Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1950 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ~

Vol. XLVIII. No. 72.

BLAST MCCARTHY CHARGES ON LATTIMORE

MU < NKKOIIWKni Is Battered By Spring Storms Nine Persons Dead, Two Children Are Reported Missing ™ .Chicago. March tl— fl’Pl- One! nt the bHge*t spring *t«rm« IB history pushed nortbeastward toward Canada today after battering the niMrcoatlnent with tornadlc wind*, dqst. snow and rain that kilted nln* person* and left two chttdrrn mi**Ina The renter of the storm. much of It* force tpeat. moved from Kansas .. to eastern south Dakota and veer ed eastward over the Minnesota lowa borderWimta <W 75 mUee an hour part of the backlash froiiit tjie widespread storm, bit Jackson. Mi«« . today but there were no reports "t damage " t Tornadolike winds hit severer northern Mlssualppl communities today, but no casualties were reported Aa rlghlroom bouse was bar>cbad alt- its fonadathm at Pope Mias. «« mile* south <4 Memphis One home was demolished and ata others daniaeed at Courtland Misand roofs were blown oft severali """ homes at.Crenada. Ml*a Flying du-t which reduced vial . - MIL' l^«AW.Jt 4 .^-arli v Sei,o.*»r '. Mamed for awinohrle gcriden’--7 that killed four prrsohs in Kxn-s-Hirer in Teana and one each ’ln Colorado and Nebraska , Fhllllp Hell. ». and his brother KriinHh. 7 were lost In a bru*bv eave-pocked area south of Tb* Kansas X'lty, Mo . city limits They OT-appwBFKI TFWfrrwwy at «* Wigm i nf a 4twl wind •form TWelr* parwM* tear Im*/ may have hurt Sheriff Fred U RHI us Saline I i '«»intr Kan-** *aid the dti<t was worM* than any at Ute- l*ia< ? k day* <»f the IMV’t thouich if dMn f laM a* hmit aa thoar early dav» The va*t ryiTonir storm circled like a It lab t whirlpool from th* •mow *wqil R<M:klen Yo ittormy Lfak*(Infark/attd from d»*p in !•'< ■* th* Canadian b*»rd*M -, ■ ; ' Th tjM i olio-1 * f Mi t or*, ord 1•■ * - In th.*- mid win’ and a«*atb* t D“* 7a.*TjT« *atd th*- lo* p*«*ut* .uj».a'.. *;• 'hi MUHctH m>mapped Hm kmc gale-nk. wind- fem I'-.| ftlntis Into its tortus the -tormj t illed almost du« northward toward, Canada 4 Ye-it* nUy affefßooD if «a« <* n j < feted orrr Kati«a* Early today th* I .ret<»rm center wm over eastern I "T South Ihtkofa BHzxard* swept the lUkota-* and' Bortken Mint.*-.-' * pihnu 'ti< u drifts 4 l t (»-*» deep, halting bu* arid ait frat*-1 in aome sections and Mlowing train* Th* Webster and Liloti ■ N !• high school basketball team*, en route home from rhe <rat* towrm* menl at Fargo were «tranded at Jamestown, where t-hey were lodg rd in a hotel DeapUr wind* up to 64 mllew per hour clocked al Rapid City. S IT . | coinmun iialion* in the Hakota** were reported hot seriously datuag ed But North western Bell Telephone Co Maid it anticipated trou bl** from wires icing west of Bismarck. N I.» A .<*Mnil«»an-hotnr bliti.Trd hinder ed firemen fighting a stubborn blase which threatened to destroy the entire town of International 1 __ Falla. Minn , until it waa brought iTwew Tw rw«» Local Men's Sister Dies At Fort Wayne , Mrs. Bultxell. 7f. of Fort Wayne, died lute Saturday night' at St. Joseph's hospital. Surviving are one daughter Mrs lieHtta Rough of Warns: two brothenk" Bert and Nade Haley, both <4 ftecatur. a sister. Mrs J. R Joker “‘^^rTsw'Trmr’hb* -gntaraMw ter and One great granddaughter Funeral services will be held st 1 J# pm Wednesday at the - Klaehn funeral home, the- RevL F Olson official Ing Burial win be. in Lindenwood cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p m today: WCATHSR Cloudy: wtmfy *"d *•»*•* with oecaßiennl rain north and / central portions tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight Sg to «6 north. ♦* to W south High Tuesday 42 to ** north. 50 to 56 south.

Two Crewmen Hurt As Tram Wrecked Switch Is Thrown On Pennsy Tracks Railroad oWicials have made no estimate of the damage <-ans.M. nor haa a conclusive reason bei-ti uncovered as to why a switch was thrown on the 1-eiinsylvanU railroad tracka at appri.alinatriy midnight Saturday alii.li led in the-injury of two of the crewmen and a collinion of bos cam And a freight traffi. (Mflciah have, however.- estab. Hshed the time the switch wifs throvth as between 1l i : . p m' Balurdsy and 12 15 a m Sunday The switch, II is noted, is Simple to o|H*rate and would take no profossil>nal knowledge of the sltuS tion to throw It was miraculous Pcnnsyli ariiu railroad officials .stint out that a serious wreck did not occur which would prolialdy hate result, ed ta many passengers TSdng perh>u»ly Injurwl nr even killed Koi the freight train which did hit the switch wa» running late, and the neat train due was a through pas 7 senger train had the freight been ' ou tidle it Would have luiasrd'hit- - ting the "thrown'' switch As It was. Robert II lianiels of ' Cincinnati, a fireman un-lbe Haiti. | and Carl Heartier, Km t Wuvne. its engineer, were injured when j they jumped from Th iah "t file Tftiirrfd'' f MBJMWR*- ’ ’ ly mhired «* the twoA •». re-ain ed in k the Adams county hospitalwhere II <s-1 or- had to relttose par tides of gravel flojn his.far rtiat had l-ecotne d< < ply imbedded when he jnmijed Hewsner was al I ho taken to Hie hospital but was 4 rwlsaaed- »fl er y W'*M I | 1 m«.L . . y /ZZ The wwiiih I* .iir-i 'ha'yibb i»H<i WaMfeiniftnn mlrfvln ‘ and when th»- *n f*«r< Hi*frahi * -i fihot « Ar* w*-rr tyirkwl 1< U v-4> nicit**d that Hm- Irrein tr n«?l Inz fiMMI - an wWh If hl’ th««/»idtng Th.* itn|M< • nf t -wzr ■ • whhh i oil fa ill’ i| impml ah-f 1 Wt*i« >i <fi!if}iin»«t oil - ku ,p*T.< *rH j f fh*» tn*'4l w«t- ’4*H ov | 4 wwl- u.» .-♦••tjßwlM- ba- . W*.n -iu id* | i :!k .111*1 4 r ■„/, ,i, ,ru ■ ''-il r'r,, - ■ r.g. . . j hi »d<iiTloii Ihr* . ofh**r »m * ■ broke hf*>h«’ flWtf iittffi.* .••(! Ht: ill *>u»* hi» a < urvt\ fb**n fOpph'd • <iv»r an . mhankmvnt I Thr yard «r**w hail «rui< Xb* >ii-m as almvf 3<» p m Satur I day. and had n<Ht*B nofhtfig oui «d ' way aft hat lhh*\ Th** ar« i ’ dent waa r« ported <<hy p<»H« *• !f< !2;X17 a m Sunday, who aPriv rda I th* 4 s did ntatv. p<di< e fHMrpnrj* Railroad officials hav* atnr** **KtahliHh**d the time of tbtowitiK the* suit* )i during that (Twra T» F««e i Mrs. Abbie Bowman ! I Dies This Morning Funeral Services To Be Wednesday Mrs Abbie Bowman, xx. a rest V dent of Adams rmiriiy mm-h of heTj life, died at 4:20 o’clock this m<<rn-| Ing'al the Wells cdunty hospital of I • f'umplications following a which . abv suffered last Thursday al the| home of a dauKtHe!y / Mr* Omtl. Bai ger . *>f Craig viHe Mrs Bowman was bom in Well* county Nov. 1s z /im6l. a Abraham ayd l-ouisa Hewitt Studa baker, and/was married to William k Vera Cruz Oct 2.1. IXX2 i The family resided in Washing}on towjtahip until Mr Bowman** death tu LS»2Xin a train *leck v Joil.»wing z 'which Mrs Bowman made her home with her children She was a member of -’he Sn Mile Christian chur< h Surviving arc—J Mrs Russell Mel<*hi of L|y<*a!ur and Mrs Burger; four s<»n< Lloyd and Russell Bowman, both of Iterator ' Bluffton rural r**nir and Ed of New Yorfc< ?S grandchildren. 3!> ftreat graiMjchlkiren. and on* •viler. Mrs Ez V Buffman of Hlreffton One son/two daughters, three br«> thers ahd five abler* are deceased • Funeral services pill be held at [ ♦/o’clock Wedneoday afterm»on at the Jahn funeral hume jn Bkrffßm I the Her Homer Studahaker of I firiating Burial w: I be in 'h* Six Mil*- onH’rn FH* mH may <a the funeral home aft* 6 o’chu-k J this evening v

House Group InNewhobe Ofbbbyists Congressmen Told Os Responsibility Oh Lobby Activity WahingtiU). Mur 27 Ji'i’i , C'oiigr«»Hinrn tixtay l»g»n I.Kikipg into the wrtlvillev of person* whiy tyy to get them to p:i-» ,l»W». mil heard that they Ihemaetvea are rewpoMible fa-good measure for «u«-h pressure.group*. The .new Investigation of lobbylata was begun by a boner committer : — Dr Stephen K. Hailey tolil the committee member* to take a good look al their own ai tivitiea Hr Bailey, inodalant protea'or of government at Wealeyan univer titty, said that i-ongrvswmen. raw niittees and'their Matt* play ball with loiihi. fi to push IHroiigh leg- i Islallou. He proposed -.that the investigating committee aead questionmen and alaff peraonm I tri d»-ter mine what "contact*'*' have linen maintained. lie" *aid every member of con greati shthild hi* Wotiilred each year to state all hi* source* l rn. ome -V ismiyewfaaedeama - mendr-iL a> study e-p.. <if. thnational- a»*i s lat ion of mpnwflo:. tirrerv to determine whether It is a 4 holding company for a variety of/ -.-eitiliiKly independent . pr. « »urd ,;roup». and as a cuttdi! faftet of rural opinions" There were alku these " other rapltol development» Slatehiaid The senate commit tee on intenor and in*4lar affsili» if. . Idi-.l to i.egin hearing* April JI on <r'nfeti4w*l for Alaska ;».rjd May' I on Haw.diarr -la'ehi**! 4 ' : The house, ‘meanwhile. liegun I I'urw T-e l’**e I fcrerl Judge Parrish Not Involved In Order : ‘ “ - -■ ■ Court Mandate Is ■ For Special Judge Ju<ig» MylwM F ParrHh <»t Ad»ms|‘ < Trctiit <ourr has a- k* d Daily i l»»mtH*r.it h» inform n - r* id* rs Ria! n»' A.i iii no' way invohrtl In the »uj»r* me • uil order •** iv**d la>t w»*-k <»n sp<r ial judg** <\ II Mus*l man. s» rvjtig in th* «-a*r of Kocher I.Timb» t■(’<»- a- John *l Muse huan wa* .cho-tn to tdl a-> -p*<ul judge, following a for a i hang* of judge at <1 the naming of thr** 1 lf>cal ■ attorn*/ • as possible tliiiicrs Attoin/ss for » ach bid*- struck th*- napus of tw.z ■ nomiuations~Fefd X ,LiTf*-’rer and I rWb* FT' Mrrwalran/from fh*- Hm. jl* axing Mu«elmab as pr* siding | judge. ./ y 4 ’J On March Vs one of/n»* litigants’ through if</a!torn*-y David Mack ■ lin. filrd/ii motion for a change.oft \* nu* ,Thf /p* ’bion s* nt to the 1 suppmc- conr*- av*r« that Mujh*lJ num disregard*d this motion and j (/ontinued t<> sit as special judge | Lin tlr* or irtn.ii « i-* | Th* Mipr* in* court onier than (dates. Musehnan. as special judge I to ’’cease any and all ptoc*4*dings |in the case, except to grant a ’ | h iiir- <-f M nu* | Judge Parrish asked that tjte piHe Hr be informed, because he stated., that several persons had ronLacJ.ed bin. Saturday, believing that dt was Judge f’arrlsM who received J the mandate The records of the Adams <dr*uit dour! show that Judge ParrUn has never been man dated by the supreme court to gtanf a Chang* Mrs. Nellie Liniger 'DtevAt Far t Wayne—— Funeral eervh-ww for Mrs Nwlli* Arie Liniger wh«» died . Saturday ;*fterno*»n at h**r borne in FnH. Wayne will be Held al 1 30 ntn Th*- day at tK* j>. <> Mct’omb A S »n* funeral home in h hat etty. with builal in Memor- | tat park 1 Suryvon include a daughter. Mm William I Rutr. Fort Wayne, la aoiL Donald _W ; Fort U’ayne. tw<» bribers. Harold Rarger of i IbMatur and' Herman Barger of i Bluffton and jwo aistwra. Mra ' Joseph KiJlittg* r .if and Mrs Truman |<ell of Fort. Wayne.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 27, 1950.

Tells of “Air Kidnap” of 85 ' -nd JOSEPH KL<»HIU.2.N/lf’«Pt<*i. on* <•’ ihree I'tei b IM’3 pilots who took off from separate elite* for Pr»nm- bul who were forced in a ■ ma»ternrtnd ptrt to fly their plan** to Erdiny Air Base near Munich. explain* how he wa* onh-roff -?at rm point" to alter hi* flight plan Os the «5 ahuarlMlte threa plain* 53 p.-rsob* im iwilna laropolii Thurner. presnlent of lhe airlfae. aaid they were unwilling to leave comniunlKt-iloniinateil Cx.-c*faMoiakla •ini demanded they lie . teiurned.to Prague The .32 oilier* want asylum on "free soli " a ■ .. ...... —

Census Takers To Start On Saturday Enumerators Start Huge Task April 1 Wushington March 27 fVF’fFrd* tai <• n *UM*iakct - M«t Hal Un bow Amrnfa Hv»-> Bctwyrn April 1 and May 1 ynum* t utor* rapect to a*'count for prrsonM In ttrr 17th dL < vniital i • n«us Th*y will a*k from 23 tli k qu*-Hon- about each ohc and the in which he lives. Rcoreu of additional quefitions wiH be asked W farnwrs bcrau*** ' I tec* census bureau' in combining an! agr.culTurat rranus iirtth th* jm*p»Um-4 fioo and hi U-ing surv* Vjc —• 1 For each l.ow pt rs<>hri\<‘ouifted. fmc will bo hired temporarily to ilng do<»fbcHsT siipTni<c^rhc job or tabulate tiir facts . Nu official (iopulaiii.irfigure* will bi- rebased before next Ihcembrr ‘ Thai I* When the census bureau 1» rnjuir. d io ieport the ixact popul» z Hun of-em,-h slate tii.lhe Vir-liKfiL . din. thin must -semi the ilala to congye** for possible acllotj/on in vri-i-ini' the number <*f <rimH»*v : JM*- . Hi*, fi , Ho* facta—art- galto rf’d _ jJ, w-ill take two Wie.lr. In tin- cjrft * and a month in til- rural an a- ‘ worker* at Philadelphia and Wa-.h-ington will l-ransfir nil.of the Information, from th. Wv qui-stion naire-s io punchr-d idynl* Each card will pas* through 32 ma<-lAih-s at rhe fate 6f imr per minute This Pfoi.ss will go on for months un XU all statistic* have been compiled Afier that come* the job of translating statistic* into volume* of readahle-intormation for the public Till c< nsus-taker* themselves start their training today Th.-y will attend .-lasses all wteeKto b arn ; how to gather the fact* wanted by tlo- government After that, they will be paid on , the basis of the number of names | they enumerate Workers In rural i at. as will get mileage and more [per"name than city workers Wh.n i it is ali over, the government will *Tar« T« raw* M»*

Medical Science Is On Frontier Os A New Era

By PAUL F. ELLIS (United Prea* Science Editor) — New York. March 27 (Vn - Medical science i* »n the frontier, of a new era from which may-come, < a cure for many of -the disabling, crippling and aging disease* of the human being The scientist* believe that this new era may lead to opportunities to give man A longer fife, free of destructive til*. For the first time in history the medical scientist* have their fin them' to the basic cause of disease The knowledge come* front ex perrmental work with two chemical aubstanee**' Ope ia. known.a*._jrfjb. The other as cortisone They are powerful hormone*, aubstance* that th< human body apparently need* in proper amount* to keep the human machine in perfect running order The doctor* emphaslxe that nei ther acth nor cortisone fa available to the public a* yet. The supply I* »o scarce that It t« being u»ed ex ,<-lu*ively for research while scientist* seek ways tn Increase prodtic tion.

x BULLETIN 4*tw Vark. March 27—(UFl —A botlvr exploded in a New Yark Mte»m Ce.. plant today and polic* »aid four peraon* were killed. Young Boy Is Killed By Circus Elephant Biggest Circus Is Haunted By Tragedy i Fla . March 27 (UP* ■ * Tragedy haunted th** nat>oifS| biggtMit A-frcu* t<»day as H packpri; t for a tour without lh»Hy. a *le< i»y wh*» killed a friendly child i! wK- ofterwd hor peanut*. ij JU- -Hl spHbscj ond break frow/10 ar - < ! t ir<"ij< d<>< W? 0 ped her trunk atantt fivr-ycar nid 1 Edward RiTgcts S-chuolcv v* uterday *4Wmfion ami’ cfusherf hi* . wirtt her liuge ford Th*- stat* began/an Irinncdiatc in i 4o sy'*- if tJi* t iicu-wa'-Lml - fault. CjFcUs officials voiced j 4 shock and Xrlcf I ?|t was onv of final training -♦ galerna of Kim hug. Bros Barrium A Bail**\ <'if < »< I- fore preparing Niak_ynrk agd-■-the -first > /195t* arpps*nranrt' «tt- April a 4 the training camp with his prof>< ] s*»r father, mother and six year old) brother, whep he stopped before a held of elephants t hahb-d In a. bat n like building He offered Ikdly a peanut | Sh* unravelled her trunk to take it Instead. Ilnar she wrapped her trunk about Ed want's; bcidy. dragged the terrified child • under a rope and stood with her . leatvhery fernt pressing on hi* head.) i A watchman shouted futilely at Holly as Edward’s parents and by rttander* srr* amed for help She ignored the wild cries Tiain. r> fina’h pu-h* d her away ’ wfth a •■pot*'-.Edward’s father. P.rc'f Eliner School*y .of Highland* I ni vernity in Vegas. N M . re» *>vi cred the b».>y‘* b<Mly „ . Watchman J D. Brown said , ‘‘the ! elephant st<pped on the hoy’s head and-ciushed his skull b*fo»» iTwrw Te Paar Tfcrrr*

Acth is short for adrrn«»corticot- ■ rophtn. a hormone that sthnuiat**? ' the adienal gland*. Cortisone is ;ah or t for H-hydroxy-lT dehyro > corticosterone. a hormone maiivfaclured by the adrenal glands Right now. both hormone* are doing thing* for medicine that even the most optimistic. M'lentW* wouldn’t have dared predict only L « few years -ngo- Supplies of- acAU are being made from the pituitary glands of hogs.. Supplies of earth sone are being produced from ox < bile, .T-hry ar.e probably the precious substances in lhe wb*rid k a battle royal going on I among research •cienlbus for Quan? title* of the substances i » try < n human ills Work *•« going on in at least I»m> laboratories, and trial* on human being* are hriiw made tr> at least 1W hopsitais and institu [ tlnns T’’ So far. the hormone* hate been used In experimental treatment of ' mote than SO different typea of dle- ' ease tn man The disease include cancer, arthritis rh« umatte fever high blond pressure, asthma, tubertulowis. poljomyehti*. multiple (Tara Ta rec* Star

Lattimore's Attorneys Brand Sen. McCarthy's Charges “Colossal Lie"

Achesw Defended By Henry Stimson Ex-Secretary Hits Republican Sniping W«*hin«ton. March 27 tl'l’t IbmiH-rats picked up some* Rvpub iicau support today for their dr f. trne -us *ecretary o( state Dean Acheaou Hgaiu*t mounting GOP criticism. Former secretary of stale Henry L Stimeon. xlyear old GOP state*man. charged that Republican snip lag at Acheson "directly and dan gerously Impedes the conduct of the foreign affairs o< our tfovemment." Rep William H Windnail. R. N- J., called Acheson an "able man ' and said he wa* "amaxed" that more Itenua• rars have not risen to his defense ; ’ The two statements earne a* Republican* and Ilemoi rat* were lining up their force* on what may becojne a .major campaign issue. . . Republican* have been shboflhg at Acheson tor some time Highly b< !! KiytuiilinKH bcj-aniH Und* t th*- *ccr*taiy said h»* would noj ’ twyn my bark’’ on Hi»a, onetime d<partment Official who wi»< < onricud of perjury fur 4«»nyJJMS. connectium TB« sc g rutnhiVngFbroke Inio outright demands Tor Arh**unV ouster aft* r Srn Jtwff-pfa R t Wtr.-. <harg**d That thr xtat** dr--1 parinu nt ban 57 y ard-carrying c*>m inuni.-atf* "ti fig rull* xAftfwßM the (H)p hierarchy de iiandntg Acheson s removal ar*< ; . bait man Guy Georg** <h»bri*-h*tm <»f th* Republican n&tiunal roninrit?*** and s* nat*>-party leader Kenneth S i *. ; - Prosecutor Is Sent To Jail By Judge Short Sentence For Contempt Os Court Sullivan. Ind-, March 27 -(UP) J’ircuit judge Norval K Harris, i-cntral figure in one of Indiana * s-tfangest legal case*, went to jail : for contempt of court today the i prosecutor who led a grand jury in : veatigation that resulted in the ! judge’s indictment on three-rrtrni j nal charges Harris ordered prosecutor John Knox Purcell to the Sullivan coun .1 today tor walking oiit of Harris’ court room and l ?tamrnlng the door as the judge spoke about Fun ell to a grand jury, i Sheriff Hubert Wagner took Pur *2<n. ju-a r«JL—AI fir«t t Purcell wpjvejired angry "It’s the first time I’ve ever been i in jail.’’ he said Letter he appeared amused I don’t think.it will hurt anybody to be in jail a little while.” he said Harris said he’s damned lucky .! I didn't give him 30 days He aaid t he jailed Purcell for ’disrespectful ■ conduct ’’ Harris, who last summer aerxed ,| as < t*< hairman with singer Paul Robeson a committee protesting . the trial-fa- New York of 11 top communists. was indicted by his own I grand jury--in January on charges .' <|»f forgery, embcxxfcment and isau ! ing a bad check. . The Indiana supreme court apiTxrx !•••• Slit 4 ji ~. iir 'r - - Romaine Raudenbush . Named Court Reporter * ■ Mtw* Rromfae R**<>nbii*h who , ie*wl«* with her p*r»nl* in Cnloa townahip. h*» bw.n named eontt , -Mptlrfer to rwplacr Mia* WlnHHda t KBion, who recenlty undrraynt a i major operation at Adam* county > iiwmorlal hoapltal, it wa* announce od today by Judge Myles F Parrish * I Mias Raudenbnih will- start her j new position Wednesday. Judge . Parrish atated The new reporter .‘laT Decatur Mgb school -graduate and haa resided in Vnloa townahtr all her Ilfs Rhe haa * been emplvved In several law- of-Jyii-ee in Indiana and Ohio.

Stale Finishes Case Against College Pupil Fother Os Victim Is Final Witness In Bednosek Trial lows City. la. Mar 27 (VPi- J A heartbroken father today tear- t fully faced Robert Bednaaek. 21. ( accused murderer of hie daughter. , and testified that she never had , any serious intentions toward . him .i It was t(te first time William E. i .Jackson, prominent lawyer and i member of the Towa parole Hoard. 1 had seen Bednaaek. who is accused of strangling p.etty Margaret i (Gee Gee) Jackson last Dec 11 in 1 a men* rooming house at the i t'ulveraity of lows Immediately after Jackson left 1 case The state completed its prose- 1 i cation with the' testimony of the ‘ father and I»r Edwin J Shoben JT-, a nationally known phycholo gist who said Bednaaek had ad ' milted to him that be had "tin pulsea' to kHI the girl he loved and himself. Bednasek broke down and nob bed afier Jackson left the witness stand.- ' - • special prosecutor Edward Rate silked Jackson whether hi* daugh- - ter had ever expressed her feel Ing tovhxrd Bednasek a psycholo . gy major at the university . I ' She Mated, she enter'alne.l no serious eonsidtTution of him.' . Jackson replied The state contend* that Bed j. -nasek alrangltMl Mis* Jajkso^beJ cause oi -.JeaJtuiay. - Bednaaek said ’ they were- sweetheart* nij'-llrate “»He^TtSßiC'wasUfeiit atty: was showing her how a person VQiild Ire choked. In support of Bednasek s statement*. the defense today intro-’ ducrsl into evidence a small cal--’ endar. found In his room,’ which carried the notation Had OG lasi ntglit" There was up indication of the date the note wa* written. Brushing his eye* constantly' with a handkerchief Jackson told in detail how he and hi* wile had purchaßed a -formal dress and win i ter coat fur their daughter last. I fall- apparently the same strap-j less evening gown she was wear-l Ing when she wa* killed in the' "Empty Arma" rooming tame I during a forbidden rendezvous with B-dna*ek 1 Shoben. head of the university

Striker Will Seek 11 Sheriff Nomination i Seventli Candidate In Democratic Race 1 . F D. "Newt" Striker *O2 Merer--1 avenue, today announced hi* can dida.-y for the Democrat nomination for sheriff of Adana* county la the May primary X— An employe of Stewart’* Bakery -Mvfawr. mocud to Decalur aeygn year* ago Born in Adam* county 13 year*, a go. Striker attended the Geneva » high JH-hpJjl »nil hai been * reudent I ’of the county all hi* life. ****** fi* : 11five year* when he lived in Muncie. ' i He wa* president of the Intern* I i tlonal Brotherhood of Trucker* and j v Teamster* Colon txtctl 1<» and |rt - or to that time was associated w*th ■ | over tbe-rond trucking business Mr and. .Mrs Striker are the ■ narents of three daughter* Karen (and Mara Dee and Mr* John Dov|« . ■ R N . of .Muncie He la a eon of Mr • ■ I and Mr* Warren Striker a! Genet a ' i lifelong residents of thi* county ■ Striker Is the *eveMh candidate - to enter the race for the aberitf's nomination on the Democrat ticket.

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Demand Republican Senator Retract, Repudiate Charge Against Lattimore Washington, March 27—(T’Pl — Lawyer* for Owen J Lattimore branded as a "coloaaal He" today Sen Joseph R McCarthy * charge that Lauimore fa the “top Soviet espionage agent" in this country. - They demanded iu a letter to the WiM-onsfa Republican that he "ratract and repudiate" hi* charge McCarthy ’■gave senate investigator* Lattimore'* name in connection with hi* »wetping charge* that the »tate department is "infested" with communist* and comnianiat syrupathiser* He told numerous newspapermen "off the record" was hi* "top" case. Radio commentator Drew Pearson last night identified laxttimore publicly a* the man McCarthy ' bad been talking about — — »' far eastern expert now on leave from John* Hopkin* I’nlversity in Baltimore, currently is In Afghanistan on a United Nations mission Demand* that McCarthy repudiate the charges were his attorney* -Thurman Arnold, former, assistant attorney general. Abe Porta*, former enderMcretary of interior, and Paul Porter, former OP A administrator The >. sent the .letter, to MeCartby as * senate foreign relation* snteconimitter heard Mr*. Esther Cankin Brwaauer.-w state-department policy adviser defend herself again*) -McCarthy a charge* that she took part In communist front ! at tivities and might be a bad «ecar ity risk ° ‘ ” The subcommittee also prepared to hear late today FBI chief J Edgar Htxiver and attorney general J Howard McGrath- They were called to testify publicly on it* request for a look ar the FBl’s i loyalty filet Senate investigarorj i expected Hoover to reject the re .quest ' XStatfllUe*-. .chair man Mi'laof F* t vdUHiS l». Md , said 10... .expl-ci* I word from President "very—. i shortly" regarding the adminkstra- t I film * stand on making the loyalty ' file*\gvail*ble to ibe subcommittee McCarThv and some other Republi i an* contend that refusal to make ‘the loyalty \file* available would constitute a of the charge* Tydlngs wa* »howr. a cahle from l Lattifapre which bTanded Me , Carthy’x "espionage" allegation a* "pure rrtoonyblne” Tvdlng* H*d no comment on the cable, but dttfSsMiy Ijxtllmore Would be beard on return from' Afghanistan around '. April | Lxtjmore’a lawyers told McCarthy that hi* rhargte “is so ah- ; sard. ridicuk»us and libelous to anyone who know* Mr Lattimore or who has read his published work*7 that even you shield know it U a cokmaal lie.” and they added

j "We suggest tba’ a decent re- ■' gard for the welfare of your »»»uhtry. fur the high office that you hold and for elementary Christian value*, require you imtiiedtatsh t»» put a atop to thia fantastic outrage - The letter eioeed with a warning of possible legal action against Me Carthy for Hbel Aaaociatea said is expected back Thom Afghanistan next week It i» expecx<<.he will be vail (Tara Ta Fa«e TWul Metzger Withdraws Senate Candidacy Robert Metxaer of thU dty. eaaploye of Railway Exprm' In Fort Wayne and Adam* county I president of the Youn* RepabMl <®Hr today' wfthdrekhi* fhirtH dory frr John atpte »m«eyn>m Adam* Writ* and Blackford wftun ■tie* Meti(«*r had filed mraral _ ' wmk* *ro at the clerk* offlcep hat had not forwarded hl» declaration of randidarv to the. office of the aacratary of atate After filth*. Meti«er learned . that one of the requirement* tor la *t*te *enato.r wa* that "he moat be at leant JS year* of a*e " Mett ser I* 21 year* old aad ritaaqaaatjly withdrew hi* name Thia leare* the Republican ticket tor J-oint Mate senator vacant at thi* tlm*.