Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1948 — Page 1

vIIIVI. No. 236_

Kouncilmen Approve Parking Meters For City

BOSTONJRAVES WIN SERIES OPENER, 1-0 Central Soya Co. Donates Land For Sewage Plant

filiation Os | lers Voted touncilmen b City Council knbers Opposed [ter Installation Lr will soon join the rank* hna cities which have inharking meters as a solo-1 Khe vexing traffic problem, j (council's much discussed, | meter ordinance slid I by a three to two margin ■hird reading for final pas*hday night, Counciimen Al k and Dorphu* Drum cast L dissenting votes Lum II unanimously approvSolution by Joe Brennan as[the city engineer and the M works to make a survey I city which would deter•hat areas should use the Latex show that between 140 B of the coin-catchers will |y he used Their dual pur--111 be the control of traffic bated areas, and the rollerI revenue for other traffic but schemes. b chief James Borders has that the meters will require j (•time attention of st lea.it' Biber of his force. Either an •al man must be added exI for uptown meter patrolI one policeman will have to R<-d from his usual duties, the regular force s strength. Lined Liliana state Chamber of •cc survey showed that a i million dollars In pennies, and dimes was raked in by h Hoosier cities last year i approximately one-third of b in the state have installed MH, Johns, secretary of the asI merchants of Indiana, has Id that the meters have provlt<- successful'’ in the smalr* He said they effectively prking on congested streets iping districts, enabling farhnd others to find ample i space near the stores But [Bed that they are not the le solution to snarled traf [nlcipal parking lots to I ali-day parking are badly i to supplement their work, ■haslzed. I Borders, who has conferred ■w enforcement authorities bral nearby cities on the I. said the opinion almost K>u*ly was that parking metis an admirable purpose, but leir maintenance is a man-

Wtatur Students To •dcasf Saturday ■oke Junior Town ■eeting Broadcast 'TB 1 ' 1 ' l.le'i school speech stu their instructor, Deane tliis afternoon participated r<ll ng at North Side hitch in Fort Wayne which will ■<«! Saturday morning at over radio station as part of a junior town •»' pro«ram _JM»’il>ject under discussion was JOB we discontinue the peace 2#B , ratt ’ ' Robert Hanse! and each eave three talks on the subject Other of the Imai school's < lass JB 11 ' observers and .|U-M|..n- o program B* members who took part !!1P >•*■- speakers were nH» r ‘ An "P ,UKh s “'" Bogn<-r ® l,ir ' Marcus Fun-nun K-r jMß ritn ' Barbara Helm Sharon ■ 8 ,,,rh Kltson Nancy Krick ®^B Krlrk Al, "‘ I,a¥p B3^fr‘ ,n lam Ma. Lean Colleen I^B'"' 11 Janet Ruck. Barbara IMI St,B * ely MD ' l Xeti

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Wealth Scion Held Ur SOCIAL REGIBTERITE Bacon (.'lark. 42. stands dejectedly at a New York police station as he is iMx.ked on chaige of stealing 31,362,000 from estate oi his father, a New England ship owner. C ark was arrested on leaving a mental hospßul at White Plains. N V , where be hud gone after a suicide attempt early In September. He is al.eyed to have rifled trust fund* of his mother. Mrr. Qda Clark, 74. Bridgton. Me., and sister. .Mrs. Virginia Damleile. Washington •

Decatur Residence Looted By Burglars SSO Cash, Valuable Papers Are Missing The home of William Klepper. 320 Mtrcer avenu<*. was broken into sometime between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, city police reported today Lxxit was little more than |sn in small change and a •’rung box containing personal papers. Mr. Klepper's Inspec lon revealed The thieves attempted to enter tU* basement by cutting the •creen door and unhooking it, but finding the door locked they broke brousih a window Into the readng room. The Kleppers were away for the night The burglars went through a buffet in the dining room, taking only a small card box containing alxxut 11 in change. A small drawiTurs T« r*«* Clsbtl

Tomato Plants To Close Next Week Decatur And Preble Plants Will Close Executives of local tomato can ning industries today predicted ’that their plants will close next week. Approximately 250 employes. mostly women. will be affected by the closing, which comes annua'lv witji the first frost. The South-Bud corporation plant at Preble has processed more than 3.M0 tons of tomatoes ■his season, according to manager Hick South Catsup and puree have lieen the main products of the factory. which employes approximat ely 150 persons. Plant activity has diminished slightly since the season s peak in August and early September. Mr South stated The late night shift has been abandoned and the factory is dosed Sundays. The Decatur Canning company.! on South‘Tenth street, has turn ed out «0.000 cases of canned tom atoes. Walter Blalock, manager, re ported* Eighty women and 15 men are employed in the plant, which will continue full scale operations un’il frost This year's tomato crop has been record breaking, from all reports received Some farmers told of yields of up to 20 tons per acre, in this area For some time kte| (Turn Te Pane Twel

Truman lashes Al Republican Housing Record Says Dewey Slogan Is 'Two Families In Every Garage' Enroute with Truman, Oct. 6 H'Pl — President Truman today •truck out at the Itepubllcan revoid on housing legislation and said that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey apparently was running on a campaign slogan of "two families in every garage.'’ Mr. Truman made the jibe a'lout his GOP rival at Wilmington. Del., where he addressed a crowd of 2.000 people from the rear platform of his special train. ( it was the fist speech of his new poli'lcal barnstorming tour ini j search of four more years in the ! White House. The president recalled that Her- : bert Hoover once campaigned on the slogan of "two cars in every garage.” "Apparently the Republican candidate is running on the slogan of two families in every garage." he said. The president said that the Re publican ■ controlled with congress, •nd the real estate lobby fought low-cost housing legislation "tooth and nail.” Mr. Truman chose Wilmington, home of the staunchly Republican ItuPonts. for the first speech of his three-day swing through New York. Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Delaware Earlier, It was announced that the president had made an 11th, hour shift in his campaign strategy. Instead of making an address on atomic energy as first was planned. Mr. Truman decided to make he Taft Hartley act and other domestic Issues the subject of bis major speech at Philadelphia tonight. Mr. Truman's strategy switch diowed by a day John L. Lewis' <Twra Ta ■•■«» Threat Mrs. Martin Doctor Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs. Mary Doctor, <l, wife of Martin Doctor, of 272 s Plaza drive. Fort Wayne, died at 4:51 p.m Tuesday at the Lutheran hospital I in that city. She was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church and the ladies aid of the church. Surviving are her husband; five I daughters. Mrs. Roliert Fuelling of | Deistur. Mrs Otto Nord and Mrs.' Duane Houser. both of Fort Wayne, and Misses Alma and Norma Doctor, - both at home; two sons. Walter J. Doctor of Decatur and Arthur L. of Fort Wayne; i three sisters. Mrs. Chris Kaiser. Mrs. Edwin Kaiser and Mrs. Herman Miller, all of Fort Wayne; two brothers. Henry F and John L. Schlaudroff of Fort Wayne, and seven grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p m. Friday at the RodenbeckPook funeral home and at 2 ('clock at the church, the Rev. Arno Scholz officiating. Burial will be in the Soest cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after I 7 p.m. today. BULLETIN Washington, Oct. •—(UP)— The army announced today that its special twojudgs commission haa recommended commutation of death sentences for some of the Dachau Garman war criminals. The report by the commission did not say how many sentences should be commuted. The report was based on records of IN death oentences which remain unexecuted-

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 6, 1948

Cily Council Accepts Gift From McMillen 10.7 Acres Os Land North Os Decatur is Donated By Company A gift from the Central Soya company, through Dale W McMillen. hoard chairman, of 10 7 acres of land in the McMillen farm, north of the city and bordering the west side of old IL S. highway 27. at a site for the city's proposed sewage disposal plant, was accepted by the council last evening In addition to the gift of the valuable tract of ground, the donors also give an easement to the site | from the highway A quit claim < deed, free of all liens, except taxes which are not yet due, will be 1 furnished to the city. The acreage lies approximately I 1250 feet north of the steel bridge at the city limit and borders about 650 feet along the highway. The southern boundary extends westward 600 feet The west boundary is MA feet and the north line is 750 feet, east and west A decade ago the farm was known as the Fanner stock farm. The deed will be delivered in ad vance of the city’s beginning work on the construction of the sewage treatment plant The offer was accepted by the board of public works and safety and given councilmanlc approval last evening The signers to the i acceptance are Mayor John M Doan. Joseph A Krick and Robert S. Anderson, the latter being city attorney The gift was made at this time. Mayor Doan explained, so the city could proceed In completing nego tiatlons with a federal government agency for a grant of 114,000 to defray preliminary engineering tees. Mayor Doan expressed the city’s appreciation to Mr. McMillen for the gift "It shows Mr McMillen's Interest in Decatur. The site, which almost cuts the center out of the west farm, is ideally located for the city'* proposed sewage plant.” he said. , The city is given permission to ■ remove and haul dirt from the east bank of St Mary's river to the site for the purpose of fill-in. A permanent easement for an inlet and outlet sewer running across the land lying south and west of the 10.7 acres is also given to the city. Conditions under which the city accepted the gift are described a* follows: The land shall be used for the ' erection of a sewage disposal plant (Tara Te l’aa» Twa,

Driving Uptown Is Goal Os DHS Driving Students

Four of 25 Decatur high school students taking the driver training course watched awestruck as instructor Sylvester Everhart eased the glistening 1949 Ford to a stop on their practice street on the city's south side Following tho text book to the letter. Mr. Everhart extended his left hand in a stop signal, pulled to the curb, released the brake testily, put on the hand brake, returned the gear to neutral, released the clutch, turned off the ignition, and released the foot brake. ■'Oolly. we’ll never be able to do all that'** Alice Langston sighed Alice and two other senior girls. Barbara Anspauah and Dora Brunnegraff. had neglected to obtain ' their learners' permits, so Sharon Hite was the only one of the quartet eligible to start lesson two.. Begun in the classroom lesson one had outlined the workings of an automobile. The first outside work was learning what the dials, pedals and knobs wars all for Leeion two was to deal with starting the car and proceeding in low gear i Sharon adjusted the seat to suit bar also and want through tbs eev- i

New Pastor Hr I The Rev. John E. Chambers, , above. Is the new pastor of the Trinity Evangelical Cnlted BrethI ren church, located at Ninth and ; Madi*on streets. I

John L Lewis Asks Miners' Dues Doubled Convention Report Criticizes Record Os 80th Congress Cincinnati, O. Oct. 6— tl'Pi— John L. Lewis Imlay a: ked the i I'nlted Mine Worker* 4<>th convention Io double monthly dues ’ . of the CIWi.OOii members to bring Jin an estimated Sl4.42n.ftO<* addi-' tional revenue annually. The surprise move came at the opening of the convention's sec , ond day The proposal was referr I “d to the constitutional commi'tee . of the VMW. Lewis said that the pension 1 and welfare fund has made the book value of membership In the 1 un'on increasingly valuable For this reason, he said, dues . I should lie Increased from the proa-1 ent 124 a year to 14* a year and ; ! the Inflation fees upped from 310 ' to 350 for new member* Ix-wi* recommended that local union and district burial funds be terminated as soon as possible I ‘ since the welfare and retirement i fund now provides such aid The ' fund pays 31.000 to survivors of deceased union member*. Meanwhile, a report to the convention aimed a blast of criticisttf i at the Republican noth congress and warned that a return of its (Tars Tn I'sae Bevewt

eral steps of starting the engine However she neglected to switch « on the ignition, which drew guffaws from her back seat colleagues On the second try. after looking in the rear-view mirror, notifying any mythical drivers behind her of her Intentions, and releasing the hand brake, the dual control car was off in a burst of dust and ex- ; haunt. Sharon s classmates mumbled congratulations, and Mr Everhart beamed There had been few of the expected jolts and jerks of a beginner’s starting up She con tlnued in low gear for half the length of the street, becoming somewhat alarmed when a pedestrian appeared Aside from the fact that It took 50 yards to bring the car to a half after the command was given, and involved some unsteady coasting. Sharon's three-point landing was also well received As soon as all the students in the non-credtt course complete lesson two. they 'll be on the road for lesson three—driving In first and second gears Mr. Everhart went out on a limb and said he d have them (Tare Te fM> Twe>

Case Against I Russia Opened | In UN Today West Powers Give Russia Opportunity To Accept Proposal Paris. Oct. 6—(VPI- The I’nltled Nation* security council gave j ' Rus la another chance today to ' | accept Americ an. British and I French proposals for ending the ! Berlin crisis. The council heard representsI fives of the western power* open their case against the Soviet Union by charging It with "acts of aggression” in Berlin, vowing that they would never surrender their i hold on the western sec-tors of the I German capital, and then offering ian immediate big four foreign ministers conference on German problems in return for lifting of the "illegal' Soviet blockade Prompt'y then the council, in ’ which Soviet delegate Andrei ' Vbhlnsky sat silent, agreed to a suggestion by chairman Juan Bra inuglia of Argentina that an "in , 'ermediary waiting period" be tak >,ti in the case Brainuglia did not specify the I length of the recess in the pro --ceding* which amounted to a trial of ilUMKia’* Berlin action, '>efore the jury of world opinion ,It was designated, however, to . allow the Soviet I'nion another | ipportunity to accept the western offer It was assumed that the Berlin case in which the western power, charge Rus*ia with I'N chartei ' violations and with being a threat I | to the peace would not l,e taken ; up again before sometime next week. The deci ion to recess came as er American. British and French le'egates in turn had pressed 'heir case against Russia in term* vhich implied determination of heir countries to use force If necessary to maintain their hold in Berlin. The Russian delegate alternate Ily read a newspaper and took ■ note* on Jessup's speech. Appar -»nt|y the Soviet tactics were to ' listen and wait until a reso'ution wa» submitted, then cast a killing • Tara Tn I’aae Sts, Richard Eiling Body Relumed For Burial War Victim's Body Returned To States The body of T 5 Richard E Kiting. son of Mr and Mrs Bvnjam- . in Eiting. well known Washing 'on town-hip residents, has been | j returned to the states for hurial. | lit was announced today by the department of the army The Iwsly of the Decatur war ’ I veteran is one <>t 7.000 returned 'to this country from Europe aboard the t'nited States army transport Carroll Victory Final funeral arrangement* wi I be made when word Im rea*eive<| of the definite date of the liody's arrival in thia city T 5 Eiting died In an armv ho* i pital in France Sept 17, isn. of wounds suffered In action two days earlier The war veteran attached to ’he signal corps of the kbth dlvi -ion. entered service July 15, 1A42. ; and was sent overseas In June of 1*44. He graduated from the De catur Catho'ic high •< hool in IM*. I and was employed in clothing I stores in this city prior to enter Ing service. Surviving in addition to his parents are hi* wife, the former txMiise Blr. of Fort Wayne two i brothers. Robert Eiting of this elty and Bernard Eiting of Bluff ton. and two slatera. Miss Mar garet Eiting of this city, and Sr M Virginia of the Slaters of St. 1 i Agnes

Father Beats Son, May File Charges Sheriff, Prosecutor To Confer On Charge Sheriff Herman Bowman will confer tonight with prosecuting at I torney Myles F. Parrish prior toj < filing charges again*t Martin Gra ber. who Ilves west of Linn Grove, i I alleged to have flogged hl* 16-year- ' old son mercilessly on Sunday 1 i morning. September 26. The boy. Gordon l<ee Graher. ' told the sheriff his father bad 1 whipped him because he was caught smoking a cigaret Neigh bor* 40 rod* away from the Graber bouse told sheriff Bowman they heard the lad's anguished scream* Sheriff Bowman said Graber confessed beating the boy. basing his action on two Bible verse*. Proverbs 23:13-14 They read. "With hold not correction from the child (or if thou beatest him with the rod he shall not die Thou shall beat him with the rod and xhalt deliver ill* soul from Hell" Graber, who say* he I* a deeply religious man. forced his son to don hi* Sunday best after the flogging, and took him to church Gordon l-ee told the sheriff his father bound his hand* at the breakfast table Sunday morning and ordered him into the barn There tiie lad was ordered to extend hi* hand* above his head, and was tied to a high rung in a wall ladder Graber then proceeded to wallop the youth’s back with a handy halter strap The sheriff laid Mrs Graber watched the enI >ire .proceedings without a word If an assault and battery charge I* filed against Graber, he face* up to *lx month* In prison and a fine of not more than 51,000. Certain juvenile code* may be invoked. ' however, in which case It is un : -ertain what penalty would be in <Turw T» Hsar Fite, Reports 1,200 New Voter Registrations In County This Year County clerk Edward F. Jaherg •inlay reported 1,200 new registrations and approximately 350 trans ter* which would bring Adam* •oun'y's voting strength to an estimated 11.000 on November 2. Six hundred of the new regts (rations went through the clerk's offli e up to Monday night’s dead line, and an equal number of voters were registered by some 25 deputy registrars throughout the county. Mr Jaberg declared Some reports of field worker* are not yet in. so a final tally of eligible voters In the county could not be released. Two-thirds of the transfers came through the clerk's dfice. and approximately one third from the deputies. Nine , thousand persons voted in Adams iount> in 1941 Adams County Rent Committee Named Announcement Made By Rent Director Five Adams county men have been named to the Adams county rent advisory committee, it haa been announced by John E Wil dams, director-attorney of the Fort Wayne rent area, of which Adams county is part Those named to serve in Adams county are C H Muselman. Berne attorney and printing plant mana ger. l-eo Kirsch, liecatur postmaster. H H Krueckebept. cashier of the First State bank of Decatur. Kenneth Hlrschy, international representative of CIO in Adams county. and Ijtck Heller, newspaperman The plan to divide the Adam* and Allen county rent area boards was announced several week* ago. but at that time the board was uot named. The Adams county group will act in an advisory capacity to Mr M’ilHams, who will retain his post as director-attorney tor both Allen •nd Adams counties

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Johnny Sain Bests Feller In Mound Duel Braves Score Only Run Os First Series Game In Bth Inning Score by innings: RHE Cleveland 000 000 000 —0 4 0 Boston 000 000 01a —1 2 2 Today's Lineups Cleveland Boston Mitchell. If Holmes, rs Doby. cf Dark, s* Boudreau, as Torgison. lb Gordon. 2b Elliott. 31, Kellner. 3b Rickert, if Judnlch. rs Salkeld, c Robinson, lb McCormick, cf Began, c Stanky. 2b Fe ler. p Sain, p Empires: Barr iNLi. Summers (AL). Stewart (NLt. Grieve lALt. Foul line*: I’inelll iNLi. Paper- ! ella (ALi ' Boston. Oct 6 il'Pi— The Bott--1 ton Braves, behind the stout-heart-ed pitching of big Johnny Sain, won she first game of the 194 S world 1 serie* today. 1 to ”. on an eighth 1 Inning single by Tommy Holmes, ’ one of the two hits yielded by 1 Bobby Feller of Cleveland r It was a brilliant pitching match • with Sain allowing only four hits against Feller's two In the end it ’ was Feller's wildness which cost ' him lhe game, for he put on the ' run which broke up the scoreless deadlock with a base on ball* I'ntil the eighth, the Brave* nev- ' er threatened but they made good on their one c hance Bill .*'|ke)d. who drew the starting catching assignment from manager Billy Southworth, started the victors off when he drew the second pass yielded by the Cleveland , fireball. After Mike McCormick sacrificed the runner to second. Eddie Stanky was passed purposely Sain, trying to win his own game, lined to Judnlch Then Holmes, old reliable of the Braves, came through Feller's first pitch to him wa* high and outside. Holmes fouled off the second pitch and then rifled the next one down the third base line Ken Keltner. Indian third baseman. never had a chance to get the l>all and I’hil Masi, running for Snlkeld. scored easily That was the end of the brill game A play by play description follows; First Inning Cleveland Mitchell lofted one to Mik* McCormick in normal center ' field Doby also filed to McCormick Boudreau fouled to Rickert, just outside the left field foul line. Boston Holmes lined to Doby. Dark grounded out. Robinson unassisted Torgesoti was called out on strikes Second Inning Cleveland Gordon was called out on strikes Keltner got the first hit of the game, a single down the left Held foul line Judnlch filed to Holme*. Keltner holding first. Robinson grounded out. Torgeson unassisted No runs, one hit. no er- ’ rors. one left Boston Elliott fltrd to Judnlch In short right Rickert filed to 1 Doby Salkeld struck out Third Inning 1 Cleveland Began was safe at first when Elliott fumbled his easy grounder. Feller, after failing to sacrifice In two attempts, struck r out Mitchell fouled to Elliott. Began holding first Began stole second Doby grounded out. Dark to Torgeson No runs, no hits, one error, one less 1 Boston -M McCormick popped 1 iTsre T> rsa* Kleko WEATHER Msstly cloudy, •bower* awdrl •preading meet of the otate escept in extreme •outheaot by i Thursday morning, continuing ) Thursday. A little wermer to night.