Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1953 — Page 8

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Woman Is Killed By Poisoned Capsules Deadly Arsenia In 'Cold' Capsules! LINDEN, Tex.. VP jj -I.Authori<ties here said today | that some i "cold! capsules”, in a |>t|«redeM'ed from: an Eastern, dru| firm evidently contained deadly!: arsenic and. were taken by a >o|nan just before her death andhb|i a man who became violently 0.1-Z : Officials were by the fact. t|>at their /preliiqmWy investigation showed'that not all of the capsules contained the* prison. v Caks ciounty attorney f Wessojn Bartlett thef captuils were prescribed for the! late J. W. Cross, and for A. D Siiralt. Bartlett" said a loY*al druggfrft tilled the •prescriptions from a hef had received from an\E|sl|rn drpg Bartlett said 'the had -been ordered to refraii| tfom fill; ing ajny prescriptions foWn that j\fparticular shipment untjl, c|e "cold capsule” mystery was cleared up. f The!. county [attorney jf-aid laboratory (tests from the Tei-ds'i department of public safety some of the capsules taken by jiMns. Cross and) Surratt .arsenic while others did .not. I'• * ! ' No coroner’s verdict* has been returned in Mrs. Cross’ death. \ Authorities apparently t were awaiting a report from!'state laboratory technicians, whoi said Tuesday That they were'mn'king tests on several of her internal -organs, including the liver, stomach. and the contents of the atoijia'ap. Mrs. Cross died last nfdh|h after .taking the cold medicine. began vomiting arid aftertaking the- same last week. j V i-"'- I '■> ■ The state tests on Mrs. Crioss will Jake “thj*ee j|r fotir -days,” Bartlett said. | V Bartlett said het. had 'ordered a full-scale investigation a&d tjiat he didn’t want to thg case further; “until we get sondf more facte’about this thing.” , rb j . | f|| ■■■ If you have something! TO iaell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Ad. Jt brings results. | Trade in a Good Town—Decatur. —/ r A —

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I . Island Still Inundated As Flood Fight Continues . ' : ; _ \ ’ _ .. T... '' n\ jl ' s, ROWS OF NEAT HOUSES stand in rows in flooded Canvey Island ip the estuary of the Thames river in Britain where 100 persons lost their lives and 500 men, women ani| children are still unaccounted for. In the second day following the week-end floods, a hugh mefcy army, ihcluding V. S. military continued their fight) against the sea, plugging holes in dikes and bringing oift ihe victims. Canvey suHefted heaviest damage on the .British side of the water. l;i i?■ i. ' \ . I _ -a i i * ' ■ ; ‘ : 1

Peiping Radio Says Decision A 'Plot' Formosa Decision To Enlarge War TOKYO, VP - PresidentsifgisenhoWef’s Formosa! decision was a part of a U. S. “plot” to “enlarge u the w’ar and further endanger the peace in the Far East and the whole, world,” C-ommunist Radio Peiping said today. A broadcast monitored here gave the first Bed Chinese reaction to the President’s announcement that the seventh fleet no longer would block any China invasion of the mainland. Radio Peiping, official voice of ReiJ China, said “now that the war >f aggression in Korea has -met with ignominious defeat, American imperialism is actively planning to extend the war of aggression.” > The propagandist accused President Eisenhower of being “out to extend the war to the entire Far East.” The President I was called a “Wall. Street groom etl militarist President” whrt -had declared the U. S. would ’'not opiy continue its seizure of China's Taiwan —Fornosa—but will encourage and help the Kuomintang remnants to harass China’h mainland and use them as an instrument in Washington’s plot to enlarge the, war and further endanger the peace of the Far East and the whole world.” * The radio said that the President’s “undisguised declaration is a|.; monstrous fciol&tion of the Vnited Nations charter tjhat any member nation should njot encroach upon the territorial integrity of any ether nation/’ i . ’ Red China is not! a member nation of the V. N. Nationalist Clhinal9' ■ , ■_/ ELKS CANCER i ’ (Continued From One) i •■•■■ W —- — — ——— .... ■ ; (■■■ movement ahd plans are being madejl by the local lodge to stage a. parley next in support ,of cancer research; the members stated. I . ,v- I II li ’ “ ' If you have sometnlng to sell or roomslj for rfnti try a /Democrat Want Add. It brings results. Trade In a Good Town—Decatur .U ? H

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Roll Fleed Mill Is Destroyed By Fire HARTFORD CITY. Ind., k’P — Fire destroyed the Simmons Feed Mill at (Roll Tuesday, causing damfl, age to mill machinery and feed es-, timated at $15,(W0, The mill is, eight miles north of here. ’.a ■ , j, — y State Department Worker Testifies k Says Information Missing From File WASHINGTON UP — A state department supervisor testified today that “derogatory information” on foreign service officers and a letter of recommendation signed by Owen Lattimore disappeared from’ her files. .. Mrs. Helen B. Balog, supervisor of the department’s foreign service fijle room, told the senate permanent investigating committee headed by Sein Joseph R. McCarthy R-Wis. another letter f reflecting discredit on a department officer was ordered burned, She said another branch of the department took derogatory material froth the files and withheld it from a panel considering promoilions. This included one report that a foreign service officer overseas had suffered a mental breakdown, she said. ! M.rs.| Balog said until she discovered the losses, the,re was 1 no way for FBI Agents checking files 10 know that derogatory information was missing. Mrs. Balog, first witness at a hearing on “mismanagehient” of State Department files, also testified that career diplomat John Stewart Service had access to con-; fidential foreign service files >for a year prior to his discharge foir “Reasonable doubt”' Os his loyalty. She said the file of Frank Schuler. foreign seryie| officer now in Paris,, had contained a letter of signed by Lattimore, but that when ah FBI agent tame to check the file, the letter was missing: \ > Lattimore, Far East* expert and John Hopkins University professor, Tong has been under attack by McCarthy and the senate internal! security committee. He is now! under perjury indictment as a rVsult, of investigation. vyho has appealed his dismissal, wds under Investigation on loyalty charges during the period Mrs. Balbg said he had access to the file room, j : She also t ?stifieß she had momplained several times that too m an y persons, had access to the files on foreign service officers. She estimates the number of “300 or 400.” Trade In a Good Town—Decaturl H . I V rfi

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Bill Would Exempt Withholding Taxes J', Bill Would Exempt ; H From State Taxes ’ - ■. . i- ; r ’ ; litNDIANAPOLIS HP — A bill to exempt withheld federal income ta'ies from the Ind ana incq|pe tax was introduced in the house today ’by Rep. Philip -H. WjiHkie R Rtishville. : Under terms of the bill if you had SIOO duripg the year withheld from your pay check you ‘could deduct that amount frpm your sthtetalcable income. i Another House “hill, 'by Rfp Otto Pozgay ' D-South Bepd, would - allo# strikers to drj|iw unemployment compensation during a strike aftiihr a Waiting periodRep’s: Ralph G. t Hines R-Port-laiiil and Jesse L. Dickinson D:St)itth Bend proposed establishing a new board of visitors) to Inyeitifgalib mental hospitals and the 1955 legislature The' board iWb'iild consist of three house and ithrfee senate members and 'would jtscmliinue the worlf of a House vcmnmittee headed by Hinjes during rhe toasjt two yeais. ■ v i T|ie , hines committee Report. •Lth:i(ging cruelty to ir bf the |Ricimond state hospital, fostered h reud between Hines and Supt. t’atll Williams early this session. Other house bills Would: ’ ’ - Hjit the conservation departmerit, except foR the director, undeMh merit personnel system Reps. . and. Brown. Designate for the g-eneral fluid any sjurplus remaining In the .-oldser bonus fund on July 1, 1954 Repfe. Felghner\ and Hines. ______ * : District Meeting Os J Legion On Thursday •! dtinrles G. district [comtd!ah|er announces a meeting of tiie 154 delegates and representatiVei of the 34 American Legion PostS in Albion, Thursday night, lit a special ceremony, membershfp honor ribbons will be presented to six Legion Posts and Ainerlcariism c|t£ti|ons_jnade to nine others. Arrangements have: |>een made to serve dinner for 150 guests at the Legion Home. The business sdssiiim will be conducted by Commander Fraze, -.I • Several, important resolutions will be,4l® cus Sed and acted upon during the session. The meeting wilt also serve as the ‘kick-off’ for thg .Indiana High School test. : A SIOOO scholarship 5 ' the state winner will be voted on at Thursday’s* meeting. The National prize is a< SSOOO scholarship. Hugh ArildHws, \ Decatur High School Principal ip district oratorical chairman.

Remington Given Three-Year Teim Former Government \ Official Sentenced NEW YORK UP r- William Remington, former government economist convicted of] perjury, was sentenced to thre\e| years in prison today: s Federal Judge Vincent Leibell imposed considerably less than th® maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and $4,000 fine., Be levied np fine. , i' 1 il£mington was found guilty Jhii. 27 of lying at his first perjury trial. He claimed he never had given classified information to Communist spy courier Elizahe:h Bentley. He also said he did net know of the Young . Comhfunist League: while he was a student at Dartmouth College. s The jury held that he did. Remington was found guilty in his first trial of lying about Communist charges before a federal grand jury, but the conviction was set aside by the coii?i of appeals and the new trial was'ordered. The conviction was based mainly on the testimony of Miss Bently and of Remington’s foimer wife. Ann Mobs Remington, who testified of a <‘bommunist love pact.” The former Mrs). \ Remington said she had made membership in the Communist party one of\ the bonditlphs of marriage-. i Remington was acquitted on a jhird perjury charge anql the jury failed to agree on a fpurth and fifth charge on which He was indicted. During and since the pejeond trial, Remington hps been free on $7,000 bail. - A motion by his attorney, John McKim Mintori, Jr., for a new trial and a ipotloh to set aside the jury’s verdict werC both denied. i—±4 , Army Lieutenant Is Ordered Cashiered Assault HesulUd ’ In Minister's Death SEOUL, Korea UP —An army court martial today ordered 2nd Lt. James D. Gqff, Dallas. Tex., cashiered front the service and sentenced him to two years at hard labor for ‘.‘aggravated assault” resulting in the death of a Korean minister. He was found' innocent of a second charge of Unlawful entry. Goff. 26, was Recused of inflicting fatal injuries with a flashlight and a .45 caliber pistol on Pang Hwa li,\Presbyterian minister, Dec. 5 during a raid on Pang's h\)use in a search fpr stolen army goods. Pang died five days later on an American hospbaj ship. Goff originally was .accused of premeditated murder and faced a maximum sentence of ’life in prison.\ But \the court-martini board, which is permitted to ch inge the offense, reduced the charge “aggravated assault.” \ / Goff was accused of fatilly beating Pang when the minister refused to answer his questions. The verdict shocked mont of the American and Korean missionaries who attended the trial, i “This is the worst, travesty on, justice.” said E. Otto Decanp, who hps been doing missionary work in Korea for 2>4 years. “I was ashamed I was an American.” ! f I , Similar comments heard from other missionaries after the courts martial reduced the! charge. SHRINE CLUB , (Continued From Fa*e One) I ,own children to the \circtts are asked not to send these youngsters for a repeat performance, as the club is primarily interested in taking children #ho would otherwise be unable to attend the circus, always an outstanding performance. \ Adequate adult supervision will be provided during the entire affair. \ ■ ■\ If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

14 Are Orphaned . By Mother's Death MISHAWAKA, Ind., UP — mA. IJewpy Ellsworth, 50, Osceola, dipd in St. Joseph's Hospital Tuesda leaving 14 children orphaned. sjhe. died \ six weeks after the father of 'her 10. sons and four daughters died of injuries) suffered in an auto accident. All but one of the children live at home. \ . OPPONENT SAYS A (Continued From Pn«e One) _ ,at tHe present la# tyeckuse it hasn’t enough weapons for good enforcement, v He said he has had stacks of letters since he introduced the bill, many of them from opponents. He said about 150 letters came from Peru and about 50 from Fprt Wayne oppqsing the bill. Ma\ny cf them were from representatives of frriternal organizations, he said. , j “What they don’t realize Is if they are gambling now, they' are violating'the law,” Hasbrook said. Eleven house members were listed as not voting. They were Reps, Aders; Beal. Buente, Davison. Dunn, J. A. Harris, Hartman, Long, Riely, Stanley and Webb. All except Beal and Harris are Republicans. Earlier, senate Republicans postpohe<| after a caucus a shoi ( wdo I wn‘ or aiii Indiana direct primary bill and another lowering the voting age to 19. apparently to avoid embarrassment 'to the administration. The bills wisfe scheduled to • cornel out of the elections committee this morning with a divided report, five meinbers recommending passage and four opposing it. Governor favors both plansi But the majority report was signed by only three of seven \Repui)liyan committe members and they were joined by two minority Democrats. Sen. John W. Van Ness. R-Val-paraiso, senate president pro tem. said latter the caucus the bills were I'Tnentioned 'only in passing.” He said thq committee reports would\ not come out today. Vari Ness | said other caucuses .would be" held, almost daily, and indicated the issues would lie held up uintil they are discussed in caucps. ' . i i. Meanwhile, senate Democrats , also caucused and minority leader Leo J. Stemle, D-Jasper, said they agreed to \ invoke no caucus rule pn thp eleptipn bills. Every Democrat #ill vote his own conscience. Stemle said, and there will be no organized support or Opposition tb the measures; TIMETABLE FOR (Con tinned From Pa Ke <)■») «s C. Hagerty to accuse Weiss of “unwarranted assumption of authority.” The purpose of Wqjss’ message was to A 30-dhy dismissal notice to the wage committee’s 1,700 employes pending Whjte House clarification on wage decontrol plans. EISENHOWER IN (Continued From Pane <*w*l est standards of economy.” Agency speeding: No government agency is to spend any more in any one month than it did in January unless it has "specific approval” or the extra expense is required by law. AJI agencies are to recommend “downward adjustment” of their programs to cut costs. • ;y\ I J At the Pentagon, where more than half the budget is chewed up fpr defense, Assistant Secretary qf Defense W. J. McNeil struck a cautious note. i ■ j T| ' He said the economy order would not “necessarily” mean a sharp cut in federal spending. But it could force. Cabinet officers to find out “what is going on” in their departments, he said, so the new administration can decide if and how it can cut budgets. LIONS CLUB (Comtl«wr< From . Pa<e Casanova —.Dick Reidenbach, The ihan and his dog—W. Guy Brown. \ The hobo —Deane Dorwin. / The newsboy—Jack Schreibman. Hercules —Fritz Ellsworth. 'Miss Kittenish—Fred Corah. Juliet —Roscoe Glendenlng. Romeo—Malcolm Trade In a Good Town —Decaturt

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\ I "W'Wpßfelfr PF « Jji ar \ ' 4- < ’#|a. -** 1 . , .< •; ’ Z I / - Liiar* ' 'li ROY N. SPENCER, 24, aboard the U. S. Navy cruiser Toledo Korean waters, reads a letter written on butchers paper by 250 "fblks back nome.” As co-owner with bis father of a butcher shop in San Diego, Calif., it is possible he will have to hand out 250 steaks in celebration when he gets home. (International Sound photo)

The fruit vendor —Jack Gordon. Mother —Lyinan Hann. Babies—Dr. H. R. Frey and Bob Zwick. Scene II Interlocutor—Glenn Hill.. Endmen Plato —Watson Maddox. Ebenezer—Lawrence Anspaugh. Jerico—Robert Macklin. Mushmoutb —'Weldon Burrigerd-

- HAMPSHIRE HOG SALE - Friday, February 6,1953 12:30 P. M. y 4 miles Southeast of Decatur, Indiana (H South, % East Adams Co. Farm Home)—3 niiles North Os Monroe, Indiana on U. S. 27 then 2% miles East. ' ! \ PURE BRED HAMPSHIRES 24 Bred GUti—<s Tried Sows, due Feb. 17 to April ISL . 20 Open Gilts—7 Fall Boars—Registered Herd Boar. i E All Hogs Double Immuned. ; Sale Heldy Inside. ,No| Responsible for Accidents. , TERMS—CASH. . •• •' 1 ORA K. RATCLIFF, Owner Roy S. Johnson & Son —Auctioneers Oscar Brown—Clerk 2 4 HOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE The undersigned Heirs of William H. Belts, deceased, will offer for sale, the 40 acre farm known ai the William H. Belta Farm, located B miles east am| 1 mile north of Decatur. Indiana, on Friday, February 6, 1953 [between the hours of 1:W o’clock and 4:00 o’clock p. m. at the Law pffice of G. Remy Bierly, 107 S. Second St., Decatur, Indiana. A^ merchantable abstract will ?be furnished. - 15% of purchase price will bej payable on daj/ of sale and balance upon delivery of deed and merchantable abstract of title. i - ■ . \ ' . ' ; LAND: Excellent and' level. IMPROVEMENTS: Five room house, insulated, new siding and new roof. Barri has new roof and . good condition. ‘ A garage, milk house, and hog pen and corn crib, and chicken house constitute other buildings. , [ House is wired for electricity. A good well also is on premises. ] j \ WILLIAM BELTZ HEIRS: ' • Wilson Beltz Arthur Beltz I • - . ; \ [ Velma Beltz Hartnett, Owners. Jan. 27. 3(|. Feb. < -

NOTICE ! We are discontinuing the slaughtering of Hogs. Beef will be slaughtered by appointment only. Gerber’s™ 150 S. Second St. Phone 3-2712

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