Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1947 — Page 3

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a , n the Kir9t Me tho. 5^B rl .“’"p. ir Ma Moser Greene ’ I All . and Mrs. ■Bl became the bride MF , ... Mann, eldest son of liubert J- Mann. The was read by Hr. attended by Mr. ® Robert L. Mann ' ant Hft wedding, the unde chose frock of cinnamon Pn»^O".' wi tb long sleeves and a ourMf, =kirt fler accessories ■T k. and she wore a corsage of catnelias ZbBL. attendant wore a brown suit with beige Murn accessories. . Rf,, .on for the immedImU- followed the ceremony ■EL e of the bride’s parents. HL lighted the serving ifMentered with poinsettias and M**. their wedding trip of destination. Mr. Mann IM his studies at Purdue v at Lafayette. The bride SLduate of the Northwestern •18j... School of Dental Hy■rd e. foreman ■; BRIDE SATURDAY Mina Beyel, daughter of K Mrs. Kaspar Beyel, of n , Bavaria, Germany, and ■,l e. Foreman, eldest son of jUdMrs. D. E. Foreman of near |K e were united in marriage afternoon at three thirty ■K 'at the Bethany Evangelical K Brethren church, the Rev. " ? MhVilhnl officiating. Two ham- !■ gladiolas. with fernery, on either side of the UMliglited with tall white tapers branched candelabra. The carpeted in white. Bnip You Truly” and “The were sung by Miss preceding the rite, at (lie organ by Mrs. |H Hau bold. bridal gown was of white a fitted bodice, and She wore long white carried a bouquet of white matron-of-honor, Mrs. Hikleof Fort Wayne, wore gown and carried white and orange gladiolas. Miss Zimmerman and Miss Mary bridesmaids, wore fusehgowns and carried or- , “ a. Foreman served his |Ber as best man, and ushers

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I CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Monday Our Lady of Victory discussion group, Mrs. Edward Gase, 7:30 p.ni. Tuesaay Delta Theta Tau sorority, Miss Joan Wemhoff, 621 North Fifth street, 8 p.m. Preble Township Sunny Circle Home Economics club, Mrs Carl Hildebrand, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Union Township Woman’s club Mrs. Harve Koos, all day. Calvary church New Years Eve service. 8 p.m. to 12 midnight Thursday Knights of Pythias and Pythian listers New Years dinner. K of P. home. 12:30 p.m. were Joseph G. Kaehr and Paul D Moore. The wedding reception followed the ceremony in the basement of the church. Assisting in serving the guests were the Misses Margaret Baker, Donnabelle Roop and Juanita Maloney. The couple is residing with the groom's parents. The bride was formerly a ballet dancer and acrobatic specialist in Germany, where she met Mr. Foreman while he was stationed there with the United States army. Mr. Foreman, a graduate of Decatur high school, is studying civil engineei ing at the Purdue University extension center in Fort Wayne. ENTERTAIN WITH DINNER THURSDAY Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hess had as their Christmas dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hess and sons, Paul, Joe and Danny, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hess and children, Rita, Tommy and David”, of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hess, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hess and children, Jerry and Sharon, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hess and daughter, Susie, Mr. and Mrs. Norb Hess and son. Steve, and Jim Hess. Mr. and Mrs. James Bogan of Rensselaer were unable to attend. CRIST FAMILY HAS CHRISTMAS DINNER A Christmas dinner and gift exchange was enjoyed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Crist and daughters, of Monroe, by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crist and sons, Quentin and Clement, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crist, of Monroe, Mr. and ! Mrs. Herbert Myers, and daughters, Claudia and Connia. Fort Wayne, and Mr. Nussbaum, of Berne. A Christmas program was given by the pupils of Election school, Monroe township, on December 23, before patrons and friends of the school. A Christmas exchange was also held and treats were distributed. The Knights of Pythias and Pythian sisters will have their annual New Years dinner at twelve thirty o’clock New Years day at the K. of P. home. Rolls and coffee will be furnished. All members are urged to attend and are reminded that dues must be paid by that date. o

Victor E. Amacher of this city, and Anna S. M. Bischoff of Portland, Ore., were licensed to wed at Louisville, Ky. Dr. and Mrs. George Renner of Cincinnati, 0., were weekend guests

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of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Butler. Miss Kathleen McConnell is visiting friends in Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shaw, of Shelby, 0., arrived Saturday for a few days’ visit with Mrs. Shaw’s mother, Mrs. Grace Allwein and other relatives. Robert Metzger of this city went to Indianapolis today on a business trip. Mrs. D. M. Hensley and Mrs. Veda Orff of this city returned Sunday from a visit at Bronson, Mich., with Mr. and Mrs. David Hensley. They were accompanied to Decatur by Mr. and Mrs. Hensley, who returned to their home late Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Mills returned Sunday evening from their Christmas visit with their son-in-law and daughter, the Rev. and Mrs. Ben F. Franklon and family. Van Wert’s 91st county fair held last September showed a gross profit of $8,888.19 but improvements during the year totaled over $9,009. The association, however, has a cash balance on hands of $54,651. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Duke have returned to this city after visiting over the holidays with the James C. Stephenson family at New Haven, Conn. Miss Kathleen Wolfsen returned to Chicago with her mother, Mrs. Glen Wolfsen, where she will spend a week of her Christinas vacation. Dr. Milton Strauss, 73, of Huntington, well known dentist and a leading citizen of his town, died Saturday night after a short illness. Funeral services w’ill be held Tuesday afternoon at the Briggs funeral home in Huntington. Richard Buckley, student in a Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeby observed their twentieth wedding anniversary Sunday with a six o’clock dinner at their home, 704 North Fifth street. Guests included Mrs. W. H. Zwick, Miss Irene Zwick, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sheets, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Aumann, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Oman, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Zwick. and Dan and Bill Freeby.

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radio school at Chicago, returned by plane to that city this morning after spending the weekend at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Buckley. — o— Sg*£g£l9i Admitted: Frederick Lichtensteiger, Ohio City, 0., route 2; Winston Lister, 922 Nuttman avenue; Mrs. Clarice Rich, Berne; Michael Kaehr, 303 Grant street; Gloria Lybarger, Geneva; Mrs. Francis Coyne, route 5; Mrs. Ethel Whealer, Geneva, route 2. Dismissed: Frank Straub, Thirteenth street; Shirley Fox, route 6; Mrs. Kenneth Bollenbacher. route 6; Stephen Edwards, Adams street; Neverto Gonzalez, Monroe. 0

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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Schwartz, of Berne, are parents of a baby boy. born Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. He has not been named. 0 Teen-Agers Dance At Moose Tuesday Night All teen-agers of Decatur and community are invited to the second annual teen-age dance given by the Decatur lodge 1311, Loyal Order of Moose, to be held Tuesday at 9 o’clock. The regular Moose orchestra will provide the music for the anual affair and a large crowd is expected to attend. All teen-agers are invited and it is not necessary that members of their family belong to the local lodge. The dance will be under the supervision of “The Den.” o Trade In a Good Town —Decatur

Books Are Closed On Wynekoop Case Dr. Alice Wynekoop Freed From Prison Chicago. Dec. 29. —(UP I—Officials dosed their books today on the famous Wynekoop murtler case but amateur detectives will always wonder whether Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, now 76, actually killed her daughter-in-law 14 years ago. Frail and ailing, Dr. Wynekoop was released from the Illinois women’s reformatory at Dwight, 111., yesterday upon completion of a 25 year sentence. With time off for good behavior, she actually was incarcerated 13 years and nine months. That closed the case so far as officials were concerned. But certain phases and questions will keep would-be criminologists wondering about the case for many years. Dr. Wynekoop insisted yesterday—as she has since her conviction—that she was innocent of any crime. Her son. Walker, had an ambul-1 ance waiting when she was released. She was taken to a Chicago hospital for treatment of chronic high blood pressure and a heart ailment. “I didn't commit the murder,” I she told reporters at the reformatory gate. “I don't know who did. I had nothing to do with the case. I have served my time, and it is ended.” “How do you feel about leaving here?” A reporter said. “How would you feel if you had been couped up in a place you didn’t belong?” She snapped. Then she pulled the blanket close around her and the ambulance sped off. Dr. Wynekoop was convicted by a criminal court jury on Nov. 21, 1933, on charges that she chloroformed and shot to death her daughter-in-law, Rheta, wife of her son, Earl. The girl's death was disclosed by an undertaker who said Dr. Wynekoop had called him to embalm the body which was found on an operating table in the doctor’s office in the basement of the gloomy Wynekoop mansion on Chicago's west side. Almost touching Rheta’s head, a revolver lay on the table wrapped in gauze and chloroform mask. The mystery’s cast of characters was straight out of a book. Dr. Wynekoop. a prominent woman physician whose dead husband also had been a well-known doctor; her son, Earl, handsome, wellgroomed and somber: and Rheta, the victim, pretty and a talented violinist. Dr. Wynekoop at first told authorities that she had been giving her daughter-in-law a physical examination when an armed drug addict broke into the basement room and demanded the doctor’s stocks of narcotics. She said he shot Rheta when she tried to run from the room. But when Earl was questioned, he “confessed” the murder. Dr. Wynekoop immediately told police that she had killed Rheta. Police meanwhile, learned that Earl Wynekoop was in Kansas City the day of the killing. When she learned that her son had an airtight alibi, Dr. Wynekoop repudiated her confession. Earl, meanwhile, admitted that he “confessed” only to protect his mother. Despite the repudiation of her confession, Dr. Wynekoop was indicted. A first trial was vacated when she collapsed in front of the jury. She was found guilty at the second. The state charged that she killed Rheta to collect $12,000 from two double-indemnity insurance policies and to rid Earl of his wife. Despite her conviction, persons

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Watch Night Speaker t ! W | I gJP' I i HR Stewart G. Billings, field secretary of the World Christian Crusade, will highlight the countywide Youth for Christtwatch nigh service, which will be held at the First Mennonite church at Berne New Year’s Eve from 9 to 12 o’clock. He will also show pictures taken on his six-weeks’ missionary tour to the West Indies. Other features will be testimonies. quiz, special musical numbers and refreshments. The public is invited. who have studied the case have wondered whether she was the strong-willed, conniving person depicted by» the prosecution or a bewildered little old lady who made the mistake of falsely confessing the crime to protect her son. 0 Masses Scheduled On New Years Day Masses on New Years day, a holy day of obligation, will be said at St. Mary’s Catholic church at 6,7, and 9 o’clock. The latter 'will be a high mass, followed by benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. It was announced at the Sunday masses that the parish’s financial year book would be closed on Sunday, January 11. o Resident Concerned Over Rumbling Noise The Daily Democrat received a telephone call Saturday from a Monroe street resident, concerned over a rumbling noise she had heard in that vicinity about 2:30 p.m. A check by newspapermen, however, failed to reveal any explosion, earthquake, etc., to which the noise could be attributed. 0 Trade In a Good Town —Oecatu Wr-’W • 111 ■ REPRESENTATIVE Brent Spence (above). Democrat of Kentucky, challenged Harold Stassen to appear before a House Investigating committee and prove his charge of commodity speculation by government employes. (International)

PERSONAL PHYSICIAN (Continued from Page 1) | bushels. This would have been $3,000. Actually, most brokers at that time were requiring at least 50 cents a bushel, which would have been $5,000. Special low margin rules governed the spreading transactions in which long and short positions were balanced. Graham would have had to put up at least S4BOO and perhaps more on this part of the deal, according to commodity experts. His total investment therefore might have been from $7,800 to upward of SIO,OOO. Graham’s position involving 50,000 bushels of wheat represented contracts worth about $132,000 at the average price of wheat futures report—Sept. 17-20, inclusive. This average price was $2.65. Graham, however, was on both sides of the market in his “spreading" transactions, with his “short” position offsetting much of his long position. Furthermore, most grain trading is done on margin, so that Graham could have conducted his transactions with a comparatively few thousand dollars. The new list was the third in a series being issued by Anderson under a congressional mandate to make public the names of speculators in the commodity markets. Edwin W. Pauley, special assistant to army secretary Kenneth Royall, again was listed as a speculator on the new list. The first list showed that he bad large holdings in a number of commodities. The latest list showed that he purchased 25,000 bushels of wheat on Sept. 18. He took his army job Sept. 3. Also listed were: Harold B. McDonald, a dark in the U. S. bureau of internal revenue and son of J. E. McDonold, Texas commissioner of agriculture. E. F. Springer, Matador, Tex., postmaster and farmer, who was listed as a “hedger” — one who enters a futures transaction in order to protect a regular busi-

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ness operation rather than as a speculation. The list included 82 federal enfttloyes and 18 state and local employes. Anderson said 72 of them were in the market Sept. 17. 1947, and an additional 28 entered the market Sept. 18, 19 and 20. None of the agriculture department employes hold Washington jobs. o —— Ex-Convict Admits Bad Check Splurge Richmond, Ind.. Dec. 29 — (UP) — Ulysses Gerald Rees admitted to police today that he passed bad checks in 15 Indiana towns on a pre-Christmas buying splurge. The 30-year-old ex-convict told sheriff Carl Sperling that he wrote worthless checks in amounts from $45 to $75 in most places. — o- — Hildegarde Robbed Os $25,000 In Jewelry JJew York, Dec. 29 —(UP) —* Hildegarde Loretta Sell, the singer, who uses only her first name professionally, reported today that $25,000 worth of jewels and furs had been stolen from her Fifth Avenue apartment. Hildegarde said she discovered the valuables were missing when she returned to her suite in the Hotel Plaza early yesterday. She said a jewel box containing $7,500 in gems was missing along with a fur coat of Russian stone marten, a wrist watch set with diamonds and other pieces of jewelry. o All night skating Sun Set Rink, New Year’s Eve, 8 till (?) Hats, Serpentines, Balloons, pair of skates given away. Also skating New Year’s night, 7 till 10, SunSet Rink — Daniel J. Zeser, Mgr. 305t3

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