Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1947 — Page 1

miV. Vol. 193.

.Jury Reads Overell-Golluni Jail Love Notes MBBHBi 1 Mr < Si A * *TwXf'WB WKcBB kt I ib'.otcstatlc copies of Overell-Gollum love note* are read by individual jury member*.

' at 4,ie Santa Ana ’ Ca, » trial the jail 3^R> -defendant*. I»ui;;<: OverGollum, ex< hange I |iK|wai'ing trial for the mur- «** [her parents. Because the expressions of love (tffcMjß couched in unprintable the judge ruled the letnot be read aloud and photostatic copies of messages for each of tl.e and six women on the |BBe < fnternadon r/l BE •

■pp Leaders Sided For B Crimes Rficials Os Vast Brman Munitions Bant Arrested Hirn berg. Aug It". -(UP) Al owner of the muni which wined Germany wars, was Indicted to war crimes charges American indictment also IfMlI Krupp officials. A guilty could bring a penalty of handsome, to v. ar old Kitlt>-> the vast munitions works jigyl' l when his father, Gustav, too 111 to work The elder was indited along with Her ■■ Goering and other top Nazis. been too weak to face trial R Indictment charged that Krupp and his II aides: ill to wage aggros-he war -aßmninitted war crimes. (31 <rlmes against human BR(' plundered industrial plant slave labor. :HRe Krupp plot to wage aggros. RHuar. tiie Indictment charged. manufacturing tanks In vio of the Versailles treaty The To Pag.- 3. <*o|ionn s i Sin Holds Onto Bmster Reins Begins 42nd Year ■As Union Head Francisco. Aug 16 (UP) year old Daniel Tobin bR began his 42nd year as pros! |R of the AFL Teamsters union wax elected unanimously delegates to the union's along with 10 vice pre none of whom were opR* was nominated by Dave Be< k. Rt’le. who is expected to step R the newly-created post of exe Rve vice-president by the end of ■ year. ,R* the convention's closing aes- • yesterday Tobin warned the against wildcat strikes R renegade activities. RAnvone who thinks he Is bigger ■,R> Ihis union and thinks he can jRP strikes had better find emIRtnent outside this craft. Tohln Rhe convention upheld all deci* I (T “rn T# Papt «, Celumn «>

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RHROT '-’-*** ***• I ■ w- I' /' I-c’ilse Overell keep* eve* lowered Gollum (left) calm during ordeal

Fred Kolter Gets Prize Antique At One Auction Sale A varied assortment of articles were sold during the auction sales conducted by the students of Meppert Auction school. Fred Kolter. who assisted at the down town office during the term pick. <d up one of which he is proud It's a Hollier's record of Adams County Invincible*. Company I. S!»ih Indiana Volunteer, n com plete roster of the 22 officers ami 84 privates who were mustered into service here August 2k. 1X62. I i>y Captain Osborne. Tiie list Is on cardboard, framed and in good condition It was ' I rought to the sale by a Mr ' Hughes, a used-goods merchant , itoin Fort Wayne, who secured it with other articles at a farm home north of that city. When 1 offered here Mr. Koller bid one 1 dollar an i it was knocked off to ; him He will polish it up ami retain it until he finds -ome one who will appreciate the antique ' and take care of it. (> Mrs. Anna Rupert Dies At Bluffton I Kirkland Township Lady Dies Friday 1 Mrs. Anna Rupert. 49. a native > of Kirkland township and wife of Lowell Rupert, died last night at to o’lrn k at the home of a sister. .Mrs. Mildred Straw in Bluffton. Death was attributed to carcinoma and followe I an Illness of one and one half years. The deceased was born in Kirkland township on October I". 1897 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles ladmenstall. She was married on October 17. 1925. and was a member of the Christian Union church For II years she had reside* ■ at Spencerville. Ohio. Surviving are tiie parents, tiie ' busband and the following broth--1 era and sisters: William of I n lon lale. Mrs. .Mary Falls of Mon ' roeville. Mrs. Hazel Zimmerman of Decatur. Mrs. Martha Crozier ' ot Cralgvllle. Mrs. Straw at ' Bluffton. Lloyd of Decatur and ’ Walter of Uniondale. Two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held , Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Cralgvllle Christian Inion church and burial will be in the, . Pleasant Dale cemetery in Kirk' , land township. The body will be returned to i tne home of the parents, one mile east of Cralgvllle. from the - lahn funeral home in Bluffton • today

Charge Violinist Stole’ Children I Takes Daughters From Iturbi Home Beverly Hills. Cal.. Aug. 16 (UP) Violinist Stephen Hero, 33. 1 was Imoked early today on a charge of stealing his two daughters from his father-in-law. pianist .lose Iturbi. Iturbi signed a complaint accusing Hero of illegally spiriting Maria Teresa. 10. and Maria An tonia. 9, frjin Iturbi's home to New York by plane June 10 The concert pianist and movie actor was given custody of the children in 1943 after his daughter. Maria, separated from Hero She committed suicide a year ago. Hero was arrested in Redlands, Cal., where he was entertaining at a music festival His bail was set at 515.000 and arraignment ached - tiled for Monday. When he arrived in New York | with the children in June, he admitted ''abducting" them from ■their grandfather but said he did it because they were unhappy. He said he hud lived “In fear jof violence" in the Iturbi household i for a year and decided to bring the children to his parents' home In I Forest Hills "so we can be happy together." o Pyle Plaque In Tokyo Unveiled Memorial In Theater At Japan's Capital Tokyo, Aug 16 il'P) A memorial plaque to Ernie Pyte was unveiled ttslay by Brig Gen C A. Willoughby who described the late war reporter as "a good correspon dent and a good soldier.” Speaking at the ceremony in the Ernie Pyle theater here, Willoughby said: ‘‘lt is generally accepted that the press, newe services and the art of journalism have become an integral part of modern civilization Many governments depend on service of information and reports furnished by the great news agen cies who cover the world with a stupendous net of competent observers, correepandents and writers. "This service goes on in time of peace and war We have in Tokyo a group of distinguished reporters, some of whom accompanied the armies of MacArthur from New Guinea In 1942 to Tokyo in 1947 1 They are an essential part of the occupation as they've been an es sent lai part of the battlefield somehow thia understanding of the (Turn Tw Pa<« S Column 5)

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U. S. To Work On Jap Treaty Without Russia ( Ready To Plan With Nine Other Nations In Group Washington. Aug. 16—(UP)— Diplomatic officials said today the United Slates was prepared to ask nine other nations of the far eastern commission to begin work on the Japanese peace treaty without Russia. This prospect was raised by a second United States appeal to the Soviet Union yesterday to go along with plans for submitting the peace problem to all 11 nations represented on the commission. Russia has asked that preliminary discusgiotV on the treaty lie restricted to the foreign ministers of the United States. Russia, Cliina and Great Britain Some diplomatic quarters saw In the U. S. offer an implicit threat that no further overtures would be made to Russia on this matter Noting that the United King doni, Cliina. Hie Philippines, In dia, Australia. New Zealand. France, the Netherlands, and Canada had agreed to the llnatton procedure, this govern (’lent said: “It is iioped. therefore, that the Soviet government will also indicate its willingness to attend 'la conference for the purpose of » t considering the Japanese peace 1 settlement to be held in th> near » future Russia's insistence on limiting the peace talks to the four major • powers was viewed here as a ' move to maintain Its veto power ' over treaty provision- The United States is adamantly op > posed to Use of the Veto in the > Pacific negotiations and ha- sug . gested that a two thirds major ity ! (any all decisions Unless the Soviets ba( k down t,.i their stand. American offi( ials t said there was "every possibility t that the negotiations would get (Turn To Paa" «. Column f.r — - -0 Interurban Men I Stage Reunion I Reminisce About Good Old Days Seymour, Ind. Aug 16 (l'P> The men who manned the once proud Indianapolis - to • l.ouisville line gather here tomorrow to reminisce alsrut the "g<M«l old days" of electric transportation in Ind iana Tiie 37-year-old traction line suspended operation in 1941 when its last two care collided on a curve south of Columbus lt« motarmen and conductors, now scattered in many different Jobs, will meet In their first reunion at Shields park trere tomorrow ; t he line, first to enter Indiana ' polie. was the last to expire It was the first of nearly 20 interurban' , lines which centered in Indiana jurlis and spiraled out over the state The interurban station ini ( Indianapolis was the largest in the , nation Guy Hamblin. Indianapoli-. , for mer motorman. conductor, and dtr (Turn To Page S, Column 4> i o ABC Closes Local Tavern Seven Days The Indiana Alcoholi, Bever f age Commission has order. the > suspension of the retail liquor . license of Fred Futleni.co. ! • seven davs The ARC (Iso - ' pended the licensr >f lame Iley, former bartender for- - days. both suspension- r.ei:.,(ffective Monday The suspensions wire r - ’ for after hour sales, the Mo ruled

Eisler To Fight Last Conviction Alleged Agent Is Guilty Os Fraud Washington, Aug 16 il'Pr Gerhart Eisler, alleged corn tiuli l.st international agent, prepare) today to fight his conviction on < barges of falsifying Iris appii cation for a permit to return to Iris native Germany A federal court jury yesterday , found him guilty after two hours | and II minutes of deliberation He faces a maximum penalty of a 85,000 fine and five years in jail Judge James W Morris, who presided at the five week trial, granted a prompt defense peti tton for "o days in which to file motions for a new trial and ar rest of judgment The passport fraud conviction represented the government ■> second victory over the pint sized, 50 year old Ei-lei la - than three months ago lie wasentenced to one year in jail and fined 11.0(01 for contempt of tin bouse uriAmericaii acfivitie com mlttee Morris, over government pto tests, continued Eisler bond of l2o.<>o'i The bond (ever both cases Assistant U S attorney : William Hitz asked hat the bond ■ l,e increased to llmt.mm Io a sure Eisler s presence during later stages of the . «-■ "I exper led it. Elsh-r toll re porters after the verdict I al ways knew I nev. r could get a fair indictment in Wa- hington It was a fair trial on ■ ‘-ry un fair indictnren' He said that he and In- wile Brunhiide. 35 would return t<New York to await action >n loappeals The civil rights emigre which financed E; let - def(-n.-< in both case- issued i tatemen' immediately after tin veidr. : predicting a lever-al in the liuii (Turn To I’as" ' 1 Ii ■ • > () Mayor Proves He Wasn't Kidding, Runs Moocher Out When Mayor .lohn B stult- as SeHed earlier tlii I'. ’ "mooching" on the ity <tn-em would not be tolerated lie ni'-.i'>* ju t that and today he proved it John I! Bailey, a raihoad work er. had been held in nl f-r past few day . awartilnr a ,e< k which he .said was due him for work, after lie had liven ordered 1 out of town This morning In ( ity ourt (f-. r Bailey received his check. t(n or fined him 41 and co ts totall n ill and sentenced him to • ■.• 3u dav at the penal farm Then he uspended the .enter • providing Bailey left town Immed lately. Bailey did but Pol ■ ■ Chief Ed Miller t<<ok him t" ? <ity limits, just to be sure He had >a?#n charged wrtti pu: lie Intoxicßtion but when in reed wa begging from ja s r a downtown Decatur On y thi- < barges was placed a;-a :«•-.« liisi. Bedford Gambling Raids Arrest 60 Prosecutor Soys He Will Clean Up City Bedford. Ind i h porting man found [fallowing a wh-u. - TtrhtVPt- In . .4 r ■: ■ ■ - ' i Htaod »?i.i rd at litfr ' : - r. '

BODIES FROM ENGLISH MINE Three Escape Explosion That Trapped 107; Some Hope Held Others Alive

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