Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L. No: 208.

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New Hurricane Within 1,000 Miles Os Coast Mountainous Waves Are Whipped Up By Storm In Atlantic , r MIAMI,' Fla, (UP)—A mighty hurricane swirled within 1,000 milea of the U. Si with increasing ferocity whip-, pipg up .“mountainous wayes" , with wind gusts believed up to miles pier houo, \ The new tropical storpa- pounded the Atlantic. With! the steady force of 115dnile-per-hour winds as it roared northwestward in the general direction of the,south* ern seaboard. ' ■ The Miami weather bureau estimated its center was located p- early, today roughly 9251 miles off ) Miami! and east of NasSap in the •shoreward Bahamas. 1 The ' storm was lumbering out i of Raters that had spawned two' hurricanes in one, week with a forward speed of about H 2 s miles per hour, the latest Weather bureau advisory said. “Little change ,in course* or speed of movement is expected in the riext 12 hours!,” the, early advisory said, “but there should be a further increase in , speed of maximum wiftds. ■ 1 - _4n the stornfs should exercise caution!.” 1 The weather bureau; said '.this estimate of the Beason's second hurricane wag based-bn reports from widely scattered places, as there- had been no new flights of . hurricane huntdr planes into the vortex. i - Wifida of hurricane, force were 'recorded 75 miles from the cehter in the northern semi-circle of the . vast, stormy} area, ? Earlier observations had fotnd the •,hurricane kicking up top wind gustg of 135 miles per hour in explosive squalls. ' Smith Reappointed j To Library Board Judge Myles H t’arrish of Adams,circuit court has announced the reappointment of Lowell J, Smith; of the Decatur public! school system, as a member of thb bbcaf«S.’ itur public, library board. ’ y Smith’s new term is for a fouryear period and is effective September 1. It expires in 1956. 1 . . i .... j Extension Office To Close Thursday 1 The AdpmS county Extension office will jbe closed all day Thursday While members 'of the staff attend 1 tpfe- Indiana state fair, 1 L. E. Archbold, county agAit, announced. tbday. ’ v. 10th Polio Case In J County Is Reported ’-'A Another polip the 10th in Adams county this year, was re* } vealed today. Miss Esther Werlipg, j. <23, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GottjTlleb Weriing of .Decatur route 1, is confined tojthe'St. Joseph’s hospital ip Fort faayrie; Her condition is reported as “fair.” Muscles of the chest are involved and she has been placed in a respirator. ■' i • ~ ' <r ■ r-

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Docket k Called ’! I In Circuit Court ,i | 'X ' ' I Busy Court Session In September Term ■ Mr K - •• I v A busy September term of Adams .circuit ’Court was indicated, following the dockdt call conducted by Judge Myles F. Parrish Tuesday. Thfe September calendar is almost completely filled and some cases will be held over until the Noveifrber term,! the calendar indicates.' > DAcatur attorneys attending the Tuesday docket call session In-; eluded: / Ed A. Bosse, Hubert R. iMcClenL. Lltterer. Jbhn L. DeVbss. Lewis L. Smith. Robert S. : Xnderson, D. Burdette Custer, Severin B. and Henry B.' feller. ( ' I Following is the status of the calendar fol|owing the first day of the September term: State of Indiana vp Gerald Zimmerman, H. Schurger/ stated'The motjop to noil? prosequi' .having heretofore been filed on July 25,11952,'is now submitted to the court for hearing and determination. and the court having seen and inspected said motion, and being sufficiently advjspjcL in the premises, sustais the ■ Hamp. a®d dismisses said caupe ■ of jai tion. Chanel R. Wllliiipßl vs tjarold Steffek dba Steffen Motor. Sales, Custer k Smith, plaintiff, John L. De Voss defendant. All entires made by the Judge in vacation are now approved by the court in term time... ! Mary R. McGill j ys Murlin \g. McGill, Ed A. B|oßse. plaintiff. Comes now the plaintiff by hpr attorney, Ed A. Bosse, and the motion to dismiss heretofore filed on July, 11. is now 1 submitted to ■the court for hearing ahd determination, and the court haying seen and inspected said motiotii and being .sufficiently advised i|i|the premises, sustains the gsime and now dismisses said cause of action. It is therefore ordered, and decreed by the court that said causd of pction be d smlssed. The costs of (bis action are assessed against the! plaintiff. Judgment accordingly. . Ray Stingley ys dstate of Hattie Andrews, comes; now Hubert R. McClenahan and enters his appearance for the estate of Hattie Andrews. Freemaii j. Uhrick} vs Robert D. Uhriek, et al,' John DeVoss, plainjiff, Custer ahd Smith, Severin H. Schurger, defendants. All entries heretofore made; by the clerk in are pow ratified apd approved by the court: The defendants are ruled Jo answer absolute within Jen days. I Fratus J. Schmitt vs Fred Ahr and Marie' Ahr, Severin H. Schurger. plaintiff. Comes now Custer and Smith and dnter their appearance for the defendants. 1 Snip T. Welker vs Groce W. Tope, Artis M.i iTo|>e, Davis & Rbose and Ferd ’li. Litterer, plaintiff.. Comes now John L. DeVoss and enters his appearance for The defendant. > George A. Gage, et al. vs StewRtt McMillen/ John L. DeVoss, plaintiff, L. L. Hunt, D. Burdette Custer, defendant. On motion of tfre plaintiffs, this cause is set .for trial October 28,. 1952, at 9 a.m; Rauline Joseph Murtaugh vs estate of Hattie Andrews. Comes now DeVoss, Smith and Macklin ahd enter their appearance for the To V 1

*! -J■ h ' 4 H ■ I Enemy Shoots Allied Pilots Who Bail Out 4>• • ! Report Communist Ground Troops Kill American Airmen SEOUL, Korea, UP —A dispatch from the USS Carrier Boxer disclosed today that Communist ground tfoops in Kqrea havp shbt and killed American airmen parachuting from their disabled planes. . The dispatch- said the Na.Vy has warned its they may become targets for eneihy small fire if they bail opt over enemy territory.; It advised them, to ditch their planes if possible at sea, where they may be picked up more easily by helicopters. ' The disclosure came as a typhoon nicknamed “Mary” curbed both ground and air activity in the Korean war. The typhoon lashed Bth Army rear areas witli U P to 60 piiles an hpur and headed northward toward'Communist North Korea. But 50 F-8b Shooting jets roared into Northwest Korei and caught the Communists trying feverishly to repair an airfield at Sinanju. They cratered the field with 70 direct hits. 1 ■ ' Other Shooting Stars out the first Communist tank destroyed since July 12. They hit it 25 miles southwest of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. \ ;; ! Carrjer planes from the USS Boxer, Princeton Und Essex flew more than 250 sorties Northeast Korea, heavily damaging' Communist supply buildings, railrciad bridges and other tairgetg. ’ On the ground, Communist tropps loosed 13 scattered probing attacks against U- N. positions,; seven of them in the long dormant lie4 r t’ break Ridge and Punchbowl areas. 'All were repulsed. The Bth Army reported it inflicted 10,044 casualties on the Communists 'during August—s,o2o killed, 4,574 (wounded and 50 capturedAt sea, the American 'cruiser Bremerton dueled with and finally ’silence Communist shore batteries jin Eastern Korea. One enlemy Shell landed just off the cruiser’s port beam; but caused damage nor casualties, . Flrs.t report of Coihmunist ground (troops firing on parachuting American airmen in Koi!ea came frpm i Lt. Cmdr. Ward S. Miller of Saiita Rosas Calif., in an interview aboard the Carrier Boxer. Miller, leader of the 63rd Corsair squadron on the Boxer, said:. r “One of my friends was hit before he reached the groimd in a parachute. ! “The that /went ir to rescue him found him full of bullets, The parachute was bloody and full pf bullet holes. He hadn’t moved (T«r- To FmCV KlcM) - v ~—r" 1 ~ — Remove Cordell Hull From Critical List i WASHINGTON. tIP -+ Cordell Hull, 80-year-old former secretary : of state, was removed from the list today at the Bethesda Naval' hospital and put on the “serious” list. A report from the -hospital said Hull, suffering from a cerebral thrombosis, showed “steady improvement. j rj

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 3, 1952.

Former Congressman Skirts Questions On Communist Affiliation

Enrollment In Local Schools Is Increased Tt \ \ ;i ' Public; Catholic School Enrollment ly Reported Higher ■ A‘ First day enrollments in froth city public schools show an increase over the last two years enrollments tor the same r’elative period of registration. The total figure, including morning enrollment of kindergarten classes is 1,153; last yeast it was 1,128; the! year before it was 1,141. ; Here’s a breakdown of figures (or both city schools las given by the office of W. Guy! Brown, the superintendent of schools. 4 There are 61 seniors now as compared to 57 last year; 54 juniors, 82 sophomores and 87 freshmen! In the junior high school division there : aVe 89 in the seventh grade year were 75 and 87 respectively. The Lincoln grade school today enrolled 592 students as compared to 571 last year. L /Figures for the first grade are 108. second 113? third 94, fourth 93, fifth 89 and sixth 95. \ Catholic Schools Total first day enrollment in Decatur Catholic high schodi and St; Joseph’s grade school show an increase for the second consecutive Last year the figure was 409. this year it is 422, a rise of 13 stu-> dents. In Decatur Catholic high School, announced. Sr. M. Rofeepiary, principal, 27 freshmen are enrolled, 22 sophomores. 25 juniors and 30 seniors. Last years figures are 37 Seniors, 31 juniors, 27 sophomores and 25 freshpien. In St. Joseph’s grade school are enrolled 48 first graders; 46 second’; 53 third, 49 fourth, 45 fifth; 27 sixth; 26 seventh>and 24 eighth. Twenty-six eighth graders Were enrolled year. ' !■' -4. __ ' ‘ ■ City Council Meets Here Tuesday Night ' > I Several Items Os Business Discussed ‘ The city council convened Tuesday night for a 35-minute meeting at which a recommendation was heard from the city planning commission regarding zoning, a complaint registered, and several petitions presented. A letter was read by Dick Heller, < president of the city planning commission, citing tho results of the last meeting of'that body on August' 25. The planners recommended certain property be changed from commercial to residential zones. Specifically, the Earl Colter property was recommended changed from commercial to residential. The following was also recommended and passed and reads as stated in the new ordinance: Automobile wrecking or junk storage only within enclosed buildings, or ip yards completely enclosed and surrounded by solid walls or sdlid fences at least eight feet high] provided that no cars or junk storage shall be allowed within 300 feet from any residential district established pursuant to this ordinance. It went into effect immediately. A request by Dr. R. K. Parrish for electric light extensiioh on his prch perty in Root township was referred to the. electric light committee. The estimate for rural light and power extension for property belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Becker on Mud pike, south of the city, totals $165.95, it was announced. Florenz T. Leonard appeared before the council to air a grievance regarding zoning violations in Homewood. Leonard said he was preparing legal action in which the city would be co-defendamt, but be(Tun» T» Pace Eight)

Republicans Fail To Complete Ticket No Opposition To Four Os Democrats Four Adams 'county Democrat candidates for office will automatically be' elected to office next November.; 4/because of no opposition. This was revealed by records. in the office of county clerk Ed jaberg. after deadline for filing of candidacy. Tljose to be unanimously ape: ' h Lewis L. • Smith, prosecuting attorney. jUrley 4 Reef, commissioner, third district. Lewis Worthman, commissioner, first district, reelected. . Harmon Qillig, coroner, reelected. I ' \ ■ i. Three minority parties filed declarations of candidacy, one for a school board member; two for congress. The Independent party filed the nanys of Otis G. Sprunger, Monroe township, as a candidate for membership on the school board bf Adams ebuhty central consolidated school, \ The Socialist party, with mope tlianJ 700; signatures, has nominkt- 1 Lawrence M. Brayton, Fort Wayne, las a candidate for congress from the fourth congression.al district. The Prohibition party has qualified thtfr name of Claude Swartz, Cromwell; as a congressional candidate from the fourth district. The Independent party of Monroe township has adopted the torch as, an emblem. The county board of election commissioners. David Macklin. Cal E. Peterson and Ed Jaberg, will start immediately to prepare for the printing of ballots and ab\seiitj voters ballots for the November election. All declarations pf j candidacies will be checked, a commission member said t Actual printing will not start until a complete check is made. First Fall Meeting Held By Lions Club I ’ $ ■ 1 * L I ' ' Initial Meeting Is Held Tuesday Night Some 40 members attended the fir|t Tall meeting of the Lions club Tuesday evening at the. K. of P. borne to begin the year’s activities. Ron Parrish, newly elected president Os the club, outlined the program for the coming year; promising that the activities would be Centered upon community betterment and charitable activities. ' Gleq Hill, general program chairman, announced several interesting .’programs for the month bf September ;and assigned chairmen as follows. October---John Doan; Novem-ber-Herman H. Krueckeberg; December— Deane Dorwin; January— Dr. N. H. Bixler; —Merritt ■Alger; March— Lewis L. Smith; April—Roy Price; May—Frgnklin Lybarger; June —Rqy Mumma. Several - major Activities have been planned which hate been anntiaj occasions for the Lions in the pist yegrs. Tentative plans for a production siniiliar to the “Dixie Scandals” are being made as well as the annual Christmas party and Boy,’ Scout activities. The Lions club presently has a total membership of 70 and the newly elected officers are as follows: president;, Ron Parrish; first vice-president, Watson Maddox; second vice-pre!sident, Walter gitfman; third vice-president, Clyde E. Butler; secretary, Walter Ford; treasurer, Hilbert Frey; tail twister, Weldon Bumgerdner; Lion tamer, Lewis L. Smith. Meetings are held each Tuesday at the K. of P.,home at 6:15 p.m. -u H— ' / INDIANA WEATHER f Fair tonight and Thursday, cooler around South Bend tonight. W a itm e r Thursday. Lbw tonight 40-50. High Thursday 70-75.

Seek To Half Building For Adams Central Action s Fifed To Halt Accepttlnce Os Bids For Building I I ’ I'l A An gmendmeut, at stopping tlie acceptance §)f a bid by Adams county CentrS' Consolidated!''school board Jor bf thb center section the consolidated school at was filed in iWells circuit courtjlate Tuesday afternoon by'Adamsgcounty FreehoMersj Inc. it was teamed today. the amendment seeks ah injunction against the: board from accepting! a bid, advertised for this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The plaintiffs filcjd a cash bond in the sum of ?s(*o. The amendment was added to the original suit filed in Adams circuit court seeking an injunction agdinst the issuance of bonds for construction of the consolidated school.. , : . ■ That cause was then venued to Wells county and yesterday’s action was filed as part of the original coiqplaint. The new paragraph to thbj complaint asks that the board be Restrained from accepting bids, stating that the boartß had failed to get* i approval of the ( Various state agencies required by law. D, Burdette CUster.’ attohpey for the board, this morning stated that all proper approval had been obtained'from the state agencies, and exhibited letters! to prove his contention. The letters were from the| 'staßJj building commission, board pf' health, board of education, state superintendent and all others requited by law*. ; Custer visited i the Wells cifcuitu coulrt this morning and obtained a modification of the temporary injunction so that the! board could proceed to receive bids this afternoon and consider thptn, as advertised. . , d ,!D ■ ’ T|he bpUVd, however, is restrained! froip awarding any jbid until after the hearing set by thelWells circuit couk for t Septemberj J 2? Custer pointed out that the board had reserved the right, in Rhe legal advertisement,' to consider bids for 30| days before making an award. So the injunction hearing will be held prior to the deadline for making an aiward under the terms of the advertisement. The board met at 2 p’clock this, afternoon and received jtdds for the construction of the center part of the proposed building. |it 3 o’clock, the board was still in Session and no report was forthcojning ps to how many bids were received. !. - ..... ... ■' J v ' ' Two Cents Is Cut From County Levy $8,700 Pruned From County Budget Today Approximately $8,700 Wias pruned from the ceunty’s general fund budget by the county councilmen todlay, enabling a two cent per SIOO cut' in the tipc rate, Thurman I. Drew, auditor, reported this afternoop. Tfr|? hospital and welfare department |i)udgets and. proposed tax leviC^- were approved. These levies on pitalj'four cents? welfare, nine Tly| proposed rate for the county budget, which totaled $229,082, was 34 epnts on the The two-cent cut reduce |t to 32 cents, a dedficthn of 13! cents under the Tpe 32-ceht wiW produce approximately $126,000. The hospital’X budget is $200,558 and from taxfe it will receive about $16,689, figijted on the coiupty’e valuation of 40 pillion. i! \ ; | Tbje welfare dppartniißjit levy of nins cents will produce about $34,«7sj i .if . r 'll • ■!!'! ! .€'

H " ■ Mrs. 8. E. Hite Mrs. Sam E. Hite Is Taken By Death Prominent Decatur Lady Dies At Noon { J Mrs. Sam E. Bite, 79, litblong Decatur resident, I died at 12:35 o’clock this afternoon at Adams county memorial hosiital follow- : ling a short illness, Mrs. Hite became ill a few days ago at the Bite summer home at Rome City and returned here fpr medical treatment. Death followed a stroke which occurred Monday. ( Phoebe Yager Hite Was born- ip Adams coupty, a daughter of MrJ and Mrs. .jacob Yager.; She received her education pin the Decatur schools and yas mprried to Sam E. Hite more than 50 years’ ago. The Hite’s observed their golden wedding anniversary at their home on Third (street several years a«o. Mrs. Hite was a lifelong and active member of the First Baptist church in Decatuß. The husband, Sam E., a son, | Charles and = a daughter, Mrs. Pauline Warren siirvivp. Three granddaughters, .Sharon Hitp, Jackie Hite and Airs. Kietherine Raatz, also sprvive. Funeral arrangements were not completed at a late hour this af-| terhoon. The body w as removed’ to the. Black funeral popie. Leadership School Will Open Sept. 16 Annual Leadership School Is Planned The committee on leadership education for the associated churches of Decatur is inviting all of the churches of Decatdr to participate in the annual leadership training school, to be held on Tuesday and Thursday evening; September 18, 23, 25, pnd 30. Each evening session will provide one unit of the entire course. The schedule each evening will ipclude a twenty-minute devotion-al-inspiration period led by a local pastor; a one-hour period in which a lecture, film, or panel will be presented on the subject for the study of the evening; i apd a onehour discussion; period; with scholars, divided into the departments in which they are interested, the discussion led by a local leader. The sessions will begin promptly at 7 and dismiss at 9:20. ,; September 16 the subject is “curriculum and text approach.” September 18, "Supplemental teaching aids,” September {23, “Equipment and facilities,” September 25, |‘The church school as an evangelistic agency,” and September |lO the meeting of the school will i>e combined, with the observance |n honor of the issuance of the jiew revised standard version of |he Bible in an opdn session for |he | The program of the leadership jrainipg school is planned to be ipspeciylly helpful to leaders In | Te Page Ftv«)

Price Five Cents ,

Ex-Minnesota Solon Appears At Hearings Bernard Is Now An Organizer For Independent Union CHICAGO, (TTP)—Former U. S./ Rep. John T. Bernard of Minnesota refused today to tell the house f Un-American activities committee whether he is or ever has been a i member of the Communist party. . Bernard, who served in congress in 1937 and 1938 and noW ia an organizer for the independent ; United Electrical Workers union, appeared as a witness before the committee, which is holding hearings here this week. He repeatedly refused to answer questions. At one point fre said: < < "I t realize you didn’t call me here to do me any £ood.” ' 'I I . The committee received evidence purporting to show Ahat Bernard was active in many Com-munist-front organizations. He refused to acknowledge that be had participated in the organizations. 018 the ground he - ncriminate himself. On advice of his lawyer, David B. Rothstein, ha 'invoked his privilege under the fifth -amendment to the Constitu-, - lion. J . Rep. Donald L. Jackson, R.-CaJ., a committee member, told Bernard as the morning session wts * recessed: . , ' “You have as startling a record of affiliation with Communist fronts as •!;' have seen before this committee. You sayi you would volunteer to serve if this, country were attacked, yet tp aid this committee in its investigation of .Communism. You, f a fbi-merl meiiiber of congress, to! help the American peopije.’" I j»/ The committee, which op-med /, its hearings Tuesday, is driving / into charges that a secret celi opprated within the independent United Electrical Workers-Farm Equipment Workers union and \ : once, rigged the election of Communist, local union officers.

Bernard said he fcvas elected as Farmer-Labor candidate from his home district of Eveleth, Minn/ He said he was born in France in 1893 and came to this country in. 1967. He gained »American citi* zenship through the naturalization of his father. \ Committee counsel Frank 8. Tavenner tried to draw from Bernard acknowledgement that his name, before he came to America, was Toussaint. Tavenner sul>mit ted in evidence a copy of the 1938 Who’s Who showing Bernard gave his parents' name as, Joseph and Marie Toussaint. | . The former congressman refused to acknowledge that he had given out sjuclr biographical data or when his name had been changed, except to say that “I came to this country as John ,T- Bar- : nard.” . < Committee chairman John S. Wood, D.-Ga., trying to establish whether Bernard was a hostile or friiendly jWitness, asked him “Whose side are you oiniT” 1 Bernard replied: “I am on the side of America.” 7 He fold the committee he started work in the iron mines near Eveleth when he was 17 and stayed there until he, became a member of congress. . He refused to tell where he was during the year 1941 but Tavenner continued with .a line of ques- s tipning in which he tried tQ show that Bernard was in Europe. Bernard said he was ihvited by the adjutant general of* the army to apply for work in the army specialists* corps after Pearl Harbor because of his fluid Frenqh. He was interviewed for army intelligence I but was not called to duty. ' ' i Jn November, 1942, he said, he went to work as a field organizer for the United' Electrical Workers and amoved to Chicago. The VE union subsequently was thrown out qf the CIG as a leftWihg organization. ; ■f -j"(: j;•

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