Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1950 — Page 1

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Easter W To Marti Close Os Holv Week Special Services Im City Churches Merk Observance Easter Sunday Hairrof will ■nark tb* close of tb* Lenten erason and Holy Week in Decatur, with all churehe* of Ike etty holding special service* celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. Outstanding among the Easter Sunday service* will be the special tunrtoe service, a rvssrrertion pageant by Ike young people of the I Decatur associated churches, to be. held at • o'clock Sunday morning at the Trinity Evangelical United | Brethren ehurch This service is sponsored by the associated churebe* and the Decatur ministerial association. The service will open with prayer by the Rev. John E. Chambers, pastor of the Trinity ehurch. followed by a prologue to the pageant by the Rev A C E. (MUaadar. pastor of Ike First Presbyterian church The Rev. Jonas Berkey, of the First Christian church? will read the story from lake of the walk to Emmaus More than a score of Decatur young people will take part In the pageant - . - Organ music will be played by Harold-Mpmma. with Mias Jane Brumley as soloist . •",7’. ~'J All of the city's churches win hold special services, and worshipers are expected to throng. U> the churches In the same reveW ent spirit as of Good Friday. th rm sands , thronged io services eewMUMgoratibg the Three Hour* Christ spent on the Cross. CeM FtldhWd However, the weatherman refuses to cooperate In the traditional parade of Easter finery The weather forecast for Indiana on Easter Sunday Is cloudy, windy and rather cold, with r » in Iteeiy by tomorrow afternoon Regardless of the weather, how ever, members of the Decatur Elks lodge will hold their annual Easter egg hunt for the youngsters at 2' v . lock Sun d a afternoon If weather conditions fteftnif. rfcr-Wi'y nual event will be held on the spacious lawn of the lodge home on North Second street However, if the hunt cannot be held outdoors, the children will be paraded through the lodge home One hundred doaea brightly colored eggs Svill be the children, divided In age groups i* There also will be 31 plush rabbits. 50.basket* and other gifts tor the youngsters. Drinking Fuel Oil Is Fatal To Child Indianapolis. Apr 8 — (UP) — Jerry Rimpson. 3. drank nearly three ounces of fuel oil yesterday and died la his home after his stomach was pumped at a hospital. The child found the oil in the basement while his mother. Mrs Thomas L Simpson. was busy with household chores. Illinois Youth Dies As Auto Hits Bridge Shelburn. Ind.. Apr. B—(UPI— Russell Sorensen. 17, Waukegan, lit. was killed and two companion* injured last night when their automobile hit a U. S. 11 bridge Sorensen died in Mary Sherman hospital at SalNvaa four hours after th* accident. Hl* companions. Louis Mitchell. If. and Richard Aolnle, 11, both of Waukegan, were In fair condition at the same hospital State police said the youths were driving to Florida when the car operated by Sorensen hit a rough spot in the road, snapping the car's tie rod and swerving the auto into the bridge WEATHER Meetly cloudy and colder thia afternoon. Windy north portion and partly cloudy and l)t steady, windy *d rather cold. Rain likely by Sunday adternoon. Lew tonight near M north, M to M south. High Sunday 40 north, dS south.

Unptaiiit Easter Weather Forecast Moss (X Cehff Air Moving Eastward United Pros* Rain, snow, wind and o»M weather, will alp corsages and dtotstiraga the wearing of Easter finery in nearly all part* of the country tomorrow except Florida aad lb* Pacific northwest, the weather bureau aaid today A mass of cold air was reported moving southeast ward acron the Great Lakes toward the northeastern states today, crushing New Englander* hope* that they would escape the unsea-onable weather that has engulfed moat of the nation. Northern Ohio and I western New fork were warned ! to expect temperature* a* low aa I 8 degree* by tonight But in spite of unseasonable I weather. Amerrlnas planned to combine worship and pleasure to make th* day a symbol of both Christian and Pagan traditions and the triumph of fresh-budding life over death. Th* prediction of colder weather even brought relief to floodravaged eactiona of the northern plains where residents expected to spend Easter battling swollen river* and stream*. The Red river of the north, which forms the boundary between North Dakota and Minnesota, was the worst flood threat. - Temperatures near or beta* frSexing were expected through oty titr -midwest and - mvctheUL Rocky Mountain area* -with snow, la Kansas. Missouri and 'lllinois The weather will tarn ifw-raa*imr-ly colder tomorrow from Teas* NMbhßsrd to ttp Ohio valley and middle Atlantic slate* * - 'dtoun-h ogle lai* said (Miuraout of wurakipper* (Ma. weekend would be ape of the *r«s»«*t In history due tn a ruin* «»■»<» in the calendar* of the eastern ortho dos. western t'hri»<ian and J-w l*h faith* The Jew* <>b*erve<l the end of paesover today w-hlle member* of the Chris) tan vhurche* celebrated Easter For ancietU lUMtaantri the eye* of the world turned )«• Horne ■ where an estimated HUH* pllI grim* already have gathered for I Holy.. Y.eaf pb»ervan< e« at St Peter's BasHh a ami oilier Kute I churches in the city ' Thousand* of new pilgrim* streamed into Rome hourly by' plane, train, bus, bH-ycle and foot ■ in hope of glimpsing Pope Pius 'Tare Ta ***** Five) . ___ Veteran Screen Star Is Taken By Death Walter Huston Dies Os Heart Ailment Hollywood. April 8 —(UP) — The' theater world today mourned the! death ot Walter Huston, who spent SO of hi* M years performing on the boards and before the camera. Funeral service* for the brilliant actor were pending until his widow. Annette Sunderland Huston, arrive* here from New York His body was at the Heverly Hills Pierce Brothers mortuary , Huston died yesterday in hl* Beverly HUI* hotel room of a heart ailment. Death came to the actor , only a few hour* after a party celebrating hl* <Cth birthday -a party he was unable to attend because be was 111. John Huston, who directed his father in bls academy-award win- , nlng performance two year* ago.; wa* at hl* side when he died. The elder Huston won an Oscar for hl* supporting role in "Treasure of Sierra Mpdre.” a film which brought hi* soa two Oscars, one for direction aad the other tor writIni Huston's versatility railed George M. Cohan to remark when asked It the actor could play the foie of Abraham Lincoln' “That guy coaid play Carrie Na Abe Lincoln combined " " John HuMon-sald bi* Jather "died t peacefully and without straggle " “I have never seen so quiet a death." be said. "He died a* modestly a* he had lived. “I am telling It . so that the people who loved him win be reassured a* to hl* last moment*. His death will be harder on them. I inspect that It wa* on him He wa* too good a man to get sick "Whep the time came, >e just died" '

Canny Seeto Get Bteek-With Ne«d|n That 1* IB ' H ■ THOUSAND* QUEUE FOR EMALLPOX vaccination in Glasgow. BcoUaMI, ht Hs* over Nd yards long at the public health oElce More than U.Odd Glaswegian* were rareiygd la one day. as N ease* and two death* qeyurred la the area. Traveler* arrivtag In New York fpum the British Isles who can- ’ nut prove they were vaccihated within the past nix months Mw beingjNaraatiaed. Epidemic started when a ship carrying the disease docked la the Heel ti*h port dtp. ■ —o*—m

April Court Tenu.. Will Open Monday February Term Off I Court Ends Today Judge Myles F. Pnrri«h of Adam* circuit court faces a busy April term’of court starting next Monday, the docket *how* The February term <)--*ed today and " was -the' b«(ei«*t ever ». ' corded here. .. The first three day* ot next week Wilt be consumed in calling ‘ the doikel and setyng additional case* for the April term. There ha* been no Indication to date ’ that the grand jury will be caMsd fo-veral Interesting jury trial* have be«-n »et tor th« April term, according W» the docket The first I. m heduled *for April 17 The title of the case Is Frve V* New York. Chicago and St Louts railroad. tor damage* It was venm-d l here from Allen county. (In April 35 another venued: cane. Floe ring, et al. v* Hoffman will Im- frletl before an Adam* county, jury A Irani damage suit. Briede vs .Andress, aftermath of an auto mishap will he heard on May 8, and on June 5 the < au*e of Gage jv* McMillen, a case concerning , the trespassing of ealtle. I* set | for t rial After the April term. Judge I Parrish will have several weeks vacation Irefore the opening of the Septemlref term of Adams- circuit court. It has been his practice. however, to remain close To hl* , office even during vacation* to ar t in emergencies. Dates Are Announced For Musk Festival Festival Off County Schools Next Week Dates and sites of the Adam* county musk- festival were announced today, and at the same time It wa* revealed that Varner Chance, supervisor of music in Fort Wayne sshools . would be the guest conductor of the vocal partton of the program*. Th* massed choruses of all county schools, and the massed band* ot the ' Decatur Catholic. Pleaaant Mill*. Monmouth and Ad'ama Central high school* wilt present the program, which Is scheduled to be given two night*. The festival will first be presented In the Mowmouth high school Wedneeday. April fifi. and the same program will again be presented. In the Geneva high school two night* later. April 14. la addition to the numbers by the < h<>ru« and bead, R is'noted, there w«l be special numberaby the various schools'. There will be a general admission price > I Fort Wayne schools, would be th*' festival ■ ~ i Spanish Train Wrack Death Toll Now 20 Oviedo. Spain. April I. — (UP)— Ths death toll In Thursday* MadrM-Gljon train wreck rose to N today with the death M a soldier Injured in the crash Work-) men were reported still clear-' Ing th* tracks at wreckage.

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Fort Wayne Woman Flanges To Death Fort Wayne, fad . Apr. •—(UP) —Mrs. Mary E. Kiger. N, planged from the 13th floor of the National Bank building to her death yesterday. Her husband, James P. Kiger, said she had been treated for a "Mryoua disorder" etaee the birth at a daughter Hrs month* ago. Mm Trapped Five Hours In Wrockaoe Token Alive From > Wreckage Off Auto Chicago, Apctf g.—(UP)— A ana.' ws* taken alive today from the mangled wreckage of hi* auto where he wa* trapped tor 5-H; hour* afterMt switch engine craahrd the car into a three-foot apace against a factory wall. Firemen bad feared that two women were pinned In the wreckage with the man. identified a* Robert T Patterson. 30. They bored their way into the Incredibly wrecked car and found Patterson wa* the sole occupant. ,Patterson was trapped In the car In an upright position, gripped at the hips by the wreckage, from 3:15 a m until 7:45 am. He wa* taken to Alexlan Brothers' hospital. Hl* condition was serious, doctor* said His exact injuries had not been determined. Firemen and police literally saw--ed the ...arrackage , .nway “by the handful" to tree Patterion. They couldn't -use torches for fear of Igniting gasoline which had doused I the wreckage. Patterson screamed to the fire ' me i to "save the women—save my I wife!" Hi* crle* led to’ the belief other* were in the car. But the rescuers, after freeing him. punched a hole In the side of the car and saw no one else In the area opened to view. They decided that anyone else In the wreck wa* dead. Then they backed away the freight engine, which had pinned the auto to Ute wall. They had feared to do so before because of the chance of mashing the auto more. Below Freezing ts Forecast In State By United Pre*. Temperature* below freesing were forecast today tor tomorrow's sunrise Easter worshiper* in Indiana. Morning prayer* commemorating th* reaurrectlon of Christ may bo said amid a. thia layer of snow In some sections of the slate. A chilly aad dismal day for displaying spring finery wa* predic'ed. Th* weather bursae said snow flurries were expected upstate today with colder temper* - turn all over the state tonight. Tomorrow will be cloudy with rain or snow in th* north and ' rain south aad central by eveatng. Suggestion Awords To G. E. Employes Fire Decatur employes ar* Meted as having received suggestion awards from the General Electric company durtag March. They ar*. : Josephine I vouch. Harold Durbin Homer Hahn. Chester Mclntosh jand Joe Weber. The awards ranged from H to IN

Orthite Naw Trill wuaiv new iiiai ImT rar i tof Fwicy juy w ■ Attomoys Debate Seeking New Trial 1 Allentown. Pa.. Apr. E—(UP)— ' Defense attorney* debated today whether to seek a new trial for convicted "mercy stayer" Harold A. Mohr, accnsed by the state of “fooling around .with th* AlmlgbUT When be killed his blind. Onncer-ravaged brother It was believed possible the de- i fens* might not file an appeal for UR tannery worker, enavieted of voluntary manalaugtidXm ■ ■ - * -foiPm. r m inamv l rbcommeaded mercy. By Its ver diet the Jurp heeded the prosecution plea to “put an end to mercy staying*.*’ The verdict carries * six to 13year prison sentence But Judge James Henninger said he interpreted the mercy recommendation to moan Mohr "ahall not raceivei the maximum penalty for- manslaughter." ' — ~ It wax the first conviction In three recent prominent "mercy killing" trial*. Dr. Hermann N Sander. Os New llampahire. and cortege' student Carol "I’alghr of Connecticut, were acquitted In the other cases. , • Chief defense counsel Harry P. ( reveling said "we are satisfied with the verdict" tor Mohr, who confessed firing a bullet into the back of hi* brother. Walter. 55, tart March "8 after the Incurably 111 man begged repeatedly to "he put out of his misery " "It wa* the next l>est thing to •Wese Te Pose *<«» Hunted For Killing, Mm b Found Dead Ex-Mental Patient Is Suicide Victim Chapel HIM. N. C. April I —(UP) —A former mental patient hunted by police tor'killing a young college student her* wa* found dead today near a shaded outdoor theater. Police said he had committed suicide. Leu Broughton Smltey. SPyeer old ex-student at the University of North Carolina had been the object of a frantic search since be wa* seen leavfog the white frame roomtag house where student George Lemuel Bennett. Jr. 33. wss shot to death in Ms basement room yesterday. Fear had gripped this Idyllic college town when it was lesrned that the baMfog, heavy-set man. armed and considered dangerous, had been released from a Fayetteville veteran* beegital last year over the protests of psychiatrists ~ Police saM a passerby found Smithey lying deed sear the Forest theater, a shady glen used a* an outdoor aaspMteater at th* university The discovery of bl* body ended the most Intensive manhunt In the history ot the dignified. Iry-clsd campea Thu bunt began yesterday when a mwQur warrest was issaed for Smithey. Smithey and ' Bennett rented room* ta the basement along with ether students wbo bad left town „. _ CFwsa ** raw* •*»

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s—umsm—rawss«<Mmsm all « *■ ' 111 ■■ — Chts Are Sought To Binoggio A<w<mh Underworld Link In Kansas City Sought Kassas CHy, Mo. Apr. Eb-(tTP) —Police planned to open Democratic bora Charles Btaaggto's safe depoet baa today for a clue to the expert assassins who shot and klll-d Btnagghi and his gunman paL' Charlee Gargotta. Officers were reported seehtng to link a mysterious “Mr Big" of the Kansis' City underworld with the slaying <M th* two aea. Henry MeKtaaA. second ward boss wfc) wa* a cloe* friend of Blnaggto. claimed they would find only a roster of members of th* first district Democratic club where Blnaggto and Oargotta were MUed this week. But th* roster alone was enough' to Interest investigator* -who weren't passing up any changes for clues. U. Harry Nesbitt , chief of homicide. revealed that s tape recorder had been found In a closet at . the clubrooms where Gargotta and Blnaggto were assaaatnatefl I A microphone and switch were • ta a drawer of the desk near . where Blnaggto * body was found, i A wire tad, tram the mteropboae i through • Mie in the drawer and ■ under the rug to the recorder in • the- cloeet “it would have been easy for Blnaggto to switch the outfit on and off daring conversations." Nesbitt said. "The Instrument apparently wa* installed only a few day* ago " ' Investigator* found only one tape with the machine. That apparently was the first one. used 1 to .test the device Several men's voire* were heard on It but mme of the epeakers was identified They were talking al«>ut horse- ’ - •*■»<«* Pass., stat Kidnaped Girt And Abductor Are Found California Giri Is Reported Molested Baldwin Park. Calif.. Apr g — (UP)—A gunman kidnaped a 17-year-old high school girl early today from her date and molested her. but was csptured with the girl a few hour* later when he drove into a ditch. Authorities said the girl. Dulcy N. Nelson, had been molested by her abductor. They identified him as Vane* Smith, 30. wbo had a record of armed robbery ta Burbank. Calif , when he was 17. Doctors examined th* girl at the San Dims* sherlfT* substation here. Deputies said they found the couple when their car became stuck ta a ditch along a road' between Puente aad Pomona. — Smith, whose Mme to at West Covina. Calif., came upon tM girl and a high school friend. Donal Oelrtch. aa they sat ta Onlrleh's car before her home He forced Oelrtch from the car at gunpoint and then drove sway ta ft with the girl. When the gunman accosted the couple, he flashed a light into their faces, forced Oelrieh out of Tn Fm* Chester Mclntosh Appointed Foremon Cheatsr Mclntosh. 44? Mereer aveaue. has bean appelated foreman ot inspection and terttag. misceßaneoe* motor assembly aad packing ta FHP Motor Dfviatoa 7 at the Dseatw General Electric plant. E. W. LankeaaU' plant manager. announced. Mclntosh jotaed tM local 0. E. force on Feb. 7. 1833 From Jun* 18. IM3. aatll Nov. 11. IM4 he wa* foreman ta tM taepeettoe and terttag aecUon. He wa* a landtag lB th*t MCtiOft-

Only Four Top Dall> ■■-1- “ft“F NT- J Bills Massed ByCongress Both Homos Off Congress Now On Easter Vacation Wmhtagton. April B—(tPl— A recapitulation showed today that congress hs* enacted eaiy four major bUla since IM tint seeeton i convrned more than three months A* they beaded into a stow postEaster week, the lawmaker* Mv* seat these measure* to President Truman stoe* Jan. 8: I Th* oleomargarine tax repeal ■ er to etiminai* all federal taxes , and license tees on eton. 3 A Koree-Fortnou* sld bill 3. The omnibus farm bill which restrtctx potato planting* and sees* acreage limitation* on cotton aad . peaauts. 1.. Th* -Kerr natural gas bill to remove independent gas producer* ' from federal regulation AM but the Kara MU Mv* been signed by Presidesit Tfßnmn*- « ‘ The taw b »#• «* » lAday 1 Easter vacation The sensßn. wMeR 1 took only a four day reees*. plan* to take up next week the maltl-millloe dollar rivers and harbor* measure. When the house on April 18. It will resume consideration of the 838.000,0tHi.000 omnibus appropriations bill. \ Elsewhere in congress: - Hospital*—Members of a house appropriations subcommittee ' (bat when it comes to running hospital*. the government doesn't know Its own mind. -They were upset by disclosure* that the armed force* are closing hospital* while the veteran* administration is 6uiidiug them! . . ■>- Guided missiles —Rep Harry R Sheppard. D;. Cal., ba* asked defense secretary Loui* Johnson to consider halting turtber work on the new guided missile range at Hanana river. Fla. Ellender- Sen. Allen J Ellender. <TU*W ■*» IX* ~ Receivership Suit In Im am Am R—m A J isKenimea trere Suit On South-Bud Firm Returns Hare Failure to present a workable reorganisation plan before Judge Luther Bwygert ta federal court Friday will bring the suit tor re celvership against the South-Bad corporation back to Adam* circuit court, it wa* learned today. Judge Swygert had named William Lian a* temporary trustee for th*, canning concern about a month ago following the filing of a petl ttoa tor reorganisation under federal statute*. In so doing. tM federal court halted a prior suit ta Adam* drcult court, entitled Hansel Foley, et *l. v* Sooth Bud Corporation, suit for receivership. A restraintag order wa* issued Mr* no that the South Bud Corporation could attempt a reorganisation Now the disaolution of the federal petMtoa aad discharge of tM tru»te* will throw tM cause bach to Adam* circuit court. TM r» straining order toeued to peweerve the asset*, issued by Judge Mylau F. Parrish at tM time tM suit wan. Ned. bad aad will coating* ta effect. It tree uaderatood. Judge Parrteh eaM this morning, that be had not aa >et received ua order dlasotviag tM reefruintag ar dur aad ft ta anderslsad that tM* dlMohrtfcMi will bg McgMßfy teg* fore th* circuit court racemes jurisdiction TM* order to bsfiered likely to com* early neat week D. Burdett* Castor. Decatur ab toruey, Ma repress ated tM nr ig toe I ptatatlrt. Hansel Paley, to nil pew-

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To Date Backing Up McCarthy's Charge Lattimore isßpy Washtagtoa, April B—(UP)— TM FBI has full seal* fteM iavesUgstioa at Owen Lattimore, it wa* learned today Bea. Boerke B Hickenlooper. R.. la., saM after consulting witk attorney general J. Howard McGrath tMt the FBI ta giving "aeatous" aft teation to Sea. Jus<'ph R. McCarthy's charges that Lattimore is Tbl* statement waa born* oat by a eheck la other government quarters. r ft wa* naderstood that the FBl's Rtegulry qb LMtloiora vm grgatirtwl by th* charge* of th* Wlaeooata Republican Lattimore, a far eastern expert, has vigorously denied * them under oath. TM investigation dees Ml mean that tM FBI has uncovered any evl4ggcg to ogbMUMitigi&Ag M*** Carthy * ebarge* or that th* FBI ■aspect* pay will be found Indications thus far are to the contrary . In New York. Alfred Kobfoerg, an importer of Chtaeee textiles, told reporter* the FBI ba* asked him tor ail tb* tatormation he ba* on Lattimore and M®teo®og4ltot’*gt' Philip C. Jggggp. ts ohlburg, who was described by Lattimore a* a lean time enemy and leader of a 1 nationalist Chine "tobby." said Mis * Carthy ha* ail bis tafomratto* and tbaUmeet of it baa been publicised before The senate foreign relation* subcommute* which ha* been Investigating McCarthy's accusations, meanwhile, split wide open on whether FBI director J Edgar Hoover's summary ot FBI data on IjSttiinore completely cleared him — A* chairman Millard E Tyding*. D . MU assured the Johns Hopkin* ftriMsuor tart'Thursday-. -- —-—— Hickenlooper, a subcommittee member who itudied Hoover's summery oh Lattimore for the first time' yesterday, sharply challenged Tyding* on this point “L completely disagree ... I think such a conclusion to unwarranted." Hickenlooper said. He said he himself I* not prepared to y make "any final conclusions" on V Lattimore, but he demanded once agate that the complete FBI file on. the university professor be made available to the subcommittee Hoover's summary, he said, is "completely Inadequate " President Truman and Hoover have refused repeatedly to allow subcommittee member* to have access to FBI file*. | Tyding* and three other subcomI ptitto* member* saw the Hoover summary two week* ago. With them at the time were Hoover. McGrath aad Peyton Ford, the assistant to the attorney general. In discussing the report with Lattimore. Tyding* a*M that there was "universal" aceord among all those present tMt the summary "completely cleared" him at MeCarthy** charge*. Hickenlooper challenged Tyding* oa this issue He said that It to hta Mderstanding "that the depart meat of justice .aad tb* FBI were Mt expruaetag say coaclustoa* or evaluation" in the report. Questioned by reporter*. McGrath saM Hickenlooper to correct "Whatever conversation was bad at tb* sserttag. aad whatever files were shown." he saM. both be aad Hoover “Wen very careful aot to draw any cooctasiohs or to influence the subcommittee member* in tbeir cogehirtoMk** Tmma >—- Wuifcl I IWW •flwvW ▼▼ V**Vw *> Fall To Deaths Today CMcum. Apr 8— (VP) —Two wtaEsu wuehsr* fell to their _ deutha today froea the wfod suspt foe* of a bank building ta th* Folk* MgoUflgd tIMB m Jgtea mimi rwgi v ooeuw ii* , each ft wMa bad user* than N yuar*e say*rlears oa tM Jeb They foil frora tM seeead floor of tb* draerirau National Bank building N feet to the sidewalk.