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Legion Challenges Clergymen's View Assail Washingtoil Pastor For Speech rNDTANAPOtfIS, CUP)—The Indiana department of the American Legion today challenged statements of ,a Washington minister who criticized some activities of congressional {Communist hunters ir a speech at the Indiana Estate teachers association convention. The LOgion took issue with remarks made here by Dr. A. Davis, minister of the AH ’Souls Unitarian church in Washington who spoke to Hoosier educators last Thursday. f "There can be no wishy-irashy thinking" about Communisnx, the Legion officials said. ; “Yoii are either for Communism or solidly opposed to it?’ St- . ■ Indiana department <x>mminder Roy 'M. Amos {and th& Legion unAmerican activities committee described Davies’ attack on committees as “unwarranted." Davies had referred' to the congressional investigators as “meh; "with; the mentalities of cockroach exterminators.’’; | | I: “Whether Daivies knew it o| not, he was even talking is|:the vernacular of the Reds in mouthing such phrases as ‘character'’ assassination,’ Witch hunting’ and ‘persecution’ — phrhses coined bjr the Reds and used l in charges against loyal Americans doing the jobs for which they have been elected," the’ Legion said. Richard L. Roudebush, Indiana 1

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department commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, concurred with the Legion’s stand. GRAND JURY j (Continued From Page One) testify. _ U. S. Dist. Atty. Edward R. Scheufler, who has said he will prosecute the case himself, -was believed to have subpenaed about 25 witnesses. Shoulders decided on the eve of the grand jury’s meeting to tell “my story” behind locked doors to the jury. He said his landlady, Miss June George, another important witness, also would testify. The former police lieutenant decided to talk at the last minute. Previously, he had said he would tell his story to no one. Shoulders has indicated a “aecond tipster” — besides Hager — led him to the apartment door in St. Louis where Hall had secreted himself with almost half the record $600,000 ransom paid by wealthy Cadillac dealer Robert C. Greenlease for the release of his son. But he had refused to reveal the name of the “second tipster." / Shoulders, a veteran of 27 years on the St. Louis police force, resigned in a blaze of anger aftgr being grilled for many hours in a top level police inquiry following the arrest of Hall and Mrs. Heady. The relentlessness of the inquiry also led Hager to say. “I’ll never give the police another tip.” The cab driver said he had been “hounded” ever since his connection with the case was revealed. The grand jury meets before Federal Judge Richard M. Duncan

School Speaker - . '.X. ’ ' SI ’Miss Vai Lauder, “keen Teen” columnist for the Chicago Daily News for six years, will speak at a special assembly program at Decatur high school Wednesday at 1:30 p. m., it was announced today by Hugh J. Andrews, principal. 'Miss Lauder is a special features writer for the News and conducts a teenage column. She has interviewed hundreds of celebrities and national figures, according to publicity by the school assembly service, and has received much-favor for her work in behalf of the students of the high schools of Chicago. The public is invited tb attend. at 11 a. m. EST. Jurors will be selected from a list of 10 to 15 subpoenaed from the western court district of Missouri, consisting of 65 counties. fe \ J

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60? Prestige Rides > On Three Elections j \ Prestige Damaged I By Wisconsin Vote - WASHINGTON UP — Republican political prestige, badly damaged this month in Wisconsin, is riding Again on a series of elections beginning week from today in New York, New Jersey ari r d California. New York and New Jersey come up first on Nov, 3. A mayoralty contest in New York City offers the Republican party a slim chance to- win. , Defeat there would not seriously wound the party. An upset Republican victory would be .a morale booster at a moment when the Eisenhower administration needs it because of the loss of a congressional leeat in Wisconsin. J New York has not elected „ r a mayor on the Republican ticket since 1895 although John P. Mitchell, 1917, and Fiorello H. La Guardia, whose terms spanned 1934-45, wer<e Republicans who accepted fusionist nomination. It is a different story in New Jersey* where successors to a Republican governor and a Republican congressman from the 6th district are to be elected, and in California where another staunchly Republican house seat is up for grabs Nov. 10. The Republicans must win those; two congressional by-elections to hold their own in the, house .of representatives and their own isn’t much right now. The present

house score is: Republicans 218, Democrats 214, Independent 1, vacant 2. The Republican majority is the minimum—l. Even so the party is better off in the house * n the senate where there only 47 Republicans, 2 short of a minimum majority. Not only must the Republicans win to hold their own, they must win to avoid morale-shattering blows. The Republican candidate won New Jersey’s 6th last year with almost 64 per cent of the votes cast. High Republican tide |n that district was 66.2 per cent Os the total vote in 1946 when the Republicans broke through New Deal-Democratic defenses nationally to win control of congress. California’s 24th district also has been a safe one for the GOP in the pafst,: Republican candidates won New Jersey’s gubernatorial election in 1946 with 57.9 per cent and in 1949 with 52.2 per cent of the vote cgst. Here again, Republican defeat would be a severe jolt to party prestige. The candidates: New York, for mayor: Harold Riegelman, Republican; Rudolph Halley, liberal; Robert F. Wagner, Democrat. Polls favor Wagner. ; New Jersey, for governor; Paul L. Troast, Republican; Robert B. Meyn er, Democrat; Clendenin Ryan, independent. For congress: Georg® L. Hetfield, Republican; Harrison A. Williams Jr., Demo ■ crat. x California, for confiress: Glen i ard Lipscomb, organization Repub lican; John Collier, independeni !, Republican; George Arnold, organ i ization Democrat; Irving Mark ’ heim, independent Democrat. i —— Trade in a good Town — Decatu.

U. N. Seeking Solution For Holy Land Woe Palestine Question Taken Up Today By Security Council UNITED NATIONS, UP — The United Nations security council takes up the Palestine question to-] day, seeking a solution to the explosive situation that threatens peace in the Holy Land. Israel and Syria were prepared, to appear ‘before the morning meeting of the council to present their respective sides in a complaint over an Israeli hydroelectric project on the River Jordan. Syria complained that the project, situated in the demilitarized zone established by the armistice agreement, would benefit -Israleli military plans and cause grave economic losses to Syrian territory in need of Jordan River water for irrigation. ; . The U. N. truce supervision team found on Sept. 23 that the project violated the Israel-Syria armistice and ordered work halted. Israel rejected the order. , The afternoon meeting was keyed for the presentation of a report by Maj. Gen. Vagn Benike, chief of staff of the armistice supervision team in Palestine. Benike was expected to offer in- ! formation which might lead to an easing of tension between Israel | and neighboring Arab states. I Bennike said last week he also would report on the Kibya village incident. Jordan claimed 66 persons were killed in an Israeli raid on the village. A report from the mixed armistice commission said 42 died. The Kibya armistice violation led the United States. Britain and France to demand debate on the Palestine question in the security council. Bennike was summoned to testify. He arrived last week and has spent the intervening time preparing his report. Israel has insister the Kibya village attack was carried out by Israeli Irregulars enraged by Arab forays across the armistice line. Indiana Toll Road Route Under Fire / ” i Notre Dame Official Hits Proposed Route SOUTH BEND UP —Plans for Ind ia n a’s 218-mlllion-dollar toll road across northern Indiana were under fire today from a Notre Dame University official who charged the proposed foute would “stifle” the university’s growth. The Rev., Edmund P. Joyce, Notre Dame executive vice president. objected -to plans to build the super expressway across university property. The Rev. Joyce branded as “completely false” reports that Notre Dame wanted the road adjacent to its campus and football stadium. “If anything, we would like to see the road run south, instead of north, of South Bend,” he said at a public hearing. The commission decided on a route near the Michigan border in order,,to lure Michigan traffic, although an earlier proposed route farter south would have been shorter. Robert A. Grant; Notre Dame alumnus and former congressman, also protected the northern route. "The power of eminent domain is an awful power when it can be used to trespass lightly on the land acquired by a great university for its future expansion,” he said. City officials objected to the route on grounds it would kill plans for a truck bypass of South Bend, and interfere with plans for a sewage disposal. The proposed road would run through the plant site. State highway department chairman Albert JTWedeking promised the objections would get an “adequate” hearing before the entire four-man commission. J POLICE FEAR (Conttawed Frea Pasre O»e) evidence indicated Evelyn was abducted by a sex maniac. But he added “We won’t know until we find the gicL” Police captain George King said he believed the girl was kidnaped “but not for ransom. Her father, Richard Hartley,.is just an ordinary fellow —he wouldn’t be able to pay,” Ring said. —- Authorities would not speculate, but the nature of their search indicated they were looking for Evelyn’s body. However, Evelyn’s father said he “still has hopes” his daughter will be found alive and authorities urged the family not to give up hope. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

British In Study Os Faith Healing Request Made By \ Church Os England LONDON, (UP) —A commission of clergymen, scientists and doctors' meets today at the request of the Church of England to examine the timeless practice at faith healing, now being practiced in Britain on a wider scale than ever before. Faith healers —'both laymen and clergy—have claimed thousands of cures here in the last few years. One healer, a gray-haired former railwayman, has a large office staff merely to handle the many hundreds of requests for help he receives. The archbishops of Canterbury and York set up the commission after evidence of remarkable cures or*easing of painful maladies came increasingly from members of the church itself. The church was asked by these clergymen whether the time had not come to place the clergy at the side of the medical profession in the war against disease. The primates then asked the Bishop of Lincoln to head a commission to examine the question and appointed 22 other members, including two nurses and two physical investigators, one of whom is the celebrated Dr. Robert Thouless of Cambridge. The first session today at ancient Lambeth Palace win determine how evidence of faith healing is to be acquired. It is expected many healers will testify in person, perhaps bringing patients they say they have treated successfully, and medical verification.

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Tuesday, October 27. 1953

Has Tax Receipt Dated In 1860 John B. Stoneburner, former trustee of Washington township, who has been ill for some time, is feeling much better and hopes to regain his former good health. Through a friend who called on him recently he showed a copy of tax receipt issued in 1860 on 100 acres of farm land near Peterson by David Showers, treasurer. The tax was >8.52 in those days but of course there were no . good roads and schools then, and no telephones or electric equipment. The tax receipt was made out to John’s father, Israel Stoneburner, who bought the land from Chris Beery.. Evasion Os Draft Charged To Amish LaGrange County Board In Appeal LAGRANGE, Ind., UP — The LaGrange county selective .service board appealed to state and national officials, including President Eisenhower, today to investigate the refusal of members of the Amish sect to be inducted into military service. A telegram to Mr. Eisenhower, Governor Craig, Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, the national selective service chief, and state selective service director Col. Frank Kossa said the board agreed “unanimously to refuse to draft any more bojs from this county until the situation | is satisfactorily clarified.” The board decided on the action after 11 members of the German sect notified they were assigned to government hospital work t refused to do so, saying “neither the board nor the law” can force • them to go. The Amish are conscientious objectors. ’ Earlier; board chairman J. W. Wainwright said, four members of the sect assigned to hospital duty went AWOL. Churchill Welcomes Visit By Eisenhower

Hopes For Meeting With Eisenhower ILONDON UP — Prime Minister Winston Churchill said today there “are few things F would like bette' than to have a few quiet and informal talks” with President Eisenhower. . Answering questions in the bouse of commons, Churchill said also that Mr. Eisenhower would receive an ‘’enthusiastic w-elcome ’ whenever he was free to visit Britain. . Laborite Arthur Lewis asked whether Churchill had arranged to see the President and whether he would invite Mr. Eisenhower here to discuss the international situation. “I am always considering whether there might be an opportunity for a personal meeting with the President of the United States.” Churchill replied, “and he is well aware of the enthusiastic welcome he would receive whenever feels free to come to this country. The first two state laws specifically designed to encourage renewal of whole areas of cities were passed 'tn 1941; Illinois’ Neighborhood Redevelopmerft Corporation law' and New York’s Urban Redevelopment Corporations