Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1949 — Page 1

Jjjfivil. No. 130

CHAMBERS CONFESSES PERJURY JO JURY

m Convicts ■scape West Virginia Pen 1 Linked To Slaying I Os Couple Shortly I After Escape Made 1 uoundsville, W. Va, June 3 - ■.„ Fourteen long term-con- ■ ' including six "desperate" ■Lermers. hacksawed their way ■, W lo>n from the West Virginia ■J penitentiary today. ■ n re e hours later, a farmer and |g» wife "'ere shot to death by a Birt capped gunman at their isoKj home near Carrolton, 0., ■w 60 miles from here. ■ OT oral Frank David Roberts ■i the West Virginia state poliife the killer of Mr. and Mrs. litis George could have been one Itltke eecaped men. | -The kill> n K s came so quickly Igtn the jailbreak and too close ■ the neighborhood,” Roberts gunge shotgun was taken Btw ,he George home and the automobile also was stolpolice believed that because ■mey from George’s pockets was ■d removed and the rest of the |<.:> was untouched, the slayer ■uy have been seeking a means ■/escape from the prison break IKuchers. ■ George was killed instantly by a ■htiitun blast when he went to ■trestigate a noise at his door. K< wife was backed into her bed■ih where she was shot. She ■utaged to notify a Carrollton I'tiephone operator, but died on ■> way to the hospital after de■gibing her slayer as a man wear- . ■it a "black cap.” I The prison breakers, jailed as ■iibhnal criminals and for offen■k ranging from armed robbery ■li kidnaping, used tools fashioned ■scretly in the prison to saw ■tmngh a window after trussing ■ipard with a bed sheet. I Warden Oral Skeen said they ■i'.o out into the main corridor ■i the "south hall" cellblock at ■Mt 3:30 a. in. Guard Jackie rushed into the corridor to ■tetisate the noise and was ■trtrpowered before he could Bfread the alarm. ■ The convicts then completed ■■Mr escape by rawing through ■he bars covering a front window ■ld dropped about 20 feet to the lawn. Because of the post- ■'*■'■'' the cellblock, the fugitives free to scatter immediately Bmghout the city because they '■^ llo walllo I James who had been dumped in■boar of the fugitive’s cells man■Vi to work free and spread the I State police said the convicts ■•fparently fled in all directions. B** 1 blocks were set up around : own and law enforcement ■•ihoritres in Ohio, Pennsylvania, ■WWest Virginia were alerted. ■ V. automobile stolen by several ;■/he me n was f (>und wrec | (e( | a ■ ~' r time after the break a few from the prison. ■Jh» hack saws and drills used k, mas? l,rea ' K were manufac- ■ secretly "possibly from 2B '■* Ot meUl lalien frOm the J ti plumbing shop or sheet ■ 11 ’hop," Skeen said. ■ * drills used in the cutting W*" 1011 “apparently" had been w,lrel y inside the peniten- ■-. / Skeen 8ai(1 jt ha(l not >’ et ■“determined how. said other guards in the although "suspicious at ■ V °'T' 11811 trie<l ,0 telephone 9 'Turn T. P, IF SeTeß j ■S McMillen Will ■ Dedicated Sunday ■V 5 McMille n. north of Fort Wi " fnraally dedicated Jy Bft ” n °on at 2:30 o'clock, was provided for the ■k?' 01118 b >’ the McMillen Foun■l* ®f Fort Wayne. All Girl *nd their friends are In- %■ tW the dedication. MaP ’’ lofa,ed approxi■t,. 12 miles north of Fort Uy ro.? hi * h ’ ray 42 ‘- t 0 th “ KJ? beyond the "Stay-well ■t»- ' a W ’to- then left for ■L-’ one-half miles to the ■*’ gate. I * EATH ER IS uj-’ t!oud > tonight and.. M * SllShtly cooler north.

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Two Admit Planting / Time Bomb On Plane Blamed In Death Os 13 Aboard Airliner Manila, June 3. — (UP) — Two men have confessed planting a time bomb on a commercial airliner which exploded, killing all 13 persons aboard, government invest tigators said today. The confessions were handed to authorities in Daet, Camarines Norte Province, who were requested to draw up criminal charges against the pair and two other reportedly implicated. The two men. one a convict, the other an exconvict, were paid $92.50 to put the bomb on the plane, authorities said. The plane, a Philippine airlines craft, disappeared May 7 while en route from Daet to Manila. It apparently exploded in flight while over the sea. Ludvig Sundeen, 48, a mining engineer who once lived in Lichtfield, Minn., and Richard Parker, 25, formerly of Rochester, N. Y., were aboard. Daet authorities were asked to press the case because the flight originated there. The confessions given to them said the two men were hired to deliver a box to the plane and that they did not know it contained a bomb. Names ot those involved were withheld, pending the filing of formal charges. But national bureau of investigation officials said evidence already collected was sufficient to convict three person, including the alleged mastermind in the plot. The motive for the plot was obscure. NBI agents said they were probing a report that one passenger obtained a $15,000 accident insurance policy a few days before the crabh. They also looked into the. possibility that a love triangle 'might be involved —a triangle involving a Filipino woman whose husband .was aboard the ill-fated plane. Thus far, authorities said, the evidence against the woman is insufficient to obtain a conviction. Investigators said the bomb probably was exploded by means of an ordinary hair-curler mechanism. The investigation showed that the plane exploded off Alabat Island some 30 minutes from Daet. The bodies of the nine passengers and four crewmen aboard the plane hate not been recovered. Deedsville Youth Is Drowned Last Night Rochester, Ind., June 3 (UP) Jerry Wayne Leedy, 17, Deedsville, was drowned last night when he sank in Nyona lake while swimming from shore to a floating pier. The body was recovered by William Hammond, Akron. State police believed Leqdy suffered cramps halfway between shore ar.d the pier. J. M. Winkler Dies Al Willshire Home Former Mayor Dies Thursday Afternoon J. M. Winkler, 75, former mayor of Willshire, 0., died at 4:25 o’clock Thursday afternoon at his home in Willshire, of a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill for five years and bedfast for the past year. Born in Mercer county. O. March 30. 1874. he was a son of Martin and Elizabeth Jewel-Wink-ler. He retired from farming in 1912 and later was mayor and also a member of the Willshire school board. , He was a member of the Willshire Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving are his wife.’ Clara, two daughters. Mrs. Merl Bain and Mrs. Myrtle Buechner, both of Willshire; a son. Vernon Kinkier of Rockford, 0.; three grandchildren, and a brother. H. A. Winkler of Willshire. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 a. m. Sunday at the Willshire Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. O. M. Silis and the Rev. E. 0. Bissell officiating Burial will be at Willshire. The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the resi dence. where friends may call after 7 o’clock thia evening.

Senate To Open Debate Monday On Labor Bill Concessions Are Offered Friends Os Taft-Hartley Measure Washington, June 3. — (UP) —. Senate Democratic leaders today tried to improve chances of passing a labor bill by offering concessions to friends of the Taft-Hartley act. But with senate debate opening Monday, they faced an uphill battle in their campaign to get a TaftHartley repealer on the books in this session. At a closed Democratic caucus the leaders agreed on five amendments similar to proposals made by speaker Sam Rayburn in an unsuccessful attempt to get a bill through the house. The compromise was offered after vice president Alben W. Barkley told the Democrats they must get some kind of labor bill passed to show that President Truman’s campaign promises and the Democratic platform were not "idle gestures." Mr. Truman promised outright repeal of the Taft-Hartley act. There was no definite indication that he endorsed the senate leaders’ compromise proposals: they would: Authorize the government to seize plants for 90 days to prevent strikes endangering the national welfare; make it an unfair labor practice for unions to refuse to bargain' guarantee speech freedom to employers; require unions to file financial reports to avail themselves of national labor relations board services; and require union and management officers to swear they are not Communists, Fascists, or Totalitarians. B-36 — Air secretary W. Stuart Symington demanded prompt congressional investigation of the air force’s B-36 bomber program. He told chairman Carl Vinsqp. D„ Ga„ of the house armed services committee — which will make the investigation — that a lot of false things have been said about him and defense secretary Lok Johnson. Eberharter — Three Pennsylvania railroad police officers said they put Rep. Herman P. Eberharter, D„ Pa., off a train in 1945 because hq was using “vile and indecent language” and trying to start fights. They testified before a senate judiciary subcommittee considering Eb(Turn Tn Paae Five!

Lisi Program For C. E. Convention County Convention Here Next Sunday The complete program for the annual Adams county Christian Endeavor convention at the First Christian church in Decatur Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock was announced today by the committee in charge ot the affair. The Rev. Lee Jackson, pastor of the First Christian church of Peru, will be the principal speaker. His address will follow the annual election of officers. Don Abbey, secretary of the state organization. will attend the meeting and will make several important announcements concerning the state convention at Berne starting June 16. Following is the program: Prelude—Mrs. Earl Chase. Singspiration, under the direction of Dennis Norman. Devotions— Betty Miller. Hymn, “Take Time To Be Holy” Election of officers, Ward Houser in charge. Announcements concerning the Cite C. E. convention. Don Aby, state field secretary. Instrumental selection, John Poorman. Offertory. Pauline Lobsiger. Testimonies, young people from Berne. Vocal solo, “The Lord’s Prayer". Marcus Foreman. Sermon. “What Christianity Has To Offer This Changing World”— Rev. Jackson. Hymn. “Living for Jesua " Benediction. Rev. R. H. Hammond. Postlude. Mrs. Earl Chase. Miss Veda Williamson will prei side.

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Decatur, Indiana, Fr iday, June 3, 1949.

Meet Doctors Bradley And Clay ■gF* < -A k I HHr ~ i fiik' x ~ ! Hl - rr K fc/ "T V 1 . J- > e kB oom- kr w / L 1 TWO OF UNCLE SAM’S topflight generals receive honorary doctor of law degrees from Columbia university and the institution’s president, their former commanding officer, Dwight D. Eisenhower. New "doctor’s” are Chief of Staff Omar Bradley (middle) and Lucious Du Bignon Clay, recently returned from Germany.

Authorizes Marion Lift Rent Control Schricker Approves Decontrol Action Indianapolis, June 3 — (UP) — Governor Schricker today authorized the city of Marion to remove rent controls but warned other Hoosier cities his approval should not be interpreted as a pattern for other cases. Schricker approved Marion’s city council decontrol octlon in a prepared statement which termed "ridiculous" the new law putting the responsibility on governors. “While it seems ridiculous that congress should have placed this responsibility in 2 the lap of the governor," Schricker said, “nevertheless I have made a conscientious to arrive at a just and fair conclusion in this case. “The situation Marion, in my opinion, warranted the action of the council. For this reason Z give my approval. “It does not follow, however, that this shall be a pattern in other cases that reach my office in the future. Each case must be determined on its own merits and by these standards I have tried to apply in this rather difficult and uninvited duty.’’ Marion was first among Indiana (Turn Tn Pair Six) College Graduation Exercises Monday Indianapolis, June3—(UP)— Butler University graduates its largest class in history next Monday when Dr. R. H. Fitzgerald, chancellor of the university of Pittsburgh, delivers a commencement address for 655 candidates for degrees. Hanover Hanover, lnd„ June 3—(UP)— The commencement address at Hanover college will be given next Monday by Arthur E. Roberts, Cincinnati Boy Scout executive. Degrees will be awarded 68 students.

Decatur, Bluffton Rotary Clubs Meet JoiJt Meeting Is Held Lost Evening Decatur and Bluffton Rotarians met in a joint inter-city dinner meeting at the K. of P. home in this city Thursday evening During the afternoon, several members of both clubs engaged iu a golf match at Decatur's new golf course, but no results of the match were announced. Guest speaker forth« meeting was Peter Varanoff. a former missionary to Russia, who spoke on the perils of Communism and its threat to the United States. Pointing to the Communist aim of world conquest. Varanoff cited the dangers to the United States of red infiltration in industry, business, churches and government as a part ot the Soviet Union's scheme ot world domination. A. R. Holthouse was chairman of the program, with C. I. Finlayson. president of the Decatur club, conducting the meeting.

Local Lady's Father Dies In Arkansas Charles Sullivan, 64, father of Mrs. Max Shafer, executive secretary of the Red Cross home service office, in this city, was found dead in bed yesterday at his home in Fordyce, Ark. The body will be taken to Terre Haute for burial. Funeral arrangements were not completed today. Besides the daughter in this city, Mr. Sullivan is survived by three other children, Roy of Wishington, D. C., Marion and William of Fordyce. Mrs. Shafer left last evening; for Terre Haute.

Hann In Statement On School Position Willing To Accept Post If Selected Lyman L. ftann, county superintendent of schools, today stated his I'osition in connection with his candidacy for reappointment to the office. The election of a school superintendent will be next Monday, the 12 township trustees making the selection. “I shall be glad to serve the board and through them the i schools and the people for another! term, if the trustees so decide," Mr. Hann said. His statement follows: “I have been repeatedly asked during the past few weeks why I have not made a statement as to whether or not I was again asking for the office of county superintendent: and recently I have been asked in such away that it seems little less than ungrateful to those who have supported my candidacy the past two terms, if I do not make some definite statement. "I shall be glad to serve the board and through them the schools and the people for another term, if the trustees so decide. “I have made no statement previously because I had been led to believe that, partly because of the political situation, partly because of the stand 1 have taken in regard to improvement of the schools, I was no longer favored by the majority of the board. Considering this, along with the fact that I have generally enjoyed the work of the school room as much or more than the work of the office, it seemed better fob me to remove myself from the field and make other arrangements for my future work. "In justice to my own position I should like to say that it seems to me I have been caught between the differing factions in the county, each ot which has its own ideas as to how the schools can be improved. I notice that when a ditch is to be improved or a bridge is to be built, an expert in that line is called on to make the final decision. It has seemed to me that there should be cooperation between the various parts of the county and that professional advice should be obtained before decisions are made vitally affecting our school system. Because I have not been able to please entirely any pressure group in the matter of school consolidation. I am led to believe I have tried to take a course not extreme in either direction. “The only real regret 1 have is in the fact that some who have been kind enough to give me their support feel that I have, to some extent, ’let them down' in my adxoc(Tara Ta Page Sevea)

Confessed Former Russ Spy Courier Confesses To Perjury Before Jury

6E Film Premiere Here last Evening School Auditorium Filled For Showing A sweltering crowd that filled the Decatur high school auditorium enjoyed the premiere of the General Electric company’s institutional film, "By Their Works,” and thrilled to the music of the Decatur General Electric aeolian choir, featured in the film and in the personal appearance of the 70voice musical organization last evening. “By Their Works” is a picture story of the vast General Electric industrial system, with Its numerous plants spread throughout the country. The Decatur Works was featured in the apparatus division. Local employes were shown in the plant, interspersed with the appearance of the choir, under the direction of David Embler, noted director and musician. Following the showing of the 50minute technicolor picture, the aeolian choir sang a group of four songs and one encore. The choir was grouped on the stage and the crowd responded enthusiastically to each number. The singing of “Choral Fantasy," by Pasternacki, proved highly popular with the crowd. This song was used for the musical score in connection with the film. The program was introduced by John F. Welch, assistant plant manager of the Decatur works. Shown in the picture was Charles E. Wilson, president of the General Electric company, who made a short talk. Mr. Wilson stated that in every part of the world a person could find something made by the General Electric company. • Final appearance of the choir this season will be Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. A J program of sacred music will be sung, augmented with a piano recital by Mrs. David Embler.

Famous Financier Dies This Morning Amadeo Giannini Dies In California San Mateo, Calif., June 3 — (UP)—Amadeo Peter Giannini, a man who started life as a poor farm boy and became head of the largest bank in the world died at his home here today at the age of 79. Death was caused by heart failure, a family spokesman said. Giannini had been confined to bls i home for the past four weeks with a cold. "Apparently, the strain was just too much for him." the spokesman said. Death came to the famed west coast financier at 8:55 a. m. CST. Giannini died in the big but modest home in which he had spent most of ihs life. At his bedside when he died were his son, L. M. Giannini, now head of the Bank of America, which the elder Giannini founded, and his daughter. Mrs. Claire Gjannini Hoffman Giannini's wife died suddenly in 1941 and his son. L. M. and daughter. Claire, were his only immediate survivors. Although Giannini made and handled millions of dollars, he was not a wealthy man. He several times turned down bonuses voted him by the Bank of America and Trans-America Corporation. the holding company which he formed and which controlled some 509 banks in five western states. i Giannini was bom in a hotel in San Jose, Calif., on May 6. 1870, I the son of an immigrant from Genoa, Italy.

Four Military Commandants 01 Berlin Meet Russians Ask For Parley To Discuss Strike In Berlin By United Press Berlin’s four military commandants were scheduled to meet today for the first time since the Russians walked out of the Kommandatura last June 16. The Russians asked for the meeting to discuss the 14-day-old strike of west sector German railway workers. The strike has halted elevated train traffic in Berlin and forced cancellation of trains from western Germany. It was not known whether the Russians will introduce topics other than the strike. Russia controls the railways under a fourpower agreement. The Soviets decided to call in the United States, Britain and France after the strikers.rejected a compromise settlement offer made by the Sov-iet-bossed railway administration. The strikers yesterday voted 13,477 to 398 not to accept the offer of 60 percent of their pay in western marks. They want all their pay in western marks, which are worth four times as much as eastern marks. There was no immediate indication whether today’s meeting would lead to formal resumption of the Kommandatura on a fourpower basis. An American spokesman called it a “consultative meeting" rather than a formal Kornl mandatura session. Revival of the Kommandatura was to be discussed by the fourpower council of foreign ministers at a secret session in Paris today. The council also was scheduled to talk about city-wide elections for Berlin, a permanent constitution for the city and a reduction in occupation costs. Other foreign news included; Paris — The government announced the seizure of two busloads of arms and the arrest of 16 persons during an investigation into an alleged plot to demoralize the French army. Arnontf those arrested were three high officials of Gen. Charles De Gaulle's rally of the French people. Barcelona — A small bomb exploded in the cloister of Barcelona cathedral, but caused no casualties. It was the second bomb exploded in Barcelona since Generalissimo Francisco Franco arrived in the city Wednesday. Franco was not in the church at the time of today’s explosion. Decatur Lady Hurt In Auto Accident Mrs. John A. Kohne Hurt At Fort Wayne Mrs. John A. Kohne. 33, of 748 Mercer avenue, is confined to the St. Joseph s hospital in Fort Wayne with injuries sustained in a collision in Fort Wayne early this morning in which Rex Dailey. 26. of Fort Wayne, was instantly killed. Mrs. Kohne was riding with her husband and their two children, John. Jr., and Judith Ann. when their auto was struck broadside at the intersection of Anthony and Washington boulevards shortly as ter 1 o'clock. Fort Wayne police, who invest! gated, reported that the Decatui family was enroute south on An ; thony. while Dailey, who was alone was driving east on Washington. Kohne and the two children es caped with only minor injuries and did not require hospitalisation At taches ot the hospital stated this afternoon that Mrs. Kohne’s condi tion was “fair.” The extent ot he; injuries could not be learned here

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Cross-Examination By Hiss Attorney Brings Admission; Recess To Monday New York, June 3 — (UP) — Whittaker Chambers admitted under cross-examination today that he had committed perjury before the same federal grand jury which indicted Alger Hiss for perjury. Chambers, confessed former Communist spy courier who is the principal accuser ot Hiss, ended the fourth day of the former state department officials federal court perjury trial with the ready admission of his own perjury. “Did you tell the grand jury in this building that you had no knowledge of espionage?" chief defense attorney Lloyd Paul Stryker asked. Chamber, testifying in a calm, low voice, said he had told the grand jury he had “no particular knowledge" of espionage. “You admit now that you testified falsely and committed perjury before the federal grand jury in this building?" Stryker demanded. "I do,” Chambers replied. Stryker then glanced at the clock, notified presiding judge Samuel H. Kauffman that it was two minutes to adjournment time, and the judge adjourned the trial until Monday. Chambers' admission came after an hour of cross-examination by Stryker, a white-haired criminal attorney. Stryker had delved into a sordid episode of Chambers’ life, drawing from his testimony that he had trved as a youth of 17 with a woman to whom he was not married in a "wretched kind of dive" in the French quarters of New Orleans. Chamber also admitted that he had taken the woman to live in his mother's home in Lynbrook, Long Island. Then, Stryker went into the visit Chamber paid to asst. sec. of state Adolph A. Berle in 1939 after being denied a white house audience to tell about alleged Communist activities in government circles. “In that talk did you say anything about Col. Bykov or about how you and Bykov took Mr. Hiss for a walk through the wilds ot Brooklyn?” Stryker asked. Chambers said he did not. Yesterday he had testified that Col. Boris Bykov, head of one of the Soviet underground rings in this country, had met him and Hiss in i a Brooklyn movie theater and had asked Hiss to "extract" documents fronuthe state department to help “in the defense of Soviet Russia.” Chambers admitted he refrained , from telling Berle that he had con- , spired with Hiss to get secret govI eminent papers, as he later alleg--1 ed. He also said that in a talk with • Ray Murphy, security officer of the state department, in 1944 he said ; nothing about Bykov. Chambers admitted also he had ' withheld information about espionage from the house committee on un-American activities in August, 1948. Chamber denied that he had forced his mother to take the New Orleans woman, whom he identified as Ida Dales, into her home.

State Police Raid Gambling Places Jeffersonville, Ind., 3 —(UP)— More than S2OO was added to court funds today as a result of Indiana state police raids on two alleged gambling places late yesterday. Raiding parties of three troopers and detectives entered the “119 Club" and the “125 Club" two min* utes apart. — Put Hogs Under Lights To Boost Production LaFayette. Ind. June 3—(UP)— Hogs at the Purdue University experimental farm will be placed under electric lights to see if they will produce more pork. Scientists said they want to leant whether hogs will eat more ■lfeed in well-lighted barns and thus .'grow to market weight faster.