Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1954 — Page 2

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Attack On Congressmen Recalls Other Violence

WASHINGTON UP —lt was unseasonably warm that afternoon— No*. 1, 1950. The front door of Blair House, temporary residence of the President across the street from the White House, stood wide open. In an upstairs bedroom overlook* ing Pennsylvania Avenue, President Truman was taking a taap. Suddenly, shots shattered the mid-afternoon quiet. TwoMtoarthy strangers were converging oh Blair House from opposite directions, German Luger pistols bla a 1 ng. Startled White House guards returned their fire. 1' The assassins, Oscar Collazo and Grlzelio Torresola, were Puerto Ricans, members of the revolution-

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ary Nationalist party—as were the fanatics who sprayed the House with gunfire Monday. Three presidents have died at the hands of assaasins but historical records indicate the attack on members of congress during a session was unprecedented. The closest occurred more than 20 years ago. on Dec. 14, 1932. Marlin Kemmerer, Allentown, Pa., rose in the visitors gallery of the house, brandishing a gun and shouting, is l demand the floor.” , Rep. Melvin J. Mass R-Mlnn talking the man into dropping the gun. But Maas, now living in retirement here, recalled it was

touch and go for a few minutes. When he demanded tbe gun, he said, the man shouted "I’ll give it to you’.' and cooked it. But then he meekly surrendered the weapon. When the 1950 gun battle broke out in front of Blair House, President Truman rushed to the window. ’Get back!” a secret service agent yelled. The President did. When the gun smoke cleared, one assassin, Torresola, was dead. White House guard Leslie Coffelt, who put a bullet through his brain, lay fatally wounded. Collazo and. two other guards were shot but recovered. ‘ .-' Collado was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Mr. Truman later commuted the sentence to lite imprisonment. Other instances of violence have involved Capitol figures through the years. On Feb. 28, 1890 William Preston Taulbee D.-Ky., was shot down by Charles E. Kincaid, a Louisville newspaperman, on a Capitol staircase. Taulbee, who had objected to Kincaid’s stories and pulled the newsman’s ears, died 11 days later. Sen. John W. Briefer narrowly escaped an assassin's bullet in the senate subway July 12. 1947. The gunman was William L. Kaiser, a former Capitol policeman who had lost some money in an Ohio building venture and for some reason blamed the senator. — In 1856. Sen. Charles Sumner R.Mass., was brutally caned by Rep. Preston Brooks D.- S.C., on the senate floor after a debate on the slavery question. Sumner never fully recovered. Brooks resigned but was reelected. Two years ago. Reps. Clarence Cannon D.-M., and John Phillips R - Calif., exchanged blows outside a house hearing room. Cannon was a veteran of earlier bouts with Rep. John Taber R. N.Y., and Rep. Milton Romjue D.-Mo. Sens. Horney E. Capehart, RInd, Hubert H. Humphrey D.Minn., and Herbert H. Lehman t DON’T TAKE A CHANCE TAKE PLENAMINS Smith Drug Co.

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D.-N.Y., had a scuffle following a radio debate on foreign policy In 1951. During the prohibition era, Sen. Frank Lester Green R.-Vt., was severely wounded when he was caught in a gun battle between federal agents and bootleggers on Pennsylvania Avenue. In 1919, during the famous federal “Red round-up,” a bomb was placed on the front porch of the home of Att. Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer. Palmer wasn’t home and the assassin was blown to bits. In 1912, a package bomb was left in a senate ante room. It harmlessly during the night.

Sign Painter Shop Changes Location Joe Dunit. local sign painter, has moved his shop to the second floor of the Begun building at the corner of Madison and Second streets. The w*ell known sigil painter has rented the two front! second floor rooms of the Begun' building. . f The sign shop formerly was located on the southeast bank of' the river on Monroe street in a building owned by Giles Porter. Examination April 10 For K. C. Scholarship , J The competitive examination for a Knights of Columbus scholarship to St. Joseph’s college. selaer, will be held at Decatur Catholic high school April 10, Severin Schurger, grand knight of the Decatur Knights of Columbus, sponsors of the $385 award, aiv nounced today. Catholic students from this City, Bluffton, Monroeville and Besancon are eligible to compete in the written test, which will be given by a representative from the college. Edward Heimann of this city is chairman of the scholarship com: mittee. He has received application forms which the students areto fill ouL and file with the college. Thej scholarship covers a year’s tuition. Donald Gillig of this city, was last year's winner of the award. Democrat Want Ads' Bring Results

Pope Pius Observes Birthday Quietly 111 Pontiff Spends Birthday In Bed VATICAN CITY U!P — Pope Pius XII passed his 78th 'birthday quietly today, perhaps destined never again to resume in full the burdens which began at twilight of this day, 15 years ago. For the 400 million Roman Catholics who .look to him as their’’ supreme pontiff and spiritual leader, this is a sorrowful anniversary. The Pope had 'been confined to his simple bed with Its iron posts and brass knobs for 36 days, suffering from a lingering illness. His ailment, officially diagnosed as gastritis, has left him in a general state of great weakness. His birthday anniversary was observed by the faithful in prayers' for his recovery. But for the man who was born in the shadows of the Vatican on March 2, as Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, there was another anniversary, 14 years ago, which was a source of greater sorrow. The Pope had been elected supreme pontiff on his 63rd birthday, March 2, 1939 in the shortest balloting in the church’s history, to succeed Pope Pius XI. Then, in September of that year. World War II exploded.’ The first anniversary of his reign? On March 2, 1940. was for Pope Pius XII the most sad of all. For the second straight year the Pope. a wiry, energetic man, was c.onfined to his bedroom on his anniversary in the shuttered papal apartment on the third floor of the apostolic palace of the Vatican. Last year, it was bronchitis that kept him abe<L But he resumed activity on March 12, the anniversary of his coronation. The Pope's doctor, Prof. Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, says the Pope is not in any imminent danger. But his improvement has been very slow and actually halted temporarily 10 days ago. Both the Pope's doctors and his closest Vatican aides say the illness resulted from overwork — 20 hours a day every day — and constant preoccupation with the state of the divided world. This led to extreme nervous tension, to hiccups and a fever and to a state of fatigue which has continued to sap his strength. ...... The Pope haa. been quoted as paying during his Ulness “for the pope there is no rest... if a pope cannot work, he should resign.” Pius XH cannot, his aides say, resume any ceremonies or audiences before Easter or mid-April. His aides are persuading him that he must never again resume the awesome burden of work he conducted before his illness. This is a sorrowful birthday note for a man who has devoted to the church all of- a lifetime, now in its 79th year.

New Orleans Mardi Gras Ends Tonight Gayest Mardi Gras Will Close Tonight NE\y ORLEANS UP — The King of the Zulas stepped from a barge at the foot of Canal St. today to signal the start of the last and most frantic hours of New Orleans’ gayest Mardi Gras. But long before King Zulu, the Negro carnival leader, and Rex, the Lord of Misrule, appeared, throngs of masked and costumed revelers swarmed Hfto roped - off downtown streets, turning the city into a riot of color. Today was Eat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday and the 40 days of Lenten repentance. New Orleans natives and a record s<x'.000 tourists were trying to soak up as much pleasure as possible before the penitential period. Police overlooked eve.ything except actual mayhem while celebrants took their choice of many free shows. . A Dixieland band blared its syncopated rhythm at Canal and Royal stieets, while..two hula-hula girls shimmied frantically on a nearby corner. Along Bout bon St., the main artery of the famed French Quarter, strippers performed around the clock. One longtime resident said tie girls, were taking off when the police aren't around." New Jeliy-like Formula Knocks Baked Grease Off Oven Surfaces •‘ITS’’ is the name of a new oven cleaner that restores oven surfaces to . grease-free newness without scraping or scrubbing, The substance is brushed on, allowed to stand, then Wiped clean wLh water. '‘ITS" oven cleaner is available at Holthouse Drug Co. for $1 ahd this includes a plastic brush. " -- -tsr • non-dtiflnm mu Me and spectacular in performance. (Ad» erQpe-uieuti

Puerto Ricans Docilely Await Fate For Acts Four Charged With Assault, Intent To Kill For Outburst WASHINGTON, (UP) —The Puerto Rican Nationalists who shot up the house of representatives in a wild outburst ot fanaticism dceilely awaited their fate today. ■ 1 They were charged with assault with Intent to kill and held in the District 'bf Columbia jail for lack of SIOO,OOO bond each. The four conspirators slept well and ate a normal prison breakfast of scrambled eggs, cereal and coffee. Their jailers described them as 'well behaved" and said they had had no visitors. They also made no attempt to contact a lawyer. Lolita Lebron, the sneering brunette who led the attack, told newsmen Monday night they did not shoot to kill when they sprayed the house chamber with bullets. "Did you shoot to kill?" she was asked. "No, not to kill,” she replied. “Why did you come down here?” “To get freedom for my country," she answered. Deputy police chief Edgar E. Scott said four other Pureto Ricans picked up but not charged in the shooting would be held for further investigation. He said they do not appear to be connected with the shooting plot but will be questioned about possible Nationalist connections. Miss Lebron said the attack was timed to coincide with the opening of the inter-American conference at Caracas. Venezuela, because “they are talking about colonialism there.” “We wanted to bring to the attention of the world, to all, that Puerto Rico must be tree,” she told reporters dAiantly. Others, she added, will continue the struggle. Although there was some speculation that Communists may have been behind the attack, she said there was no connection. She denied knowing anything about Communists. * * Lucretia Chandler Dies Monday Night Mrs. Lucretia Chandler, 74, died at 11:30 p.m. Monday at the Adams county memorial hospital. A school teacher in Oklahoma for 25 years, Mrs. Chandler had lived for the past 11 years with a daughter, Mrs. Arnold Weidlqr, in French township. S<_ The body was” removed to the Yager funeral home at Berne. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Dr. Andrew Cordier Speaker At Franklin FRANKLIN. Ind., UP — Dr. Andrew W. Cordier, executive assistant to the secretary-general ofi the United Nations, will be the principal speaker at a Franklin college special convocation March 12. • •' . . Others who will take part in the program include Robert M. Critchfield, general manager of Pontiac Motor Division and vice president if Genera] Motors; Dr. Frank H. Sparks, president of Wabash college; Dr,—Thomas E. Jones, Earlham college president, and Dr. J. M. Horton, executive secretary of the Indiana Baptist convention. tBSr n THE FLOWERS that bloom Un the Spring bring out Jule Benedic, who holds some of the roses which will lend their fragrance to the38th International Flowei Show in New York City. (International)

Presbyterian Church Service Wednesday Rev. MacLeod To Be Principal Speaker In a special worship pervice beginning at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, the Rev. Alexander MacLeod will speak at the First Presbyterian church. Dr. MacLeod has been a missionary In the Far East since 1930, most of the time In China, but for the last year and a half he has been on the Island of Formosa where he was teaching in the theological college at Taipei. China was home for Dr.’ MacLeod even before he was appointed a missionary under the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, for his parents were missionaries and he was born In Nlngpo, and his life up to his college years was spent in the land of his birth. When he returned to China his first assignment was to evangelistic work in Tunghsien in Shantung Province. This involved a great deal of rural itineration, and the supervision of mission work in the country districts. In 1938 he joined the faculty of North China Theological Seminary and helped In the training of future pastors and evangelists. This did not mean that he gave up his country work entirely for on week-ends he visited many different rural places, often taking, his

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