Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1949 — Page 1

Jvil No. 282.

|WIS ORDERS THREE-DAY COALWORKWEEK

flick Is Sentenced To Death

Morker pled For L Murder L Wayne Killer l-enced To Die [Electric Chair IfnP Ind. Dec. I—(UP) Kb fiii k. *‘'»t»ncBr„h> to (loath in the elee L for the 19(4 Hex slaying ■jrHt.ld high school girl t..,. mtnpiha'Ki criminal Kiiimi history. K, of nine men and three K( f l>rat<-d 1" hours before Kork a celery farm work ta! murder in the first deK th* slaying <>f Phyllis Kg.ur 4 1944 The verLea.nded the supreme K w kine the sentence manKjr also could have recomKife imprisonment. K isik»ned and brought K cell before dawn, stood Eflr it the bar as circuit ■Blum ii Schannen sent ■ts to die "on March 27. more the hour of sunrise Kse vis the most tangled history, however. Et< a torneys were almost Kjo fight the verdict with Kud motions for a new 1.. retired for the k 4 wm re called from his like court room to hear the «d pus sentence on Click, m got the case at 4:42 May after hearing chief gwecntor C. A. Lincoln titke death penalty. Kat attorney Pan C. FlanaMated In his final statement. M. that Click was not guilty |ii that a confession by Click B>oay" The defense, in a Ik note, rested yesterday ■tealling any witnesses. ■ the father of five chiliad confessed the slaying in ■to hi* wife in hopes that M ret a reward lb time of the confession, he R4»r arrest for a kidnap-rape Ml he pleaded guilty. He is Iwtence to serve a life term plot that crime. Ik however, complicated matptuurably by also confess gtke sex slayings of Anna F »»d Wilhelmina Haaga P Wayne in 1944 p killings had been confess* FMh W !*obaugh. who also p the slaying of Mrs. Doro pwvd in 1945 ptt »u sentenced to be F* ■‘‘•bsequent events, how|a*d Gov Henry Schricker I* town* to give him nine [•' 'ter at ion while he alterfanned and denied his cons He now is under sentence [*K May 24 ’h* items that caused * to delay Lobaugh* T ’*» the conviction of *WMen. Denver. Colo., for l Mrs. Howard * •“ sentenced to life Im ***’ Hi» conviction threw J* ease against Lobaugh »ken he granted Lobaugh * °* execution that . whrtehcr aa |d the caaea Christen and Lobaugh n ”* t involved and L. 1 problem In Indiana's argument yesterday. w Uacoin told the jury y' u he» the responsibility few to take Click's life.” Allows Club & Tm ~—» ,M • l * U * 1 " or organisations h f k?"' rib * ,e to ‘ h * Cood Ij/ ’ **2 do so to Mrs. h* wlO boxes placed at ''*** Hank, Holthous- * the Decatur Daily U. *tATMflt ••"‘•wtrat Mi* hnj** portion this a, ClearI f »O*ifht. FrL hp *'** ’•r- Low to b> » south. Mlah 42 South.

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Announce Students In Auction School List Registrants Os Present School More than half the states in the union, plus an entry from Canada, are represented in the list of registrants for the fteppert auctioneering school, released today by Miss Eleanor Reppert. director of the school. Q. R. Chaffee, of Towanda. Pa . again heads the list of Instructors for the winter session of the school Following is the list of registrants to date: Lyle Arthur. Circle. Mont.; .John Ashenhiirft. Macomb, III.; Alfred Burgent. Fleetwood. Pa; Claude Britt, Albion. N. V ; E. L. Bunker. Moffatt. Colo; (Henn Ballard, Williamson, N. ¥.; V V. Byrne, Anderson; Forrest Brown. Circleville. O; Robert Calhoon. Butler. O.; William Cook. Kingston. Pa.; W. It. Dowless, Gold Hill, Ore.; iatuis Downs, Richmond; Meredith Darbyshire. Sabina. O.; Raymond Davis. Henderson. Tenn.; Dean Ellis. Byers. Kan ; Vincent Engel. De catur. III.; Carlton Ellsworth. Fair port. N Y.; Carson Fast. Celina. 0.; Thomas Gould. Minneapolis. Minn.; W. A. Gardner. Iteming. N. M.; f»on Gatens. Maquoketa, la Paul Hartley. East Millsboro. Pa.; Talmage Hastings. Odon; Clarence Hale. Canton. ().; J H John. Weston, W. Va.; Joe Jacobs. Llbertv render; Gordon Jackson. Llstowel, Ontario, Canada; Clifford Kiuz, | Brewerton. N Y ; John Kleinfelter, {Lebanon. Pa; Leon KnafP. Okla horna City. Okla : R M. Kirkman. Rochester; Dwight Kerley. Timewell. III.; Frank Lite. West Liberty. O-; Urban Moore, Mitchell; M P. : Molyneux. Casper. Wyo ; Charles I Michelson. Hinkham. Mass ; Rayford Monroe. Greenville, S. I Dennis Moss. Clovis. N M.; Charles Myers. Goshen; Fred Millspaut. t. (las City; J. A. Moore. Nashville, Tenn.; Claude Miller. Martinsburg. W. Va ; Carl McKenzie, Lima, Mont.; Everett McNeil. Onarga HI.; L. Nycklemoe. Ashby. Minn . ,W. 8. Patton. Monroe. La ; Jack Pulley. Wichita. Kan ; Albert Pile. Woodlawn. Kent.; ('• W Paddack. Rh hinond; C. C. Powers, Spring Igike, N. C. Thomas Pearch, Eagle. ( 'do.. Cecil Petro. Columbus; John Rice Boise. Ida ; Dean Reichart. Valley Farms. Kan.; Harold Rahe. Swanton. Nebr ; Marvin Rogness. Thor, la.; Roger Rumbaugh. Homerville, O.; Arian Rhyne. Midland. Mich.; Joseph Schrock. Akron, NY; Wendell Simpson. Wataga. 11l ; Adrian Scoggln. Kermit. Tex : Lyle Sweet. Asheville. N C.; Charles Sanders. Richmond; Llofd Swick. Gordon. Neb.; Charles Slack. Dayton. O : Charles Schoew. Lynchburg. Va ; Norman Stephenson. Marion. Mich . Wade Simpson. Mt. Clemens. Mich ; E. L. Swain. Fayetteville. N. C.' Chauncey Schafer. Aid. O. Elmer Turner, lainder. Wyo.; Lee Taylor. Anderson. S C; William Tinsley. Macpn. Miss.; Ik»n Ser T» I'aae SlSk Tom Covault Dies At Rockford Home Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Thomas Covault. 75. former Det a tor resident and for many years one of the top harness horse and drivers In the middlewe.L died at the Colonial rest home at Ro k ford. O. Wednesday, according to word received here by friends Mr. Covault left Decatu after the fair-ground race track was disband ed. but for many years he trained horses at the local track and be was well known among race horse fanciers throughout Indiana and other midwest states Survivor. Include a Basil < Whitey» Covault of ‘ e,roi, w . ' ‘ ' and two sister. Mr. la>nle Walker. Hageratown and Mrs. Mary R«dy. Indianapolis Funeral prices will •* **•{ •* I ; m (ESTt Friday at the \ale funeral home in Celina. O* Paul Tewell officiating Burial will b. t . Swamp C1l«t Friends may eall ‘ h * home until time of the services

Grand Champ Steer Brings Record Price Texas Steer Sells At $11.50 A Pound For 50 Youngsters Chicago, Dec. 1. —(UP)-— The grand champion steer at the International Livestock Exposition sold at auction today for an alltime record price of 513.000. The steer, bearing the name Judge Roy Bean of frontier Texas fame, was bought by the Dearborn Motor Corp., of Detroit Mich. The animal, a Stocky, white-fac-ed Hereford, sold for 511.50 a pound at a stipulated selling weight of 1.200 pounds. The nation's finest steer was raised from a calf by the boys and girls of the Pecos county 4-H club at Fort Stockton. Tex. The animal had bested the cream of the nation's blue-blooded cattle for the winning ribbon at the biggest farm show on earth. The price was 75 cents a pound above tlie former all-time high set for last year's winner, an Aberdeen Angus named Old Gold. Bidding was spirited in the crowded, hay-filled auction ring Three 15-year-old boys who were among the 50 young owners of the prize animal, proudly led Judge Roy Bean around the arena as the auctioneer pounded his gavel The young exhibitors, all of Fort Stockton, were Will Slayton. Sim Reeves and Morris Kriedel. Buyers representing the Dearborn Motor Co., were David Meeker and Walter Murphy "The Judge,” named for the legendary peace justice of Texas history, tipped the scales at L--250 pounds when he weighed in for the judging that brought nationwide fame to him and his 50 young owners. The sale was held in a big. hay-filled pen near the busy exchange building of the Union storkyards. Following the big Hereford on the amtion block was Chino, a 750-pounder of the same breed, who took the Reserve grand championship. Chino, tiny beside "The Judge.” Is owned by Mr and Mrs Henry Sears, operators of the Chino Farms at Church Hills. Md. As the sale of the two steer j. hampions got under way. judging of sheep breeding classes went Into its final phase and draft horses were brought into the rings I-Twra Ta Paar Ms> - — Suit Venued Here From Allen County Suit For $25,000 Damages Sent Here Adams circuit court has received by change of venue the third lawsuit originating In Allen county in the last few weeks, the records of Adams circuit court reveal The latest action la a 5J5.000 damage I suit of Opal Frye by her next best friend. Jerome Frye, vs New York Central and St Louis railroad Co. known as the Nickel Plate. The plaintiff states that she was ■ injured by a fall on a sidewalk m New Haven September 11. 1*47. where excavation was made near the N Y Central tracks which run through that town The tions were made by repairmen of she railroad, the complaint states Injuries included a broken nose, contusion and other injuries Ed H Kruse is attorney for the plaintiff and Harker and Irwin and also the firm of Campbell. Living ston. Teeple and Dildlne. represent the defendant The case was filed originally in Allen superior court and by agreement of attorney* on both sides it was venued to Adams circuit court. Date for hearing will ■ be set soon. Judge Myles F. Purrlnh stated today This is the first time in many years that three cases have been brought to Adams county in such a short period of time from Allen 1 county, the records show. j

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Decatur, Indiana, Thurs day, December 1, 1949.

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FREED by a district court judge and accompanied by her attorney, Mias Helen Campbell. 84, sob* as she leaves court in Washington after Rt*,». J Parnell Thomas iR. N. J i. chang'd his plea from not guilty" to one of "no contest" on charges of payroll padding. Miss Campbell had been named a ciedefendant and a conspiracy action against her wa* voided when Thoma* threw himself on the mercy of the court.

Begin Release Os Postwar Draf’ees Release Is Started Ahead Os Schedule Washington. Dec. 1. — (UP) — The army begin* releasing its postwar draftee* today, nine month* a head of schedule. But a survey by field commanders Indicated that at least 5,000 of 30,000 soldier* eligible for release will elect to remain in the service 1 The aervicemen went into the army for 21 months under the peace--1 (time draft law But army secretary ■ Gordon Gay announced Oct. 25 that they could get out after 12 month* if they wished. The first to shed their uniform* will lie 10.000 men who were draft'led last November. The other 20.00.1 j who entered the army in December and January will lie release a* they complete their year. The men are being returned 'o ' civilian life as part of the defense department's economy drive Gray said recently that the reduced de- } tense budget calls so an army of ; 830.000 men. a cut of 25,000 from current strength. All the draftees, regardless of whether they stay in service for a year or the full 21 months, will lie required to put in three year* in an organized reserve or national guard unit or five years in an inactive reserve outfit. If they stay in 33 (Turn Ta race Sis*

Annual Drive Is Launched By Decatur Good Fellows

The Decatur Good Fellows club, sponsored since 1918 by the Delta Theta Tau sorority of this city, today launched it* annual drive to spread Christmas happiness among the clty'u more unfortunate fami ' lies. Primary purpose of the Good Fellows is to aid the under privileged and less fortunate families of Decatur to have a "Merry Christmas." Last year, through the generosity of Decatur citizens, the Good Feb lows were able to serve 70 families their Christmas dinners, clothing, shoes, toy*, etc. One family of 11 pided last year Is reported in much better circumstances now. eating regular meals, and the children are not bare-footed as they were last year at the opening of the drive. At the present time, the spon«or ing sorority ha* received the names of 48 families who need aid at Christmaa time Caah donation*, new clothing. I shoe*, food and toy* will be ac cepted any ilme until the close of the drive Dec 22 There will be boxes for cash donations placed at the First State Bank. Holthouse j Drug store and the Daily Dem»|

Nation's Traffic Fatalities Lower Chicago. Dec. 1 (I'l’i — The national safety council announced today a three percent reduction in the nation's traffic deaths for the first In months of 1949. but said it may be wiped out by holiday travel. This year's 10-month total wa* 25.330 fatalities, compared to last year's 25,990 for the same |>eriod. Yugoslavia Charges Russian Spy Ring Embassy Officials Accused As Spies Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Dec. 1. — (UP) —The government charged Russia today with directing a widespread spy ring through Soviet embassy officials. It also announced that one of 12 accused Russians had hanged himself rather than stand trial. Only io of 12 scheduled defendants appeared in Sarajevo district court when the spy trial opened this morning. The public prosecutor said that one defendant hanged himself in his cell yesterday and that another is ill in a| hospital. Enver Krzlc. deputy public prosecutor of the Bosnia-Herzegovena republic of Yugoslavia, opened the state's case against the 10 defendants by charging they engaged iTera Te Pace P.lsbft

crat. The member* plan to make their deliveries the night of Dec I 23. The volunteer firemen have do- ‘ nated their services to assist in the drive, and also have offered the ’ use of the fire station from which operations will be conducted. Any donation* of u«ed clothing, for adults or children, will be welcomed. but the club member* ask that the clothing be clean, mend ed and marked with the correct sixea. This also applies to shoes These used article*, also toy*, will be accepted at the fire station up to Dec 12 After this date, the sorority members will be assigned their families to investigate and see that they are outfitted according to needs and sizes. Any person* having question* concerning the Gimm! Fellows club are asked to contact Mrs Inland Smith, phone 78"! A spohesman for the Delta Theta Tau sorority added, "we reallxe that at this time the citizen* of Decatur have one of the greatest projects in our history confronting us, the campaign for funds for the proposed Community Center, but te feel. too. that with the en<Tarw Ts l*Me

Soft Coal Miners Strike At Midnight, Ordered To Return To Work Monday

End Os Coal Strike Comes As No News To President On Florida Vacation Key Went, Fla., Dec I—(UP)— The end <»f the coal strike came a* m> new* to President Truman. He knew last night that John I. Lewi* would call the miner* back to work today. News of the strike's end came a* Mr Truman cavorted on a sandy beach here with his daughter. Margaret, and members of his staff. Officially, there was no comment But it was Ii anted that he knew from reports by John It Steelman, his assistant, that Lewis would call off the walkout today before it hardly had gotten under way. The nation's Imi.oim soft coal miner* struck at midnight. But shortly after a m. today, Lewis ord< n d them to resume work Monday on a three day week basis. A member of the president's staff said "He did not know flatly that L« win would end the strike today But he had information which led him to believe that it would turn ou’ this way” This accounted for the very guarded attitude of press secretary Charles G Ross who told newsmen earlier today that the strike had not reached the point of a national t mergency. Steelman. Mr. Truman's No. 1 labor trouble shooter, ha* been in frequent touch with federal mediator Cyrus Ching And Steelman has k»pr the President up-to-the-minute on the situation News of the actual start of the strik* came at midnight and the Piesident was In bed. Rots met with reporters this morning and discounted the existence of a national • merge ncy Th< n came word from the I'MW policy committee meeting that the strike was off The President was swimming at the time and members of hi* staff relayed the m ws to him in routine fashion. Appanntly. the chief executive knew lof .te he left Washington Monday im.tiling that the coal situation w uld not develop into a <Tura To I'sue »l*l Seeks Court Puling On Police Pensions Action Is Planned During February Attorneys today were assembling data and "stipulating farts" pertaining to the proposed city police pension fund, which was scheduled for hearing in circuit court. J Edwin Smith, of Gary, counsel for the fraternal order of police, and Ed A Bosse. Decatur attorney, represented the police in their action to* institute a pension plan for retirement of officers. Robert S Anderson, city attorney, represents the city of Decatur in the action The attorneys have agreed on the facts of the ease and further action has been |H>*tponed tentatively until sometime in February, when each side will present its witnesses and testimony before Judge Myles F Parrish in circuit court The city. Anderson explained takes exception to the constitutionality of the pension plan and wishes to obtain a court ruling re garding the current statute* in their entirety. Small Percentage Seek To Defraud Indianapolis. Dec 1. -<UP)Only a verv small percentage of Hooaien who file claims for juteless pay try to defraud the state, n report from a state agency said today The Indiana employment security division said only 79 persons attempted dishonest claims during the three-month July through September period. Benefit* acre paid to an average of 49.75® persons a month during the period.

May, Garsson Brothers Are Ordered To Jail Mercy Plea Denied For Former Solon Guilty Os Bribery Washington, like. 1 (i'Pt — Federal judge Henry A Schwein haul today denied a idea of "mer cy” for former Rep Andrew J May D. Ky . and ordered him to . jail Saturday for hi* bribery eon spiracy conviction Henry and Murray Garsson. | munition* making brothers who were convicted a* co-conspirator* with May. were ordered committed immediately. The three had been sentenced to eight to 21 months May was excused from appearing! in I' S district court for the final I phase of his 'fforts to escape jail ( The 74 year-old congressman is at his home in Prestonsburg. Ky May was ordered to surrender to the I’. 8 marshal for eastern , Kentucky for commitment to the I federal penitentiary at Ashland I Both the Garsson* were In the court room. I Schweinhaut said he had recom- ! mended to the attorney general that Murray Garsson serve his , term in the federal prison at Springfield. Mo., which is not far from his home at Batavia. 11l , No recommendation was made for any specific institution for Henry Garsson I May's attorney. Warren E Magee, said he plans to ask for a presidential pardon for the former > congressman his last hope of es , raping prison At the end of the hour and a half hearing on the pleas for probation ! Il'iiry Garsson. 51. arose and made a dramatic pl»a Wiping hi* eyes with a handker • chief and turning toward his bro-} ther with an outstretched hand, he | said in a video breaking with emo tion: "This man has served hi* country well Send me in place of him - please Give me double my sent ence." The three were convicted in July. 1947. of participating In a scheme whereby May received s•'!.834 in bribes for using hi* influ ence as chairman of the house military affairs committee to tain war contracts for the Garsons' munition combine Immediately after the hearing.| the Garsson* were removed to a cell block la the District of C<e lumbia jail to await transfer to prison. Ehrsam Infant Dies Al Hospital Today Monroe Child Dies After Short Illness Joel Bradley Ehrsam. seven . month old son of Glen (Mike) and Mabie Ehrsam. of Monroe died at X o'clock this morning at th« Adams ccunty memorial hospital following an illness of five days of an intestinal infection The infant was born April 22 1949. at the Incal hospital Surviving in addition to the par ent* are two brother*. Steven Gould Ehrsam and Michael Anth <>ny Ehrsam. a sister. Kathleen Joy Ehrsam. all at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Wil lism Ehrsam and Mr and Mr* Odes Gould, and the great grand parents, Mr and Mrs. Oscar Ehr sam. all of Monroe Funeral service* will be held at 1 p m Saturday at the home and at l:3» o'clock at the Monroe Friends church, the R»v ■ Vernon Riley officiating Burial will be in the Ray cemetery, west of Monroe The body will be removed from the Lobenstein funeral home to the residence at 1® a m Friday.

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Mine Chief Issues Return Order Only 10'-’ Hours After Strike Effective New York, itec. 1 tl I') — The nation's 40tt.mttt soft coal miners went on strike at midnight but hi and >•, hour* later John L. Lewi.*, their United Mine Worker* chief, ordered them back to the id's on Monday on a threeday Week la-wi* also put hi* MI.OOO hard coal miner* on the short, threeday week. It was the fourth time hi nine month* that ihs soft coal miner* walked out in Ix-wls’ running bat- . tie with inlm- operators over iii* new contract demands And It was tile second time that lie has ■ used the threeday week, which. lin effect, is a Iwo day pel w< ek strike Lewis' order forth" men to return to work on a limited workwe- k was considered a strategy move h provided part-time work tor the miners, who have lost con- , *id< ruble earning* this year because of strikes and grumbled at the prospect of a work!'-** Christmas peri'sl It also will prevent mine owners from mining any large quantity of coal and improving their bargaining position And it also wa* expected to pre- ' vent any government seizure of j the mines l>y preventing a national emergency developing that would ' bring the Taft-Hartley law into piny. A pot check of the Ing ea tern soft coal field* showed that the strike was complete, although many miners grumbled Walkout had cost them 71 out of 231 work Ing days till* year They ha I lost tan average of 11.2'"' in wage* since Jan I But there wa* no sign of a rebellion There were no pickets reported, i The miner* simply went home for a long weekend. i In effect, it was only a two-day | strike since miners do not work i usually on Saturday and Sunday. ! And It made the three day work 1 week retroactive to this week The I’MW "no contract no work ' man l uver went into • ff«-ct automatically at midnight after Lewis called off a meeting of his 2<H'-man policy committee for the I third straight day It was called off this morning after a meeting of the committee that was so brief Hu doors had hardly closed on the session, when they opened again U>wi* issued a brief announcement after meeting with hi* top union policy < miitnitt' •• He said | the coal strike which liegan at midnight will !«• tn full effect un- | til .Monday when the miners will resume work on a threeday week basis. At the sam.- time, lu-wi* authorized all union officer* to negotiate new contracts "with any or all individual coal companies." He said that when the contracts were signed the threeday W'*ek schedule would end and the miners would work a* many hours per week a* the new contrail* called for The three day* the miner* will work ea< Ii Week are Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. This was al most th- same way by which le«wis put his miners on a three-day week earlier this year The coal miners »ere directed last July 5 to work only three days a W'*ek la-cause coal stockpiles were building up and mine workers were being thrown out of jobs all over the country At that time Lewis said a shorttTara T» I'sae F.labtl

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