Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1954 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT \ Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. . Entered at, the Decatur, lad., Port Office aa Second CSaaa Metter. Dick D. Heller President A. R. Holthouse Editor J. H. Heller Vice-President Chea. Holthouse Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mail In Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Btx months, $4.26? 3 months, $2.25. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $3.00; • months, $4- U; > months, SASO. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies: 6 cents.

The first week of the new year slipped by without noticeable effect and no one could take exception with the mildness of weather ushered in with January. - 0 . Local citizens sure turned out for the Red Croas and demonstrated that they wanted to help in a very worthy cause by contributing blood to the Bloodmobile operation.' Friday’s response of donors was splendid and a salute to the volunteers Is In order. 0 o . In the cause of building a stronger America, every citizen in the country will enroll. Regardless of polities every American Joins in any program designed to bring peace to the world and prosperity to the people. 0 0 * A columnist who no doubt is going through the throes of the common cold offers the following suggestion: When we’ve spent several billion dollars on making a hydrogen bomb so we can blow up the world, why can’t we spend a few million dollars to find a S way to keep from blowing our noses? r —0 0 Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon, the “lone wbife” in the Republican line-up of the senate didn’t like President Eisenhower’s state of the Union message. Evidently he is not going to vote with the majority on bills that will follow the Presidents recommendations. Without his vote the GOP will not have a majority. ' ------ - 0 0 The most direct sentence uttered by President Elsenhower in his address to the nation was, "I am flatly opposed to the socialisation of medicine”. However, in the next breath the President suggested a government “reinsurance program” to meet the cost of medical bills. To keep this plan from becoming socialized, oncp the federal government takes over, is causing wonder among many members of congress and the public as well. One thing is certain, this country does not want a program like Britain’s. What the government could do to relieve the situation is build more hospitals, or contribute toward county hospitals that need modernization and additions. A further step would be to help educate and train

Children's Thumb Sucking

By MEKiUN N. BUNION, M.D. AMATEUR psychiatrists to the contrary, thumb sucking, to a certain degree, is part of the normal development of many children and is neither harmful nor emotionally significant. Many parents have an overapprehensive attitude toward' this habit because they don’t know what is normal and abnormal abdut thumb sucking. Contentment Expression In the fifteenth century, thumb sucking was recognized as an expression of peace and contentment among babies. For a long time, however, it was also held responsible for crooked teeth, deformities of the palate, air swallowing, mouth and guns infections, and even stomach disorders, and in sqme cases ft might lead to mild disorders of these types. Frantic mothers tried to check the habit by physical restraint and by putting vile-tasting substances on the offending digit. Lately this old bugaboo has been losing much of its terror. Help in Cutting Teeth It is now believed that thumb — sucking may even act to help certain children. Newly erupting teeth nrobably feel strange in their mouths and the thumb acts to compensate for thia Many children between the ages of two and Cour use thumb sucking as a means of release into ifeep. Usually this type pf thumb sucking decreases after the age of four and no treatment removal cf his thumb after he

more men for the medical profession by building more medical schools. .. ... —o— President Eisenhower has rejected Indiana’s request to de* 1 - dare 20 southern counties drought emergency areas. The President informed Gov. Craig that investigation of the feed shortage in the counties named was not critical enough to justify making it an emergency case. The drought was not as destructive as first thought and presumably fanners in the stricken counties jjave recovered from the damage wrought by the on pasture and farm lands.- The harvest turned out better than expected and the federal government will not sat up emergency headquarters t-> deal with the Indiana farm situation, fn this part of the state the harvest was not a record breaker, but in most cases, above the average. ——-o—— o Need For Education:— Neither the atom bomb nor the wartime radar project would have been possible if a lot of scientists had not been trained as physicists in a short time, a well-known scientist said recently. Today, he added there wouldn’t be enough scientists to convert into physicists for such large scale projects. The problem, according to the scientist, is that most of today’s teenagers are eager to end their formal education as soon as possible. “What is needed is the instilling of more real desire to get advanced education, so that this will become a strong motivating force in young people, and this can only be done by concerted work in high schools themselves." This is true as far as it goes. But the high schools can only do part of the Job. The jreal job of instilling a desire tor higher education can be done only in the home. Time need to modify this cultural belief i$ almost one of self-sur-vival. In terms of manpower, the United States cannot compete with the rest of the world. It can only do so in terms of educated manpower and a highly developed technology. Such technology is impossible without education.

falls asleep; the three-year-old will allow it; and the four-year-old will often remove the finger by himself, as soon as he fads asleep. Many dentists believe that any permanent mwth datonnity can be avoided U thumb sucking U given up before the age of four or five. Most cases of thumb sucking require no treatment or parental restrictions. In those cases in which it persists, however, there may be an insecure feeling within the child. This can be corrected by improved relationships and Interests between the parents and the child. According to some doctors, lollipops or chewing gum might get as substitutes for thumb sucking In those who have persisted in this habit past the age of five. QUESTION 4M9 ANSWER Mrs. V. B.r I am a 55-year-old woman and suffer from leg cramps Which occur st night. What would you advise and what causes these cramps? Answer: Cramps in the legs may be due to a variety of causes. When cramps in the legs occur at night, they are due to fatigue or to the fact that the legs are cold. Sometimes a deficiency of calcium or Vitamin B may cause cramps. In other cases, these cramps are due to a disturbance in the blood vessels, such as a spasm or a hardening of the blood vessels. In the treatment, an attempt should be made to Improve the . circulation. Recently, it has been shown Jhat quinine, taken under the directlon of a physician, is helpful in some cases. _

Faurote In California Pvt. Viacant A. Faurote has received the following address: Pvt. Vincent A. Faurote. U.S. 55447236, Co. Q. 63rd inf. Regt. 2nd Pit., Fort Ord, Calif.; 0 20 Years Ago Today o ■ —-i Jan. 9 — Hanna-Nuttman park enthusiasts petition city council for a shelter house. Cloverleaf Creameries put whipped butter on the market. L. A. Thomas, 61, former field man for the Decatur sugar factory,. dies at his home in Union City. Public hearing on city of Decatur’s petition to reduce electric rates is set for Jan. 24 at the city ball. Dr. N. A. Bixler of Decatur is named vice-president of the Indi ana association of optometrists at annual convention. -« Berne leads the Adams county basketball race with nine wins and two losses. \ Household Scrapbook I BY ROBERTA LKE ' 0 0 Egg Milk A drink that is very strengthening is to beat a fresh egg until it is very light. Stir it into a glass of new milk, sweeten to taste and flavor with either nutmeg or lem-. on. Matting Matting should be scoured with a strong solution of salt water to clean it. It can be preserved by giving it a liberal coat of varnish. Hlngglasa One of the best methods to clean isingglass is to rub it thoroughly with a soft cloth that has been dipped in gasoline. If you nave something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE WHERE was Libby? Gone away. They had taken her some place else. Kit moaned aloud. Make sure, she thought. Search the hayloft, the stalls. She would have to go past thedreadful sprawling body. Kit took two steps, and no more. She heard the explosion first, blasting in her ears. Mud spattered near her feet. Someone was shooting at her. Before she could do anything she was grabbed from behind and dragged backwards. In a twinkling the whole scene changed. Where there had been silence and emptiness there were big men, a lot of them, and raised voices. A strange man in a milknaan’s cap—it had lettering on it —was holding her and saying: “All right, miss, all right” The inspector materialized oqt of the ground, the air. The big doors at the back of the barn were open now, letting in more light McKee was up in the hay. He was saying to one of the men: “Catch,” and tossing a gun. He reached into the last little bit of hayloft Kit couldn’t see and lifted out a limp figure. , Red moccasins, dark blue pleated skirt, a pale blue cardigan over a silk shirt —it was Libby, whitefaced, bedraggled, bits of hay

clinging to her, her eyes half closed. The inspector leaped lightly to the floor with Libby in his arms and set her on her feet, supporttog tier. She almost fell, tried to pull herself erect, stood there swaying. She looked dazed and her eyes were immense. “Libby,” Kit called, and tried to go to her. The man to the milkman’s cap merely tightened his grip. McKee was looking down at Libby. “It’s no use, Miss Tallis." Kit’s head was spinning. Np use —what did “no use” mean? The inspector’s tone wasn’t loud; It was grave oSiu ~ urvu. TJIcTE vfaS thing terrible here . . . And then that familiar voice, light and pretty, with no syllable slurred. “I didn’t, inspector ... I mean —I snatched that man Pedrick's gun and the gun went off—” McKee shook his head. He said: "Miss Tallis, we were to this barn before you entered it. We saw and heard everything that went on since you came here." A second pause was filled with the wind and the rain; then Libby screamed, terribly, tearingly, again and again and again. It was night Two nights later. The lamps in the sitting-room in the suite of the hotel in Portsmouth couldn’t banish the darkness : except when you looked at one of them directly. The inspector was there. Philip was to bed-ill. He had collapsed when he had been told and had had another heart attack. Kit was alone with McKee. He had been talking for some time. A fact here and there was all that stood out. Libby had kidnapped herself. Words after that just wrapped around the central fact Libby at the bottom of everything that had happened. The scheme to get

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Annapolis Man Held For Larceny FRANKLIN. Ind. UP — James Robinson, 25, Indianapolis, faced a grand larceny charge today in connection with theft of 12,130 from a bank here. Robinson, jailed at Crawfordsville for an alleged theft there, has verbally admitted he stole a bag, containing receipts from a dime store, at the Franklin Farmers Trust Co. Sept. 23, authorkies said. The blue sheep of Tibet is sb called because ist winter coat is gray. In summer the color io brown, with black markings on the face, chest and legs, and a black line along the sides. The 12-mile-long Simplon tunnel in the Swiss Alps required eight .year si_ to build.

hold ot <25,000 had been born after Philip’s inheritance had come when Libby met and fell in lova with Tony Wilder. Wilder was less than penniless, be was deeply in debt. If they were going to marry, they had to have money. "Your uncle had it, Miss Haven.” Kit put out her cigarette, lit another. The money, the terrible money. That was all of it. That was the full explanation. Money that Philip would have let slip through his fingers, thrown away. Get it before there wasn’t any more. Wilder had driven Libby to New York in a hired car on that first night, The most modest of disguises—a change of clothlhg, a pair of glasses; they had actually stayed in the same hotel, the Bronson. Then the collecting of the ransom money, and Libby’s return. Wilder had driven her close to the spot where she had been found by the paper salesman. The scratches, her bloodcovered face, the needle jabs and the sedative she had taken —she had staged it well ' - Libby’s was the whispering voice over the phone. Kit said, trying to be intelligent; “Then no one called Libby that afternoon, the afternoon you came, the day after she got home?" McKee said: “Oh, yes. Tony Wilder called your cousin. What Wilder told her was that the $25,000 he collected from you in the subway was no longer in his possession, that Pedrick had it. Pedrick learned from your aunt about the $25,000, and how payment was to be made. Mrs. VanKreef wasn’t taking a shower when the call came, she was listening in on the upstairs phone. Your aunt wanted no part of it, What she wanted was freedom from her brother. She had a good home in which she was comfortable and she hoped that if her brother was provided with a sizeable sum in ready cash he would stop troubling her for a while anyhow, and go away. Also, ■I don’t think she exactly loves your uncle—or you.” So much for the phone call. McKee went on. As far as the tissue and the glove were concerned, Libby had removed them and had then stabbed them to her own dressing table, afraid of questions about the print of her mouth on the tissue. "It was too dear to have been taken under duress. Moreover, she wanted to stress her own danger.” He said that Wilder's news about the loss of money to Pedrick had sent Libby into a tail spin. “Your cousin was back where she started. With nothing. Worse than that, Pedrick knew the truth. He had no trouble getting all of it. He and Wilder had worked to- ; gether before. Wilder the decoy, Pedrick the directing intelligence. "You mean—those girls who committed suicide in New York?” McKee said yea. He pointed out that as long as Pedrick was alive, Libby would never be safe. The krilinst of anyone was no nut of

Vice President Is 41 Years Old Today WASHINGTON UP —Vice President Richard M._ Nixon planned to spend most of his 41st birthday today as he has most of his first year in the nation's second highest, office—working. However, the blaek-halred Califirnian planned to take time out for an unusual Saturday lunch-at-home tor a birthday meal with his two daughters, Tricia, 7, and Julie, 5. . • Seventeen hundred types of wool, each with distinct spinning qualities, are produced on Australian sheep ranches, say the National Geographic Society. One bale of extra-e u per fine lamb’s wool recently sold for a record of |6.30 a pound. •

her original plan. “She had to kill Pedrick. I gave her the opportunity. As you know, there’s a phone in each room here. Hers was tapped. And last night she met Pedrick in that side garden.” So it wasn’t Hugo. Hugo was far away. “What did Pedrick Intend to do?” “He intended to make your cousin sign a statement that she had kidnaped herself. Extortion is a penitentiary offense. It would have teen the basis for unlimited and endless blackmail.” Kit sat quietly in her chair. There was only deadness where Libby was concerned. And wonder. •■Why didn’t Libby sign Pedrick’s paper down there in the garden?” McKee’s smile was thin. “Your cousin had no Intention of signing anything. She had other ideas.” He explained at length. Sorting details, Kit could hear Libby’s voice. So plausible. "You’ve got to give me a break, Mr. Pedrick. JLf you push me too far I’ll confess the whole thing to my uncle, and then where will you be? I can’t stay here now; I’ll be missed. But I’ll think of some way we can meet”

And then the plan. She had built the whole thing cleverly with the stuff at hand. Pedrick jvas to follow the MG out of Portsmouth, and Kit was to see the apparent struggle, the second snatch. Libby had stressed to Pedrick that no suspicion must be attached to her any* time. “Wasn't Pedrick afraid of Libby, inspector ?" “No. She had no weapon. He made sure of that, and she was physically no match for him.” Pedrick had taken the MG’i ignition key, ignorant of the fact that there was another. "gut Libby knew, inspector?* “Yes, Miss Haven, that was part of it, a vital part." McKee described the scene he and the men with him, disposed at strategic points in and around the barn, had witnessed. They bad gone on ahead in the milk truck. Inside the barn Pedrick had produced paper and a pen. He had dictated to Libby. She sat there, on a box, leaning over an old table, writing protestingly. “I won’t' ... I can’t—” Pedrick watching her closely, gun in hand as an added inducement About to sign the confession, Libby threw down the pen. •! never will. Never.” Her hand went into her pocket, came out with something in it, and went to her mouth. She pretended to try and swallow. Pedrick thought what ha was intended to think, that the aspirin tablet she had taken was poison. It got him. If she died, he would lose a lot of money and he would also be saddled with a corpse. He dropped the gun to the table and reached for her. “Your cousin was ready—and fast. She snatched up the gun and shot Pedrick point blank twice, through the heart, before 1 could make a single move."

Buyi Health Bond Adams Co. Nurse Ason, has voted purchase of a |5 health bond, officials o f Upivtre the Christmas ■ seal campaign in Adams county announced t o - day. All proceeds from the .annual Ctrl s t m a s lay Christaws Seek seal sale are used in the fight on tuberculosis and to provide free clinics and otherwise carry on th* fight against the “white plague,” The sale is conducted by the Adams county tuberculosis association. McCarthy Turns To Alaska Graft Probe Shifts Attention To Alaska Investigation WASHINGTON, UP — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, under fire from some -of his colleagues for his Communist-hunting activities, today. shifted his attention to an investigation ot gntt charges in Alaska. The Wisconsin Republican announced his senate permanent investigating subcommittee would begin closed-door hearings Wednesday into "alleged frapd, corruption and mismanagement of funds in government operations” in the territory. - __ McCarthy told a news conference he had no evidence that Communism was involved. Rumblings of opposition to McCarthy's activities may flare into the open before the Alaskan inquiry gets far. A showdown could come when the subcommittee asks the senate for more money to finance its operations this year which it soon must do. Even Sen. Pat McCarran D-Nev., has suggested that McCarthy "got out of his field” in looking for Communists. This is the function of the senate internal security ’ subcommittee of which McCarran is the ranking Democrat and former chairman. There have also been reports that top administration officials attempted to persuade McCarthy to confine his investigations to the field of government operations. McCarthy haa flatly denied these reports. McCarthy said his Alaska hearings will concern "governmental operations relating to the economic development of the territory," ineludin, but not limited, to mining and housing. Interior secretary Douglas McKay said his department "has been cooperating for several months with Sen. McCarthy in his-inves-tigation of conditions in Alaska,’’ i» , -2 ,—o Modern Etiquette | | BY ROBERTA LEE I 0 —- — 0 Q. We have just moved into a new community, and I should like to give a buffet dinner for my new neighbors. Is this all right? A. This might be all right if you live in a very informal community. Usually, however, it is advisable to wait until your neighbors make such overtures of friendship. Q. What can a mother do when friends and relatives insist upon kissing her young baby, possibly endangering its health? A. She can say, "J’m very sorry, but Dr. Carson does not allow any of us to kiss the baby!” Q. Is a busin§**siman obligated to thank employees for any paryfcular service rendered? A- While he is not exactly obli gated, still it shows thoughtfulness add good manners if he does acknowledge these actions.

IwvFw w ■„ 7* * f •? ’** ? ' SENATOR Kart E. Mundt (R), South Dakota, shown in Washington, proposes that the Sen- . ate internal security committee take over Communist and subversive activity investigation to run parallel with the House unAmerican activities committee. Senator William E. Jenner (R), Indiana, heads the internal security committee. Under Mundt’s proposal, this committoe would take over investigk-r---tlons now being conducted by the committee headed by Senator Joseph McCarthy (R). Wisconsin. (International)

■A JH THE U. S. ambassador to Italy, Clare Boothe Luce, is shown reporting to President Eisenhower in the White House, but it looks like HE’S doing the talking. (International Boundvboto>

McMillen Speaks On Foundations Stewart McMillen Fort Wayne Speaker In a talk before the Fort Wayne Quest Club yesterday, Stewart W. McMillen, president of Bag Service. Inc., of this city, suggested that banks might look into the matter of a local Comimujiity Foundation. Presenting-* paper on “Charitable Foundations”, the president of the MciMillen Foundation traced the early history of foundations to the present-day perpetual trust. His suggestion of a Community Foundation followed his outline of a latterday type of foundation originated in 1914 by Frederick Goff of the Cleveland Trust Co. “This idea was for creation of a central fund in the larger communities for receipt, custody and distribution of smaller bequests,” he explained. “Research can and I believe, should be part of a community foundation,” he said. "This could be in the form of survey® in the local area of recreation, education, crime, juvenile, delinquency, or in many other fields that need allover scientific study," — He pointed out the value of foundations, such as the iMdMillen Foundation established in 1947 by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dale MciMillen, Sr., not as a speial welfare program but "of the welfare of mankind.” by, in the words of Andrew Carnegie, "placing ladders upon which the asping can rise.” ' Ths MoMillen’ Foundation’s program is primarily directed toward the youth of our community because.” as he put it, “in any community the development of youth into better citizens of tomorrow is “for the good of the people as a whole.” Only three per cent of the four and a half, billion dollars given sail ua 11 y for philanthropy comes from foundations, he explained, and “it would take all the income of all the foundations 11 years to meet one year’s bill for the needy aged only” paid annually by the government in old age assistance benefits. “There are some social agencies that alone have an annual budget nearly as large as the total contributions of all the foundations,” MciMillen said,’ ”

Public Auction The following described farm, a part of the estate’ of the late Mrs. Margaret Miller, will be sold at Commissioners Sale subject to the approval of the Adams Circuit Court. ~ WELL IMPROVED 80 ACRE FARM Thursday, January 14,1:30 P.M. LOCATION: 4 miles south of Decatur. Indiana on County Fann Road or 2 miles east and 2l£ miles north of Monroe, Indiana. IMPROVEMENTS: GOOD SIX ROOM HOME — Large kitehen with built-in features, hard and soft water, dining room, living room, den and bedroom with closet on first floor. Two large bedrooms with closets on second floor. Enclosed back porch.. Nice concreted basement, Fine lawn, shade, concrete walks. Good cistern and well with pressure system, water piped to barn. BARN 32x90—Concrete floors, stanchions. Arranged to provide ample space for livestock and also implement storage. Double corncrib 24x24 with driveway. Granary and tool shed 22x34, with driveway' Hog house. 22x22; overhead, storage space and concrete feeding floor Chicken house 12x36. concrete floor, brooder house 10x12 milk house AN ATTRACTIVE SET OF IMPROVEMENTS. NICELY ARRANGED AND ALL IN EXCELLENT REPAIR AND PAINTED. ENTIRE 80 ACRES IS UNDER CULTIVATION Level, highly productive land, well drained. Has been well farmed and is in a fine state of fertility. AN IDEAL LOCATION in one of the most desired farming sections of Adams County. TERMS—Substantia] down payment day of sale. balance upon deitverjr of good anytime prior to sale day, by calling Midwest Realty Auction Co Piione ;;-;i2(»l. ' ’ Heirs of MARGARET MILLER ESTATE z . Owners *". ,-r * ' . ’S - 5 C •' • ■ Ed Bosse and Ferd c J. F. Sunmann, Auctioneer • ,< George C. Thomas, Sales Manager Sal® Conducted by Midyett t Realty ’ ; Jaq. 2—9 v • • - .. . -1 V; ' / • -

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Court News Finds For Defendants Francis J. Schmitt vs Fred Ahr, Marie Ahr; complaint on account; court finds for defendants. Attorneys: Severin H. Schurger, plaintiff; Custer & Smith, defendant. Notice Issued Marjorie Stetler vs Louis Stetler; complaint for divorce; notice ordered Issued for defendant returnable Feb. 1. Attorney: Ed A. Bosse, plaintiff. Approve Appraisement M. Rudy etal; petition for partition; appraisement of real estate approved. Attorneys: Howard E. Baumgartner, plaintiff; Lewis L. Smith, defendant. ............ Estate Cases Estate of Nate Haley closed. / Estate of Roland F. Grote; net value of estate is nil. ) Estate of George A. Gage; schedule to determine inheritance tax filed with reference to county assessor. Marriage License Treece Hunt, 19, and Diane Mo Comb, 17, both ot Lima, O. Puerto Rico in the last 10 years has raised employment 25 percent, doubled its national income, and raised per capita income 70 per "cent.

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