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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

■Lyn. No. 276.

INGUS WARD AND FOUR AIDES ARE FREED

■Presidents ■d Rights lule Panama l.Yeor Old Boy ■ed In Battle Os Mirp Legislators K, , Nov. 23— (UP) -Two lUitnwi the right to today a night K, between police and leg■in which a 5-year-old boy n other persons were K in the fighting last night. K shooting continued until Ktblnight but the city watt quiet today. Hihooting started when po■fenders of tlie incumbent Kt fired on a procession of ■ M»eniblytnen marching to ■ecilential palace In an ■ to re-install Daniel F. ■Jr. ousted an president in ■mi coup last Sunday. Kolbe Panama's army — K»tnrer~l the coup and Kin vice-president Roberto ■to succeed Chants. ■i and his supporters fled Ki< hanging shots with the ■ Reliable sources reported ■hat he was safe and in ■ wi’h Peruvian Ambassador ■ Ortiz de Zevallos. dean of ■feign diplomatic corps. ■n »erved notice from the Kstlal palate early today ■t intends to keep the preslBtnd regards the oath he ■st. lay as president as bind- ■ him. ■laid he would carry out his ■h to bring peace and secur■th- Panamanian people He ■» was prepared to accept nihility for him acts and lead the country along the t strict civic procedure. Ms began his comeback steady last night with a dra•ppearance before the natassembly H« told the asf»»n that he cinsidered himtill constitutional president * h« had resigned the post ■det duress. More, he said, he was with•t the resignation. The as- ' mted to reinstate him. psiited out in a body to esP, t 0 the presidential pal■wpite a warning by deputy liiwecg that ’ we may all be |«r*d H |’h"usand persons crowded P !r »l plaza as Chanls, carry- * tationa) flag, led the pro,T*r» T. l-.«. ttmos Savings Out Monday rtal ‘ of the First State Bank •'*> ioday that 1.370 checks *'Wiled Saturday for Mon“o’ery to members of the ’‘•saring, club of the bans. ‘Schults, in charge of •\auted that fM.M7.3i will to 1949 members of the I?* to » record high for dis •■ of funds of the club, sw >* eT| o«« mark set In •177.4*. S*^**** 1 t,,e • aT,n t* ‘•W MH open Monday, to hM* - ,h * de,,w y of ‘be . * The aarlngs dab oper aw.. ***• of the year. In ending from U * «• »**kly. 1 WtATMin mTZT’*** •••“dittoes el#U< ‘ y - uth — *** **• Thursday. • - **** *** *’•** ••“*■ >■l2*”* o»treme north *» Lt? 1 *" **** •Mt £**♦"• *"*•**• ••»* •Mk* * "**• 24 U <»2ZL M *h Thursday 40 •*« to M south

Trinity Pastor |r — 1 . J BK J|Hk fl H jfl ' I ■■■■■■ 1 Rev. John E. Chambers Legislative Clock Stopping Is Scored Lows, However, Are I Upheld In Decision Indianapolis. Nov. 23— (UP)— The Indiana supreme court held he 1 day that laws enacted after the I 1949 legislature stopped its clock 1 and held an "overtime” session were just as legal as the ones enacted before. The ruling, a 4-to-l majority decision handed down late yesterday. Intimated, however, that the legislators "violate their constitutional duties” when they work beyond the Cl day session limit. The ruling upheld a lower court 1 decision in Marion c<atnty in a suit filed by Huntington attorney Claude Cline, who challenged the validity of the "overtime” law making in the 1949 legislative session. The session lasted 41 hours beyond the constitutional limit. The gist of the supreme court decision. written by justice James A Emmert, former state attorney general, was that the courts had I no right to dictate to the legisla tive branch on rules of procedure. Paradoalcally. the ruling upheld the clock-stopping practice used more often than not -but at the same time acknowledged that It seemed to violate the constitution It said the voter held the key to the situation "If the members of the general assembly violate their constitu tlonal duties on adjournment.” tho decision said, "they can be defeat ed the next time such offices come up for election. But the remedy to not with the courts ’’ The ruling had one dissenter. > chief justice Frank Ollkison Among Important laws enacted (Tnr« To Fltrl Award For Safety Is Presented To • Sheriff Bowman Paul Wykoff. Indianapolis, assistant director of the Indiana traffic safety commission, this morning made a formal presentation of the 1941 Indiana traffic safety contest mr<l to sheriff Herman Bowman. In making the presentation at the jail here, where sheriff Bowman is recuperating from an operation. Mr Wykoff stated that Adams county is the only county in class four composed of counties with 20.000 to 25.000 population, to receive the award from the many in northern Indiana The award includes a framed certificate to be left in the sher-. ffTs possession and was given after an investigation into the sheriffs departments record of arrests accident reports, etc. Mr Wykoff added his personal praise to the sheriff* record In traffic [ work on highways In the county.

Seven Killed When Freight Crushes Truck 10 Cotton Pickers Injured As Train Hits Texas Truck Lubbock, Tex.. Nov. 23. —(UP) | — A Santa Fe railroad freight train rammed a truckload of cotI ton pickers on a rural gradecrossing today, killing seven persons and injuring Ift others. The accident happened at 9 La m. CST. near Shallowwater. ' about 11 miles northwest of Lubbock. Only four of the dead were Iden- • tified by rescue parties who hurried to the scene. They were: A, C. Quirlno, about 40. the driver. his brother. Francisco; Joe Moreno, 16. and Fred Padron. 20, of Lubbock. Fireman J. Holllngworth said he saw the truck first as It was attempting to cross the tracks. ”1 yelled to Rust (engineer William Bust of Slayton* to 'put it in the big hole <pull the emergency! brake*.’ The next thing I knew we ■ had hit It." I*. H. McKeever, of Shallowater, i said he was "about a quartermile ■ away when It happened.” "I saw bodies thrown into the air." he said. Bodies were strewn about 100 ' yards along the right of way. The truck was demolished and gasoline spilled on the tracks, but I (Turn Ta Pose Sial I I 20 Traffic Deaths Forecast In State Indianapolis. Nov. 23 — (UP) — Twenty persons will be killed in Indiana traffic the next five days, state police supt. Arthur M. Thurston predicted today. Thurston fore | cast the toll during the Tranksgl'-' Ing holidays on the basis of reports j ‘ In past years. Eighteen were killed in a five-day period last Thanksgiving and 25 in 1947. — Decatur Lions Club Hears Sam Jackson Urges Citizens To Protect Liberties Sam Jackson, prominent Fort Wayne attorney and former U. S. i senator, spoke before the Decatur ■ I Lions club last night at the K. of P. home. Mr. Jackson urged each citizen to re read and study the constitution of the U. 8., and especially the bill of rights lie pointed out that It was the duty of every person to protect the liberties guaranteed by historic document. Using the famous quotation of Thomas Jefferson, "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," Mr Jackson asked each member to interpret the bill of rights In the light of a moral code of Christian ethics. The former senator asked eac.l person to exercise bis own right Io think, and judge for himself whether America was economical!,. morally, politically and militarily safe, and not merely to digest, without question, the views of commentstors and news analysts. The speaker pointed to sevtral European countries as an examp'e of the dire results that follow when the populace ceases to think for ! Itself. Mr Jackson, who related several , interesting personal experiences (Tara Ta «••■•>

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 23, 1949

Church Observes Anniversary Sunday —-J- • J > ■ pH awfliMMßfl 9 Vißiitj’ OUfIU«HKH ■■ t • A s ‘j ■ Trinity Evangelical United Brethren

Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Madison and Ninth, will observe the 25th anniversary of the building of the present church edifice Sunday. Appropriate services have been planned for botn morning and evening Dr. Walter N Rolierts. Ph. I*.. D. D.. president of Bopebrake Theological Seminary. Dayton. Ohio, will be the guest Speaker at both services. Dr. Ro.e {arts was in the students army tra*- ! Ing corps at the close of World War I. He graduated at Otterbein College with an A. B. degree in 1921; and at Bonebrake Theological Seminary with a B. D. degree In 1924. He attended graduate school at Vale divinity school 1924-1925' ■ received his Ph. D. degree from Hartford seminary foundation in 1932; and received his D. D. degree from Lebanon Valley college | in 1939. ; lie is the author of one book entitled "The Filipino Church." He served as a missionary in the Philippine Islands from 1925 to 1930. From 1932 to 1939 he was pastor of the Fort McKinley United Brethren

Lobaugh Is Granted Another Reprieve Execution Dote Is Again Postponed Indianapolis. Not. 23—(UP) — Ralph W Lobaugh, 39. former Kokomo. factory band, wm granted a xix-month reprieve by Gov. Henry F. Schricker today from a death penalty imposed for three Fort Wayne sex slayings. Schricker postponed the date of execution In the Indiana stale prison electric chair from Nov. 26 to next May 26 because a full-scale Investigation of the state's most complex criminal case in history was incomplete. Ixibaugh was reprieved last April 14 from a May 26. 1949. execution date The governor again reprieved him Aug 12 untiy Nov 26 ixibaugh was sentenced to death when he pleaded guilty in Allen circuit court to charges that he killed Anna Kuxeff. Wllhelma Haaga and Mrs. Dorothea Howard at Fort Wayne in 1944 and 1945. After ixibaugh confessed, be tat er alternately admitted and denied the slayings. Two other men were indicted In one of the three deaths, and one of them was sentenced to life Imprisonment and the charges against the other were dismissed To further complicate the case. Franklin Click, a Fort Wayne celery farm worker, confessed two of the three slayings and a third not connected with those Lobaugh : admitted Click goes on trial next Monday at Fort Wayne. Lobaugh was sentenced 25 months ago and since has been saved numerous times by stays and reprieves from the governor, the . Indiana supreme court and Alien circuit judge William Scisaanen.

church in Dayton Beginning in 1935. he taught part time In the de partment of practical theology at Bonebrake Theological Seminar*". Since 193*1, he has been presiden* of i the seminary. In the summer of 1913, Dr. Rob- ' ertx was one of the three delegates . from the Evangelical United Brr»bren church to the world council ■ of churches at Amsterdam. Holland. He traveled In England. Scot I land. Switzerland. Germany, an I Holland. He Is a member of the i executive committee of the American association of tlieolog.cal schools and is the treasurer of that I organization. At the divine worship service a’ > 10:30 a. m. Sunday. Dr Roberts will speak on the theme "Firm Foundations." Harold Mumma will presule iat the organ and the choir, under the direction of Leland Neuen. will sing the anthem. "Song of Thanks- ■ giving." The new heating plant and new bulletin Imard will be dedicated at this service. In the evening at 7:30. Dr. Rot(Tara Ta Faaa Twat

Thanksgiving Dance Here For Teen-Agers The annual Thanksgiving dance, sponsored jointly by the Den and Adams Post 43. American Legion will be held at the Legion home Thursday night at 9 o’clock, it was announced today. The Legion will furnish the hall and the orchestra, led by Morris . McClure, for the holiday dame. A special invitation is issued to college students home on vacation to t attend the dance. I I Partial Report Is II Released On CROP » Preble Township In Preliminary Report A partial report for Preble township was made yesterday by township chairman Yarn Linker for the 1 CROP drive. Dr. tieraid Jones., county chairman, announced The sum of 3588.51 has lieen deposited in the special account by Earl Catton c.ounty treasurer, to the credit of Preble township In making his report. Linker stat - ; ed that more produce and money will ho coming in as the solicitation is only partially completed In the drive, the rural people are encouraged to give either produce or cash. In Preble township 193 *s bushels of wheat. 18*9 bushels of Iwans. and 58*4 bushels of corn were contributed The value of this produce, delivered by the donors to the elevators of the County was 3364.51. ’ The cash given was 3224. Linker stated that he had a good group of workers to help Mm tn the canvass of the township. In addition to the Rev Otto Busse, who served as chairman for the three northern townships of the 'Tsct Te Pane Mat

U. S. Consul General In Manchuria And Aides Expelled By Communists

White Thanksgiving In Parts Os Nation Clear Holiday For Majority Os Nation By United Press Rome ureas around the Great Lakes, the upper Mississippi valley and New England will have a white Thanksgiving day but most ' of the country will enjoy a clear, seasonable holiday. A wave of chilly air from Canada spread light snows across the ■ top of the nation from South Dakota eastward to the Atlantic, j Temperatures dropped far below normal for the season. At New York City, the mercury i dropped to 25 degrees In Manhattan and to 15 degrees in some suburbs Gusty winds blew through the streets. Temperatures were expected to rise somewhat for tomorrow's holiday Many New England cities reported their coldest temperatures of the season early today. Thermometers registered 3 above at Holton. Me . 5 above at Caribou. Me . at Lebanon. N. 11. and 14 at Worcester. Mass. California expected warm, fair weather tomorrow, except for con sideruble fog along the coast and in some inland valleys. Los Angeles was counting on "odegree shirtsleeve temperatures and San Francisco expected a high of about 6" The Dixie states were promised a fair, mild turkey day. Fog and drizzling rain In the Pacific northwest hampered the search for a C-54 cargo plane missing on a flight over Washington iTnfm '!*«• I’Ntcr Twa) 14 Men Killed In Philippine Baffle Army Troops Rushed To Smash Uprising Manila. Philippines. N<w. 23. • (UP) The government rushed army reinforcements to Batangas province south of Manila today in an attempt to smash an uprising of 6<hi guerillas In which 14 men have been killed in two days of fighting. Twelve Constahularymen have been killed and six wounded Only two guerillas are known to have beeti killed. President Kipidlo Quirino culled the uprising "very serious.” hut said he was confident reinforcements would bring it under control. He said the revolt was an aftermath of the Nov. 8 election "by people who don't concede my victory." Batangas is the home province of Qulrlnos principal opponent for the presidency. Jose Laurel, who served as puppet president during the Japanese occupation. latest returns showed Laurel trailing Quirino by 400.000 votes, but Laurel has claimed the returns are fraudulent An army company of DM) men this morning joined Constabularymen besieging guerillas entrenched in the rolling hills south of th* ettv of Batangas. 6<> miles south of Manila Nine more truckloads of army troops in battle gear left Camp Murphy in Manila The government forces were using artillery and spotter planes (Tara Te Tage Two

Man Identified I By Young Girl As Assailant I i Unemployed Cook in Minnesota Queried In Attack On Girl Red l«ik<- Falls, Minn. Nov. 23. (UP) Authorities today questioned an unemployed cook, identitied by a seven year-old girl as ' the man who attacked her sexually and then tried to strangle her. 1 From her hospital bed. little ~ Vivian Shannon pointed out the J suspect, Raymond Dempsey. 25, .as the man who forced her into his car Monday, assaulted her. and then left her for dead in a J haystack in a frozen field ,j Dempsey was held without ! charge in the Polk county Jail at ■ nearby Crookston, Minn. County attorney Charles E Boughton. Jr. and sheriff Noel Proulx, both of j Red l/ike county where the child ■' was aliducted. said Dempsey steadfastly denied picking up or molesti ing the girl. The attack on Vivian was the sixth case involving sexual molestation of a child to shock the nation within 10 days. Three children were killed hy sex fiends in that period. They were Linda Joyce Glucoft, 6. Isis Angeles: Glenda Joyce Brisbois, 7, Burley. Ida . and Josephine Yanez, 1. Huron, Cal Two little girls at Joliet. 111., and Itetroit escaped from sex attacks with their Ilves Vivian, who crawled through snow-covered woods to a farmhouse yesterday after spending a terrifying night in bitter cold, was reported recovering In a Crookston hospital from exposure, frostbite. and scratches on the face Sticks To Story Fresno. Calif. Nov 23. (UP) Paul Gutierrez, charged with the sex murder of 17 months-old Jose phine Yanez. today clung to ins j story of a "whiskey and mart, I Juana blackout” as authorities pllled up "overwhelming evidence against him The 25-year-old migrant farm hand from Brawley, Calif, admit ■ ted that he took the child from ' her parents’ car in earby Huron. Calif, and spanked her "to stop her from crying ” "I don’t know what happened after that," he said "I Just went crazy " May Plead Insanity Let Angeles. Nov. 23 (UP) —i Fred Stroble, 66. hinted today that. (Tana Ta !*■■< SZlabtl Community Center Fund At $100,347 The Decatur Community Center fund stood at 31*0.347 today, as no compilation of pledges and dona tions was made, due to the Thanks giving holiday. The workers are completing their | canvass and several have pledges and subscriptions to report, hut in formed campaign headquarters that they would not finish their work until Friday or Monday The fund ia expected to take a' week when the canvassing teams boost with the final reports n»xt j I receive the subscription blanks from donors.

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Five Are Convicted Os Beating Chinese; Commute Sentences To Deportation Washington. Nov. 23 (UP) Angus Ward. American consul general imprisoned by Communists in Manchuria, and his four aides have released by the Chinese and ordered expelled. the state depattI inent announced today The state department said a i Chinese Communist people's court at Mukden. Manchuria, convicted Ward and his associates of beating a Chinese and gave them prison sentences, but the court immediatei ly commuted the sentences to de- - ] port at ion and allowed tin- arrested . men to return to their homes in ■ tlie American consulate compound. . The men were released yesterday. Ward telephoned this information to American consul <). Edmund Clßhb in Peiping and reported that all five were "up mid atcoiit " The state department immediately ordered Ward and his entir-' staff to leave Mukden "forthwith." Released with Ward were liis four assistants - Ralph R<-hl>erg, Rochester. N. Y, Shiro Tutsnmi. Seattle, and Franco Cicogna and Alfree! Kriwtan. Isith Europeans For a full year. Chinese Communists have held tlie ißierican staff at Mukden under house arrest, preventing their leaving China. So the conviction of Ward a.id ; his aides had the net effect of releasing them from Communist control although the Chinese Reds apparently intended to use the case to vilify westerners in the eyes of the prestige com ious Orientals. Individual sentences that w—re commuted were: Ward Six months Imprisonment and one year parole Rehberg and Krlstan Four months imprisonment ami one year parole, each. Tatsuml and Cicogna Three months imprisonment and one year parole Ward reported that the group were charged not only with assaulting a Chinese worker, but w;Ci I obligations to pay damages for tl. • injuries, severance pay and ext;a (Turn To I'nue Sts I Santa Claus Will Arrive In Decatur Saturday Afternoon A special communique from the North Pole, carried into the Democrat office by a penguin. states that Santa Clau* will arrive in Da- | catur Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock He will be greeted by members of the Chamber of Commerce who will. In lieu of snow, sleigh and reindeer, whisk the bewiskered gentleman up and down Second street in a convertible. After the parade. Santa will set up shop in the headquarters which are to be provided for him on the courthouse lawn Whether or not Santa will be ao companies by the high sehool band, which has been the custom in past years, ia undecided Albert Bellemeyer band instructor for the Decatur high school, stated that some of the students will be out of town during the holidays, and others might be working. However, he said he would make an announcement to the effect that the band would accompany the city's dis- | tinguisbed visitor if enough mem bers can be ret rutted