Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1953 — Page 6

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Theft Os Wheel And Tire Reported Here A repdrt of the theft'of a 1 wheel and tire from the M & W Auto S’’- Thirteenth and Dayton, was made to police thia week by Gerald operator. Mornfugstar said the theft of a green wheel and Firestone tire was made frorii a ’sl Chevrolet parked outside his business between 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday. Morningstar said the car was jacked up, the wheel ahd tire removed, and the car let down again. — If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

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Milford Druggist Is Shot To Death Man's Wife Jailed For Questioning WARSAW, Ind. UP — Edward Miller, 44, Milford druggist, was found dying in his lakeside cottage near -Milford late Tuesday night and his wife was jailed for questioning. ■» Miller was shot through the side with a shotgun while he sat or lay on a bed in his room, while two of his children slept in another room. IMiller’s 37-y ear-old wife, Mildred, telephoned a physician and sheriff Carl Latta after the shooting. Latta said she told him “I’ve just shot my husband.” The shooting occurred along Dwart southeast of Milford. Latta said Dr. Fred Clark o f Syracuse, who was called to the cottage, found 'Miller stilt breathing. He lay on the bed in a room splattered with blood and showing evidence of a struggle. Miller was placed on an ambulance, cot but died before he was carried from the house. Latta and prosecutor Philip Harris tried to question Mr A Miller early today font said sh? was "incoherent.” They postponed questioning. Authorities said the Millers once were divorced and later remarried. ~ , Their children, lEdward, 13, and Linda, 10, was asleep in the cottage. A third daughter, Mrs. Carol Hon, lives in Indianapolis. Coroner Orville Richer said it was murder. Clark told authorities he Mrs. Miller a sedative after administering to Miller. IMTs. Miller had worked in Warsaw, Milford, Syracuse and Indianapolis -drug stores since 1941. Trade in a Good Town — Decatu;

L m if R ■ ii '■ . . W ' FIVE KILLED and six injured is the toll in this crash of a runaway truck (background) and auto near Indio, Calif. The demolished auto in foreground was one of three in the accident. Oliver Leggitt of Phoenix, Ariz., driver of the truck, said his brakes failed on the steep grade and the truck ran out of fcnntrol The truck wai loaded with steers. 'lnternational Soundnhoto)

Halloween Pranks Are Reported Here Authorities Report On Minor Vandalism While there haven’t been any really large acts of pre-Halloween vandalism reported so far, some Adams county residents are clenching their fists over more than a few incidents which fall under the heading of fun for a certain type of minor these days. Deputy sheriff Merle Affolder reports that recently an Adams county farmer awoke one morning to find the expensive weighting fluid removed from the rearwheels of his tractor; ignition wires stolen from the engine; and the crankcase drained of oil. The corn-shock burning incidents defy number, but the danger from this has lessened with the rain that has fallen over the county the past day and a half. The same farmer who reported one of these burnings, also stated that a gate was removed from his yard and large boulders placed to block entrance. Yet another said the had likewise been removed from his fence and placed In the hil<fdle of the road, propped up by heavy boulders, with the hopes, no doubt, that some poor, unsuspecting drivter would crash into them. Here in Decatur, Steve Everhart, Boy Scout official, reported that the doors to the Boy Scout cabin at Hanna-Nuttman park, were broken. Soaping of windows of shops and cars continues; some ashcans have been overturned and other minor mayhem observed in sections. Trade in a Good Town — Decatu l CARE OF WALL TO WALL CARPETING To maintain the new appearance of carpeting, experience proves that sppts should be removed as they appear rather than dping. an over-all cleaning job once or twi4e each yedr. There is available a foam cleaner that does not leave rings when removing spots since it contains no naphtha or solvents. The use of this foam when spots appear, preserves the new appearance and life of carpeting. This cleaner known as Fina Foam may be purchased at Smith Drug Co. , Advt.

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Slight Damage Done In Auto Accident An estimated S3O damage respited Tuesday afternoon when a car driven by Joseph H. Pince, 54, of route 2, Ohio City, 0., pulled into the space ahead ( of a parked car belonging to James C. Everett, 26, of 115>4 North Fifth, on Second street near Monroe, according to the police report. Funeral Thursday For Stale Official Director Os State Department. Dead GREENCASTLE, Ind. \ (UP),— Services for John A. Cartwright. 55, director of the state department of public works and supply who died suddenly Tuesday, will be held here Thursday at 2 P- m. Cartwright became ill shortly before he was rushed by ambulance to a Lafayette hospital, but died en«route. Frederick N. Shaley, Martinsville, Cartwright’s assistant, was named acting director of the department. One of Governor Craig’s earliest appointees to state office, Cartwright is the third to die in an administrative post. Others were state labor commissioner Alton Pat Hess, Fort Wayne, and Herschell Wray, Liberty, state highway commissioner. Cartwright was a retail coal dealer here. , Craig said Cartwright bad established , “an enviable record. His death leaves a void which will be difficult to fill.” "The passing of my very dear friend is a shock which I shall not soon recover,” Craig said. Cartwright, who was stricken while visiting at the Delphi home of his mother, also is survived by his wife and two sons. John J?., of Los Angeles, Calif.-, and FranM Dayton, Ohio. A former resident of Indianapolis and California, he was a post southern vice-president of the American Legion and was graduated from DePauw University in 1920. Services will be in charge of Dr. Russell Humbert, president of DePauw. Pallbearers will include four statehouse associates — William Sayer and William Clarkson, Governor Craig’s administrative assistant and executive secretary; Frederick Shaley, Cartwright’s assistant, and Edward Talucci, director of farms and industries, in Cartwright's department.

France To Continue War In* Indochina National Assembly Votes Tax Continue PARIIS (UP) — The national assembly voted today to continue the eight-year war against Communism in Indochina after premier Joseph Laniel announced he was willing to negotiate with the Reds to end it. By 315t0 251 the assembly voted confidence in Laniel’s Indochinese war policy ending one of the most crucial debates in the four-month tenure of the government. Laniel told the assembly Tuesday night France was willing to negotiate an end to the IndoChinese war if the Communist rebels would ask first for \talks to be opened. \ “We are not carrying on a crusade or war of extinction,” he told the deputies. But he said France would not be thrown out of Indochina by force If the Communist Viet, Minh leaders realize the impossibility of winning and ask for peace, Laniel then France and the three associated states of Indochina Will act.

SAIGON, Indochina (UP) — Viet Nani plans to more than double its armed strength to show it means business in a bid for greater inDefense Minister Phan Huy Quat disclosed the plan to. put 500.000 men Under arms by 1955 Tuesday night as Emperor Bao Dai flew back from France to check demands by Nationalists for quitting the French Union’ There are now 200.000 native soldiers in 7 divisions and 64 light battalions. Six Grade Schools Closed At Kokomo Closing Caused By Low Water Pressure KOKOMO, Ind., UP — Kokomo closed six grade schools today as water pressure dwindled to about one-third normal and only a "dribble” cmae out of faucets. Engineers were eent to the Kokomo Waterworks Co. to hunt cause of the failure of three main wells. Local manager Max Stearns said he believed they merely ran dry because of the drought. Three more grade schools uiay close later today. The Dirilyte Co. ■ordered' a shutdown idling 185 employes, and other industrial plants curtailed production, especially in departments using water.’ Water pressure from faucets dwindled each hour and was far below the critical stage. One res-; ident said it would take “at least 15 minutes” to obtain enough water for a bath. Three gravel-type wells which provided 4-million of the 6-million gallons of wa'ter used daily failed unexpectedly Monday. The available water came from deep wells and from Wildcat Creek. Engineer J. IL Murphy from the waterworks’ parent organization in New York said it would take two weeks of steady rain to improve the situation. Murphy hoped al new well under construction could be pressed into immediate service. Best-known of all American steam locomotives was probably the New York. Central’s old "No. 999,” says the National Geographic Society. It was the first 100-mile-an-hour engine and held the world’s speed record for more than 12 years, after covering a mile in 32 second (112.5 miles per hour) near Batavia, New York, on May 10, 1893. Trade in a good Town — Decatur 1

Reveals Four Murdered In Korean Camps North Korean And Chinese Prisoners Killed By Inmates PANMUNJOM, UP — The Indian chairman of the neutral nations repatriation commission announced Wednesday that four North KQrean and Chinese prisoners *had been murdered by fellow inmates in neutral zone cdmps. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya’s announcement strengthened Red charges that fanatical anti-Com-munist agents Were at work among the 22,000 Chinese and North Koreans who do not want to return home and were responsible for the breakdown in explanation talks. \ The Indian chairman of the fivenation commission made his report in ’response to Communist charges that “agents” of Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek and South Korean President Syngman Rhee were murdering and torturing prisoners who indicated they might return to Communism. A commission spokesman said another prisoner had died a violent death in one of the compounds, but he was a “suspected suicide.” Thirteen other prisoners have died in the neutral camps, ten of illness and three in riots quelled by Indian guards. Thimayya said the murdered prisoners included three North Koreans and one Chinese. “We have the bodies,” Thimayya told newsmen after a two-hour meeting of the commission. He said two of the men had been beaten and “crushed.” One had both legs amputated above the knee. Another was starved, he said. He said Indian guards were investigating the crimes and that those guilty, if discovered, would be tried under Indian military law. The commission met Wednesday after a one-day breather. The only thing on the agenda was the Red charge that Nationalist Chinese and South Korean “agents” were active in the camps. Moonlight Ramblers

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The Moonlight Ramblers, popular vocal and instrumental group from Decatur, will appear on WOWO*s “Stars of Tomorrow” program at 9 p.m. Thursday. The quartet which specializes in folk, country, and popular tunes include Mariann Selking, vocalist and guitarist: Werner Hoffman, fid: dler; Norman Scheumann on the bass; and Oswald-Bu Item eier, act cordianist and vocalist. The group has niow been together for three years and has entertained at many gatherings and square dances throughout the Decatur area. They have also appeared on radio and had their own radio programs for one year. On Thursday night, they will be competing against three other contestants or groups of contestants in WOWO's hew talent show. The winner of the half-hour broadcast is determined by audience applause and writedn votes for the favorite contestants. The modern diving rod rides a plane, says the National Geographic Society. With camera, magnetometer or radar, aerial explorers can locate underground water and metallic ores, assay quarries, count the trees in a forest, and accurately measure the height of both mountain and molehill. 'I Tr ijr. a& i ' I A , f I JOHN HAOER, cab driver whose tip led St. Louis police to Carl Austin Hall, the Bobby Greenlease kidnaper, is shown leaving FBI headquarters in St Louis following questioning in the investigation of missing half of 3600,000 ransom. (International) ■'l *'

American Tells Ordeal In Slave Labor Camps

VIENNA.. Austria (UP)— A New York-horn American told today of ; an eight-year ordeal in Russian i and Hungarian slave labor camps | where he endured torture, threats, I beatings, inadequate food and ‘impossible’’ work quotas. 1 The recently released prisoner, Frank Rohrbacher. Jr.. 27. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rohrbacher of Stamford, Conn. His story of eight years of' slavery for tough Red who demanded that he renounce his American citizenship has been authenticated by American authorities here after extensive Investigation. Tuesday the state department in Washington told his, parents his American citizenship is unquestionable. Rohrbacher was taken to Hungary by his parents in 1930. He was \ impressed into the German army in 1944 and was taken prisoner by the Russians and held un’til last Sept. 25. when he was put across the frontier into Austria. The freed American unfolded to newsmen today what is believed to be the first eye-witness' account by a United States citizen of life in Red slavery. Clean shaven and youthful looking, Rohrbacher told how the Russians transported their prisoners from camp to camp — he was in seven in Russia and Hungary. HLe told of endless months and years of life on a diet that consisted of little more than thin soup, while “impossible” physical exertion was demanded of him by his guards. He told of sleeping on boards without blankets in unheated rooms, of both physical and mental torture he underwent by , indoctrinators who tried to “convert” him and other prisoners to t Communism. ,* Rohrbacher said he was kept in , solitary confinement for days in a , cellar dungeon with 3 feet of water on the floor because he would not tell how a letter from his parents . in Stamford got to him through the ! Iron Curtain. At Camp Kazin-Barcsika in Hunr gary, he said, he was beaten . when he refused to accept his cap- , tors’ assertions that he was no longer an American citizen.

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On other occasions, he said, guards used rosy persuasion. promising him a “fine life” in Hungary if tie would only abandon his claim to American citizenship and enroll in the’Communist movement. “ . His persistent refusal paid in the end—he was brought to the frontier and freed. United States authorities here are caring for him and hope to arrange early transport for him to the United States. Rohrbacher was dressed for his interview in a blue pin-striped suit and brown shoes — the fruits of eight years of slave labor. He said the Communists made him buy the clothing just before they released him. It took all he had been able to save from, “bonuses” over his -eight years in prison for volunteering for particularly hard or dangerous tasks. "There are so many prisoners in Russia you couldn't begin to count them," he said. “On a typical dajr in a Russian camp, prisoners are awakened at 5 a. m' by a guard banging on a piece of steel. They are given a bowl of cabbage soup for breakfast." For lunch, he said, there was another pint of soup and half a pint for supper. They got 14 ounces of bread each day. “We got meat a maximum of two Or three times a month, and the meat then was usually about the size of your fingernail," he . said'ln most camps, he said, men were quartered about 120 to aroom 80 feet long and 26 feet wide. Beds were bare wooden platforms. All camps, he said, were heavily guarded — 16 armed men to each 25 prisoners — and were barbedwire enclosed. John Langdon, one of New ■ Hampshire’s early governors, was the first president of the United Stales senate and was nominated fort vice-president of the nation. k *t T" • In 1780, Dartmouth college ask- ■ ed. and received, permission from i the state legislature to raise money by lottery. About this time, a > petition by the slaves for freedom was circulated in New; Hampshire.