Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. Ho. 77.

FOREIGN AID MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE

Suggests U.S. Deny Intent To f l U tmpioy n-Domo Atomic Scientist t , U rges P rerent ion Best Use Os Bomb ' Chicago. April 1— (UP)—Atomic Haas A. Beth* said today that th* only excuse Ibis country hs« for trying to make the hydrogen bomb la "to prevent Us use.”' Productioa of the •■per bomb Is “»ot Rassia mar develop it. he aald. He suggested that the Uaß*d Mates proclaim, to the world that It will aot be the first to use the H-bomb. Het he. formerly chief of the theoretical physics division of tbe Loa Alamos,. N.. M.. A-bomb taboratory. asserted that the Hbomb “makes oar country more vainerSMe rather than more errors" Writ In* la the bulletin of the atomic setontists the Cornell Cal- ' versify physics professor declared ' that "old fashioned A-bombs would b« sufficient io even the score nr rhe case of aa initial Soviet atack " Therefore "the one purpose of oar development of the bomb would be to prevent Us Mt. not to use It If ibis to ear reason we ran ctbatribate much io the peace of t.be world hy stat tap this reason open v- to- • - •Wat *>/.* —ravhs, "e.-y.c**• •*•**.?• d»K^nv»V?rt<?«»h*■-T. Thia coeld be done la a declaration. either hy roaaress or by tbei President. that the United States I wifi never be the first to use the hydrates bomb, that We would employ the weapon baly If It were . need against as or one of aae alltoa." Bribe said Thia one-aided pledge. BetheMM. If developed Into an International pact later coeld be the first step "toward a workable agreement on atomic energy, aa a part of oar efforts toward a lasting peace." Bathe's article, scheduled also for April publication by "scientific American," was censored I>y . th* atomic energy oommUaloh which objected to certain lilies dealing •with technical aspects of the hydro gen bomb tn Washington the AEC sajd It asked deletion of this part of Bethea article “on a. basis of sc, curily.” • . ' ■ Scientific American" charged In New York yeslerd.ay.Jhat the com mission has Imposed a gag <>n physicists which tie-pre-vent tbe American people from making Intelligent devlskms on the atomic and hydrogen bomb* Because of the original Bet be article, it «ald. It was forced tot burn some 3.000 copies of Its April issue Bet he said public announcement of the I' S decision to proceed with the il-bomb project undoubtedly spurred similar development by Russia • "If Is Impossible." he said "hri predict whether we br the Russians| will have the H bomb first Since it-is unlikely that tbe United States would atari a preventive war the time will come when both the USSR and this country will have H-bombs "Then this country will he much more vulnerable than the USSR We have many more large cities that would be Inviting targets, and — many of these liF near the coast The et Ist eace of the hydrogen bomb will give u« military weak ness rather than strength." Worthman To Seek Commissioner Post Lewis H Worthman. well known Adams county farmer of Preble township, today announced his candidacy tor commissioner of the first district subject to the decision of -voters at the Democrat primary May 2 Worth man will oppose John Blakey. Incumbent The candidate has been a farmer all his life and resides on his own farm. He has been active for many yean In community and agricultural -activities i Thia Is the first public office Wortbman ever has sought WCATHIR Clearing and a little colder with dlmlniehlng winds tonight. Sunday Increasing cloudiness and warmer followed by showers north portion In late afternoon or night. Low tonight JOSS north. 32-M south High •unday 4d-52 north, 52-dO south.

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MkhrigM Deadline To File Candidacy Voteßegistration Deadline Is Monday IndMnapoils. April I - (UP) - Two deadlines on the Indiana political calendar approached today, the deadline for filing declaraUo.is of candidacy and the deadline - lor registering to vote in the May 2 pr'. "•IT-.... J CaadMates have until midnight tonight to file for office, and vipers desiring to cast ballots, next month must register by Monday midnight Ah the deadline for filing candidacy declarations.with the Ind tana secretary of stale near. d. more than MM) men and women hud • igntfted their Intentions of seeking congrewsional seats and judge and prosecutor offices. Among them were 45 candidate* for 22 nominations for 11 Hoosier reais in the. national house of reprasentatlves. including all 11 Incumbents - seven Democrats and tour Republicans When th* filing was over In the last congressional primary two years ago. 22 sought nomination Tbs list today Indicated the ISIS volume of candidates would be ■- bout the name However, the oxact total wfll not lie known until early neu »wk because the secretary of state accepts mail declarations posted before the midnight deed Hee Os the 22 puMlhilltics for eon- ■ <r*sun»wM- rap-s*, wiib M had-.shape-ed up thus far The second district (Democrat* Were the only ones who I hail not a single candidate tn 'lie field A Democratic candidate there would aspire to rhe seat of Re? Charles A Halleck. R. who seeks ■ eewswßaallon Thais was a possibility both the WdhuLlicans and Democratic prl mtrin tn the third and ninth districts would be cut and dried affairs. Only one candidate sought carb nomination In these dnrtrieii and would be nominated without opposition - ... - Most crowded race thus far was for tbe GOP nomination in the seienih district' where five Republt- . cans sought the seat occupied in Washington by Hep James Noland, l> Bloomington The Republican side of tlie fifth, four sought "th- - <it Rep Edward Kruse. 11, juott Wayne, who was utiopt<os--<: for remimr'nalioa. From the standpoint *of filing volume. It looked aa though the He ! publicans held high hopes of re , gaining sojne of Ihe seats they had in the IStrl eleition There were !7 Republicans and IS Derno<-ra , v seeking nominations. I Republicans also x outnumbered Democrats filing for IdS state lagts 'alive seats IW in the house and ?S in the senate By late yesterdu l . Jlh> persons including IP* Republicans and Ihl Democrats hail filed for the house and S 2 persons iii eluding Hepublh ans amt S« Den - ’ocrats for the senate I' : j i Authorities Probe Two Accidents Here Auto Demolished During Collision County and state police Investigated two accidents shortly after midnight today, one of them in"voiving two cars speeding southward on U S. highway 27. the other involving an abandoned stolen truck lying along the same highway where it had rolled over Tbe plot thickened somewhat when two other stolen tracks were reported, one of them recovered later, however. State troupes Bob Mercer investigated one accident that • occurred three miles south of Decatur on the U. Sv highway . Cars driven by Francis Jamison, of Bluffton, and Oscar T Ray. of route C. both admittedly golng.betwegit *0 jtnd .70 .mllri l •<■ hour, apparently locked bumpers after the Jamison car had passed tbe Ray car. As g result. Jamison lost control of his car. he told the Investigating officer, and the car rolled orer Into the dtlch. where It laid completely destroyed Jamison escaped with only abraslons. It was discerned following X-ray treatment at the Adams county hospital. Released today Jamison indicated he was going to <TWrw T» Fswe Mat

Natural 6as Bill Awaiting Iranian Action House Passes Bill To Free Independent Producers Os Control Washington. April I. —(UP) — Northern Democrats today pressured ITesident Truman to veto the Rerr natural gas bill. But some puwerfui Democrats urged Mm to sign It. There has been no indication just e-hat action Mr. Truman would take oa-ihe Issue. ——- The house sent the measure to the White House yesterday by a vole of 17< to 174. It would exempt independent gas producers from regulation by the federal power rommlsslon. Northern Democrats from Mg industrial arras have contended t*at the legislation would permit thawses producers to raise consumer rate* by some limi.ooii.ooo Bui house speaker Bam Rwbsnt su'd other supporters of the MU hellltled these fears Elsewhere in congress: Foreign Policy - Democrats and Republicans alike made cautioui advances toward working our a re newrd non political, bi partisan foreign policy. Sen Paul.A. lavug- . Jas. D ..11U. weal su.. J.ar.<iW::i?*-..tß«tr. gest that a Republican be named as underset ptarv of Mate Farm Northern Democrat* wer ■ unhappy alsiut President Truman's approval yesterday of a MH to raise the limits of the IM><* cotton and peanut craps. Southern Demi ■ cuts < heered. aa expected, when Mr. Truman announced bln decision. ', Foreign Aid — Speaker Ram Rayburn. Tex. vald the administration's fowlKU policy was heavily ixilMeyed when the house approve ! the 23.lnttW.W0 economic aid pro gram other congressional leaders looked for tbe senate. togivFjk < otn •WW*W Te rase ats > Holy Week Services At Lutheran Church Services Planned !■ During Holy Week Zlou laitheran < hurch. West Monroe and Eleventh streets, through Its psstor. the Rev Edgar I’ s< lunldt announces Its schedule of Holy Week services, as follows; Maundy Thursday evening, in commemoration »f the institution of the Hilly Supper. ■ service will be (ondm-ted at 7:30 o'clock In which the Holy Sacrament will be celeMated the Rev. Otto C. Busse id *l£ Paul - laiihvran church. Preble, will assist the local pastor with • the distribution of the Eucharist. ' Good Friday a midday passion iservice will be conducted, iiegln jning at 12:30 o'clock. This service S enters sbout the reading of the enI tin passion story according to the four gospels, the lessons of the passion story Interspersed with appro priale hymns and prayers. The reverent silence and holy sacred ness of this noon time Good Friday service has made it a popular hour of worship. The service commemorating the death of Jesus Chrlst will be Conducted Good Friday evening at 7 :30 o'clock, with the pastor concluding his series of sermons on the seven sentences from the Cross, preaching on the seventh word: "Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit." Two festival services will he conducted Easter Sunday, at M and 10:30.o'eladu ... . . The nonchurched public Is invited to attend the Holy Week and Easter services at the Lutheran church. Two Children Killed When Stilt Explodes Shelton. Conn.. April I.— (UP) A still In the basement of a six family tenement house exploded today. causing a fire which killed two children Local police, who announced the cause of the blaze, said that federal authorities had been called In to investigate. The charred bodies of three-month-old Linda Reilly and four year-old John Kleley were re covered oy firemen. ,

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Thanks U. S. For Arms •'.aaag'idaM . ■r TE Byl'n /yv* XLA* ITALIAN AMBASSADOR to the U. S. Alverto Tarchiana, speaking on aa arwur ptor at Brooklyn. N Y . exprewses his country’s thanks for the first shipment of arms equipment Io Italy under live hillion dollar mutual detenu* program. The shipment, ranging from small arms to giant 135 MM howltsers (upper-right i was loaded aboard the S S Exllona .

10th Hospital life Victim Dies Today Murder And Arson Charges Are Filed Philadelphia. Apr I—(TP) Nicholas Verna. 2«. a convicted arsonist with a "hero" complex, was sr'beduled for a hearing to day on murdar and arson charges In the deaths of 10 fellow patients In a fire at Belle Vista saultorlum Th* loth victim Louis Segal. Sk i died In Montgomery hospital. Nbr | rlstown. Pa this morning The I condition -of John Boyle, another, inmate "brought Io the hospital.; was described as "very <ritiual -Verna, a niedtL'ally discharged war veteran, was committed to the state hospital at nearby Nor rlstown. Pa, pending a hearing ' before magistrate Charles W Con i yers. Sr. of Springfield township However, authorities indicated that veterans administration transfer of Verna from — Valley Forge hospital to the state tnslitutidn might - delay proceedings against him Verna was hospitallz*d at Valley Forge following the fire Wednesday night Dr Arthur P Noyes, superintendent of the Norristown hospltal. said the transfer was a "temporary commitment'' of 10 day* The veterans administration was paying four Verna's car* at the sanatorium Authorities described Verna as a firehug who "tried to be a hero"! •Tar* -sw ra*e Mai Watts Is Sentenced • - B To Die On July 12 8 Indianapolis Negro Is Sentenced To Die Columbuk. Ind. Apr 1 --(UP) — Barring a reprieve. Robert Austin Watts had just three months and i It days to lire today. Watts was sentenced yesterday. to die in the electirc chair of Indiana state prison before dawn on July 12 for the sex murder of 4 Mrs. Msry Lois Burney 3S. Indianapolis. on Nov. 12. 1347. Bartholomew circuit judge George W. Long sentenced Watts tn a packed courtroom, culminating a four-week trial. Watts' secI ohd In the "Burney slaying In the flrat trial tn 1943 at Shelbyville. Watts was sentenced to death but spared by a U. S supreme court ruling a few hoars! before his date with the chair Before sentencing. Watts was asked if he had anything to aay > He stood before Long and said he wished Marion county prosecutor George Dailey and Bartholomew [ county prosecutor William Lien-, berger would "take back what! they said about me"

'Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday Tbe Decatur ministerial aMbetation will hold Ita monthly Meeting Monday at 9:30 a. m. a: th* Zk>u Evsageilcal and Reformed church. Hoatlne iHisineea will he conducted. final touches added to the nn ton Gvnid Friday service, and plain for the daily vacation Bible achpol revealed. The Her J Luther Seng. I .other ian 'astor of Fort Wayne, will u< liver a paper on "The History of the Lutheran Uhurches.” Bednasek Confident Os Trial Acquittal Jurors Will Begin Deliberating Monday lowa city, la.. April I - Dreamy-eyed Robert Bednaaek relaxed In hi* jail cell today. *|<i>arently confident that he will' be freed Monday when the jury begins deliberating whether he Is guilty of strangling his ’coed' sweetheart "I wish I didn't have to waft until Monday." he said, "but d m not worried. I know everjrthing will come out all right " — Badnasek. 24-year-<dd University of lowa psychology student. Is charged with slaying Margaret (Gee Gee) Jackson. 2<>. during a forbidden midnight rendezvous in a men's rooming house here last Dec 11. Both the defense and prosecuting attorneys rested their cases SI t.M p m.. CST. yesterday, after piling up more than ' 430.000 words of testimony in the 12-day trial. District Judge James P Gaffney ordered closing arru .mentjt poutponed ___unt_lJ .. Monday when he plans to deliver his charge to the jury. Gaffney, a stern 59-year-»d<l former prosecutor, retired to. his Marengo. la, farm to frame his all-important charge to the jury He said the defense submitted 39 , suggested jury instructions which ; he must consider incorporating into the charge. Tbe state made no requests. Under lowa law, the charge will be shown to the attroneys before final arguments begin Monday Aa both stoes rested, the issues |n the trial were sharply drawn „-Thg prosecul ><» .Ch»r*ea . that, jealously and a homicidal Impulse drove Hednasek to strangle th*' girl he saM he loved The defense. relying heavily on Bedna- ; **k’a ova "troth nerum" t**»l I mony. argues that the socially promlaaat coed must haw* been I killed aeeMeatally after Bednasek playfully damonatrated how to • choke a person Doctors testified for the state that the fatal n«s-k Injuries (lee i G*e suffered could h*>r been in <Tww T* WWae a*s>

Congressional Leaders See Approval As Boost To Economic Aid Plans

Decitar Street Fair Contracts Free Ads Fine Array Signed For Fair In July The biggest array of free attractions ever produced In Decatur has been cont racted for by the Deeat nr Dee street fair and agricultural show to be held here July 24-2* inclusive,Her ail Krueckeberg. chairman of the free acts committee. announced today. The committee, composed of Krueckeberg. Dick Heller and R. W. Pruo*n. executive manager of the Chamber of Commerce, met with Robert Shaw, representative of the Gus Sun Fatrbooklng agency Friday night, aad selected the talent for the 1950 fair. For the first time In the history of the fair, the feature high act will be changed for tbe last two days of the show For the first four days. The Kay*, comedy high act. will be the feature perform ■nee. On the last two days this act will be supplanted by the DeAro* *it h- nsn’ f imr rioue-ir*tiig” rhe De Ar ok are with Cote Brothers cir riss. ■ r : Other a< ta-contrat-ted for include Rn wnle Btlveriake and CO:, minia ture circus with clowns, dogs and trap* Be artists. King Reynolds, aertalis': The Juggling Jewels; Montana Frank and California Jo*, pistol and bull whip sharpshooters and their famous trained horse Pinto, and Irma and Rio. high ladder performance ' -The entire program will be changtd completely during the week, and the platform acts will Im changed three times Krueekeberg slated that 'he Decatur fair Jbls. year would have the greatest arr.ay of talent ever ■brought here In addition to the platform and high acts, there also will be bands and other entertainment II is believed that tJift Kirkpatrbk. Berghoff magician who has hem here the last several years, also will return. Rim e the 1950 fair Is the last street fair planmd for Decatur, Krueckeberg said that every effort would he made to give those In attendance the biggest show ever held . i Three fared Dead In Blast Al Depot One Man Dead, Two Buried In Debris Igloo. R D. April l-a'PI- aJ 25-man crew today gingerly picked Rs way through lire ammunition mixed with the explosion-shattered remains of a concrete ammunition depot in search of two men burled in the debris Both were feared dead The body of a ’Mrd man. Joseph M. Murray, was removed during the night. Murray was foreman of the fourman crew at work in the magazine when an explosion yesterday shattered the ROby-2bfoot stracture. The fourth man was rescued after suffering minor injuries. The cause of the blast was not known, but Col H S Newhall, commanding officer of the Black Hills ordnance depot, said a board would be convened today to lnve*JE gate the exploeion Newhall directed the searchers who worked. through th* night in snb-freezing , temperatures under the glare of huge floodlight* rigged on the scene. Relatives of two men still trapped In the wreckage waited at a gWe-gynramsrTnr word of Bougtas D Armentrout. Jr , and Harrison P Bird • i Lewis Sanford. Edgement. S D.. was dragged from the wreckage alive shortly after the exploaloo. Newhall raid Sanford was tn good condition at, the Depot hospital where he wa» taken for treatment of shock Newhsil described Sanford's sun rival a« a "minor miracle " The work of the searching party was alow and dangerous. Newhall' <Twr* T* rw*« a*a»

Jurors Debate Perjury Charge Against Bridges West Coast Union Leader Waits Jury Decision On Charge Ran Francisco. Apr. I—(UP1 —(UP) — Th* future of Harry Bridges hung In the balance today aa a federal court jury of eight men and four women tried to decide whether he defrauded the government in obtaining his citizenship The weary jurymen took the perpry-conspiracy case against the Pacific coast longshore leader at 2:43 p. m. (CRT) yesterday after hearing Instractiona from Judge George B Harria, Hl* ln*t ructions climazed the longest criminal rase in the IM-year history of northern CaUfornia federal At 11:40 p m . With Hr* houra and 29 minutes of fraltle** deltb eratlon behind them, the jurors halted thrir labgra and went to bed They were hustled out of the courtroom In, a tight Utt|q group and herded Into A waiting • bua for a twodHeek nip to tbe 1 W’hitcomh hotel where they were ■ locked up for the night The Australian-born labor leader is charged with’perjury and conspiracy to defraud the government for allegedly swearing falsely at hl* 1945 naturalization bearing that he never had been a member of: the communist party Hts two codefendant* In the edae. union aide* -Hen ry Sell mid t and J. R Robertson, are accused, w|th Bridge* In the first court of conspiracy to defraud and are jointly charged in count three with aiding and abetting Bridges in the commission of a felony - perjury. Conviction on all counts provides not more than seven years in prison and or 215,000 fines for each defendant When the Jurors retired to th* Jury room after a two-hour lunch, there was a noticeable air of Complete relaxation among the defendants and their attorneys Bridge*, neatly attired in a grey business suit, talked with reporters and spectators In the pressroom across the marble corridor from the courtroom and kibitzed a canasta game Rchmldt puffed unconcernedly on a pipe and • nat«Tw»a T* rage au> .. Garcia RHes HeW Here This Morning Burial Os Accident Victim In Texas The body of Rodolfo Garda. 22, of Decatur, who died Friday at Adams county memorial hospital following an aatotraln accident, will be takes to Crystal City. Texas, for burial, it was announced today Previously, It bad been announc 1 ed that burial would be here, but Garcia's parents asked that the body be returned to tbe man's birthplace h wiH be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs Ellas Caciaao of this city. Garcia made his Some wtth the Garianos ' Th* local young man had made many friends In Decatur and Fort Wayne since coming here He was a .talented maslciaa and . aeveraJ years ago was a member of a ■ roup* of singing entertainers He served la th* air force daring World War II Burial will be at the Catholic cemeten* la Crystal City following services at tb* Sacred Heart of Jesus chureh Service* were held at th* St I Mary's Catholic chureh this morn ! lug. the Very Re* Msgr J J ' Selmer« officiating The body will i be sent to Texas by tbe Gillig sad 1 Doan fuaeral bout*.

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Three Billion Aid VadLSiaMas AoaflnatfMeAei ■ wO ffww • W ▼ ww By Hoose; Seen AtDeterrent To Wor Washington. April I—(UP) — Congressional leaders said today President Trumaa's foreign policy received a powerful shot In tbe arm through houw approval of the 23.100. economic aid pro- _ grant. They looked for an early senate approval of companion legislation Speaker Sam Rayburn said that by furnishing economic aid to for- ■ etgn countries in the immediate future the f United State* may be ’prerenting a war of American soli a little later In urging his colleagues in the house to approve the foreign aid measure, Rayburn argued that the • ■ ' nest war win he fought tn th* western hemisphere unless wo have some place for a footing on coatinental Europe " "Give them economic strength." he sa>4. "so la years to come when we need friends -and God kmvws we'll need them -they will be ... After . hearing, the , solemn,. warjr.. >;i .Ings of Rayburn and other Demo cratic leader* -as well as the warm" , support of some Republicans—the , house voted overwhelming approval , of the big foreign aid program for fiscal I*sl The roll caU oa passage • was 227 to M. Except for one Important change. • tbe legislation as it passed the bouse was la virtually the form requested by the administration It contained 22A50.0Wt,0®(l for the European recovery program next year, JtOO.MO.dW' for economic aid to nationalist China and other far , eastern areas. 227.450.tKWi for aid to Paleriine refugees, and 225.000,PW for a start on President Truman * ■ "point four program of aid to un derdeveloped countries The only revision made by the house which administration leader* vigorously fought was a 2220.bM,< la 'he fiscal 1951 fund* tor the Marshall plan The economic cooperation *<l mini*! ration asked tor . 23.100. and got 22.250.MH>,OtHI. The house also whittled 22" (hwi - UOO from the 245.«M'.0V0 asked for the original "point four", .outlay* but administration Kaders did not appear to be particular:*' -concerned over the Issue Tire senate foreign relations committee has approved the full 23 IMi .OOOJiPO asked by EC A It also has approved all of the other significant provisions of the house bill except the f25.0W.000 for "point four." Clerk's Office Open Late Tonight, Monday Ed Jaberg. clerk of the court, yemlnded voter* and candidate* that hl* office wUI remain open undl * p m today for registration checks and for the filing of certificates of candidacies He added that his offfa will also remain open until 9 p m Monday to’ handle further regi*~/ . tratioa He pointed out that todxv Is the last day a candidate may file for an office, and Monday Is th ■ • laat day a voter may chance aU registration, or to register forth? flrat time in order to rote In the May 2 primary Lawrence McCullough Sheriff Candidate i-" lAwrenc* E. McCullough, of rout* 1. Monroe, today announced 1 his candidacy for tbe nomination aa sheriff on th* Republican ticket subject t» the . voters In th* primary elertkm May 2 McCuUtmxh'e k announcement brings to tun the i number of Republican candidates t for sheriff McCullough hi a veteran of World War II serving wtth tbe 177th engineer bataUou. 3* mouths of his service In the Aleutian Islands Currently, the candidate is tm ployed a* a track-cement mixer driver for tbe Toot Coaetractlon Co Tbie to the Drat time tbe candidate has rnn for aay office, he said, and be wHI make as active campaign for tbe nemtnaUou throughout tbe county.