Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1948 — Page 1

I XLVI. No. 180.

DECATUR STREET FAIR ENDS AT MIDNIGHT

Blonde Soviet Lent Queried By Committee 11 Probers To Demand I [Wartime Spy Name [■Espionage Agents j; bulletin ■ B Washington. July 31 — (UP) The house unAmerican acticommittee today called |H O r the creation of a "blue {■been" grand jury here to inespionage and Com IKumtt activities in the govI July 31 -- (t'P) |Kzr<-<<-»nal investigators de•slay that a war time Sot. MM .nv put the finger on all Comespionage agents in key posts. Elizabeth T Bentley, blonde K hlueeyed New Yorker, wan before a house unAmerican subcommittee, to teli how lured war time secrets on vilMmilitary information from WIIHrii.ington. a suspended < om department official. and K, l|t other government offlcit,,! ou the other side of the K.it.d Remington promised to re 'he lust coinnpi" Miss s charge that he was a KA paying Commuhist and her Bb* »’ valuable" government con Kt in a Soviet spy ring that from Moscow to the House. Ml!.- was .ailed to testify before senates super investigating the group that first Miss Bentley's fantastic story to the public I'emlngton. a 30-year-old former al intelligence officer, worked ng the war in many vital agen- . where he had access to vale i information on aircraft and thetic production. t a press conference last night, flatly denied Miss Bentley's rges that he was her willing ally loviet espionage operations, lie I he gave her no information itsoever that wasn't generally liable to newspapermen. He I be 'bought she was just a ten" reporter from New York he wanted to help her along. |Ms«ndO investigators were de to find out how Heining ■> " IMn whose loyalty was K “ii be under investigation by K PBi cooM lie appointed U.u-. of the commerce depart <-.bitnittee which handles ex licenses for Russia and her Ren.ifiKton held that post until montli, when he was plated on jMadet tuie leave" by secretary of - • I.,tries Sawyer pending ■ ouitotne of the loyalty check K the Eltl and the civil service union. |Bf-.e t .is.ar educated Miss Bent • testimony before the house was slated to be ”■ rH Hut members said they to press her for more lr< on the government ofwho gave her "papers and i.eii'■ for ultimate delivery to Kremlin. |Hj‘*y said they were particularly alarut atomic iufonna ■*' Her testimony, they said, was "t Hie committee s Investiga °f Dr K. U Condon, head of bureau of standards, whom it K’ 4,l > has denounced as the l l" in |he Ila r|o n s atu security. K'" r hours yesterday, the ■*’ spoken Woman told the senate W*»“t'ee that for three years dur ■ tTwr, T. r«<» Three) ■ * ■obert Mann Rites ■unday Afternoon ■ Haeral services for Robert ■* BB ’h<> died suddenly In I’atild BF 0 Frt <V. »iH be held at Ant ■n 9 0 snd Decatur Sunday The ■/ x will be removed from the fsneral home at Paulding and will lie in state al the ■ ' ’•'P Methodist church from I.’ ■ 1 » clock. ■ Servi.es will b* be>id at the ■‘ r h«reh at 1 o'cloc k Sun jE •,**** and at the Methodist K’ Ui *ill be in the Decatur terne I LEATHER 9s» " X pleasant today. 9 * **"‘ght and tomorrow. 9 s*4ire. l>tt> * ***"•• *" *•*•*•*'

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Fair Program Saturday Afternoon 1 p.m. Free act. Third and Monroe streets Commille's Doga. 2 p.m. Free act. Third and Monroe streets. Kirkpatrick's Berghoff magic show. 2 p.m. Midway opens. 3 p.m. Free act. Third and Monroe streets. Art Bassett. < p.m. Free act. Third and Monroe streets. The Lowells. S pm Free act. First and Madison streets. Aerial Venses. Saturday Night 7 p.m. Free act, Third and Monroe streets. Commille's Dogs. “ p.m —Free act. Third and Monroe streets. Kirkpatrick's Berghoff Magic show. 9 p m —Free act. Third and Monroe streets. Art Bassett. 10 p.m.—Free act. Third and . Monroe streets. The tawells. 11 p in.-- Free act. First and Madison streets. Aerial Vesses. Legora Markle Wins Dress Revue Friday Represents County At Indiana's Fair

Fashion-wise 4-H girls climaxed a week of exhibiting their projects as they participated in the 1948 county dress revue Friday night. Legora Markle of I'nion town ship will represent Adams county in the dress revue to be held at the Indiana state fair, having reand |>lald taffeta two-piece dress levue award. Legora wore a black and plaid taffeta tow-piece dress which she had designed herself. Black aci'essoriqs complemented her costume. Evelyn Gerke. also of I’nion township and last years dress re vue champion, was selected the reserve champion Her costume included a swing back aqua colored coat and a dusty rose "beat dress” She wore brown accessories Chosen a state fair entry Evelyn's "best dress" will compete for premium honors at the state fair with other dresses of this type. Both winners will enter Ball state teachers' college this fall. They have been active in 4-11 club work as junior leaders and officers in their own club, the I'nion I’als. Honor girls who received dress revue pins last night were: Patricia Bausemerman. Shirley Zimmerman. tauann Davidson. Jane Harvey. Patty Hurst. Barbara Ellen Black, tarraine Haugk. Marlene Thieme. Carol Ann Egley. Ruth Ann Bulmahn. Marcella Thieme. Pearl Huser. Phyllis Schnepp. Mary Ann Owens. Gloria Cn>w nover, Shirley Ann Stuery. Grace Baltzell. Patsy Rumple. Susan Rumple. Maxine Monee. Onale Dlann Stucky, and Claranell Sprunger Also in the honor group were: (Tars Te I"wse »'»wr>

Herbert Threatens To Call Out Guard May Call Guardsmen Over Dayton Strike Unyton. O. July 31 (UP) Gov Thomas J. Herbert hinted today that he would call out the national guard to maintain order at the Univl* !•*•>» company plant unless union officials pledged by tomorrow that there would be no further violence. Official* of the I’nited Bectrteal worker* (CIO) refuted to make a pledge of no violence, but s.U a mass meeting of employee would be held tomorrow to vote on it. They said they were ready to put on a “larger demonstration if necessary against what they called "police Intimidation and brutal H At a conference yesterday with company official*. Herbert offered to head a peace conference late Mondav but "only on condition that there be no violence before * b Three men were arrested yester day when WO angry VEW picket* attempted to prevent worker* from entering the *trik*-boend plant. The outnumbered local police force threw tear g*» bomb* which final |y dispersed the mob. The Plant was cloeed today aad t T»»e Te Ce*» Ftve»

Plan Attempt To Crack Down On Filibuster Sen. Taft Promises Cloture Petition To Curb Senate Debate Washington. July 31 — (VP)— Sen. Robert A. Taft. R., 0.. promised today that an attempt would be made nest week to crack the southern Democratic filibuster against the an'ipoll tax bill. The success of the proposed move depended on a reversal of previous senate rulings. Southerners were confident that there would be no reversal and that they would win their fight to kill the bill.

Taft wanted to dispose of the measure by mid-week to clear the way for floor action on whatever anti-inflation bill Is approved by the senate hanlkng commitLae. He also made it clear that the anti-poll tax bill will be shelved If the fl ibuster cannot lie broken hy the time the anti-inflation bill is ready. Taft said yesterday that he hoped the extra session of congress would be able to adjourn on Aug 7—just one week from today Sen. Richard Russell. D., Ga.. said in a radio address last night (Mutual) that in view at this adjournment goal, he didn't think the extra session could reach a vote on any major legislation — civil rights or otherwise. Republican congressional leaders have rejected President Truman's demands for price, wage and rationing control powers. They have promised only legtelation to provide credit curbs, which would curtail the volume of bank loans and perhaps InstaLment buying. In discussing his anti-fillbuster strategy. Taft told reporters that a cloture |>etition to limit senate debate would be filed sometime next week. I'uder previous rulings of senate presiding officers, a cloture or "gag rule" can apply only to a “measure" and not to a motion merely to take up the measure in question. The motion now before the senate is to take up the anti-poll tax bill. The senate has not yet started debate on the bill itself. Hence Taft's move will fail unless senate president Arthur H. (Tera Ta Case Fear) Report Fosnaugh - Is Dead In lowa Body Tentatively Named As Fosnaugh Authorities have tentatively identified the body of a Wapello. lowa, heart attack victim as that of Charles Fosnaugh. &7, who escaped in June. 1947, from the state prison honor farm at Michigan City Fosnaugh. convicted of rape in Wells circuit court, was serving a two-to-fourteen year term. The man believed to be Fosnaugh was working in a rodeo in lowa when stricken, and was going under the name of Claude M Bonner Relatives nf Fosnaugh here said his mother's maiden name was Bonner. Fosnaugh lived in Adams and Wei's counties much of his life. He has a son and daughter in Geneva Hie son. George Fobnaugb. works In Decatur The von told the Adams county sher iffs office that he believed Foe naugh had been working In a carnival after hie getaway, but denied that he had communicated with the escapee A check of fingerprints by lowa police has not yet come throueh a' though physical descriptions mm to clinch the Identity of the deed man The state"* I chief witww araiast Foenaugh and his alleged victim, was of juvenile age at the time of the trial tn 1948. snd her name was not made public She resided at Poneto Fosnaugh had served the mini mum seatewce at the time ho and thr-e other honor farm Inmate, walked away. Raa»on for hie con >lnned Incarceration could not he Larned a'though W wee epee..latod that a veer had been added to th* sentence because of a mi nor Infraction of prison rules.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 31, 1948

Killer of 6 ‘Decommissioned* W i ■ / Vi V J •v'tNE ‘ I nikw 1 "Ml ■ li L STRIPPED OF TIE, lie't and shoelaces to prevent suicide. Robert F, Daniels, who admits participation in six murders In Ohio, including the triple killing of Ohio Reformatory Superintendent John Niebel and his wife and daughter, stands in jail at Mansfield. Flanking him are Van Wert County Sheriff Roy Shaffer (left), who caught him at a road block, and Richland County Sheriff Frank K Robinson. who holds him for trial in Niebel murders Bun-Happy Slayer rnlnrc Alllitw Dies Tl,n Ife'tt'ur bus line will discon LIIIvIj vUlliy vICO tinde service from tonight until September 1. Gent Hauser, owner. Mokes Guilty Plea has announced On August 16 the Ta Tlrrsa Mu.e/Jare General Klee trie run will lie rr I 0 I nice fviuraers sumed, but all other usual trips Trigger happy Rotrnrt Muri will lw cancelled The new achedDaniels. 24, subject of an inten- ule. to go Into effect September I. »lve midwest manhunt last week, will be announced at a later date pleaded guilty Friday Io charges! »f killing three of six persons he xnd his partner iu crime fatally Alf Jl/ [ J ultot In the two week crime spree |\fUPP I OUIIU In Ohio. ’ | TF Before Mansfield. 0.. municipal' p .g. a ewi j court judge H H. Bchlettler. OUlltV AS rIUndCFCr Daniels admitted he had killed I • Mansfield reformatory superln kA..-:*;,*-. fAiekina tendent John Niebei and his wife Munitions Combine ■nd daughter in a cornfield near Head Is Convicted the prison. “1 don't know their names. There were three of Neurnberg July 31 (I P) them, though,’’ Daniels said. A'fred Krupp, head of the giant Next step in the judicial pro-1 munitions combine. and redure will come next Monday «ve other Krupp executives were when the grand jury will consid found guilty tcslay of plundering er the charges I 'pun return of h " n<l ,n he first degree murder indictments *»•«- <* conquering Nail armies by the grand jury Daniels wi.l be «' ‘ h * 12 Krupp exec u arraigned in Ric h and county '•*« •*“' -cquit ed i-ommon pleas court. If he again Two were not charged with plun pleads guilty, a panel of three dering All 1. face another juc g•ommon pleas judges will deter- ">•»< >“ l ’' r <”> < harges of mine the degree of guilt. “•*’« •>«** '■•** in Krupp plants If he is found guilty of first The 12 defendants were found Jegree murder and the judges re- innocent last April 5 of plotting fuse to grant mercy, he will die to wage aggressive war The in the electric chair Daniels, court found they had no advance heavily menac ed. arrived In knowledge of Naxi invasion plans Mansfield Thursday night from Sentences are expected to I* Ms ce l In Celina. He refused | pronounced after the second o pose for press photographers judgment is read until f fix my collar and He” J Krupp 41. had been sole owner lof the fI7S.OMXIW.OOO munitions 'combine since 1931. — f Others convicted of p'undering kuchon School To were Begin Next Week ™ ar . I L TL ' ,n “r 9 and administrative head of the The advance guard of the 209 Krupp works until 1943 itudents enrolled for the summer Eduard Houdremont. metallur erm at the Reppert auUioneerlng gy expert. cchool has already arrived in De- Erich Mueller designer of the atur. Living al Bellmont park and "Gustav Gun" the biggest can n the homes ot local residents, non of world war two. which was he auctioneers, from all parts of used in the siege of Stalingrad, he L'nited Slates and Canada, will Friedrich Wilhelm Janssen, a vegin their three week intensive Krupp director. ■ourse next Tuesday. Karl Ferdinand Eberhardt, head [of Krupp’s war material and machine sales department Acquitted on the charge of Willis riivc inviwnv plundering wer- |$ Effective Sunday Karl pf,r,ch - < * e,n of the Kn, pp ' hoard of directors. Retail milk prices in Decatur Nelrich Korschan. managing rill he advanced another cent, es- director of the Krupp Bertha 'ectlve Sunday, it waa announ<ed works in Breslau and chief of oday by a spokesman ti>r local "acquisitions" in eastern Europe lairiee The new prices will be 21 Max Ihn. Krupp personae tents for pasteurised milk. 22 chief. ■eats for homogenised milk. 21 Friedrich Von Buelow, chjgf of ■eats tor coffee cream, half-pint; Krupp's counter-intelligence 12 cents for whipping cream, half Two other defendants. Werner lint; 21 cents for chocolate milk Lehmann and Ilans Kupke. wore uid 20 coats for orangeade | (T-r- T . r» a , Faa o)

Gun-Happy Slayer Enters Guilty Plea Makes Guilty Plea To Three Murders Triggerhappy Robert Muri Daniels. 24. subject of an inlelisl'ce midwest manhunt last week, pleaded guilty Friday lo charges of killing three of six persons he and his partner iu crime fatally shot in the two week crime spree in Ohio. Before Mansfield, 0., municipal court judge H. H. Bchlettler. Daniels admitted he had killed Mansfield reformatory superintendent John Niebel and his wife and daughter In a cornfield near the prison. “I don't know their names. There were three of them, though.” Daniels said. Next step in the judicial procedure will come next Monday when the grand jury will consider the charges. I'pon return of first degree murder indictments by the grand jury Daniela wi.l be arraigned in Rich and county common pleas court. If he again pleads guilty, a panel of three common pleas judges will determine the degree of guilt. If he is found guilty of first degree murder and the judges refuse to grant mercy, he will dl* in the electric chair. Daniels, heavily manae'ed, arrived In Mansfield Thursday night from his ce l In Celina. He refused to pose for press photographers "until 1 fix my collar and lie."

Auction School To Begin Next Week The advance guard of the 289 students enrolled for the summer term at the Reppert auctioneering school has already arrived in Decatur. Living at Bellmont park and in the homes ot local resldenfs, the auctioneers, from all parts of the l'nited States and Canada, will begin their three week intensive course next Tuesday Milk Price Increase Is Effective Sunday Retail milk prices in Decatur will be advanced another cent, effective Sunday it waa announ< ed today by a spokesman for local dairies The new prices will be 21 cents for pasteurised milk. 22 cents for homogenised milk. 21 ceats tor coffee cream, half-pint; 42 cents for whipping cream, half pint; 21 cents fo* chocolate milk and 20 coats tor orangeade.

Cooler Weather Brings Record Attendance To Midway Friday Night

First Year 4-H'ers Win Champ Awards Grand Champions In Two Exhibits Here Two grand champion awards, one in baking and the other in rood preparation, were given to first year 4-H project workers Friday. Nine-year-old Mary Jane Rice of Monroe township carried away the food preparation championship rlblion It waa awarded to her for the excellence of the simple, yet delicious applesauce which she had prepared. Sprinkled with cinnamon and served in an attractive sherbet. Mary Jane proved that the simplest of food can he the most appealing Marl lyn Miller, who received the bak Ing grand champion award baked a plain ye low cake that outclassed all other exhibits In the five divisions of baking Marilyn is 13 and a resident of Preble township. Other winners In baking and food preparation are as follows: Baking First division— Marilyn Miller, first; Pearl Huser. second; Patty McGune. third: Ixirralne Httugk. fourth; Jean Mllfer. fifth. Second division — Phyllis Koh 'I, first: Anita Izditnan. second; Kay Borman. third; Dorothy Witte, fourth; Margery I«ehman. fifth Third division —Alice Ann Alt. third; tavern Jane Alt. fourth; Sally McCollough, fifth Fourth division Patsy John son. first: Donna Crist, second; Sally Ross, third; Betty Roebuck fourth; Carolyn Alger, fifth Fifth division — Evelyn Gerke first; Marilyn Boerger. second; tagnra Markle, third: Phyllis Mark'e. fourth; Rheta Butcher, fifth Food Preparation First division —Mary Jane Rice, first; Pattie Andrews, second; Norma Conrad. third; Myrna Young, fourth; Elaine Hunt, fifth Second division — Dortha Allwardt. first; Thersa Kohne. second Marilyn Jaberg. third: Phyl Ils Schnepp. fourth; Shirley Fuel tTsra Ta I'awe Sl»| Dallas Housewives War On High Prices One-Week Buyer's Strike On Butchers Bv l’nited Press Housewives at Dallas. Tex . declnred open war on high prices today, organizing a one-week buyer's strike against the city's butcher shops. But elsewhere In the nation, food prices sti I were climbing Most of the dairies at Indianapolis raised their prices on milk and coffee cream one cent today Dairy association officials said the Increase resulted from rising livestock feed prices and the tendency of farmers to switch from dairy to beef cattle to "cash in on the high meat market ” They warned of "more increases" next winter The Da Jas buyer's strike on meat was organized by Mrs R D Vaughan, president of Dallas Womenfs chamber of commerce who advised housewives, in a news paper interview two days ago. to stop buying meat “My telephone has been ringing off the wail ever since." she said “I never dreamed that people were so upset about meat prices ” The “strike" will start Monday with ion to 200 women systematica ly going through the ‘phone book and asking housewives to stop buying meat for one week -Mrs Vaughan predicted prices would tumble. At Chicago, meanwhile, a Bnw. man Dairy company offi<9aj chatted that the government made a "political foothall" out of •he Chicago dairy Industry by indicting firms and officers yesterday for prtce-flxlng. rebates tTWra Te Face Sial

Russia Seeks Cooperation Os German Plants Offers Power And Raw Materials To German Industry Berlin. July .31—(I'P) Russia offered the lure of electric power and raw materials to the block-ade-strangled German industry In western Berlin today in exchange for cooperation with the Soviets The offer was made by the Soviet operated "Trade Company of Greater Berlin” and announced through the Soviet licensed ADN news agency. The agency suit) the Soviet company wou'd assure necessary supplies to industry in the Amer lean. British and French sectors of Berlin, including electric power, if they would throw In their lot with the Soviets. Assurance also was given that markets for products would be found in the Soviet zone of Ger many and other Russian controlled areas The war of nerves In Berlin was kept going by Maj Gen Alexander Kotlkov. the Soviet commandant. Kotikov warned anti-communist mayor Frau taufse Schroeder that she would have to answer for her alleged responsibility in he'plng to move police headquarters out of Russian hands. The Berlin city police tinder police president Johannes Slumm moved into the American sector earlier thia week to escape the communist control exercised by Russian troops and Russiancontrolled German po ice High ranking American officers In Munich, meanwhile, disclosed

that America* best air power in Germany has been on the al> rt for the pant few days prepared "for any eventuality." The Anglo-American airlift c'imbed steadily in It* delivery of freight tonnage to Berlin. In the 24 hour* endinlg last night the plane* flew 571 flight* carry ing 3.lN** ton* No-Strike Order To Japanese Workers Cabinet Decrees No Government Strike Tokyo. July 3! — <I P> — The Japanese cabinet today Issued an order prohibiting government employe* from striking despite a warning from labor leader* that they would call a nationwide strike by 5.000.000 private and public worker* if au> h action was taken The new "no strike" order is effective immediately and will remain in force until permanent leg islation ia passed by the I'iet to amend the pie»ent na< tonal public law. it wan issued aa a temporary measure to carry out the suggestion contained In <len. laiuglaa MacArthur’s July 22 letter to premier Hitoshi Ashida Issuance of the controversial cabinet order created a tense situation Top labor leaders had loud ly voiced their opposition and announced they would obey the de cree only if It were enacted into law by elected representative* of the people in the national diet Only a narrow technicality separated their stand from direct rebellion against MacArthur’s rule Observers were sure that allied head quarter* wduld support the cabinet's order, with its provisions for dealing with any public employes who failed to observe it. As it stand* now, any person violating today's cabinet order restriding public service workers will In effect be violating an order from the supreme vomtnandsr.

Price Four Cents

City's First Fair Since War Closes At Midnight; Huge Crowd Friday Night The curtain will fall at midnight tonight on Decatur’s first postwar street fair and agricultural show. Immediately, workmen will begin dissembling rides and exhibits, lowering tents, and clearing the debris from city streets. By Sunday noon a somewhat normal appearance will be brought about. After city street department employes make their rounds early Monday morning, all remnants of the fair will be gone. Clear skies and a cool breeze conspired to firing Friday night’s fair attendance to the largest figure to date. Police reported the crowd exceeded even the recordshattering attendance of Wednesday night Autos were parking beyond the Erie railroad tracks, and an endless chain of humanity surged along the midway An unusually high percentage of out-of-towners attended Once again conceaaiona, rides and exhibits did a bustling business, with long queues outside most of them all evening. Concessioners tentatively reported • great satisfaction over the week's returns. 4-H judging in food preparation and linking Friday morning brought i |to the spotlight the girls' efforts, on display at the high school. The girls modeled their home-made. I originally designed dresses on the i free act platform at B'3o pm., and I a vast audience attended, ending ; formal 4 II activities for the fair. Two new acts were added to the schedule Friday They were Art Bassett, Fort Wayne juggler and unicyclist. and the l»wells. British acrobats. Last free act of the fair will he the farewell performance of the Aerial V eases st First and Madison streets, at 11 o'clock tonight The midway will dose promptly at midnight. I

Fair Sidelights A Decatur man. Chuck Shafer, did the "impossible’ Friday night at the motorcycle thrill show. He volunteered to ride tandem around ' the .vertical track Though Chuck looked a little the worse for wear when he dismounted and removed hi* crash helmet, the crowd gave him a well deserved roar of apj plattne. —oOo - Two death calls were received at the fair information booth within as many minute* last night One i < ame from Detroit and the other from Tampa. Fla -000 — The dart concessioner took another deep breath and blurted. "But there aren't any more balloon* to bust, mister Now. why -1 don’t you go away?" Hi* cu»1 tomer said. "Gimme another buck's ’ worth of darts and set 'em up in 1 the other alley." The sharpie 1 burst lt»# balloons and walked away with a felt elephant. Cost to sharpie 13.76; cost to owner: |lO. —oOo "You can have any prise on the t second row," little Joe. the spin- . ning wheel man. insisted "Gimme ’ that clock on the third row.” hi* I customer repeated "Take the B : clock on the second row.” little J Joe maintained “I alnt leaving till I get the clock on the third J iTwrw T„ Paar *■*»»! Four Persons Killed At Fort Wayne Today > Fort Wayne. Ind. July 3! —(VP) f — Four persons were killed today | when their automobile and a truck • I sideswiped on V. S 30 just outside • the Fort Wayne city limits. »: The dead were identified by po- - lice as Herman J Singer. 51. his wife: Mary IMion and Lottie Dixon. r all of Springfield. O. ■ Authorities said the accident occurred a quart er-mile west of the - city limps near * viaduct The > truck, owned hy the Interstate • Trucking Co. was driven hy Harr| ray Row*. Sheridan Center. O who was uninjured