Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1950 — Page 2

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Mother Os 'Mercy' Killer Testifies “ Young Girl's Trial Is Now In Fifth Day Bridgeport. Conn.. Jan *1 —<UP> -enrol Ann Paigbl wept today when her 51-year-oM mother teeth fled “she could hot hare been of sound mind" when she kilted “her baddy, whom she loved so very, very much." —“She l could —not -have been of sound mind," Mrs. Mury Nolan Palght testified. "It was against her religious training, against the very fibre of her being " Mrs ("sight was the second de I , " J " '

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1 lease wltneea called la the fifth day ut th* 21-year-old college sea tor's -mercy killing’ triad tn support the eon tent km that Carol was temporarily insana when she shot ’ b<r father. Carol killed her father. Stamford. Conn. puttee Sgt. Cari Haight. 52. on his hospital bed last Sept. 23 shortly after she had learned he .was suffering from an incurable cancer. She fired a single ballet from his own M ealibre service revolver into his brain. Carol’s sandy - haired brother. Carl. Jr. 22. put a sympathetic arm around her shoulder as her mother told how Carol and the. strapping. 6-foot 2-inch police sergeant had been “practically inseparable" pals. ; Many of the 100 spectators and some of the nine women jurors were moist-eyed as Mrs. Haight, dressed ia severe black, described her daughter’s reaction when they went together to Bridgeport hospital and were told that "Daddy" was "riddled with cancer.” “1 realised she was screaming: don’t tell Daddy don't tell D«d<j|V I pushed herdown the hall I shook her hard She stopped and sat up. I realiged she was very wooden. She was staring and staring and rigid" Mrs. Haight said they went together to "Daddy's room” and took Heats on opposite ’ldes of the bed to watch as lie recovered from the effects of anesthesia alter an exploratory operation. Mrs. Haight said she became 111 and went outside the room and vomited. She said she was taken to an adjrfnlng room lor some time but became worried about "Ditty” family nltkname. "I went out and saw her In an other room on a couch," Mrs. Paight said. “1 rushed lojier and said: 'Ditty, what’s the matter?' She was convulsive, sobbing: she didn't answer me •» "I asked a nurse, "did she faint’’ ’■'‘The nurse said. 'no. she tried to kill her .father.' "I said. 'oh. dear God—did she smother him’' "The nurse said, 'no, she shot him. “They were practically inseparI able." she said You may sit at a hornet s nest ! tf,von mind your own business. If You Have Somethin# To Sell Try A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pays.

Vetera* Of Hone Served As Chaplain For Nearly 20 Years Washington. Ju 31 —. (UPi — ~ W James Biwr* idoefooutery. house of representatives chaplain since 1921, today ended his long congressional service. The 87-y ear-old native of Mt. Carmel. Ind . was given ar life-time appointment as chaplain emeritus at full pay’ of *3.900 a year. Rev Bernard Graskamp. a Presbyterian, was nemed to take his place , Although todgy waa Montgomery's last day In active service, be dids t mention It in his prayer He said it wouldn't be dignified As was his habit, he scrawled the prayer in longhand and slipped the peper la a pocket of his loose black coat until the time came to read it in the house chamber. One line said: "We pray for lifegiving calmness. majestic and invincible." Yesterday, the house acted on his request for retirement. He listened to fulsome oratae. head bowed and hands clasped Once he wiped the moisture from his spectacles and said' "In thee we shall never be, <lis- - llluqfoned. never disappointed, never put to shame." Montgomery was appointed by a Republican house hut stayed on . under the Democrats because his role was never political in the often unruly chamber. He formerly served Methodist churches in To I ledo, O. and Minneapolis. He told a reporter: "Meeting these men in our congress has made me more human. ■ more humble. I think our people > should have a greater respect for our lawmakers.’’ ; Gen. Herschy Named As College Trustee . Angola. !n<l. -lan 31. — Major Grnt-r.d L*’wis H Hershey. the director of selective iervFce, has accepted an appointment to the hoard of trustees at Tri-State College. from which he received his bachelor of science degree hi VH2. Acceptance by General Kershf .<• was mad* Jn a letter addressed' to Theodore T Wood, president of rthe tollege. - mtiwwhn r FOU Ilin** NoLlCfc i* hrr»-by given that tu< ~.f 1’ i h AV-ak- aud Safety ‘I !b”,A‘li’ - f - .»! it -H r » receive tl-*i hid* at Th'«’’hfff* t|ir Clerk-TreiM»ur<r. until tn. ta«» « ■ f 7 o*i o’.h k I’ M .-n the "th <!.«• ,f F. bruarv. !'*■»’. ’at which <ln»t th. "biilte will l»f. .pflbli’ ly Qpene.d .ihd i. ..t .*:•• ut for inlt ;•1 • « on t h f..||..Xk!"4 It. I ! ’•! i.< I”. .• -. <i .ii l , ’- ‘I sprrKrt r-v-i 4 • stroma r - r Che < b- *.(. Il ’r I << i t • • 1 L ioid A-pmH M«- ■ I - J l.lqasd -■■-lit? . Asph-t-Ji t-urjjjl.-v” < . ,n. ■ .hC.r.- - . ■'X it . : ie Tz.v • and Ma r a •' r.nr ’ *;r« hr M’• TfTnFat Spreartr-r H H .11 p-st-r Tr .<• t - S ’ •; • r - - . or any «»tb<i *"i>iipment that t «• '•» , ;i>« I hi repai:i!|K Vii r „A-ii. - in the »'.'V '■! I'• • . t- .1 I Lina • « ••♦:::m» D l»i r. All*bid?, ehail he ;•• •/up »n • I ai • ; .j h.iftd ~r •-. rtifi*-d ■ h*-- k in tlu <• •n -f J • AU hid-. b- :’.d with • « • rk i r f the./'HI I I .1 IT, India' 1 . r •. r fl ’ N-. •* . pr« M< I.X 'I..- State b •! ■ : \ ' t .. . I. .- i B• 1 <1 ■ f !'•: ’ U■ i k cjJ,'.Ui<’f »*>♦• Fity <■( J** ■ aiu’- ’. •• jana. rv.fs i’it- 21ji I WOHKS ANi• -■ \ '3 > I. I rrnssn lurnugf \ . JVN .1 '’J <.Tr«*le In ■ Fun» — llrratttr

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At Short Course Dr. Jacob A. Hoefer, above, associate professor of dnlmal husbandry at Purduq University, will teach the second part of the four weeks agricultural short course at the Purdue-Fort Wayne center. The week of February 13 to 17 will be devoted to a study ot "Feeding Practices” tor students enrolled in this second annual short course Dr. Hoefer was born on a livestock farm in Tippecanoe county, where he was active in 4-ii club work He was awarded a scholarship to Purdue in 1933. He majored in animal huslHiudry and graduated wtib distinction Ihitd Attempt To Free Old Mo Fails Battleship Missouri Still Stuck In Mud Norfolk Ba\. Va .lan .1 H ’• »-r. The navy today failed in ha t lird attempt to dialodKc the hauionhip Mibßouri from the mud am 1 sand that ha* held it fu*t, >ih» • Jan. 17. Thf navy radio ineMsauetl head quartcra at •about a ni IST. that ‘tUe- inilLlajam ’.ftltfX-1 i apd .two balviige Ships had I'bHjnh .Hid tt»- Mighty Mo ftu al most two hours. But the big vessel remained agroohd in the mud ai Tljimbhi Shoals ofl Hampton roads. Two earlier•at.tempHfr by the na to. .dislodge the 4 *.m'«*.tou pride -of th ■ I S. fleet had iji) more :sue. T h.- navy pj*>:ni>* »i.»> r ■ . that it wvttld :r.;fke an .iTT<»dl at! tempt-fir refloat -tio- ivasei i'htlF9v dav when th* mouth il«x*dti<l< .jiniildinn uith the .uU uipuu « nguifs th*’ harbor it sajd it may * even d* ide’i*a _ !Fi&>Ke’liTnrth* T rTry tumor i ut: — . Navy s O J%« x >< i .- .ita lomt den*, th* \ will <»e >.i< ve slul oh J Tod*'- - ■•*■“'« «h‘ atfetnp . • • •;.*<*.• ’ 1.4 d: • i !c.ii ■ i. tor that ad out • Hort * J oda . atternp! ..*4 UU}h I way L. | jf-ltT’jfkv 'fnn at i-'r ar-iip 'a- »y, j .tub's '•neared th» u hr-.’«s ft r ; dav Seven ia_ua ■ ! k turned on nJ ‘•’.•a >i ih a: ‘-retort tn ftri. Hte n : '-*•’* • • T7i7 •• up «hV ahd tried t.> -1, n. r >. t 1 . for • t ■.* y pull* «l A>: all : m r stia iivt b on ti.i •‘t<nu s:< .T~cask >*• imd i., 4<i pu-’-d The Xb. i.’k ,M .1.1 •; to bu-L. •• i ' It -i U- < p. i . -TeiTHb ..nd :. r*ah a-_t k♦ k . , .« .ki a j i -• ale t :f< it if ■ e. i.- > .ip ; Ike . • t .. M: . ..... - riAU ..... 2Hit” l4ii»‘d to’ ’ »'• th* di.-htr.*’* i-f -. J,,, • ... -*--TTUd .KIKi vTtTnI Then WH. -IB ml . -r. F.V wet ' •j th. .inxaaip .• • ■•»(. . , v■ . ‘ «•.. t . .u. » i’; pad 1 ‘ ’ ... ’..• L ' V .... .» u . >-• i i . I.* U | .... mrus. Four Children Are Abandoned By Mother .1 ■ ’> !.*■ - n ’.yii i young: th* >*<!• • • ■ -.; • ;: I ■ 1 ' J-' -<•..? are not 1 charges any e tllert ___ FOR SHOES

County Home Boiler Is Out Os Order The peupte living at the county home afe boplng tor an early spring —one that would begin immedlkteiy . For one of the boilers in the home which usually heats the place went out of order, and it’s as cool as a spurned lover's glare in the home. Frank Kitson. superintendent, says that work will begin Wednesday morning to get the boiler which was installed in 1935. tn working order again. Freight Service Is Improved By Pennsy f Widespread improvements and innovations in fast merchandise freight service" were announced today t>y the Pennsylvania railroad, W. H Barber, local agent, stated The Improved service is tor less than earload shipments and will be available at all points on the Pennsylvania line. The road has Installed more than WO large box cam specially equipped for merchandise and package freight. ’ The new service l>ecame available today. Barber explained. BOSTON CITY (donb From Page On«> ton labeled the ban M "too bad." One said "there may be some feeling of personal rebuff" on the parr of “the visiting Japanese. "They're pretty Im p ortaut people." he said. Mayor John B. Hynes, who suggested the visit to the council, said he was “disturbed by the unpleasant episode." He had neglect•■<l to warn the council that the Japanese were coming. When the delegation arrived outside the council chamber, coumllman James S. Coffey of East Boston cried, "keep those» Japs the lirH-oiit of here.' "They rer probably taking pictures of I'ortressea ami trying to learn about the A-bomb," Coffey said. "We feed them and clothe them Hunt let'; educate them so they um start another war, in .» few ■ >ears . William H Hurley, csitinill presl ’’dent, held off the visitors and yfdered the chamber doors dosed while .Coffeyhs motion was debated. Th*- Japanese were eseorte-l ba;k to the mayors waiting room. Coff. . a veteran of World War I and lather dT a vtisatded vetertuv of W rid War 11. urged the other . outy 11 members to "remember the sneak atiaek they pulled" Council Milton Cook of ’ HorI heater a ’ veteran of the south Ha. ifh < aiiii>algn. < on. < ded his 'sympathy with Coffey's remarks ut reminded rhe others that the Teti’imrtim had- been sept by Ma* Arthur. Houser (’offer, motion pass ••d and 'her. on a motion to re ■ ..nri.l.r Coft.v tc.(‘k the floor I epnin —- I I :u I .ohm, to help the little -•! :i..» - io- -aid "tlo private, the ■> rgeunt and the Be -<md I.tauten ni I .i n thinking of the public j as a * hole Heed then! I say. but don't , ilm .if c .lb* *i ““ 1 “Their empogur . had ,an educatfnn and he taught bls fotc.'i’s to fU(it ns That is a lessori 1 never will (iirgio — Htrt h -i-vcrv dav and l*e done with it

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No SteW Skarily Bills Enacted Yet JFisW OHics Heod Makes Explanation Although several bills now pend log before Congress would change tire present social security act, Christian H. W. Lueeke. manager > of the Fort Wayne social security : field office saM today, "none ot these bills have been enacted into law. There has been no change in the aaieuiit of benefit or in the amount that a person may eart and still receive his benetßa.’*' A bitt to become law mttat be I passed by both houses of congress : and signed by the president or if it • ts vetoed by the president. It may , become law If it Is passed over hfs veto by two-thirds majority of r both the house ot representatives 1 and the senate. i If the bill passed by the senate [ differs from the bill prevlouriy . passed by the house of representsr fives, the differences must be compromised- by committees of both . bouses meeting in joint session. Even though there has been no change in the social security act, Lueeke invites workers In this area having questions concerning the operation o{ the present social se- . curtty act to contact bls office. The , social security field office ia located at 305 Federal Building. Fort ' Wayne J„ Ind. 1 Settee et Maul ut Estate Ma. AST I Notice is hereby givsn to the ' creditor". h«ir» ssd legatees of . Jacob K Ulman, deceased to appear In the Adams Circuit Court, held at ' I»e<'atur, Indiana, on the it day of ■ February, ISin, and show cause, it any. why the FINAL HEITLKMKNT ACCOUNTS with the estate oT said decedent ehould nol be approved; and Mid heirs "are notified lo th m and there »ah* proof of heirship. . and receive tholr distributive shares. aertrade ■- Will" »dstlalstretrts nvretsr. Indiana, danaary 14. taaa. ' AKorney Henry ■. Heller JAN .4—31 Peace is the oppoulte for fear and worry. Trade In a wood Tawn — Decatur

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CITS 1W fCisaHsesd »rem PWs Masi example” of the way tax laws permit business profits to go uataaed ia the California A Hawaii Sugar Refining company. He said tha company pays no taxes, although U "makes millions ot dollar* in proijb," because it ia a oooperMire. Re Mid beainessmen dominate the comprtv. bat since they also own plantations they have formed a farmers’ co-op and the company has But paid "a federal income tax since 1927.” Maaon named Gordon Dleaing of Omaha, Neb., as an "enterprising young lawyer" who baa turned the tax laws to good advantage. He said Dieaing hau set up two char Hable organisations which have purchased the fabulous Tom Campbell wheat ranch in Montana and the 35.000 acres of California cot- ■ ton land. Both properties now are exempt from the 38 percent corporation income tax. Mason says. He said other schools involved In like real estate deals include Gonxaga Cottage of Spokane. Wash.; whleh owhn a radio atation Mason also took a healthy ’ awlpe at "so-called little" cooperatives. There are many other farmers'

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