Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1954 — Page 8

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Sealed Baggage Car Carries Rail Voles Vote Wednesday On Railroad Control NEW YORK UP A sealed and heavily guarded baggage car containing one of th® most valuable sbipmenu in the history of the New York Uentral railroad leaves here today for Albany, N. Y. In the car are the bulk of shareholders’ Acting proxie> wjlh which the Central's present hopes to win an all-ouf fight to retain control of the |Jtfl. r >0,000,000 line, second largest in the nation. A decision in the historic fight between the Central management and a challenging group headed by millionaire financier Robert R. Young will come Wednesday when proxies for lioth sides are counted at the line’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Albany. The Central sent its first shipment of proxies to Albany Monday under heavy guard. A third cargo of the crated slips of paper will be sent to the state capital Wednesday. Young, who refused to send his proxies to. Albany via the Central, hired two armored cars to deliver his votes to the upstate city. "It’s quite usual for proxies to be sent on a train under guard," a spokesman for Young said. "But since Mr. Young would have to send his on a New York Central car, we decided to use an armored car." CHINESE REDS <Thhi To Parr KUth*> out the talks while their armies gain more territory in Indochina. To teat the Communists’ motives, Bidault was showing a willingness to go as far as he could by shelving the issues of Laos and Cambodia for the time being. Informants said he emphasized this attitude of willingness when, for the first time, he shook hands with Chou Monday at recess. The Bidault plan projected the conference into a showdown stage because there were mounting signs that if the Reds continue to remain adamant, the west would move- ahead in other areas to draw the line against further Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. REMONSTRANCES (Continned From Page One) located on the northwest site. Construction then will follow the letting of contracts, it was pointed out. . ... The United States ndw competes with China and Manchuria as one of the world’s principal producers of soybeans.

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High School Pupil Drowns In Lagoon GARY, Ind, UP — Kenneth Keys, 16-year-Old Chicago high school sophomore, was drowned Monday when he toppled from a boat into a lagoon during a school outing. Firemen recovered the 1 body, : Investigate Crash » —-- — 5— — Os Air Force Plane t Two Killed, Three J Survive In Crash SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. VP—The * air force today investigated the 1 crash of a C-46 transport plane in 1 which two nfen died and three - others were injured. 1 The twin - engined plane panI caked into the side of a mountain i‘ 12 miles south of Comfort, in the rugged “hill country” of central i- Texas, Sunday night. The wrecki- age was not found until yesterday. 1 Public inforijjation officers at r Kelly air force base, the plane s .1 destination on a flight from El -Paso. Tex., said it was attached s to the 2466th air force training center at Atterbury air force base, ’4 Ind. They identified the injured men as Capt. l.eon W. Kimberiin, 34, o co-pllot, Maj. "William Isley, 36, and Airman '3-C P. Koepp. 20. 1 Lt. Col. Ralph Stream, 34. Indi--0 anapolis, was identified by Atterbury AFB as one of the two men d killed. The name of the second dead man was withheld, pending notifi ation of next of kin. Koepp's home town is Belle Plaine, Minn., but - those of the officers were not s released. Kimberiin hiked for help after ’’ daybreak yesterday. He said he l " walked ontil he found a tractor, 3 rode it until a tire blew out and ® then follow’ed fences to the home of Peter Ingenhuett, on whose “ ranch the'crksh occurred. l ’ About the time he called Kelly 8 from Comfort, civil' air patrol planes and a search plane from 6 Ellington air force spotted the e wreckage. Paramedics were drop- ? ped to help Isley and Koepp, who 3 were later flown out by helicopter. 1 The crash occurred some 50 3 miles northwest of San Antonio, after the ’’ pilot radioed he could 1 not see the field lights at Kelly. Lake County Traffic Death Toll Now 23 HAMMOND. Ibd. (UP)—Claude , Ponto, 69, a farmer near Lowell. 1 died Monday in St. Margaret’s hospital of injuries-sustained May 6 in a traffic accident at Schneider.* 8 Ponto was the 23rd person to die 0 in Lake county traffic since Jan. 1. S '■* . democrat Want Ads Bring Reaults

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w 8k Mk JAMES LEECH, the former U, 8. Army captain accused in 1946 ax-arson murder ot three other American officers in Passau, Germany. is shown in his Lima, 0.. home, with his wife. Leech, now a boilermaker, is awaiting the next move after news that evidence is not yet sufficient to extradite him in the 8-year-old case. He denies the accusations. (International Sounclphoto) ———

Man Is Convicted , I Os Murdering Judge Pennsylvania Man Faces Death Penalty WARREN. Pa. UP — Norman Moon, 28, Connellsville, Pa., was found guilty of first degree murder early today in the same courtroom where he shot and killed Judge Allison I). Wade last Jan. 13. The verdict carries the death penalty. A jury of 10 men and 2 women deliberated six and a half hourr before returning its verdict against the red-haired defendant who said he planned to shoot himself but flew intoa rage and killed the judge instead. Judge Wade. 51, was cut down by bullets fired by Moon who was appearing in court for failure to make S3O a week non-support payments to his estranged wife, Janet, 26. During the trial, Moon sat near the spot where he whipped out a ,45-caliber pistol and shot the jurist twice. Bullet holes in the courtroom wall were used as evidence in the trial. ~ iMoon appeared impassive. He stared as each jurist was polled to cwsfim the verdict. Memhers of his family sat with bowed heads. The jury began its deliberations at 7:10 p.m. Monday and delivered its verdict at 1:34 a.tn. today. Trial Judge Alexander C. Flick Jr., who succeeded Wade as president judge of Warrell and Forest counties, told the' jurors after the verdict was returned: "It might help you a' little to think of this: The defendant can appeal here, or to a higher court or the board of pardons.” Defense counsel Samuel D. Braemer moved immediately for a new trial and said he will make the plea in writing probably Wednesday. The defense contended th a? Moon was not mentally responsible for I ... .• ■ ■ i

Public Auction HIGH QUALITY HOUSEHOLD GOODS As I am leaving Decatur to engage in Evangelistic Service in California, I will sell the following at Public Auction at 227 South Fourth Street, Decatur, Indiana, on Monday, May 31,1954 Evening Sale — 6:30 P. M. DST —- Evening Sale General Electric Airliner Electric Stoye, with Push Button Switches, less than one year old; Valentine Seaver Lip Stick Red Two Piece Living Room Suite, like new; Airline Radio Record Console, Mahogany cabinet, like new (33-45-78 RPM Record Player); Duncan Phyfe Mahogany Dining Room Suite like new. Table, 4 Straight Chairs and 2 Host Chairs; M. W. Nine Ft. Refrigerator with 50 lb. Freeger Compartment, two and one-half years old; Light Maple Bedroom Suite, Double Bed with Simmons Innerspring Mattress, Night Stand, Vanity and Bench, Dresser, and High Boy Chest; Gray Floral Design 9x12 Rug with pad, good; 10 x 14 Olson Reversible Rug: 8 x 10 Reversible Rug; Maple Knee-hple Desk with chair and lamp; Fluorescent Desk Lamp; Floor Lamp, Table Lamp, Boudoir Lamp; Chair and Ottoman; Walnut',,Occasional Table; End Table; Small Library Table; Hertford Upright Piano and Bench; 3 Straight Chairs; 3-Piece Oak Bedroom Suite with Innerspring mattress, good; Dresser; One double and one single metal beds, complete; Burl Oak Dresser; Walnut Dresser; Walnut Five-Drawer chest; Commode; Two Maple Children’s Rockers; Child’s Table and Chair set; Baby Bed; Two Doll Buggies; Combination High Chair; Children’s Toys; Kitchen Table and four chairs; Lovell Electric Washer, like new; Two Utility Cabinets; Metal Ironing Board, good; G. E. Steam Iron; Double Waffle Iron; Two good Irons; Old Kerosene Lamp; Dishes and cooking utensils; Fruit Jars; 5 ft. Step Ladder; Porch Swing; Ganden Hose and tools; Tire Chains for 15 inch tire; Many other Articles. NOTE—Phone Ned C. Johnson, 3-2796 or Rev. McAllister, 3-3798 if you wish to inspect the property. TERMS —CASH. Not Responsible For Accidents. REV. EUGENE B. McALLISTER, Owner Roy 8. Johnson, Ned C. Johnson—Auctioneers - ' Bryce Daniels —Clerk 25 27 29

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I his action. Dr. Theodore Wolak testified he I examined Moon last April 28 and ■ concluded the young electrician was suffering a paranoid condition and had been "sick” for several years. He said Moon was in the grip of a "panic burst” and had “completely lost his reason" when he shot Judge Wade. iMoon’s mother. Mrs. Dolly Moon, testified that on several occasions he threatened to kill himself because of martial troubles. Mrs. iMoon said her husband often entered the cellar of their home "expecting to see Norman hanging from a rope.” 'Moon himself testified that he killed Wade because his troubles “seemed to be piling up” and he was “furious when I had no chance to tell what happened” in his relationship with his wife. • HAILE SELASSIE (Continued on Page Eight) army against Italian bombs and mustard gas. He finally fled by muleback-and British cruiser. He was in exile in Britain until 1941, when he again pitched his red war tent with a new Ethiopian army on his own soil and helped the British oust the Italians. Three-Country Tour Arriving in New York* on the liner United Slates,, -the) .emperor, 1 accompanied by a royal party of ministers and advisers and a large i household was to stay I overnight at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. He was schedulde to en- : plane for Washington at 2:30 p.m., ■ EDT, Wednesday. His imperial majesty will tour ! the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Among the cities listed i for visits are New York, Boston. Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Ann Arbor. Lansing, Chicago, St. Paul, Spokane, Seattle, San Francisco, j Los Angeles Stillwater, Oklahoma City, Mexico City, New Orleans, and Fort Benning. rr you nave something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Navy Fires Rocket To Record Height , Rocket Fired 158 Miles Into Air WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND. N.M. UP — The navy has fired a rocket 168 miles into the air — higher than any of its type ever climbed before. ' ' k— i The single stage Viking rocket, called "Viking XI" hit a maximum velocity of 4,300 miles per hour in its record flight Monday. Thus it exceeded the old altitude mark for single stage rockets by 22 miles and went 200 miles per hour faster than any previous Viking model. Viking Xi’s “warhead” —carrying 700 pounds of electronic instruments to relay information about the outer atmosphere — was recovered intact in the desert 24 miles northwest of the launching cite. Instruments in the warhead, which is blasted away from the body of the rocket at optimum altitude and then falls free to earth, relayed data on speed, missle temperatures, vibration and "environmental conditions” in the superrare atmosphere, officials said. No parachute was used to slow the descent of the 700-pound instrument complex. Its bulky, unstreamlined design served as a break in the heavy lower atmosphere. Capt. P. D. Quirk, commanding officer of the naval ordnance missile test facility, said he presumed the Viking rocket would be used in warfare with an explosive warhead. He would not speculate on its destructive possibilities. Flags For Veterans Graves Available Leo Ehinger, trustee for the American Legion Post 43, has announced that flags for cemeteries on Memorial day are now available at the Legion home. People are urged to call for the flags as , soon as possible. The American Legion members take care of the two Decatur cemeteries but can not visit all of Jhe 47 cemeteries in the county. If you nave something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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Indianapolis Man I Heads State K. C. I FRENCH LICK, Ind. UP —The annual convention of Indiana’s < Knights of Columbus ended Mon- 1 day with the election of Edward ’ Dowd. Indianapolis, as state , deputy. Other officers are Edwin J. Knies, Jasper, secretary, and James Alberts, Lafayette, treasurer. , About W delegates representing 25,0Q0 Hoosier members attended, j Morale On Formosa Is Reported Belter Officials Talk Os Invading Mainland TAIPEH, Formosa, UP — Morale on Generalissimo Chiang KaiShek’s Formosan bastion is rising. Nationalist officials are talking about an Invasion of the Commu-nist-held Chinese mainland within the measurable future. The reason is that a number of the highest United States defense chiefs have visited Formosa, looking the situation over. Added to this is the strengthenled American determination to stop the encroachment of Communism in Southeast Asia., Gen. James A. Van Fleet, President Eisenhower’s special envoy, arrived here last weekend. It was his second *visit within two weeks. Van Fleet arrived a few hours after defense secretary Charles E. Wilson had left. Other recent visitors were the secretaries of army, navy and air force and Gen. Charles E. Hull, commander in chief in the Far East. These officials all came to take a look at the military organization ChiangKai-Shek has built up on this island. The Nationalists are dedicated to one aim—the total destruction of the Chinese Communist regime. They believe it can be done only by bloody force. But officials here believe it can be done. Chiang has about 500,000 men under arms in his Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy. And talk*of a Nationalist invasion persists. There are only 24 bandy-legged whooping cranes in all of North 1 America. |

Clinton A. Lehman Dies In Illinois Services for Clinton A. 6(1, a former Berne resident, will be held Wednesday morning in Villa Park. 111., his death occurred Sunday of a heart attack. He was a son of the late J. F.

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and Elizabeth His sister. Mrs; M- M. Baumgartner, resides in Berne. He was employed in the First Bank of Berne before going to Illinois. In recent years he was manager of the Lorenz Publishing and Music Co., of Chicago. He is survived by his wife, one daughter and two sons.