Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 124.

TRUMAN, ACHESON, UE HOLD CONFERENCE ■■— - -

I .1.1 Memorial Day Holiday Death Tlll i' 1011 nounnng r VwQSQVvT ▼▼ vUlWw■ F ravailing Over Most Os Country By United Pres* Pleasant weather prevailed over most of Ike country today and Ike number of Memorial Day holiday fatalities rose with the temper*tare. Vailed Preu tabulation* showed 240 perron* bad lost their live* •Ince the 103-hour holiday began at « p m . Friday. The holiday waa barely halt over There were 171 traffic death*. a rate lower than th* 244 fatalities per hoar predicted by the National Safety Council. But bum pert <► bumper traffic tomorrow was expected to accelerate the toll i Four person* were killed in air plane crashes and 44 drowned. Other forms of violent death killed 31. Despite the “split" holiday that forced many worker* back to their Jobs today, highways were Jammed with vacationers who were (Iven the day off to enjoy a founday holiday. - a The weather was chilly over much of the country, with thundershowers In the midlands. . .The National Safety Council had predicted that MV persons would be killed in traffic as' 30.000.44 h tars rtrowded the roadways Igut year's Memorial Day holiday resulted In an overall death toll of 40*. Including n*"victlms killed la traffic Th* death of Mitchel Rouble, 11. of' Suffield. Coan. waa witnessed yesterday by thousands of persons Koskle. a stock car race driver, was killed when he crashed hl* car i at the Plainville. Conn stadium I while participating In a holiday I race Four person* were killed and ‘ eight Injured tn » highway crash Involving‘four vehicles near Aniar 111.,. Tex One aktft ploughed into ’he rear of another The second car caught flte A trallertruck swerved to avoid the wreck and was strut k from th. rear by another auto included In the dead were two children who died tn the car that caught fire Two other children lout their lives at Pembroke. Me when the car they were riding In collided with a tree Pour other personWere Injured At Munster. Ind a 1! year old hoy was killed ahd hl« two brothers were Injured when their car was Struck by a < I rand Trunk train which run. across the driveway of » their home Mrs. Arminda Miller Is Taken By Death Mrs ArmluU Miller *l. lifelong Adams county resident died at * p m Saturday at the George MeManama home following a long lilacs* Surviving la a sister. Mrs Minerva Murphy of near Berne Funeral services will be held at' 7 p. m Tuesday at the Spring Hill I Methodist church. northeast of Berne, the Rev Wltlls Taylor off! elating Burial will be In Spring HIH cemetery Friends may call at the Taper funeral home until time of the services Mrs. Oro S. Hawk Dies This .Morning Mrs Ora SovlneHawk. jft. of Fort Wayne route J. died at 2:45] a m today at St Joseph s hospital after a long illness Surviving .._ are. her husband. Urban Hawk: four children: one sister, it r*. WMi Michaels of near Monroe, and three I brothers. Robert Sovine of Decatur —. route 4. Henry Strtine of Allen.| Mich, and Dan Sovine <rf Blinker HIH Funeral services will be held at 3pm Wednesday at the McComb funeral home In Fort Wayne. WEATHER Partly cluudy with little change In temperature tonight and Tuesdsy. bestirred thundershower* south portion Lew tonight M> to M north. K to 40 south. High Tueoday 73 to 40 but 10 to II degree* eelder during shswsr*. '

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Pastor Returns I Dr. Gersld H. Jon** Dr. Gerald H. Jones Reform As Pastor Methodist Pastor Is Returned Here Dr. deraid H. Jone*, paotor of, the Firof MHhodint church of thin city since May of 1948. waa returned for hla third y«‘»r at the lofral charge at the clone of the annual North Indiana conference, held at Marion Sunday Dr. Joneu came to the Decatur church after nerving four year* at the North Manchester Mei hod lai church. Ohly two changes were mad* in aaaignment* of pastor* to Methodiat churrhen In the county The Rev Jamea W. Wilkin*. of ' the Geneva circuit, will go to L. MlT'iircTUl* an< * wtll Trrtw (renevi charge by the Rev , tttnrao The Rev Walter I Johnawn will not return to the Mt Tabor circuit, which will have a supply pan tor until an appoint i riient iu mad*' The Rev F H I Klee has been named pafttor of i the Preble rirriilt, a newly rc« ’ ! arranged circuit, which will in- | elude the Mi Pleasant, "heulah Chapel. Ph a nan! VHley and Kinv.R 1 land, a hur< he« Other pastor* a«*ignb<l to rhurrhea in this area include Geneva, the Rev (f J Steele, .Monroe. ! the r. t -\v l/lhir Pleasant Mill*. the Rev R W Parsley. (>N*ian. the Rev Edwin Green. Hoagland- Poe, the Rev. George W j Thoma*. Mohroevill*. the Rev K i L Jaycox: Woodburn, the Rev Seth Painter: Bluffton, the Rev K E. Kaufman. Bluffton circuit; the Rev E N. Roiuer The Rev Mervln Taylor, of Decatur, has been arxigned to the Keystone charge, and the Rev Rex Custer, brother of Glenn V. of thia city, has been transferred from Hudson .to Centervilla. in the Richmond district. The Rev Carl Adams, pastor of • the Btmp<on Methodist church. Fort ’.V-a-.ne. was named pastor of the Boulevard Temple Methodiet church In Detroit, and will l»e nun eedetl at Simpson by the Rev. Donald E Bailey The Rev Phil lip* B Smith. Jr., was assigned !to the Waynedaie church, succeeding the Rev Clayton Other Fort Wayne pastors were Unchanged. 4> . Dr. Ralph W Graham, former fiecatur pastor, was returned to uTnfn T*» »•■«* «l«l Hrs. Jacob Mifch Dies Sunday Night Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Mr*. Sarah Mitch. 75. of Mon roe root* J. died at 10 la p m i Sunday at the Adams county memi or lai hospital, where she had been a patient since suffering a broken hip In a fall a week ago She was born in Hancock counI ty, 07. Dei- 23. 1874. f daughter of I Jacob and Phoebe Kirkland, and i was married In Jaeob F. Mitch ApI ril 18. IKS! She had resided In Ad anis cotfniy siitee Err Warrligic*- — Surviving In addition to her hushand are two eons. Sherman E Mttch and Delmar Mitch, both of Monroe route 1; two grandchildren;" three great-grandchildren, and a brother. William Kirkland of B»rne One son, two brothers and two sisters are deceased Funeral service* wHI be held at 2pm Thursday at the Black fun ersl home, the Rev E E Bragg officiating Burial will be in the . Willshire. O. cemetery Friend* j may .call at the funeral home after I7p. m Tuesday “ .

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J ■ - . ' ■ lomnwnisis Move On Berlin Uneventful Flop Farad* Os 500JN0 Communist Youths Posses Peacefully Berlin, May 2»—ll’Fl— We*t*rg oEicial* lielieved today It waa th«ir determination to meet aggression with force which turned Bunday's nine-hour "march an Berlin" parade of 500.000 commanist youth* into an uneventful flop The only dash _ reported Wa* when two communist youth delegates got into a street fight and bloodied each other's noses. The Russians lost at least 54 German* by bolding th* rally tn East Berlin. Western officials said 11 youth delegate*. 23 east sone policemen and 24 member* of the crack “alert units" of th* east lone pollc* army deserted to the we*t and sought asylum during the flVeday rally Borne 12.000 West Berlin police maintained an all-night vigil along their borders In the wake <4 the mammoth parade, alert for any parting shot by the youth hordes as they headed home , But none developed Train#, buses and trucks jath-packed with yiuith delegate*, began rolling out ill the city last nightffor the trip hack, to-their homes m the Soviet gone of Germany - 'Rome delegate's remained for m-heduled sports and cultural ac ,tlviiie* today and * final torch light parade tonight, but western officials said the main threat to Berlin'* independence wa* past t'nmmuaiat propagandist* claimed the youth rally achieved ll* main mis. lon of bringing a half million communist youth* into Berlin for an impressive show of I strength - Western officials pointed out that the communists, in the face; of stiff western preparations and resistance failed to cjirry through their early threat Io storm Berlin and drive the Americans. British and Frvtu h out of the city The gigantic nine-hour parade started In a cold rain that drenched the thin hhre cotton shirts of the mar, hers i_ veteran Germap newsman who had covered Hitler's rise to |,ower said the sea of blue shirts marching .32 abreast down t'nler lien Linden was ominously famil- , lar "Ev- rytlhng Is once again the same except" for the color of the < shirts," he said "Instead of *Twrw Ts raw* *l*l Attendance Records As Catholic School Perfect Records By Four Os Graduates Four of the ISuO graduating class at Decatur Catholic high school maintained perfect attendance records during the last year, according to the school pa pwr. the "D C HI IJgbt " There are 34 in the graduating clasa who will receive their dlplomaa at commencement exercises Friday even Ing. Oar boy and three girt* set the.’ attendance marks; for the senior* in the lasi year They are Eugene I Meyer. Juliana Meyer, Rita Loshe and Josephine Faurote •Other* with perfect attendance mark* in th* high w-hexd war* Vincent FaunUe. Rosemary Gllllg, Isabelle Kintx and Theresa Kohne. in the Junior class Marclie Bentz. Robert Gaa*. Vera Geel*, lanils Laurent. Shirley Liehtle, Naureen Miller. Janvt Osterman. ' Wilbur Schwaller, t’harlene Wilder and Mary York, were sophomores With HM) percent mark*.' : "— Those freshmen who had perfect records ar* Philip Brunton, William Bowers. Verb Helmer. ntißMld Gfflia Marjorie Hetman. Gerald Laurent. Gerald- Meyer*. Robert Meyer. Margaret Schmidt, and Barbara Voglewede. Reed Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral service* wer* held this afternoon at the Zwlck funeral home for Mis* Polly Reed, 95, form - er Decatur resident, who died Friday at Chicago The A. C. E. Glllander officiated with burial In th* Reynold* cemetery

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NATIONAL DIRECTOR of the 23rd Ahuxml Spelling Uee Washlacton D C., Chart** Schneider, at New VpM. rwlM* the hand* of Dian* Reynard. 13. East Cltveland Ohio. aa« CNffwitt Dean. 14. of College Park. Ga . aftwr declariag them cswhwmffNon tn the contest. The ' be* waa called aft*r 7 1 * hours only ijbcanse the judges run oui of words The winner* **ch received |soff and a trip to New York City.

Primuy Efodtoa Cost $6,299.11 Clerk Figures Show Coet $1.19 A Vote Ed Jaberg. clerk of the Adam* circuit eonrl. tiklay released fig urea for the.coat of Iheyecsatprt tnarr dv<*tlon The **>tal cert wa* N.2N.11 Tab In* thb vote* cast tn the sheriff* race, which bad the moat, that would average each vote's cost at 1 a little more than H I* cent* per: vole. A further breakdown of the cost schedule shows that the county I paid E3»7 44 for t/pintt. and transfers; 1375 Io the county election* board. |740 for inspect I tors: 44*4 for judges: 3972 for | clerks, and 1454 for sheriff* Meals for .worker* st all th.e precinct voting place* co»t 1943 45; rent. *258. and miscellsneoue operating expense*, which Included supplies. printing and so ou. amounted to 41 452 42 Two Persons Killed In Joliet Explosion Joliet 111. Msy 29 (CPI-All explosion, apparently caused by the Ignition of the contents of old gasoline tank*. Ritz Tavern, and killed al least two persons today. Two other persons were injured, one seriously. The dead were C. I. Dodds, a contractor. and Joseph Kiva, alsrut 45. who lived In * neighboring house that was damaged by Ihe blast. Injured were hi* wife. Mrs. Tilda Kiva, in serious condition at a hospital here, and Emory Christiansonß one of Dodd's employes. George Dellinger Dies Last Evening Heart Attack Fatal To Local Resident George Dellinger. 44. of 519 Jeff erwa *tr*wc. died *uddenly at 4:30 o'clock Bunday evening of a heart attack wirit* vtettlag at the home of a sow. Frank Dellinger, eight mile* southeaal of Deeatur. A retired farmer, h* wa* • former aaaeaaor of Blue Creek townabip, and also served a* an assessor In Decatar. ■ H* wa* born In Mercer county. O. Feb. 23. 1442. a *oa of George ■ad Catherine Hoffman-Dellinger Hl* wlf*. Margaret, died Ocl L 1947 Surviving are two *oa*. Frank, and William of Dacatar; one daughter. Mr*' Kenneth Neptune of Fort Wnyne; 11 grandchildren: 31 great-grandchildren, and a brother. Henry Dellinger of Decatur. Funeral service* will be held at 2 p. m Wed*e»4ay st the Black funeral home, the Rev Seth Painter offk-tatln# Burial will be In the Plank cemetery, three mile* east of Willshire. O Friend* may call i at th* funeral horn* after 7 o’clock this evening

—e gr : Mi Flags Displayed Hara Memonal Dby Bavornl Decatur ministers join •d over Deeatur citizensjiu urging that all business houses display thetr flag* ail day tomorrow.. For | - tha last several ■ years, several business houses have neglected to 4MpUy their flags, because the | MM»* close all. day. - Patriotic organization* have takea ibe lead In urging that bustnaajj hoaae* and horn** display the i American Hag on ail holiday*. Two Prisoners Die Os Drinking Fluid Drink Fluid Used For Typewriters Michigan City, lad., May 27 •— fVPI Two Indian* state-prison convicts died and four others became 111 after drinking typewriter cleaning fluid. warden Alfred Dowd announced ttslay Dowd identified the dead prison ere as Henry Hurst, 54. Evansville, Ind, serving twiHoflve years for burglary, and Kenneth Kestler 42. Jeffersonville. Ind . serving life for murder Both were sentenced in 1947. he said Oae of the sick men said he had a,, "jigger" of the cleaning fluid. Dowd said, and another told him he bought the fluid from another prisoner, believing it was grain alcohol. - Dowd said the men died yesterday after becoming “violently ill" Saturday night. At first he thought they drank a solution containing alcohol which ht used in the pris on’s laundry boiler room lo test the hardness of water. The warden said the prisoners would drink anything with an al coholic content, despite poison lab els Prison Dr. P. H Week* plan n«d autopsies to determine the exact cause of death Dowd said Hurst and Kestler and i the other prisons became 111 in separate cell block* The other prisoners were identified a* Charles I Burch. 34. Evansville; Robert Donovan. 45. Evansville. Leo McGinty. 43. Lake county, and Alonzo Whitlow, 41. Indianapolis Burch and Donovan work In the prison kitchen. Whitlow In the powerhouse and the other three men la the tailor shop. Ikiwd said. Lions Club Not To Meet Tuesday Night , Official* today announced that therw wtil- be no Lion* club meeting Tu**d*> because of the holiday. The next regular meeting of the club will be Tuesday. Jww<4. Doily Bible School Opens This Morning The daily vacation Bible school, sponsored by the associated chur jcha* of Decatur, opened thl* morning at the Lincoln school under the direction of Mr*. Russell Gwen*, dean There will be no session* Tues day because of the holiday, but ‘children may still enroll Wednea day morning

Long Coididential Talk Held Today By Leaders On Cold War Problems ■■ y . ■ — .

Indiana's Violent Death Toll Is Nine Traffic Accidents Claim Eight Lives By United Press The Memorial holiday accident as death toll In Indiana, on which no deaths were recorded Friday night or Saturday, began Its fear ed spurt upwards -Sunday, police reported. .>». • A United Press survey of Hoosier fatalities during the holiday period showed filne persons died violent death*, eight tn traffic accidents and the other by drowning Ce.il Martin. 45. Indianapolis, drouned in the Muscatatuck Hv, er four miles west of Millport, while fishing Sunday, stat* police reported The ffrst traffic victim of the holiday period was Mrs. Eva K .Stratton. 29. Indianapolis Police said sh • fell from her husband s old niixlel' t,a> and was run over by aiH>t|>er auto Anojher Iraffit fatality was recorded early Sunday , morning In IndlunaiMdls Miss Alic* Briaent. 35, Indianapolis was killed al an intersection after her car was struck by another. A stop sign removed from the corner might hgre. lauaed the accident, police said, since Miss Brtaent did not stop for a preferential street Floyd Ailey. 12. Munster, was the young. *t victim Sunday, dying, »lien, a Grand Truck railroad train, strut k the car In which he was riding The accident occurred at a crossing near the boy's Thome. — —-—r Floyd's brother John. 11. died later and a third brother, ftobert IS. the driver of th- ear still was uneonscioua In a hospital. John Sheridan. 4.1."1-ogattsporl. was killed when his car left Ind 35-A near Star City. (Pulaski county i. Sunday C It Stewart. 39. Frankfort, died in * similar accident, three miles south of Frankfort in Ind - 39. Miss Ann Amlth 19. Sullivan, was killed four miles west of Linton. Sunday, when tb<- car in which she was riding was struck by a truck State police reported on* death which was not included In lb* holiday death toll. Th* victim, eight-year-old Audrey Faye Coyle of Bedford, wa* injured Friday afternoon Police said she darted from lietween two cars parked in a Bedford street. Into th* path of a third. She died at Dunn Memorial hospital at Bedford Sun day Rob rt Miller. 24. Hammond, was killed early today when he lost control of his car at th* Little Calumet river bridge near Ham , ntond The car plunged off the 1 highway Into a diteh and overturned. Sorority Award To Phyllis Ann Kohler ? Tri Kappas' Award To Decatur Graduate Miss Phyllis Abu Kohler, a recent graduate of the Decatur high school, waa announced today a* 'YW Wisner of th* annual Tri Kappa scholarship award. Th* award given by the Alpha Sigma chapter of th* sorority, la for *IOO toward college expenses. Th* scholarship Is given each year to the student In the grsdssl Ing class of sdtber Decatur high school or Davatar Catholic high sclwsd who achieves th* highest mark in a special examination . The examination Is furnished by Vis* Loui** Brumbaugh, head of the bureau of tests and asessar «* of the Fort Wayn* public school* Mia* Brumbaugh also grade* the paper* when they are returned to her. Mt*a Kohler, daughter of Mrs R L Uoniti*. 927 Walnut street I* the winner of other schelarshlp ■ward* as the result of recant examinations She has elected to attend Bowling Green Stat* I'af vendty. where she will ent*r th* school of education

Congress May Be In Session Entire Summer Senate Faced With Logjam Os Many Important Bilh Washington. May "N—(UPI — Congress did nothing today to ad rance ita work on a program that now threatens to keep it here until September The senate, faced with ■ legislative log-jam. > broke all recent record* for a short session it met at noon ami recessed 15 second* later Members already had agreed, to the perfunctory session to take advantage of -ths Memorial Day holiday. Th* house, which is. In better shape legislatively . speaking, met for 55 hilfthtes Member* spent that time, eulogizing th* late Rep John |>eHinski. T>. Mich 1 There Is heavy pressure for an ■ early adjournment Ip this election 1 year, but It appears that rongress • will stay most of th* summer 1 Committees produced thaas 4a--1 velopmeats today: ’ beef*—Joke L t-ewh may., be 1 forced to tell congressmen under oath whether he secretly ordered 1 striking miners to ignore a back to-work court order last winter Roads -The budget bureau rec--1 ommended that the government's highway construction program be limited to 3424.000.rt0U for each of th* fiscal -years 1952 and 1963. Communists Secret testimony by Maj Gen William J (Wild Bill! IXmovan on the Ameraaiadocument theft case will be msd* pu>.tl. R- nt Control The CIO ask 'I mmgresa to extend rent control for at least a. year Rent control* expire June 30. Meanwhile, with all 43a house seat* and atxiut a third <of the senate s- ats at stake hi the November election*, many members are anxious to start campaigning The house probably could wind up Its business ill about a month but the slow movtng senate has enough bu-iness on hand to keep It going through August The ciwrw -re Sbswe Sts) G. Monroe Clouse Dies last Evening Former Willshire j Merchont Is Dead G. Monroe Clous*. 41. a lifelong resident of Van Wert county, O. died at 4 o'clock Sunday evening at his home In Willshire township: following an illness of six months of cancer A retired farmer and merchant he formerly operated * meat market and an elevator at Willshire He had also served os the board of education at Willshire snd was Willshire townabip trsste* for 14 years Born tn Liberty township. Van Wert county. Jan 20. 1449. he wa* ■ son of M- and Mr* William M Clouse He was a member of the Willshire Methodist charch sad the Liberty Grange of Ohio City Sarviving are his wife, Clara; oae daughter. Mrs Arnold Alspaagh ol WtUahlre township: three scm*. Edgar of Bear Rockford. 0., Gen-ell of Adans county, and Dal* rt Willshire. 15-graadcNMrea; six xreat'grand-chlMres; four broth er*. William Clouse of Decstsr. Davßt. Etatwl aad L L Ctoasc. ■II of Ohio City, aad two staters Mr*. Alite West ul Mr* Emm* Foor, both of Rockford. O Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at the home, the Rev E O Bissell and the Rev Howard Dunlap offlclarlng Burial «ill be in the Willshire cemetery The body will be removed from the Cowan * Son funeral home to the residence, where triced* may can after 7 34 o'clock tbi* evening

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Na Statements Ara Issued Following Long Farleys Over Cold War Problems Washiagton. May 23 — (UP) — Preeident Trans*, secretary of State Dean Acheson and United Nations secretary general Trygve Lie held a long "confidential talk" today oa coM war problems What they talked about precisely was not disclosed That will probably wait on Acheson’s report Wednesday to the congress AM the ~ —r- — arr,.v-.. ..—l; Acheson. Who returned Saturday from the Big Three conference tn Loudon, talked first wltk th* president at the White House for about 45 minutes Thea the preeident and Acheson were joined by Lie and Byron Price, assistant UN general eeerelary. for 25 minute* more of discussion Lie returned last week from a "peace- pilgrimage" to Moscow, where he saw Premier Josef Stalin, and western European capitals He conferred earlier with Ac-besott tor 74 tnlnale* before bn-ing Mr Tru nuu>. . After the While House copterenee. IJe aaM: \ “We had a confidential talk aad I am not bringing any message from , -Stalin to Truman — I think that mast be the tenth time I have said , that today " 44- , ' Acheeoa wa* - equally guarded , He said merely. “I made a fan report on my mission abroad." Acheson went Into the White . Hoase armed with additional to- , formation he had jijrt obtained . from United Nation* seerrtarye general Trygve He on the letter's "peace pilgrimage to Moscow and western Europe capitals Lie talked with Acheson , minutes, and after the meeting the secretary forestalled Lie from talking to reporter* . As they posed for photographers-' reporters started to question the UN official Acheson put hi* arm a and said: "We have had a confidential chat I think that is all there I* to say ' Acheson then herded Lie sway through a back corridor Lie will 'also see the preeident today The White House scheduled him for a 12:45 p. m EDT. meeting with Mr Truman Lie also scheduled an afternoon meet tag with (assistant secretary of state Willard Thorpe who handles economic affairs for the state department The IJeThorpe conference Indicated Lie I* inrervsled In improving economic conditions in underde- ' veloped areas as well as smoothing out political problems between the United States and Russia The Lie Arh*»son conference was somewhat of a surprise The etste . department bad given no Indtcation that Acheson would meet so i quickly with the UN oftk-ial i> Arheoon was expected to relay to President Truman arhat he learns from Lie ~ Meanwhile, the fact that both Mr. Truman and Aeheaea paid tribute to the "success" of the Umdon meetings of the western powers , its** -re raw* a*a» Memorial Program The following is the »chedule for the Memorial Day »en vice* to be held to Decatur 9 a. m — Legionnaire* and V F W members meet at Legion home prior to service* to be held in the two. cemeteries 9 30 a m High school band concert, court bouse > is a. m — Units of the Lsgioti and the V F W. their asxl) larlea. Boy Senate, aad Dec* '" tt* ■ sebonl band meet «* Legion home to toea parade which will march to Monroe strejrt bridge tor service* boa oring the sailor* and marine* About 10 JO a n> — Th* Rev O. C Basso, of the 8t Paul's Lutheran chare*, aad chaplain of Adorns post 41. ■ A Ulricas Legion will deliver the Memorial Day address at the Peace Monument, oe court house square honoring the sol I diers of all war* who have died la the service of their country