Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1954 — Page 6

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Lashes At Charges Made Against DAV National Adjutant Assails Charges WASHINGTON UP — Aan official of the Disabled American Veterans today termed a charge ' that the DAV is a “charity racket” a “vicious, distorted and completely unwarranted attack" to give it a “black eye.*” Vivian D. Borbly, DAV national adjutant, vigorously denied charges aired last December by a New York state legislative committee. He said the DAV was "stunned by the committee’s charges and was at a loss to understand "this malicious attack unless it is part of a general insidious attack by selfish groups against our national Disabled Veterans’ program.’’ Corbly and other high-ranking officials of the veterans organisation were granted a hearing by i the house veterans affairs

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Corbly said the most serious charge made against DAV was that it is a “charity racket” because it did “not give one cent in direct relief to disabled veterans" and that its fund raising costs were high. ■Hiis accusation, he declared, “proves the New York committee’s utter ignorance of the basic •principles of rehabilitation.” Corbly said it was the DAV’s job to assist veterans, . without charge, obtain government, benefits. He said it had secured more than 189 million dollars worth of benefits for disabled veterans during the past 10 years. Entrance To Public Library Is Reported Police early this morning discovered that ,the Decatur public library door was ajar and on investigation they found evidence that someone had entered the building. After a thorough check, it is not believed anything of value was I stolen* A continued police investi-

One Kidnaper Gives Details Os Kidnap Plot Second Kidnaper Declares Victim Just Came To Visit SAN FRANCISCO UP — Cocky Harold Jackson, 57, accused of masterminding the kidnap of a wealthy realtor, said today the victim “just came to visit” and that the two "formed an attachment for one another.” But his confederate, Joseph William Lear, 43, gave police a step-by-stftp Account nf hnw Lha. .two _ men abducted Leonard Moskowitz, 36, and held him for 64 hours while newspapermen “sat’ on the story for fear disclosure might cost Moskovitz his life. . Diet. Atty. Thomas C. Lynch said both men would be charged with kidnaping under California’s “little Lindbergh” law and the death penalty may be demanded. It will depend, Lynch said, on a legal interpretation of whether the rough treatment they gave Moskovltz constitutes bodily harm. He said courts have held in some cases that the most stringent sections of the law apply when a victim is cruelly bound. The kidnap was one of the bestkept newspaper secrets in the history of crime reporting, ft was not disclosed to the public until early Tuesday when Moskovitz was rescued and his abductors seized. Jackson is a former private detective who turned to crime. Lear described himself as an “unemployed” hearing aid salesman. Moskovitz, who operates a real estate business with his identical twin brother, Alfred, rested safely at home today with his wife and two spns. The climax in the dramatic case came early Tuesday when Lear was arrested in a public telephone ’ booth as he arranged for payment of a $300,000 ransom with the victim's brother, Alfred. Lear told police the whole story and led them to the kidnap house where the victim was rescued and Jackson was taken into custody. Jackson refused to admit any part in the kidnap plot,, although he was arrested in the house where ’ Moskovitz was found shackled and blindfolded. cocky W’-sarsafctreMha- ”

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DBF -•bpW-• Ik WHITE-CLAD process workers man control points on steel decking tn main corridor of the Capenhurst atomic factory in Britain. The corridor runs between two rows of cells in the diffusion section of the factory. Capenhurst is one of four atomic factories in Britain on which photos have just been released. It is the one which ourifles and enriches uranium. f International Sound photo/.

Over Inch Os Rain Recorded In Slate Colder Weather Is Forecast Tonight INDIANAPOLIS UP —lndiana soaked up more than an inch of rain today and the weatherman said more “spring showers” are in store. Evansville was drenched with 1.60 inches during a 24-hour period ending at 6:30 this morning. All points in the state got a share of the showers except extreme northern Indiana. Heavy showers also fell on West Baden, 1.20; Martinsville and Spencer, 1.05. Goshen and South Bend, which missed the overnight showers, reported rain later this morning. Forecasters said showers and thundershowers were on tap today, with mild temperatures statewide, except for colder reading* in the northwest late today. “Much colder” temperatures are due tonight, accompanied by rain becoming mixed with snow. Tuesday's ‘April-like temperatures included highs of 58 at Evans54’bt :JWa®a®pHs«l»®d--Te?fft Haute and 42 at South Bend. apparently took relish in telling obvious lies to newsmen. Asked if he was sorry, he replied, “For doing what*” Then he added:- “Kidnaping, that’s an awful word to use—kidnaping,” At times, he cracked he was “formerly circulation manager for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin" and ‘II spent a couple of years with Admiral Byrd at the South Pole.”

However, IMoskovitz identified Jackson as the inan who threatened to emasculate him and send portions of his body to his family if they did not raise the 1300,000 ransom —scaled down from $500,000 after the family said they could never raise that amount. The ransom demand was the second largest in history—topped only by the recent Greenlease case in Kansas City in which $600,000 was paid to kidnapers Carl Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady, All local newspapers, wire services and radio stations were “in on the story’ from the beginning but did not publish it until Moskovitz was safe. Police said the 100 per cent cooperation of the press “probably saved the ’ kidnaped man’s life.”

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Armed Robber Sought After Inn Is Held Up PLYMOUTH. Ind., UP — Police today sought an armed robber who held up Helen Conner, co-owner of the Curve-Inn, and escaped with |lO3. Authorities said the man was dressed In work clothes and had a red bandanna tied around his face. They said ft was believed he fled on foot. New Teenage Riots Reported In Detroit 21 Teenagers Held By Detroit Police DETROIT, (UP) — Twenty'-one boys and girls were detained by juvenile authorities today as a result of new outbreaks of teenage tnob violence and rowdyism at scholastic basketball games. Twelve students, ranging hr age from 12 to 16 and including both sexes, were held overnight on charges of provoking a gang fight after an Intramural basketball game at Foch intermediate school Tuesday afternoon. and beating a 23-year-old male spectator, two 16-year-old boys -and ei x teenaged girle. None required hospitalization. Police intercepted nine Cathedral Central students Tuesday night when a student tipster reported they planned to “pull knives” on students at Visitation high school, where the two schools’ basketball teams were playing. Cathedral Central and Visitation, both parochial schools, were not affected by the ban on night games imposed on Detroit public schools after the ice pick stabbing of Mac Kenzie high school's star center last Friday. Sentenced For Theft Of-Radio From Blind INDIANAPOLIS, UP — A 31-year-old custodian began a maximum 188-day penal term today for stealing a portable radio from a nine-year-old blind boy. ' Speedway magistrate George M. Ober told the defendant, Ray Ernest Norris, the theft was “the meanest trick I can think of.” Norris, who worked at the Indiana school for the blind, also fined SSM). If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Study North-South Proposed Toll Road Study Is. Requested By Governor Craig INDIANAPOLIS UP — A request by Gov. Craig for a study of possible routes for the Indiana portion of a proposed north-south toll road between the Great and Florida was expected to be approved this week by the state highway commission. Craig formally requested the study Tuesday, and commission chairman Albert J. Wedeking said when commission approves a traffic engineering firm would be named to look for a route which might draw the most traffic. The governor suggested such a road last year at the governors’ conference at Seattle, Wash. Since then he and officials of other states have met to discuss the proposal. Wedeking said other interested states “have agreed to keep in conference with one another. ”»• But he did not know if others had yet organized a study. Cost of the Indiana study would approximate that 'of a similar one across’ the northern part of the state. That study cost about $300,000, Wedeking said. Funds - for the second must be approved by tbTfe state budget committee. "Cost of the road itself .. . Would be considerably more expensive than the S2BO million dollar eastwest road since it would be much longer,” Wedeking said. Other states discussing the north-south super-highway are Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia a’nd Florida. Wedeking said Alabama and Mississippi

Rev. Werner Sehmidtke Is Taken By Death The Rev. Werner Sehmidtke. 52, former pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church, south of Fort Wayne on the Decatur road, died Tuesday in his home in Ontarioville, 111. He was pastor of a Lutheran’church in that city. Among 4is survivors is a brother, the Rev. E. T. Sehmidtke of Sheboygan, Wis„ a former pastor of the Lutheran church in Friedheim. ' Funeral services will be conducted Thursday in Ontarioville. Memorial services will be held Jan. 31 at Trinity Lutheran church, where he was pastor from May, 1947 to April 1953. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur 1 —

To Urge Sweeping Tariff Reductions Claim Commission To Urge Authority ‘WASHINGTON, UP — Informed sources- said today that the Randall commission on international trade plans to sweeping authority for the President to slash U. 8. tariffs 15 percent over a three-year period. The commission is understood to admit in an explosive report it . will publish Saturday that this kind of cut might put thousands 01 Americans out of work. But the report is said to suggest that the risk is necessary to promote an economic balance in the free world —particularly Europe—without which the security of tllfi United States might be endangered. The commission will recommend a three-year extension of the reciprocal trade agreements act. which provoked a sharp dispute in congress last year. At the same time, informed sources said the report calls for presidential power to lower duties 5 percent a year for the life of the law. The 17-man group is far from unanimous on its recommendations it was learned. At least three dissents are expected to be filed as minority views. The commission is headed by Inland Steel president Clarence J. Randall and made up of businessmen, union officials, professional people, and congressmen. It was asked by the .President to submit recommendations for legislation and policy changes to improve the nation’s trade policies. Its report is expected to be so controversial, however, that congressional sources believe congress will generally by-pass it when the reciprocal trade program comes up for debate. Dairy Committee Meets Last Night The Adams county dairy project committee met Tuesday evening in the extension office. They worked out recommendations for 4-H dairy calf club work and also planne_d__the adult dairy program for 1954. In the adult program they expect to continue D. H. 1. A. work. They plan for a barn tour in November. Norbert Moeller, dairy specialist of Purdue, met with the group. as ehaWman. Ben- Mazeftn -vice* chairman; Harry Lehman, secretary treasurer; and Henry Aschleman was named~as the extension representative. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur.

SALE CALENDAR JAN. 21—12:00 Noon. Arthur Beeler, Executor Amelia Beeler,-. 1 mile south of Decatur on U. S. 27. General farm gale, Roy & Ned Johnson and Ed Sprunger. Aucts. - . JAN. 23—1:00 p. m. Bernard Ginther, owner. Allen street, Monroeville, Ind. Real estate and personal property. Glenn C. Merica, John L. Fisher, auctioneers.JAN. 23—1:00 p. m. Amza Barton, Owner, 517 Beth Ave., Bluffton, Ind. Real estate and personal property. D. S. Blair, .Gerald Strickler, auctioneers. C. W. .Kent, sales mgr. JAN. 25—7:00 p. in. Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Gegenheimer, owners, West High St., Redkey, Ind. Business building. Gerald Strickler, D. S. Blair, auctioneers. C. W. Kent, sales mgr, JAN. "25—1:30 p.m. EST Mr. & Mrs. Myron L. Mowery, 7 mi. due south of Convoy, Ohio or 6 miles w’esl of Xan W ert on l. S. ~~4 then 2 miles south or 3 miles east and 11/?I 1 /? miles north of Wren. 83 acre farm. Roy & Ned Johnson, Aucts. JAN 27—10:00 a. m. Fred Moser & Son. owners. 5 miles south of Decatur on St. Rd. 27 to Coppess Corners, then 7 miles west on St. Rd, 124. Holstein cattle, hogs, hay & grain, tractors and implements, household goods. Ellenberger Bros., Aucts. JAN 30—10:30 a. m. Mr. & Mrs. Walter Clem, owners. At Clem’s lake. 2 miles northeast of Decatur. Household goods. Herman Strahln. auctioneer. a USED FARM 2—lnternational Tractor Spreaders. 1-Newldea Tractor Spreader. 1-GI Tractor Spreader. Several Good Used Horse-drawn - Spreaders. 1-Good New Idea Side Rake. 1-Horn Manure Loader. (to fit 1-Red Cross Power Corn Shelter. New Machinery Priced to Sell. 1-2-14” Case H.D. Plow. 1-7 ft. Case H.D. Disc. KLENKS L.y...

WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 20, 1954

To Give Concert -IK 1 *- ' p,.. jf 1 The Decatur Church of God will present-Milton Buettner in an in- _ — formal piano concert Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the dedication, of their new Jesse French piano. »A worship service will i recede the piano selections. Rev. Buettner is an accomplished pianist, having studied under \ concert pianist Jerold Frederic, the son of the late F. G. Smith, . editor, missionary, author, teacher and minister. Besides studying under Jerold Frederic, Rev. Buettner studied three years at Carre Musical College, Racine, Wisconsin, and one summer at Chicago Musical College. After having gone thus far in his musical training, he answered the call to the ministry. Following his, ministerial preparation, he was a missionary to China. He and his wife, Eleanor, worked with Dr. and Mrs. David Gaulke in establishing a medical mission in west China, until political situations forced to return to the states. Befonj returning, however, they spent > one year in India and Burma, visiting mission stations there. At the present time Rev. Buett-ner-is associate pastor and minister of music at the Park Place Church of God, Anderson. The public is invited to hear them. A free-will offering will be taken, which will go into the new parsonage building fund. Nearly Half Inch Os Rainfall In Decatur Nearly a half inch of rain fell in, Decatur this morning. Jlennan Hi” Meyer, local weather observer stated. The measurement was Water in St. Mary’s river is running black, Meyer stated, commenting that today’s rain was the first received to flush the stream in a couple weeks. , •