Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1954 — Page 6

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Charge Mother With Drowning Children Attempts Suicide Following Tragedy WATERVILLE, Maine UP — A 14-year-old mother, accused of drowning her three children, said "God told me to do it." The mother, Mrs. Constance Fisher, was booked on a murder charge. Police said Mrs. Fisher, who had been under the care of a psychiatrist, tried to commit suicide by drinicing hair shampoo After allegedly slaying her sons Richard, 6, and Daniel, 5, and her year-qM daughter Deborah. The tragedy was discovered by the children’s father, Carl, when be returned from his job Monday night as a Maine Central railroad employe.

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Fisher said he found a suicide note on brown paper which read, in part: “It was bo hard. But God told me it was the only way I could save them. They are in heaven, safe forever from evil. I hope you will forgive me. "Flease forget all about us. Maybe you don’t think I loved them. I did. My heart is breaking. I loved you and loved them." Examinations Listed Under Civil Service Civil service examinations have been announced for engineer, chemist, physicist, metallurgist, mathematician and electronic scientist for positions in various installations of the Potomac River Naval Command in Washington, D. C., and vicinity. Information on the examinations may be obtained from Earl Chase of the civil service, at the Decatur post office.

U. S. Opposes Weakening Os Anti-Red Push Opposes Diplomatic Moves Weakening To Anti-Red Campaign CARACAS. Venezuela, UP—The United States strongly opposed today any diplomatic moves to weaken the strength of its campaign against Communism in the Western Hemisphere. “We can accept changes in words but we cannot and will not compromise on the basic idea of thwarting Red intervention and clandestine activities in the Western Hemisphere," a U. S. delegate to the inter-American conference said>\ Secretary of state John Foster Dulles and his aides already were facing moves to amend their anticommunist resolution. Dulles also was confronted with Latin American interest in economic matters. The U. S. resolution would set up machinery for emergency meetings if Communism gains control of hemisphere nations. It also would expose Red propaganda and agents working for the Kremlin. Mexico proposed amendments to the U. S. resolution and more are expected during debates this week. U. S. officials held back comment while awaiting the reaction of other nations. Dulles and his group were heartened by the absence of immediate support for Guatemalan foreign minister Guillermo Toriello’s demand for a definition of Communism before conference action is taken. In a speech Monday Dulles said he w-as “disturbed" to find that “one so innocent that he has to ask that question” was conducting the foreign affairs of a Western Hemisphere republic. Dulles said Communism was run from Moscow by forces which sought to win parts of the Western Hemisphere for Russia through agents, “dupes and plotters.” In reply, Toriello asked “whether raising the price of coffee in the United States could be called Communism.” Brazil, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic lined up solidly behind the United States in the opening debate and Dulles in confi-

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dent an overwhelming majority will favor his project. MS Pfl w* 7 COL. Walker M. Mahurin, shown above in his wartime flying gear, is scheduled to testify in .Washington in the Col. Frank H. Schwable "germ warfare” confession inquiry. Mahurin .is among the former POWs who also “confessed" to the Reds that U. S. was conducting germ war in Korea. (InternationalJL

Speaks Wednesday « > -Wl" jflßpm k ' < The Rev. Leroy Geiger, D. D.. of South Bend, will be the guest speaker at the Wednesday evening Lenten service at Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Dr. Geiger Is one of two conference superintendents of Indiana North conference and lias charge of the 96 churches in the west district. He was elected superintendent in 1948 and before that time was pastor for 11 years at the Chescent Avenue church, Fort Wayne. The girls’ trio, Dorcas Sautbine, Dorcas Davidson, and Lois Strahm, will provide special music, accompanied by Harold Mumma at the organ. The • pastor of Trinity church, the Rev. John E. Chambers, stated today, “We were well pleased with the fine attendance last Wednesday evening on such a stormy night. These 7 services are for the spiritual enrichment of all who are present. Tfie public is cordially invited to atend.” Lenten Series At Presbyterian Church The first of a series of Lenten prayer meetings will be held at the First Presbyterian church at 7:30 o’clock this evening. The Rev. 'Ray J. Walther, pastor, announced that the series of weekly prayer meetings during Lent will be based on the theme, "The Abiding Presence.’’ The series of subjects follows: Tonight, “The Presence of God;’’ March 16, “The Confidence of Prayer;” March 23, “The Power of Hope;” March 30, “The Strength of Courage/’ April 6, “The Serenity of Peace;” April 13, “The Abiding Presence.” The Church of Christ at Yale University has an unbroken history’‘going back to 1757. Students of all ereeds voluntarily attend noonday services during the week at Dwight Chapel and Sunday morning services in Battell Chapel. ■■■■- - st fl E--1 NICK GEORGE MONTOS (above), one of the FBl’s “Ten Most Wanted” criminals, is sought in the $150,000 art treasures robbery of a Wisconsin inventor, 73-year-ol<l Oscar U. Zerk, in February. Part of the loot was recovered in a Chicago suburb. Montos is 37. (International). J

Annual Meeting Os FHA Here Thursday Bth Annual Meeting Will Be Held Here The eighth annual meeting of the FHA farm ownership borrowers of the four county »area served by the Decatur FHA office will be held Thursday in the t. L. of C. hall in the K. of C. building. Twenty co-operating families and 11 advisory committeemen have been invited from Adams, Allen, Jay and Wells counties. The program will include a discussion of farm records kept by the families and what the farmer can do to maintain and improve his farm. A carry-in lunch will be served at noon, after which Charles I. Sheets, appraiser-engineer of the FHA state office in~lndianapolis, will discuss building maintenance for Indiana farmers. Adams county farm families invited to the meeting include Daniel C. Brenneman, Earl A. Fell. Roscoe Kuhn, Peter P. Schwartz and Thomas A. Sheehan. County supervisor Donald A. Norquest will be assisted by Miss Evelyn Frohnapfel, county office clerk, and the Adams county advisory coommittee which, includes Raymond Eichenauer and Don Raudenbush. The FHA county office, located in the Niblick building, will be closed from ? a. in. to 3 p. m. Thursday for this meeting. DEMAND G. O. P. (Continued From Pave One) generally endorsed legislation designed to keep fathers from skipping across state lines to avoid supporting their families. The department said a lot of juvenile delinquency stems from parental non-support. Academy: House military leaders refused to accept senate changes in a house-approved bill authorizing the air force to build an academy. So the bill must go to a house-senate conference committee for an adjustment of differences. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Nixon Plans For Stevenson Answer To Meet With Ike On Saturday Speech PHILADELPHIA, (UP) — Vice President Richard M. Nixon sajd today he plans to confer with President Eisenhower on his televised and broadcast reply to Adlai Stevenson next Saturday night. “1 plan to represent the viewpoint of the Republican party and particularly that of the President,” Nixon said. Nixon said he has not heard from gen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., who is demanding free broadcast and television time to answer Stevenson personally, and ”1 don’t expect to.” However, he said, “I will consider suggestions from other members of the Republican party." Nixon emphasized “the President is the spokeeman.” The vice president said that in his Saturday talk he will “deal with” Stevenson’s charges that the Republican party is split between the President and McCarthy.* Nixon arrived here by train from Washington to address (lie eighth annual Philadelphia Evening Bulletin forum tonight. This afternoon he will receive the annual Philadelphia Guild of Advertising award for his recent good-will trip to the Orient. Nixon said his speech tonight will be “non-political.” Benny's Daughter To Be Married Tonight HOLLYWOOD UP — Joan Benny, 19-year-old daughter of misercomedian Jack Benny, will marry Seth Baker, 26, a New York stock broker, tonight in a lavish ceremony and reception that her father said would cost him >50,009. ‘TH have to work two years to pay for it — and it’s not deductible,” Benpy complained. Some 300 guests have been invited to the wedding and champagne reception afterwards. The Army maintains elementary and high schools for dependent children in four major overseas commands dispersed throughout the world over an area of approximately 250,000 square miles.

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fl ir 1 V’ T 1 > flB -/i PEDRO OROZCO (above), alias Pedro Sanchez, is under arrest in New Haven, Conn., on charges of making threats against the life of President Eisenhower. Orozco, native Puerto Rican, made the threats, New Haven police said, while being fingerprinted in connection with a non-support charge. U. S. Commissioner Benedict M. Holden ordered him held under bond. (International) Indianapolis Boy Is Killed By Auto INDIANAPOLIS UP — Michael Officer, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Officer, Indianapolis, died late Monday of traffic accident injuries received a day earlier. The youngster was the third capital city school pupil killed in traffic since the start of the school year. Authorities said he darted into the path of a car driven by Jefferson Armour, Jr.. 30, InJTanapolis, who was not held. Elkhart Newsboy Fatally Injured ELKHART, Ind., UP —Stanley Kinsey, 12, Elkhart, a newspaper carrier, was injured fatally Monday night when a wheel came off a big truck and rolled into his bicycle on Ind. 19 a mile north of Elkhart. The accident happened two blocks from the boy’s home. A rear dual wheel slipped off a truck driven by Vernon A. Cordray, 33, Michigan City, rolled across the highway and smashed into Stanley’s bike.