Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1954 — Page 2

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1 $30,000 Extortion Plot Is Thwarted Father Os Three Is Held In Hollywood HOLLYWOOD UP — An FBI trap, baited with a decoy "payoff package, led to the arrest of the father of three teenaged children on charges ha tried to extort 130,000 from Max Factor Jr., wealthy manufacturer. The auepect. Wendell Martin Ringbolt, 47, was arrested in a San Fernando orange grove Mom -day when he stooped to pick up a dummy package of money. John Malone, special aaeatin charge of the Los Angeldb JttDl TEEPLE MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Long Distance PHONE 3-2607

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bureah, laid Rlngholz, Northridge, Calif., threatened to kill Factor and his family with a time bomb unless the 130,000 was paid. Factor said he received a letter at his Beverly Hills home demanding the money. He received additional Factor told police, from a newspaper ad. Factor said he received a telephone call March 11 instructing him to place the money behind a designated fence in the San Fernando Valley. FBI agents kept the package under surveilanee three days but it was not picked up. Factor was contacted again Sunday and told to leave the money in Santa Monica Park. An FBI agent disguised as Factor again left the package at the designated spot. Malone said Ringholt approached the area but made no attempt to pick up the bundle. A let:er arrived at Factor's home Monday, directing him to place the money in the valley orange grove. Malone said his agents closed in on the suspect when he walked to the package and stooped to pick it up.

Factory Output Is Still On Decrease Production Drops 7 Straight Months WASHINGTON UP — Total output of the nation's factories has dropped for seven straight months but the federal reserve board reports production of non-durable goods apparently has shown a large pick-up. The industries which showed best in the board’s report on February output, issued late Monday, were textiles, clothing and leather goods. Petroleum, chemical and paper industries also continued strong. Durable goods industries, which have suffered most in the sevenmonth sag, slid further in February. In this group, production of metals and metal products, household items, machinery and military equipment declined. Auto production climbed slightly. Construction activity was at an Unusually high level for the month. Retail sales rose somewhat, reflecting increased auto sales. Steel production was about 75 per cent of capacity in January and February, the board reported, and declined to about 70 per cent ; n early March. The labor department reported that work was begun on 73,000 new homes in February, 10 per cent more than in January but 8 per cent fewer than in February, 1953. _ There was noting in the reserve board report to indicate March trends. Democrats Reply To Tax Speech Tonight WASHINGTON UP — The official Democratic repfir to President ’Eisenhower's tax speech will be delivered tonight from 8 to 8:15 CST. The Dumont television network will carry the program at 8 p.m. The ABC, Mutual, and NBC radio networks will re-broadcast it from 9:15 to 9:30 p.m. Speaking for the Democrats will be Sen. Walter F. George Ga. of the senate finance committee, house minority leader Sam Rayburn, and Rep. Jere Cooper Tenn, of the house ways and means committee.

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Agricultural Clinic For Indiana Bankers Indiana bankers will meet for their 10th annual agricultural clinic at Purdue University March 25 and 26. Sponsored by the Indiana bankers association and Purdue, this short course for banking will deal with principles and problems of financing and related agricultural problems. Headline clinic speakers im elude: Dr. E. T. Weiler, head ot the department of economics at Purdue, who will discuss the subject of "Banking and Economic Progress" on Thursday noon; Dr. Fred N. Andrews, professor of animal husbandry at Purdue, who will discuss the potential impact of science on agricultural output in the years ahead at the Thursday evening banquet; Dr. Earl L. Butx, head of Purdue’s department of agricultural economics, whose topic is "You Gotta Have a Dream” at the Friday luncheon; and LtGovernor Harold W. Handley, who will appear at the Thursday evening banquet. Services Wednesday For Elderly Pastor iELKHART, Ind. UP — Services will be held Wednesday tor Dr. Sommerville Light, 93, oldest member of the Northern Indiana conference of the 'Methodist church, at Trinity Methodist church where he -was pastor emeritus. Dr. Light served a record 16 years as district ruperlhtendent and held pastorates at Marion, £Uthart, Bluffton and Goshen. Traffic Accident Takes Second Life MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. UP — Mark Wee Sing, 41, 'Elkhart, died today in Doctors Hospital of injuries received Sunday In a traffic accident near Springville in which Wong W’ing Soong, 68, Chicago. was killed. Slftg, co-owner of a laundry at Elkhart, was driver of an auto which skidded on icy U. 8. 20 and crashed head-on Aith a pickup truck. Soong was a passenger In Sing's auto. Passenger cars operated by rental and drive-yourself companies in the United States have doubled in number since 1950.

House Committee In Chicago Probe Question Attorney About Communism CHICAGO UP — Members of a house un-American activities subcommittee planned today to ask a Chicago lawyer what he knows about communism at the University of Illinois, a source said. The source, close to the subcommittee. revealed that it would cover the “question of subversion in local labor organisations” in the isst day of a two-day hearing and scheduled testimony on unions expelled by the CIO. The source identified the uniods as the Independent Farm Equip-ment-United Electrical Workers and the United Fur and Leather Workers. The committee is headed by Rep. Harold Velde R ill. Monday the committee heard Vernon Todd Rtiey, 39, Rockville, Md., recently fired as a government btochemtoL describe a group to which ha once belonged in Spokane. Wash., as a possible "arm” of the Communist party. The witness told the sufrewnmittee that he belonged to the group from 1941 to 1943 and that it was composed of "idealistic, intelligent people” who engaged In political discussions, folk dancing and staging. Under questioning by the subcommittee counsel, Riley admitted the group “may have been an arm of the communistic party.” but he denied he was ever knowingly a member of the party. Riley said he was not aware at the time ot the meetings that the group was a Communist front and it now appeared that he and other members had been “duped.” Riley, former research worker in cancer, was discharged by secretary Oveta Culp Hobby of the health, education and welfare department effective Feb. 1. Riley said he was a draftsman In a west coast army project working for the corps of engineers in 1942. A report from an unidentified loyalty board examined, tend into the record, alleged Riley was an "active member of the Communist underground party, an organizer and held executive meetings in his home." His wife, Ruth, was accused of being a member of the Communist underground in Washington. — .* Holy Hour Devotions Sunday For NCCM The first of holy hour devotions by the National Council of Catholic Men, which was recently organized in this city and local area, will be held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. in St. Louis Catholic church. Besancon. The Rev. Carl Holsinger, pastor, and spiritual director of the group, will conduct the holy hour. Known as the southeast district, the parishes represented in the NCCM include St. Mary's In this city, Monroeville, Yoder, Bluffton, New Haven, Hessen Castle and Fort Wayne. Lawrence Beckmeyer of north of the city is chairman of the local group. Edward Heimann is treasurer of the district organization. A number of men from this city are planning to participate in the holy hour. TWO INDOCHINA (Coatinned From Pane One) territory with flares in an effort to knock out Red artillery emplacements. Communist cannon blasts at the Dien Bien Phu airstrip made it impossible for French planes to land and the high command announced that henceforth all fainfotcements would parachute into the fortress. The fight for nwntrol—of Bieg Bien Phu caused the Communist, to change tactics. The Reds, Uhder the leadership ot Gel). Vo Nguyen Clap, abandoned their hit-and-run method of warfare in favor of tactics employed by the Communists in the Korean War - - setting up of ranches and organization of artillery. JET BOMBERS (Cantiwuea Fram Pacr (In.) killed when their craft collided in the air near Wichita. Three Injured MIDLAND. Tex. VP - A Continental Airlines Convair on a flight *rom Kl Paso. Tex., to Kansas City made a eresh landing in a sand dune six miles east of here oday injuring three of the 11 parsons aboard, none seriously. The big twin-engine, 44-passen-?er plane snapped off a wing U the crash landing. The ai-craft'si controls "froze” at 500 feet alti-i tude shortly after takeoff from the Midland airport, the pilot, Ca'pt., H. E. Pcrsing. said. Eight passengers and a crew of three were aboard the plane. The injured were the jstewardese, ,Miss P- A. Williams, who was thrown v from the plane; Persing, who suffered head injuries; and the co-captain. 11. B. Bauer. None required hospitalization.

May Sidestep Showdown On Farm Program Early Showdown On Republicans* Farm Plans Sidestepped WASHINGTON UP — President Allan B. Kline ot the American Farm Bureau Federation, threw hie support today behind an administration drive to kill rigid high price support* tor basic crop*. Kline told the house agriculture committee that congrea* should retuse to extend the present program of rigid high supports because It is "unworkable.” Ho recommended instead adoption ot flexible price supports as recommended by the administration. in the senate, Republican leader William F. Knowland Indicated he will sidestep an immediate showdown on the administration’s farm program. He left off the senate’s work scheduled for this week the controversial wool subsidy bill which the farm bloc planned to use tor a test vote on basic farm legislation. Kline head* the nation's biggest farm organisation, but many members of the house committee contend he does not speak for farmers in their district. Kline gave general backing, with some modifications, to the farm program advanced by the administration. He said congress' should concentrate on expanding markets for farm products and get away from “complete emphasis on government price fixing.” Knowland's remarks did not rule out the possibility of calling up the wool bill for debate late this week or early next, but its future was in doubt. Critics ot the administration farm program were waiting with an amendment to turn it into a broad-scale agriculture bill providing tor extension of the present system of high price supports on basic crops. Knowland had intimated strongly last week that he would call up the bill despite the threatened amendment. Chairman George D. Aiken R.-Vt. of the agriculture committee, the administration’s principal farm spokesman in the senate, wanted to meet the challenge of the high support advocate*. - - But today. Aiken said he would not be surprised if the wool bill does not come up this week. He declined to speculate beyond that. Sen. Allen J. Ellender D- La., a leading sponsor of the amendment for continuing present 90 per cent of parity supports on basic crops, said "I believe they have seen the light.’’ Ellender is a bitter opponent of the administration proposal to junk the 90 per cent mandatory supports tn favor of a flexible system price props which could be varied between 75 and 90 per cent at the secretary ot agriculture’s discretion.

Linn Grove Lions Club Is Organized Linn Grove is the latest Adams county town to have a Lions club, bringing the total in this county to five clubs. The newest club was organised last Friday and the following officers were named: Charles E. Bate, president; Leonard Grandlienard, vice president; I. Claude Monee, secretary; Robert L. Spichiger, treasurer; Burney S. Jackson, Lion tamer, and Lester J. Habegger, tail twister. The new club was sponsored by the Geneva Lions club and Robert Hanoi. president of the Geneva group.—andßoy Pi ice. Decatur district governor, attended the first meeting at Linn Grove. Several j other Lions club members of the ’ county also attended. The next, meeting will be held Friday. March ' 26. at which time the charter will ! be closed. Formal installation and charter night will be set as soon as final organisation of the club is perfected. There are enough motor vehiHes In the United States to carry the nation s entire population at one time, with enough space left ft»r all the people of Italy. Don’t Dig! Don’t Chop! Don’t Most! use “mote"■ s«tVe money— time—la- 1 AAO""S x>r! Just insert the new chemical compound—"MAGlC ■■ STUMP REMOVER- J*J f Pa»d *4) to any ugly tree stumps—oldor new. Decomposes fibres down to root tips for EASY REMOVAL. ■RMI Satisfactton (S oz. size cnougrh CffjM’jqtfiftd I for one itump). ■WKWIfW. r 8 oz. $1.50 16 oz. $2.50 3 lbs. $5 Anderson Industry U. S. 27—South — •’ip IT’S LUMBERCALL MV NUMBER” 3-3118

Forgives Husband, Asks Charge Dropped Bride Anxious To Resume Honeymoon NEW YORK, UP—A 67-year-old .bride asked federal authorities today to drop the grand larceny charges she had brought against her husband for disappearing with $243,000 in cash and her creamcolored Cadillac. The bfide, Mr* Dyoll Prather Herman, kissed and made up with the wayward groom in a courtroom Monday. She said she was anxious to resume the honeymoon which was interrupted by his disappearance in Virginia 12 days ago. The groom, Percy William Herman, 49, an auctioneer, was released under >IO,OOO bond to await a hearing today on a motion to dismiss the charges. Herman told U. S. commissioner Edward McDonald it was car trouble that caused him to abandon his bride in a honeymoon pottage near Stafford. Va. He went out to look for a garage and first thing he knew he had driven clear to New Jersey. “The car was equipped with automatic windows that closed when the roof of the car become* wet,” he explained. Something went wrong during their trip from Palm Beach, Fla., to Virginia and tor 20 hours the windows kept opening and closing, rain or shine. “I was very nervous and I kept taking pills to calm myself," Herman said. His nerves also suf sered from the fact they were carrying $243,000 in cash and $59,in jewels in the car, he added. Mrs. Herman had sold some ot her Florida real estate before their wedding March 3. Herman said he lodged his bride in the motor court and set out to find a garage. "< kept driving, keeping my eyes out for a garage that was open. The next thing I knew I was in New Jersey.” Herman said he “blacked out” finally and remembered sleeping

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