Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1949 — Page 1

'JIVII. No. 149.

lEWIS ATTACKS SOUTHERN COAL OWNERS

Bale Group Bried Over &el Slash lertomty Over Ksio's plans Is E rty To Senators Jun** 2- r > -n’l’t - UT, r , v „v*r Russia's plan* « Z,. f . tad a senate group S'— about trimming the defense budget Cor tiw mKem: Elmer Thomas, D 4 appropriation* military spending ■K of rutting defense on hurt m»mb<‘ feel chan <-t of »ar Within dw tide Ml, j,.;und- on what the coni ]■ think about the ]■ said "If they think |nlL no danger, they will be and cut the bill. If we face a national th. y will be liberal." • to be able to Him u ,,. nuo fro*n the flfin,|Kae military upending bill ■■ta th.- house Thi* would appt..pitation tn line with Kt-fn:. >li - budget request ,t.i» bile was racing in an effort to pa** JgKp mon. > measures as pos the end of the 1949 at midnight. June 30 ba« pawed all It* apbill*, but the senate a<’t on foreign aid. mill- !■- i department and it.de appropriations ivnfereea are try differences in their SHp of a number of other ■■ w,k XESatwr congressional develop |K* Administration spokes the senate began to make prediction* of victory in to kill use of injunc- !■ it national emergency |Ki Sh. i’v Democratic leader Luca* said hopefuly. I ■ oal win” But observers deci-mn on whether the In sill b. written into the ad - Taft Hartley repeal depends on a handful of |Hh; onators Thesenate has ■to vote on the "issue Tue* |Humt Republicans and |Mtn!i> wire agreed on somejSit last all substitutes for {■tbi.ini-' ta' ion's public houj|Kn>uo f> ■■ almost certain d |Hron.id. ration of the sub-ti he taken up when the its housing debate |Mg And I nmocratfc leader* ■kn- 'heir measure Tut.bid pl. for const rm 'b n i'W T " ~,B* HHmi — ~ ~ - tfcf, Police Chief ■Attend Funeral Herman Bowman and £■< police James Borders will the funerals,of Bla< kford sh.riff in Hartford City ■hnu.ti. The Blackford iberift was killed earlier EBob when he went to arrest Sheriff Bowman will be an pallbearer The sheriffs mher nearby count!'* attend R/craft Work ■Chen Three Days Weekly At Field ISI Uadi* raft schedule for the IB**! Worthman field «** U**l today by Mis* Rosa |9* Gottld supervisor of craft U the summer recrea at tbe school U"f»n *i|| again be given the ■■’ W, D to make hot pad*. pit - |B traceiets, gey ring*, pocket Ui an(l txx>k endll ant « ■ *kies may he added ■ Uadi, raft work is given SB 10 * p m on Mondays. TuesHE** Thursday* Singing gam games will be lo I p. m Friday* Fograms are for children K U 14 years of age The ■■"•Pta for pi*, f rom 9 a m . HE ’ ® Monday through Fri E *«ath«r ■«* *"'* humi t wi ‘" wWe " ■ .J"”** 4 •bower* and thuntoday, tonight and Mj?" H»gh today 90 to 05. ■ **** M to 71.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Courtly Swindler Nabbed In Chicago Confidence Mon Is Caught By Officers Chicago, June 25 fl’Py Internationa) swindler Sigmund Z Bn * 1 tu-n*d on his fatal charm tie' day but couldn't impress tough Chicago detectives with the con t'nental manner* he used to fleece more than 50 women of an estimated 11,000,000. Nevertheless, the courtly and i white-haired 73 year old con man 1 managed to soften the heart of his latest victim. Mrs. Reseda Corrigan, 39. who had spent nine lonely days In New York trying to track him down Mrs. Corrigan tried to attack En gel when she first saw him last night. But ash r a few minutes of smooth sweet talk from him. she seemed almost to forget the 18.700 he took her for during a whirlwind courtship. Engel promised he would pay her the money ba< k He < ven handed her 5400 from his billfold "I believe him. I really believe him." Mrs Corrigan said "He seems like such a poor tired old man ” Engel was captured late yesterday In a trap set with the aid of a woman he was trying to bait into a ! new love swindle He had already ' proposed to her and was arranging their "honeymoon." Police in almost every major city in America and in many foreign ; nation* had sought the suave outlaw Detective* said they would question him throughout the weekend before his appearance Monday in felony court on charges of swindling .Mrs. Corrigan. The charge carries an automatic 110.000 bond Engle was captured yesterday in a swaftk Mlrhigau Boulevard luggage shop a* he bought luggage with Mrs (leneviefe Perro. 59, for a "wedding trip" to Kansas City and California Mr* Perm said Engel approach . ed her Tuesday night a* she dined ! with friends at the palm Grove Inn : on Chicago’s South Shore Drive "Pardon the Intrusion, ladies.” she quoted the dapper stranger a* saying in a thick German accent. “May I buy you a drink'" He singled her out for special : attention and before the evening was over, had proposed marriage to her. lie said his name was "Paul Marshall." But Mrs Perm wasn't kidded. She spotted hi* Identity from newspaper -picture# carried in connection with the swindling of Mrs Corrigan A* soon as they separated. *he notified police who In gun laying a trap The trap wa* sprung yesterday as he and Mrs. Perm shopped for (Tara Te Page Mrs. Nellie Fisher Dies This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mrs. Nellie A Fisher. «?. widow of the late Amo* E Fisher, died at 12:o5 o’clock this morning at a Fort Wayne hospital after a two year* illness of complication*. Born in Adam* county, she was a daughter of «**orge and Nancy Dutcher, and had resided most of her life al 115 South Tenth street until two years ago. when »he moved to Fort Wayne with her daugh ter. Iler husband former Decatur ,treet commissioner, died Sept 6. Mn. Fisher was • ‘"J the Bethany Evangelical I nlied Brethren church, and the Lad Aid society and Dorca* class of are two " - Wayne: one grandchild; . brother C N Dutcher of Fort Wayne, and one .X. Mrs Grace House of wa< removed to the D < * Son. funeral home in For Wayne, where friend, may call after 7 o'clock ,h ‘* B |,“k friends may cnll »ft« 1 *"• “ B, ‘! be removed to the church •late until Hm* o< ,be » enKt *

Czechs Send Mail Out Os Beran Office Government Agents Using Beran's Seal To Send Letters Prague, Czechoslovakia. June 25 tl'Pl Agents of Czechoshe vakia's communist government are s« tiding out mud from archbishop Josef Beran's office under his seal despite the fact he has ordered the office closed. The office was humming with activity when foreign newsmen visited archbishop Beran's palace yesterday for the first time since government agents took over control of the building June 15. The newsmen watched four men and a girl in the archbishop’s office or consistory filling and stamping envelopes. The Catholic prelate's seal could be seen on each mimeographed letter inserted in an envelope. The men were tough looking, youthful and dressed in civilian clothes. Two had no necktie* and wore sneakers. They were under the direction of a controller installed by. the government, l»r. Miroslav Houska. Archbishop Beran dissolved the consistory last Tuesday and ordered bishops and priests to take over the independent administration of their own areas, Msgr. Beran formerly exercised over all con rol over his archbishopric through the consistory, and used it as the medium through which to transmit his pastoral letters and conduct other church business. The new government designated coat roller Dr Houska, said arch bishop B<-ran was comfortable, but had not left the palace since Bunday because he had no wish to leave it He reluctantly produced Dr. Jan Boukal. priest secretary of the archbishop, lo back uj> his assertion that the prelate was still a free man Dr. Houska at first said Dr. Boukal was not in the palace but fetched him after being informed that there were widespread rumors the secretary had been arrested Dr. Boukal said archbishop Beran wa« in good health and free to move about as he wished Asked about the archbishop’s re- • Tara T» Page »•»» Hurt Denies Any Threats On Wife Hurt's Condition Is Still Critical Indianapolis. Ind. June 25— (I'Pt—Robert Hurt. 31 denied today that he threatened hi* pretty English war bride into writing a confeMlon of her unfaithfulness be fore she shot and critically wounded him Hurt, fighting for hi* life with a bullet wound In his neck, said his wife wrote out the confession "on her own. when she was in a con fessing mood " Detective Lee Hindman said we don't know what to beliave " Hurt's wife. Pamela. 19. was held on a charge of assault and battery with intent to commit murder Her case was postponed until It I* learned whether her husband, will live. Mr*. Hurt admitted three Infidelities But she said they occurred during the five times she had left her husband because he "mistreated" her. Hurt said It wasn't true that he had acted toward her in any way but as a good hu’band He denied that he took her on a wild ride during a night of terror before the shooting Thursday But Mr. Hurt .aid he threatened her repeatedly during the all night ride, forced her to sign the confession and then ripped off part of her clothing "m> ’he mosquitoes would bite me" a* they parked In a woods ~ . •■lt wa. either him or me. she said . •When we returned from the ride, he went to bed. saying he would decide when he woke up whether or not he would kill t?e " A tew minutes before he was scheduled to arise she said, she took hl* gu» »• ,nd “T* one shot Into bls neck Then she notified police Mrs Hurt told the Indianapolis Tima# that she adored her husband t Tw* T. r«. Fives

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Decatur, Indiana Saturday, June 25, 1949

Florida-California Merger

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Handsome Gov Fjtller Warren of Florida and pretty I,*.* Angelesocialite Barbara Manning appear at the movie /apital marriage license bureau for the usual purpose. They will I**- marri -d on Sunday in an afternoon ceremony at We. tlirook Community Church in lz>« Angele

Harvester, Union Agree On Contract Union Locals Must Approve Agreement Chicago, June 25 - (UPi Agreement on a new contract for Workers at >lx International Harvester plants was announced today by company and union spokesmen. The new agreement, which still must be approved by the union local#, will embody the same provision* a* the present contracts except for a change in t||e wage section, voiding the freeze of gen. erttl wage rates, ami specific recognition of the union * right to a*k negotiation* on pension, health and related benefit*. The contract would apply to Harvester plant* in Indianapolis.' Fort Wayne anil Evansville. In*!.; Springfield, (> ; Memphis. Tenn ; and Melrose Park, 111 They would be effective for a year starting Aug 23. Memlxrship meetings will be held by July JI to consider the proposal- Francis A. L wl*. president of the I'AY-CIO Harvester council, said Each local will have a separate contract as before. Company apokomnan R L. Sieg, el said If any of the local unions fail to notify the company by midnight July 24 that Its membership ha* ratified the agreement, the present contract# will lie open for negotiation Present contracts do mn expire until Aug 23 The proposed new contracts give ifure T» Page Fl»et Local Boy Completes Life-Saving Course Dave Mac Lean Back From Camp'Limberlost Dave Mac Lean, son 'of Mr. and Mr*. George D. Mada-an. sns North Third street, returned yesterday afternoon from a ten day life-saving course spon-or d by the Red Cross at Camp Umberlost. near LaGrange Miss Phyllis, Aschleman of Berne also took Gocourse. Both are now qualified water safety Instructors and senior life savers. Over 2#o peraons. 18 year* of age and over, look part In the training. Each Indiana state polite post sent one state trooper to take the course These troopers formed, the Beaver club, and gave * everyone at the camp associate memberships The camp life was a rigorous one. The boys ami girls arose at S to o'ckxk in the morning and worked hard until six hi the even. Ing The training Included rowing, a special lifesaving class for those who were not senior life savers, a leadership * ourse. the* standard basic first aid course and water safety. The you’hs trained in mixed classes, but the two from Adams county were r.ot in the ssme class- < es. They made many friends from other Indiana citlea and also met persona from towns tn Ohio. West Virginia. Pennsylvania. Virginia. I <T«r» T» Pag* Slat

Logan Funeral Rites Monday Afternoon Funeral services for John Nelson laigan, former Decatur resident, who died Thursday at hi* home in Kalamazoo. Mich., will be In-Id at l:3u pin. Monday at the Black funeral home, witlt the Red Mett lodge conducting the service*. Burial will lie in the Decatur cemetery. Friend* may *-1111 at the funeral home until time of the services. Judith Copion Case Recessed To Monday Report Mistakenly Injected In Trial Washington, June 25. tl'P) I Tiie FBI re|M»rt which mentioned Mr*. E*lwatd I' Condon was in i jected into the Judith Copion spy trial by mistake, two newspaper I stories said here today. The Washington Time«-Heral*l and columnist Drew Pearson of the Wushfligton l‘o-t saitl that it was not m-eessary for the pro*ecti ■ tion to produce tin- record in order to comply with the directive Tlte Time- Herald attributed lll*' error to ' fumbling" by th# justice department. Pearson said it was "an ironic twist of fat*’ or a deliliI erate trick by some FBI sttlyirdin. of fed- ral judge Albert L. Reeve* ate." A ju*li* '- department spokesman saiil lie think* the newspaper reports are ■’* ategorically wrom: Other department officials ami the FBI declined comment. Archibald Painter. Mi** Copion s lawyer, said the stories were a "damned lie." He said that a data slip, allegedly found In th*' girl's purse on the night *if her aired, called for the pr'sluction of the Condon report by the prosecution The report quoted "an informant of an informant" as telling the f’lll that Mr*. Condon gave a Washington businessman. Motion E Kent’, the New York address* of rgio Irimotrov Sotirov, a *u !>*•* !*•*! Communist spy Publication of the refiort pronin. ted Mrs. Condon's hti-band. Dt E I'. Condon of th** bureau of tan- * dards. to demand that FBI dire* tor J. Edgar Hoov* r apologize to In* wife. Hoover has declined hi comment. Mis* Copion. a former justise department analyst, is ai-cii»e*l of stealing t**p se* ret government In- | formation f«»r transmission to Ru*j si# throttgli Valentin A Gubitchev. He Is a susp nded ('lifted Nation* employe. The girl ha# undergone five days I of grueling cross examination, in which she professed her great love • Tars T- Vtae st»« Berne Man To Attend Red Cross Convention Bern*- June 25 — Mr and Mrs. E. M Webb of Berne left thl» morning for Atlantic City, N. J., where Mr. Webb will l>e a delegate from Adams rounty to yu- national 'convention of the American R«i Cross The ron vent ion open* June 27 and run* through Jun*- 30 Mr i Webb is Vice president of the Adams county *hapter.

Seek To Split Southern Producers ’ Association; Stop Separate Contract

Another Scorching Weekend For East Severe Drought Is Now In 30th Day By I’nitcd I’ve** A scorching weekend with "no rain in sight" was predicted today for New Yolk and New Jersey a* the east's disastrous drought entered Its 30th day Authorities estimated that a quarter of New Jersey’* potato crop was ruined, and set the total farm losses at |1(M'O0,0O0 New York city retail market* reported a 52.000.000 loss from food spoilage on the stands. The dairyman's league said a serious milk shortage was likely in July and August because the In t<ns« heal had dried up pasture lands. The temperature was expected to soar to between 9't to 95 today, ar companled by high humidity Rain wa* <xp< <-!< <! in parts of I llie Great Lakes region and in Kentucky and T» nnessee. but no relief was in the offing for New York ami N> w Ji no y Meanwhile a heavy rain and hail storm drenched southern Minnesota on the heel* of twin tornado cloud* which caused only minor esI feet. Crop* wdfe damaged consider- ; ably by the rain ami hail. Crops in westrrn Minne»e>ta far ed another danger as, a farm expert said it "may be too late" to save them from the ravages of a "green bug” plague Oats and some Parity and wheat are endangered by lhe aphid* moving into the a;>a I fiom tin Dakotas. Roscoe C. O'Byrne Resigns State Post Indianapolis, June 25. <1 >’• The chairman of the Indiana Public Service commlMlon returned to his home in Bnsikville today after handing in his resignation because of falling health Governor St hrl< k*r accepted the the resignation of Rosette C. O'Byrne. who said illness prompted him to give up the position O' , Byrne said lt« would resume his law practice His wife is president general of lhe Daughters of the American Revolution. New Mexico Sheriff Faces Many Charges Sheriff Indicted By Grand Jurors La* Cruces N M. June 2• OBi — Sheriff A. L (Happy! Apodaca of Donna Ana county, t'sj'ty faced a multitude of charges, ir-'.miing rape, drunkenness and •grots Incomp'tem-y" in a grand jury indictment. Apodaca was released from cti*. tody so htt could attempt to rai-e Imml The grand jury at the same time indicted justice of the peace Ramon Imran for embezzlement. Du ran was reteased on 51 "0" bond. The II charge* against Apotiai a Included the allegation that he raped 17year.olti Alicia Cejan when the orphan girl was employed as a doni' stic in the home of a friend of the sheriff Last fall, the jury reported, the girl was sent to the New Mexico girls' welfare home as a "juvenile delinqu- nt.’* Apodaca tlao wa* charged with "gross immorality"’ by attempting to seduce another girl. Rom« lia Camarillo. 15. He waa indicted on the formal charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor” In contraction with this count The sheriff waa alleg'd also to have participated in gambling in Donna Ana county night clubs; permitting gambling; falling to account for money received by hi 5 office. r#c#ivlng Illegal fees from a person charged with a crime, and "drinking Intoxicating liquor i while conducting the investigation * into tbv slaying of Ovida Cuugier."

West Germany Rail Workers Threaten Russ Counter-Blockade On Soviet Zone Os Germany Threatened Berlin, June 25 tl'Pt West German railwaymen threatened today to impose a counter blockade on the Soviet zone of Germany Tin- action would be in retalla tion for the rtfusal of the Sovietbossed eastern railway administra tion to move trains between west <-rn Germany and Berlin Eastern zone locomotives and crew* will not move trains carry ing vital supplies for western Berlin. the administration said, until all 15.000 striking west Berlin railway worker* ntutn to work The Berlin striker*, however, al ready have agreed to handle trains from western Germany, although they refuse to resume work on Berlin's elevated railway system until their demands for pay in western marks ami a guarantee of no reprisals are met Determined to force the issue., the west Berlin striker* yesterday* t asked their fellow workers iu west , 1 ern Germany to refuse to handle . trains to and from the Soviet zone I Han* Jahn. < halrman of the w> st ( ern German railway union, promi* ed to impo-e the te<|'r> -t<d counter blockade If the Berlin striker* deem It necessary. He said no final decision could ‘ be tak> n before Monday, however, because the military government* and the llizohia railway management would have to be consulted ' first. I American officials retorted that tjre strike no longt r would prevent ■ restoration of the army's freight ami passmger service to tin- »<*t • and said they would make another • attempt tomorrow to get tin trains I running r Czechoslovakia Cuts Monthly Meat Ration Prague, Czechoslovakia. June 25 tl'Pl - The government announced today that the monthly meat ration of three pounds five ounces »ill be reduced by 10’i ounces July I. To offset the reduction, an extra seven ounces of fat and four egg* for adult* and 3’* ounces of butter and four eggs for > htldren will be albs ated. Mrs. Louise Rivas Is Taken By Death Funeral Services On Monday Morning Mr* Utuise J Riva*. 71. a resident of Curryville died Friday ■ at the Adam* county memorial i hospital after an illnesa of 10 day* -of complication* Born in Mexico June 21. I*7B. she wa* a daughter of Victor and ■ Astacia Jauregui, and had lived in i this vl< inity for the past 29 years. Rhe wa* a member of St Mary'* Catholic chur< h Surviving are her 91 year-old : mother, who also reside* at Curry ville, nine foster .children an I i four rothers. Trofllio Jauregui of ftecatur. Simon of Curryville. John of Willshire. <>. ami Rufus of California. ■ Funeral services will e held at 9am Momlay at the St Mary'# Catholic church, the Very Rev. M»gr J J Befm#ti officiating I Burial will be In the Catholic cemetery The body will be remov - ed from the Gllllg A Doan funeral home to the reeMeer*. where i j friend* may call after 7 o'clock ' this evening.

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Mines, Meanwhile, Are Idle Because Os Annual 10-Dcry Vacation For Men White Sulphur Springs. W. Va, June 25 (I'Pi John I. Lewi* today launched an ail-out attack against t|ie southern coal produc•r* association In an «ffort to kill th. association , and to thwart ft- drive for a separate contract with th»- i'nlted Min« : workers. Lewi* i* trying to convince individual southern operator* J they should desert tin- association and join the parity* here. In hi* fight lie ba* the aid of the northern and western coal producer*. some south* tn opirator* and the Dt steel companies which op* rate the captive mines. Spoke*m* n for these operator* said they will never permit I,* wi* [ lo grant the southern association i special fieniflt* in a separate contract. Lewis I* negotiating with these opi rator* here In an effort to obtain a contra* t to replace the on*' expiring next Thursday He told them yesterday the n*w agreement must contain improvements tn wage*, hours, working conditions. ami employer contribution* t*. the welfare fund foal min* > in 2tj stat* - lay idle, meanwhile, as miner* began their annual l**day vacation They are scheduled to return to work July 5, I but the chances ate they won't un- ■ !••»* the producer* teach some sort .of an agreement with la-wis The wuthern association and th* l i'nit*d Min*- work* r» have b* en trying to negotiate a ** paratn agreement at Bluefield. W Va., «ln*e early this month But so far little, jf any progress has been made. The heatings h* re are in recess until Tuesday Tire Intervening four day* will be crucial one* for Lewis' effort* to wean individual southern I’ompani* * away from th# Bluefield talk* It wa* r*i*ort**l that several district a-.-ociation intend to <l*.lde till* week end whether or not they should d* •rt th*- association and parti* ipate in th* parleys here. Threaten Strike Vote Among Ford Workers Detroit. June 25 tl'Pt Th# it'lo t utted \uto Worker* threatened today to take a strike vote SlHitl” lie* an**' of "little progre*#" in ***ntr.i't negotiations with the Ford Motor company. Gen*- Prato, chairman of tho 'inion negotiations team, said the strike vote among th*- 108.000 Ford workers may he taken s*> that "w*> will be prepared for any emergency" The present >untract ex* pire# July 15. Check Forger Nabbed Here This Morning A * he* k forger who has been working in l>e<at!ir off and on sin**- April * wa* arrested by city poll* emeu Robert Schmitz and Ro tort Hill this morning. The forger, Gerald Nelson, was pit ked up on Adams street just west of the Pennsylvania railroad after trying to pa. -; another * he* k. Nelson, who gave his age as 41. •a* originally from Portland He has t*een living in different hotels in Fort Wayne while working In De* * atur Four bad check# have now been recovered. »igned by a Gerald Nel* son. and Nelson ha* confessed to passing three of them He passed the first one on April 8 for >2O. On June •• he passed another < lie k in Decatur for 515. Then on the morning of June 18 he cashed a 125 check These checks were on different Fort Wayne and Indianapedi* banks and supposedly Issued to Nelson for work ti*.ne for i a Fort Wavne and St Louis trucking firm The firm had no accounts in the t>anks on vrhcih the check# were drawn N»l«on will he arraigned this a(lern*M>n or Monday In the Adam# circuit court. Nelson has signed a confession to passing three of the I checks.