Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1950 — Page 7

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Cim lirn >O--nro jwesngiiOf Testifies As Trial Gives Testimony At — Poison MurderTricl - Princeton, lad., March M. — (UP)— A flr* l*rs*Hgatoe U*tltied at Mr*. Clarice Bpariock’a poises murder trial today that ha once accused her ot lylag about erents which followed the death of her parents and she didn’t reply. The pretty 2»year-old Brans Ville, Ind, bossewlte Is on trial NEW BIST-IVIB BINDIX WASHIRS! action! —with stepped-up spinning! Bs*t — with smart new rahiaots! Best economy —Eachasm "Watar-Kattonar’*! Best boy - New low prices! WL I T® I NEW bbmNx DbLbxb Bet U-r than ever! New "Dyne- I Surge" washing. The slant of the bathe* the flood of the made and jet water tsaaat actiondoe.it. *l99 Vi - -•-. ■z>_r.s~* * *MdMB' " ’W NEW Bendix Gyromefic Fluent wimher ever huilt. Needs no bolting down. ’’Dy ns -Surge” washing Water- t/lIAQC Rntioher. Soap inirt tor optional* “ • 4 midrid* esße S***» another Bcttthi ’’first” —the Brfl-*nti<>n;il ~ ... RCOMOMAF-'IS9 1 ’ Im these Beedi* "Be* Boys* Bere

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IB tbe arsenic death of Winter Ijan-HejU her M-year-old father. ■ Me alee la aeeuaed as pah netag her mother. Eunice. M. who died five mouth* earlier. Albert Breedlove, an investigator tor the state fire marshal'* Office, testified for ths stats that be talked with Mr*. Spurlock several times while, trying to leaf# damaged a garage at the Dearing home in Huntingburg, lad , a few weeks after Dearing died. "Yoe're not toiling the truth." Breedlove said he once told Mrs. Spurlock. He said she was silent and then he said to her. "you W be all upeet about the deaths vs your parents.” “Don’t talk sympathy to me.’’ Breedlove said she replied. “1 can sit alone in my parents home and it brings no memories to me. 1 am used to trouble." Breedlove said Mrs. Spurlock once suggested to kirn that he “drop this whole thing." but Breedlore told her he couldn’t that there 1 were “too many questions unanswered.” Mrs. Spurlock eventually s»t <hsrged with arson but the charge never wns pressed. Yesterday, the defendant heard. a stale policeman testify she said threats had been made against her State police Cpl. Donald Smiley' said yesterday Mrs. Spurlock told him her brother's wife "had illj will against me because she way | left off Winter Dearing's “could have had someone threat-1 cn me.” ~ , ' _ I Gu» Mayo, former Huntingburg j l.olice chief, testified she told him after he arrested her brother ■ Bernard Dearing, on forgery charges, "1 could get him out of this If ' I wanted to, but 1 won't.” r I The attractive fg-vear-old wife Lol an Evansvillei-I>uainess"”conege | instructor is onjrlal for the death [of Dearing last April while he was j I visiting the Spurlock home in . Evansville His wife. Mrs Eunice, j Dearing, died about five months' 1 earlier, also after visiting "her daughter's home. i Lists Averages On Assessments —tjtfoueiei.ut rhe county were rel.-ased today by county assessor Albert Hat low for Several Items on the awessore list * ThP averages were ci.riiplled following a meeting <>!• all township trustees aud assessors , ‘in the pourt house last Saturday , Average for household steals Harlow reports, is »?S” .to’o and trucks. JWS im- ■ oTPliTeivr^ —ter: —r.-rrnr - tractors. * mlik i-n»« HW. and *«».' ».-’i. . — • ’ 4 DECATUR FREE ' (< «tntiHipe<l t‘r*»ni Pace <M»r» lh<:t!ur band i*» be (he prln i ipHi b.rttd f *r th< Mg w»*k and prnbahUithV arv tliftt oilier bands will ,b>outfit in tor opeday per-*’ Tb» agT-if ulturaT part *»f tlu* 1954* lair » ii- I '• H.»nn.*-\’uif»iian 1 I i’ w • •-: . -IP ’ : < I's an J” pla n ai ♦. übd»Tu a > to -durma t Us wv»’k P< N-ohlhries of a hors* sho*. some' ti - airrd j ‘r-acior piliiing an- b»-in»f dtecUsseiL.

AHwtic P«t H«4s HapMNMNMB Chwh Os Stuff la Meeting In Europe The Hague. Netherlands. March ’ »-tun —Chiefs of stkfnr ths I» Atlantic pact nations met today to act on a master plan for the defense , of the weal against any sudden Russian attack Under the plan, the prim*!T American role in resisting any kt- ' lack would be strategic bombing. Informed quarters said. Anti-air craft and fighter plane defense in western Europe and possibly the Mediterranean is being assigned Britain and France. Ground forces would be furnish cd primarily by France and other continental members, these quarters said. U. t- chief of staff Gen. Omar Bradley presided over the meeting. The staff chief* were asked to »p prove or possibly modify the master defense plan prepared by the Atlantic pact's standing military committee in Washington. The chief* of staff In turn will t refer the master defense plan for final approval to the defense minis hers of the Atlantic alliance, who I will meet 4>ere- later this week under the chairmanship of U. 8. de : sense minister !>>uls Johnson. Informed sources said the plan ; is based on the most comprehrnsirr i Intelligence survey ever made of hlussia's Invasion and war making iapabillties'. and the range to which they may be extended • AII,IS nations have pooled the hulk of their intelligence fnfonna lion on the Soviet Union for study by r xpert analylsts The master ; pims- was the result , It was tindt rstood this master plan specifies Europe's, defense loi ids in terms of manpower and | flit pp.wer -tend — calls —upon —-ea--h ■ inembt r nation to arrange and plan i'i- ills Us own d»ft i’>e, within the over all strategic concept. I Each nation assume* a position tin relation to the overall plan that. , say. a division or corps would as sume in relation' to an allied su prr tne < oininand.” a spokesman • said ... -j-e-ety »p »slre-re> '.-by r , t plAli would . .i'f,|. I Strategic sup peri of tach nation in the «atne.w*y in'ariij croup commander would re-iemd sot a request for -added -artillery oi aerial Support from a , divishm commander ’’ Eagles To Dedicate Re mode led Lodge Home Thi’ Fraternal Order bt Eagles’ wilt hoM a- thrt*»' day r**- ! deflieallon * er/'inony at - the h bxiKe imine On t."« 4bit?! j (iooi of the Bo<h huiWinn, tla) Fmlav and Saturdayr<»f H'i s A4‘*‘k. ;ne nber# aniiountrd today. On Thuriwiarv fullowinK (hr- • fguiar nieettin:, th*re will be a s jmj’v for u'lvniberj*: T he entire -«htf «i ft- of thf bulb! - ■ • , itjt- :.» t| h>! lion of thr JU* 't hhs A floor xbn* has been se. ui ed'for 'Friday aiiti—Saturdfcy —and-m kljowf uHI be gtven- earh cl the*** J<»r niembers anU • oir 2uosts There also will ‘ xquarv <ian« iht on. I”'| i.i\ and s.Hur<i«' nights

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sIBFg J Ji w n J. JKL 'F < - j ■KL - i DICK BUTTON, holder of men'* national figure skating title, bcatow* a congratulatory kIM on Yvonne Sherman. New York, after her win ’ in national aenior ladies' competition in Washington. (Internationul/

Study River Control Projects In Indiana Upper WaJjash Valley . Projects Proposed ■ / - ~ r Crawfordsville Ind. March 2< (UP> The (’ S army encine* • »Kan ft Mttdy 4<ttlay of pot* nf ini '; ■ flood control projetts in the upper I Walkach Vallejr reeommendHl a’ ui hex rtrnr h» , rr ta.Tt nirhT.' q i Th** hV.innv. < tnuhi’t< «l t:y ' I John \\ i’*‘t M»n. i thief f . in* » : i <>f •h- 1 H bi nt, ♦ne .n* 1 * rt I 1 ;<♦ Loinstil**. Ky . WBt a:‘Io • (hßlegaikin* from throughout the I upper Wabash territory. Th*- Indiana fl<*M| control ami 1 water resource* •’ 1 • 7 ndtt«*d jtkjnrfJ plan mad? n’tvt .» recommended !9 > fl*Hwi « vutn>l >• * I iTOi;t<-ainl datm ueedeft !<• <•*••!■ I "at fu’iii • *!•» -L ( The co ■ • > > • ; e< te on a priority basi* Repvrvoira on th*' Wabash altov* Huntmuton, on th* s.»:.imonh> n bote Wafiash am! the MhtwiastMPWe b below Mar Jon ’ <H. - .Tv. B n.j ■ | fiood :it»‘asuri-s proposed .i U’c .wcre_t hose «m the £e.l ahuY.*.'. nirsport, along the Wilthat - I above fx*fay*tl* > . and on Creek at Turkey i;nn. . t'Ot.lHTlisMOil ! •h ' 1 ••**■» \ oifs at: I <>ik» .* 'ibid - j floiMl st i' f-rhlb'J’< t'l a-s t.f . ■ \ i. \ ' floot! in ’he pant seven y < Mts ( tnred last January TRUMAN SIGNS "Tt-nwttinml I'rnm <»»»•*• i . 1 ffi* « ip> wTit bi applbij L . ■ K-» r’ » cn'rri. advo:i’*s‘ in con rt» " wain* d .tint the t* du * d lu+id w: H force a 1 d rt ir r*’dartton''"tn , * Mfor< ♦on iC and admiiii'traii<>u «>t_. r* nt < eiljnes ;Th* y said i.hiis will •pi 1 jud; •< • fforts In ivt.hd rhe law So far., neither th* h<’u*-» nor stna’L has Lakin any a Hop on pjt> p _ 17nt control aliv* after June :io. _

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Two Car Collision Fatal To One Man == lii miiml. Ind. ,M.vr 2v ri t’i j servh es were held, in I College Corner today tor Herman Sams, is. who died in a Haniiltnit i-0., hospital yesterday a* the re ■ euH M a skull fracture suffered !in STHW-idir-‘TOtlMon- Sunday Authorities paid An i drews 3S. Parker, whm lined lb and costs when he pdeaded guilty to failure ’ot_yielding the riuhn»f way on an “inttrser-tioH. Television Tower Work Is Delayed / Labor Disputa Is Blamed On Weather j South jteud Ind Mai 2* {CPa——JwaallathAti work, oxi-— x<«f trios don relay tow* » —ari“>x— nori hern —lndiana— wan half rd to<.iay by a laiun dinputt* i4i.ni <al on the weather. The tfoijbk’ •’ tit* -I w hen taxi ,\■ i. ’ * . 1- ■ . miinTc.itlon- V'k*»j T S"T»Ag^t'dHWTr jh hind near »>ii- «d <h. To* ~*T Tdl”— D • I The -a f' w r f;:-.”l to walk 1 lir<Hii.’h in id 1 ■ '■■■ -1" ' ’ ? t ‘ nearby lower . Afferwurd. ’« i in-r ;. ’-on - i I f > V. . • . L /i'x,. ;, .<i ‘i 1, ■ . i* > |otoi Btid ’ ■ ■ by Western L. I< i ■ ' »'tiipl<>yvT -.1 > • ' ’ - ‘ ’ I ' . 1 "* 'S*on i'h Fv**r*.*l'. ■- - .^O.-—■- -*■ ■ — '4 a+i>aid Schtri-r-r. S'!;’ii B f..i ft! A*' - - ”1 lb*’ L A. 'iH trrwer svorker rjpjnjdaiiied—iliey liaa. to wxitA in uuh*<f’i d/"lniihlings Without adv waiet ■- i t.i» i t Si, hulji - -‘i'i lo • x-i»••*. ’• '1 .i V, .- i • I;. 1 petroi! To »in an efftiri

/Knetzer Is Facing Creditors htoflrt Automobile Dealer Due For Showdown (UFI— F*g*r*l juflg* Chart** G. Bri|B«* ordered R*U«ri L. Knutitar, EdwactfavHl* cutomo W* a*M*r, jaiUd for an In. Bailnltd tarnri today tor failure to comply with a court ordvr to turn av*r 8250.0C0 to hi* creditor*. jRpringfleld lIU March 2S. ‘ iUPI - Robnri E. Kuetzer, aicured of fraud in the mu*brtx>m growth of hi* amall-town automobile agency into a multi-million dollar tor* In federal court today The Edwardaville automobile dealer, wbore trouble* have liven piling up aince hi* financial bubble buret in October. l»4k, war due for a akowdown on a federal court cBUHdB for uonremgt The dapper automobile .dealer wav given until today to hand over 125«.0'hi to hi* creditor* or face rentemtng for contempt of court He and bis partner, farmer Arthur Kramer of Jerseyville. 111. were adjudged bankrupt by federal; judge Charles G Briggie in Oetob-.l er IS4B. Later Briggie ruled -that' an audit showed Knetzezr had| tgSO.OfIO id tnuhtriared as**t* and ordered bint to turn It over. Knetter failed to turn it over 1-■■ - - —

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and Brlggle found him guilty of contempt of court for failure to do *q. Briggie »a*j»et>d»d rentence. however, to gave Kaetter more time to turn the moaey over te hi* creditors. The case has been continued several times ‘to glfe him more time. / Bmddr-* the contempt aed bankruptcy prixeedliirs in federal wxiri KoMaer' it under iaditetifiehT for "fraud and cofifMdßcF game count* In Madison county Other trouble* hare been accumulating in recent week*. Several weeks ago his wife. Dolores Kaetzer, filed divorce proceeding* against him. Y**teniay, s Chicago dancer. Dorothy Kelch who charged Knetser married her in IM7 in Stuttgart, Ark., filed ■uit in Madison eoanty cireuit ! court in Edwardsville asking maintenance for herself and two children. She said Knetser was father of the children. The dancer said She first Burned he had another wife when hi* burlnes* venture fell apart in i 'he fall of IS4«. Knetser who once worked ..as s didlar-a-day farm laborer, and Kramer who didn't eveti own an automobile, were the principals tn a fanlastie, l-i.Slei <H>O venture based on the public's banger for shiny, 1 new car* and Knctzer * mysterious ability to provide them. f Kramer Testtfed during Tiank- ! ’untev hearings that hi* main w | cupation was farming until he leyned -lhe Ji’alec-could- bf’Mjure srime traitors from Knetzer and ’’new" used cars. Kramer prampt-

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' b turaod hl* aoaUreni Illinois aF , fatfa patch hi the mo-1 fataiout . used car lot in history. . -- ■ SBKwoE- - - —'.-raMiMaßMMßßß|Uß*Sni*Maa*a*****rewn*ui*wnrea*B**renmn He said he got care from Knetz- ‘ er Wild them to eager buyer*, i tuniad «wr-to Knetzer , and gtveii~ a' inmmiadon The two aold car* at the "list price.” ranging usually from II AK) i**o"'JjiaiMi- A**aaa_SOaci--tt*£3ZZ' ■ were telli*g. for several hundred r dollar* more at Ow time. Delivery was promised in *0 to •* days, with the money paid in advance. Hun dred* of midwesteraer* snapped at . 'the riiaaee. Kramer said the source of th* 1 cars was a "IS.OOfb’h’O secret," and Knetzezr never disclosed where he rot them latter witnesses testified 1 he got- them from General Motor* employes in Michigan, who bought ’ them from the company on a preferential basis. The bubble burst when cn»tomers who had waited for month* demanded their money back In the 1 subsequent bankruptcy bearing*. ~’~ Knetser said he had operated at a loss, using the money pouring In to buy new cars and sell them for loss than he paid. REPUBLICANS IN << Mtlwoml Froea rwav ooe> word-mlli” will capitalise on MeUarthy-* c laim. Red propagandists he"«ai3rnSw"c»h dep!?t American* as "dupcs .»nd la< k-«it* who have not the rudimentary inelligene* to tbe stnoae* of a hoetWe *v*ta*n ' out of prMittnns of tnftnewe tn the Government"