Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 21 August 1951 — Page 2

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Appeals To Czech People For Oatis ' Appeal Issued By Rep. Walter j/udd Washington, Aug. 21.— (UP) — Rep. Walter H. Judd. R-. appealed to the Czechoslovak people .• today to put pressure on their Communist government to free American newspaperman William N. Oatis. Judd’s appeal ’was broadcast in ’.a recording . over the voice of America: Oatis; a Prague correspondent for the Associated Press, is serving a I 10-year sentence oh spy Charges. J: The U.S. government \ says the I charges are false. Czechoslovakia, however, has refused to free Oatis. hope.” Judd said in his broad- - cast, "that the people of Czechoslovakia will somehow find means to bring pressure upon their government to get it to reverse its action sR that this man may be given his freedom and there will be evidence that such indignities will not\ take t place in the future and that the two peoples can resume the good, A mutually-beneficial relations which 1 am sure both of them desire.” Judd said Oatis .was imprisoned after “a fake trial, for no other " crime than that of doing what it is • :the business of all legitimate, ethi-j cal newspapermen to do—to try to find out the truth, so that you cari report to the people of the world what is good or’ what is bad—what is happening or what it appears is likely to happen in a given situation.” “The people of the United States," Judd said,), “are as friendly toward those of Czechoslovakia as they ever were ... on the other hand, the conduct of the outfit which is in control of the Czechoslovak gov., mint nt today is a threat to tire freedom and the proper rights and privilagee of free course of till people everywhere.” Jutfcf said that a resolution, already passed by the house, to sevty U.S Czteh trade relations until (hills is freed "hufts mA but it hurts Czechoslovakia worse, because the irade between the two countries has been going along recently at a ratio of about 15 to 1 in favor of Czechoslovakia."

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Youtty A special one nigth youth rally will be held at the Missionary church, corner Tenth and Dayton Sts. Wednesday night at 7:30. Rev. Blanchard Amstutz, na t ion al president of t,he Missionary Church association young people, will be in charge of the Service and will bring the message. Bill Pannell, -announcer of•" Your Sunrise .Chapel” from the Ft. Wayrte Bible 'College this past year, will be in charge of the music. The ministry of these two men was greatly appreciated this, summer at the Wren, 0., camp meeting, where they asisted in the services. -The public Is invited to enjoy the ministry of theAe two as they present the program of music and a challenging message from the word of God;' Rev. H. J. Wejty is the pastor, [ . WRONGFUL (Continued From Pita? One) urer, but J Inly those amounts Inserted in the tax duplicate book by the auditor's office. County auditor Thurman i. Drew is absent this week and could not be reached for a statement. However, Mrs. Marjorie Gilliom, who is in charge, said that the auditor's’ office followed the directives of the state board of accounts, She said that the auditor's office is interested only in total taxation, that no notification was received refraining ’previous .tax collections, and a# a result taxpayers are delinquent. ' 'v-’v-'. She explained that the auditor's

00 Cfotyp Advipl In Wheat Varieties Farmers Are Advised By Purdue Experts ; Indiana farmers disappointed in the winter killing of their 1950 •own \vheat will find. little satisfaction in changing from the widely used 'lndiana varieties to those from other areda, - according to Purdue r agronomists. Much of the severe \ winter killing was on late fields \ where the wheat made very little growth before the unusually cold weather of mid-November. Observations have been made of many county demonstration plots and experiment station tests throughout the state which indicate tjjat Vigo, Fairfield, Butler, a,nd Royal survived the winter as good as any varieties and better than a number of other?. However, some of thp other varieties such as Thome and Seneca showed good ability to recover in the spring, and still made yields that were equally satisfactory. \ • InMeVen j 951 trials harvested the same' date, Fairfield and Vigo showed about one-half percent more moisture than’ the Other Varieties. Air of these varieties are soft red winter wheat of good standing ability.'satisfactory for combining, and while somewhat variable in resistance; to certain diseases. are the best 'all around varieties from which the Indiana farmer should make his choice for 1951 seeding. Yields have been highly variable. In comparisons of these varieties grown side by side, wide differences exist, but average results stUl justify the above recommendations. the hard red winter wheat. Pawnee, grown extensively in 1 Kansas, has been grown to» some extent in Indiana, but It loses its hard quality and is unsatisfactory for milling as either a hard of soft wheat when grown under Indiana conditions. While ranking high in cold resistance, it heaves seriously In a typical Indiana sprlpg. is weak strawed compared to recommended varieties, and due to short straw length, is alio unsatisfactory for competing with clover And any weed growth. Yield comimrlsonA to date under similar conditions have not indicated that It Is better than the soft red wheat. Varieties of white wheat have not proved their superiority under Indiana conditions, and aside from pot being of satisfactory quality for the white wheat milling industry they 'a*** “1 80 uncertain winter hardiness and therefore not adapted to Indiana. Cornell 595, a highly promoted white) wheat\ variety, failed to survive the winter as well as red varieties, and was lowest in yield in the 1950-51 demonstrations. The need for extensive supplies of seed jivheat both within and yith-' out the state foT fall planting seems serious. Farmers who have stored wheat for seed purposes should make sure that the moisture con-, tent is low enough for safe keeping, and that thd bins are free from weevil attacks which will destroy its value for seeding purposes. The demand for certified seed grown in Indiana is already intense I from areas suffering seriously from water damage, and it is believed that every bushel of wheat of satisfactory varieties that is of acceptable quality for seed purposes will be needed this fall. Some 8,000 acres of the leading soft wheat varieties have been inspected for certification in Indiana this year*, and the seed list giving names of applicant? for certification is available either at PUrdue . or at the offices of bounty agents. (

distribution of taxe| is based on life total received, tlikt a pro rating system is used for the full amount/ Consequently,' when taxpayers refuse to pay, say, the sinking fund, it reduces all departments' The auditor's office constructs the Hames and amounts of each taxpayer; these entries are theij en-j tered in the tax duplicate book, forwarded to the treasurer, the latter in turn notifying of amounts due. \ / The treasurer cannot change any amount unless specifically directed; he setids statements to those so termed delinquent by auditing officials. Some of those who have paid the sinking fund levies. yet ? are opposed to the erection of the school, are considering further action to be reimbursed for the amount. However, until proper orders arrive, county officials stated that taxpayers will be termed delinquent for failure to pay their full taxfes., p Bruggeman has already announced his intentions in his letter to the treasurer: ‘T am at this time formally notifying you that unless you promptly cease to take any steps to 'enforce the collection of this tax and you correct your records to show there is no delinquency, I shall be compelled to cite you for contempt of court . . ." Said Lewtdn: "To my knewledge, I have not violated this injunction.” When Bruggeman's letter accused the treasurer dt using steps to enforce collection, Lewton shrugged, intimating the attorney knew very little about tax-collecting procedure.

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'Musing' Is Found Uy Owner After Long Search Bill Kahn, of Onio City, 0., bad a few disturbing hours last night and early today—for he lost his truck. He didn't lose his shirt, he didn’t lose his money, he didn't Mse hie watch; all these were too easy to lose. Kahn lost something that would be easy tp find, he be lieved, so he lost his truck. It was a fairly small truck — only one and one-half ton capacity —and they’re hard to find in the dark. '4 ’ Anyway, Kahn, who was having trouble with the lighting system on the tuck, left it at a service station about 7 p.m. Monday. He told the owner he'd return later, just leave the truck behind the station, and he'd pick It up. About five hours later Kahn returned, and he reported to city police he had a truek4-but it was missing. Considerable searching occurred, here and there, and at 2 a.in. today police received the second call from Kahn: he’d found the truck behind the railway express building. Apparently everything was Intact. Nothing missing. The truck worked fine. No explanation though as to how the truck got there. Perhaps ft was a former railway express truck that had been put out to pasture, and had gotten homesick. Not likely, though. i] Maybe the truck was simply flll-\ ed with wanderlust—that's a common disease for vehicles, it seems. Possibly .'. . well, possibly, there’s a thousand reasons, but there’s only one conclusion: Kahn found his wondering truck.

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Sex And Drinking , Parties Broken Up Eight Gidg, Boys Are Nabbed At Peru Peru, Aug. 21.—(UP)—Officials charged Tour youths today with I harboring three runaway girls in a river shack for three weeks and folding nightly sex-drinking parties with thend. Sheriff J M Behle nabbed thq youth? in the tar paper shack yesterday after residents of the area complained of "not being able to sleep”' because of the “nightlong” bedlam on the banks of the Mississinewa river Three of the girls were fugitives from the Fort Wayne, Ind, schooj for girls A fourth girl who took part in the orgies was a local ■ friend of one of the boys “The neighbors said they never heard such goings-on,” said Deputy Sheriff Bert Smith. “These kids would sing and shout half the night, run about the . place like crazy, shoot guns into the air and cause a general disturbance, It was a wild free/or ' all.” ! I'l The parties began, Behle said, 1 soon After the three fugitive girls ’ were found wandering along the river bank by three boy's and 22- \ year-old Alfred Lyke, Macy, Ind., ’ about three weeks ago. The girls were taken to the 1 shack and after that they werepro--1 vided with food and liquor daily., 1 “These boys and the "one local

girl literally supported the three escapees,” Behjfe said. AJI eight gathered shortly after, nightfall every evening, Behle said, and began drinking. “Then they’d all get drunk and the girls would start mixing with the boys,” he said. “All of the girls have admitted under questioning that they’ve been intimate with ‘ each of. the boys sinee the escaped girls took refuge in the shack.* 4 The local girl was onjy 15, Behle said, and the fugitive girls were 16, 17, and I>. .The boys were 15, IS and 19. All of them had previous records as juvenile offenders. Behle sai| that Lyke was the father of two children, but was divorced from his wife. ’ ‘ He said the three fugitives would be returned to the Fort .< Wayne institution. > Lfke, he said, wopld be bound over to the circuit court on charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors. Juvenile authorities will hear the cases of the others. All four girls are being given pregnancy tests. . J_.' Behle said his office had heard of wild parties on the river bank raiding the shack in hopes of for some days but had postponed catching all eight of the youths at one time. r ’ \ “Everything was quiet and op the up-and-up when the arreAts finally were made,” he said. “It was like a jolly meeting preparatory to the evening’s usual behavior.” ’ v ’ He declineu to reveal the names of the young people.

One-Third Inch Os Sain Monday Night * A little more than one-third of an inch of rain fell in Decatur and surounding area during the night, Herman "Hi” Meyer, local weather observer, reported. Rainfall was measured at .34 of an inch, Meyer said. He said reports indicated that the rain was spotty, although the north half of the county seemed to have a beneficial shower around midnight. Rain was needed, farmers stated. Borne of the corn was “firing" and soybeans and pastures needed ■ moisture, they explained. St. Mary’s river is at low ebb,* the stream measuring only 1.96 feet in depth, Meyer said. — --4- \ Examine 17 Recent Optometry Graduates Dr. N. A. Bixler of Decatur is attending meetings of the Indiana board of examination and registration in optometry at the Spink Aims hotel, Indianapolis. The board conducted examinations Monday and today for 17 recent graduates of colleges of optometry. Dr. Bixler will assist in an exhibit sponsored by the Indiana optometric association in the Indiana University building during the state fair August 30-September 7. I. U.’s new’ course in optometry will be featured. Dr. Bixler is in charge of collecting books for the optometric library at I. U. and has already received and crated 100 books to start the now library.

TUESDAY, AUfeUST 21, 1951

Four Pay Fines For Traffic Violations ‘ Four men paid fines foi traffic violations in justice of the peace court Monday and another man was arrested on< three counts and is schednled to appear in « city court later today. George Kahn, of route 1, was cited for improper lights on the vehicle he wap operating, disorderly conduct ind resisting arrest. He was remanded to the Adams county jail until his appearance in city court. The arrest was’ made on East Monroe street shortly after midnight. Monday John Lammert, of 740 North Twelfth street, and Paul Turney, of Lima, 0., were fined 35 and costs, totalling 115.75, for the charge of speeding, while Lewis Beery, 1056 Winchester, and Charles Johnson, 116 South Thirteenth street, eaeh were assessed 31 and costs, totalling >11.75, by justice Floyd Hunter for reckless driving. ■, All arrests were made over the weekend by city police.

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