Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1950 — Page 1

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Vol. XLVIII. No. «.

SOLDIER GUILTY OF ESPIONAGE ATTEMPT

Barkley Says r ChteflM ft rMreAInOnK Vice President In Stem Warning On Wgeblagton. Aft. it — I HP) — Vico prarideat Albee W. Barkley. In an obvlpea reference to Republican charge* shout communists fa govsrnment, warned today atalßßt those who would "sow remora and BBBpiclo® amons mo" “The sharpest threat* to the freedom* whirl wa enjoy here In Um erica have come, up to now. not Croat oatalde ooarcee, bat trout within." Berkley said. Re spoke tram the steps at the IL 8. capltoi la sa address marking the opening ot this city's 150th anniversary celebration As the senate’s presiding officer he made no direct reference to the current senate Investigation of Sen Joseph R. McCarthy's charges that the state department is studded with commuaista But he recalled the career of Tom Paine, Revolatioaary war pasapbleteer. If Paint wore alive today. Barkley said, he probably would be called "subvorstvo." Barkley said that the failed • State* farad a challenge from the ' Russian-dominated world Hut h-''-’'’-Mid the natioe baa "auatlme‘Meat our freedom* no Maa tasMinus. aa leas dangerous And thia Mee within ourselves" The vtee praaideat cautioned, against "voices among us demand Ing that we cede away some or our freedom here at home la order to protect ourselves from thia outside threat" "And these name forces which would abridge our freedoms, sow rumors and suspicion among us, " 1 he said /' "Those who seek to restrict ideas are among those who have . n.. real coafMenee tn America. Its people and its Institutions ’ M'eanwhlde. Hen Homer Ferguson. R.. Mich, said that senate Investigators should ask former ’ communist Louis F Budenz for ■ '’■'SST'nirW ro» "oiwealmr Tommunists: .... Budenz, one-time editor of the communist .’’Dally Worker." said in a speech at Midland. Mich . on Tuesday that lie had such a listing of persons in "various .organ!- j sations that control public opinion and policy.'" Ferguson told reporters that when Budenz testifies . before a senate foreign relation*’subcommittee next Thursday he should be invited to turn over his list In secret. Subcommittee chairman Millard K. Tydings. D., Md. quickly vetoed Ferguson’s suggestion. He said his subcommittee Is "only Interested In the names of any of the 400 who might be in the state department and are accused of being disloyal or a communist by Budenz" The subcommltte is Investlgat- ' Ing charges by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy; R, Wls. that the state department Is infested with com munlsts He has accused Owen Lattimore, the noted far eastern expert, of being a communiat and Rusaia’s lop espionage agent here Lattimore has denied the char- j ges under oath. But McCarthy said Budenz will back up his accusations. Treasurer's Office Open Extra Hours County treasurer Richard D. Lewton announced today that for the convenience ot taxpayers his office will remain open all day today and the two remaining Sat - urdays. April 2 and IS. before the. tax paying deadline May 1. He added that the office will also remain open during lunch hour from today To the final data. ’ " ■"— Lewton stated that to date bust- ’ —'SHT hw Men ’ rather stew comparedto she large number of tagreceipts still unpaid. He cautiptred that there are but about two weeks left In which to pay these taxes and urged people to avoid that last minute rash. K possible WKATWfeR Fair with frost a»al" tetegM. though not quite M cold as last night. »wnday fair and warmer. Lew tonight 2*32 north, »M south. High burn ? day MM north. (Mb south

■ ■ - ■■ ■ «■ ' ' — Coooty Miaisters tAT 111 Tlm Arßmt county ministerial AMBodllNiMt win nwnß - r BAntMßny morning’, «t 3:53 o'clock at the First Baptist church la this city Now oSfceru will bo elected »i tbb committee on "The minister’s responsibility la weddings" will ro- ‘ port End Hunt For Missing navy Plane Sunday United States Air Force Convinced Os Plane Disappearance Copenhagen. April 15 lt!P)'--' The IT. 8 air force decided today to end it* search for a miming U. 8. navy privateer at sundown tomorrow. apparently convinced the plane and Its crew of 10 disappeared In the Baltic without a trace, after being fired at by Soviet fighters. ,Z. ... The decision was announced by Lt. Oea John K Cannon. U. A air force commander In Ku rope, at air force headquarters in Wiesbaden. Germany The search went on today for the seventh consecutive day since the ! privateer disappeared last Satur day on a routine, round trip train- ! ins flight between Wiesbaden and Copenhagen Search headquarters at Kastrup airfield here said planes skimming , ever thp Baltic had radioed back several reports of objects float Ing an Obe water One. report said an object resembling a raft was sighted 70 miles west of the Soviet naval base | at taepaja. Latvia Hut air force ■ official-, stung too often by false alattns. said they needed further j Information before concentrating on the spot. It was ever Liepaja that Moscow reported a flight of Soviet fighters Intercepted a fourenglned American military plane later identified by the -tert-Ht' newspaper Pravda as the missing privateer- last Sat urday - -Nb>*»'ow- tepurted that the Antert, can plane opened fire on the fight ■ er* and tl »t the lead fighter return-' ed the fire Then the American plane "disapp’ared" out over the , Baltic, Moscow said However, the I U. S air force said the privateer! was unarmed Another report-from Finnish police said a cannister had been wash j ed ashore 10 miles north of Horn holm Island, off the southeast tip of Sweden The search was on a reduced scale tteday Ten planes went back to their home bases yesterday but l< B-17'a and C-54 skyniasters continued criaa-croashig the Battle. Jxob Shed Dies Os Heert Ailment I Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Jacob W Shell. 71, retired railroad worker, died at K o’cl<M*k i Friday «»vanin< at hi« home, nine , mile* aoatheaM of Iterator on U. S. highway S 3. He had Ireen critically 111 for a week with a hqart ailment. » Ha wan born In Mary’s township Aug. 17. 1878. a son of Albert , and Margaret Goos-Shell. and wpS married to Dessle Case Feb,. z H. IMS. / He was a member of tlje Methodist ’church at Wllshlrp< O. Surviving in addition to his wife are one daughter. Mrs. Earl Statler of Wllldhire: two sons. Harry W. of Willshire and Chktr les w of Sycsmoru O.; seven grandchildren; two brothers. Dan ’ gud'Hgfve Shell, both of Decatur, and three slaters. Mrs. Anita - W-orktager.-of Greenville.. Mich., - Mrs. eora Brodbeck of Wißshire and Mrs. Ella Ftnkhouae of Lansing. Mich. Funeral services will be held at [ 1:30 p. m (EST) Monday at the home and at 2 ffclock at the Will- I shire Methodist church, the Rev. , U A. Mlddaugh and the Rev. C. ' E Btsael officiating Burial will he In the Willshire cemetery. The . body will be removed from the Black funeral borne to tbe residence. where friends may call after 1 p. m. Sunday.

-- : . ■' — To Get Tax 4 !9^ | ie3kVßßßW • i ■A FffRSON WORKS HARO ALL her life, sertanpe end eaves, and then JmR you get old. they try to “taue it away from you." wgHs Mra. EHtaheth Rpaar. mr she couMs MMM.aRe carried in a 25-pound flour sack in Atlanta. Ga.. jail, whore she is held on charges of soiling wMafrey Illegally. Income tax collector filed a l»4» tax Hen. and the police chief to holding MO.M7 of Mta Bpear * money She says ehe made It honestly, "mostly through pinbaH.and jukebox machleee.’’ i -

Complete Plans For Poppy Day May 27 Legton Auxiliary To Conduct Sales Plans for the observance ot Poppy Day in Decatur’ Saturday. May .37, "were comfdeted ala meeting Friday night of the ladies auxiliary of Adams Ppst <3. American Iveglon. sponsors of the |x>p py sale here. Mrs. Clark Flaugh. the auxiliary's poppy chairman, will direct observance of the day. Asnlstfhg the chairman sill be Mrs, T C Smith, who will act aa chairman ! (or the Junior auxiliary. ptber members of the auxiliary and from other organlzaifons will work w|th these leaders to bring poppies to everyone on Poppy Day Each district of the city wlti have Its team of workers who will distribute poppies on the streets throughout the day/ All will lie unpaid volunteers, and the entire amount of contributions given for the poppies prill go to support ~ ..an*! „atu.tjlarx. • welfare work for disabled veterans and needy children of veterans Work, rs will receive their assignments and supplies at a rally ! to lie held at the Legion home ' Friday night.-May 2« Popples for the day have Iteen tTsrw Te race nisi ■ — .. . ' Solomon Reppert Dies In Kansas Narval Fuhrman received a mess age today Informing him of the death of Solomon Reppert, RS. whose death occurred Friday at . his home In Independence. Kan. Mr Reppert was related to a j number of persons In this county. .He moved from here about 50 | years ago. Funeral services will j l>e held Monday, with burigf in . independence Among the pqrvlvors is a son Milan ', Bosse Is Appointed Receiver’s Attorney Over 70 South-Bud Creditors Listed Ed A. Bosse, local attorney, has been named attorney for the defunct South Bud corporation by Lloyd Cowens, receiver, according to a legal notice published in to day's Dally Democrat. The receiver was appointed Thursday by Judge Myles F. Par rish. in Adams circuit court. A■» tion by the petitioner in the receivership salt to dismiss was overruled and Cowens qualfned for tbe appointment and Hied a 325.000 surety botllL - — ■" — It is understood .that , the assets of the liquidating corporation will be, turned into cash as quickly aa possible and payments to creditors ’then will be determined. There is a chattel mortgage on some of the ! machinery and also preference I warehouse bonds on the 1343 pack which has got been sold. A can manufacturer, another cannery and tbe growers are said to be the largest creditors. Thera are more than 70 creditor*, according tv claims tiled In thg records. . .'"t ’■

Dxcatals ladtaaa, April 15, l»50

Geneva High School Lilts 26 Graduates Berne. April 15 'Twenty six young men and women comprise this year’s graduating ctoaa of tbe Geneva high school. Wesley Miller, son of tbe Rev. and Mrs 11. Paul Miller to valedictorian of tbe claae 1 with an average Os P 3.31. while . Beverly Parr, daughter of Mr. and 1 Mrs Merle Parr', to tbe salutatoriM , with an average of 31,M. Other . member* of the graduating clans . are Joseph Fe-tter, Cacmaatf Fields Chrtatene Redford, Robert’ . Farrar. Merlin Bixler. Vernon I NevlL Eugene Schindler, Mary ; Alice Jone*. Thomas Roteneon, Lev Uta Nevll. Mildred Settle. Ear i Irne Hoilenbaeber. Connie Craig, . Hetty Brewster. Max Stucky. War- , ' ren Bailey. John Reasoner. Paul . Zuercher. Kenneth Doherty. Wil- . Hara Armstrong. Betty Hendricks, i Marjorie Affolder, Nadean Manning and Jerry Parr _ I I-■ . ' Man Sentenced On Bad Check Charge Ohio Mon Sentenced Here This Morning Wayne Gorsuch, 26, of San- . dusky. O . has spent six weeks in the county jail reviewing his past. , reading the affidavit charging hijn - with forgery and obtaining money by fraudulent check, and Friday 1 decided to change hts plea in clrI cult cQurt from not gutltjAo guilty to tbe second charge z that of obtalning the money by fraudulent check. z Today after the case was taken ’. under adviseteent Gorsuch was fln- ’ ed S2OO and sentenced to from one Nto five years at the Indiana reformatory by Judge Myles F. ParI I risjr. * Gorsuch was arrested by SanD dusky police who then held him tor 1 . Indiana state police. He had writi ten a check, and cashed It. at the 1 Yager furniture company in Berne. Some diligent sleuthing by state trooper Walter Schindler and de tective William Spannuth established Gorsuch’s presence in tbe Ohio city, and the subsequent arrest was made by Sandusky police February 35 When arraigned a few days later in circuit court. Gorsuch pleaded not guilty to both chargee, aad tbe case was later sec for trial for May IP. ■ However, through his attorney at - Friday's proceedings, Lewis L. r Smith. Gorsuch changed his plea t to guilty to the second charge and ► the state then dropped its forgery charge against the defendant. I Friday's session was emotloa- - packed, with Gorsuch breaking down aad crying, unable to say - anything tn his own defense when >■ given the opportunity by the judge, t Smith stated for the thin, good ) looking defendant that he had ea- . tered Into tbto whole business (es ■ -passing worthless checks) usikaow 1 Ing of the consequences, that he I was willing to abide by the court's > decision z i Gorsuch -waa charged wtth passt Inga check for 355.17 made out by i the laternatioual Harvester Co. of i Indianapolis aad In favor ot Alterd Emerson. r Jerome Yager, of the filched I; firm, accompanied state police to s (he Ohio city where he identified ■; Gorsuch as the man who had pase -led the eheek

Tntamg Schools For 4-H Offkers Schools On Monday ! And Tuesday Nights ’ 48 k-H club officers are asked to 1 attend a AH officer* trsinlhg 1 school either Monday or Tuesday ' evmtotg Monday- at 7 its Ute '. school' will be held in the Berne i gchhol. The school will be repeat ’ ed nt 7:15 Tuesday in the Lincoln 1 school in Decatur. TMe 4-H school program and • teaSug staff « as fottows TlH:d- RegtotraUoa and get acquainted 7:45-3:o3—Oeweral session. ft: IM:56— Classes— president* and vice president* — Leonard Kingsley, vocational agricultural teacher. Berne: Vaughn Miller, vocattaeal agricultural- teacher. Decfe tur: secretaries and treasurers Mrs. Glennys Schindler, vocational home economic* Berne; Beulahj Jane Bertsch, office secretary, ex- 1 tension office: health and safety leaders —Joan Newcomb?'vocational home eeononites teacher. Deoatur: game leader* Dennis R Nooj man; recrtrational 'dWeHori aitagi leaders—Paul Brumbaugh, state 4-H office. Purdue: new* —Vaughn Miller. Henry May*, vocational agriculture teacher! Ge peva; adult, leaders—J E Thacker. Vocational agriculture teacher, Adam* Central >3:4o—Recreation. Dennl* R Norman in charge 3:4<S3:ss—Refreshments. A special award will be made to the officers of those club* who have all their officer* present All those attending the Berne school are asked to bring their tennis shoes or a heavy pair of socks to be worn on the gym floor . — -i Print Ballots For Election On May 2 The Adams county board of etaitUon commissioner* will complete the task early next week of supervtofng the printing ot ballots for both the Democrat and Republican primary elections May 2. Th* board to composed of Ed Jaberg. county clerk, and David Macklin. Democrat and True Andrew*. Republican. Ballots for the Democrat party s-ill be yellow this year and Re publicans will vote on. pink ballots Hammplee are grow for the Democrats and blue for thr GO P. Baltote are printed for each precinct la the county aad enough samptoa atoo wUI ba Included for posting on election day. Names, are rotated so that each . sndldate: well got top pocition oa a portir n of the baltota Lights, Watar CHf Fa* 44WQFT rCrtOQ "Probably a drop ln tbe JkOX voltage line which the city's pleat couldn't handle to. I believe, the main roaaon far the failure " 80 saylag. U C. Pettibone., super!** teadeat of the city electric departa*oat. described the sudden Hghtsout aad cease of water supply Friday Actually. Pettibone explained. the power waa off but a scent few minutes at tbe plant, but it took a while for tbe power to bulM up to got tbe cKy s light* sad water agala going.

Air Force Corporal Is Convicted Os Attempted Espionage For Russians

Congress Back In High Gear After Recess House Returns From Vocation Ready To Act On Measures Wasimffton. Apr. 15 — (DP) — Congress swings back into high gear again next wonk when tbe house returns from Ito 13-dny Easter vacation. While the representatives have been out poliHckfag in their home territories, the senators have been considering a bill to authorise IL--5M.717.535 worth of river, harbor and flood control projects. Administration leaders had hoped to pass the house-approved measure yesterday, but after a 10- ' hour session they called It quits I and decided’to try again Monday ' Still pending is an amendment by- ' Sen Paul H Douglas. D. Tit to ' strike $250,000,060 from the Mis- ' sour! basin bill. 1 Once the rivers and harbors MU Is eat of tbe way the senate Is * scheduled to consider a $2.»50. 000.000 thlrd-year reaewal of the * Msrahall plan. Elsewhere in congress: Reds- Ben Homer Ferguson. R.., 1 Mich , proposed that senate Inves-i 1 tlgator* ask former communist i 1 Loul* F. Budenx for hl* list of 400 hidden comunlst* when he tea- ’ tifies l>efore a senate foreign relation* subcommittee next week, j Budenx. former editor, of the com-! j munist “Doily Worker." ba* said ' he has sucii 'w Itst. ■ The-subcom-mittee “is studying charges by Sen Joseph R McCarthy. R . , Wi*.. that the state department is ‘ ..Y.l>h.J p f‘!’’jn.unJ»t», i ' 1 Steer Chat Cmwrt Emunwi"TeT ler. D . N. Y . promised to protect zany who testifies before his house monopoly Investigating committee from "reprisal*" by big I steel companies. His group will I open a three weeks study of mo-i nopoly in the steel Industry Monday. Seafood—Sen. Paul H. Douglas -thinks it's too much for govern- ! ment to use public funds to pro--1 tect seafood against low Udes In Twitch Cove off Chesapeake Bqy Some $21,000 Is Included in thD ; senate's rivers and harbors bill i ■ for thia purpose. Douglas says ! this appropriation would be just i ,| (Twee Te Peat Five) Pre-School Children Clinic Is HeW Here Examinations Given To 66 Children Here Decatur physicians and nurse* aselrfed by members of the Lincoln school PTA. conducted the fourth annual summer round-up at tbe Lincoln school Thursday. K waa reported today by Mr* Burdette Custar, chairman. Blxty-elx cMßdron received physical examinations, and the find tnge to each caae were need to eetshltah s permanent health roc- > ord. inctedlng m-dk-al history, ' I which Will he kepi throegh the grade school years The outstanding defect this year eras found to be • tach es smangeu vnerinattoes. wtth other Iramealsatfoe procedures foßewtag. Mfse lean Rboekiey, ceeety ttentot from the state health de ’ part meat wore present to discuss ' the general health and nutrttioa 1 of the ehltorea with the parents Tbe parents of nay child who has missed this examination awl Is silgtble to enter kindergarten next September. Mrs Carter explained may obtain ths record form - from Bryce Thoma*, priori ■ pel of tbe 'Lincoln achonL aad ij have tt Riled to by the family phFticiaa. j

Dab ra bs DUMjim DpcSKCT Dr. Leutoe Rsrsbaeher Annual Iwcliws' Banqud April 21 County Teochtrs To Moat At Monmouth Dr. Loutos Rorabacher aaaiatanl i profeeaor ot English *t FUMBs University, wUI be the prtMefoaJ > ’ speaker at the annual AdMAiTMUr ty tsachere ’ baaffuet. according Ito an announcement made today :by Hanael Foley, coanty supertn | tendent of schools. The banqset will be held next Friday. In the Monmouth high school. Folsy said, tor the teach- < ra. trustees and other county : school official* Dr. Rorabacher waa born In Ann Arbor Mich., and after attending seboois there received her master's degree ffam Northwestern Vnlverslty In 1337 and her doctorate at j llltnol* in 1342. She ha* been on Sthe t reveled In' Europe the sumj mor of 1348 to England. Holland. Belgium. France^Switzerland and , Italy. She was on leave of absence from Purdue in 1346 and 1347, first with the army education program. in Korea, and later In charge <-f the adult education program for Japanese women with the eighth -rmy military government civil Information and education sectlcijk: Positive Case Os Rabies Reported Death Os Animal Confirmed Rabies County Agent L E Archbold was Informed this morning that a positive case of rabies in a stray: dog which died in an toolatton pen last Thursday had been reported by the Indiana state board of 1 health laboratory. A citisen in the north end of ' town noticed the dog and took tt to a veterinarian, who suspected that it was rabid Tbe animal died end the head wa* sent to the state laboratoryArchbold said that the only way to protect doge waa by vaccination. A dog does not become ill from the vaccination, he said if tbe dog to vaccinated It will not become a rabies carrier aad will be sate for children to play with. ArchboM explained About 360 dogs, or one-tenth es the total ia the county, hare been vaccinated. Archbold seM The fight against rabies and tt* terrible cowsequsaces can be checked only through vacctaattea. Archbold Named Lcotfun Os 64 am w foAB mA a aAM narirora wuoiKires Bera* Apr, 15—Doaaa Roas Aa-, druse, daaffhtor of Mr ' m*4 Mra.' William Andrew, aald Christine Loutoe Bpraager. daughter st Mr. and Mrs train Bpruager. an at Geneva ratal route 1. have base announced aa vatodtetortian aad aalutatorian respectively of the Hartford townahlp high school ] gradsatiag ciaa* a

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Corporal Mueller Sentenced To Five Yoors After Trial By Court Martial Gnrarisch. Germany, Aprtl (DPI-CpL Gustav A. Moeller. 13 yearold Americas air forte eorporal rt St. Paul. Mina , was row vtoted of attempted eopfaMtage aad aeeteneed to Bee year* la prtooa by a court martial today. The saady-haired air force corpqysl. dnoertbed by Ms attorney as -Jaw.* affix ..kid piaytag saw." •«od ajttetly at attention as the verdict and sentence were lead by Col Rudolph K. Ort of San As loate, Tex., Ute pres Ming judge But just before be wa* led sway to begin hi* sentence. Mueller broke into soba, clenched hto fists *&4 Vhook Mo ImmMl oo4iy. Mnetter admitted oo tbe witness stand that he offered to act a* a spy for Russia and even gave some secret doeumeM* to two American counter-intelligence agoni*. who wore pretending to be Raaotoa - spies. But he did so. Mueller said, only because he wanted to trap the "Russian spies” and twra them over to his commanding officer He aaW be wired an ortee to the I Rarirt legation in Bera. Swttser » land, to act aa a Rusataa WT. but 1 patoted he did so only “out sf ► curiosity." $ TM two counter - toteiiigence r agrtHs to whom bs confided, had testified that M seller told them bo made, the offer, because be beliert ed in communism He ashed no i money for hi* service* they said Under th- articles of war under which he was charged, Mueikr could have be*n sentenced to death Tbe air force court martial which tried klm directed that he serve his five years, at bard labor. Mueller wa* aa air force corpursj studying at an lateiUgence school here when he wired his offer to Bern After he discovered TW" were American*. Mqeller said he twice tried to kill himself • — Under questioning by bis attorney. be denied that he waa a Soviet spy or a communist. He said he hated communist* and insisted his ' father bad fought against Lenin in the Ruwian revolution The two counter - intelligent men in whom Mueller confided while believing they were Soviet agent* testified yesterday that Mueller told them he believed ia communism and waa offering kH • - services for idealistic reasons They said Mueller told them his father had fought with, not against Lenla •1 toM tbe agents my father fought wtth Lenin just to fool Ibem." Muriier testified ' Dta you mean to betray the ' . United MtttoT asked defense counsel Etmo Gower 1 "No. definitely not." Mueller reJ h He said he wanted to betray the , two agvula who bad contacted him I after he had wired an offer to the Soviet embassy ia Bern. Swlestr- , land, to spy for Rusal* t But I am afraid they got the trap sprung first." be added "I know I did wrong- &•» 1 believe I been amply punished by tbe fact that 1 spent six months in confinement at hard tabor " ► ■ j Reports Purchase wT dQVinys ponas i Adams county people invested ' la.U. 8. savings bands , dartag March. T. F. GraMkar. prseL , dent of the Ftrst State bank aad . coanty bond chairman, announced I today. E. bead nffiee vara H 147563 and eertaa O. IlllOd. Bond , sates to .lndiaao fer. tks omss toonffi worn 514.M34M. Beveral her* of the cousty bond staff will bs guests of Governor Heery Schricfcer at a state bond rally is Indianapolis next Tnosday evsning Tbs rawpslgv for tbe Uh arty Ben drive wffi be launched Mr. Grallker anM that tbe replica es the Liberty bril might be brought to Decatur, aa i R travel* through tbe state JH the cswpatga which evtoudo tram May 15 to July 4.