Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1950 — Page 1

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re.-AHEiI-Menn Kece Battle Leads _ ■> Vuic nneren Primary Elacttaa "* Next Tuesday, Potts On Standard Time J Candidate* tor sheriff. cifowatr sooner, state senator and state rep resentatlve. are basy thia iaat weak before the primary election next Tuesday completing their vtelta to all parts of the county The several contests are made more taterealtag by numerous township contests ■ , For the first time ia many years there la a food content looming Tor the Republican nomination tor sheriff. In this scrap there are four aspirants. Russell Hoffman. Lawrence McCullough. Dick Parr and Harry O Irwin _ Thia la the only county wlde Re publican contest, but there is con etderable Interest in the nomine tion of trustees In some of the townships The nomination of principal interest, because of the large'number of aspirants, la the Democrat pi Imaty-ts tbe sherlfFs-raee-Tbere-are 15men seeking the office They are Harry Stults. Marlow Rchiefer stein. Robert Hhraluka. F. D Htrlk er. Imfe Urimm. Richard Headricks. Harold Hirschy. Burl John * -on Morion A Railing, and Floyd Rupert AH 16 of the seekers of this of Hee- hare "made Intensive campaigns. and the outcome of iberot lug could very well bi- settled wlfo less than So or Ito votes to «rh|n Next In Interest -are the two enatente foe commissioner of I hi, first and second districts In the ' Democrat primary In the first district. Ix*wl« Wortbnian and Chauncy O, Manley are. opposing John W Blakey, incumbent In the secund district. John A Kinta Is seeking the post now held by Otto Hoffman, who is a candidate for reelection. ' Kenneth E. Hirschy, Decatur man. la- -opposing Von EU-Jihuni, Wells county, joint senator who has held the post for 12 years. G Remy Bierly Decatur attorney and lain Carnal). Bluffton real estate-operator, are » eking. thy joint_repr< sentat Ivt- post left’ va cant when Robert Holler decided not to.be a Candida'-' There are several Interesting contests In both parties for nominations for township trustee These campaigns are being waged largely on local issues Involving school consolidation, reassessments and —- other --**.« tiunalpiiihletM, a= _„ . In Washington township’s l»em-> crat elect bin. there are contests for trustee in which William Linn. Forest’Durr and L S. Brandy berry are the aspirants and also for township ease sor. Will Winnes, im um'&ent. I* opposed by tierhardßetaking for the latter nomination The polls will be open from 6 o'clock In the morning until « o’clock at night Tuesday, -central standard time Since the clocks in Decatur will go to daylight earings time Saturday, thia means that the polls will not close until 7 o'clock in the evening It is predicted that returns will not start arriving at the office of the Daily Democrat until about 19:3ft o'clock TueaAay night Hearing Dates Are Set For Taxoayers By Board Os Review 'Due to the legal holiday tuning next Tuesday. Hartford township taxpayers, originally scheduled to appear May 2. will ba beard a day later, according to — announcement made today by Albert Harlow; county assessor and chairman of the board of review. . ' t =L Karlow.jßatsd.thatheeMSeof 7 elactkm .day., the court honee wtlbp. closed, consequently setting the Hartford hearing hack one day. to May V H* added that those'Uh able, to present their case before " .tSo board that day will be glven additional time st a later date. At the same time. Harlow disclosed the remainder of the schedule for the different townships: May 1, Monroe: May 4,6 and 2. Wabash: May 2.10. Jefferson: May 11. Monroe: May 12 and 15 Ge neva; May 16 and 17. Berne; Mar 18. Decatur-Root, and May 12 22, 22. 24. Decatur-Washington

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■ Dinner Speaker r ■ ■ I i B - » I 1 BBHBBBBBBBB 1 Ales Campbell. Democratic Candida ta for the Valted mates sen--1 ate, will be the principal speaker ! at the dinner meeting of t)te Adr ams county central committee r and the Adams conniy Democratic Woman s club, to be held in DuI < .itin Thin winy evening. Federal Reed Aid Favored By County ‘ Rood Improvements Favored By Board The enmity commissioners favor . accepting a |28.50« federal-aid road grant for the Imprnvemant of three I farm-tomarkrt highways and also making application B>r -additional funds to improve an lb mile stretch through the county, it was dec idejl late yesterday in..a -meeting', with, i the tb. al'trfflt'mi* arid rivnrge G«»odJUlhdifellne* r * or so“ fnOrr* l wt-r'ks ’ agency, public roads admlnlatrat jtafo * > " If matched by an equal amount i of county funds, the money would I become available for 1951 road ■ work. . ■ .—- Kngineer Goodwin made a tour of the county with the commissionI era yesterday mid visited those toads which are listed on Ib’e federal stale highway map for federal aid These roads are: . The ('-’lion road *' rirrnnihi'’ east’ tht-ugh Wabash and Jeff, rs.-n townships: passing hl front of the Jefferson school and then- east -ttt .the Ohio Staie line" This stieti h-is eight inllts. four and -me-half i f r “which? Ts. already improved. A couttly road tutming through the center of Washington township w.st of C 8 highwav 27 to Curryville, sevvU mites in length none of which is improved A five- mile stretch of road slurping at the intersection of the River toid. five miles north of J-- ttjtr, ; ’.TT-ctiniatfrTirT ; 'O-'lan f«ad Tli.se three roads stretch 20 milts. H 4 miles not being improved with black top • Application for additional funds in an extended road improvement! program In.ludCc IS miles l»egin-| nlnr at Linn Grove and running i north through French. Kitkland and Treble town hips, connecting with T 8 highway 27 at St Johns, seven miles’of which is b-m k top-. P*d — This route hr used by the county! highway dvpartmeut in hauling! stone from the Meshberger quarry to the north townships Otic mile of the proposed route travels over state highway 121 east and then connects.with a Kirkland township road ' _‘htl Bau<r. county highway sup-t erlnt. ndent/who accomprnled thy federal engineer and the r-tmmls sjone rs tW tour. egplained that the federal-state program was ' boiled down" to simple arithmetic. The 828.200 mnst be used on the roads designated by the federal works agency. The amount mart be matched with. local funris. thus creating a road improvement fund of sr.c.t'-n. The county must employ a registered engfteer to prepare plans and submit them to the Indiana state •.fghway commlsalon. The road* wonfd be conktnicted under ‘he supervision. of alate engtn»r.s. Bupt. Rawer sald f tbat federal wprHHcwtiofcc wall -for , of atone and one inch of bldck In the. road.,. improvement ■ program , This additional five inches would Increase the road bed to eight Inches. Sauer said. The demands of the federal works agency are not difficult to meet. Sauer said. The present Toed right of ways. 40 feet, are aceept•Ule No additional right ol way is required Bridges and culverts can be improved by the county iTwrw T* Pnsv Mat

-——m Phone Strike Called Off By Union Leaded Qwck Settlement Sought Free From Threat Os Strike New York, April »*—(VPI— Telephone negotiators aimed for a quick set Ik meat today Dee from the threat of a nationwide strike. Union leaden, who called ott the 43-state strike of more than 2M.MO workers originally set for 8 a m today. Indicated they hoped to reach an agreement quickly, pen haps before the day is out The cornmunlcathms workers of America (CIO I said long lines ne-gotiations-which are expected to set the key for other agreements—had no ’strike” issues remaining to be settled. The union cancelled the 'Strike late yesterday. Spokesmen for the American Telephone and Telegraph Ca. however. said only that no settlement had been reached and that bargaining would continue Federal mediators, who had been on cpll around-the-clock as peacemtterS. Appntred optimistic- They said the key long-lines talks had reached “an atmosphere in which Ahe parties can find a basis for agreement " Some Ik.iHttl Western Electric InjtluUati >n workers., who-walked oat Monday two days In advance of the scheduled general strike, were still out. But their union tenders said They would not put out pi. k.T* today as they bad threatened. , t'WA division 10. ropreaenting 21.000 long lines workers, and the •ATAT were schedule*- to resume bargaining at 2 p.m. EST The union said It had reached an agreement with the company on basic principles in ibis division. The long-lines "area of agree ment" was expected to provide a formula for settling the 24 other contract disputes between CWA divisions and the Hell System subsidiaries of the ATAT. --laeaders • of- -GWA -.-division ..fi, which includes the striking Installation m«n. and officials of Western Electric, ATAT's manufacturing subsidiary, were locked In sea eWeAuim early this morning... British Labor Party Survives Two Tests I Barely Survives Confidence Votes I-ondon. Apr 26 - (UPI —The laltor government squeaked through two votes ot contidence in commons today with the aiballest majority it har received In I five years of power. Both challenges by Winston Churchill's conservative party on the government s 1250-51 budget were defeated by a margin of only < five vines. I The vote hr each ease was 3U4 to 289. The liberal party, wish nin<- members, lined up solidly with the conservatives against the government. Had the government l>een defeated on either vote. Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee and his colleagues would have resigned and probably would have asked the king to dissolve parliament and call a new general .election. The government’s smallest margin in the three previous votes ot confidence In the current session of commons was 14 on March 2 on the issue of nationalisation of Britain's steel industry. It won the other two confidence votes by 19 and 25 votes, respectively. The labor government has been defeated once on a non-confldence issue, a technical motion of adjournment March 29. The vote on that occasion was 282 to 257. but the government is not obliged to resign when no question of confidence is involved z labor. ~gpy«Hm«nL . jmxk. was threatened seriously during Its first fohr and a half years in power-.. li had a majority oT nearly 15u in the old parliament. WIATHfR Fair and continued eoel tonight. Thursday partly steady. Warmer In extreme south. Low tonight 25-40 with some local light frost north to 4*46 south. High Thursday 45-52 north; 55-55 south.

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p* , . i . Ike Owt. Wrtk Hi« Boaefaetor _ _ n BACK IN 1211 <’ M Hargr. A&M*. K*. pablteher. secured appointment of Dwight D Eisenhowdrjo Wnst Point Here the two old I friends meet again at the annnui Newspaper Publishers

Candidafes Speak At Joint Meelmg Six Legislative Candidates Speak it ' Democrat and Republican caadl- > dates for the Indiana general asi aembly took the platform last evei nlng at a joint meeting 0T the CUamber of' CommPrie, KOI ary and E Uo»s ctelts at the K. of P. home t and in five minute apeechea told , why they sought party nomination, t or wanted to be elected la Novena- • her The “town hail” meetteg was highlighted with questions from the audience. Many of the querier i dealt with past legislative acts and - these were answered by Htate Senator Von "Pat” Eichorn ot Uniondale Dea nr Dorwln. public -speaking . Instructor at .the Decatur high school, acted as moderator of the program, the first of its kind ever held here " The hour and onehalf program held avid Interest among Ijle listeners For several of the candidates it was their first public appearance and maid tn speech on affairs of state. Each gave a splendid ac count of himself. There were six speakers. After the first moment of “stage fright” wore off, the candidates launched Into their subject and lucidly explained why they wanted! They did not engage In personal!tils and In every case complimented opponents. The participants were: Kenneth Hirschy of this city and Von "Pat” Eichorn. Democrat candidates for joint slate senator from Adams, wells and Blackford counties. Edward Llechty of Berne, unopposed for the Republican nomination for joint atate sepator from the aboye. counties. ErvTn Fox ot Bluffton, unopposed Republican candidate for joint state representative from Adams and Wells counties. G. Remy Bierly of this Pity and <Twew Te Itewe Ms»

High School Operetta Here Thursday, Friday

A complete list of those taking part in the annual springtime operetta to kw presented In the Decatur high school auditorium was' released today by Mis* Helen HanhoM. in charge ol tbe production. • Tbesoperetta. "The Princess of Virginia." will be presented three times, at a matinee Thursday at 1 p.m.. and evening performances Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. Those in the cast include: Colleen Heller. William Kocher. Har old Bohnhe. John Doan. Don Smith. . John *ThOifi" jMrk” *WT? ford Norris. Jane Brumley. George Bair and Janet Belta . Indian war dancers: Dan Mills. Tom Gannt. Leonard Egly. Jerry Gehrig. David Owen*. Robert Lan*. Marvin Stucky and Keith Smallwood. Indian dancers: Barbara Beehter. Ann Delteeh. Marjoriete HUI. Mari lyn Hoblet. Frances Morris/Helen Mowery. Rosemary Schwarts. Donna Kirehenbauer, Beverly Lister

FfoHams Dtscotsod By lining Board NoAMwate warn M th» calendar for the regular autrt teg Tueaday night tor the Decatur board of soiMag appeals, bet several problems wore discussed informally.. No official action was taken. chairman Clarence Ziner author txaad secretary Robert Ind arena tc prepare two new appeals for ths ■Bpendajr,. M»y 2, meeting. AU five Jembere were pi went. FRnOyUfl vllliiy vl Lying To Probers Federal Court Jury f Gives Guilt Verdict Washington. Apr. 26— (UPI — A federal court jury today convicted John Maragon on two of three counts of lying to a sen'ate ' in veatigal Ing committee. ' Maragon. “who used to make I himself at home in Maj. Gen Har- , ry Vaughn's White House office; I was found innocent "ori the 'hir'i, count. The jury deliberated one hour ) and .16 minutes before returning I Its verdict. . Maragon faces a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment. The penalty for ea< h count is two to 10 yqara ! Federal Judge Jennings Bailey hwmediate+y -committed - AtaragotC to jail after denying a defense re, ' quest that the 56-year-old defend ant be freed on bail. The jury found Maragon guilty of lying when he told senators Investigating "five percents' that: 1. He had only one tank account—that in a Washington bank in 1945 or 1246. 2. That he had quit his Job with the Chicago Perfume company when he undertook a misston to Greece for the state department in 1945 and 1946. He was acquitted <vf lying when he said that from 1245 to 1249 he negotiated no government buai«Twrw T» Pear rirto

and Agnes Worst Indian maT*nr Joan Andrews. Sue Baughn. Jane Barber. Jeaa Barber, Esther Bleeke. Evelyn Bleeke. Nancy Callow. • Arlene Deraeh.. Moto* F easel. Alice Fisher. Ann Gamer. Harriet Gerber. Kathryn GoHner. Margaret Harris, Phyllis Kohler. Doris Kraeckeberg. Betty Lehman. Dianne Linn Shir ley Mitchell, . Barbara Morrison. Mary Ann Owens, Evelyn Rash. Phyllis Reef. Amy ton Reynolds. Sunya Robinson Carol Roeder.. Barbara Rauer. Helen Smallwood. OtMThletneMliWertlW 'Lotsf White and Betty Rose -* Indian . braves; .James Bassett. DeLane Bowman. William Callow. Robert Doan. Neil Hesher. Dick Johnson. Roger Johnson. Robert Lenhart. Floyd Mcßrtde.' Kenneth Naah. Kaye Runyon. Robert Strick ler. Richard Werl ln«. Gene Elner Mias Hanbold will be In charge ot the music; Dale W Rosa, dialogue; Kathryn Kauffman and •T*m Ta Page Hi)

World's State Reflected In Congressional Moves On Draft, Defense Fund

BuyeriM Ymrih b Fomd Dead te Cab Man Asphyxiated tty Carbon Monoxide Gas County coroner Harmon Giilig today reported officially that the death of David Lavon Milter. 22. of Royerton, was eaoaed by asphyxiation by cafbon monoxide gas Miller was discovered by Bill Christmas, of Geneva, about 11:35 o'cloch Tuesday night, sitting in the cab of a truck which waa parked in front of the Geneva communitv sale barn. He had been silting there about two hours, It waa disclosed. There waa a partial load of livestock on the truck, and it is believed that Miller waa sitting in the cab waiting tor the sale to end before returning to Muncie. 'Laiirt- Investigation revtaled that there waa a "good site bole" around the brahe pedal and a "leaky" exhaust manifold under • the cab. Thia, plus the fact the . windows were tightly closed, are , reasons, believed responsible for , th* young man’s doath. . Christman, upon discovering SA the body . ooteHed town marshal Harold Hirshey and a .Gsnsva physician, who, upon arrival, pronounced'tbs young man dead itepsty Sheriff Bob Skralukn and coroner Giilig wore then called. but by then the body had been removed to a Geneva funeral home. Giilig. who made his investigation early today, fixed the death as accidental, and by as phyxlalion. It is believed that Miller was dead about 45 minute* tafore being discovered. Miller is survived by his par tents. Mr. and Mrs.'Frank Miller, -of- Rojmrton, Hie body has been , removed to a Muncie funeral i home where arrangements will be j made for burial aervleae. •*; Romania Ordered To Close Office Ordered To Close Office In New York Washington. "'Apr 26 (UPI — The United States today ordered j Romania to close Its office in New York within two weeks This was In retaliation for Romania's closing Ihe U. S. information service office in Bucharest. The order against Romania’s New York office was in a note which the United States delivered to the Romanian legation In Washington, the state department announced. "It is not acceptable to the United States government that the Romanian government maintain the establishment In*New York City operating under the name of office of the Romanian commercial attache and its affiliated office of packages for Romania.” the Untted States note aaM. The American note charged that the office reprosented aa "unauthorised extension of the consular functions of the Romanian legation at Washington " “W agrasmeul has been toquesled by the Romanian government or gives by the United States government for tbe estab ll»hment of a Romanian consulate in New York City." the note saM rtOTIVC vV vOUflty Is Token tty Death George Garboden 6‘>. of Bluffton. % wative of Adams county, died Tuesday at the Weils county hoepil*l folteylng a strobe of paralysis Surrlvors include a brother. Herve Garbodrn of Berne; three sisters, Mrs Fred Driscoll of Bluffton. Mrs. Emma Folk of Fort Wayne and Mrs Nancy Natter of Relffabnrg end a half-brother. William, Gar boden ot Portland. Ore. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Tbaroday at the Jaha funeral home |a Blnfftoa

Earl Browder bSuboenaed By Coniiittee In United Status Callod Ta Testify Washington. April M—(UP)— Earl Browder, former bow df tbe American communist party, wae subpesaed today to testify tomorrow In tbe Owen Lattimore ease before scente investigators. Browder will testify before a foreign relations investigating subcommittee looking Into charges by Rea. Joseph R McCarthy. R.. Wte.. that Lattimore is a communist spy. ed that Frank Blelaski is also tentatively* scheduled to appear tomorrow. but In closed session. Blelaski has been identifted by Mo ( Carthy as s former office of strste . glc services sgeat who eaa produce "important” testimony tn cont section with the 1545 “Amerasia” i cage tevolyUMg then of jqetyt fferk ernment diplomatic and military docaments. ............ . ... Committee counsel Elwstd- P ! Morgen said Browder accepted . subpena In the U. ff. marshal’s sd I flee at New York I Senate officials had soagkt for . several days to subpena Browder. hui had been unable to-contact him until this morning. Ex-communist Louis F. Budenz had said Browder can supply supporting testimony for his (Budens'i statement that Lattimore was known to him as a member of a communist "cell.” Browder in e statement, has cont radlcted Budeng' *te«t imoay. shying that Lattimore's alleged comniuhist'actlrities never rauie.to his attention But senators went to hear him (estify under Oath Browder was subpenarti after two other witnesses tn the Lattimore case failed to appear. A fourth — Frederick Vanderbilt Field—alleged financial “angel" for pr&communlst causes—accepted subpena and will testify Friday. John J Huber, former‘Fßl Informant. waa. scheduled tb_tegilfv last night hut failed to show up (There had- been some speculation | that he might have* been a victim of "foul play." But Huber telephoned his wits at Monnt Vernon. <Tsva 1* roue Wil “ Shooting Suspect Commits Suicide High School Pupil Is Suicide Victim Hagerstown, lud.. Apr 26 — (UP) — Fred Stark. l* year-oM negro euepeet in the shooting of aa advertising executive, shot himself fatally today aa he was about to bs captured Mark died to Raid memorial hospital at Richmond, where he was tahen after shooting hljhxslf ta tbe bead ta i fM-M tte Charles Ladd farm near Pean vilte. stark, a haaketball and track star at Cambridge Ctty high school, had been soaght stare Monday eight for tbe shootiag ot Fred Been. 42. in Hagerstown. Sheriff Ore Wilson said Stark shot himself once in the head with a rifle after a posse of deputies sad state police found him in a hern He fled into a nearby field and shot hisssoW when tbs ptmoe surrpqpdod. kffpL, ,_, , •,,. Stark had knew motninff vrith Ladd while Ms footer pareata Mr. M™' ’' , * u fffo**. wore on a southern trip J with Mrs Leore Teetor, for whom they worked as caretakers Senn was shot as he entered the Teetor boms where be was staying wMte Mrs Teetor was away Soon Mentlfted Stark as the ■AL who shot him Jlyo ttmee. Sena, who waa tn fair condittoa •*w»e »e Puna Abu

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Urges Draft Law Extewdad Bocause Os World Tension Washington. April M-lUPI— Tbe state at the world wen reffsot- — to extend tbe enOt lew sad aM at — least 82M.OOe.SOe to tbe defease bedgot., mßtee had planned to tel tbe Arefl Law di* m INI ttd but to keep registration naff rtaeoi ficstloa machinery alive Committee chairman Car! Viah eon. ».. Oa.. saM this plan masted U. 8 Russian tso step Now. be ' said, be win ask «nagrm to extend tbe draft tew anehaaged for 1 two years. ’’Military tenders tell nut they ' don't foresee any immediate need * tor the draft." Vtewa saM “How- ' ever, worsening world coafotlons ' make tt Imperative tbgt ww givw * them the draft authority tor fast * use In an emergency" The bouse appropriattoae core mlttee meanwhile added 22M.U05.- * 000 to the defense department'* ** budget -It will go mainly to bey . „ more warplanes it would raise r the IHI defense budket to 214.- *. . -V-. 7 The committee acted barely tvo *■■ boars after defense secretary .Louis , Johnson said the armed forces nged " 8541 SOCASU at which U2SLMO.MS would be to restore a cwt previousIw namAffus — ~i*id9 Wirsanmitn44r*ir* -» Hl num sff g Ureu-eCrDW CUHI' .imittee will eons Mer that part of ’ I bls request later ( | There were these other coagrce ' sional developments: Taxes—. House tax writers agreed r tentatively to ent in half tbe 20 ( percent tax on tickets for movies. ‘ theaters and aparting events The house ways and means committee now has appqpved. cuts tn excise ' taxes of »S?S.WX>.W ” i Rent* —Rem control advocates ( said rent rises will bring new labor demands for wage increases and b help communism Rent control* , die June 3<» PresTdent Truman wantg a one-year extension AFL president William F Green toid the senate banking committee rents will rise if the controls die and labor certainly will ask for increases to meet the boosts Crime— New Yorker Frank Costello will tell senate investigators t tomorrow what be knows about b gambling Costello offered volun tartly to appear before the.senate commerce subcommittee which is considering legislation to ban use of Interstate facilities for transmitting gambling information Ceiling—The house banking committee voted a 2250.<MM.tkM limit on ■ the amount of foreign investments the government eould guarantee under President Truman’s point I four program to aid undeveloped I regions ‘ Science—Senate and house conferees agreed oa a bill to create a national science foundation Alaska—Gov Alfred Driscoll Ot ! New Jersey urged statehood ter , Alaska, to make Alaska a state, that bee entrance into the union would be "a dramatic shot la the arm" to peaceful people of the , world, he said ■coeoatynr-Tbs house economy Noe was ready to throw In tbe towel ta Ms efforts to trim 81.850.Mte.oss from tbe pending 822 58* 088.980 omnibus appropriation Nil tor foe 1561 fleeel year. The bowse appropriations committee's aettou today ea military founding, didn't help matters Monroe Township Taxpayer* Appear A score of taxpayers from Mon roe township appeared before the couaty board of review today rela- ,- .'fore. 3p.:..Ute,; .■peff“.'j»Jifottgtft. „ their farm lands and taaprove■MStS. A aumber of Amteb were ta th* group. At owe time about 16 per eons wure waiting in tbe court , house terrtder for their turn to appear before tbe board No aaaowreeawet of adjustmeats ta appraisimeet urns made by foe board Land values awerage about 847 an rerr ta Mumu — township, it was stated