Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1953 — Page 6

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Illinois Hospital Thefts Under Probe Million Dollars In Food Reported Taken KANKAKEE, 111., UP — A full [. scale, probe of an alleged ring of thieves accused of stealing more than one million dollars: in food and clothing at Kankakee stale hospital'was underway today. Ferdinand Foster, a civil service truck driver at the hospital, has admitted stealing meat and Other goods on his weekly route through Kankakee county. He said he had at leSst 15 cus-

Public Auction I, L. R. Ruell, will sell at public auction at the east of grandstand at the Mercer fairgrounds, on Thursday, October 22, 1953 Time 1 O’clock Sharp Qne 7 cu. ft. Westinghouse refrigerator; one 5 cu. ft. Frigidaire refrigerator; 1 Thor washing machine; 1 National washing machine; 1 mahogany bedroom suite; 1 Hotpoint clothes dryer; 1 pair maple 1 maple chest of drawers; 1 Jenny Lind % bed complete; 1 Roll-a-way bed; radio phonograph combination; 2 china dlosets--1 cedar wardrobe. ANTIQUES Marble top chest; walnut chest; 4 flat irons; 2 clocks; 1 blue face clock; |©t of dishes; coffee grinders; lamps; door stops, etc. 1 white kitchen set; 1 porcelain top kitchen table; 3 .sets of springs; 1 solid walnut kitchen cupboard; 4| rocking chairs;' 1 hall tree; 1 boy’s bicycle; 5 gal. good house paint; 1 pr. roMer skates with carrying case; several pr. tubular ice skates; 2 pr. book ends; 1 umbrella stand; 1 wood wash bench;; 2 pr. drapes and matching bedspreads; 1 ironing board; 1 play pen; several odd chairs and tables; 1 paint sprayer complete; 1 set ladder jacks; one 16’ extension ladder. TERMS—CASH. Not responsible for accidents. L F. RUELL, Owner Hoblet & ’ Barton, Auctioneers Schroyer, Clerks 20

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tomers for the goods. State welfare director Otto Bettag said he, had “asked for and received” the resignations of three Other hospital employes one of them Foster’s wife. The thefts amounted to $250,0D0 in 1953, alone, investigators said. Foster was free on $15,000 bond pending grand jury action in January. Bettag said Foster admitted taking goods during the past nine years, storing them in' a; milkhouse and carting them home when he finished with work each day. -j\ ‘ J ■ I ~ Hospital patients dined on macaroni and cheese while Foster was selling hams at $5 each and butter, for 20 cents a pound, Flannery said.

Ike Returns After Swing . In Dry Areas Faces Accumulation Os Tough Problems On Capital lieturn WASHINGTON UP — president Eisenhower came back from a fiveswing through the drought country today to face an accumulation of tough international, defense and farm problems. First order of business was a report from secretary of state John Foster Dulles on last week's Big Three foreign ministers meeting in London. \ Later this week, there will be hard work on the administration's defense policy for fiscal 1954 and conferences with farm leaders on a new agricultural program to recommend to Congress after it reconvenes in January. In the windup of his trip into the midwest and southwest, Mr. Eisenhower Monday joined Mexican President Aldolfo Ruiz Cortines in dedicating the new Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico. He spoke out sharply against “aggressive totalitarianism” in an obvious slam at Russia. He condemned it for “its strut, its slander, its self-seeking—and its contempt for man himselL” \ ’ Any “lover of freedom” knows “tiie ugly menace *6f totalitarianism, its gaudy promise and grim practice,” the President said. “He is i particularly alert to that kind of aggressive totalitarianism today propagating the deadliest divisions—class against class, nation against nation, people against people.” \ The $47,000,000 international dam', he said, is an example of how all nations should work together

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“in peace, in mutual respect, in -common prosperity.” During his trip, Mr. Eisenhower made a brief stop at Defiance Ohio, and then visited. Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana and Tex a s where the administration’s farm programs have been under heavy attack. Republican strategists said they believe the President’s farm speech at Kansas City, Mo., his tafts with drought state governors, and numerous personal appearances did a lot to ease farm fears. But the hard test —drafting a long range program to deal with.farm ailments—remains. That will be the chief issue when Mr. Eisenhower meets Saturday with his national agricultural advisory commission. Tells Coal Industry Solve Own Problems Secretary McKay Speaks To Owners WASHINGTON UP — Secretary of interior Douglas McKay told the coal industry today it must solve its own economic problems instead of looking to congress for salvation in the forni of high tariffs or Subsidies. In a speech prepared for delivery before the 36th annu'al convention of the national coal association, he said that “ k , . . while the going isr though today it can be hoped that the industry wilt eventually find economic stability and, as it has done before, through its own efforts.” “The industry recognize . . . that the remedy cannot be found in legislative expedients which offer temporary but which when lifted, leave the industry weaker than before.” j He appeared before ’he convention only a short while after association Readers had pledged to continue the industry's tight for strict government limitations on iniports of foreign-produced fuel oil which competes with coal in many eastern markets.

' ’ll 1 Li ~l■ Wl I ' Iri (Ji B RBI THESE COMMUNISTS, convicted under the Smith Act of conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the government, are shown in Seattle, Wash., after they were sentenced to five years each in prison. They were also fined a total of $9,000. In the group (L to r.) are: Terry Pettus, Mrs. Barbara Hartle, John S. Daschbach, Paul M, Row<»n and Henry P. Hoff. Northwest district chairman of the Communist Party. (International)

lowa State Pupils Ashamed Os Riots Football-Happy Students In Riot AMES, lowa UP — About 4,000 football-happy students at lowa State College rioted for the second day early today, went on a "panty raid” and later admitted they were ashamed. Jerry Davis of the lowa State Daily on the campus said \ the students “generally seem to be ashamed of what they did.” Dorothy Owen, a coed of Des Moines, said the coeds think the’ rioting and panty raid were "pretty silly.” It was the second unsuccessful student demonstration for a holiday from classes sipce lowa State won a stunning upset homecoming victory over Missouri Saturday, 13 to 6. The students marched to the honie of college President James Hilton Monday night demanding a holiday to celebrate, just as they had done Sunday night. When Hilton turned them down, they swept down on the nearby Lake Laverne on the campus and tried to open the dam and drain the lake. But they couldn’t because “the dam is too damn big,” police chief O. J. Erickson said. The crowd, mostly men, then spread across the campus. About 300 to 400 of the men burst into three girls’ dormitories, — Birch, Barton and Roberts Halls —for panty raids. “Boys are running through the dormitory halls and we’ve had to ask the girls to lock themselves in,” a college spokesman said early today. “They’re having a panty raid.” « .Meanwhile another group crowded the transcontinental Lincoln Highway, halting traffic for half an hour. They tore up several road signs and set fire to some straw. The latest riot was similar in scope and purpose to the wild demonstration that broke out on the campus late Sunday and continued into the early hours Monday. The main difference was that police sent oply one sq’uad car this time to quiet the students. They used tear gas and clubs to quell the earlier demonstration. $200,000 Loss Today In Indianapolis Fire INDIANAPOLIS, UP — The third major downtowft fire here in less than a year caused estimated today at up to $200,000 and injured two construction workers at-the Baker Shoe Store. Authorities the blaze started when, sparks from a welchng torch ignited tar paper on the roof of the twx>-Btory building. Gus Burgesson, 52, and Hendrik Lubbers, 26, both of Indianapolis, were 'burned about the and arms when they tried to tear the flaming paper off the roof. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

IMM I J' 1 ' ' »♦> s- < MMs! H I ~..; ; fll A REPORTER examines some of the art objects to the home of confessed kidnaper Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady In St: Joseph, Mo. An intense hunt is underway for the missing part of the $600,000 ransom paid for BObby Greenlease, about $300,000. (InternationalJ

Green Blackboard in Court Room t 1 A new item has been installed in the Adams circuit court room, a green blackboard. Judge Myles F. Parrish explained the board will be used for demonstrative evidence, such a.s drawing the positions of cars ;n accidents, and so forth. He said the green tint provides high visibility without glare and indicated it i would be useful during any trials that might come up. Tax Exemption On Admission To Parks State Department Granted Exemption INDIANAPOLIS UP — The Indiana department of conservation has been granted a tax exemption — but won’t pass it on to the “customers.” Director Doxie Moore said today the internal revenue department has ruled admission fees to state parks are exempt from taxation. It means the state doesn’t have to pass along to the federal ernment any\ more that extra two cents per person charged to enjoy the facilities of a state park. But Mooi-e said the state plans to keep on charging 12 cents, including the usual 10-cent admission and what used to be the 2cent tax. thus giving the state about $40;000 more a year to oper-i ate the conservation department’s parks. No federal tax has been paid since June 1, pending tjhe ruling. The revenue department ~ previously had argued state parks were not places of historical significance and, therefore were not exempt. | Crandall Postmaster Found Dead In Pond CORYDON, Ind. UP — A coroner’s investigation was conducted today into the death of Ralph E, Barry, 57, Democratic postmaster at Crandall the past 20 years, who was found dead Monday in a farm pond. It was believed he fell into the pond while repairing a fence.

x, LG J GCTMANyJt polano Ss' V J y —^^ TAlY ARROW POINTS to Lugano, Switzerland, suggested to Russia by the Big Three foreign ministers —U. S., Britain, France—as a place for a Big Four meeting Nov. 9. The Big Three want talks to revolve around uniting Germany, freeing Austria and organizing Europe security.

Urge Formation Os Civil Air Patrol -i ■ Lecture Tonight At Ground School Meet \' i • Along with the weekly ground school held at the home of Earl Mounsey, 116 North Sixteenth, tonight will be an introductory leeturd to urge the formation of a civil air patrol (CAP) unit in Decatur, according to an announcement by Bob Railing, Decatur flight instructor. Railing said he and his group of flying enthusiasts will attempt to enlist 15 “senior” members to the local setup. Then recruitment of the younger members can begin, he explained. Membership to the CAP, it iS known, entitles one to armed service credit in the - air force, the CAP itself under USAF discipline. In the unit a member learns everything about flight, except the' actual flying of a plane. The CAP does not believe it should go into competition with private instructors. \ • ” Instruction is given in identify cation, navigation, drilling, observation, and so forth. The CAP has a regular uniform worn by its members. Last week Capt. George McGregor, commanding officer of the Fort Wayne CAP, visited Decatur as he had heard there was interest in the formation of a unit here. He pointed out that Decatur already had several men who were members and had to go to 1 Bluffton to train. He said he would

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New York To Honor General Mark Clark Ticker-Tape Parade On This Afternoon NEW YORK, UP — New York offers a warm salute today to a reliring soldier hero of three wars and three continents, Gen. Mark W. t’lark. The four-star general, who retires this month after 40 years and feur months of army service, will be given ar ticker-tape parade up lower Broadway this afternoon in honqr of his contribution in the world struggle against aggression. Mayor Vincenti R. llmpellitteri waited at city hall to receive the 57-ytar old general and to present him with the city's scroll for distinguished public service and its medal of honor. Among the honor escort of 2.000 marching men —; army, navy, marine corps. air force, coast guard and the city police, fire and sanitation departments liras a special detactment of Korean combat veterans. The Korean veterans, representing eight U. S. divisions which fought there, marched iri commemoration of Clark's service in Korea which was climaxed by the truce agreement. Clark recently left his assignment as United Nations commartder in Korea and U. S. Far East commander. Sharing honors in the were the general’s wife; Maurine, and his son,’WiNiam. 28, an infantry { slajor who was seriouslywounded in Korea in 1951. The army granted a leave from Ft. Benning. Ga.. to be with < his father in the biggest welcome ot his life. Indianapolis Bans Abandoned Ice Box INDIANAPOLIS UP — Indianapolis had a new law tiiday banning the abandonment of ice boxes which might become death traps for children. I < The -city council, adopted a.i Monday night making it a misdemeanor punishable by SIOO fine and 30 days in jail to leave automatic locking devicciv on abandoned boxes and refrigerators. gladly lend any aid necessary to get a unit started here. Trade in a good Town — Decatu*