Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1950 — Page 1

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Hoagland Ltd Is Killed At , Rail Crossing Don StoppenhagOfl, Native Os Decatur, Is Killed Thursday DmmM Bay Stoppenhagea. It. a aaatar la to* Haugtaad Meh ■choal and a uatlve of Decatur, was i**ta*Uy hilled about 1:M . >■■»- Thursday when a wautboaad Pnnylnzto passenger train smashed the farm tractor ' the youth was operating over Iha Snyder road croon Ina. two mllfs west aad a mile north at Mourouvllle. Stoppenhagea. aoa nt Mr and Mrs Raymond Stoppenhagen ot Hoagland, had begun working only thia week on the William H. Hodman farm, which Hee on both aide, of the railroad tracks, shortly before the craah. ho had driven th. tractor Into a field north of the track., hitched up a diac and delivered It to a field south of the tracks The tractor waa again northbound when tbe accident occurred The youth's body waa hurled 261 feet w«et at the crossing The tracUr-s engtte’Bds-it'hvrlud more j than tee feet west at the point of the crash. Tbe victim was born la Decatur Jan 25. 1*32. a sou ot Ray moad aad Bernice Holle-Stoppen liagen. He waa a member of tbe St. John's Lather** church at Hal Rock sad the * John's Wilftm league. . ■ Rarrtviag In addition to his par•Bts are two brother*. Richard and DeWayn*. both at home. and the grandparents. Mrs Lewis Hoile “of Hoagland and Mr and Mrs Carl Stoppenhagen Funeral aervlcea will he held at ! p m Sunday at the home of the v. rents and at S-3t) o'clock at the Sr John's Lutheran church _at * ■ "Flat 'Rock, the Rev. Hartcnberger officiating Burial will he in the church cemetery The body was brought Io th* Zwick funeral home where friend, mar call after t o'clock this evening until 2pm Saturday, when It will be removed to the home The'caaket. will not It* opened at the church Nipsco Official l«L Speaker At Rotary T J. Kelley. of Fort Wayne, for many years official of the Northern Indiana PuMic Service Corp, was the guest speaker at the week ly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club. The speaker traced the history of tbe gas industry in this area and the nation, beginning with natural gas here, then the changeover to urtlHclal gas when the natural gaa fields of tbe area were exhausted, and now the return to natural gas. piped In from the southwest. John Barth Decatur manager for Nips co, waa chairman of the meeting.

John Parrish Retires As Teacher After 61 Years

John Parrlah. who retired fro" 1 < •he teachin* profe»»ion and a lon*, illustrious career in the Decatur public school* today. any* ‘hat ] his life can be Hummed up In but ' a sentencer “1 bugna, I taught. and ' I retired." The fall atory la much more than that about the octogenarian whose vitality belles Ma age. His teachin* career haa encompassed three generations at student* He sal* that waa what had made him re ' alite several years ago that he had "been around a long time." "I had the grandfather, the father and then the grandchild." be said. “and that coven a lot of That time. Incidentally, Is 41 1 yuan’ teaching service which may ' very well be a record of Its kind 1 for the state. A check with state education offices revealed they had no such records, bat they admitted that was a “long, long time" it certainly overtaadows any Other record compiled In Decatur Mr Parrish began his teaching career In Washington township where he. spent sis yean: then he taught for one year at Monmouth before coming to Decatur In the Mt dl t*> dM teaehlng ht the

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Docßtur Htyli School -I—i_ iijj VfflOUfllOil 15 nclQ 69tb Aimuol Ritei Held Lost Evening •'Djn't be afraid to change yedr „ galW*- tbe Bev. Theodore Tierney er laid tM 61 members of the 1860 graduating etas* of Decatur high ■ehoai at to* 6»th annual com tnencement exercises held Thursday night at-Decatur high school . auditorium. 1 _ fit a brief aad interesting ad- . dresd toe New Albany Mtatotor~< • the 8t Mark's Evangelical and Reformed church, told the senior ' class aad hundreds ot their rela- ' lives aad friend, of the many per 1 tonality ailment, which might be--1 fall them and he also prescribed some cures for these ailments. "Too many people today build 1 there personalities and lives like tbe modern home, with a flat roof : aad no basement." the speaker related. He continued by urging that the 61 young men and women lu ths graduating class mold their Ilves morn Hke the Gothic arefies 1 of old. which arches could stand thousands of pounds of weight and ' still remain firm The»nnu*Jcommenc*ment processions!, led by Superintendent Walter Krick and Roy Mumnia. I secretary "of the Decatar board of [ rHlppatton, wbstixuting Hir, ry Hebble. president, who was unable to attend because of a back Injury, started promptly »* * clock. The members of the class marched t« - their seats and the large audience remained standing until after the Rev F. H Willard, minister of the Bethany Evangel! , JM> UMtsd Brethren church. had pronounced the tnvocatioa . __-Ttor w * h school choir, led by I Miss Helen Haubold. then favored I the audlenreSfflth three select lon.. , "Give Me Yoar Tired. Your Poor.” I "I Ijove Life" and a school song. Rev. Tlemeyer then delivered the principal address He was Intro. I , duced by Supt. Krick Following the address. W Guy Brown, principal of Decatur high I m-Imsol. presented the class of 1950; and 'reconiihended that the c. I ■ ■ members be awarded diplomas ) Principal Drown announced several scholarship awards made to the ; graduating class members Mis. Phyllis Ann Kohler led the; honors by receiving three awards.) She received a scholarship to Howling Green college, at Howling Grjenyd silt“*txnwas awarded cdsh scholarships by the Heratur Business and Professional Women', club and Kappa Kappa Kap pa sorority Marvin Stuckey received a Pur- . due scholarship; John Thompson was awarded an Indiana University tuition scholarship and Marilyn Vanhorn received an Indiana State Teachers college tuition , scholarship Dan Mills received a national award, s 1250, cash General Electric ‘ scholarship, which will go toward ' tuition at the college of his 1 choice. Dan will enter Hanover ’ college at Madison this fall Principal Brown also announced 1 that 17 of the Cl graduating seniors had informed the local school ■ _ ‘ - <Twra Te Fawe

city’s schools for the next 54 yean. The amaxing thin* about that longevity record Is that Mr. Par rlah haa missed “only It or 23 days from work due to Illness." He has taught all his life la the elementary grades He began teachin* In Decatur in the old Central build In*. then transferred to the South Ward school, where ho was principal for the "next six or eight years." He then went to the North Ward school as principal and remained there until all grades- were sent to the Lincoln school building. Mr. Parrish through the years ha* shbnned publicity, and still ‘believe* that he'd rather read in the newspapers about the ability of hl* grandchildren. "I have a granddaughter living In Fort Wayne." he say*, "who I* *n the seventh grade and won an C*say contest. I think that Is more Important than the fact that I am retiring" Put Mr Parrish Is retiring with memories of many men and women who sat In his classes He Insists, though that he remembers only the good things of hla stn . . -*«re T. Fsgs Sisi

C |Lwaßa»al aaaaaam u.t. employes Vole To Retail UE AffiMoo Election Held Here Thertdey; Office In Favor Os IUE Union Daeatap General Electric employes divided their preference ffiniutMro exl Iroirf hr lug agwnta in yesterday's spacial NLRB election st tbe local plaat. Tbe United Electrical Workers <UE> made a clean sweep among production and maintenance workora. who voted In favor ot remaining with this union. A majority of the office workers cast tbelr ballots for membership In CIO International Union of Electrical Workers (Local S2tl. Interpretation of the roault la that the two groups will be represented by separate unions Ixical employea cast «8! votes in the NLRB supervised election. Three ballots were void. Twenty elgbt votes were registered altogether for no union affiliation Tabulated Resulte No UE IUE Union Production. KT J. Planning-Office 1 V 8 Total.,'. »i M 3 » The Election passed without incident.The reautta, which, are, complete but ''unofficial” Until released by the national labor re* latloaa board in Baltimore, were made known from £be local office at about • o'clock last night. The polls closed al 8 p. m. The UE formerly belonged to the CIO. but the entire unit waa expelled from the organisation In national convention last November. Officers of the local UE uni lon are. Henry Stauffer, presil dent; Walter Ryf, vice-president, and Robert Miller, treasurer IUE at Fort Wayne. Wabash ■ The IUE won the electloft In I ; the Fort Wayne jind Wabash GH plants The vole co'unt shows: Fort Wayne. IUE 4,854; UE 1.1,57: No union. 288; IAM 16:. opera!i Ing engineers 13; challenged 34. Wabash plants IUE 312: UE 108; no union 22; challenged I; ! void 1, IUE Is Winner Halt I more. Mil, May , M-:\ f UE3„ --The International Union of Electrical Worker. (CtOl won out today over the Independent United Electrical Workers In bargaining elections apionx 100.000 General Electric employes. The CIO union won 49 of the 123 units Involved at the 57 OK plants throughout the country while the UE. recently ousted by the CIO for alleged left wing activity. won 40. Eight units voted for ftp union There were incomplete elections In 18. The total popular vote in favor of the CIO union was 47,481, while M.7M GE employes voted for the UE. The total number of employes in the units which voted tor the CIO was 81.970. while the total In the units going to tiw UE was 36.683. Mrs. Mary6flpen Dies list Eveaiag Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Mrs Mary Elisabeth Gllnen fff. a resident of Decatar antll elgbt years ago. died ai 7:26 o'clock Thursday evening at the home of her daaghter. Mrs Laota Beery. 428 West Dewaid street. Fort Wayne, where she made her borne. Death eras attributed to complication, and infirmities i Rom la Adams couaty Dee 11. 1862. she was a daughter of joaa than aad 'Ellen Archbold Her husband. Washington Gllpen. preceded her in death She was •.member of ibe First Methodist church at Fort Warne aad a former member of tbe Decatur Methodist church Surviving In addition to tbe daughter are three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; a brother. Henrv Archbold of Routh Pasadena, Cal, and a sister. Mrs Ada Lower of Docatur Funeral aervWee will be held at 1;M p m Saturday at the Black funeral horse the Rev Mr Leininger officiating Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery Friends may 'call at the funeral home aftot T retort thia dHMMff

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, Moy 26, 1950

Caught Between Ship And Pier . gj— —I|m■BßC® ’ RESCUED FROM POSSIBLE death when she fell Jbetwren A 10.000 ton steamer and the pilings of a Brooklyn. N. Y. pier. 4-year-oM Diana Bvet (left! tells her cousin Evelyn Kral. 7, about her exper ience aa she recuperates at Glosdale. L. 1., homo. Diana tell from gangptoak Into la-inch apace between ship and pilings 18 feel below jtaHUe.JM toagsboramoa leaped Io her rescue, pushing the ship away .from the pier while three -formed human < bain io pull her up

Berne Man To Head Rural Mail Carriers Regular Moating Is Held Lost Evening Raymond Beer, of Berne, was elected president of the rural.mail carriers of Adams county lu their regular meeting held Thursday in tbe Beer home In Berne. Other officers elected were I Harry Crownover. of Monroe. . vice-president, and Gerald Durkin. ! of Decatur, secretary During tbe business meeting H was noted that but for a threequarter mile stretch in the southern part of the county, all rural routes served by carriers are either stone-covered -or -paved. — The past rainy winter. It was agreed, posed some difficult problems for transportation of the ■mat! (toe—to- -the -eruptions and washouts of the county's roads. A rural route directory of 1905; published by the J. H Heller company was viewed by those, present; It noted that there were 27 Adams county rural carriers at that time and 12.000 names To-; day there are 11 carriers who serve the different post offices in the county. The first rural route was established July 1. 1902. Poppy Day Sales Here Saturday By Legion Auxiliary Millions of Americana will wear 1 bright red popples Saturday 'c honor the memory of America's war dead. Women of the American Legion auxiliary will be on tbe ttreeta early tomorrow- morning with baskets of the flowers. Mrs. Clark Flaugh. auxiliary Poppy chairman. In charge of th* obeervaace In Decatur stated ths* more than crepe paper popples have been made by disabled veterans this year. Contributions are expected to.total |g.6M.Poppies to be distributed here have been made at the Veteraas' bsipHal at Marten AH funds derived from Poppy Dey are used for rebabllltalioa of veterans and for the welfare es veterans' children. I Jobless Fay Claims Decrease In State ladtoaspoUs. May i 6 —(UPJ—. Jobless pay claims in Indians dropped. last week to ss amount only a third as large as the total this time a year ago. state employmen* reesrity director John W Criee raid today. Criee credited oall-backs following settlement of tbe Chrysler strike. Increased construction and farm activity, and general optim ism witk reducing unemployment insurance claims ''Division offices generally were teported better labor market con-) uil • Owsw sW ml w^reu, K II •

BULLETIN Mr. aae mre. William Neuen- ' aehwander, of Laßus, O, werß taken to the Adame county memorial hospital shortly after S o'clock this afternoon when tMIr auto eoilMog with .- dyes wmwen wy uemeo ywwms Preble, at the Intersection of 11th street and Nuttman ave- t ; nuo. The Ohio car was enroute east on U. S. highway «*< Powell enroute south on federal road 27. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Neuenachwander was believed seriously Injured. Loren Warthman's Body Is Recovered War Veteran's Body. Recovered In Italy Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Warth- ‘ man. of near I'raigvillp have been notified by tbe department of the army that’ the body of their son. ipvt Loren L. Warthmsn; had been j found near Uarano. Ihaly, in January. Pvt. Warthman had Ixen reported missing in action on the Anzio leachbead March 16. 1944 tfo further word had been received until, his Ixxly waa found by an Italian' farmer in a caved in foxhole on a canal hank The war veteran was emplnyed here in the barber shop owned by hie brother Harold, at the time he entered service Nov. 17, 1942 .He was sent overseas in March of 1043 and saw service with Company L, third division. In the African. Sicilian and Italian campaigns. He had been previous ly wounded In action and also had his legs frozen, spending several months in a hospital. Surviving in addition to his pa.* rnts are tour brothers. Harold and Paul Warthman both of Decatur, and Donald and bale, both at borne, and five slaters, Mrs. Velma Reed nt Cralgville, Mrs. Luella Me Ah ten of Oealan. Mrs. Edaa Evere t of near Decatur, and tbe Misaee Alverda and DoanaboUe Warthman both at borne. Members of tbe family stated that the body will be returned here for burial. • o'* Queen Mary Observes Her 83rd Birthday . -e renri’-’ iioauw nswrvu tx-r.l- -7 —ere - London. May 28 —(UP)— Defy Ing the years aa proudly aa ever. Queen Mary celebrated her 83rd birthday anniversary today with the biggest flood ot presents and flowers ever received. Royal navy craft boomed a 21gun salute to the mother ot King George Every American warship In British waters joined in the tribute. Awake at tbe customary hour of 7:IS a m Mary bad breakfast and then hurried downstairs i to unwrap a pile of birthday pres 'ent* Hi her drawing room

Explosion, Fixe Blast Chicago's South Side; Seek Additional Bodies

VFWAsbTnadu Os Liquor Lkease Fost Takes Option On Local Residence Llmberlost past. 8236. Veterans of Foreign Wars, has applied for a transfer of its liquor license from 150 North Second street to 127 North Third street, according to word received from tbe Indiana Alcoholic beverage commission A hearing on the transfer has been set for June 18 at 3 o'clock at the auditor's office In the Adams county court house If the transfer is granted, it is understood tbe local post will purchase the property’ at 127 ,%'ortb Third -street, formerly known as the Dr. D. D. Clark home, now owned by Mr*. William Kuhnle. The residence at present is divided - tnto-gyvwrat rapsrtmentr.- butIt Could be easily changed into a> permanent home for the veterans' organiMtion. it wa* explained" The" local V F. W has had temporary headquarters since its or gaaisation several years ago oa Second alreet, over the Kroger grocery store. The organisation ha* been looking- for a permanent hmnq for the i|at several months According to local members, an <>pP tlon has been taken ou.the Kuhnle residence, subject to approval of tbe transfers, ~ A legal notice of the hearing will be published In Saturday's Daily Democrat. A second bearing, also will be held the same time. June 13. It involves the changing of the partnership tavern licensej>f Jerome Meyer and I-eonard Met* bperafora oT the' Mtt-foi* ■fSK'—ftl ’ Leonard Metz, alone 17 Are Killed In Philippine Break Manila. Philippines. May 26 tUI’l Fifteen convicts, .. „uard and a civilian employe were killed today in the bloodiest prison break attempt in Philippine history. Four other, prisoners ahd two guards were wounded severely during a three-hour battle at tha New Bilibid state penitentiary, where 6 000 prisoners are confined. Two buildings were burned Army ■ tr<K>ps helped quell the break attempt. Gain In Populatiim Shown By Bluffton Decatur Figures To Be Released Later The population of Bluffton Increased by 641 over 1* years ago. ! according to figare* released by Doro Shy M. Rtolte, JFort Wayne .' district census supervisor, -from .5.417 in l»4O to 6.058 this year ___ Wells county has a total population ot 19,583. 484 more than the population recorded -to- the 1940 census. Miss Stolte stated today that Adams county and Decatar pops laHob figure* wer# being processed at this time, and she could not 3e--1 termine just when ths figure* 1 would be released. She stated that the figures released by her dftice are sabstan tially correct but are subject to revision after routine checks are made Official announcement ot |H>pulatlon will be made later by Ike buresu .of tbe census tn Wasb'ingtoh 7 WEATHER Meetly ctoudy through tomerrew. Bhowsr* southwest and extreme south this afteeneen. sooth and central tonight and eaeept In extreme northwest tomorrow* Oeeaeionsl thunderstorm*, cooler north and central thle afternoon and in central tonight. 1 Low tonight 48 to M north, 60 to 86 south. High tomorrow i 65 north. 75 to 80 south. >

36 Hade 111 ByßombSet AfFratemily Sulphur Bomb Set In Sigmo Chi House At Northwestern U. Evanston, ill. May J 6 -(UF>- , Twenty-six Northwester* Unlver , rtty studrnt* and lb firemen were . made ill today by a sulphur bomb , set off In a fraternity house and a police official said he suspected aa 1 inter fraternity war was to blame. 1 —-The —bomb, -a-1 ommere 1*1 —typefumigant, was discharged in the lobby of tbe Sigma Chi bouse on the university camps* aa etudrnts slept in their rooms before daws ,' NSAS dr the rlrttawwfcFto 'sert l " toes, condition .. Police Lt. Hubert Keich dto charged an earlier theory that the bomb might have bee* discharged 1 by gamblers seeking revenge agalnst 'two Studeats who recently aided * police iaveatigMtou at gambling. a. . ... . " The (crime) syndicate (loaan't - want any trouble," he said- "They ' are up to their neck ia It in (he ' (Cook) county." "We are running our iavesliga tion now on the line that It may have come from rivalry between 1 two He declined to Identify the oth er house that might be involved Overpowering clouds of yellow ish smoke rose through the dormitories on upper stories. Student*, roused from sleep by the cries of neighbors stumbled through the corridors in fear that a -tire had broken out "The stuff made us sick to our stomachs." one student said "A lot ot fellows dropped In their tracks and had to be carried Into ' the open air" Firemen who answered an alarm . also believed the house was afire ( until they began ■'dropphix, like flies. " Finally; * fireman found the ( bomb and tstinguisbed It ( A fraternity . spokesman said , Northwestern^ 1 *tar quarterback. t Don Burson -was made sick tern- { porarily by the fumes but was not , lu>-l>italize<l The university athlet , Ic department said he would play In a baseball game Ibis afternoon , However. Burson s brother Bob. a freshman who i* expected to take j his place at quarterback this fall. , was among those taken to the hos- -, pltal Three other football player*. ( Don Macrae. Chuck Bennett and , Pat t) Brien, were reported affect (Tara Ta Faue F.<ab«>

Number Os Horses Shows Steady Decline In County

That the old gray mare ain’t what she used to be in Adam* county becomes Increasingly ap parent each year ■ when statistics are relsnoed about th* county's economic worth and amount of personal property -1 The horse, even at that, hasn't . emulated -the dodo bird, tad become extinct but there to a decrease of about 306 a year, according to the form chart.’ As 1s natural, tractors, which have more or less supplanted th* horse, have Increased, but the rise toi number haa been only alight thia la true alao of car* and tnicke. In 1*47 there were 1.4*1 horse* > with A valuation of 5*5.435; ttere were 1.545 tractors valu ed at |W. • RM By IMS there were 1444 horse*, valued at 3*2 530 there were lAM tractors. with'a M414T4 valuation The horse population dropped to. 1.1*7 in I*4* with a value of 151, j 7*4; tractors Increased tn number over I*4* by 44 and valuation ot sr.m. to 1.573 at mm.mr In 195® the number ot hones went below I.MO In number for the first time, to *45. valued at 141.955; the tractor showed a •light Increase In nsmbers bet »'

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Victim Trapped lu Flaming Streetcar; 50 Forum Injured In Chicago Tragedy Chicago. May 26 — <UPI — Search crew* found evtfuaoe today that a baby died with U other person* in aa exploaton and tore that blasted a south side neighborhood when a trolley ploughed into a gasoline tank truck last night. Fifty persona were injured la the disaster Police had firemen dug through the ruin* of seven building* ignited by tbe searing hamea that trapped passengers aboard tbe crowded street car Patrolman Van Ctoy found a baby's foot lying in th* street near tbe crash scene It waa sent Official* believed the baby's body may have t<een consumed tn the fire that left four of the seven buiMiag* with all Interior walls and Ttoortog burned <*»v - fj-rat-;*. s.T-r-01 Deputy ebtef ot police PhUtp Brett she aoM there was a . possibility, liewevev that the baby's . body ' wa« owe es the charred plei-es in the Cook county BWfvr ' The eeareh crews proceded giugeriy for tear that the watereoahwalla atm Btoading might c«»lTbsy believed, however, that tbe bodies of all victims had been found. Meanwhile, officials organized a sweeping inquiry tn determine whether criminal negligence was Involved In the disaster Coroner A L. Brodie said be would impanel a jury of experts June '1 to investigate He Waa expected to coordinate Inquiries by the fire department, police, state -fire marshal, rhe 'interstate commerce commission and the state commerce commission * Private investigations -were expected by various insurance companies and_Jhp'7 ! etrol( (!’n associations Interested in the shipment of gasoline and - other inHamm* A search for four children pr-’v-tously reported missing was abandoned after their mother reported that she personally had handed them through a window of t>eir fiamln. apartment to a stranrer who apparently took them to his home Radio stations broadcast a reqneat for the atranger’to take the children to the Red Cross for return to their mother The tragedy struck the south side at the dinner hour last night. ~lt was terrible." said one eyewitness “I eouid look Into the window of the'street car and see those people roasting to death in a tangled mass as they fought to get out the doer*. "Only a few escaped through (Turn Te rums *ts»

drop tn valuation 1.5*4 valued al 3444.57* However, the horse* do have a loud favorable neigh . a hen they consider that tn two of the county’stownships they outnumber the tractor In Wabash township there are Jl* horses and 11® tractor* to Monros township there are 29 horse* and 17* tractor*. The total vahaattoa for persons! property In the county this year !» **.7*7.191 Thia doe* not include the state's asaeeament or sOrviceman'» deductions. A comparable figure for IMP was RSAJti.MS The total figure for ~ I*4* waa. with ‘proper deduction* and addition*. 112.214.542 It to likely that a like figure will be maintained for thl« year, with even. the. poeaibllit) of a slight lucre*** For some reason, milk cows have rlao decreased though not In th* j alarming proportions as have hors j e*. There ar* 5.99* milk cows to Adams county with a total valua Don of 31,4*4,324 la 1247 there were 11.44* wtth a valuatioc es *1.144 441. la IMS there were *M4 milk rows tn the county valued at 11. 250.M1. in IMP there ware *.41.4 <Tw*» «e raw* Mel