Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1953 — Page 1

Vol. LI, No. 50.

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Hubert Ehrsam Badly Hurt In) Elkhart Crash r Pleasant Mills Man Killed Friday >iVhei» Two Autos Collided BULLETIN *• The condition of Hubert Ehrsum was reported a “little better” at~ 11 o’clock this'morning oy the attending physician at Elkhart General hospi«.al\ >. The doctor said, “there tyas not been any change for the t worse” in his condition. “He has a good chance for recovery,” the physician stated. Ehrsam suffered a basal fracture. If his condition Wipro ves it will be at least two weeks before .he canbe moved from the hospftpl, the doctor said. ' ' - - " One Adams county man was killed and another critically 'injtirOd Friday in a collision of two autos at the intersection of Heaton Lake road and Cassapolis street in;Elkhart, which was also fatal tbj an Elkhart man. : ; John L. Bailey, 58, farmer who resided one mile west and one and one-half miles north of Pleasant Mills, was killed, and Hubert Ehrsam, \ 58, also of near Pleasant ■Mills, was critically injured. ;; Carl S. Jaeserich, 58, of Elkhart, driver of the other car, was - pronounced dead on arrival at the Elkhart General hospital., Bailey suffered a skull- fracture, a fractured neck and his <jheß‘ and both legs Were crushed, t - Ehrsam, driver of the car, sustained a basal skull fracture, and hig condition was reported critical Friday night at the Elkhart hospital. ' ■ - lEhrsam and Bailey wertrenrente to Dowagiac, Mich., to exchkn§Jt repair parts for the furnace at th Pleasant Mills Methodist churcli. of which \ both men were highly active members. They had ma<|e a previous trip to Dowagiac Jast week for the parts, which proved not to fit, necessitating the Second trip. x ; Both the Ehrsam and Jaes'erich autos were completely as bpth swerved into large trees following the collision. - Funeral Monday !£* ■ • John L. Bailey was born in fcnlon township Jan. 28, 1895, n son df L. H. and Mary Ellen LomiljerBailey, and was a lifelong resident of Adams county. Me was married to Edith Battenberg Jan. 24, 192jp. j Mr. Bailey was a veterap f of World-War 1. enlisting ip fjthe army Oct. 4, 1917, and receiving his discharge in May of 191 C; iJIe (was a member -of Pleasant Mills Methodist church. i j Surviving in , addition to his wife are two sons. Harold Bailey of Kokomo; Snd Lyle Bailey of'>St. Mary’s township; two daughters," Miss Wanda Bailey at homeland . Mrs. Donald Everett of Decatur; four grandchildren; one brother, Elroy Bailey of Fort Wayne; ahd five sisters. Misses Grace' and Bailey of Fort Wayne; Mrs, Bertram Welbaum and Lawrence 'Hart of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Ward Bower of Dixon (). Funeral services will be. conducted at 1:30 p. in. Monday at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant 'infills Methodist chlirch,' the Rev. Harley T. Shady officiating. Burial\wjll be in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after noon Bunday until <10:30 a. m. .when the 'body will be taken to ' the residence. ’ , . . - ■ F \. . ■ K"\»i INDIANA WEATHER ' Partly cloudy and turning colder tonight with snow flurries neer Lake Michigan. Sunday partly cloudy and colder - with snow flurries continuing near Lake Michigan. Low tonight 15-20 north. 20-25 south. High Sunday 25-30 north, 3035 south. \,

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Conduct Drive k I i • mum Bm Wilbur Petrie f • »- JI I I EH Bichard Macklin 4't|~ '.. "jib'.' ' Senate Votes Protest To! Red Terror Campaign Report Eisenhower May Mpve Scbn To Condemn Russians WASHINGTON U H— The Eisenhower • administration had a clear call from congress today (to condemn Russia before* the United Nations for its ternhf campaign against Jews and othei Iron Curtain iriinorltihs. There were reports tide President might order the move soon in line with his hffort to step jipthe chologicalj. offensive against Communism. feut a final (iecision apparently lias not been jnade. The senate voted 7940 in favor of the..protest late Friday. It acted shortly after the houfee foreign affairs coijhmijtee unanimously approved Mr( resolution on Russian violation |of secret i 'U. Sf diplomats said tie administration s strategy on thf anti-semi-tic can paihn probably i|ould be tb try to gplt as many nations as 'possible to join either in denouncing Russia yerba|ly in the ! genera' assembly, or in for a formal resclution pf condemnation. ; U ' ' In-jedding what to dqi however, state department experts aye said to be vbrried about angering the Arabs at the: Vlery mpment the ■west is trying'to drawjthdm into | the Ibnk-stalled jMiddlj! East deI sense organization.! 1 At proposed, the senate resolution to censurfe Russia wall directed only at the recent Hitlerlike campaign against Jdws in Iron Curtain countries. ? But the, state - department said this might antangonize the Arabs, who would regard it as favoring their longtime enemies! and play into the hands of Soviet propagandists. The foreign relations commits tee then; {made the resolution a CTwra Te rage fix)

' Jp Annual Diiire ißy Red Cross Opens Monday List Os Workers Completed Fofl ) Annual Campaign ANNUAL DRIVE . Wilbur E. Petrie, county chairman and Richard Macklin. Decatur chairman, have Completed their organization? fOr ithe 111,152 Red Cross drive which <|l>ens Monday in this county anj throughcut the nation. jgj Chairmen have been mamed for all the civil units in t#ie county. .In Decatur, chairmen jlwave been appointed for the residential and business districts; groups; organizations ahd a special gifts division. '!■ The chairmen will workers for their respective; i areas., Workers will also canvass in the townships and special assist-, ance will be given by thiichurches and Sunday schools. ; L. Chairman Petrie in urging the people of the commun||y to support the Red Cross appeal for funds to carry on its locally and nationally, “emphaslaled that workers were donatingHfflieir time to the cause. i! “The symbol of mercy l in the world is the Red Cross iknd every tiue American a part cf this great humanitarian organlzatnon,” said. The organization forMhe drive follows: ' \ ■'? a' Wilbur E. Petrie, coujty chairman. ' ;■ NIH Geneva, Mrs. Hazel Berne, E. M. WelA>. ‘l] Linn Grove. Rev. Robert L. Cox. Pleasant Mills, Mrs.fl \ William Noll. I ; ;; JI. . Preble. Mrs. Hansel Monroe. Strahm. Monmouth, G. M. Decatur Orgartizajon Richard Macklin. Residential zones. Robert Heller. Business district, Richard Wertzberger. p|l! • Industrial. Harold pj ; Engle. Organizations,- Mts. Jißqy L. Advanced gifts, Dr.! Joseph E. Morris. Two Units Report Joseph Wall. Jr., sect|bn Id in Hartford township, Was|ithe first' worker to report today. We turned in’ $lO. followed by M? 8. Hansel Foley, Preble chairmapjj reported $32. ii '•-■■ - - i J' Don Quinii Dies Home In Parji Don Quinn, 77, former’ 1 Decaitur resident, died at his bon|e in Oak Park, 111., Friday, accdftiing to word received by fri«in,dß!;and relatives late Friday. Death;i resulted from a heart attack. Surviving are tile i|ife, Mrs Merryman Quinn,jliapd one daughter Mrs. Louise Qtyinn Gorman, of near Oak Park. jjDeceaaed was! a son of Mr. and l||!rs. John P. Quinn. Two brother|, ! French and Harry, preceded jiml||n (death, Funeral services Wil|;hbC held Monday afternoon at the bak Park Congregational church atr2 o’clock. Dr. jand Mrs. James s6urs of this city will attend the services. Dr. .Burk is a nephew of Mr^'Quinn. Industrial Output . Hits Record High)> WASHINGTON, UP nutput of U. S. industry dieted for the Seventh straight month in Feb- 1 ruary to a new record hlph. The federal reserve board reported January produßtioWwas 137 percent above the 1936*35; average and February output showed a “small further rise,” mostly in heayjr consumer items, jiji " 1 ". Noon Edition , I ■ ; hi . .

DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiono, Sofur Ay, February 28, 1953.

y I H‘ ' ; ~ ~ \ I ■ ’ ~ ri ' !k • I A FIGHTER AGAINST Communism* sjnee he was 15. 24-year-old exJlpgt., Janusz Plucinski who entered the U. S. illegally from Poland tl ? en spent 27 months ip the U. S. Army, strolls with his fiancee, Nancy. Budd of Sparta. Wis.. down a Colorado Springs. Colo., street on his first day as a civilian. Wounded in Korea, Plucinski. wlto was discharged recently, now faces deportation for illegal entry. Ttfp measures have been introdiuesd in Congress to a'fford him opportunity to become a citizen. I

Youth Center Reported Near To Realization .. Expect Campaign For Funds To Go . : Over Top Monday Reports from the house-to-house canvass made last evening by high! school students for\ funds 3 ? the community center.” wil| be made to the directors Os th& Decktur Memorial Foundation at i special meeting late Monday af*e|| nbbkh \. |i' I r jI L. ■ /. w ■;!Prbceeds from the canvass send the fund over the top. directors 1! and' chairmen for the final windup of the fund raising campaiAj speculated. “We think goal. ‘Wiilhbe reached by Monday even/ |ng nd the high school groups ean the credited the victory?' the (directors stated. In (complete reports show that th-* 30 student teams frpm Deca/ tur public and Catholic high schools, collected more than s7oo' in frce-will offerings for the comjnun t!y building. Ttd ’canvaiss took a little longer! than' first estimated. The teams started at 6 o’clock from Decatur, high school, escorted by Boy Scouts under the supervision of Ditkj Llnn. Legion troop scoutmaster. ‘lt Although some families were' not at home, the students report-, wonderful cooperation from citi-J zeahs, 1 ahd several generous dona-' tionsj to thk fund. t ; Thp high school teams were" represented by Miss Carol Kalver;, anti John Kintz. w*ho.' organized the [student bodies in the tfiro schools, with the coopera-) tio* !!of Hugh J. Andrews, high: schoql principal. Directors of the Foundation met last Evening and received reports 1 ' LtTxrx Te P«»e Six)

‘TftecUfatcw (Rev. Frank H. Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church), JOY IN DEVOTION TO A CAUSE '!i; ■ ' s “Jesus saith unto then*. My meat is to do the . wMI of him that sent fne, and to finish his ! | . "work.” John 4:3i4, -* ■My meat: this was Jesus’ life, food, relish, sustenance, to do the *>lll ot God. He was true to His devotion to this cause, and thite»was the joy of life to Him. ;S What is the true, the Divine food of man as man, called to he God’s child?.' Christ’s life and work show us what we must put first: it is devotion to His (Cause, for it is oiir meat to help, 'bless, instrqct> and save our fellchr-men; in doing this we find the true joy of life. No sooner do Vou pass from the north side of a mountain to the south side, thanyou perceive that, beyond all question, you are oh the sunny S' He who climbs above the cares of the world, and turns his to his God. has found the sunriy side of life. Th;e world’s side fe hill is chill and freezing to a spiritual mind, but the Lord’s presence gives a warmth of joy which turns whiter into sunfmer- '< Some pilgrims |to heaven appear never to have passed the summit 'of religious difficulty; they,are etill toiling over the bridge, or plunging into the deep, snowdrifts of their own personal ! unwftrthiness;. they miss the joy of a consecrated devotion to ? Christ and His cause. 5 ___j.;■' f - > rnjr

Stiff Obstacle To ■ Anti-Gambling Bill t Slides Past Senate By Narrow Margin INBTANAPOLIS, (UP)—A stiff anti-gambling bill bucked up again&t the obstacle which killed it in the 1951 general assembly Vftday after sliding pa.-d tb e senate with the narrowest of margins. > Proponents • of the measure worked overtime Friday night to push it through the senate, 26 to 17, over mounting criticism and ridicule. L. ! , it carried amendments necessitating house approval. |nd the bill now is in the some preejarious position it occupied in! the dying hours! of the legislature! two years ago. At 'that mie, house-senate conference committee failed to agree on senate amendments and \lt died in committee. The bill has several days head start toward conference committee approval: But the objections are the same: it may he unconstitutional. An amendment most criticized wduld exempt fraternal and religious groups from, the gambling restrictions. - \ ! ■ “It would be legalizing gambling for those groups,” Sen. D. Russell Bontrager, R-Elkhart. protested. “It’s class legislation ” Sen. C. Wendell Man in, R4ndianapolis. said it-gave law enforcement officials the “teeth” they need to make gambling laws stick against professional ga nblers. ; _But Sen. Samuel Johnison, R-Xh-(lerson. claimed "we‘ enough laws now to cope with gambling if Only they were enforced.” Minority leader Leo Stemle, D-Jasper, agreed, said the bill is “damnable" and “not workable.” Thh bjll’s sponsors saijd |t would put gambling equipment manufacturers in the state out of business, would not hinder the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race since that “requires skill.” and would place 110 restrictions on legitimate news. * <Tnrx To P»«e

Ne w Sectional Champ To Be TK T J 1 Named Today

— — House leaves Budget Slash Up To Senate Lower House Fails To Make Much Dent In Record Budget INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Indiana representatives failed tb find much excess to be trimmed from the state's two-year bulging budget today and left any major chopping to the senate. ’ House additions and reductions to the budget almost offset each other.- About $1,072,000 Was added and $2,575.00Q subtracted. As received by the senate, the budget will total about $605,000,000. But budget committee chairman Laurence Baker (R-Kendallville) figured legislation already passed by the house and pending senate action would add $953,000 to- the appropriations. That would leave spending near the $607,000,000 mark, “substantially” above which Governor Craig threatened a veto. Senators who sat in on the day-and-night house budget study Friday said the upper chamber will be more inclined toward blanket reductfonuFtfc keep the state from spending albout $43,000,000 more than it received during the biennium. They said senators would “do more than read it.”' Representatives’ biggest contribution to economy was establishment of a $5,142,000 “savings account” system encouraging governmental units to spend only 97 percent of their appropriations. Bud-get-makerk said it would help cushion the state against any financial dip and resultant declinje in revenues.. The system would earmark 3 per cent of all general fund, non-dedi-chted appropriations into an emergency fund. "Department heads w'ould have to convince the governor and budget committee of needs before 'that percentage Os appropriations would be released. It also would put state agencies a step back from dipping into contingency funds of more than $5.000,000. If they couldn’t manage on 97 percent, they would have, to argue for the additional 3 percent. Then further argument would be required—is it is now —before money could be taken from contingency funds. Budget director Donald Clark (Tur« To Paee Blx> Jelke Is Convicted In Call-Girl Case Attorney Prepares To Ask New Trial I NEW YORK, (UP)—Oleo heir Minot F. Mickey Jelke languished in jail today while his attorney prepared an appeal from his conviction of procuring shapely call for case society playboys. 'An all-male, blue ribbon jury which deliberated about three and one half hours found the 23-year old heir to a $3,000,000 fortune guilty Friday night on two counts of procuring. ; The jury, which acquitted him on a third count, recommended mercy. General sessions Judge Francis L. Valente set March 20 for sentencing. The short, stocky defendant could get from two to 20 years on each counLr VUnder, the jury’s "mercy” reedromendatioh, Valente’s leniency (coyld ejdbend to a suspended sentence. The jUry found specifically that Jelke induced , 19-year old Pat Ward into a IWe of prostitution and attempted to lure red-haired s Marguerite Cordova, a Chicago hat-check girl, into his vice ring, which supplied willing lovelies for millionaire client* who paid SSO and up fair th*ir favor*. i ) (He wa» acquitted of a charge of enticing Pat Thompson, a California blonde, into a similar life. Jelke apparently was destined vTwra To Pape *lx) •' - .

Maintain Support Os Dairy Prices Benson Decides To ' Keep High Support WASHINGTON UP — Farm bloccongressmen w-ere .delighted today with the administration’s surprise? decision to maintain high supports on dairy prices. But housewives! didn’t like it a bit. 'j ~ Agriculture secretary Ezra T. Benson admitted his first big move I would mean continued high prices on butter and\ the costly government purchase of millions- of pounds. His failure to drop the support; level from 90 to 75 percent seemed to collide with the controversial St. i Paul, Mirin., speech in which he said high supports should be used only to meet disaster conditions. - But the secretary insisted there was ftp contradiction. And he firmly denied any suggestion that he had bowed to political pressure from farm congressmen who have been -clamoring for drastic administration action to combat skidding agriculture prices,'He said he decided to maintain dairy supports at 90 percent only gfter industry leaders promised to work oijt a plan this year to cut down the need 'for government subaidios. j Bensc n said he hoped the government w< nldn’t have to buy as much Ms 500,0)0,000 pounds of butter in the cooling year but said it was possible; It has bought more than 80,000,0(10 pounds in the past three months iat a cost of $59,000,000. Counting the cost of support's on cheese and dried milk, the department hajs spent $90,444,000 in the past “dhiry year” which expires •March sl, buying up dairy products. Fhrmerh prices are averaging below the federal support levels. Despite the mounting surpluses Democrats and Republicans alike (Tarw Ta Pa«e Six) .\ i ' Chiang Io Disclose hans For Assault Message Sunday On 'State Os Nation' • TAIPDH. Formosa (UP)—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek will disclose tomorrow preparatory plana for a Nationalist Chinese assault on the Communist-held China mainland, it was learned today. Chiang’s plans are contained in a “state of the natioq" speech he will make tomorrow marking the third anniversary of his resumption of office as president of Nationalist China. He will demand special emphasis, bn both the military and political aspects of the mainland campaign and will point out both the weaknesses and strength existing on Formosa. 7 It was learned that in his report Chiang will describe 19\>3 “as the most important, most pressing year of our work of destroying Chinese Communists, and resisting the He also will assert (that preparations for counterattack must be completed in 1953—that the main emphasis during the past three years has 'been on reconstruction cf Chinese Nationalist forces on Formosa, i “But this year we must put special stress on the mainland recovery program," it w*s learned' Chiang would say in his report. The generalissimo, in his summation of the accomplishments and failures of the past year, barely touches on military aspects of .Nationalist progress—presumably Tor security reasons. ! However, Chiang will reveal that much greater! responsibility In military mobilization will be banded oyor to local governments. Othdr major demands to bfe laid down by Chiang for the remainder ' of the year include: Completion of the land program; greater cofTarx Ts Pace Six)

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Four Teams In Race For Meet Championship) Final Game Tonight * At Decatur's Gym; All Tickets Sold i L A hew Decatur sectional tourney champion will be named tonight at approximately 9:30 o’clock. . The Berne Bears and Monmouth. Eagles were scheduled to Start sehiLfinal battling in the Decatur sectional at J o’clock this afternoon, with the Pleasant Mills Spartans and Hartford Gorillas meeting at 2c 15. J ’ This afternoon's winners will meet for the tourney crown at 8:15 o’clock tonight, with the champion carrying the hopes of Adams county net fans into the Fort Wayne regional tourney one week from today. Today’s sessions are a complete sellout and there will be no tickets available at the gym. Hugh J. Andrews. Decatur principal and tourney manager stated this morning. All tickets distributed to the .four schools participating in tobay's were sold by these schools and there Were no tickets returned. I A; new sectional' champion was assured Thursday night when the Hartford Gorillas pulled the prize upset of many years in defeating the Decatur’ Yellow Jackets, titles holders for the past four years. Berne advanced to the semi-fin-als Wednesday night by eliminating Jefferson. Monmouth worked up thte hard way by defeating Adams Central Tuesday and the Decatur Commodores Wednesday, and Pleasant Mills moVed into today’s battling by whipping Geneva Thursday. \ The sectional champion will v play in the first regional game at the new Allen county war memorial coliseum at Fort Wayne next Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The local champion, will meet the Kendallville sectional winner, with this game followed by the Fort Wayne and Auburn sectional titlists. The regional final will be. at 8:15 p. m. Parking Meier Fund Uses Are Explained \ Says Revenue Acts To Keep Down Taxes “The effect of Decatur’s parking meters has been to lower the tax rate" declared H. Vernon Aurand, clerk-treasurer of the city, today. Aurapd described the parking meter “department” as a self-sus-taining and supporting arm of the city’s revenue sources and contributes in other ways to keep money from being drained from the general fund for small but necessary expenditures that, he implied, would add up and cause the tax rate to go up. , ’ ( He pointed oiit, as an example, the construction of the city’s new parking lot at First street and the Monroe street bridge, the funds for which came out of the -parking meter fund. Since the installaion of the some 200 parking meters here almost all the road signs no parking signs have been paid! 'for through the parking meter fund. | Salary for the patrolman who superintends the meters and makes the collection —and also hands out the overtime tickets—comes out of the « parking meter fund through a transfer to the general fund and an ap- 5 propriation. z After particulary bad snows, such as was experienced here two years ago, additional trucks and snow removal equipment is paid for through the fund, averred the clerk-treasurer. Further, he said, ail this money would have to come out of the general fund which ■ (Tan T» Pa*e Mix)