Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1948 — Page 1

VI. No. 174.

DECATUR FREE STREET FAIR OPENS MONDAY

Upptured Killer Ueavily Guarded K Celina Jail

MgHfad Dog 4 Slayer b'Bd; Condition Os -Bunded Van Wert MMncer Critical o <i'Pi — SSSKaftt-r his pal was slain was kept urul-r KfejgKard In the .Mercer counit Sgt Van Wert the <>f the two guncrazy for Ills life a hospital in the f it Conn who yesterday «S'''Bteftpmthe wi'd orgy of < rime ■ aajfe <' West. 24. both former re WauKr Conn shot Went be eves as he attempted H& an automobile haul k which the two men Kkd fib "I for their getaway 'he driver Orville liMßu *h<»t h r w * f ‘’ ln ,he . gunfire lint he fatally wounded hi* took all the of Daniel* lie of the new cars aboard BMW and surrendered meek shoot You've got me gun* were laying in the hut he matte to use brought an end to one |u Ohio history. Bmißlul-.' 9 until yesterday the <BHB killed seven persons. In BBUB* I ’ tnassacre of John E superintendent of the reformatory farm Bb wife and 22-yearold admitted taking part in to the Van Wert Jail MM*'' r ' aptiiie ye«' - denied had a *' , tourist camp operat murder the pair was of. was borne out by police Meehan. In with Daniels were that the two had noth 1,0 wl,h ,h * *^ al R,,<l< | we planned to take '' oun, ry and h«*at 'em g**B boasted "But as we ;® *®*>Bthrough Mansfield we our minds and decided to f,,r four years fi.® ”B killed the whole family WlcWb livw| lonr enough” UtW* f " rr " J <« Niebel s two BMB” 1 ’ who w*re not at home killers The four NIBbBB** ,t ’*‘ ,tm * he spent in > t®Bition to the Niebel* and OW* ,lr,¥ * r - Daniels admitt- | IMB* Jain *" J Smith. 26. a affsMr I " l " ni, t- slain early yes- ' a Columbus. O . tav • *aid Daniels would | b^^^W r,,r " rivet Me ver N. C. M2 r «‘nui A. Meyer, the De¥M * h «> baa been celled by Red Crone to aerve ** Polio epidemic, will reAahevllie. N. C.. InateA of Bro A change In her dee wu received from the Red J* "Uht. Mr*. Roth Hol *■- executive aecretary of I '•lwpter eaid. P* to tb« home of Dr and Denial, formally of ’ I* Daniel opened an of • following hie loleaae from r _ WRATHRR pieaaaM today. r "•'♦•'weet. Fair worm., tonight and

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Fair Program Monday Afternoon 2 p.m.—All rides, concesslons and shows open to the public. Exhibits open at 2:30 for balance of week. Monday Night 7 p.m.—Free act. Third and Monroe streets. Coinmille's Dogs. 8 p.m.—Free act. Third and Monroe Streets. Cliff Kirkpatrick's Berghoff magic show, 9 p.m —Free act. Third and Monroe street*. Dick Brownie and Co. 10 pm. Free act. First and Madison streets. Aerial Vesae*. Midway open until midnight. More Planes Added To Supply Berlin 100 Giant Transport Airplanes Are Added Washington. July 24 — (DPI — The air force rushed preparation* today for adding about 100 giant transport planes to the Berlin supply run to overcome the Soviet blockade. Gen. Lociua D. Clay. American military commander in Germany, was flying back to Be Jin to put the expanded airlift plan Into operation. The details were worked out during a two-day round of conferences which Clay had with military and diplomatic leaders in Washington. With Clay was Charles E Bohlen. the state department’s top expert on Russia, who carried new U. S. dipdomatic proposals for relieving the tense Ber'in situation. He will confer in London over the weekend with American. British and French officials. The new airlift program calls for increasing food and fuel ship ments to Berlin from the present 2.500 tons a day to 4.500 ton*. Officials emphasized that it will continue indefinitely — even through the winter If the Russians maintain their restriction* on rail and highway travel. Additional four-engine C-54'a with double crew* will be started to Germany almost immediately. They will Ite recruited from IT. S bases all over the world so as not to put too great a strain on any one operational theater. Clay has been given the green light to expand Tempellfof airdrome in Berlin and build another large airfield to accommodate the auxiliary plane*. At present, the United States is using about 50 C-54 Douglas Skymaster*, and about 110 twinengine C-47 Dakotas. They average better than two round trip* daily from Frankfort and Wleabaden to Berlin —a distance of about 300 mile* each day. When the operation reaches a peak this fall, the air force will be carrying 115.000 tons a month into the former German capital. (Tara Ta Paae Five! Progressive Party Nomination Tonight Wallace, Taylor To Speak Tonight Convention Half Philadelphia. July 24 — (UP! — A brand new but muacular ’'progreaalve party" today nominates Henry A. Wallace and Glen H Taylor to run for provident and vice president on a ißfort" promising “peace abundance and freedom ” The nominees will accept the eail at an open air rally in Sbibe Park tonight Among other thing*. Wallace will accuse the Democrat* and Republicans of pushing the country to the edge of war via their bipartisan foreign policy He will talk about th* U. 8 — Russian trial* in Berlin Wallace and th* singing senator from Idaho have bwn running for president and vie* president since <Twr* T* r*a. W*t

Mob At Jail Where Ohio Killer Was Taken

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A CURIOUS and threatening mob gathered outside the county Jail al Van Wert. Ohio, after the killing of John West in a gunbattle by |M>lice. and the jailing of his terrorist companion. Roliert M. Daniels The two are accused of seven murders in northern Ohio.

BULLETIN Clmmaron, Kan., July 24— (UP) — Thirty-five persona were injured in the collision of a Santa Ft Trailways bus and a gasoline transport truck four mile* west of here early today. Intensive Manhunt On In Mississippi Three Negroes Are Sought In Manhunt Hazeihurst, Mass. July 21 — (UP)—Three negroes, one of whom shot and wounded a sheriff. eluded capture today in a manhunt which at time* during the night threatened to develop into a major gun battle. A posse, variously estimated at from 100 to 250 men. formed during the night to acour the countryside around the crossroad* village of Dentville, four mile* from here, for the negro who shot Sheriff Julius Harper. The negro. Identified a* John Fulgon. fired at Harper when the sheriff came to his house to ar regj the negro's son. The youth had been accused of pulling a knife on a white storekeeper. Troy Middleton. and with striking Middleton's wife. Fulgon. himself, was believed to have been wounded in the leg In an exchange of gunfire with the arresting officers. When Harper called the youth from the house, be said Fulgon came out with him “cursing and blasting away with a high powered rifie.” The sheriff fell with a bullet wound, not believed serious, in the thigh. Night marshal Monroe Martin, who was with Harper, opened fire on Fulgon and said he thought he struck him in the leg. When new* spread that the sheriff had been hit. a posse was rapidly formed ami a search org«Teru Te P«b» Thr»* Courtesy Drive Weary Chief Os Police Is Judge Chief of police James Border*, hi* eyelids sagging after an allnight vigil for the two Ohio gnn men. had a happier taak to perform Friday afternoon. He was to select the motorist deserving of the dally 35 courteous driving award presented by the Chicago motor elub and the Decatur Dally Democrat. The man he picked wa* Harold A. Baker of the Baker plumbing company. 101 West Monroe street Mr Baker waa observed In uptown traffic, where he used every poaaff»le preenution to insure lb* safety of pedestrian* and motorist* alike Mr. Be‘■er may hare cringed when he saw the police car follow lag him but be certainly beamed when told be was Friday’s 85 win ner In the campaign Today the last of eight awards will be presented by a represent* tive of the Jaalor Chamber nf Com marce. News of the final award will ba carried In Monday'* Democrat.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 24, 1948

President Working On Special Message 'High Price' Blast To Congress Tuesday Washington. July 24 — (UPI — Top idea men of the new deal were back at work for the White House today, fashioning the "high price" blast President Truman will put on congress Tuesday. The president himself mulled over a rough draft of hi* message to the special session while he sailed leisurely along the Potomac river. He was to be joined later today aboard the White House yacht, U.S 8. Williamsburg, by a group of his adviser*. Two of the recent new deal recruil* for the Truman idea sac tory were Paul A. Porter, former OPA administrator and 1944 publicity chief for the Democratic party, and Judge Samuel I. Ros enman. longtime "ghost writer" for the late President Roosevelt There were hints that other new dealers might turn up in Washington In the near future Porter* role was described by the White House as "special assistant to the president." His job will be to defend the administration’s anti-inflation proposal* on Capitol Hill. The exact proposals have not been revealed, but White House sources say the president will ask for price controls on meat and some other cost-of-liv-ing Items, curbs on consumer credit and allocation of scarce Industrial material*. Porter said he has scheduled conferences today, tomorrow and Monday with Mr. Truman's threeman economic council and othef government economists "to gather the facts snd figures on what ha* happened since last November” The White House wasn't saying much about Rosenman. "Sammy the Rose" ha* been around since the early days of FDR. When Mr. Truman first entered office. Rosenman remained for a time as a general consultant. More recently, he ha* not been consulted on presidential utterances. Since the Democratic national convention, however. Rosenman <Tera Te Fegr Sts 4

Cold-Blooded Stand Os Killer Shocks Borders

Decatur chief of police James Border* wa* shwked by the coldbloodedness of Robert M Daniela, dapper young murderer, after hl* capture Friday near Van Wert. O. Chief Border*, along with sheriff Herman Bowman and *tate police men Richard Meyer* and Waiter Schindler, aped to the barricade abortly after Ohio'* two "mad dog" killer* were trapped. “It waa incredible that such a rut hies* killer could laugh and Joke when hundred* of vengeful bystander* watched him pose for photographers. " chief Borders said. Daniels told reporters. “It would have been better if I had been shot " Chief Borden couldn't make up his mind about that. “He'a a rat of uabelleveebly caUbra." th* Decatur police chief stated, “a&d the world would be better off with hi* kind oat of the

Regular Hours Next Week On Craft Work Recreation supervisors at Worthman field announced today that regular daytime hour* will he observed al) next week in craft work at the field. Dewey Promises To End Food Shortage Opens Discussion With Farm Editors Pawling. N. V.. July 21- (UP)— Gov. Thomas E Dewey today promised swift action to end shortages of essential foods if hr Is Netted president. In his first declaration on domes tic problem* since his nomination, the Republican presidential candi date said the government should take steps to increase production of meat, poultry and dairy products. Dewey also proposed that this year's anticipated grain production be so channeled as “to prevent surpluses and to achieve the substantial increase in the production of animal food which we need as a nationa.” The governor opened a roundtable discussion of farm problems in the Pawling Grange hall with 76 agricultural editors from various sections of the country. He gave his views and sought their* on irnportar.t farm problems I “Because of the short corn crop last year and the heavy drain on our grain production generally and continuing federal restriction* and threat* of restriction*, we have seen a serious decline In the livestock and poultry production of the nation." he said “The result has been a shortage of meat, poultry and dairy products. “it is a matter of the deepest concern to me-snd all other Americans that we should face a short age in these essential foods" In addition to Dewey, the experts heard Sen. George D. Aiken, acting chairman of the senate agriculture committee, and Albert Mitchell of New Mexico. Dewey's discussion of domestic (Tare Te Three!

way. but he may help clear up some of the mystery in the case." On the critical shooting of Van Wert police sergeant Leonard Conn, whom he knew personally, chief Borders had only the deepest regret* "There are plenty of grad B cop* in the country, but Conn was certainly one of the finest." he said. When the haughty Daniel * *F peared at the back door of the Van Wert JNI. chief Border* feared that the milling crowd might riot at any moment He waa more epprebenalve of the danger inherent in the crowd itaelf than in the handcuffed outlaw. Four Ohio counties are currently vying for the prise csptlvs but chief Border* philoeophised. “They ean have him We can only thank God the killers were etopoed when they were."

First Decatur Fair Since War Opens Monday; Big Attractions Are Slated

U. S. Experts Are Called On Berlin Crisis Summoned To Europe For Urgent Parleys On Berlin Blockade l<ondon. July 24 il'Pi— The United States nuiiimoned its high est level military and diplomatic experts on Germanv and Russia to Europe today for urgent consultations on the Berlin crisis. The unprecedented move preceded an expected climax in the crisis which will coine soon with the dispatch of another note to the Kremlin. That probably will open the door to four-power negotiation*. Charles E. Bohlen, state department counselor and secretary of state George ('. Marshall's top adviser on Russian relations Gen Lucius D. Clay, returning from urgent talk* with President Truman. Marshall, and the chief* of staff in Washington. Lewis Douglas, ambassador to laindon who heretofore has done all the negotiating with the British ind French government* for the United State* on the Berlin crisis Walter Bedell Smith, ambassa dor to Moscow who was summoned last night by Washington to proceed immediately to Berlin. Probably Robert Murphy, poll tical adviser to Clay in Berlin, who accompanied the general to Washington. The embassy here said "we do not know" when asked where and when all these top level people might get together But American officials indicated that they would meet some time soon and that Bohlen would confer withi high British and French official* For week* the three western | power* have negotiated their joint plan* In London through what has come to he known an the "crisis committee." It Is composed of Douglas. French ambassador Rene Massigli and Sir William Strang of the British foreign office. They have conferred almost continuously, but they also have had to refer everything hack to Pari* and Washington for approval Rv dispatching Bohlen to the scene, the United State* makes it possible to raise the level of the three power consultation* several notches higher, and prohably elimi nate a lot of trans Atlantic cabling and delays. It wan Bohlen who drafted the now famous statement which Smith delivered to foreign minister (Tarn T« Peer Three I Pvt. Derrickson’s • Body Home Tuesday Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon The body of Pvt. Ralph Derrickson. son of Mr and Mrs. Ralph Der rickson. of Jefferson township, will arrive in Decatur at 9:15 o'clock Tuesday night. Pvt. Derrickson was killed in ac tion with the United State* army in Germany Jan. 15. 1941. The war veteran's body will be taken to the Hardy A Hardy funeral home in Geneva, where it will re main until 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. when it will be removed to the home of the parent*. Funeral service* will tie held at 2 pm Thursday at the Mt. Carmel church, with the Rev. Carl lx>gan officiating, assisted by the Rev. Charles Yoh Burial will be In the Riverside cemetery, with Adam* Poet 43. American 1-egion, conducting full military rite* Pvt Derr’ckaon la survived by the parents: throe sister*. Mr*. France* Login bill of Berne. Mr*. Donna GlaMbuni of South Bend and Mrs Floyd Bqjtlor of Geneva, and two brother*. Lee Derrickson of South Bend and Paul, at home.

Direct Fair Robert Line R. W. Pruden Automobile Show To Be Feature Os Fair Local Dealers Will Have Cars In Show One of the Ng centers, of at traction at the Decatur free street fair and agricultural »how all next week will be the automobile show, located at the we»t end of Liberty Way and extending around the cor ner on Third street. L. R. Zlntsmaster. chairman ol the flrsf auto exhibit to lie held here since before the war. announc ed today that all local dealers with the exception of two would have cars in the show. It was announced that none of the dealer* would have complete line*, but all would have latest models to show the fair going pub lie \ll space in the auto tent ha* been Hold, and in some instance* It will lie necessary to place the automobiles i lose together, but all will lie housed in the tent. Zints master said. For some time it was feared that there would not lie enough new cars io warrant a showing, but local fran-hise holder* scurried around the last. 10 days and got enough auto* to give the public a good idea of what wa* lieing inanufactur ed in the automotive line for 191* and 1919. The auto show will open Monday afterniam and will continue through the week until Saturday night. July <Twrw To Base fflvei Wabash Auto Crash Takes Third Victim WnhMb. Ind. July 21 - tl'PI — An auto accident near here July 1 had claimed its third victim today Mrs. Joseph Hayes Iverson. 53. Indianapolis, died in Waliasb coun ty hospital yesterday Mrs. Iverson was driver of the car in which her mother. Mr* far tie Hayes. 77. and her daughter. Helen 17. were killed. State police said their car wa* struck broadside by an automobile dri ea by O» ar Tyner. 21. Wallah, who was injur ed They said Mr*. Iverson failed to heed a stop sign

Price Four Cents

Fair To Officially Open At 2 O'Clock Monday Afternoon; Free Acts Daily Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock is tin- time for the first wound of music which will set off the week's activities in what prole aldy will Ice the biggest street fair ever held in Decatur. The midway. wlfh Its hundreds of concession*. ride*, shows and Interesting exhibits, will open at that time. At 7 o'clock Monday night at I the corner of Third aud Monroe i streets, the first of a series of free acts. Including magic, acne Icatics, clowns and everything else that goes to make a great show, will start. Commilie'x dogs will Ice the first act to he brought on the stage: Cliff Kirkpatrick's magic show will come next; a clown act manufactured Icy the Dick Brownie and Co. will close the Third and Alccnroe street events, and at 10 o'clock the grand finale free act. an aerial ac t Icy the Vest family, will Ice held under spotlights at the corner of First and Madison streets The midway will stretch from Jackson street south on Second street to Jefferson streel, end east and west on Madison and Liberty Way to Third street and north and south on Third street from Jefferson to Monroe The greatest farm implement show ever held In Adams county will he shown on part of Third street and Monroe street from I Third street to First street. The 1 H show* will Ice held un- | der tents on vacant lots and in | the sale barn; county garage and high schotcl auditorium. Tents I will be situated at the end of Madison street on the river; just north of Zwick's on North Second street; corner of Fitst and Monroe street Twice as many tents will Ice erected for the Idg event tills year as ever before. The Red Cross will have an emergency bccspltal to provide for any patron who might become ill or need medical care. An Information Icccccth will Ice open all week at the corner of Second and Madicucn streets on the court house square Then- will be four special kiddie rides erected on Liberty Way in addition to a deczen other ride* along the midway. Six or eight show* will he dotted along at Intervals and there will be almost ion other stands and concessions. Floyd Gooding. nationally known amusement operator, will Ice here personally to supervise the operation of the ride* and shows Mr. Gooding ha* »erved some of the largest fairs in the country and always has been a favorite In Decatur. The Gus Sun Fair Booking Co. wi'l present the free act* and with the exception of the aerial act, the program will change completely after the last showing Thursday night. This change Is being made to bring the fairgoers a total of seven different acts instead of the usual four during the week Credit for putting together the first fair since the war. and perhaps the biggest ever held here, goes to Robert Mne. president of the Chamber of Commerce; R. W. Pruden. executive secretary; the directors and the general committee including Clyde Butler, Robert Helm. Frank Lynch. Gerald Vizard. Leo Kirsch. Al Riehle. Herman Krueckeberg. C. I. Fin'ayson. L R Zlntsmaster. Robert Holt house Roy Price, fleeter Pettibone. Glen Hill and Die* Heller Mr Pruden also has served a* secretary of the fair asaocialton. and ha* worked constantly keeping the preliminary work moving along Mr. Pruden stated that one of his toughest job* wa* to locate a band for the week After falling on several contact* be phoned Al Stodden. director of muaic at Decatur Catholic high school. who reside* at Fort ' Wbvm. and In a couple of day* Stodden eame np with Boh Welty's Colombia City hand It i« 1 part of the urns hand which baa <ywvw T* r*a» *i»»