Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1950 — Page 2

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Jaran Are Sought For Mufior Trial SteMgrsfaw Tried For KiHing tarcytr oMtw, retuu reb. n. —(Vpi - Attorneys M»ta to compel* selection of a jury ttafaF to Mr tho trial <* * Maxom stenographer screwed or sfaytag * ycmafaeat attortey taa says ahi tovod. Five jarore-all omi wore chosen yesterday at the opening aeeefo* of the trial** Lanta MUM, M ui Minneapolis. Mina., oa firat Mreh murder charges. Praeeatattou at testimony wa» not expsctsd to begin tati! Thursday, baeaoaa the court will observe tha Wtohiadtoa's Mrthday holiday tomorrow. Mbs Millar to acressd at totally shooting Gordon Jernes, 20. on Jan. H 11 Mt HntthtoMM, Mina., M> flee. She admitted to police chief Chartoe Brodsria* that ate owned the J 0; eagitor revolver with through the heart. However. she denied that aho •hot Mm. Bha toM the gon went off as she and Jones struggled over it. “1 coaid never have hilled Gordon." ebe sobbed later. “1 loved him and 1 still do." -—: One of the state witnesses it expected to bo cab driver Lee Cooper, who told police he saw Miao Miller stumble into a reatauiant shortly after passers-by beard •bota in Jonea' office. Cooper said the girl wax cry tag and mattering “My honey, my honey." Ha went with her to Jones' office and foand the lawyer’s body. The cabble said Miss Miller bad hired hie cab several time* during the weekend before the - •hooting gad Instructed him to drive up end down the Hutchinson j

REAL ESTATE AUCTION Pursuant to an order of the Adams Circuit Court. 4 will tell at Public Auction, on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 — 2 P. M. The following detcrlbed'Real Estate in Adams County, Indiana: Commencing st a point on the W. boundary ot theright-rf way ot V. 8. Hy. No. 33. which point is 1430 ft. BE , following the course 7.~.of4te9y.,ftomtMßEcor*er «f t’leasant Milla' Cemetery •+rise -___;._* iuu>wa A* .8l .Marys Twp. Cemetery 1. thenceSEalongtheW boundary of said Hy. a distance of 100-ft.. thence SW. parallel With tbe SE. established boundary of a tract of land consisting of ap proximately 5 7tb»- of an acre owned by Iteane D. and llaxel A. McMillen a distance of 300 ft.; thence NW a distance of approximately 100 ft parallel with the Hy , thence NE. along the, SE property line of the land owned by Deane I>. and Hazel A. McMillen to th- place Os begfhhTfig. being a part of the NW quarter ot Section 38 In Twp. 27 N. of R 15 E.. and containing in all fireseventha (s.7ths) of an Serie more or less LOCATION The sth house southeast of Pleasant Mills on No. 33. on the «otith side of road or 4'j miles southeast of iterator on No. S 3. -Xhls house i, io. -> d.on alpiost an a. re of land and tt has 5 nice rooms, with good cemented utility room, new Automatic Oil Furnace. Thermo- . itat conUid._and Air circulator. Both front, and- back porches, ace andosed With JusT'a smalt amount of work, such as painting and seeding the lawn, would make this a nice Country home, only I'a miles from D-catur. Small Chicken House and New Tool shed . i IMMEDIATE POSSESSION _____ TERMS I 3 Cash on day of sale, balance upon delivery of Merchantaide Abstract-of Title. For further information please contact the Auctioneers or Lawyers. OWNERS—John.fI. Young, Executof for the Samantha E. Young Estate - Lawyers j I> 8 Flair A‘r tF’ Kent -Auctioneers T G. Strl- kier—Salps Mgr. Sale Conducted by The Kent Realty & Auction Co Inc. I-ecatur. Indiana — Phone t>B 17 31 1 ——- T _. to- —C— ' ACTION ... **'•*•*•*«- reeien in the vital kwtn your car's < caoimg sy*T*rr* •ng’n« safe from ■5 cold-weather frwwru-vpe. 1£ ’ . w we-.- 4.. WWw WWW ) WMF COF M tolM’ Ito wa <-4 wta w» CM- Mtai tMM WI _ BRANT MOTORS, INC. 3rd A. Monroe Ik-ratur. Ind. y n®ii 1 = CITIES <@) SERVICE =:

•traat wtars jaiss wto fib Sally lived. - At a preliminary hoaring. the police chief teetffloA ttoat Was Mlb tar waa croache* ever Jomo’ boto. aobhtag. whew ho arrivoA to tovoetigate the shooting. Me sata ate waa munnartng repeatedly: "Why dta this have to happen? Why M Ibh tow to tofftaF Authorities never announced > whether the girl made a .formal ’ itateineiiL r Bat her sttoriieya. Frank Waner 1 MUI Don Morgan. mM: "Rn.are eonftaent that M Jary la the land > would ever convict her when it 1 hears *0 facta that we now I pogaesa ' • They woatd/teil reveal ntel those facta were. » . , ,■ -iTiTTr—_ ; 9«nw Pupils Win Superior tarings , , Berne, Feb. 11, - The following , teen! stnAents who partlcfpatbd fa . toe district solo aM ensemble contest al Fort Wayne Saturday t von superior rettags, entitling I them to participate la the state ; finals at Indiaupolia Marsh 3J: , Lena Nussbaum. Mary LM Ynbrtr, ; vocal; Joan Lehman, clarinet solo; Jack Nussbaum, baritone horn. , Nancy Lehman, Ardna Beaty. ; Gretchen Bagley. Marlfln Habeil ger, Sylvia Masettn, Loon Gould. Patsy Bauserman. Georgia Haack- . er. Alice Nenenschwander tad I Dfann Habegger. all piano nolae: Mary Mae Chrisman, Joan Nnso--1 baum. Lena Nussbaum and , rey Whitehurst, suing ensemble. Several other stuients won ex- . cellent ratings. In the Pennsylvania coal mines there are more miles of railroad track underground than there are ■ on the surface. One-sixth of the people of the world live In India. The Alaska Highway. 1.520 miles J Jong, cost 323.000 per mile to bulhl • and maintenant e costs run an av- ' erage of |7ofl per mile.

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OBHWMwTe Ared Ptodd Sriß Nationwide Strike Fvfldlftv Wtahlngtoa. Feb Federal mediators opened b new drive today to head ott a nationwide telephone stkke next Friday Spokesmen ter CIO communications workers union met with spokesmen tor the Western Elec-

tric rniwpißy's VM** ***4 IKS Cyrai I. CMhi. About 100,0«e commiinlcattons porkers were read* to walk oat, at • am. focal ttaw Friday, to Western Electric plants aiid othbr Bell System facilities across the country- About 150,000 others were expected to respect picket lines and sta> oft their jobs. Chfek cafled the conference yesterday. Spokesmen for the union accepted Immediately. Western Electric later agreed to participate. CWA president Joseph Belrae told a union meeting in Memphis last night that a strike Friday was “InevitWe.” .... The union told Ching yesterday that "no prodrees" has been made la negotiations since two weeks ago when tt postponed the walkout at the mediation director’s request Its report, required by the trace agreement, said the company has failed to '‘engage in honest and forthright negotiations," has rejected voluntary arbitration and has turned down its offer to provide emergency telephone service.

Young Girl Restiies Throe From Flames tadlaMpotta, Feb. 21—(UP)— N'lneyeacold Sheila Annette Ben pin rescued her three younger brothers and sisters from their burning home last night after smoke overcame their father. The 1 house caught fire when Bobby. 5, ' flipped a cfgaret lighter and it 1 caught a drape over the bassinet of I two-months-old Mary Lou. J Sheila screamed, and carried the baby to a neighbor’s home. The : father. Edward L. Benson, jumped I Up and telephoned police but was < overcome while trying to put out I the fire. Sheila ran back in the house and led Bobby and Penrod. < 2,- to -safety. Firemen revived him. HIGHOFFICIAL lleetlwaea Prvm l*eue Oae> Julius A. Krug signed a union ] government agreement boosting! wages and the welfare fund royalty Picket violence continuedin the ( coal fields as the operator-union I negotiations resumed in Washing ton. A group of 2.000 pickets traveling 400 autos gathered at the j Carrier Coal Co., mine at Conifer , Pa. turned over workers’ automo biles and Set she tßtffr'Oppr ons fire ! When a fire truck from nearby' BrookviUe arrived, the pickets at , tempted to keep It from the mlnej but a squad of 30 State police clear-1 ed the way in West Virginia, warrants were issued rfor toore than -75-pickets - including one woman: is flic rr ’ - suit of violent attacks on minesand miners The woman was ac , caused of jabbing bound non union 1 I workers with a hat pin I jV. S textiles. The largest coal-loading crane

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CaLiH Nto hron JvVWI IwWlv vWI VI 9 For Doctor's trtf At Lent Helf Will Be Roman Catholic Manchester, N. H., Feb. 21—(CPI —The Jury to be completed and sworn today in the "mercy murder'" trial of Dr Hermann N Baader will be at least halt Roman Catholic Nine of the 12 jurymen were picked yesterday In the first day of the tl-year-old general practl-1 tioner’s trial . Six of them were Catholics One . was an Episcopalian,''" one a Baptist, and one a Presbyterian.. Meantime a conference tn the judge's chamber*-delayed the opening of the second-day session . of 1 the trial today. Subject of the con-' ference was not disclosed. ; The CjsthoUc church JtuJiggll - outspoken in Its opposition to -mercy killing The slate charges; Di sunder on i»c 4 injected I* 1 Cubic centimeters of air Into the I veins of Mrs. Abbie C Borroio. A i dklng cancer-tortured patient of ! his. with the deliberate Intent “tn I kill and murder her." It was regarueu as certain that the jury would be completed today and the one alternate selected It was ’anticipated that they might betaken to the Hillsborough, county hospital, eight miles from the county courthouse, to view the scene of the alleged murder The nine Jurors selected.wpen' the night locked up on th* third floor of the Carpenter hotel, half a block from tha red brick courthouse The completed jury and the alternate w ill-stay In the hotel dur ing the evenings for the duration of the trial _ .SupcrUir court judge Harold E Westcott a-ki d thy press to r- train . from printing the questions "or the 1 1 nature of the questions" asked, prospective Jurymen un'il the jury I has be, n .completed That was to: prevent veniremen who did not de sire to serve from thinking up ar.

Throe Mtn Art HtW For Counterfeiting La Balls. 111., Fab. 21. -(UPJTbrea Para. HL. men were haid in jail hare today after they admitted counterfeiting umtu than 000 lead quarters fa an unauccess ful attempt to beat the alot much inee. I Police said the trio admitted That they had tried to cheat the ' "onearmed bandits" hut had won - nothing. ’ ■ " "" ■'■ 1 i swers that would caua? them to be I .[■excused. • . ♦ . I , | ft was regarded as significant, < ~ however, that of the <0 veniremen; / questioned yesterday, 13 were excused by the judge "for cause." The , state, used four of Its 10 peremptory . challenges in dismissing venire-

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well utilized for stairs and veetlbulbs. There are ctoeets In both veetibules. two In kltchen-dlnetto » line* cfoato in bedroom hall, wardrobe typo closets la Rear vdstlbulo leads to basement, garage, kitchen. All rooms open into six toot hall, reducing waste space and providing free circulation between rooms. The kitchen and bathroom plumbing with laundry below simplifies plumbing Installation. The centrally located chimney permits location of furnace tn center of house. The exterior Is finished with wide aiding, and the two foot overhanging foot has asphalt shingles fltmenslons are 48 feet by 20. Main body to 22 feet deep. Floor area without garage la >35 square feet, cubage 17.200. For farther information about THE CLARIDGE. write the Bmall House Planning Bureau. Bt. Cloud, Minn.

men. and the defense used eight of Its 20. .- Neither side nor the judge asked any questions of prospective Jurors about religion No questions were asked about mercy killing. In the recent Bridgeport. Conn., •"mercy slaying" trial of Carol Ann Palght, 21, who killed ter eaneerridden father, the state's attorney asked each venireman H he believed a person should be "put out of thia life to end sutfe ring " Although Louis E. Wyman. Dr. Sander's Tt-yearold chief trial Counsel, has not said what his defense will be. It has been widely reported the defense will contend that Mrs Borrato died of natural reuses before the doctor injected air bubble, into her Mood system.s The United States has 30 per cent of the world's railway reltoage-,

Jic A Weiss Seeks To Avoid SenteKe Ruling Is Awoittd From Federal Judge Indianapolis, Fob. 21— (UPI— Fbrmer Indiana state senate president Jacob Weiss qpd two business associates irere in jnil today awaiting a federal Judge’* ruling on their effort* to avoid three-year prison terms. Weise and the others were convieted two years ago on charges of failing to report 1307,000 in black market liquor sales profits during the war and conspiracy to evade federal taxes. The others were Max' Stryk. Gary, and Louis Rosenblum, Hammond. Judge Waiter C. Lindley of the V -8. circuit eoart of appeals in Chicago sentenced each to three years on evasion charges and two years on conspiracy charges and fined each lin.ooo. However, an appeals court reversed: the conspiracy conylctlons ■nd the supreme court upheld the evasion convictions. The conspiracy charges were <Hs charged yesterday and the defendants filed a motion to set aside 'he three-year prison terms on the , evasion charges Escapes Uninjured - In Aute Accident Mrs. Dwight McCurdy, *O4 Clove- ■ Ignd street, today ear-sped serious 1 injury when the car she was driv- ' ing left the highway while en- ' route to Fort Wayne. A mall ' truck preceding the "McCurdy car r had stopped on the highway, and . Mrs McCurdy, .who was traveling alone put on the brakes to avoid ' hitting tt. The car then skidded off i the highway, through a fence, and ■ shoot 100 yards into afield. Aa the car hit the fence, Mrs. McCurdy was thrown out, suffering minor bruise* The car was returned to Iterator by a local garage The ac cldent occurred In Allen county} on 1.8. highway 27. Fsegs M a GeeU Town — Deeetw* •

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Holtliouse Brothers Injured In Accident James tfoMnue *M expected to be dismissed from St. Joseph's hoepftal Fort Wayne, after being treated for a deep scalp wound and cut on the left ear. received fa aa auto mishap Sunday evening aa he and hta brother. Dan, wore driving from their apartment to the Winston Les country home. The accident occurred on Sherman boulevard. They were traveling south and a car going fa the opposite direction strata a stretch of ice. which threw it across the highway, striking the Holthonse car haadou. Fort Wayne police said they had notified the highway department just a few minutes before to spread sand at the hazardous point. Dan received a bump on hta forehead, but was not hoepltalised. A master clock In the control room at Grand CoUlee regulate* the accuracy of all electric clocks in the Pacific Northwest. AewolasamM •< SCsrmMrts -—~—faMini *•. eaus WeVtae S, torehy sl»««. That the uiitiervlKiied he* been *p*<»int-e Bkecdtrks of the eetsle of Fred I. Patterx-n lale of Adame County, de<oa*ed The eelate la pr«*>*My sdl.runx : Hetam Putswn Rsrewtris I .to la 1., smith AttMUeg Jaaoarx la, IMO. FEB. 7—lt—3l M*»tt•« *rn TAxravusui nr xiMsmouAL ArrnormiaTioiss Notb-e la hereby given the tsapareva nt Hoot Township. ASarna County, Indiana, that the proper legal orfleern or aald township at their regular meeting place at T:V* p. m., far. isttu I*3o. will consider tbs following s<Mltlonal appr.iprlattons which sai.o officers ransides neceasarr to meet the ritraardinary emergency satstlng at this lime. ripe- lai A-hool Fund No !r. Mileage for Vocational Agriculture.*--'-Tea-tier tie#.#* Taxpayers appearing at such •ftfsentig-rextr-nsve ■ iigni <-■ •«- ■ heard thereon The addltl-m-il appropriation as finally made will ne automatically referred to the gt.-io Board tis TWx ('•wnwriaatuaonL. w.bl h Board will hold a further hearing within fifteen day* at the County Auditors office of-A-Jame County, Indiana, or at *»--h other pises as mat be -leslgnated. At s*l< h hearing. .taxpayer* obte-ilna lu nuclt .addttlonal appropriation may ->e ffiesr-i and interested taxpavers may 1 Inquire of th* Coitniy' Aqdxi«r wh«n and-whet.- em-h hearintr'wlH er-Au-ld. IlfaHUlK WHtHWFJtorEIN ' Trustee of Hout UewMiblp 3/21--W