Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1950 — Page 1

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Head Os My ' Home To Abide By Court Order I rOISIKHtf ww I KHwTcomylinee 7 Frank Kitsou. superintendent at the Adam. county borne. was cleared today at chargee brougM agalaat him by the elrrait coart after ba agreed to comply with a coart ardor requaatiag him to accept M Insane person an aa lu mate entil that person could bo committed to a state iaatltattoa. Kltaoa bad at flrat refused to obey the coart'e order, which is clearly deflnod by a 1»«» act of the atete legtsiature. and waa placed la the custody ot the aher iff la the coealy tail ant 11 court reconvened thia afternoon. j J edge Mylon F. Parrish had ordered the inaaae person from the south part of the county to the ( county home to await that party’s acceptance to the state lastitutloa. Th» law proclaims that as kmc aa the party is not violent, he may be no admitted If the Judge deems it necessary Brought before the court, and represented by Ma attorney. Rob—en K Anderson. Kit son answered - the indirect contempt charges by stattac that be didn't have the facilities for such's' perooo? that the limited number Os ceU btoeka bo bad wore momentarily in use. The judge explained that the party bo was committing was not violent, and had bo been, “I would have committed Mm to the county jail." Under those circumstances. KUsoa agreed to accept the person in attention after he bad been advised that should any violence erupt, that person will be admitted to the jail Judge Parrish explained that the clerk of the court had tiled proper admission papers for that person at Richmond, but an answer from that Institution revealed that there was no room available at thia time. Deputy sheriff Hob Hbraluka -™-— had taken the person to he committed to-the horns there' this" forenoon, with instructions from the court to get him placed there. Kltaoa. however, refused his entry stating he dtyin't have the proper facilities or registration It - was.then that Judge Parrish ordered him held for Indirect contempt. — -.<■ Monthly Meeting Held By Bar Association Members of the Adems county bur association held their regular April meeting la the library of the court room Wednesday afternoon with Ferd L IJtterer, president.! ptesldlng * A letter was read from the scholarship committee of the Lincoln parent-teachers elub asking the a» sociatlon for a contribution to the scholarship fund The matter was referred to a committee composed of L L Hmith, 11. Burdette Custer and Ed A Bosse. Hubert Mcf'lenahan issued aa Invitation to the bar to hold Its annual summer picnic at hie summer home at Pretty Lake The local group accepted the Invitation and the date will be set hater. - I Dr. Thomas B. Noble Dies At Indianapolis • Dr Thomas B. Noble. Ur . 23. noted Indianapolis physician, died yesterday al Bt. Vincent's htapitsl He was the first doctor In the state to perform a Caesarean operation in which both the mother and child survived. The survivors Include a eon. Dr. Thomas B. Noble. Jr, ot Indianapolls, whose wife is the former V(ol4 ggto city, WEATHER - Ito eoM this afternoon through Friday, eacept for a few enow flurries north enet and extreme north portion thia afternoon wOw onviy Uww Id to M north. Id to 84 south- - damaping froese Indicated to peach orchards south per ties' tonight High Friday kt to M north, tots 42 south.

DECATUR DALES' DEMOCRAT

Truman Says Ration M nW Vvmllilvn . Canditbn Excallant ' Waahlagtoa. April 4»MCoi*e Hacry B. Truman la a review of bls IWafik* yews aa President said today that Ute country Is tat flue Mfipe,/"d that he deserves the PropMenl teM reporters that employment, business and agrlcul tural coaditious are better than they bare been la d long time And looking to the future, he said he Is hopeful ter continued Improvement In International rela Hons. As of now. Mr. Truman said, bo can see nothing seriously the mat ter with this country. Yesterday marked the start of Mr Truman's sixth year as chief executive. Today. *t bls 222nd news conference, the President said his first five years had been rather difficult but that the country still is on its feet. The President spoke slowly and deliberately as he thought back over the tumultuous years since the death of the late president Franklin D Roosevelt on April 12. 1»45. There to some unemployment, the President said, but more people are at work la this country than la any other country at any time In history , He mid that it reports from Wall Htreel may be believed, business, conditions are also the belt in history And. he added, the position of the farmer is excellent, surpass ed only by the alltime peak year of 1P42. Mr Truman’s anniversary dissertation was touched off by a question. ■'see the first five years the hprdtotr “■ He said It to easy ter some to gtve n» credit to the President foe tbt currently good position of this country It would have happened If a moron had been on the job. If some of the press to to be believed, the President added But he said he thinks the chief executive ran take the credit and be certainly intends to do |haL Graduates Announced* For Pleasant Mills i; Officiate—-of the -Pleasant- Milla, high school today disclosed the list of seniors to be graduated thia spring, and also added that the juniors and seniors will leave Hun day morning ter a trip to Washington. D. C. and New York, and other points of Interest Herald Visard, who Is principal of the school, and Mrs; Visard will a«‘r -mpany the J 4 students Members of the graduating class are: Roger Bollenbacher. valedictorian; Robert Young, salutatorian. Richard Hailey. Mary Beer. Ver non Hirscby. John Johnson. Carl Lichtenberger, Kenneth Manley. Vaughn Mattax. Gene Mitchel. I Thomas Noll, Virginia Railing. Rose Raudenbush, Charles Ripley. Patricia Roe. Andrey Ross. Donald Sipe. Thomas Speakman and Ann Werling. Romd-WoiM HigM Finished By Bixbys • Disappointed Over Foilura At Record • .San Frahetoeo. April IXThe flying Bixby* completed a 21.eeomllu flight around the world today, "disappointed" that they were unable to break the speed record set by the late Bill Odom. Bob Bixby aad his blonde wife. Dianna, sat their converted Mosquito bomber. Huntress 11. down at San Francisco airport at 3: to am.. PST. after a 2,«<»mile flight from Midway Island. The flight which took 11 hours aad Id minutes, was the second longest hop of their trip. They flew at M.Md fort to take advantage of a 34-mile-anhour tailwind. Mrs. Bixby waa at the coatrote •nto lbtat ttase fov their eowuA tho world flight was 11 days, IS hours aad six minutes. “"We're dead tired." they said. "We're going to a hotel aad sleep an Say.' Then wuTi come bark and work oa our plane." ■ "We have no future plans ~ they said -in answer to a question whether they would try again to break Odom's record At the airport to meet them were Bixby's mother. Mrs. Caroline Bixby. and his wife's father. B. K. Converse.

GrtholkHioh MPWWWWWUWW W Ufll win vraouare MWW (.orgeat Gnrfiide* Clou Io History Os Decotor School r? i Thirty-six seniors, the targert number tn the history Os the school , are candidates for diplomas from I the Deflator Catholic high school, . the Itot released today by Bister M. Agnes, principal, shows , The t?tb annual commencement . exercises will be held Friday. June 1 Io 8i Mary's Catholic church. r The Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. [ Helmets, pastor, will announce the I speaker in the near future. t Following the formal exercleee. ! which will be similar to those held . last year In the church, a dance for the graduates will be held at the I Knights of Columbus hall. ; The graduates are: Joseph Adams. ~ ! Patricia Appelman. Rhtrley Lou Berllng. Kllxabeth Braun Jean Marie Braun. ! Barbra Deßolt. , Josephine Faurote. Jeanne Ouse. I MareßeOeei* ( Naomi Oeels William GHUg l Edward Hackman. . e Juha Kable. r Daniel Kllson. Elisabeth Koora Elanor Laker. Georgia Laurent. . Carl Lengerich". . Joseph Loshe. > -Rita Loshe. r Eugene Meyer, i James Meyer. | Julianna Meyer, t Patricia Mies. Frances Miller Marjorie Miller. I Vera Miller. I Louis ' Rumschlsg Ruth Rumschlag. William Schulte. Kathaleen Smith. Marilyn Teeple. Ted Wumhoff. Joan York Robert Zeser • ‘■'•Wlirianr - ’ 4 Sgt Hahnert Rites '.Sunday Afternoon i War Vatoran's Body *<. To Arrive Saturday Adams county will pay final ■ tribute to another of her war he--1 roes Sunday afternoon, when fu- ■ neral services are held for Staff • Sgt. Calvin fl. Hahnert. son of ■ Mrs Elisa Hahnert of Monroe. Services will be held at 2 p. m I Sunday at the Hahnert home and I at 2:30 o'clock at the Monroe Methodist church, with the pastor, the Rev. W. L Hall, and ths Rev. Raymond Hart ot LaGrange odielating. Burial will be In the Ray cemetery, west of Monroe Military rites will be conducted by Adams Post 43, American legion. aad Limberlost Post <230, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pallbearers will he Myron Haggard. Harvey Birch. Glen Jones. Paul Zuercber. J. D. Burkhart and Paul Hahner Former members i of the Monroe high school chorus. I classmates of Sgt Hahnert. will ' sing at the service, directed by I Mrs. Dorothy Owens, former dlrector of ths chorus, with Donna . Lou Crist as organist. The veteran’s body will arrive i in Decatur, at l. U p. m. Saturday ; and will be taken by the Black : funeral home to the Hahnert residence. where Mends may can as I tori p. m. Saturday I Surviving in addition to the mother are throe brothers. Donald • of Hartford City, Herman of Fori Wayne and Howard of Urbana aad two sisters, Mrs. Aha Row of * ran Wayne and Mrs. Loma Miller I of Bluffton. His father and one brother preceded him in death. Sgt Hahnert, gunner on a B-24 i liberator bomber, waa killed la Daetton on a vohrateer mteeloaover Berlin March 2. 1M«. The Monroe veteran had It missions to hie I credit and had received the air i medal, with three oak leaf elMtore. A graduate of Monroe high - school, he attended Perdue Uul- . versity and enlisted in the eighth army air corps Oct. 1. IM2.

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Decatur, Indiana, Th ursdaa, April 13, 1950

Seireii W PtaM CAPT. JACK KLINMR (right! aad other V- »■ Air Force officers, operating from Kaatrup Airport at Caaaahagen. Denmark, chart routes to be flown in their search for a V. B. Navy Privateer missing since last Saturday. The craft disappeared on the same day Russia claims a U. -S. aircraft flow ovur Bortekdatvia sad engaged in machine gun battle with Soviet fighter planes

Personal Income As New All-Time High lacoma Racoatf Sgt Monfk Os Fabruary Washington, April 13- (UP)— The government reported today; that the nation’s economic health to in good shape. The commerce department said personal Income rone to a new alltime record in February. It might have climbed even higher, the depsrunenl said. It it hadn't been for < costly strides In the soft coal and ■toaouft The president's council of economic advisers also reported to congress that business conditions' generally Improved during the first three months of the year But lt| warned that still greater business expansion to-needed to ward off a{ creeping growth In unemployment: The commerce uepartment said personal income in February total ed 221 •.000.000.000. some SI,OOO. 000.000 more than the previous peak in January year. It said, the total dropped some $3,300,000.000 between January and February. Economists consider the personal income figure one of the moot important keya Io the condition of the economy. The figure Includes i wages and salaries, net incomes of proprietorships and partnerships.' dividends, interest, rente received 1 by landlords and nil other types of 1 indlvldoal remuneration The commerce department attrt i bated the February rise partly to payment of some $722.000.«(M» in Gl Insurauce dividends and partly to strength In most manufacturing industries.

1 Snow Flurries And Cold Delay's Spring's Arrival

Bprtag. which to officially here according to the calendar and all the best information of the astrologers. seems to be a shy lady, reluctant to eater gaily onto the acene even though she has been given a welcoming ovation. With ths ann dodging in and oot of the clouds for the past two days, aad tatermittent snow squalls, spring to more like winter was sup posed to be. though last winter wa* a pretty decent sort of chap, at thM.,-..--.-.— An Indianapolis newspaper commented quite accurately Wednesday that what people mw floating doww---w*«r siML--.-e4ly- r --waeen’* feathers, which Is probably as sane aa approach aa any. After all, ons might ae well he phUeeophlex’ about'the unusual situation Otvv it the same back-handed consldera tian aa. say. flying saucers or some other phenomenon. However, there to a Mt of bright sees to the whole thing: the weetb-

Fort Wayne Trucker Killed In Accident Wanes, lad., April 13. —(UPI — Arthur Alloa, sl. Fort Wayne, died today, two hours after ha waa iujared whoa Mo Huck hit a park and caromed into a tees on U 8. $1 here. Wffl Seek P«ssage J. .■ ~ “ ( - - ——- ; Os FEPC Measure Give Priority To Marshall Plan Bill Washington, Apr 13 (I’PI. — r Preetddht Truman said Mm that oto-e the feteign assistance pro- | grsm to out of the way in congress. the administration will make every effect to pass the fair I employment practices bill. Mr Truman told a news coni fyrence there to no point in brlngflag up frEPC now and delaying an Important international appropristlon by a filibuster The senate Democratic policy committee decided two days ago to give priority to the Marshall plan legislation and take up FEPC later. Republicans immediately cried "politics." The Republicans said the Democrats were hesitant to : take up the FEPC legislation, which io distasteful to the southI --rners. because It might rock the i boat In the forthcoming southern i primary elections I Senate Democratic leader Scott W Lucas said In reply that the GOP was dispensing “a lot o/ political poppycock.'' The FEPC Mil. which would forbid racial and religious discrimination in hiring workers. e— ....

t erman. who apporentty started all j thi* snow flurry bu»ine»» if any , body did. mys that there should “be some warming up tomorrow , afternoon " , He adds that the snow will fall for the rest of today and should remain cold for much ot the next 24 hours. In hto report, the weather- " man said that the low of »> degrees ' at Indianapolis broke a record for ’ April 1$ steading since 1»M He went oa to my that temperatures ot 12 at Booth Bend. 1$ at Terre Haute, H *t p-mg Wayne aad $8 at Evansville were reached In the - early hours of thta morning. . . I The low tn Decatur probably ap 1 proxlmsted those temperatures » somewhat, and the furious saow- > tall before noon today mads peo- ! pte wonder what it would be like ' .n July The logical thiag. of eouroe, to 1 eot to stow away thorn red flaneels; them furtive glaaces at the - moth balls should be avoided at - all eoate.

ijßtorrr Plane Crashed In I • - IBaJtic Without Trace; Fired On 3'l' ■

•• . , - . - KUCwVwI nwmCU For Soalh-Bud Firm Motiow To Dismiss R W luAAA Appointment of Lloyd Cowens as receiver as the South Bud Corporation and a motion by platntttts Hansel and Mildred Foley to dte mise both were added to the Boutte Bud receivership case today to that order, aad Judge Myles F. ' Parrish overruled the motion to dtomtoa thta afternoon, mxceptioa was taken by plaintiff aad the ree ord waa so made. What step will he takes now to undetermtaed. As the cause now stands. Lloyd Cowens, local business man. la receiver, aad under the federal court order the temporary trustee to suthortoed to turn over the assets to the receiver. The actions came, after Judge I PerrJsb had previously found that the eoacern was . insolvent and Wednesday afternoon the court .set th* receiver's bond at s».<»« Judge Parrish stated that tee desired to study the matter and would name a receiver today. * D Burdette Custer, attorney for *• the plaintiff, and Lewis L Smith, * attorney for Boutteßnd. previously bad nominated two Adams * county mm as receiver Plaint Mt named Charles Fuhrman. Prebie township and defendant's counsel named Kenneth Runyon. Decatur Insurance man ' That a new move will be made to probable and Custer was holding a conference late this afternoon with plaintiffs whether an appeal would be taken was not divulged. 4 . . . ; Van Wert Funeral 5 Director Is Dead lr Harry Cowan Dies r- Early This Morning g - Harry B. Cowan. <5. prominent Van Wert. 0.. funeral director. „ and a native of Adams county, J. died at. 12:30 o’clock this morning c at the Lima. 0.. memorial hospital following an illness of one and one-half years of heart trouble. j Senior meml>er of the Cowan A o Bon funeral home in Van Wert since IMK. he had been a funeral director tor 42 yean, located in e Ohio City. Willshire and Chattan nooga. 0.. prior to moving to Van Wert. He also taught tor three t year* in the Wlllahire high school e Born near Pleasant Mills March > 22. 12*5. he was a son of John aad Amy Bailey-Cowan, and was mard ried May 21. 1M«. *' He served as mayor o( Will- •- ahlre for several rears and also waa a member ot the board of ~ education and the board of pubHc ' affaire at both Wlßshiro aad Ohio City. He atop served ae Suaday . school teacher and supertatsadeat ' of the Willshire Methodist eharch. He attended Angola State Normal II and graduated from the Barnes y- school ot mortuary sctence at d Chicago. w Mr. Cowan eras a member of the First Methodist ehureh at Van Il Wert, the Ohio funeral director* a association aad the natieaai full 1 neral directors aasociaUoa. r- Burviviag era Me wife. NaeMe » Elisabeth; use daughter. Mrs >r John Rutledge of Middletown. O.; * two sous, Marvin Cowan ot Ohio w City and Donald Cowan of Van ■» Wert: six grandchildren; two u brothers. Earl Cowan of Taeeasa. * Wash , and Dale Cowan ot Willshire. aad two sisters. Mrs. Brtee P- McMillen of Pleasant MUI* aad a. Mrs Helen Roop of Mishawaka, r- ■ Funeral oervicea’ wffl bo teoM at »• 2 p. m. (EBTI Suaday at tba :« Cowan A Boa funeral bcuao to Van * Wert. Dr. E. F. Andree aad the la Rev R. C. Tucker * offlctatiag * Burial wfll be to Woodlawn edusav tery at Ohio City Friends may kt call at the tnneral home after 2 p. m. Friday.

TmMiTtnK Tall (tap As Mb AffMm Ctouau ! By Soaotor Toft Os Itoßvvßiny nnevurrny Waabtofftou- April 12— (UPI—- , PreaMeet Truman cast aside aa I politics today a charge by Bea. Robert A. Taft. R . O . that he baa libeled Bea. Joseph R. McCarthy. > R-. Wle. And assistant secretary of state Edward Barrett said that Me* • Carthy* campaign against the state departmeat is "Um moot shockingly , irresponsible performance that I have seen la many years ’* Mr. Tramaa told his sews eoa- , ference hs did not think it was possible to libel McCarthy, who I has charged that the state depart ; meat to infested with communist*. The President recently called Mo . Carthy the KretuMa's "greatsot aaI set." Taft, la a weekly letter to hto coneUtutents yesterday, said r this waa libeling McCarthy in aa . effort to whitewash the Wisconsin , sexuktor's chargss. . * , Told that Taft thinks be has f libeled McCarthy, the FmMato—- , permitting direct quotatloa-rupltod: I "Do you think that la possibler Referring to Taft’s weekly letter to Ohio voters. Mr. Truawa said ) he did not have the time to read j campaign literature from caadli dates all over the country. But he I said he thought It was a perfectly natural thing tor Taft to do because he is running for reelection for the senate this year and also has hto mind on I»s2—aa obvious reference to the presidential race "Barrett who came to the state department seven weeks ago from the post of editorial director of Newsweek magasiae, attacked McCarthy in an address before the UNESCO national commission here today. , . .. . Elementary Teocher Supply Increasing Bloomington. Ind., April 13. — <UPI— Indiana UniveraUy'a school of educathm reported today Rs policy ot encouraging elementary teachers was psying dividends. Mtes Fay Arganbright of the teacher reeommeadation bureau said some IfV grammar school inarms and masters would grad uate this year, compared with 70 last year aad only 35 in IM$ Stipneiit Os Abbs Arrives la Fnace Usod As Fretoctina Far French LAerty Cherbourg, Fruaee. April . IE—- : (UP)—France raertted Ba HM direct U 8. arms shipment today aad I the government proustoed that it 1 Win ba wed to protect French ■ liberty. A communist can tor dstoonotra- ' tioas against the arm* delivery I. drew no response as the U. R 1 freighter American I raportor arrived from Brooklyn. M. Y.. with <32 tMM of BiUitary eQMipaMBl. > Un toad toss hogan M one* - ww _m~ DSwwwto said the throat to Überty had been > removed by the anti-coanmenlsi i sentiments of the dock wethers > theumelves In a brtef tw*teeny . be thanked ttesrirsw for the The AteottoM tteperter arrived l at 4:5$ a.te. under tke cawnuand of Capt. Angus Macktonoa with the : ttng anw toad of a proffTton Aw > signed tn build the Froneh army toTteew wero the tteut arras to - dor the AttonUe part agro *ra rat. - bet 4$ Holiest fighters were usI loaded eartter to tetoorto. Twatoto. Froaeh North Africa.

Na Apoed Fahwl Nonas To Bo tart gwwl •raw mIVAww Oror Baltic Sou CuginUpin, Deeraerk. Apr 18 —(UP! grarobors feared isMght that a ratostag V. dk navy Private*- ptoae carrytog 1« raw crashed aad sank to the BalUe Sw wttltont a trace Saturday uAbr being Bred «m by Bootot ftgtetoes. A German ship's report today that ft sighted sirMaao wreckage Monday M miles northesst of Bornheim Island proved te be Just another toise alarm, search offieiato reported after raseue planes thoroughly crias-croosod the area fcr oil tarttra. Air force Capt Michael F. Or ntoty of New York, deputy eoaimsnder of search oporatiow. said at Wiesbaden. Germany, that the searchers decided the area was a dumping ground for surface veosels aad contained no debris identifiable aa raraeiao of aa aircraft. The search planw assigned to cover the area have boon reealtod to Copenhagen. Ogalsty saM. But the general search west on. The. effietoi MoeW'iTWWiTli'"" •" , Pravde said the ratostag navy i Privateer waa the tour-ongined , Military plane which Soviet flghtt ora iatercepted Saturday 13 railes ( insMo Bovtot Latvia. She Soviets contended their fighters flrod on the American - plane only after ft flrod first. ■ They saM the ptane flow owt over I the flaMe. American eethorittaa said the privateer waa on snood. Tbs report that airplane wreckage had been aightod In the Baltic Boa Monday waa relayed to search headqurtera at Copenhagen's Kaatrup airdrome by police at Alfredaen in northern Sweden Benhard Revena, first mate aboard the German steamer Juno, told Alfredsen police when bln chip docked today, that he righted ! fbe wrwe»®ite"tt-r'F-TE.~TF-hv-.|B:-“--.---EBTI Monday M miles northeeat of the Danish island of Bornholm, between that island and the Swedtoh Island of Oeland The spot is about Me mfloe from the Soviet naval bane at Lovaya (Übas , or . Liepaja!, near which the Soviets claimed their fighters intercepted an American military plane Saturday. Search beadquarters directed four planes to the arm to tovoote gate. The debris first was reported found MS miles east ot Bornholm, hat thia inter was corrected to to raUee. The original poellkoa would have put the wreckage off the Soviet Latvian coast, where the mlsoing plane apparently wm intercepted by Soviet fight era Donluh sources suggested that only the snti-communist underground in Latvia eouM supply the reel stery of what had happened .to the privateer aad in crow of 18. Me Araoud Ftanee «- WaoMngton. April 1$ — (UPI — Defeaae officiate made dear today that they have no tateaxioa as aundtog armed petrol planes ever the Bottle Ben or of cdUHMtI ting any ether art that Easels : could cell aggreeaive I Navy, air force aad defense de taFttfbtfit spokOMMfi tacliiixl direel eoaunent on the propoeal by , Ben. Styles Bridges. R-. N. H . for , Battle patrote by the beet U. E. . warplanes armed "to the teeth " tost spnb* smea aaid that de- . fonee officiate do nai tatond to change their 'nou-aggraeaive air , policy to Europe even though it te > feared that Rucolas fighter plana*. I shot down m enurraed V. 8. ■»- ; al Privateer petrol barat ar to the r BalUe area last Saturday The Soviet gevwnunem told the Baited fftatra Tea * tag that aa I Amerieaa bcrab ar -of the B-2» ' > type" opened Oro rat Russian . fighters over Latvia. The Rua- . atone retnramd the fira. ft auM, . and drove fin U. 8. pkeno 'eat te " m > The Bovteto protaetad rlgorwuely to the state dsgartmaM over , the tortdswt Em the lipartmuii does Mt intend to reply uMB do- . team officiate have gathered uR the date pomMe.