Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1950 — Page 1
Vol XLVIII. Na. 17.
QUIZ TWO BRINK'S EMPLOYES IN ROBBERY
Jury Studies Hiss Fate In - Second Trial Deliberations Are Resumed Today By Jury In Mew York Naw York. « — <«•*> — Kight wmbm and tour ■*■ jurorx consider today th* qiieetioe: “Who lied—HUe ar Chambar*?" Attar being oat aeren hoerx and 35 mlnataa. the aecoad perjury trial jury ot Alger Hiae retired last ulgbt at 1(1:45 o'clock. They resumed deliberations at I lli, at CUT today. Hlaa, a former state department official, fa arc used of lying when he denied that he de t llrered government secrete to communist spy courier Whittaker Chamber* He »»d Me wMe. IMecllte. who has supported him throughout both long trials, ware smiling conwhen they left the federal < ourttwaee after the jury was lock rd up for the night. If this trial ends la a hung jury, did the first Illas trial, observers believed the government —■ would drop prosecution L.- Before being given the case at 3:10 p m. yesterday, the Jury had heard 1.500.000 words ot testimony from Uh witnesses and viewed 423 sihlbita in 3» days of court ee» aiena. Vet tffseatially the case boiled ■lows to a dispute betwren Hiss on the one hand, and Chambers, the MatdW star witness., on the other In summation the prueecMteq charted that Hlaa, • terwee »d eieor iw the late President Rdffffh. velt at Yalta, was remparable to the notttrioua revolutionary war H|iy Benrdl, t Arnold The defense characterised Cham here as a psychopathic, liar The jurors requested, a re-read-ing last night of M mlnutev of testimony concerning the old Woodstock typewriter which Hiss once owned sad upon which urntyped many of the documents he allegedly gave Chambers They also requested re-lnspec tfon <>f »H documents known to have been typed on the inaVTtlne as well as those alleged to have been typed on It. They were expeeled to view the documents this morning The government has charged that Mrs Hiss typed copies of confidential etale departmen; documents on the. machine in January. February, end March. IMS Illas la charged with two counts . of perjury in testimony before a federal grand jury: <l> when he testlta-d he did not deliver state department secrets to Chambers and (2) when he testified he did not meet Chambers after Jan. 2. (Tern Ta Pwe Young Divorcee Is Critically Wounded Indianapolis. Jan. 21 - (VPI - 'A young divorcee was in crlti'al condition today from five bullet wounds police said were inflicted hy a suitor against whom she* bad tiled a peace bond • Mrs. Ixvis Brown. 25. was shot with a pistol. Silas L. Lockhart, 32. was an open charge Brown when she left the New York Central freight depot where she worked, police said. The woman fled back Into the building when she saw IxM?khart. and be followed her. shooting and reloading In the chase. Minimum Woge Act Is Effective Wednesday Chicago. Jan. 21—Payment of at least 75 cents an hour and compllance with other recent amendments to the federal fair labor standards act will be required beginning el 12:el a m Wednesday, •ven though the effective date comes in the middle of the week That statement was made here today by Thomas O'Malley, regional director of the U B department of labor's wage and hour and public contracts dtristoas. after many jnqulllee bad been received from employers Hie region Includes Illinois, Indiana. Minnesota and ' Wtosemata. .
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT
10,000 Driven Fro* Homes By Floods Tennessee, Arkansas Hit By High Waters Chicago. "Jew. 21. —(l ! P->—Flood* drove 10.000 persons' from their homes in Tennessee aad Arkansas today and’rlvers rose rapidly in the Pacitk northwest «* a heavy snow pack melted under steady rainfall imsaoa between northeastern Ark cnaas and western Tennessee Army, national guard and Red Cross personnel rushed to evaluate 5,000 persons to tent cities where they buddled under l.he canvas shelters as their rescuers passed out food. <-offee and blankets The'Misslsslppi. carrying away a glgantiXflood crest from the Ohio river and Its *tribinaries, broke through private levees on the Tennessee side in .liyer and latudenlaie counties The Black and St. Francis rivers also menaced lowlanders and drove another 5.000 persons from their homes e The St Francis flooded SO square miles neas Wynne. Ark . and t’apt. Felix Stacey of the Arkansas na tlonal guard described the situation as "bad — awfully bad “ Rescue work was hampered because relief workers had-lu travel far Into the Arkansas hinterlands to evacuate the Stricken Some am pbihious trucks made 30-miljr round trips tn reach families Mean While. the flood danger In Illinnle. Indiana and Missouri was abating as the. Ohio dumped its winter crest Into the Mississippi., The Wshawh riVer was falling at Vincennes. Ind . threatened serious ly earlier lh the week, and the I QMS was an a stand at old Shawn eetown, Hl. - ■ -We Memphis district engineer in 1 dirated that a sthirnient would he Issued adon announcing aliandon inent of plans Io flood a 131.1 W acre floodway I” Missouri The at ( my had planned to open the Birds Point New Madrid floodway t<> save more Important jireu* threuteuc.l earlier this Week About lO.imhi persons who fled from their homes In the flo.nlw. i area were making plans to return soon. Warm weather overawe,fit most ot Hie country after a chill wave whli’i caused a rash of fires that; took In -hives in many hours Most ot the . fires were caused by overheated or exploding stoves The dead included seven eac.b ln New Jersey and Illinois, live ea< b . In Minnesota and Missouri and , threeTeaeli in Arkansas. Connecticut. Washington. Michigan and Maim- and one in Massachuse’' . Purdue Orders Plans For Residence Hall 1 T-afnyetl*. Ind. Jan 2t - (ITf The Purdue fniversity hoard of trustees haw ordered plana dra.*o for a three-story men s residence hall to accommodate Sim student The board, at Its quarterly med* ing. expressed haw -ta- building would he ready h)T§epteinber. 15.,1 Bids will lie will lied thia spring Bardsley Convicted In Bank Shortage Harlan Trueker ls Convicted By Jury Fort Wayne. Ind , Jan 21 (UPi ; — Russell O. Bardsley. 43. Harlan , trucker, was convicted last night by a federal court jury on 10 charges In connection with a |3so.<>on shor*■ age that plowed a Spencerville hank Bardsley stood trial after twoother men charged In the shortage pleaded guilty and were freed tern . pocarily for pre-sentence InrestUs 1 tion They were Clyde G. Recten- ’ wall. 45. former cashier of tpe ' Farmers and Merchants Stale Bank. r and Roy C. Chaney. Jr . Harlatfauto ’ dealer. The jury found Bardsley guilty of * issuing checks totaling |W.*» a hove the amounth. had o 5 deposit » In ths bank and of aiding Recten - wall In the misapplication of funds l Tha-iury. including thr-ee women. - deliberated eight hours. Bardsley f fecee a maximum sentence bf five ■ years Imprisonment on ea< h of thv i id counts - " 1 Three other men charged in thsi shortage now await trial
TnimanToAsk Reduction In Excise Taxes Higher Corporation Rates Will Be Asked , Os Present Congress " Washington. Jan 21—(f’PI — President Truman plans to ask con greas to cut excise faxes by about I7Sn.UM.MMI a year hut to more I han make up this loss through higher corporation taxes, congressional sources said today Mr Truman was understood to be planning to send his tax recommendations to congress on Monday Moat of the President's proposals will be in general terms, it was said, with the treasury scheduled tv spell out the details kt subsequent congressional hearings. Democratic members of the taxframing house ways and means committee were given a preview of Mr Truman's tax message at a White House conference yesterday While they agreed among themselves that they would not discuss the recommendations publicly. It was reported that Mr Truman will propose a 1.1 ,<MM».iHMi.IHHI Ikmml in corporation taxes, higher estate and gift taxes, plugging of some tax loopholes, and the 3750,000,#08 reduction In excises Mr Truman. It, was said, has no present intention of asking for higher taxes on topbracket Individual income* as tie dht -a y**v .ago _ r . _ - ; The overall effect of the proposals would be tq Im-rease federal revenue hy about 31 .ooo.mat.iqio. However, the delay In tax collections even It the Preaid eat'a reiomniendaHoire were enacted Into law wouldn’t mean an mrrdWse Jn m.-ome in the l»sf fiscal year beginning July I- and might even result in some loss through tile eX: j cine tM reduct ions w I _ Mr Truman ha« forecast a deficit i .for fisckl 1051 of more than; i jjjiimjHio.ooo It was understood that Mr. Tru man and his tax advisers expect to propose cutting.the present 2» pep cent exi-ise taxes oh Tufs, jewelry: luggaue and eosmetics to 10 fier-i cent The 25 percent lax on long diet-' au. • telephone calls apd tehutanfs ; would be mt to l’s pen ent and the; 1., percent tax on passenger tickets ; to H> percent Mr Truman also is, expertnl to lines his feqiiuqt for, repeal of the present'three percent tax 0u freight shipments s I Corporal ion' taxes now range ftfitu 25 to 3K percent It was understood the administration will recomnyend that the maximum be ith-reased th 42 percent. Progressives Lash Capehart, Campbell Criticism Is Made By Indiana Party Indianapolis, Jan 21. — il'Pl — The Indiana Progressive party rritirixed toddy a Ivemm-rat and a Republican who have announced they are < andldates for a Hoosier seat in the I'. S senate. Almost unheard of sin. e the I Sts presidential election when It hacked Hbnry A, Wallace, the Progressive party frowned on Republiiwcumbtlt -Homer E Capehart and HemoCTal Aiek Sf i mupr bell — - , - The Progressives said of Capehart In a prepared statement that "h|« voting record In the senate, wherein he voted almost always against the interests of the-people, demands that he be retired from public life.” Campbell former assistant 1' 8. attorney- general from Fort Wayne, showed by his record "that he prefers a a-itch hunt tw>—ewfor. in. 2 laws." the Progressives said "It the Democratic party wishes ' to defeat Capehart it must nominate a man who hy past perform- , ance has> shown that he will tight In the Interest ot labor, the farmers and the . com mon man in general Campbell -is not such a person.,'.' it said V WCATMIR Partly cloudy and warmtr , t*d*y—and tawlffM. 'Tomofrew partly cloudy to cloudy and ‘ mild. Hi 9 h Xto 40 north. 40 to 45 south Low tonight 2t to M.
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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 21, 1950
Hiss Trial Tfe Jury .._ ALQCR HIM, accompanied hy hla wile, enters court on the .IPth day of his second trial at New York whsrefo- saw Hie jury relire to decide whether he la a liar ami traitor as the government charges, or a "framed" honest public servant, lie faces a ieo-year jßttTomtence found guilty of perjury aa charged.
Czech Clergymen Swear Allegiance . ; Czech News Agency | Lashes At Bishaps _ Prague, Chechoslovakia. Jan 31 IYT) The official news ngenrv 1 I said today that all Cxech clergy . men had. sworn allegiance to the j Communist government Ar the same time the agency attacked Roman Catholic bishops forurgiug -priests “to perservere in re-1 isfrirSbcy." ayalhst churelr control I law - which Included provisions lofj the loyalty oath ' The agency said the altitude of - the Catholic priests, wa- ilelighl- ’ fol No’ bishops took the oath of ; loyalty; which was one of the most bitter issues in the < hut<-h-state : < oiifliit The agency -aid the bishops are urging the priests to' rifii-e any cooperation and to -pel severe in re- ; distance But the niajinity of, priests is backing the republic '. Catholic, sources i-ompvtenf to, comment on the agency report were not available immediately. „ : A protestant source said yester-. day that Lutheran pastors had rt-' ceived orders.to go to their regional! national committees and take the loyalty oath The source said_the\[ pastors Were reluciaul to obey, I . The loyalty oath was one of the main iioinrs Os dispute in the months-iong struggle between the Cnmmnrnst government aud the, ; Roman Catiiolic < liureli" in. Cxeclio siovakiA Cxech bishops finally agreed that the priests the oath If they added the reservation provided it does not conflict wph the; taws of God, the church or the na eTwrw Te l-aae »lsl local Man's Mother b Taken BfDeath Mr*. Tomon Dies Friday Afternoon Mrs Mahila Florence Toman. 74. ' died at 2:30 p. m. Friday at her home In Poneto following ,a year s illness \| She was a momher of Meth odist church and the Rebekah lodge at Poneto ( Surviving are her husband. JC. Toman, three sons, Clyde I. Toman of lieiktur. J. C Toman Jr. t of’ Hamilton. O. and S. Chalm.-r Toman of Middleion. 0-: a daugh ter. Mrs. George Sleppy of Poneto: seven grandchildren;,. a great grandchild: a brother. Perry Pack er. and -two Maters. Mm Mary O Cltne and Mrs. Frank May. all of Martford City Funeral services will he held at 2 P Ik Monday ar the roatden.e the Rev. Claytoa Steele.ot. Genera officiating Burial wl#"be th Elm - Grojre cemetery at Blufft,.n
George Hindenlang Services Sunday Funeral services tor George, fHaidenlang. who died Friday mornill*, will he beU at 1:1V >. rn. .Hwtxtay at the Glltlc A Doan fa neral home ami at, 2 o'clock at the Cafvary 'Evangelical Thired BreTh j ten rhnrrh. the Rev Albert N ’ officiating Hnrtai wfii 1»e j In the Salem cemetery. *4o*l << Ix-i catur tSiPiMia may call at the > funeral home ur'tH time <»f the xt ' vice* - 0 * , * Republicans Fail Io Seize House Control '* .--w,W ' ' J i - Coalition Attempt Is Defeated Friday Washington. Jan 2L <VP» Leaders of the anti administration coalition of Republicans and south1 1 er.n Democrats today blamed di* s|<jpnt <;<>!/ nu tnlM i> fin ih» ir fail j ure (o seize control of tiu Dhous*They noted that 64 Repu|)li< rtns toined with iw-mocratn to | throw back. 236 to 183. the coalition's at-; H tempt to restore life-and -death pnw-1 ' er* over house legislation to the V con seryatlte houKe_ rules com nib \!.er The vote wax a major adminisvictory . Rep E E Cox. h . C.a and(other aaaUtLon JeAders ..atinbuted the . uOP deflections to the fart that President TiumaiTs fair »mpioy merit practices bill Would have beVn jeopardized by the ru|e«- ■ change .idministration leaders said, how ryei. that the vtete sho.wed Mr Truman’s whole program- had the support of’ the jn-oplr. They predicted his legUlatfvy proposals would\ have smoother sailing from now An in congress - BaxrriglVihi .Sens, Russell B . Umg. D.. La./and Paul 11. Douglas, trnth foea ot the Rasing Point pri ting bill, said tjw-y would I'iiirinu’ 1 to fight the measure even after it is rewritten t»y a senate house con ference-'onmuiittee The senate sen* the measure'back to the joint group yesterday with orders to make some <Tarifying changes y "j Secret ary of- agricult life •t'harlea F Brannan Jolff a house anpropriations subcommittee that farmers took a 15.000.00A-.OM pay cut during the past two yea**’ • and an* likely Jo fake a worse one. ; »his year This, he said, is a “dis t tressing picture “ j Foreign Policy — - .Rep'S Joh-’i Davis Lodge. R . Conn ? and John M Vorya. R O. both members’ot the house foreign affairs commW r tee. warned secretary of state Dean Acheson not to follow np his nr v ! Spanish policy with an* attempt tb rerogrrtie the Chinese Communist < . Tires Walter B ‘ ID.. O . introduced a bill to repeat <Terw T» I*o4l • Ma I
Pair Undergo Intensive Questioning By Cops In Million Dollar Robbery
Missouri Off Ot War Gaines Roster Missouri Settles Deeper Into Mud Norfolk. Va Jan 21. (UP) - The ftavy s<-rat<-hed Its only luit tieship from next month's Carthbean war games -by the margin of six inches of wider High naval officer* indicated last night that “piddling rise in Hampton roads would have reHunted the mighty VSN Missouri from the muck that has held it since Tuesday. MeanwhiH, “Big M«»*’ settled a little deeper aQd waited for hign tide and n fHival inquiry board The high tide which isn't due until Feb 2 is the next ho|»e for refloating the bristling craft on ihtch the Japanese, officially surrendered in 1845 The board, appointed yesterday hy Adm W H P. Blandy. commander In chief of the V.B. Allan-1 - fit fleet, is expected to find out Just how - Big Mo" Slipped in£<» j the stubliorn grip of the mud In-f the place Twenty oue strips and S.UWt men tried to yank the Missouri into motion yesterday The • first went hard aground in 2$ feet Ifff water. A stiff breeze blew in, 18 • more inches yesterday. ■ I FHx more w<»ul<i have done It. i* the officers hinted Y' Rear A(tm tinnier N. WaHitt. commander of' the Xttrfolk na\ » • i yhtpyard _gt_Portammt4h and one of j ■ilbe chief salvage directors, i;an.c •hip with the first encouragittg word . Jon •’operation refloat." “Mv opinion is." he said; “Th;it th. n. \t sdfort t>» move the Mips* ..uuri, will be sticfeskful." f •i The reason why the Missouri went irground in its first .rrijise * limbr r»fH William D Brown’ ; <»f Ja< ksojiviile Fla . also got a and **bm**4 j nOvat. offhiais, had apecuirite«!/hat . I the ship went too far to the left Inf the main channel <»f <'fie*apea.k ■ I i Ba\ while u>’in. a m w eh» trim ■ ics devi< which identifier;; ships ’ ’ passing over It by their sounds t But experts said last night that | thev thought irtud and sand were , sucked into the ship's intake, killing the engine and causing the. Missouri to wallow aimlessly into t the muilbatik Adm Blandy ordered Rear Adm i Allen E Smith, -v-ointnanding < ruis- . |ei> of the Xtlantu flee t. t«> < •»« • <T«rM Ta Page Ms» Bomb Explodes In . College Dormitory Report No Injuries At Rice Institute Houston ' - A ( rude liacked »itli TNT exploded in a Rice InMltute dortni ’ tory early Galay, smashing windov.s 1 and doors and showering sleeping students with glass . The shuddering tlft north wittr of thv- melt's East Had dorwtr tory at Ca.m. and police said larnih fragment showed the ronlrap t tion was powerful enough to have kille.l every than In the hulldin:: , had it bee* plat'rtl strategic ait' There were no injuries altfuragli ; the Mpst roused the entire campus Clues were the ragged end ot a ; .piece of three inch piping, and I pieces of brick A cap was screwed . 'on one end of the pige. and the en j|tire gadget was.wrapped in pieces 1M heMspapers. ] Police experts said the t>>mh was devised l>y packing a pound ot TNT Into a one-foot section of pipe, and t covering the explosive with bit* <*t ( iiriek and wads of paper Thev, be thieved it was set off with a fuse and J a detonating cap. T" - ,1 The explosion tore a two-foot ’ ’ beds of several students Four s jhole Ip the tile and plaster dorm, 4 : tory wall GJass sprayed across th" d.airs were ' Mown '_ trom tn.j -and glass, transoms »per-e smashed, - . ■ ; r 7' .. ... _
II, M | -■ . ." Soviet Guards Halt Trucks Leaving Berlin Some Trucks Turned Back, Others Delayed By Russian Guards Berlin. Jan. 21 <VPI Runaian frmriier guardm fumed back «ome trucks leaving Berlin and delated others going t<v the city today in reKtrirtive tartir?. mtriniaeehl of last yeaf'!< blockade The Soviet gesture toward renew i ing th» bftM kudc wart z onsideriHl Hu•'>idaii-**F to wesietn action' in.isHzitig the unoccupied Orman • railway adminiMration building in’ wwterit BeHta The emergency cau-Med Maj <J»n Maxwell D Taylor. Amvricgn com- ; manlier in HerHti. l<» cancel a acheduled Hight to fh* Fpited State*. f Maj <Bn George I’ Hays 1 I' S high cn^YiiiMaiuner. Tlrw tMTe ! yewterday from FrankfucY on a - • to confer with Taylot German police aaid truckn re ! turned so in»tlln thte morning after Red army guard* al the Marienborn refused to let I ham paan Th* truck* were tamad hark either because their dtM’ument* ' were tfor in order nr ' were m»f following RuiMd&n regula fTfrYttri, police aaid;— j Twenty more‘truck* that started i to wewterri Germany thi-» morning ! were reported halted as the Ru-ouan ( check point and waiting to get through or be turned back i Polii e «ai<i rewtrtetioos ; Mae+ed- {a*i -night when—a- truck i-conviiy from werttwrn Germany, • rher i hossFhold ffehisr’was halted aud .W h i! ♦ • ( ♦nroure'tn Berlin, German police a: Ijrlm*’edt (across the border from Marienborn. -4 1d 1 ! . I:n- ;c ‘ ial] fru k*- yi:h detailed Inspection t <»F di»- unw h> and vehicles ' Bu’ the police <aid ali truck* with proper d«»ruffltutn were being permitted to. ‘arive oh through to Beilin ~ - . Similar Russian n> »* on documentation wa* u<ed to im. I p<»ee the "little blockade" on Berlin •t hi*" forma! Rurt*ian blockade In addition to restricting traffic to and from Berlin, the Russian* ml*hV have itnpoaed a slowdown on ihe Berlin, ekvated rail wax. system i ifi Ahe wertteiu ' (l - To meet the Mowdown. we*t Berlin ju;hj’tU»4* trucks and, buses inTo~erh^nfeftcj^*‘ r 'Tee Seek Settlement Os Threatened Strike Chrysler Strike Is Slated Wednesday .. Ihetjoir Jan 21. p'any and union negotiator* ftaffain ed tight-lipped today concerntngprogrert* of Chrysler Corporation** pension talks with the CIO united auro worker* Only four day* remain in which a settlement may he reached before next Wednesday’s 14 am strike deadline Chrysler's um ployes are expected to walk, out VWdnesda) if jm n*ion demand* are not in*-! > J Chrysler already, ha* «>ffefe|l a W monthly jh ns ion program similar to that granted hy the Ford Motor oom pane four month* ago However. presidrui A.J/IJEJ& Riurh*’ of t’ie FAW has .demanded that a trust fund be established .adtninl*f» red\ jointly bv the union thpt the pen sum settlement amount to a '*<*m ♦ pany payment of cent* per man hrmr Thar~w hoakhdnrtir 4 ance program be paid bv ihe r t.mta panyj at the rile <4 4-St ’ cants'an i hoiir •1 Dariv jßeguUathm* are hr4u2rd I up'to the strike deadline
Fries Four Cents
Two Employes Are Quizzed For Hours As Boston Police Intensify Search Boston. Jah. 22 —(VFt* Two Brink a inc emphnea. one the man who rang a bnzsrr that *oonded in the firm a main aauh during ,the n»bberx Tuesday night underwent iriiebsive questlohlnk by polio today =— The man wh4» sounded the buoaer wa- William L Maurer. 4!» ham who waa taken, info eus<<»dy i m hi* home city late last night and brought Bu«Tbn. I The other employe was Herman i E. Pfaff. 54♦ of Cambridge a m*seuger -who waa one of the. Hy _ men found and gagged by the ban | dB« when they invaded the firm * I! i ombimd off hr-garage building i and fled with the greatest amount i-4 cash lo<»< in The nation s crime II history. Pfaff was picked up at hU home early today and brought W» head quarter'- He wa» questioned in a room two dts>rs away from an of j fice where detect Ires had hern questioning Manter for more iban - ■ Hee. I’.ifll < ' D‘|ui’v j. •fI r a <upJ»nn»4>n<3 nt la: O - F .Da * V »aid W< rr h- d Ing Xfiintwi until he come-ms* »f f the fog A faint and imperfect fingerprint i reportedly was diosovered ou a ft Im ot adhesive tape used to loue ot the Bi IM 5 einpH?yewtbe k! high! of the robbery PWiee w-e»e * auerefirr about it but ime aowrer v 7 said 4r was wlmDur to ihai xrf a. i I New York criminal. It was said fi> be iwsuffictetit to prsmHI naming rhe man. c Manter, a Brink - empktye for i : 22 years, had been transferred ! from guard duty the night b-fom the holdup !•) a job .TF“Tnter.d *? * ! in the garage During rhe robbery rj ha rang a bugger fjyr admittance to : the vault cam but left when he r u»>f m^ , r»'<-|H»n*» I- Manter wore a,, bine j»ea jack* • -ak* n m’v t u-’ud% At*’ a I thorough -Aari h ■ •?-~hTT“au , '‘»tr’! *|r 4rc.« removed a cap and a f«»TJ .‘ of lap# A detective said ihe taj»e r j.-and atlTTcr.ihlh- ;m i». lie- a»jbe-ive II tape.Aiid-ihat-the -ap wa« aßt lrik * lev ; , The masked bandit* who *iagud : j the robbetA wore yai krt* and ‘1 chauffeur s < ap> rlji-k ad i hesiw tape on the niotuh* ri the i; five employe?- before they .*-' w«p» d fl mwMMHr tn hills and |in rht 'k- iriiu sacks and fled ~ . ( A state-wide alarm wa- broad ca*>! last nighi fur Manter aft r he J had been repotted mKsing and fail 4 »*d to show' up for work I4e wa< i found at the home of a niece in 5 Walt ham RisTSmlly skid he dkdn ’ show up for wprk because he ju*r . took the day-off" * Police did not Ki 3 picked up MAnrwr and ITatf The two men had been questioned *hortly afterb<‘ldap In anpfher /‘development of the , ja** a 2'‘y<ar<>Td army corporal. W’ihiam Casse wa* seized tea New York veterans JmspitaT after police learned hf* reportedly told <• a girl friend last month that he was going to make in an armored truck joh " Though police reported La. _£.«•*»■** ~ *aid he mid the story only "to , niy girl friend/ »wo . state pttßeevon were went to our» c turn the mas: J New Bridge Open To * Traffic On Tuesday i The ” newly < oustru. ted bridge e on the French Mnnrne tovnahip line road, two mile# we*t and two a. -MI I be opened tp the public Tuesday rt morning Phil Sauer emiUty highway auperinteudeuL aitnt»unced ’od The mad ha* been closed fn- ! some time while rxmstru. tion of K Yhd bridge'wan completed hl* » ' uorth.-aouth rnad and dfvbfen the -two t Ywnship* old r ; n< removed, after a trqck erashs ed through JhA Bee? The w* n bridge, i< constructed of steel and —*o«me»jt apd-to recarded as owe <»* county mad bridge* suit! h»”-a in recent *earw -r~-
