Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1950 — Page 1

Vpl XLVIILNo. 64.

STUDY DEFENSE AGAINST ATONIC ATTACK

Bulk Os FDR i Papers Made Piilk Today To Ex-President's Colorful Personality Hjda Part, N. T-. March IT.— (UPI Tbe bulk of Franklin D i Roosevelt‘a personal and political papers vet* made public Today. releallug new sides to bis colorful '... ' personality. The LMA.MKI pace* of papers .7=7 ‘ cover all of Mr Roosevelt’s ®l from an announcement mesaage written by bis father a tew minutes after bls birth to what are bettered to be the last words he Wrote “let us go forward with strong and active faith." ft was revealed that like many another person he attempt edTnnrr time to time to keep a diary, but never was able to stick to it He also was a frustrated novelist, having started an historical novel about a business tycoon Rut he only finished two pa*e* One paper showed that two days before Pearl Harbor Mr Roosevelt Invited the late Wendell Willkle to go to Australia and New Zealand as his personal representative but told him the Japanese situation was "definitely serious’’ and “per’ haps . the next four or five . days . . will d.* >d. It." • ■ In a letter written lit the’ spring of lift, Mr. Roosevelt described Herbs*! Hoover, then candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. as "hn old. personal friend of mine." About 15 percent of the pPPW dentlal papers were withheld be- * cause they deal with persons stflH living, and io project state secrets However. Herbert Kahn, the dlrvcTor of the Franklin D Roosevelt library, emphasised that in no case was aTbrumenl restricted to pro tect the memory of the late dentThere Is no necesslty' to protect. Roosevelt,Kahn said "He Is dehd There is nothing that' could be said about bfhi now that could iltioiv him materially or -hart-his - :- w <l»-IFtte -l, ( tr.*.t; and i-.rtainh vtonona worte ;t.isa;n. ,utltil®l ... * '—4.? Kahn. 6n» of tour men who -pin; more than a year cataloguing the I papers to make them' available to; qualified researchers said be did i not believe any of them would cause "any rtroliilionary upheave!” in .tmulrrn historical writing or affect the fundamentals of the known Roosevelt story in “any important way " Mr* Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the ’’.2nd president, was among lhe speakers at opening ceremonies of the small stone library building a saw hundred yards from the Roose velt Hyde Park home Today is the ♦ 45th anniversary of their marriage Mr Roosevelt was the first American president to leave his president isl and personil papet- to 1 the nation Never before have a president's private, tiles been open , ed for publication so soon after his death Even the paper- of John and John Quincy Adams are avail-, '“able today only with the permission; <T»rw Te fee’ SliaMl Rev? Gerald Stucky Is Rotary Speaker The Rev Gerald Stutky. for . four ynars a mlasqngry for the M-nnouHe church in South America wag the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rothary club Thursday evening Rev Stucky, a native of Berne, presented an interesting discussion on the difference In th* way of life in the United States and in Latin-America. — Tteclaiiotoerved a moment of silent prayer In metnoVy of A. D. Suttles, charter member of the >- club, who died suddenly Thur*- ... jlay morning Two new members were Introduced. Simon Heemstra. ' of the Central Soys Co., and Dr Ray Stlngely. dent!-t Earl Fuhrman was chairman of the program • ’ — WEATHER Parity eteudy tonight, aome—what colder north portion; Saturday meetly cloudy with scattered anew flurries north, partly eloudy south; colder north and central Saturday. Low tonight 20 to a extreme north, 35 south; high Saturday near 10 north, near 40 south.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

| Candidate | I ftr Jas fl Richard L. Hendricks Richard Hendricks Sheriff Candidate To Seek Nomination On Democrat Ticket Richard L. Hendricks, a World War JI vst»ran, today announ* rd his candidacy for the Democratic nomination fur. sheriff of Adams county, subject to the primary election Tuesday. May 2 Hendricks, who is 2S years of age and unmarried. Ilves with his mother, Mr* John Hendrick*: ;at fll North 15th gtreei In this city; ■ The sheriff candidate was tern west of Berw and attended lhe Geneva schools Hendricks is a member of Adams Post 43. American Legion, and aa 1 asMvehnember of the Decatur ,'rolunt|er tire department. Thia ■ 4« the first time be ha* sought public office. Pre-School Clinic Here On April 13 PT A Meeting Held Here Lost Evening The annual presahool > link for ♦Ww-widr • c Cf-c'tc. 1...1 . ill-.. I.H>C ta.!j win “ be-TieTd"Trrur«ray AprftlS. t i’ was antiOTrnred today. following ■ the ’regular monthly meeting of the i Lincoln parent-teachers association 1 test evening The clinic, conducted by the! PT A In conjunction "with Decatur physicians ice held .tach spring in order that any .. physical defects found during tlir.examinations may be corrected, before III*- opening of school in Sept* niter During last night’s meeting. Miss Georgia Foughiy was appointedi t-haii nian of the nominating coin I tnitiee, with Mrs John Halterman j and the Rev A (’ E (inlander a*; the other member- • The annual election-of officers will be held at J |Hw im: maettng J Mis* Jean Shockley. Adams <-oun | ly health nurse, spoke on “Health ! otidi lons in tfte school*at the: -meeting Followiug ter addle-- a ' panel question and answer jieriird ; - to ld The mt •: Ing_ was opened { with group singing led by Mrs F IH; Willard and Miss Georgia Fought'y. with invea-ation by the Kc c William <’ F. Ibr Six Bum To Death i As Home Destroyed Michigan Family Os Six Dead In Flames Port Huron. Mich. Mar. 1" (UPj—A mother and father and their four small children learned to d-sth early today when fire raced through their «aaaH teua* near here . Killed were Kenneth Chase. 42., - hta jateXtaUL"-. ?.?- *n mother, and thetr children, ranging from two to six years old Flames shot through the onestory cinder bloc k home two hours sfter the family had reMr-ed A neighbor said the Chases had spent most of the ’night playing Canasta with friends. Ray Goushaw. who lives next door, called Bremen when he saw names licking out of the windows it i Ha m The mother eras found In bed with ertm her clill.tren The father Was near the kitc hen door. iTan Tw rave KtuMl

| Stephenson's ParoleUpTo Stafeßoard | Former Klan Leader Seeks Release From I Long Prison Term II Michigan City. Ind., Mar. 17 — ' (UP>—David C. Stephenson. M. I -former Ku Klux Klan leader who I once boasted he was “the law" In I Indiana, goes before a state parole board today to seek releas- from bls sentence .tor-the murder of a pretty stat* employe 25 years ago. I It will be his first appearance before the board. But It will be his 47th attempt to gain freedom from the state penitentiary where he was sent tn I»2G for the kidnap, rape and later murder es 28-year-cdd Madge tyberhoHser- ... Indiana Gov. Henry F Sc hricker paved the way for Stephenson’s appeal today wham he commuted Stephenson* sentence from life to "time s«*rved to litei’ The former Indiana grand dragon thereby Icecame Immediately eligible . jjjggjjjj,-" ... "I think the Stephenson case la a page in Indiana history that ought to be cloaed.’’ ‘Schrlcker said March 4 when he commuted the sentence, "lie has served 2» yesrs a pretty long "pan of his life". .. . In Ma. •previous Appeals, which the pudgy balding klan leader handled himself. Stephenson contended he was a “political prison *r." His conviction came after Mephensdn. acc-ompanted by three of ’ Ifta’, klan “ bodyguards, kidnaped Mlv, pterhuHxyvr in HtdlatepollS and took her alxcard a train bound for Chicago. Once alone with her in his compartment, he subjected the girl to a vicious sexual attack which severely injured her . The party left the train kt Ijainmund. Ind., about LIO miles 'from Indianapolis. Mice* Oterholtter managed Io Slip away frolic' the hotel where lhe party registered to_a drug; ' vim* Steph- Usein then dispatched his Ito.lveuarciv wHh the girl back toj i died three- week* later But tefore she died. Miss OberI her Indliricapolls home where she i hidiXer sig.n**d a deathbed state cTwra Tw Few*- Kluhrc Hairy I. Stolts Is Sheriff Candidate Decatur Man Seeking i Democrat Nomination ! Harry L. Stolts. General Klac- [ trie employe and former chief of, | the Decatur fire department, today announced his candidacy for sheriff of Adapts rounty; subje<’t to the decision of the voters In the Democratic election May 2 Stult* is a lifelong resident of Decatur He attended Decatur high | school and has been a volunteer fireman. In the Decatur depanment ’ tor 22 yearn. ’ Mr and Mrs Stults reside in their own home at 522 Cleveland 1 street and have'one Robert, student at International Business CuUege. The candidate stated that he planned to make a thorough can vasa of the county during the next six weeks He is a grandson of the late Jacob Stult* who was sheriff of Adams county more than 45 years ago. L : - - -. • . """ " . ' . ~ Some Indiana Roads Reported Dangerous Indlsnspnll* March Snow and a mixture of snow and , rain made driving dangerous over northern Indiana today fftate. po-H«-e reported that highways In the south central and north cen tral areas were clear. But mixed snow and rain made . roads In the Dunes Park area slippery In spots Snow covered the tdgonler area and highways were slick In the north portion In- , lhe Pendelton district northern toads were slippery from snow and the rest were wet.

ONLY DAILY NCIDSFAPU IN ADAM* COUNTY

Decohir, Indiana, Friday, March 17,1950

Rep. Douglas In Senate Race I ' I K aA WITH A SMILE. Rep. Helen Gahagaa Douglas Hies papers to enter ('aliforxte’s Kenai * race on both Republican and Democratic tickets. Receiving the documents Is Benjamin B. Hite, Ixis A ng-les county registrar of voters. Another famous name In the Contest is that te James Roosevelt, son of FDR,

AMKMMce Winners In Essay Contest Legion Auxiliary Winners Announced Nteies of the winners of the receft eaeay coateM conducted by the ladies auxiliary. American f*egio<> post 43, were jmnounced today by the president oTthe auxiliary. Mrs. Lawrence Rash Jn anhOtiilclng the winners. Mrs Rash noted that Mrs. Roxie Kessler is the chairman for this year, and was in charge of the contask. " ~ X Ann Smith, of the Decatur Cath» lie high, school, was the first prise winjier of the essay epnteuf which was limited io the subject. "The right* we defend" Judge* f<»r thy,, • imitet were tornty Severin fti-hurger. • and a metiiber of the Daily Democrat staff it was noted by the judge* that the prise winning pup-r probed the subject In a most original man tier, aud forcefully defined -the rights which are worth defending. J and. logically stated why they should be defended However, closely contesting lhe winning paper were th- second and third place winners, whose essays were given much consideration before finally placing them behind Miss Smith Second place went to Catherine Lothe. of the Decatur CTwra Te Fane Seiewl ' I Omer Banta Dies At Home In Richmond Omer Banta. 42. Richmond, died following a fall suffered several day* ago. according to word received by friends and relatives in Decatur My. Banta fell, striking nis head, several days ago and death came Thursday. ” Tito deceased Is a cousin of Harry Essex of Decatur and a brotherin law of Charles Andrews of city,. The widow was formerly: Daisy Andrews of Monroe. Mr. and Mrs Essex motored to Richmond this aflernooti. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon

(Rev X. J, Welty. Decatur MiMionary Church) '-•°Trzr “The Power of Persistence” “And let u» not grow weary In wall doing: for In due 1 season we shall reap, if we taint not " Gal. «:» - This-scripture-stow* .us lheneed_and-.thapo.wer .oL persisjenee. , There may be some who have become weary in their Christian li> and are at the point of turning back , To them, is thia eth couragement elven Let each remain fixed In character and go on in hla Christian life and service in spite of opposition or dis. ouragement Al| need to be reminded of I Cor lk M. 'Be ye eiead fast. unmoveoMe. always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know ths! your labor la not in vain in the Lord Let us not Mrset In what we should ho persistent BE PERSISTENT IN WELL DOING! It Is not sufficient to merely have a profession of faith but that profession must bo supported by s Uta ' of obedience to the Lord Our life and works need to be such that are approved at God Thin should be our greatest concern for “he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of'l he Spirit reap l|te everlasting " Gal. »:».

Authorities Hold Death Car Driver, -»• The ’drlvef of a car wt»U h left Ind -43 south of here, rolled over four times and hilled a passenger was held on a drunken driving charge today, authorities said. Lwlt Motts. M. Wanatah, died 1 , tefiwrte accident and police Jailed ,1 Edward Menke 21. also of Wana- | tah Rlenke was uninjured In the m-cldent which tkcurred. polk'e said, aa the car was speeding. I ' Suttles Funeral To Be Held On Saturday Rites Saturday For Prominent Resident I Mill k*'*et*«at-' nent Decatur business and civic, leader, who died suddenly Thursday mottling .at hi* home in this city Services will be held at 2 o’clock I Saturday afternoon at the First ‘ Methodist church. Dr Gerald If Jone*, pastor of the church officiating Service* will also ti'e conducted at the church by the Scottish Rite. Burial will be in the De- a’ur cemelet y I. Friends ma> call at the Zwick funeral home until time of the serv- ; ic»’ Pallbearers will te Charles A j Burdge. Isadore Bernstein. Clyde Butler. Frank Kitson Virgil Krick and Cal E Peterson Honorary palltearers will be 'Ea'fl Coftpr." Ts: ~K Steury. J. G Gattachall. Giles Por - ter. George Helm. Noah Schror-k. Harry Dailey. Mrs Hugh Andrews. Russell Owens and Fred Mills. ' . Mr Suttle* was a former teacher and principal Os the otd South Ward grade school in this city, and later formed the Suttle* Co., which he beaded at the time of his death. Active in church, business and civic . circles, he was a nu mber of The I First Methodist church, a charter member and former president of the Rotary club, and active to the Masonic lodge, the "MTipaK"'*tenK* Knights of Pythias and BPO Elk*.

Says Survivors Os Atom Bomb Attack Can Expect To Live A Normal Life

Charges Miners Kept On Strike By Lewis Secret Signals Ara Charged To Official \ Canton. 111., March 17. rUPJ-j The ousted president of a united mine workers local charged today that John L. Lewis kept miners on strike during the recent coal crisis through a secret system of signals. —Lloyd H. Sldener. 44. charged that la-wis ducked a contempt of court citation by publicly ordering the miners -back to • work, but used a secret signal to 'Seep item “pur of the pits Sldener. who said he was deposed as president of local 7455 because he tried to lead a back-to-work movement 14»t month, has filed aa unfair labor practice charge agaipst the union. „ ■ He charges that the union assessed a 150.0M1 fine against him. got him fired from the Barkheart Coal mine, and threatened to assess him 325 a day -more than a day's wage for every day he works in any mine under contract with the BMW. .. “'7 Sldener said the secret signal was “the whistle blew on*." He said it was passed down through the union’s “chain of comI maud" by telephone after Lewis haft sent a telegram to district and local officers ordering the strike 'tended "forthwith." '! Ax a result -of the telegram, the '' union was cleared of contempt charges last month by federal judge Richmond Keech at Washington. Keech had Issued an Injunction ordering an end ro the strike, and ruled that the government failed to prove that the union was In contempt Sldener. who said he was an-of-ficial of the Canton local for seven year* and a miner for 13. said -Lewls-teied tor ’puWld..T(m>lWU>:J u»n when te sent the telegram ; Bl? 'fftl’Wif Beasley. t’MW dtklTiet board memter of the Canton area Sldener said Beasl* y telephoned him shortly after Lewis Had sent ITsm Ta* CM* F.lnsli Dr. E. H. Alspaugh Dies This Morning Van Wert County Coroner Is Dead Dr K H Alspaugh, 72. prominent Willshire. O. veterinarian and coroner of Van Wert cownty for .many years, died at 5 o’clock tht--nornlng at the Adame i-ouiity mem orial hospital He had been ill of a.heart ail tnenl for only the pasCww-k ■ Dr. Alapasxh served as mayo* Willshire for 14 yetew and as <•»* 1 oner for many years, an offte-' abich he held st the- time of b»* death Born in Willshire towhahtp Bep y. 1577. he »as a— m of Mr and Mrs Jonathan AlapaMgh His MM wife. Lu v Robinson Ala; igh. dTeJ Aug nrrnr ■xirn*~ww then mm—tied June 1. IMo fe Mrs Harr:*:’ *.*ofter. who survive* He was a graduate of rhe Ctocin nati isterinarian college and •** a qiemter of the Willshire Literal U B church Fraternally, he was a member of the Willshire Masoni lodge, of which he was a past wo’ shlptul master, and a 32nd deg’** Mason — Surviving to addition to hi* «*'!• are three song, Thomas of J*ck*>>r Mich., Silas of Fort Wayne • and FfSWF’ tr Willahlle . iteugUree.Mr*. Lion Raudenbush ot'St Mary j township; ~14 grand.children and ffvie great grandchildren One soa. Waiter, teed tn air <*>m bat over the China sea in 1>44 Three other tons are alao deceased Funeral services will be held at 2 p. tn iESTt Sunday at the Will shire Methodist church, the Rev H M Sills offlctettog Hartal will te in the Pleasant Grove cemetny The laid’ will he removed from th* I Zsick funeral home to the real j den • at noon Saturday

Seeks Office Lase Life Grimm Seeks . Sheriff Nomination i Seeking Nomination On Democrat Ticket r Laie Grimm, of Decalar. today * announced his caadtftadY ter the d nomination of sheriff of Adams * ronnty on the Democratic Mate* Grimm, aged 3». Is a astlvs of * Adam* county and has lived most ' of his life to the city of Decatur He attended Decatur Schools He ' has never sought public office heretofore. During the war he spent 20 , months in the U S. navy, seeing ' service in the Asiatic Pacific . j theater of war* He is a charter , i member of the V F W and alao a I; member of the American Legion Grimm i« married and has two . liii-dreti.. tom .and Jane, bolir *ta< .tent a-caK mNmmM** '. -’to -wtpl* ved- aw-u trwrik driver for Beaveri* ( >ll Sen e • hi Decatur. He is aidely known, : especially In the northern part of the county. He ha* teen an active member of the Demoi-ratir party tor many yaart. Legion Membership Drive Here Sunday Robert Ashbaucher today announced there will tea membership drive tor new Legton members Bunday. and urged all those who would help in the drive to I meet at the I priori home Sunday at 1 p m Ashbaucher. metnber- ’ mp chairman of po*t 43. -elated I that a i-oncentrated effort Will te ■ made to not only get new mem Iters hut reinstate those old member* who have failed to rente their m-mter*hlp* . ' Legion's Birthday Observed Thursday Speaker Stresses Communism Evils Stressinc the ne< e*»ity for a program of ’love and the use of force* In thia country. Lt Col Paul Maurer chaplain of the thin! armored division. Ft Knox Ky . bemoaned the " thoughtless cal lon* Indifference, the lethargy" of - the people of the I’ntted Srates In the ’ more than. UhewaritT cold war being fought today Maurer, principal speaker at the'American tegion's 31st snnaal ■ ’’KTriKKir w« were thinking seriously of these thing*, specificaliy the onslaught of dynamic force* repug want to our thinking " The multi-ribboned chaplain, a vefran of th* Battle -of the Bulge likened the , roaent-day st’nation wi-h that bktofty Wortft War II battle where the front was every; where ” The Invidtcnsneaa of r<mvmunl«m Is alao ev»wwher* L I and « win take "a lot of Wring a- | lot of thinking and a lot of brain • T*s»* Te F«e» aevgei

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Live Without Fear/ Os Drastic After Effects; Testimony To Congress Group | Washington. March 1?—(UPI— I The atomic energy commission said today that survivors of an atomic ' bomb attack cun expect to live a “reasonably normal life” thereafter without fear of drastic radiation after-effect a Dr Shield* Warren, director of the ABC division of biology and , medicine said tb’r* are two poe- ’ »lhle except bias to this general rule He swift tte survivor* may develop eye cataract* at a later date and teu. be more sukceptftle than ’ before io leukemia. Warren's statement wax made : before the joint congressional atomic energy committee. ’ Tte legislators are studying the state of the nation's civil deftnse against atomic attack. "Wilk tte exception of a certain .number of individuals who will ftevelop cataracts, those surviving the acute effecu of Irradiation from an atomic explosion ban. on the basis of present knowledge, expect a . reasonably noriux! lite tbere.Mtr" Warren.s*te_:_„.. „ '•’ The . cpmißissiue appearing '.W fore tte committee at the first open session in months, ate* disclosed it ha* developed a new and _ cheap Geiger counter. It would help civilians detect dangerous t amounts of radiation after an A-bomb attack “ Warren based his statements on '* srudte of th* people of Hirtxlilm* and Nagasaki who suffered his- ’ tory's flrat—and thus far only—- ’ atomic-oatraiks He said the cataracts were noted this fall by Dr. David Cogan. Harvard University I j opthalmploghrt-— - . “Hr>' far there has teen hb de'l tectable increase in the incidence d of deformities among the progeny •of person" known tn have suffered ir.rMlatlon at Nagasaki and Hfrie ' sTiTmtr.- Timit. *s -it c;U.. ; chsnge'*’" iu ted’-tliiHi’' " ' 'genet at tou*. = - Bui we hi ;-* not tu any great event." Warren said “to addition, it is |*>**lble that there will be a somewhat higher Incidence of leukemia la rancerllke blood disease i in the irradiated survivors than occurs to the popu* Ist ion as a Wools ■ — Warren said that the commission bn* developed a number of f'-l” medical measures against atomic attack He said they include 1 Use before an attack of feI male sex hormones substances which temporarily suppress the Mooft cell building activities of the bone marrow and some- types jot amino acids 2 Shielding the body or parts -of the body (particularly to* splf eni and somehow r»du: ins the | amount of oxygen teing breathed lat the time of an attack He said | that “a few feet of earth « Crete” may te “satisfactory" tor sbtrlJlng purpoer* and that research oc. reducing the oxygen sup ply for individual* at the time of an attack is now going on 3 After a “mid-iethal do** <»f irradiation."- he said practical msasurss Inelude- -complate- rest tor several wtrh-; was rtf in-i. biotic*; transfusions of whole blood and plasma, and (he use of antiheparin substances to combat hemorrhage Warren said a great deal of basic ■,T « T» ~»«e FMtMI 164 Tro Hie Deaths Reported In Stale Indianapolis. March it—<UP>— State police reported today 144 traffit.- dewtfrs te tadswna -tel»*»a Jan 1 and March 15 compared with 13T for the coerespondtos period' to IMS But six fatalities yesterday teiMtgkl the IWO Houstot total to ITC While the stale total decree* ed from last year, Indianapolis fatalities more than doubled—from s»m in IMS’to Is wo far thia year The sharp rue brought an all-out ' crackdown on speeder* by e4ty poWce Since the. drive started 1 Wrdwesda’y morwiag 4*2 motorola were arrested lot speeding.