Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1950 — Page 1

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LATTIMORE CALLS BUDENZ PAID INFORMER

Early Voting Hereßeported About Average — - ' —

Chief Interest In County Centers On Races For Sheriff; Monroe Township Mete At 2 pun. “A hodge-podge manner of chalking- the different Decatur pro- • tacts thia afternoon revealed that voting »as fairly light at moat of the polls, though worker* expected business to pick up aa the day. treat on The first Place visited was pre- . v-Mnet 3-A. Adams county garage, dhere approximately 156 votes had been cast at 1:37 p.ni.; they said about 150 had voted at 3-B, FrauMger’s garage, also, at 1:40; at 1 *42 tw more than 100, they said. : had ’ voted at 3-C, Jesse Sheets’ garage. The polls dids t open until 7 o clock.’’ the man at Gerber's ImI lament company. Decatur-Root, said, "and they missed a kd of the factory workers." He said* that ' about M. had voted, and it was 1 47 o'clock in the afternoon then " At 2 til'. 6.had voted at the 2-4’ precinct voting booths, located at Worthman field. Fifty-eight had been tabulated at 1-B. The Canning Factory at 2:04; at the tire Mat lon. 28. "about 125" had voted, by 2:68. The.largest approximately tabulated »«><• wan recorded*. , f* lidAifa ■ ... - - where, at t: 12. about 260 had vote ‘ ed. At the county Jail 1-C. "no more than 100 hare voted." at 3.17. and at 2:22, 146 had already voted - in the court house, precinct 2-A. With the exception of a red hot 1 contest for the Republican nomine : tion for trustee of Monroe town-’ ship, today’s election. In Adams county’s 38-preetacta was regarded by observers as Ju«t about average At bi t', o'clock this morning, the vote In most of the precincts had been shout average for the esrly morning turnout and elec tlon officials estimated that the: Democrat vote would run between 3.5i.»0 and 4.2m> and the GOP vote would be a little less than halt oft that number. • .In Monroe township the Republl-: can --contest tiir .tnislee was centered around the school consolida tion guestion and In. all of. North Monroe arid parts of middle Monroe a number of former Democrats switched their parly affiliations and asked for Republican ballots. Voting was reported slightly’ above normal In Kirkland ..-town- j ship, and also In one or two of the, 10 Decatur precincts. Other than, the half dosen contests In both parties for trustee nominations, interest centered In the two contests for sheriff On the Democrat ballot there' were 16 names and there were four on the OO P ticket This marks the first time In many years that there has been a tourway contest in a Republican primary election Candidates were at the polls early this morning and several of the aspirants had paid workers with cards to greet the voter*. Others furnished automobiles to bring their supporters to the polls. The polls in all 34 precinct* opened on time at 7 o'clock this morning daylight saving time and they will remain open until 7 nrlivrk toniaht daylight time Im mediately after the sheriff an'nouncee the closing, the boards testy- weal and then start the long task of counting the ballot p In a few of the smaller precincts this work might be completed by 10:30 o'clock, but most political observers, were* of Ik* -opinion that most of the counting would nor be completed until around midnight and later -As soon M. iJie count is completed, the official figures will be brought to the county canvasMng board ‘al the court house and also to the Dally Democrat office. where unofficial returns will ■ Tars T» Fane Twer WEATHER Cloudy tanlght. warmer north portion. •hewers likely extreme southeast. Wednesday mostly cloudy with occasional showers. Low tonight 42 to 44 north, 44 to 52 couth, high Wednesday around M north, «0 to 45 south.

To Make Pilgrimage Masc. J. J. Selmet* Si. Mary’s Pastor Plans Pilgrimage Msgr. J. J. Seimefz On Rome Pilgrimage "** lUoemtiuna have boon made UNupucd ' like Queen Mary saw the Very Rev. Msgr J J selmet x. pastor of HI Mary's t'arlwdi. church. Io make a Holy Year pH grlmage to Rome Msgr Helmets win sail from New York City on ! Heptember 7. Msgr Steimel* will l*e a member jpf the Ordor of St Fran. Is i'll grimage His trav> ling o.n.pan ion Will Ire the Rev Fergus Capuchin missionary, who trill »• company the pilgrimage to R<>mand Vatican fity. where an *u<H enre with Pope Pius XII will Imgiven The expense of the Europe-11. | : trip Is tietag defrayed by mem , ber» of the parish who ■-••ulrfbutod to a spec tai collection last Run-J i day The purse will be presented to Msgr Helmets, when lie returns tomorrow from a week'v vacation Accordingi~~ilentath «• plan*, the return voyage will start on October 33. Others Flan European Voyage At least four other Decatur . lit [ gens have mad.- reservations for I a European trip this summer, j their Itinerary including a visit ‘ to Rome and other principal cities 1 on the continent Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kohne and daughter," 'Miss Rosemarie Kohne. whrr la a public echoed teacher in Gary, will sail about I July 1. on the Queen Elfigheth. They will tour pranc e^. Kwltxrr land. Italy and also plan a visit to Holland. England and Ireland In Holland thev will visit the Kohne’* maternal home site and In Ireland the home of ancestors of MriT Kohne. x diiss Margaret Kiting, a registered nurse, daughter of Mr. and | Grant Pay Increase To Local Teachers SIOO Yearly Boost Granted By Board The Decatur public school luurd has sanctioned an Increase in pay for those contracted teachers In 4te ,«ttjt> .schools J»e3K,J.e».L. ar-c-ording to a staiembht Ny Walter Krick, superintendent who added that lhe state would share payments. Approximately 37 teachers have ’ been brought into the fold to date. Krick said all of them due for I a into increase on their yearly salary. Though no definite figure is certain until all contracts have been fulfilled Krick said that he believed the state’s share of the salarv Increase would amount to a little more than 342. He added, however, that the school hoard had approved payment of 356. contemplating a reduction In the state's.share of the tTwen To Fame Rivet . .sksw ,-g.

r ■ ■■ - ' ' Riotiag Marks Mayday In Refeh Capital A MOB of rioting Weal German citiaoas press hard an an Bast Oorißaa police line as disorders marked May Day in Berlin. Severest action occurred in Potedammer Plata, (abovet where many of the eati , mated half-million pro and antrt'ommunist demonstrators were arrootpd.

rreseni rennons For Drain Clearance No Bids Awarded By Commissioners The board of county commissioner*. in thrtr Monday afternoon sea«l,.n. were approached with petl tioas from different persons for drain clearance, an insurance com pany lb present - warrant for the money sought tor a damaged bridge and one regwrrt for road Imprm. men I By lata Tuesday the commissioners had not awarded the painting and bridge con st rmtion contracts. pIU Mwraa presented a bill to the commiaaioWera for 376 .M tor tile and |3<> lor labor incurred dur (ng the p»M three years The mat tr: was tskra under advisement tor 'artSer dt*T-uakfoti with the county ‘ surveyor , KU llabt ager atipt ared regarding the i-ounty line road west of stale toad 27«. reg drat Jng the board id vancthm clearing . the UmberkMt dis h from the r ailroad bridge to ’the lajli ditch Hoard agreed to 'clear tin >M>l'h side of lhe ditch and Would -uepest Jay county officials do the same V II William*, ruble township, appeared io .1 plain a dllch prob1. m on T H highway 224*W the corner of the AdumteWells county line. The board Instructed Phil Hauer and Hetman Moellerlng to make a survey and report to them. Thomas Sullivan and Kli Augs- • burger, of Wabash township, re--1 quested that county road 35. north I of- Stale road llti. be graded and improved with stone The board agreed to try to put this request in their fall .program An Insurance adjustor appeared! before the board and presented a iTsm T. Face WSsl

Louise Stoppenhagen Dies last Evening Funeral Services I Thursday Afternoon Mtn. Ixraise Stoppenhagen. S 5. died at 5 o'clock Monday evening at the home ofa son. Adolph Stoppenhagen. Preble township. with whom she resided. Death waa caused by a cerebral hemorrhage and fallowed an illness pf three weeks. She wa« horn in Well* county Nov. IS. TSW. h daughter ot John and Katherine Kirsch-Fuhrman She was married June 2. IMS. to Ernest H Stoppenhagen. who died July 5. 1444 She *waa a member of the Zion . LttWfMi church «t Frtedh*etnk . Surviving are the son. Adolph; two daughters. Miss Clara Stoppenhagen. at home, and Mrs Al- , fred Reese of Fort Wayne; 10 grandchildren: 14 great-graadchil-drrn. and a airier. Mrs Sophia . Gallmeyer of Preble township , Two sons, two brothers and one , sister are deceased Funeral services will be held at , t p. m Thursday at the home and , at 2:M o'clock at the Frledheim church, the Rev E. T. Schmldtke , officiating Bertel wUI he la the church cemetery. The body will he removed from the Zwlck fa- , nrral home to the residence this evening -1 ' C..: — ..... . . _g~. ■;, ~ tettv-Temygnwisw ws*».-gyra x» y

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f faction Notes . In one precinct there waa early confusion when election officials handed a voter both Democrat and Republican ballots. Under the law the voter “mwat specify his politics and receive the ballot ot Ms party.” The •■nor urwa.soon.corrected after It was reported to the county board of election commissioners ’■ —oOo — ,■ Because of an Intense Republican contest , for trustee of Monroe township, the election board in North Monroe called the election consul Isalonera and ordered an addlHbnal 135 Republican ballots. The toear«-jnembeta teared they would ran out of OO P ballots be cause the early morning voting was so heavy. Additional Republican ballots were also needed In middle lionroe. —oOo — Candidates were up early this morning and most of them were working their own precincts, soUeUlng friend* and neighbor* for support- — 000 — tn Well* county there were only three county wide primary contests |on the Democrat ballot' They were for alate senator, representative and county clerk The Wells conn ty vote should be In early. 000Dave Macklin and Hugh "Tabby" Andrews, Demixrat and Republl can election commissioners, were as busy as any of the candidates today It's their job. along with county clerk Ed Jaberg. to see that the voting in all precincts is orderly and then at 7 o'clock tonight they berome the canvassing board and tabulate the total vote. —. , tt: •—oOo .-•-—- Other members of the canvassing board, by the way. are Mrs Phil Macklin. Mrs. Clem Kortenher. Mr*. O. L. Vance and Mrs. Walter Augsburger for the DemoI Ulllv Ure

crats. and Mrs. Luclla Hilty. Mrs Wilma Small. Mrs. Leota Connell I and Mrs. Mary Mefcbing for the Republicans. —oOo— Ed Jaberg. who served In lhe same capacity during the '4* election. remembers distinctly when he got home—Wednesday morning He said it waa 8:36 o’clock when the last - total had been made. He explained that there were five ballot* to be counted that time, though, and doesn't expect it to be quite that late—tomorrow morn 1 Ing. . —oOo— Thoagh voting In Monro* township might have called for a flurry of Republican ballot* most polling places this forenoon -weren't too rushed. Some “experts" expected '' the light vote to continue through-1 1 oat the day and evening: others contended it would gain momentum 1 as lhe day went on. "»• ■ * t —ooo— One party, possibly remembering ' the presidential ejection two years' ' ago aaid he was going to wait for! 1 a trend. Said he wanted to see! ' what way the vote* were going 1 "Always like to ride a winner,” Is' the way be put tt ' ■ -oOo—- • Voting day. though, did bring 1 oat a few who basked ia th* **n on 1 the bench** around the court 1 hoasf taw* aad discuObd th* pro* ’ aad eon* of' the different race*. ’ Knew wtet they were talking 1 about, too. like all old campaigners ' who have teen candidate* come 1 and go throughoat th* year* Every (Taro T* atau* Mas

< MkArihur Favors OullawMgOfßeds z Makes Statement On Third Anniversary Tokyo May A— (UPt- GenDouglaa MacArthur told the Japa nes4 people today that they should consider outlawing the Japanese «mmiuibl Mrt!., tM . Mrsirt they had his approval to do so MacArthur observed that the ' communists were striving “under lOJtign dictation" ultimately lo bring Japan under the "poHtlcat control of others" He suggested that In granting equal right* to the communitft*. the Japanese were becoming "instruments of their own destruction." The supreme commander made his statement on' the occasion of the third anniveniary of the adop lira of the Japanese constitution All free nation*, MacArthur said, may have to erffh some fundamej*. tai human right* to gave themselves from enslavement by communist minorities. Free elections i alone no longer are sufficient top safeguard a nation's welfare, he I added. A forthright fi>e of communism. I MacArthur nevertheless permitted the Japanese comm uni sis lo have their party organisation The party was given the same rights as other political parties "no more, no less." In the words ot a high occupation official. Premier Shigeru Yosi.ida several times has indicated a desire to outlaw the Japanese communist psrty Nothing has been done in this field by parliament, where communists hold 35 of the 466 seats In the house of representative*. The parly leadership claims a membership of about >0.060 Informed quarter* believe twk-e that

number' would be more accurate In the last election communist candidate* were supported by about 2.366.606 voter*, many of them obviously only protesting agaiMt the government and the occupation Communist abuse of constitutional freedoms. MacArthur said, may lead to unrest, lawlessness sad ultimately communist seizure of power "Th* Issue therefore to clear and unequivocal -how far may the fundamental hunt** rights be exercised unabridged without becoming the instrument of their own desiraettoar be aaid Speakers Are Named For Pleasant Mills Dr. Gerald Jones pastor of the First Methodist ehurch. will de- : Wtete the* xmtnmearotpeai jsUkmto and the Rev. Robert Hammond. IT i the First Baptist church, will give :the baccalaureate service for the ; 16 graduaflng seniors of the Pless [art Mill* high school, according tte an announcement made today I by G. W. Vtaard. principal of the f school The baccalaureate services will be conducted Mar 7 and the commencement exercises May 2 both In the high school auditorium. Hansel Foley, county auperinten dent of school*, will present the diplomas following the commencement address Special music will be presented at both occasions _ ■ yL. ....... «.’J6

Owen Lattimore Again Testifies Communist Charges Are All Lies

Expect Record Vole J In Indiana Primary Chief Interest In Congress Battles ■ IndlanapolL*, Ind.,- May 3—fUPhi —A record vole of more than 400.000 ballot* was expected In the Indian.t primary election today Chief interest centered in the effort' of the sUte's 11 congreaamen <u win reelection. A total o< 5k candidates were seeking the 22 party nominations. Oegasiopal atewers predicted tor the southern VOrtlou'. es {tie atate were Upected to have little effect on the voting Partly cloudy skies were forecast fur northern Indiana Polls opened at 4 am. (CBT) and will close al 6 p m Political observers expected heavy vote* to be tabulated in all srf the 4.M4- precincts in 32 counties Their forecast «u biued on an uilpricedenfed' Interest In registration noted this spring. Two years ago. the primary vote totaled only 441.666. The Hoosier voter* also will choose from 5M6 candidate* tor 252 atate legislature nomination*. One hundred seat* are vacant in the bouse and 26 in the senate. Delegates also will be selected for the respective party conven--1 turns In June at which U. 8. *ena- ’ fbrlat candidate* and nominees for 12 state offices below that of governor will be chosen. Four present congressmen Were unopposed for renomination. They were Reps. Thurman C. Crook. D-. third dial tier: Edward Kru*e, », fourth. John Walsh. D.. fifth, and Earl Wilson. R . ninth. Thomas D. Leahy, brother of Notre Dame football coach Frank «T-ra t* raae »•*»• Employes’ Dinner Held Monday Night Decatur Retailers Sponsors Os Dinner Following a dinner topped oft by pie.- not all of it apple —Dick Mills, who scorned such a mundane title, and had himself Intro jduced as Prof, R. aomethlnporother Mills (we missed' the name), discoursed in a rambling manner on the attributes of apple pie. Mills spoke at the employment ploye banquet sponsored Monday by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce Matt Drennan, of Fort Wayne, scheduled to speak on "Business practices," was unable to appear, due to lllnetm However. Glenn Hill, president ot the Chamber, did ' give a short address of welcome to those present, and Cletus Milter, who wss the chairman in charge of the dinner, took a tew. Other* who stood when Introduc- ' ed by toastmaster Bud Anspaugh ‘ were those members of different Decatur firms who had been la the same employ for 14 or nor* year*. Mr*. Lillian Borrougha. from the Gaae (tore; Dorphus Dram. Mart Weiland and Doyt Miller, from : Schafer's: Herald Hitchcock. Deca tar Lumber: Bill Huffman. Ashbaucher's Tin Shop: Roacoe Ctefr denlng and William Lone. Jr., from the First Stale Bank; Art Meyer, from Kaye's; Mr*. Velma Lake, the Douglas Store: Mr*. Ida Belle Alton Smith Insurance agency. , and Miss Mitered Niblick. Mrs. ■ Mary Glendening. Mte* Rose Steig t. JBtyn Jfrfjgsgnr ot ’he r 'hH»R«--^r**wette ,> ttes«''i<yi«r' u employe* Introduced FbHbwing these Introduction*. Min*, an Indianapolis attorney , most of the time, and a lecturer on apple pie part ofdh* time. toM at the simple elements of which a pie ’ is made, its functioaa, and th* ! necessary research in being a dl» criminate pie judge His speech was punctuat'd with 1 such homilies as the advantage of a library Is that a "library i* free sad full log books," When he aak- ' ed the librarian wtet ate had on ’ apple pie. she replied. “Ice cream " 1 His diatribe oa the'proper mix (Taea T* Fuse rtv*>

Negotiators In Chrysler Strike Cltll jiiii MWiing Mediators Strive For Settlement Os Long, Costly Strike Detroit. May 2—lVPl—Medial-; ors called skr-p-starv*<i Chrysler strike negotiators hack ihto see stem today, striving lor the k«y to “over-dae" settlement of the costly walkoat Sheer exhaustion forced recess ot marathon bargaining in R* 42nd hour. A four-hour break waa calted at, 4 a. m. (BUT) wtea negotiator* failed to m»ke the progress mediators ted hoped th*y would '2-"CSSißiiif’officials said verbal agreement had been reorbed to settle the M-day strike But the CIO United Auto Workers claimed "unresolved issues’* hold up return to work st the 33,66 b struter*. "We haven't made the progress we had hoped for and expected 1 many hoar* before," the red-eyed mediator said. This evtttamat ' is many boar* everdaa. ’ "Everyone is exhausted, and a - tew hours' sleep may help thlags along I'm at the point of eabauetion myself." Sconyers refused to comment on progress during the last 24 hours of the -marathon talks. Th* bee'pectacled. bolding mediator ha* had only two hours' sleep since 2 a. m. Saturday when the record session started. Obaerv er*-praised bhn for keeping the bitter bargainers together throughout the wearying talks. •" But in spite of Sconyer's apparently discouraging statement, source* at the negotiations scene struck to their prediction that a settlement was only hours away. They pointed out that negotiator* had arranged a large suite suitiTare *W Fee* Mai Lewtoil Funeral To Be Held Wednesday Attribute Death To Brain Hemorrhage Funeral services will be held at 3:30 t> m Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home for Mi»s Mary Lewton. 43. a native of Adi atns county, who waa found dead ; Monday in her apartment at 323 . West Berry street. Fort Wayne. ] Dr. Gerald H. Jones will oticiat* > and burial Will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at , Ute funeral home after . 7 o'etoek j this evening Miss Lewten’s death was attri- * bated tea uMseive brain hemorrhage by Dr William Miller depu . ty Allen county coroner. Death , resulted when she fell from a lad- ! der sometime Sunday and struck . her tend agaiMt a chair. Bb* . was pajatteg In th* kitch*n otter r epgrtitef ( Her body was found lying on a davenport tn her apertment She was diucovwred by Ra*eeH Bev--, ' ater. ter landlord, and th* aastotant mansgsr ot KrHca'n star* la Fort Wayne, who went to the . apartment when she tailed to ap- , pear for work Monday morning r Detective Sgt Howard Walter. : ate twynuntsrit. said Miss Lew ton apparently became fstet while } oa the ladder She fell oa th* , chair, smashing R. She then t walked to the living room where , she collapsed and died on the , davenport, apparently about 12:36 , p. m Sunday Mine Lewtea to survived by ter ! father. Amo* Lewton. of north at r Deeater; three brother*. Rlcterd , Lewtte. Adam* eoaaty treasurer . Clarence Lewton of Poattae. , MM. iM Loeto Lewtoa aT Ds- . trait, and a sister. Mr* Baenelt Fink of Mishawaka The mother and on* sister ar* det meed.

AmoUs Charges Os Badeaz, McCarthy A* Lies; Testifies For Second Time - - Washington. May A— (UP)— Owen Lattimore charged today ttel ex-com muutot Leal* F. Baden* to a "paid informer and anscrapaloa* finger man" who brought chargee against him for personal gain. Lattimore a far eastern expert, swore for a second time under oath that charge* of communism l brought again* Mm by Budea* aad Sen. Joseph R McCarthy. Wto. were Baa. He told a senate sabcommltte* investigating charge* of commaai«m in the *tate department that McMarthy had "crlmlnaHy libelled" bim in hi* charge that be was Russia's "top septoeage agent" in the Cult rd Btates Lattimore filed hi* statement with sharp jab* at Ms accusers, particularly McCarthy aad Baden* "Conspiratorial gobbledygook absard fabrication . fate* and malicious " were some ot the descript toe*. he used of th? charge* he said were leveled again** him from "the fox-bok of unmunity from law salt which senate proceeding* provide Hi* statement was 54 pagm lteg and covered almost every phase of the inquiry which has developed stare Lattimore first appeared on 1 lhe witaes* stand about two week* 1 ago. Lattimore la a long statement attacked Baden*, former managing editor of the communist Dally Worker. Budens recently told the committee that he had been Inform . ed that Lattimofe was a communist and had aided In selling to Amert cs the red line for China This Lattimore said made him believe that Baden* "is dutifully pursuing hl* profession of paid informer and unscrupulous finger man." At the same time he charged that Bnden* was a man ot "unsavory character." who had been arrested, tried and acquitted 21 times He also , handed the committee the transcript of a deportation proceeding In U 8 court* which he said showed linden* participating in certain personal activities which "to say the least, are offensive to accepted standards of decent and conventional behaviour " Lattimore said that in the deportation case Budenz had refused to aaswer question* “relating to hto personal behavior, oa grounds that his answer* might incriminate him "TTiese questions gentlemen, relate to two different alleged rela* tioaships. aad they ail concern Baden*' actlvttle* before he became a member of the communist party." Lattimore said Lattimore said Uuden* since leaving the communist party in ] 1345. engaged in "commercial e* 1 ploltatlon" of his communist past and ■ automatically" came up with 1 the new communist charge* to Ot : day to day development* Baden* now is a teacher at Fordhaih University "It to the easiest thing ta the world for his ows memory to be 1 convenient and obliging." Latti more said regarding Baden* ‘ He said Baden* appeared deter1 mined to protest hi* ■’reparation a* the peerless informant " Bafena. thus far in the almost > three moatli oidi oomimUtea InvestV tVwva Ta Faws esa* UTfIuLUTINS ■ Caaebtewca. khirait*. May >—(UF|—A French pe»*e*» asaat DC-3 tranapert ptom r carqrtaß te clußtav the French high easF'-' mtoatonae la th* Cameroon* 'was rogortad wHeetag today ateag the southern edge Ofthe Cohere deoert. . r Jiheanbaharg. South Africa. May >—<MFl WoTOwioa diggiag through th* aaaoMag cbm rtoW brobm* •retf Rw ior» in Aiea* TMt bfßvtht W Rm t k«BWB bbMvb 4bb4 Hi the rlßta. At Wbbl M mbUvbb