Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1949 — Page 1

BfxLVIL No - 210

IHREE-POWER MONEY CONFERENCE OPENS

|ome Slashes lade Today In Bounty Budget ■ County Council In M Reductions, 1950 HRate To Be Higher .>b*-a<ly made by »he ■am. .ouiiiy council «n county ST .... will reduce the proposed ■^ ri but the final levies for ■'. will be fiiKhrr than the cur- ■. , h ... officials Indicated a' the ■moon session of the county ■incilncen a» they planned for late today. ■p,, bucket of the Adams county hospital was reduced by from the $162,420 total This extra allowance ho-pital operation, in addition ■ h»-pitul income, will require a tax rate The estimate sub■tel carried a 16-cent levy on councilmen anticipated sufficient loppings from fund budget to be able |Hrut the estimated rate from 54 ■s: rents The latter figure Is ■i; « cents over the current 46 rate , outity we’fare department * F »a« cut one-half cent and fixHer the 13-cent rate paid this K the department that extends aid to the aged, depend-childr-I#and their mothers K Probable Rates Hai 1 o'clock this afternoon it that the tax rates on (use would be near the folfigures: Hate on SIOO 194 ft Rate 9c 5c ■elfare 14c 13c two-cent levy for the cotin- ■ recreation and park commisprobably will be allowed, ala number of the council reluctance in allowing appropriation The levy is Ms'!* on the townships only and ■ll produce about $4,502 The is for $9,000. half of which Mill l» donated by the McMillen of Fort Wayne, in the move to carry on programs for rural Mfiebnis Norman, recreation di C W R. Schwartz of Mons' township and August Selking ■■ Root township, appeared before* councilmen and appealed for M* appropriation They cited why the program was enby rhe children. ■ Mr Schwartz said that the petifor establishment of the coun- ■ department was signed by more ScMc persons and that no objec-M-t- were registered with the commissioners, when that M4> approved the change from the ■•"• hip to the county plan Ma further cut in the county budHr depends If the councilmen two appropriations in the Mdret for court house repair One ■*" i» for $5,000 for cleaning the M” 11, »"d brick in the buHding IM* ° ther ** for W<*®® for redecce ■***• ’he Interior of the court ■*" If these items are elimi Mfed It would mean a reduction M 1 * 0 r^ ol * ln ,he »•« The ■•Jfer ax being discussed by the M’s ’his afternoon % Appropriations Cut M™* rouncll reduced the county departnent's budget to y- 4 *" l The budget filed was Wsl<* «<•«. ar , operates entirely BP®*»«’iitir ,»> funds and auto «***' fees The councilman made reductions In spec ific■K • ss.ooo for purchase of new Ml?*’ ’**••• in the repair of BF* attd equipment. $2,000 for y* aßd Iructor drivers; SI,OOO in aJ if> * a »d tubes account and y* listed for single hands em as road laborers. ll,* reductions do not affect K, ■« rate, since no levy is made B highway department The c »n be restored next hy special appropriations It ■ Htlmsted that the department receive about $200,000 in 1960 the Increased auto license aad xusoline tax-* ■flSOt) lh * <,e,,ar,ment expended HBm •"■“—*—•———•■■»» • ■ W «ATHtR ■ •"<* •Mdht'y B X*' ‘•"‘•M. With oocaecUnal ITT r* l " «' drwile east and K^****—' Cienrtng to* ■ -**ew. Law tonight 62 so 67. ■ tomerrew M to 76.

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Fort Wayne Youths Killed In Accident Fort Wayne. Ind., Sept. 7.— (UP)— Lewis O. Ramsey. Jr., 25. and Robert 11. Davidson. 21, both of Fort Wayne, were killed when their automobile collided with a truck in U. 8. 30. east of here yesterday. Catholic High. Grade Schools Enrollment Up Parochial Schools Open, Enrollment Increased By 19 Enrollment figures released today by the Decatur Catholic high school officials show an increase over last year In both the grades and in the high school. The first grade has remained practically constant, the figure for this year, 47, being but one les* than the enrollment figure for 1948. The total for St. Joseph grade school has Increased by ten, from 249 In 1948 to 259 this year. The high school's enrollment has a7*o gained, from last year's 125 to this year's 134. First grade, 47; second grade, 49; third grade. 29; fifth Made, 29; sixth-grade, 25; seventh grade, 27. and eighth grade, 26. High school enrollment figures are. freshmen. 36; sophomores. 39; Juniors, 23. and seniors, 36. The figures for the kindergarten classes at Lincoln school were also released today with the notation that a certain amount of fluidity Still exists and there are still change* to be made. There are 70 children enrolled in the morning sessions and 58 in the afternoon, for a total of 128. a decrease from last year's 137. E M. Webb, superintendent of the Berne-French schools also announced that school's enrollment today. There was a total enrollment of 582 comparing with last year's total of 552 There were 162 In the high school this year, against 151 last year; 42<> enrolled in the grades, an increase over the 401 last year. Pleasant Mills' enrollment fig ures for this year are less than last year's, a drop from 243 in 1948 to 193 this year. There are 93 registered for the high school, and 100 in the grades.

John Foster Dulles To Seek Senate Seat To Seek Nomination In New York State Washinton, Sept. 7 — (I'P) - Sen. John Foster Dulles. R.. N. V.. announced today he will be a candidate in the special November election to fill the uneiplred term of former Democratic senator Ro>ert F. Wagner Wagner resigned two month* ago because of poor health, and Go/. Thoma* E. Dewey named Dulles to serve pending the special election. S In announcing he will be a can- • didate for the rest of the term which eiplres next year. Dulles pledged his effort* to stop "a growing tendency to stat ism " If Dulles is named as the Republican candidate by the New York state GOP convention Sept. 15. a* la likely, hia Democratic opponent will be former Gov Herbert R. Lehman Dulles, formerly Dewey's foreign policy adviser, accompanied hia an nouncement with a denunciation o'. the administration* domestic pollir.ni e*«» Fives Tons Os Explosives Explode In Tokyo - Tokyo/ Sept. 7. —(UPi— Tons of explosive* stored In a concrete warehouse blew up with a terrific roar today. Injuring about -M persons and shattering window, for a distance of five miles. Moat Os the Injured were cut hy flying glass American military official* were Investigating the blast, believed at first to have been caused by "spontaneous combustion However, a Japanese said be saw whit.’ smoke rising from the area about a half hour before th* .torohouse blew up.

Vet Kills Twelve In Shooting Spree ■ JbMmb f sCiMB f jge 11 MW A CROWD of curious swarm in the Camden, N. J.. street (right! where, shortly before sixteen persons fell before the blazing gun of ex-Gl Wilbur Vnruh (left!. 27. in a hat-inspired shooting rampage. Firing indlscrimlnantly at all who crossed his path, i’nrnh killed 12 and seriously wounded four in what police called “vengeance against fancied slurs" by his neighbors. He was finally captured in his room (arrow! when police fired tear-gas through the window. A heavy guard was needed to protect him from a threatening mob.

County To Sue For Damages To Bridge Board Orders Suit Filed For Damages The county commissioners Instructed Ed A. Bosse, county attorney, to bring suit for damages against the company that owns thj | equipment which crashed through the Charles Johnson bridge, east of. Monmouth last June. The bridge was repaired by the county highway department at a 1 cost exceeding $1,300 and the equipment company has refused to relm-' burse the county for damages The equipment was used by workmen for the Panhandle-Eastern Pipe Line company, in laying the 20-inch pipe line through the county. Drainage projects were the principal item of business before the commissioners yesterday afternoon. A petition for the cleaning and repair of the Joel Gehring drain in French township. Adams county, and Harrison township. Well* county, the Chris Stogdlll drain in French township and the Daniel Smith drain in French and Monroe townships, was referred to Herman Moellering, county surveyor # Repair of an open drain along the highway near the William Reppert and Noah Egley farms in Washington township, was referred to the highway department. The commissioner* will insp<*ct the drain and condition of a private bridge on the Charles Beeler farm in Jefferson township The farm owner* claim that cleaning of the drain damaged their bridge. Walter Gllllom was named engin-1 eer on the repair of the Waber drain, Monroe township, he I* to proceed with the work at once. Auditor Thurman I. Drew was authorized to arrange a meeting with the Adam* and Jay county commissioners, relative to the repair of a county line road, west of U. 8 highway 27. The cleaning of cemeteries in the county was turned over to the county highway department Next year this task will be turned back to the trustees, under a 194* act of the <Tee« Tn Pass Ptval

Final Riles Friday For William Gerber Croigville Elevator Company Head Dies William Gerber. 71. retired farmer and president of the Craigvllie Elevator Co,, died Tuesday at his home in Craigville after a long illness of heart trouble. He was born in Wells county April 19. 1971. a son of Ulrich apd Kathryn Mathis* Gerber Surviving are his wife, Ida Mae; two daughter*. Mr*. Clark Abbott of Decatur and Mr*. Richard Worden of Craigville; a son. Orville of Bluffton route 4; nine grandchil dm; one great-grandchild; a sister. Mra. Lydia Steffen of Decstar route 4. sad four brothers, Manuel of Decatur rural route. Joseph of Bluffton rural route. Gidecn of Bluffton and Reuben of Roanoke. 111. Private funeral *ervieee will be held at 2 p m Friday at the re*l dence. with burial in the Elm Grove cemetery. Friend* may call at the resideaee until time of the M.viee*

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 7, 1949

Krueckeberg Named On Bank Committee H. H. Krueckeberg. cashier of the First State Bank, has been named to the consumer credit committee of the Indiana Bankers Association for 1949 and 1960. The appointment was made by Elmer W. Baumgartner, president of the First Bank of Berne, ami president of the Indiana Banker:)’ Association.

Barkley Objects To Newsmen In Romance Has Several Ousted At St. Louis Hotel • St. Louis. Bept.| 7—(UP!— Vice president Alben W Barkley made it clear today that he wants newsmen to stop cramping his style while he woos Mrs. Carleton 8. Hadley, attractive St Ixtuis widow who is 35 years his junior. The romantically-minded 72yearold "veep" had three reporter* and five photographers given a polite but firm bum's rush from the swank starlight roof of the Chase hotel where he took Mr*. Hadley, who is 37. dancing last night. "This is my private life, and I don't want you to interfere with it,” Barkley told one photographer. At one point the newsmen engaged in an argument with 12 waiters who laid hands on some of them while threatening to eject them bodily from the nightclub The scene stole attention from the floor show. Barkley, who has visited the widow since ' Sunday, planned to leave this afternoon for Springfield. 111., where he will unveil a bust of Benjamin Franklin tomorrow. It w«s understood that Mrs. Hadley would not accompany him. Last night was the couple's first date in public during his current visit here Barkley himself made the arrangements to spend the evening with * group of friends at the night spot. The vice-president was duded up in a white dinner coat, black tie and striped trousers. Mrs Hadley wore a flowered marine green dinner dress, a black Juliet cap and a tea rose in her hair. The couple slipped up to the roof by a rear eler’tor. Barkley had asked the orchet.tra to play certain number* upon their entrance. But he was thwarted because they entered while the floor show was on The songs Barkley requested were "My Old Kentucky Home." a reference to the Paducah homestead he will take Mr*. Hadley to when and if they marry, and “Some Enchanted Evening." the number that has become "their song" since their romsnee began He has r» quested the song several times on their recent dates. He also wanted the band to play "Wagon Wheels" As they joined their party, new* photographer* took several picture*. Reporters stood nearby, waiting for an opportunity to inttr view the couple. A few minute* later, the headwaiter, followed by 12 waiter*, approached the newsmen and asked them to leave "or be carried out." Several waiter* grabbed tome of the new*men by the arms The uewamen refused to go and house officer James Bvui argued with them loudly, diverting the attention of the audience from th* floor show. Hotel manager Harold Koplar told the photographer* and report(Tws To Pa«e M»

25fh Polio Case Is Reported In County Geneva Boy Suffers From Light Attack Adurn* county'* 251 b polio case for the year was recorded today. The county's 25th resident strlck en by the disease is Inland Sprunger. 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arley | Sprunger of Geneva The boy was taken to St. Joseph'* hospital at Mort Wayne Monday, where his illness has been diagnosed as u | light attack of polio. The child ha* no paralysis but has weakness of the back and neck The Hines* of Paul Embler, 4. son of Mr and Mrs David Embler, |of Berne, at first feared to be polio, has definitely been determined a* caused by something other than polio. The boy was taken to the Lutheran hospital In Fort Wayne for diagnosis, hut will be returned home tomorrow. His father I* director of the G. E aeoliyn choir in this city. Death Toll 70 Indianapolis, Sept. ?—(UP)— A South Bend doctor today was ill of polio and state health board officials said Indiana's case toll had reached 671 There were 70 deaths. The stricken physician was Dr. Bernard E Vodnoy, 35, an active i member of the South Bend chap- ' ter of the national foundation of infantile paralysis. School children at two place* in the state had an unscheduled boll ' day when the threat of the disease ■ caused officials Io (ake action. At Frankfort. Jackson township consolidated school was closed j after 12-year-old Woodard Smith was stricken The youth, son of Mr aryl Mr*. Harold Smith, was listed as "critical” at James Whitcomb Riley hospital here. Opening of schools at Rising Sun was delayed from yesterday tb Sept 19. by city health officer Gordon Fessler who reported two probable case* of the disease ' Fessler also banned other public (Ter* Ta !•■«* *!•!

Carolyn Rudy Al State Fair Today Junior Miss America Added Attraction Indianapolis. Sept 7.— (UP) — Carolyn Rudy. Junior Mi** America of 1949 from Bluffton, was the numbur one young Hoosier at the Ind iana state fair today as the big exposition honored (he youngster* with education and children’s day. Mis* Rudy. 17-year-old high school senior, was scheduled to present a wreath of rose* to the winner of the Fox Stake, top pacing race of the five-day grand circuit harness meeting. The accent was on muaic a* 24 high school hand* paraded and competed before the grand stand T'le opening three day* of the fair last week also honored Indiana youtli. hut were featured by judging of the 4-H club entries in both agricultural and home economic* divisions The fair continued to draw bU crowd* with • paid attendance nt 73,059 moving through the gat-** yesterday That mark was mor* than six thousand shove Tuesday r crowd last year, but none 2.000 un- ; der th* all-tlin* roeord for a Tues (Tara Ts Pa*s Hl)

American, British And Canadian Leaders Meet, Seek Crisis Solution

U. S. Ambassador Assails Czech Stand Undue Advantage Os Incident At Border Prague, Czechoslovakia. Sept. 7 | — (UP! — American ambassador Joseph E Jacobs said today that Czechoslovakia took undue advantage of a border incident Aug. 27 “for distorted propaganda purposeg." Jacobs referred to a Cze<-h note, made public last night, charging that American troops from (Jen many had crossed into Ctech territory and "kidnaped’ 22 Czech soldiers and a nine-yearold boy. “it is obvious that the Czechs Slovak authorities have taken un due advantage of the incident to write and publicize a note in which the facts and the Importance of the incident have been exaggerated for distort) d propaganda purposes." Jacobs said fit a press conference Jacob* said It was the first time since he came here that the Czech government criticized the Cnited States so sharply on what American authorities regard as a routine border Incident. * The American answer to the Czech note said the Czech* were In a truck which had taken a short cut on what the Czechs believed to be an International road. The Czechs actually were 25 yard* Inside the IT. 8 zone of Germany, Jacobs said The only dispute, he said, was the exact location of the boundary line at that particular point. The American note pointed out the Czechs were released within less than 24 hours It recalled the case of two American soldiers who wandered into Czech territory last December. They were arrested, tried as spies, convicted and held in jail six months before (he American embassy won (heir release. Informed sources said the Czech note sounded "as though they were talking to Tito." They said the Czech blast might be the signal for a new Czech policy against the Vnlted States similar to (he line of attack now in tffect against the Yugoslavs. Diplomatic sources emphasized the Importance of the exchange was not the actual incident but the unusual way the Communist authorities here handled It.

Council Approves Iron Removal Plan Water Department Report Approved The city council met in regular session Tuesday evening, and adopted a report submitted by Ralph Roop, superintendent of the water department, noted a petition for a slreet light, and an agreement for extension of rural electric lines. G W, Brunkhorst, of the civil engineering firm of Consoer, Townsend and Associate*, also appeared before the council to discus* payment of money owed by the city tor plans drawn by Brunkhorst'* company Roop, in hi* report to the council. recommended that the city adopt the Iron removal and zeo lite softener plan which was subknitted to the city council last month by Zurba< h. inc. of Fort Wayne. This plan would rail for an ezpendlture of approximately $86,000. of which the city has |40.000 already in reserve for such a purpose The remainder will be acquired through a loan or bond issues The city’s board of work* will meet with state authorities to plan financing. ‘ A petition signed by Cheiter Kleinknight and others was presented to the council calling for a bracket pole street light on the north side of Jefferaon between Fourth and Fifth street*. An agreement between the city of Decatur and Virgil J and Erma Urich for an extension of rural •Metric Hue* to their property was also ek’ered into th* record* Brunkhorst appeared before th* (Tsra T* P»*« Tbrw!

Mad Gunman's 13th Victim Dies Today 12-Year-old Boy Is Latest To Die Os Fanatic's Victims Camden. N. J . Sept. 7. I'tPi— A 12 year-old boy died today—the 13th person slaughtered by religious fanatic Howard I'nruh in his ' lengeance against storekeepers whom he considered the "money-1 changer*" of the neighborhood Ho wounded three other*. John Wilson died in Cooper hospital 18 hours after Unruh felled 16 men. women and children in a 20 minute shooting spree that turned a quiet residential section into a scene of blood and terror The three remaining injured-a woman and two boys—were still in the hospital but their conditliyi was not critical. The Wilson boy, his mother and grandmother were shot while they sat in an automobile waiting for a traffic light. The two women were killed instantly with single shots. Unruh told police hi* resentment against the neighborhood storekeepers- the druggist, the shoemaker. the barber and the tailor ■ drove him to the killings. "The neighbors had been talking about me for some time and making derogatory remarks about my character.'’ Unruh told ptdice, i "I had been thinking aliout killing them for some time.” Police said neighbors told them . the 27-year old Unruh “hated everybody, especially storekeepers whom he referred to as 'money changers'.” Unruh, who turned a Camden street into a scene of carnage yesterday with 20 minutes of deliberate murder with a 38 caliber German luger. will not be arraigned at least until next week Dr Paul McCray of the Cooper hospital said Unruh's wound was of such a depth he probably would have to remain there for possibly twv weeks. Camden county prosecutor Mit-| chell Cohen said despite the situs tion he would file 13 individual complaints of murder with a police judge today Cohen also had two more psychiatrists examine Unruh today. The slender, six-foot former drmy tank yk-nner. who never "drank, swore, smoked or chased girls." told police he planned yesterday s massacre while sitting (Tara Tn I'ser Three!

Wm. Miller Dies At Home Os Daughter Former Berne Man Is Taken By Death William Miller. 83, former Berne blacksmith, died Monday at the home of a daughter In Cleveland. O. according to word received here today. Death was attributed to a heart attack. He had left Berne a number of year* ago to reside with the daugh ter In Cleveland He wa* a member of the Evangelical Reformed church at Berne Survivor* include four son*. Cletus Miller of Decatur. Elroy of Portland. Ore. Frank of Walla 1 Walla. Wash , and Roman of Cleveland. three daughter*. Mbs Gladys May Miller of Decatur. Mra. Ernest Nels* and Mi** Aletha Miller, both of Cleveland, and two brother*.! Samuel of Columbus. 0.. and Jacob of Coion. Mich Funeral service* will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the Yager funeral home in B*rne. th* Rev C. A Schmid officiating Burial will be in the MRE cemetery The body will arrive in Berne at 11 am Thursday, and friend* may cull, until time of the service.

Price Four Cento

Britain Threatened With Bankruptcy In Dollar Crisis; U. S. Help Being Sought Washington. Sept 7— (UP> - American. P.ritish and Canadian officials met here today in search of away out of the dollar crisis that threatens to bankrupt Britain and perhaps wreck European recovery. The three-power money confer ence opened in the state department meeting room in an atmosphere of somber uncertainty that was clearly reflected In the faces of the principals As the conferees took their places reports buzzed through the chamber that the British delegation was planning to take a firmer and more aggressive stand than has been suggested In Its pre-con-ference statements. British sources said th«dr delegates may warn the United States in blunt, unmistakable language that this country must help bail Britain out of her crisis or risk the collapse of democratic leadership throughout the world. Secretary of the treasury John W Snyder, chairman of the conference. and secretary of state Dean Acheson were waiting in the state department’s official reception room when the British representatives arrived Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain’s ; chancellor of the exchequer and head of his delegation, arrived with foreign secretary Ernest Revin and British ambassador Sir Oliver Frank* shortly before the noon. EDT. starting time Canadian finance minister Douglas C. Abbott and external affairs secretary la-ster ft Pearson showed up a few minutes later with Canada's ambassador to Washing ton. Hume Wrong Snyder appeared to l»e In a grim mcxxl. He made a brief effort to exchangk small talk with Cripps while Acheson and Revin chatted like old ffiends and Marshal plan Paul Hoffman talked to the Canadians. Snyder finally gave up the attempt and l>-d the de'egation into the conference room. A Scotland yard detective, Ren Macey, accompanied the Briton* into the meeting hall. But none of the dozens of financial experts attached to the three missions joined the parley at the outset The top delegates posed briefly for television anil newsreel cameras before buckling down to the serious business of the conference. At 12 15 p. m„ EDT., the door* were closed ami the conferees went to work. But the absence of the "experts" indh-ated that they were using their first meeting to decide on procedure, rather than to attempt any definite negotiation*. From the outset, it appeared that the American and Canadian delegate* planned to sit tight for a while and find out what solution. If any, the British have for their Plight. The British refused to show their hands in advance, although Cripps ha* made It plain that Britain is opposed to devaluing the pound sterling—a money maneuver suggested frequently on this side of the Atlantic as one way of increasing British export*. Revin told reporter* on hi* arrival In Washington this morning with Cripps that (he Ide* of Britain being allowed to spend Mar<Tarw Te Wass Wt*»>

Community Center fund Office Opened Chester Smith, fund raising counselor of Noroton Heights. Conn., has arrived la the city and opened an office for the Decatur Memorial Foundation. Inc. in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Mr. Smith met with the directors of the foundation and discussed preliminary plans for the Decatur campaign At least three local women will be employed as typists In the office during the campaign The drive will be made to raise up to MOT.<IOO tn matching the generous offer from the Central Soya company to donate SIOO.OOT toward construction of a community cantor la thin city.