Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1953 — Page 2

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Florence Chadwick Conquers Gibraltar, T New Record Set In Swimming Straits 'AWEOtRAS SPAIN UP - Florence Chadwick added a recordI smashing swim of the Straits of Gibralter to her Conquest and looked forward today to her next objective-the Dardanelles. The 34-year-old San Diego, Calif., secretary set a new all-time record for crossing the straits between Spain and 'North Africa Sunday, • covering the 14 miles of tricky shark-infested waters tn fire hours, six minutes. The previous record ' of six ,hours, 53 minutes was set three years ago, by Jorge Sugden of Argentina. - -It .was the second world swim- ‘.» ming mark to be hung up by Miss Chadwick in three weeks. Oh Sept. 4, she broke the English Channel record by swimming from, England to France in 14 hours, 52 minutes. Miss Chadwick started her swim across the straits' near Tarifa, Spain. She plunged into the warm water at *6:57 a. m. and emerged on the (Moroccan side at 12:03 p. m. •/ Two Spanish seamen armed with rifles stood guard in an accompanying rowboat during the swim to watch for the tell-tale triangular fins of sharks which infeet the straits. Three baby whales frisked alongside Miss Chadwick for some distance but did not approach her Miss Chadwick said she ran into tricky currents and fresh winds some 40 minutes after starting out. Later, however, conditions improved, she said, - During her swim. Miss Chadwick timed herself with a waterproff wristwatch. The doctor who examined her when she landed in Morocco said she did not appear to be tired. ' On her Return hero, she credited .

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teamwork for her record-breaking swim, ”1 knew I could do it,” she said. “The issue was never in doubt . . 1 want to thank the team that made possible my Victory today. They were ■wonderful.’* Miss Chadwick said she planned to fly to Istanbul, Turkey, early next month to tackle another con-tinent-dividing the strait treacherous Dardanelles, between Europe and Asia. France And Germany Plan Negotiations Discuss Outstanding European Problems PARIS, UP — France has accepted a proposal by West Germany fojr direct negotiations on out stand' ing European problems in a major' attempt to end disagreements between the two neighbor countries, it was announced today. Success in any such negotiations might clear the way finally fqr ratification of the European defense community pact and the consequent inclusion of about 500,000 German troops in the Allied armies arrayed against Communist aggression. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer proposed a direct FrenchGerman meeting after his landslide victory in the recent parliamentary election. The French Foreign Office, in announcing Premier Joseph Laneil’s acceptance of the proposal, made no mention of negotiations on the rich Saar coal region. But as the Saar is one thing Adenauer wants to discuss above all,Jt was assumed that it would be included in any talks. France made no mention of a date for the talks, but it was believed any such meeting would be held next month. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

Bell Phone Workers Are Back On The Job New Contracts Are Signed On Saturday \ INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Indiana Bell Telephone Co. workers were back on the job in force today, but their bitter two-month strike left scars. New contracts for 6,900 plant, traffic and accounting employes were signed Saturday night, about 15 hours after an agreement was reached by negotiators. The pact took effect Sunday. But few workers were called back immediately because of a normally light work schedule. Company spokesmen said wage increases, including a minimum of $2 weekly, will cost Bell about 11,000,000 a year. The strike was said to be the longest ever staged among operators in the Bell system. Still to be settled is the fate of 20 discharged strikers and a utility complaint against 58 workers filed with the national labor relations board. The firings, which created an eleventh hour snag to earlier settlement of. the strike, will be arbitrated during the next few weeks. Bell claimed the discharged strikers, including several local officials of the CIO Communication® Workers of America, engaged in “personal misconduct.” Meanwhile, a company spokesman said the utility was informed the NLRB will hold a hearing here sometime in November on Bell’s charges of unfair labor practices against the union. The charges were brought early in -the strike, and a spokesman said the NLRB issued a complaint against the union following a preliminary investigation. The company accused the union generally and the 58 workers specifically of engaging in illegal mass picketing and using threats and intimidation against

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Firemen Called As Motor Burns Out ■A short circuited refrigerator motor at the Erie Rc’trurant, Wkcheater street, at 11:15 o’clock .Sunday night produced enough smoke to bring out the DecatUr fire department', and the situation was under control in minutes. An unidentified resident of the building is reported to have smelled the smoke and gave the alar&. Firemen removed the motor. —: - Reds' Propaganda ) Report Disclosed J Discoveries Are I Termed Alarming I WASHINGTON, UP — Sen. John M. Butler (R-Md.) said today many of the Communist underground printing, and propaganda operations uncovered by the senate internal security subcommittee were directed by "Iron Curtain diplomatic officials.” ' Butler, a member of the subcommittee, called the discoveries “alarming and significant.” ; He said a subcommittee report on Communist propaganda, made public Sunday night, shows “striking evidence of the fact that Communists have infiltrated \ many phases of the printing industry in this country." V The Maryland Republican skid he was especially disturbed because the “Iron Curtain diplomatic officials” directing some of the activities “are not presently required to conform with the foreign agents registration act.” He did not name any diplomats. The subcommittee released testimony. taken in secret last spring, that Communists have secret printing presses to grind out propaganda if the party goes underground. The testimony also said large amounts of Red propaganda are entering the United States through Soviet-bloc embassies or illegal mail shipments. The subcommittee recommended amending the internal security law to require the Communist party and its fronts to register all prop-aganda-printing devices, from presses to mimeographs. It also suggested that every foreign diplomat or consular officer who spreads political propaganda be required to register as a foreign agent,

Joppa Steam Plant Still Closed Today Shut Down Despite Orders From Union ’ JOPPA, UP —\ The Joppa steam electric remained shut down toUay despite orders to noh-s-triking union members to distegtrd picketing by striking AFL iron workers., S' International organizations of the other 14 unions at the >195.. 900,000 atomic energy facility ordered their members Saturday to b« back on, the job today. ! 'flld plant has a> total of 514 workers. A spokesman for the plant contractor. the Bechtel Corp., said the iron workers line still was at the gate today and only supervisors had crossed it.* . ( He said members of other crafts were at the gate and “the|re is a general milling around but no concerted effort to cross the line.". About 30 iron workers walked out last Monday in the 39th strike in 31 mpnth6 of construction at the plant. The strikers have blocked the plant gates since Tuesday and kept all the workers fronv their' jobs. The iron workers were ordered back tb work Friday by their international organization but defied the. orders. The iron workers apparently walked out iMicause of their claim that Bechtel had hired workers from outside the Joppa area. The contractor said more than 99 per cent of its "manual workers" came from the area around the plant. ; -i , - - | t Reports Are Mailed V On TB X-Rays A total of 1,383 reports were in the mails, today, the results of tuberculosis X-rays taken in Adams county the week of August 17, it was announced today by 'Mrs. W. Guy Brown, secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association. ’ The films were taken free, paid for by money receive 1 through sale of Christmas seak Mrs. Brown pointed out, ■Front the total number, two films were spoiled, there and 14 with other pathologies. Mrs. Brown declared. Copies of reports were mailed to fair. By physicians, stated the secretary, in the cases where disease was indicated. Mrs. Brown urged. . . In the cases where there was indication of irregularity, it \is important that leach person contact the faipily physician without any delay.” ’ . \ t ’ f , Trade in a good Town —r Decatur

Eisenhower To Take Part In Campaign Plans Active Part For 1954 Campaign WASHINGTON, UP — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower smacked his palm emphatically on the big desk at SHAPE command headquarters outside Paris, and said: "I’ll tell you this — I’m not go-\ ing to be drawn into politics to bail any political party out of trouble." That was in November, 1061, since when a great many things have happened to the general who became Mr. President. Today’s major events are a visit to the Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, Mass.,, and a major speech thereafter in Boston Garden. During the next few weeks and through much of next year, President Eisenhower will be bailing for dear life. The 1954 congressional elections can make or break the Eisenhower administration. The slim margins of Republican control of house and senate are far less than working majorities. The Republican national committee is planning to use the President liberally in the campaign which already is steaming up. Mr. Eisenhower’s October schedule will spot him in five scattered states, two of them, significantly, in the -south. The schedule: Oct. 14—A 63rd birthday party and Republican rally at Hershey, Pa. Oct. 15—Speech before Fixture Farmers of America, Kansas City. Oct. 16 —Dedicates Kansas City’s new American Hereford Association headquarters and visits Abilene, Kans., the Eisenhower home town. Oct.H7—Louisiana sesquicenlennial, New Orleans. Oct. 19—With the president of Mexico dedicates the Rio Grande falcon dam near Laredo, Tex. When that schedule is completed the New York City mayoralty campaign will be taking political headlines. It is likely that the President will contribute bis prestige and campaign smile to the effort to elect a Republican. The chance this year seems better than Usual and a Republican victory in New York would boost GOP confidence and enthusiasm around the country. Polls that Mr. Eisenhower’s personal popularity is generally high although the voters often cuss the Republicans and congress. He will be under great pressure to show' himself and do some bailing in the political trouble spots as they develop in the next 12 months.

Driver Is Arrested Following Accident Sheriff.«nd state police investigated a one-car accident Saturday at about 3:10 p.m. about one-half mile west of'Decatur on U. S. highway 224. Raul Garcia, route 4, Bluffton, last control of his car and kicked down about 50 feet of cemetery fencing along the federal route, the car rolling over. In a heavy downpour, sheriff Bob Shraluka, and state troopers Walters Schindler and Wilbur Rash, took the driver in tow when he appeared to be drunk. In mayoy’s court this morning Garcia pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and was fined SSO and costs, totaling $64.75, ordered to the county jail for 10 days and lost his driver’s license for the mandatory period of a year. ; ~ \ ■ Muncie Man Is Held After Daughter Shot MUNCIE, Ind. UP —Charges of assault and battery were on file today against Isaac Cross, 48, whose gun went off during a family argument and struck his 9-year-old daughter jn the foots. Cross’ wife, Arlene, 27, told detectives Cross threatened his fanlily and the gun fired when she Struggled to take it away from him. He disappeared but gave himself up to police a few hours later. . Woman Operator Os Trolley Is Robbed INDIANAPODIYS UP —A woman trolley operator was held up and robbed of $45 by three teen agers. Miss Madonna Feldhake said she was on her last run on the Brookside line when she stopped for two boys. One pointed a revolver at her. A third boy pulled the trolley poles fronj the wires. They fled in an auto, she said. Man Hangs Himself From Tree At Lake RCCHESTfcR, Ind.. UP — State police said today an Evanston, Ill..! m?n banged himself from a tree at Lake Manitou. He was identified as David A. Goss. 45. The body was discovered Sunday by vbii son. -Gordon, Muncie, and another man. « If you have something to sell or, rooms for rent, try a Democrat 1 Want Add. It brings results.

Hammond Resident Is Drowning Victim VALPARAISO, Ind. UP — Orvln Michaels, 39, Hammond, drowned in a lake north of here Sunday when a boat struck submerged piling. His wife, Evelyn, 29/ also was thrown into the water but was saved by another boat Michaels* body was recovered an hour later in 15 feet of water. Many Fines Handed Out In Court Today More Thon S2OO In Fines, Costs Here A total of $209.75 in fines and costs was doled out in mayor’s court over the. weekend, for traffic anil drinking violations. Jesse G. Niblick, 69, 303 North Second street, involved in an accident last week when it was charged that ho failed to make the proper hand signal before making a left turn into his driveway, pleaded guilty to the charge this morning before Mayor John Doan and was fined $19.75 with costs. There was another count in the affidavit, that of being in the wrong lane, but Niblick pleaded not guilty and the charge was continued. Niblick said, “I didn’t know he was there; ba must have been going pretty fast.” Bethel Williams, 52, Fort Wayne, arrested last week for speeding, pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $19.75 with costs. Lee Bell, 67, 617 street, pleaded guilty to failing to yield right-of-way and was fined $19.75 with costs. Joe Kaehr,\ Sr., 65, 410 Line street, pleaded guilty to a charge of public intoxication and was fined $18.75 with costs. t Gene Roger. Blume, 17, route 1, Monroe, was fined $18.75 with costs when he pleaded guilty to reckless driving. \ John A. Kintz, 18, route 2, was arrested Saturday for a reckless driving charge and was ordered to appear in court this morning, but he failed to make an appearance. Ira Carpenter, 52, \of Decatur, was arrested Saturday night and jailed for public intoxication and received a fine this morning of $18.75 with costs and a six months sentence, suspended, on the state farm. He pleaded guilty. Charles F. Hawkins, In justice of the peace court Saturday, pleaded gnilty to his car with an improper muffler and was fined $1 and coats, a total of $15.75. Lawrence J. Burns, 25, of OlatU Kan., was arrested Saturday night for speeding and will face the charge later this week. Theodore W. Gage, 19, 728 North Fifth street, pleaded.‘ guilty charge of reckless driving Saturday night in J. P. court and was fined $15.75 with costs.

City Council Will Meet This Evening The city council will meet in special session tonight at city hall to act on the specifications submitted by city engineer Ralph Roop for three proposed laterals to the new Porter-Homewood sewer. The laterals are called: Decatur Casting, Brice Roop, and Giles V. Porter, as head petitioners in their particular areas. If the council approves the laterals, an authorization will be given to the board of works to advertise for construction. The cost of these laterals would then be borne by the petitioners. CHBRCHMEWS Revival Continues Revival services will continue each night this week at the Interdenominational church located 1% miles eaat of Wren, Ohio, at 7:45 p. m. The Rev. Dewey Zent of is thf evangelist, with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Darr of Bobo in charge of the musical program. The public is invited. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results. 1

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Outlook Meeting Here On Thursday Purdue Economist Conducts Meeting Thia fall successful farmers wUI be planning ahead on their next year’s farming operations. They will need to know two things: price expectations and what the costs will be. The annual Adams county agricultural outlook meeting, which has been designed to help local farmers and farm women answer these two questions, will be held Thursday at 8 p. sain the Lincoln school, . Decatur. The speaker will bo Robert Suter, Purdue University agricultural economist. According to the county extension office, the meeting M one of a state-wide series being conducted between September 21 and October 2 in P 0 Hoosier counties. Topics to be discussed include the general economic situation, the outlook for various farm commodities and the price of those things that farmers bar* to buy. Suter wiu consul*? the influence of expected supply and demand for various feed and grain commodities on the prospective prices of hogs, cattle, dairy products, eggs, poultry, and sheep in 1954. He will also discuss production costs such as machinery, labor, fertiliser, and similar items. The supply of feed grains in re-

PUBLIC AUCTION 3—DARKE COUNTY OHIO FARMS—3 160 ACRE—BO ACRE—IS«/ 2 ACRE ” THE GIORGE EDWARD WELBOURN FARMS The undersigned, Co-Execntors of the Estate of George Edward Welbourn, will sell the following described Real Estate at Public Auction, said Sale will be held on Premises of Respective Tracts, on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1953 I • j j TRACT NUMBER ONE—I6O ACRES TIME—1:00 P. M. EST.—LOCATION—« Mlles North of Union City, Indiana on ths State Line Road (Hard Surface Road). _ KO Acres of thg vsry best level, clajr'loam river bottom soxk.- - IM Acres farming land with excellent drainage, 12 Acres of extra good timber. Good Fences Crops have been properly rotated This land is in the highest state of production. HOUSE—Square type, 2 story frame, I rooms. Slate roof, basement under entire house. Hot water heating syntem. Motor plumbing deep well water pressure system. Hardwood floors. 4 Bedrooms and full bathroom up, nice closets. Half bath downstairs. House surrounded by maple shade trees and fruit trees. Yard enclosed with ornamental iron grill fence. BARN No. 1—46 bf toe with wing shed 60 feeV ton*, concrete floors and concrete feeding lot 60 by 70 feet, concrete water tank. BARN No. 2 —2B by 43 feet, with concrete floor, located In Woods. GARAGE—3 Car Garage Building, like new. STEEL, STORAGE CRIBS—2 (two) 600 Bushel Steel Cribs. GRANARY—2I by 44 feet, with lined bins. POULTRY HOUSE—2O by 32 feet, with concrete floor. FUEL HOUSE —l2 by 24 feet, with concrete floor. LAUNDRY HOUSE—I 2by 14 feet, large cistern. All Buildings in best of repair, on good foundations and under good root. Electricity. House open for Inspection 10 A. M.' to 6 P. M. Thursday, Sept 17th and 24th. TRACT NUMBER TWO— ACRES TIME—WiII sell Immediately after Tract No. 1. LOCATION—One Quarter Mlle North of Tract Number One. 15Mi Acres of Land. Splendid 8 Room 2 Story House sided with Asbestos Shingles, Metal Roof. New Drove Well, Cistern. One Room Cellar. House is on good foundation. 6 Rooms down, 3 rooms up. Nice yard and Shade Trees. Mr. William G. Trowbridge, present tenant. Two Small ‘Barns on this Tract. An ideal country home, especially for the man who works in town, who can have additional income from this small farm. Inspection invited at any time. TRACT NUMBER THREE—BO ACRES TIME—WiII sell immediately after Tract No. 2. LOCATION—One Half Mlle North and One Half Mile East of Tract Ne. 1 on Black Top Road. 80 Acres consisting of 66 Acres of the very best farming land and I 5 A°ro® In Sood Umber. Three (3) Flowing Wells situated on the South End of the farm in the Woods. BARN—24 by 36 feet with 12 foot Shed around estirsßsra, good metal roof, situated in the Woods. SCHOOL HOUSE BUILDING—One Room Building, Drove Well. Inspection invited at any time. NOTE—Watch for Display Sign on each tract For Further Information contact Lawrence Frank Welbourn, 431 Pearl St or Ralph E. WeL bourn, 334 West Pearl St, Union City, Indiana or the Auctioneers. TERMS & Cash Day of Sale, Balance on Delivery of Executor’s Deed. Sold Free of Encumbrances. Immediate PossesUon of Buildings, except Tract No. 3 will be sold subject to present slights. Not Responsible for Accidents. Statements made by the CodSxecutors or Auctioneers on day of sale shall take precedence contA i n ed herein. FARMS WILL SELL TO HIGHEST BIDDER. • PERSONAL PROPERTY SALE | mi A J. A ’ M ‘ Sellto < Livestock, Feed, Household Goods end Miscellaneous. LAWRENCE FRANK WELBOURN and RALPH E. WELBOURN: Co-Executorfi BOY S. JOHNSON & SON > Auctioneers, Decatur, Indiana. • Jess Bnimbauch, Attorney for the Estate, j - Greenville, Ohio . LUNCH WILL BE SERVED. 21

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lation to livestock numbers, the probable hog-corn ration and other livestock feed price relationships wiM be given particular attention. Prospective development in farm real estate prices for next' year and for severer years ahead will also be appreciated. The meeting is open to all farmers add other interested persons. David Macklin Head Os Young Attorneys i David Macklin, Adams county attorney, was elee'ed president of the fourth district young attorneys, a branch of the Indiana state bar association, at the conclusion of the* annual convention of the state group in Fort Wayne Saturday. Macklin is a member of the law firm of DeVoss, Smith and Macklin and has been county attorney since last Janoary I. He has been active in the state and district bar associations since he started the practice of law several years ago.

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