received a “shirt" as gift At last, <Tura To Pago 7, Ueluma IR