Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1949 — Page 1

fcmJtVll No 238.

IECATUR STREET FAIR IS OPENED TODAY

■in Wrecked llir Killed I ■mpcratures Soar Midwest, East; Ml line Lives Taken ■I I'.. I m"' l I' l '' 4 'J Em ■■■> ' ,jh ''' ■ . 1 , :. . .- I ' J.-.ibillL- tilli 11 " ii ... I<> I ontintie i a near Meadi. -: .- An<k of Ro< k Isliui-i I I^K I - after flood BjK. . kll .->1 near Rllsc-11. wlipii Mown aher » windstorm rem to-,I io. m Nebraska were injure<j< , -AifU .1 buildings wore killed will’ll ■■ lint after the pilot re- [ sSfNb-i h >’ ' " ,1 " Oiat ‘.he plane *; siti i> in a sleet storm an tone HIT with five -*a« missing in i'tah after ■Rih ' ••■> li its destination in a rainstorm I rtnaslii'd by libjl ■" l , *‘i>'t’t today ..I’tii.i n said that wind* | ■ imiiu '!.!’ ii-ho’.it southern WyBtop la-'.in Colorado, nor'hXi a Mexico and western B Ilion In I’HBI «l«| j Bflbetes Detection Is Observed •!•’.. 'ion wnk will lie) in Adams county this'. it *i- announced today by ■MB <i<-i!'l Kohne. county chair- ' ! ' Any in Adams county who dca diabetes test is asked to * -piHmm to any physi-ian ■■>"' - -un’y and the test will be ul ' ! -' ur i harge. Dr Kohne with him on the commit BE*" Ik A " hur 11 'iitod and Dr BHti'ld B Lehman, the latter of Tin thtee liecatur drug are cooperating in tie BW k ' »'"v|ty and will furnish all «i h the necessary liigieto make the tests, without ■B* Kohne urges that aii people b' .pv. tin v have symptom* of (afc,. advantage of the bB any ,h, » »»» k » *a. pointed out that the im MB ‘ ri ' lr,,| V frte and specim>u*i ■■* l ’*' ’-tkin to any doctor's of time during the week |Bl , '"ii:- will be notified of the BM 11 '' a " '< u ‘ kly a, possible, the physician stated I B*o Fort Wayne Men I Be Drowned Sunday BBendalliiii.., | n ,j Ort ]n ■K\ ■' w "*k-end fishing trip in ,r »K«iy for two Fort men J B*? M * K *«««n. 19. and Robert man, .Io drowned in Sylvan ■'■hi n r* r <T’y yesterday boat capsized in rough lE?*"’ tidies were recovere.l a188 7 A search IhL.’ ,r,M w, ”“ n '•'■'■“Psnts <d missed a boat and !■ »uto parked near ’ ln ' ’he boat had been Ii C. , wtA ™E« I "* 1 < * r a b I e eloudiI K<os "«M showers I W * ? ‘ I Bs s m f J" * 6uth T uesday I Ewsm * h ’ ‘ ceotsr nortr> ’■■«e*tri?T’ h< ' * M *" *" d I N*o«y Tuwd *y Lew tonight I Em* I I r Tu "'•<*■7o'l.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

To Return Body ■set amwntg ■ ynetf W"’ ■»w«w»« , .dHr ■- : Sgt. Calvin Hahnert Sergeant Hahnert Body Is Recovered Long Missing Vet Died In Germany Mrs Kliza M Hahnert. <>( Monroe. had bon notified by the department of the army that the body of her son. Staff Sgt Calvin C ' Hahnert. ha.i been recover*d from the vicinity of Germany, and interred in the Culled State* military cemetery near Liege, Belgium. Sgt. Hahnert. well known Mon- * roe youth, had been reported ml**ling in action over Germany since ' March Ji. 1»44. and the letter from the department of the army I* the i first definite word received by Mr*. I Hahnert concerning her son. The young gunner, a member of ' the eighth army air corps, was on a volunteer bombing mission over Get many, from which 85 planes failed to return He had 15 mission* to his credit, had received the air medal, with three oak leaf clusters, and he and hfs crew had been cited for "exceptional meri totlous achievement, while participating in separate bomber combat missions over enemy-held territory." Sgt. Hahnert was born in Monroe July 22. 1921. and was graduated from Monroe high school and attended Purdue university He enlisted in the air corp* Oct. 1. 1912 ' Surviving in addition to hi* 1 mother are three brother*. Her'man. l»on and Howard, and two ■ slater*. Mrs. Alta Row and Mrs. Me Miller . The body will be returned to the States for burial at a later date Two Men Killed As Small Plane Crashes Noblesville. Ind., Oct. 10. Il Pt — World War II air corps flier Talmadge W Middleton. 27. and a pu“*i-nger were klih-d yesterday when a small plane plunged to earth and burned on a farm. The other victim was Richard Meredith. 37. Cicero, whom relative* said »was taking hi* first plane ride R. E. Bremerkamp Dies Al Fort Wayne Native Os Decatur Is Taken By Death Funeral services will be held TuMday for Raymond E. Hrerner Icamp. 43. native of Itecatur and memlo-r of a pioneer Decatur fam- - ily. who died Saturday at St. | Joseph hospital In Fort Wayne after a short illness He had lived in Fort Wayne for the past 33 years, and was proprietor of the Roberts studio In that city. He was a member of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, i Surviving are his wife. Clara; a son. Robert, of Fort Wayne: two: daughters. .Mrs. Robert Zahrt and. Mrs. Carson Ruckman. both of Fort Wayne; four grandchildren, and three brothers. Earl nt Detroit. Eugene of Pho-tiix. Aril., and Clar•nee of Grand Rapid*. Mich. Services will be held at S:SO a m Tuesday at the Tom Mungov an funeral home and at 9 o'clock at the Cathedral, the Rt. Rev Msgr John Dapp officiating Burial will be in the Catholic rente tery at Fort Wayne.

Two Polio Deaths In Northern Indiana Indianapolis. Oct. 10. —ll'P) — Northern Indiana added two more death* to its polio total* for 1919 today. 19 year-old Richard Eyman of Elkhart and five-year old David Satterfield of Garrett. ' They boosted the total for the , state to 92. The Elkhart youth died yester-‘ day in Elkhart hospital and the boy. son of a Garrett minister, died in a Fort Wayne hospital. Salary Boost For Judge Is Approved Increase Is Voted By Commissioners By a twtsto-one vote, the Adams county commissioners in session tlii-s artetmam approved a |3.3ihi salary increase tor Judge Myles F. Panish ot the Adams circuit court. A petition was Hied with the board last Monday and action on the salary increase was postponed until today. Commissioners J C. Augsburger and Otto Hoffman voted in favor and John W. Blakey against the salary boost. The Increase was voted in com pliance with chapter 129 of the 1949 acts of the last session of the Indiana general assembly. This act | i stipulates that if a petition signed . by 2" or more freeholders requests i the granting of the Increase, the board may approve or disapprove Chapter 12S of the same acts also fixes a 410 filing fee for all civil cases filed in court. From thi* • |lO. Hie act provides that |7 lie i earmarked for judges' salaries. Fid • A Bowse, county attorney, explain i ‘‘ d Mr. Bosse commented that the r' state pay* all of- the salary of i judges The act fixes the salary of r the judge in a county the wizo of i Adams county at 17.200. and then provides for the additional pay I mint if approved by the commis f sioner*. The total salary Is now I 110.500 a year. Mr Roswe said that the filing fees would not remain 1 in the county treasury, but would I he remitted to the stat«. The coun -.ty receives only 13 of the court (Tarn Ta I’age *l«( i Contract Awarded i For Highway Truck «• The county commissioners in session this morning awarded the con- ’ tract for a heavyduty dump truck. •I with hoist, for the highway depart- ; ment to Mollenkopf A Kiting, deal- ‘ <rs for International trucks I The net price was 42.540. An al- • lowance being made for a trade-'.n. [The truck will he equipped with a 'special axle. iHigh School Pupils On Trip To Detroil Juniors, Seniors On Tour Tuesday it I Approximately 2"0 juniors and | seniors in the American history and isKM-lal science classes of the Decatur high school will leave about 4 h. m. Tuesday for a field trip to Detroit and vicinity. ' Deane T. Durwin. instructor of I social sciences at the high school, who will accompany the student*, said that arrangements have Ireen, made for guides at the Edison Institute The students will arrive there about 9 a m.. and will spend approximately four hour* touring tl.e building. Tentative plans have also been made. Dorwin added, for a brief visit to the Ford River Rouge plant. , “R would f»e a good thing for thstudents to see an automobile assembly line in operation. I think.'' Dorwin said. Other instructors, in addition to Dorwin. who will accompany the students, are Mbs Catherine Weldjler. English teacher; Miss Rebecca Walters, girls' physical education. • and Robert Worthman boys’ pnys- ! leal education instructor This is the ae<-ond such journey for the advanced student* in the high school, last year the junior i and seniors visited the Field museum and railroad fair In Chicago. The cost ot the expedition Is divided equally among the students who will leave Decatur before sunup in four ABC coach line buses The students will make a breakfast stop in Coldwater. Mich., before going on to the outskirts of Detroit

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 10, 1949.

Prisoner Attempts Suicide Saturday Youth Under Guard At Local Hospital L'twrtnce 'Harold> Sanders, nt I Portland. I* under 24-hoar a day i surveillance by police officials at the Adam* county memorial hospital tollowing an attempted suicide at the county jail Saturday. Sanders had eaten a light bulb which he had gotten in the jail Saturday iu an altr-mp’ to ei'her end hl-i life ot make possible an escape from the sheriff Sheriff Herman Bowman believes the youth seriously intended taking hi* life, though police officials have constantly been on the alert to prevent any attempted breaks by the youth being held for Vehicle taking Banders had proved slippery to Portland and Muncie police, and officials here did not want a reenactment of hi* escape. As one policeman said. "We have wea pon* to prevent that sort of thing here, and we don't feel like run plug after someone.” Before the glass-eating incident. Sanders had made several efforts to pry his way out of the jail, a| check of his cell revealed. Sanders told the sheriff he was: simply tired of it all, and wanted ito finish it off He had also pre - pared a noose from towels which he had hidden in his cell. It is believed he would have used that I means had the glass-eating proven too painful Sherjff Bowman found Sanders lying stomach down on the floor ot his cell Saturday afternoon The sheriff believer the youth merelyfeigning illness at first when he did not answer the shrift's call. He rolled the boy over and saw blood on his shirt front. The drinking glass In the lavoratory of the cell was also covered with blood after Sanders had washed down withwater the glass he had eaten. The sheriff, after discovering what the boy had done, took him to the hospital and immediately- ' summon'd a specialist, who had Sanders under surgery for more than an hour Saturday Hospital atendants at noon to-| day said Sander*' condition was "fair.” Sanders was to be returned to Plainfield today Officials from the Plainfield boys' school were to ar rive thi* morning to return the Portland youth to that institution, from where he had been released on probation last March. However, the latest attempt by Sanders to prevent his return to, that Institution has momentarily succeeded. Sand< rs has repeatedly inferred he doe* not want to return, and hl* attempted suicide Saturday substantiated that argument Sheriff Bowman called official* at Plainfield early today, though, ex plaining the current turn of events, and telling them that they would be unable to come for Sander* until they were notified by him. The sheriff said he would follow ductor's orders on the case, and when they deemed the time right for the (Tura To I’ase stir

City Property Best Site For Community Center

A thorough survey of all possible sites for the proposed Decatur Community Center was made by Weaver W Pangburn of the F. Ell wood Allen organization before recommending the pro|>erty owned by the city of Decatur at the extension of Monroe street, north of U. 8. highway 224 just across the river. Before reaching the conclusion that this was the best available site, alternatives were studied. The possibility of acquiring the Knight of Pythias or the 1-egion buildings, or one of the other se.ara) residences was studied. Several vacant plots mostly ample in size near route 27. were considered Other possibilities such as locating on McMillen Field were analyzed headquarters outlined. Thw reasons for declining against acquiring and remodeling existing buildings were as follows: (Il The sites are too cramped in space to meet requirements, even without reference to off street parking. I 2» The cost of remodeling would bo very heavy without achieving a structure which would enhance the city's appearance as does say. the high school building (SI The use of eucu buildings would remove from the tax rolls property that is commercially valu-

General Chairman * " I .1 Clarence Ziner. weJ-known l<« al biislnessmun. I* general cliainnan of the 1949 edition of the Decatur •trMt fair Mr Ziner is paaf preaident of the fair lioard and has served on almost every fair committee. Two Tractor Pulling I Contests For Fair Contests Tuesday, Wednesday Mornings Because of ilcreased interest, there will be two days of traitor pulling contests, it was announced today by fair official*. The first ' contest will start at I" o'clock Tuesday morning These events wit: be for light and medium tractors. 'The events all will be held in the field just east of the Motiroa street ' river bridge Weighing in will be conducted at I the Cash Coal and Feed Co. on West Monroe street, and all applications must be Hied before the I first contest starts Tuesday morni Ing The Wednesday events will be for medium heavy and heavy ma- ' chinaa. There will lie no additional entries permitted after the contest gets under way. Ca*h awards will lie made in all four contest*. Much interest hac been shown in this new attraction j and large crowd* are expected at laith mornings of competition Ml wtigh-ius can be made until contest time Tuesday morning. Complete rules for the event ma.'.' Im- obtained at the Chamber of Commerce ofth-e In the library building or at tile information booth on the midway. Admission to the events will be free, the committee annotlh- ' ced. Indianapolis Milk Prices Increased Indianapolis. Ort. 10. tl'Pi— Three major Indianapolis dairies j today boosted the price for a quart of milk lx to 19 cents. The increase was caused by a seasonal drop in milk production, dairy officials said Cream, butter- ■ milk and chocolate milk, also went | up a penny a guart - _. —— ~ i

• able and add to the taxable real ‘estate of the cltth • The Kraft building was examin- ’ ed and found structurally unsuit- • able It would cost heavily to reI model it and is located between two railroads The urea at Worthman field is none too large for its present > activities and could not readily accomodate the Community Cen 1 ter. ilanna Nuttman park is too far from the city's business cen--1 ter to serve the purpose Similarly several ample sites 1 near route 27 were rejected because of location and the addition- ' al important city planning reasons that they are in commercial zones and should be commen«al<y avail- ' able for taxing purposes North and South Ward school sites are too small. The Ideal site of several acres near the heart of town. is nonexistent. The site recommended comes nearer meeting all require tn ent s than any other The advantages are: (ij It is city owne-a atd tax frM (2) No expenditure will bo re--1 qulrod for site purchased. (3> The selection of this ai:e will 1 n6t take induotrial, commercial or ' residential property off the tax (Twrw Te Pane Ftvel

Midway Will Be In Full Swing Tonight; Initial Free Acts This Evening

New Violence Erupts Today In Coal Strike New Strike Threat Looming Against Major Railroads By t'nited Press Violence erupted in the coal I strike again today while a threatening situation developed in the nationwide steel strike at Inland Steel company's plant at East Chicago. Ind In a third big labor dispute, a strike threat arose against the nation’s 130 major railroads. The brightest spot Jj* the labor picture was the 32-day-old Missouri Pacific railroad strike, in which negotialious were resumed with I "high hopes” of settlement soon In the coal stiike. pickets raided the non union A A M Coal Co. In Clairton county. Pa. setting fire to the mine tipple State police patrolled nonunion fields in both West Virginia and Pennsylvania as non-union mines re-opened after a weeklong truce In the steel strike, pickets at In land's East Chicago plant were ordered to stand shoulder to shoulder to prevent management officials from entering or leaving, the plant. But company spokes-1 men said they would continue to enter or have as tin- occasion required. There wire indications that the ' government soon might intervene in an attempt to settle the nation wide steel walkout F'ederal media lion director Cyrus S Ching said some action in the stalement Is "possible" this week. In the nationwide rail dispute, union officials representing llo.imo firemen and enginemen rijected the report <>f a presidential fact finding board which opposed hiring an additional fireman for each big diesi I locomotive. Church Expansion Program Planned Expansion Planned By Lutheran Church i Tentative plans for a church ex , pansion program were presented to the voters assembly yesterday afternoon at Zion Lutheran church Two preliminary architect drawings were shown by Phil Hauer, chairman ot the church planning committee. One drawing would require enlarging the church with an addition on the north end of the present building, with additional Sunday school rooms in the base mtnt. This plan would give th< chuich about 500 seating capacity The ofh« r plan would call for a separate school building along the east side of the church with three large classroom*, on West Monroe street in this event, the present parsonage and the newly acquired parish house would have to be moved. A special meeting for the entire congregation has been scheduled -for Monday evening. October 24. when both plans will be presented for definite action. Church member* have for some time di«cu**ed the necessity of an expansion program More than so children are enrolled in religious Instruction in Saturday school with a larger num her attending Sunday school regu latly Lack of necessary space and facilities ba* hindered carrying out a well rounded rtllgiuut training program fur Zion Lutheran children The IKO budget of 513.523 00 for local operating expenses and for synod was presented and approv rd by the assembly Chairman William Schnepf presided at the. business session The Bev Edgar P. Schmidt led the devottonais.

9 Concession Chairman ■ lie* al BBOv ■■■■ Robert Helm, chairman of the concession location committee, j ha* headed this committee for years II Is his job to see that each - com essjoner gets his prop- r location and also pay* before he leaves next Saturday night • Names Chairmen On Community Drive Kick-off Dinner To Launch Drive Here Roy Kalver. general chairman for the Community Fund Drive, today announced the appointment of i hairmen for industry and professions, and the li*t of solicitors for .the up-town district. I Ray Leitz was named chairman for professional division and Eat I Caston will head the division professional group* Chairman Kalver will direct the tetail stor< groiiu 'l'lw- < hairmen ami solicitors will have a kick-off dinner at i> 30 o'clock thi* evening at Swearingen *; Drive-in. Dr Gerald H Jones, minister of the First Methodist cliur. li. will give the pip talk The goal in the drive, whi h wi’l be conducted during the coming two weeks, is 412.317, for Boy and Girl Hcouts. teen canteen, recreational activities and national drivefor the cancer society. I'. S. O and Salvation Army. The solicitor* named by Mr K liver arc: Thurman I. Drew, Ben Webster, J K. Staley. W H Bumgerdner. M Rlehle. Clarence Helman. Bob Gay. i Floyd Acker. Gerald Strickler. L R iTera T» !'•■* *l*> Richard Christen Is Taken By Death Native Os Decatur Dies On Saturday Richard G. (Dlcki Christen. 71. native of Decatur, died Sa'urday afternoon at the home of hi* son. Earl, in Indianapolis, where he had been making his home since last May According to reports he hud eatrn lunch and was sitting In the living room listening to the world series ball game Members of the family thought he had fallen asleep but soon discovered he had quietly passed away He had been in poor health the past several years The deceased was born in liecatur. the son of Mr and Mrs. Godfrey Christen and lived here until 1929. when he moved to Fort Wayne. He was < mployed in the offices of the Teeple trucking com pany Survivors are the son. two daugh ters. Miss Kathryn Christen, nurse at the Irene Byron Sanltorium. and Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm of Indiana poll*, and a twin sister. Mrs. Ruby Durkin cf Fort Wayne, and three grandchildren Fun> ral service* will be conduct ed Tuesday morning at I SO o'clock at th* Mungovan Hon* mortuary. Fort Wayne and at • am. at St. Peter'* Catholic church, the Very Rev Msgr John Dapst officiating Burial will be in the Catholic ceme tery to Fort Wayne.

Price Four Cents

9 Weather Clear And Mild As Fair Nears Opening Hour; Big Week Is Predicted The Decatur free street fair swung into action today and the weatherman scored first by givin.. concessioners a forecast of clear and mild weather Smitty's band opened the big week late this afternoon and the free acts will giv« their first performances tonight. All rides will begin in operation tonight. The free act platform is locate;! in front ot the Rice hotel. Roy Price, construction superinlend>-ni. and a crew of carpenters set up tha big platform this morning City employes connected the lights and all . is ready for tonight's opener The wire cables for the GretoP.i - high act were set up today at tin- ' east end of Madison street and tinI first shoning of the thriller will be at 1" o'clock tonight Clarence Ziner. general i hairnia:;. and Robert Helm, concession chair ; man. established a temporary of- - in a trailer on Madison street. Fair business wiU be conducted from this quarters Many concessioners arrived in Decatur Sunday and had their stand . ready for operation early Monday. Other* were slower und will not complete their construction work until late today The Floyd E Goci!Ing Co. operators of the rides, ha I many of their rides here Sunday and the rest of the equipment arrived early today Several new faces appeared on the midway, but many of the stand-, are owned by veteran fair men who I have he< n coming to Decatur !-»r many years. Large crowds were predii ted by chairman Ziner "If we get tho weather, it will be a big week," h-‘ said It \V I’ruden, fair board secre' tary. also was optimistic concerning the postponed event Mr i'ruden will have a temporary office and information booth at th, northeast corner of the iourt house square The professional concessioner* also were optimistic concerning the week They all report a slow yearcaused by many postponements in Indiana and Ohio Wednesday ha i been scheduled as children’s day and public and parochial schoois will dismiss at noon Wednesday for tin- balance of the day Tho construction of the tented city progressed without any serious altercations or mix-ups on lucai Hon*. A special crew of city employes will sweep the midway every morning Police and firemen will be on call the clock around this week, to assist in any emergency which may arise The Red Cross has a temporary first aid station established In .i house trailer furnished by a local trailer dealer Fair Program Tonight 7 pm -Opening free act Ilog act will be substituted 7 M pm Cliff Kirkpatrick Berghoff Magician k pm Mart Turk, juggler 9 pm.—-Mark and Marcia 10 p m - The Gretona*. aerial act The feature act. The Oretons*, will be given each afternoon and night at the east end of Madison street. Other free acts will be given from the platfcrm at the corner of Madison and Third street* in front Os the Rice hotel. Tuesday 10 a m - Tractor pulling contest in field just east of Monroe street river bridge 2pm- Flee act on platform 2 30 pm.—Cliff Kirkpatrick. Hergboff magician*on platform 3 pm.—Matt Tuck, juggler. on plaftorm 4 pm—Mark and Marcia, on platform. 5 pm—The Gretonar 7pm —Opening free act on platform ?:M pm Cliff Kirkpatrick. Brtghoff magician » p m —Matt Tuck, juggler 9 pm—Mark and Marela. IP p m —The Gretonaa.