Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1952 — Page 1

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ErnestGamsby Killed Friday At Fort Wayne Robert Parrish Is Seriously Injured As Auto Hits Pole Ernest? E. Gamsby, 18. son of Mfs. Ann Gamsby, 1722. W. Madisoh street, was killed, and Robert Parrish, |27, of 1716 W. Madson f street, was seriously injured, when their automobile went out of com trol and; wrapped Itself around a ’elephone pole on the Wayne i Trace 1 at Fleming Avenue, Fort Wayne, 3:10 p. m. yesterday. -The Gia ms by youth was hurled through i the right front door of the car. He s&ffered a crushed head and compound fractures of both thighs. Taken jtoMLhe Lutheran hospital. Fort Watype? • Parrish’s condition was reported a little improved over last night, bu,t the attending physician said he was not out of danger. ■ He received severe injuries to the head and chest. He was semi-conscious this morning. The driver-of the car, Parrish was found hanging across the left front door Os ; the demolished automobile He is a Son of James Parrish of route six. The Decatur men were enroute to work at the International Harvester piknt, where jpiey were employed by *h« C. C. Groeger Con- • »■>»« wy . The automobile apparently was traveling; at a high rate of speed when It lleft the pavemriet, deputies Robert Henry and Frank Nag-, el of the‘ Allen county sheriff’s department and state trooper Richard Wirth said. Tfcte machine skidded 48 feet before leaving the {Toad, an additional 56 feet along A the berm before it struck the pole, ‘ and then rolled 50 feet more befoie itcame to a stop on its wheels In-the center of . the pavement. ; Destruction of the pole brought .a tangled wsb of telephone lipes down upon the pavement, and the Wayne-i Trace was 'closed between the Paulding and Hoevel .roads for several hours until the Wiring could be cleared. Dr. H. Paul Miller, kllen county coroner, who also investigated the accident! stated that no date had been set for an inquest.' It was the first fatal accident in Allen county this year. Born In. North Dakota A resident of this city for about* two yeatts* Ernest E. Gamsby was born January 6, 1934, in Calvin, N.D. Hi® father, Ernest Gamsby, met death in ah auto accident in Calvin bn September 2, 1848. Reaching: his 18th birthday, the »outh Was scheduled to, register with the selective service r board this mon(h and planned to enter the armed forces. He attended Decatur high school last year, K Liat of Survivors ' ( Besides his mother, the youth ia survived ,by the following brothers and sistas: Mrs. Harold Strickler, Linda, George and Gladys Gamsby of this <jaty; Mrs. Clarence Krumwide, Calvin, N.D.*. Mrs. Leonard Harvey, (Decorah, lowa, and Mrs. Jesse Ashcraft of Portland. \ 1 jFoneral Monday L The h'as been moved ti> the Zwick funeral home, where services will be hpld Monday at 2 p m., with the Rev,J Robert E. Hammond of the Eirst| Baptist Church, in charge. Friends =may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday. \ Burial will be in Lebanon cemetery, Langdon, N. D. — • ’ Y ; tg . ... —; Hoosiers Hit Record , u Payment In Taxes : Indianapolis, Jan. 12 —(UP) — Hoosier taxpayers contributed more money U federal levies last year than | evei before in history. Internal revenue collector Ralph Cripe reported today total taxes from all sources to the U.S.government in I the calendar year were 81,240,111(933.06,’ an lncrease\ of nearly * quarter of a billion dollars over 195(| The total was 81,007,478,605.79- | I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT I | ' ONLY DAILY NEWS»A»t* IN ADAM* COUNTY

' ~ ; .1 Candidate ; ! « < J, ' ! . .! ; i Herman Moellering ■ . — f- , 4.»— : _4^ — . Herman Moellering Surveyor Candidate j ’ I ’ I Seeks Renomination 4 On Democrat Ticket i■ ■ j Herman Moellering, Pjreble township farmer and Adams county surveyor, today: announced his intentions of seeking renotnlnation and reelection to that post, subject to the decision of Democrat voters ini the May primary election. • ![ li p i Moellering is completing hisi third year as surveyor and has established. a good record during his tenure. Equipment has hewn rgcr?a«Hi and marty «tteh lmp#wAm«n!» been completed hi this last three years. . . ‘ Moellering has resided in Preble township for rnorq than 20 years, where he has been active in churchi and township affairs. He is a'member of Friev elm Lutheran church. Moellering also is a former Demo crat precinct committeeman. jj | Prior to becqmiiig surveyor,; Moellering was a farmer aiid also' had several years .experience in> road construction work. He stated that he would make an active cam-; paign both In the primary and gen-; eral election. ' • .■ I 1 Battle Is Fought In Egypt I Guerrillas Battle J | British Soldiers > Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 12 —(UP) — 1 Scottish Cahieron Highlanders and - British Coldstreanft guards fought; • a running gun battle with Egyptian 1 g;ue,trillas ipday a Suez ■ zone railway station. . | ! British heavy taipks moved up to the scene. : , p J | , s 1 United Press correspondent Peter • Webb reported that British dHnor w’as being . deployed to bear on guerrilla positions along banks of the Sweetwater ©apal* 1 The armor was said to include 1 four 52-ton Centuripn I > Units of the crack Coldstream guard joined the Scottish Highlanders to clean out guerrillas firing ! into the Tel El Kebir rajlfoad • yards. The fighting broke out when two British soldiers were wpundfcd by a • guerrilla mine on t|e Tel El Kebir 1 railroad tracks. One of the two, 1 who had been searching for mines, ■ was reported in serious condition. The guerrillas opened Hie With 1 rifles anti automatic weapons against troops of tlje Queeriu Own ; Cameron Highlapdeys in the .area . of the station. The tanks and twb companies of Coldstream guards, supported by Bren carriers, moved in to miop up the railroad yards. British casualties in the' mine . blast at fifst w^re: listed as (One » soldier believed killed and thtee I wounded. British authorities later corrected the ftgurejto two wound- ( ed. , : i ' . ' ' • ■ li ' j h INDIANA WEATHER k Mostly cloudy extreme north, r partly cloudy south and coin- ; ; tral tonight and Eunday, Colder extreme north Sunday. Low tonight 26 to 30 north, 40 to 45 south. . ' I P. | I >.■ Il ■ ■ ' ; ■

r — p —f —~ Glen Custard Named Head Os County Schools Pleasant Mills High School Principal Is \ Named This Morning Glen B. Custard, 'l principal of Pleasant Mills high school, today was appointed to succeed the late Hansel Foley as cqunty superintendent of: schools. The appoints mept was 'made by the „ Adams county boaird of education, which composed of the 12 township trustees. The appointment was for the unexpifed term. Custard’s appointment will become effective immediately and arrangements will be made at once for the hiring of a new' principal at pleasant Milla, 'according to Nimrod hlcCullough, St. Mary’s township trustee. / : Ten names were considered by the trustees, it was learned prior to the voting. Seven votes were required for the selection and in case of a 6-6 tie it would have been necessary for county auditor Thurman Drew to cast the deciding vote. Eli Graber, French ’.qwnship trustee, presided. Those considered were: I L. E. Singer, principal of Hart'oriti; Bert Hodge, Bloomington: C. E. Jenkips, Butler; Med H. Got»l<| Adamp Central; Alphai B. Vanscyoc, OrawfandMUvtta; a. Uainoa. 6. M. fttrilkvr, BernA- Gajl Grabill, principal at Monmouth; Dallas Albright, prin-f cipal at Jefferson, and Custard. It: was reported that thte vote was Custard, seven; Grabill, three, and Striker, two. Only one ballot was taken.: Custard is serving his first year as principal at Pleasant Mills. He came to county from Wells county and- has been prominent Gilt school year in activities of the county schools. The minimum salary for the post, is $5,700 a year, which is S3OO a year less than the late superintendent received. j,• i . Auto Hits Grader, Driver Is Killed V Oakland City, Ind., Jan. 12 —f (Up)-r-Charies O’Neal, 26. died in pa hospital here of a broken neck suffered When his car ran Into the rear of la Gibson county road grpder yesterday on Ind. 57; [ill ' County Financial Standing Improves Annual Statement Given By Auditor 4dams county’s financial stahding improved during 1951, according to the annual statement compiled' today >hy Thurman I. Drew, county auditor. Th© county wound up last year With a balahcp of $329,173.39 in the various funds. A year ago the balance was. 81,664,595.78/ The general fund stood at 8141, 353 Qp; compared with 861.J77.48. Much of this surplus will be used In 1952, the county’s tax rate being reduced ip cents on each SIOO this : year.. ; H.. . :; 1 The transacted nearly two million dollars in business during the past year. Receipts from taxes and other revenue amounted to $1,947,231. ■ [ Disbursements Were $1,618,057.61.; ’ Four funds had a deficit, amounting to $260.75. “The highway-depart-ment had*522;559.24 to start off the vpar, the department, 260,973.31 and the Adams county memorial hosDltal, $15,221.20. The latter institution reported receipts of $194,221.21:, which includes fefrom and disbursement® of $179,000.01. Withholding tax paid by county officials -arid employes amounted to $19,997 during the year. - ; P/j; P/I Noon Edition ' < ■ H ; ' ' . ; '

Decatur, Indiana, Satur dcto January 12, 1952.

- '< —; —— J- " ■'-‘P — — -H— ——— Captain Enjoys Reception I B Ji B fjl jK B Ji CAPTAIN HENRIK KURT CARLSEN, afelpper of the sunken Flying Enterprise, enjoys some refreshment during a reception In his honor at taimouth, England, given by the cit/te mayor. Thousands turned out to cheer the gallant skipper on arrival after his long but futile fight to save his freighter. , |. Pi

Carlsen Testifies On Freighter Loss En tcfprticr~3»iilk t~ " By 'Act Os God' Falmouth, England. Jan. 12.— (UP)—-Capt. Henrik KUrt Carlsen swore opt a formal affidavit today that the Flying Enterprise he tried so hard to save was sunk by an “act of God.’ Rested after a long night’s sleep, the herqtc skipper walked in the bright sunshine this morning to a lawyer’s office. j* ‘ Surrounded by a little group of insqrancp underwriters and agents for the isbrandtsen Shipping Line, owners of the Enterprise, Carlsen swore that the sinking was; an act of (?od for which neither he nor his company could be held responsible. This is a legal formality in preparation for any investigations of the i loss of the , ship, and payment of insurance on it and its cargo. It is [estimated here that the total valpe of the ship and cargo is up to $5,000,000. The skipper of the Enterprise sought chiefly to avoid the acclaim which was given him for hours year terday on his arrival. Carlseh has stoutly refused to commercialize his exploit. [He has been besieged with offers of money for his story. It is reported that one promoter offered him SIOO,OOO for moVie rights, book rights, a life story and lectures. There, is no indication that he has ■ even considered accepting. Last night he even refused to accept a gold watch which a British company wanted to give him. i It is expected that Carlsen will goby train or car to London tonight or tomorrow, probably tomorrow. He is to receive a decoration f knighthood from. the, Danish embassy Monday apd a medal from Lloyd’s, Then he is expected to fly to New York for the ticker-tape welcome which mayor Vincent -Imr pellitteri has ordered for him. The “Set of God’’ to which Carb sen swore was the storm, worst in decades, which first crippled the Enterprise off the; southwest -tip of England Dec. 37, thep finally, sank it Thursday only a little more than 50 miles from\ Falmouth. Terre Haute Miners Ordered To Return I' -' • '' i"• ■ ■ - i.;'. ■■ Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 12 — (UP) —Two hundred coal miners who refused to work under one of the supervisors ;at the Victory mine were ordered today to retard to work Monday. The United Mine Workers union , paid it did not sanction the oneday walkout yesterday, and district president' itoscoe McKinney ordered the men! back to work. the mine produces 2,000 tons of coal per day. ,

- -A j ■ . . ._______ Azbell Infant Dies Shortly After Birth : f Paul Arnold Atbell, Infant son of Joseph F. and Jeanne Azbell, 1239 shortly after birth. Surviving in addition to the parents ' are a brother, Joseph. Jr.; a sister, Margaret Ellen, and the grandparents. Mr, and ; Mrs. C. Westlake of Youngstown, 0., and Mrs. Winifred Azbell, Indianapolis. Funeral services will ibe held at 2 p.hr. Monday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Samuel Emerick officiating. Burial will be in the , Decatur cemetery. Over SI,OOO Cash Found In Streets Cab Driver Gives Police First Clue Jafckkon, Miss., Jan. 12.-4-(UP)—-A cab driver gave police their first clue today in the mysterious appearance of more than SI,OOO in new currency found scattered over a residential block here. Local citisens hit a fantastic jackpot. in the streets, yards and alleys of the 600 block of South Capitol street yesterday, scooping up crisp .greenbacks. Police scurried right behind them collecting as much as they could for safekeeping until the mystery is solved. Cabbie Jun lot Clark came In with the ’ first information about what may have happened. He said he up two fares—O. H. Wellborn -and his pilot—Wednesday night Und took them to Hot Springs, Ark. | , ■ \ . He said their plane was grounded herb by bad weather. On (heir way through Jackson, Clark said, he heard the back window of the cab rolled down and later hjß said Wellborn told him he had thj-own out $4,000. , The-cabbie said he stopped and went back to search for the money but cqfttid not find it. Then they proceeded to Hot Springs. (At Waynesboro, Ga., Mrs. O. H. Wellborn confirmed that her huw band Was grounded at Jackson and was to Hot Springs sanitarium j for treatment. She said he is eowner of the Waynesboro Veneer-; Comijany and that he had “lots money’’- when he left for Arkansas.) . ’ ; Twqy eight-yean-old boys found two,s2o bills yesterday, touching off the treasure hunt here. A money-hungry band of searchers gathered to scour the area for the 14»p S2O, SSO and SIOO bills. Their bonanza was short-lived for police soon arrived to collect the cash and take.it away for safekeepIng. ’ Police said, however, that many of the person* who found bills kept jUfTaana To Pace six) ■■ P- \ . ' ‘ ■lt * i. •

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Sight Wreckage Os Missing Freighter Hunt For 46 Crewmen Is Being Intensified Beattie, Wash., Jah. 12-r(UP)— The coast guard said today there was “no doubt” the freighter Pennsylvania had sunk in the stormy north Pacific as the search for her 46 crewmen was intensified southeast of her last reported position. Debris, mostly from her deck cargo including a hgtch cover, plates, lumber and other wreckage was sighted Iby planes and the Canadian Weather frigate Stonetown 24 miles southeast of where the ship was thought to have sunk. Lt. (tomdi F. H. Salm el a, the duty officer at Seattle coast guard beadquarters, said (he winds and current prdvailipg since the Pennsylvania was last heard from at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday would have carried the dgbrls to the new position. “it |s assumed' from the circumstantial evidence we have from the ’debris that the Pennsylvania has sunk,” Salmela said. “We oon’t think there is any doubt about that. The debris Righted by the Stonetown Js the same as might be carried on the decks t ot Pennsylvania.” The coast guard cutter Klamath i wyw —*w in n unim ■ wntfwg w«*t in the search of the grey and stormy waters sighted an oil slick and olive-colored drums with yellow ends in approximately the same position. But these was no trace whatever of the four lifeboats In which the men of the stricken freighter were thought to have abandoned ship after the two-word radio message, “leaving now," was sent Wednesday. > Planes and ships of the rescue team covered an area of 10,800 square miles yesterday. The discovery of\ the debris pinpointed the search operation today to ah area 60 miles long and 60 miles Wide. A Six surface vessels and 77 planes fl : . PfTura To Pa*e Font) Spiritual Emphasis Week Closes Sunday School Auditorium / For Final Meeting “The Christ At Our Door” was the theme of the sermon given by Dr. Clyde W. Meadqwspat the spiritual emphasis service at Zion Reformed church Friday evening. Speaking again to a full church. l)r. Meadows gave a portrait of Jesus as illustrated in the original paintlhg ot Holman Hunt, “Christ at the Door.” which he observed at St. Paul’s in London. The speaker pointed out that (t) Christ had a light Ln hand— He is the light for 1952; (2) He 1» a kindly Christ >and not a policeman; (3) He is a suffering Chirst, there are nail prints in handk' and feet; (0 He is a persistent Christ; though the doorway is vineclad, He patiently seeks the object of His love. A large attendance is expected fqr the -Saturday evening service when ©r. Meadows will again lead the festival ; of gospel singing. His sermon topic for tonight will be. “The Cross of -Christ.” ;Rev. Herald Welty will preside, p and Rev. gimon and Rev. Wlilard will b«i devotional leaders. There will ushers from Trinity church and the Baptist choir will sing. Rev. Feller ahd Rev. Hammond will be the welcoming committee. The= public is reminded of thq three programs on Sunday, the final day of this series. Dr. Meadows will address a meeting of Sunday school workers and other interested persons at 8:30 at Zion Reformed church. At 6 p. m. he will speak to the youth \bf the associated churches .at the p*irst Baptist church. At 7:30 he will (Tun T® Pas® Six)

Korean Truce Bogs Down On Two Questions Communists Tell UN Wasting Time On Airfield Tiff Panmunjorn, Korea,, Jan. 12 -P (UP) —Korean armistice l negotiations bogged down completely ’today on the twin questions of military airfield 1 construction and voluntary repatriation of war era. i ; . The Communists told United Na’ions delegates they were just wasting their trying to get the Reds to say they intend to build airfields in North Korea during a truce'; j “I do not know what your side is going to do,”, said Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang, “hut I must tell you that the logger you insist on; this obstacle, the longer you are delaying armistice negotiations. “Unless your side intends to delay and disrupt the negotiations, vou should pay attention to the facts that the more you go dotrh that track, the less able you will 1 Although the Reds from the =-tart have* refused to accept the , U. N. demand for an armistice ban on airfield construction, they have made conflicting statements as to whether they actually intend to build any bases, we UP N. has -tpent the past .twp days trying to smoke out the Communist attitude. In anothejr armistice subcommittee, the JJ. N; and Communist; delegates spent 4% ihours rehash-; Ing old arguments over the U. N.j plan to let war prisoners choose whether they shall be repatriated.;. “I thought they (the Communists) were before,” said the U. N.’s Rear Adniiral R. E. Libby, “but pow I think they don’t, like it and Won’t accept it if they; ' can get away with) It.” VHeivy Plane Loss Bth Army Headquarters, Korea,; < Jan. 12—(UP) —The sth air forcedisclosed today that it, suffered its ' heaviest losses of the Korean was; . —l6 planes—during the pa4t week. ( Three American Sabrejets were; [ shot down bjy Communist: Mlg-15 ] jet fighters in air hatties during the seven days yesterday. : , Red anti-aircraft guns account- | ed for the other 13 downeep Ameri- | chn planes-ztour F-86 < Stars, four F-51 Mustangs, three { FB4 Thunderjets, ope B-28 light ( (Tara To Pa*• six) } Jl ’ ■ ■ 1 Boys Admit Thefts p In Adams County Youths In Custody j In Portland Jail < I f Paul Foung r 26, and Robert Codling, 17, and a third boy, 16 years j of age, being held in the Jay county i jail with four other boys in an < alleged series 6t thefts in and around Portland, have confessed \ theft of soybeans in Adams county, i Three other all 16 yeafs t of age or under, also confessed an c attempt to steal several sacks of, ] corn about three weeks ago from the Pete Lehmap farm. The latter attempt was stopped by an .‘employe. ] of Lehman. /\P- , c The confessions were made lite j Friday to sheriff Robert Shraluka j and James Borders, chief of police. Young, Codling and the third youth j admitted stealing 30 bushels of soybeans from the Merle Alberso-n farm in thh.. southeast corneK o f Adams coun|y and selling -the loot at a RldgevilW elevator for about < 890. ( 2 It is not known whether the i ( youths will face charges iti Adams ! j county, since > they all are under ( arrest for similar offenses in Jay j county. • ' ■ '( ; :i • >■ -s - ' r . !

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Final Game Tonight 9 To Decide Champion; Commodores Lose In Thriller Last Night Plehsant Mills ys Hartford at 12:45 p.m. ' ' j I Monmouth vs Adams Central at 2p m ‘ ' i ' ’ j That was the liheup this afternoon as the annual Adams county high school basketball tpurney went into the semi-final rounßThe winners of the two afternoon games will clash for the 1952 county championship qt 8 o'cl>ck this evening at the Decatur gym. The Adams Central iGreyhon idsl f earned their berth in the semi-final . round in Friday night’s final ga ne, squeaking through to a 48-47 ric-. tory in a real thriller against the Decatur Commodores. Hartford and Monmoqth von their Bemi-flnal spots with?victories / Thursday Hight, and Pleasant Mills drew the bye directly !ntb the f rst game this afternoon. Lester Singer, Hartfoird principal and tourney manager. Will present trophies immediately fallowing the , final game The champ: onsbip trophy, donated by the Decatur Daily Democrat, wjll be awardee, to the tourney champion, and the individual sportsmanship award, donated by Robert Monpier, will be presented to the individual selected by tourney officials. , Greyhoutwhi Win Thrill®!- , Friday ? -nlgbhT ftpil thriller of the tourney to daU. The Commodores spurted in the Japt part of the first quarter to take, a 14-8 lead, but Were litn ted to only five points; three of them on foul tosses, in period, while the Greyhounds bounced out In front to hold a 301js advantage at the half. '"/: [ The Commodores kept whittling away at that deficit in the third quarter, and cut the Greyhounds’ margin to oply fjve points, 40-35 J as the teams entered the final mht minutes df play. ' ; ' [T 1 The teams traded points until' FrancU Coyne’s field goal brought the Commodores within tjro points, 46-44, midway through the fmal period. Doyle Arnold hit his eighth' field goal of the game to restore Adams Central’s fout'point Wad. Jerry Meyer’s foul toss cut it [to three points, and Phil BrunMon clicked for a two-ppinter td reduce the Greyhounds’ margin to 48r47. The Commodores managed to get another shot in the closing Seconds but failed to connect and the Greyhounds moved into the seml-finqls. Arnold: Was the game’s top scorer with 19 points, While, Coyne led the Cominodores with 17. 'Jhe Hatters’ . cause was hurt whes Steve Gasp picked up three earlprV fouls and sat out most of the second quarter and a good porticfW.of the third and fourth periods* finally fouling put in the last minhte of play, ifhe Greyhounds playefl all the wjay without a substitution until Ai)os Schrock fouled oil® with two minutes of the game left to play. | 7 ?- ? Jefferson Wins . - : The; Jefferson Warriors idopjed the consolation tRt played as a preliminary, edging out the Geneva Cardinala in a high-scoring battle, 57-55. Jeff hr son was in front at* all periods, 15-7, 23-17 and 41-37, but was hard pressed Jo sfave off the Cardinals In the closing mlnq-tej. Larry JHanni of the Cardinals waged a? great one-man battle ir a vain effort to carry his team to victory, racking up 28 points. Jeffen son’s scoring was well balancud, p? Bob Switzer leading with 13. Y Adams Central L A . ![ PG FT TP f Longenberger 2 2-3 6 Schrock 4 1-1 .9 Mitchel J.-4+-'4 4-8 12 D. Nussbaum j'—4— 1' 0-0 2 Arnold J L— 8 3-5 19 rs. Dick ?-—4" 0 ’ 0-0 0 Totalsl9 10-17 48 ■4 Commodores ■ ■ ' J FG FT TP ■' , Case .—-2- 1-4 5 Costello 0 0-1 .0 Gass 3 3-4 9 Laurent i„-------i— 3 1-1 7 J Coyn\ _7„—6 5-8 171 ’ Meyer >J.—O 1-1 * 1 (Tara T® Pin*® Six) i X ' j . ?A. [ -