Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1954 — Page 1

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Continent Air Raid Alert Is Staged Today United States And Canada Test Civil Defense Systems WASHINGTON (INS) — The United States and Canada underwent an atomic-age continentwide air raid alert today to test their civil defense warning system. The simulated A- bomb raid. which will extend from the Arctic to Mexico, and from the Atlantic L coast to Hawaii end Alaska during the day. will afford the first opportunity for national and local defense organizations to test the effectiveness of coordination President Eisenhower led “Operation Alert” by interrupting his : White House work to lead Mrs., ~ Eisenhower and his staff into a subterranean bomb shelter, during a lAmlnute alert at 10:01 a.m. EDT. ;> Similar alerts were observed in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, with a -total of mote than 50 principal cities in the U.S. and Canada scheduled to undergo similar tests during the day. America's warning network and civil defense organization began functioning at 10:30 am. EDT as the first warning of an impending hostile air attack was flashed to the civil defense national control center at Olney, Md., frbm the air defense command. This “warning yellow" reported: “Strong movement of unidenti- ■ fled aircraft over northern U.S. and Canada, headjng south." For test purposes, this message put into mo t lon preparations against the attack all over the U. S. s ' ' As a matter of convenience, some cities such as Washington, New York and Philadelphia, held their public-participatieir “alerts" half an hour early. Civil defense administrator Vai Peterson, from a secret U. S. civil, defense control center known as “High Point", talked by telephone with President Eisenhower in White House bomb -shelter. ~ Peterson described the nationwide functionin got the civil defense warning network to the President. ■ -7Sgg=!i--L.. = At the civil defense center at Olney, Harold D. Aitken, chief of staff to Peterson, kaid that today’s nation-wide exercise will give the federal government a "much better idea” of the effectiveness of (Turn To Paw* Five) .■ «- Draft Call Ordered Here For June 22 .. r .. v .. A Xhe ytdams county selective service board today a call for active induction of six men for Tuesday, Jyne 22. Say Congress Will Adjourn By July 31 WASHINGTON (INS) — Republican congressional leaders expressed confidence after a meeting with President Eisenhower today that congress will be able to adjourn by July 31. Senate majority leader William F. Knowland (Calif.,) and Rep. Charles A.„ Ha.lleckflnd.Xhouse Republican floor leader both agreed a that the lawmakers should be able to wind up their work by that date.

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City Swimming Pool To Open Wednesday Municipal Pool To Open On Wednesday The city swimming pool will open Wednesday afternoon, according to an announcement by Hubert Zerkel, Jr., who is in charge of operations again this year. Robert Dean, son of the mayor, will assist Zerkel. At the same time Zerkel announced the schedule which would be followed throughout the summer. The pool will be open each Monday through Friday from 1 to 4:30 p.m. snd from 7 to 8:30 p.m. On Saturday it will be open from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday evenings will be reset ved for aduin only. " Regulations governing the use of the pool will be the same as previous years, Zerkel said. A sugWeattOtfto limit.the pool to Decatur residents will be discussed and decided upon at the meeting of the gify council Tuesday night. Bar Association Endorses Schurger Petition Addressed To Party Conclave The 17 members of tfte Adams county bar association today endorsed the candidacy of Severin H. Schurger, prominent local attorney. for the Democratic nomination for appellate court judge, second district, vice-president G. Remy Bierly announced today. The petition, addressed to the delegates of* the Democratic state convention, which will be held June 22 in Indianapolis, read as follows: “The members of the Adams county bar association were very greatly pleased this week on reading the announcement of Severin Schurger of Adams county that he would be a candidate for the nomination for judge of the Indiana appellate court, second district, subject to the decision of the Democratic state con ventionto be held in Indianapolis on June 22. 1954. —"Tiremembers of our association . have been personally acquainted with Mr. Schurger for many years, have watched advancement and progress, 'and know him to be a lawyer of high ethical standard, efficient, broad, comprehensive knowledge of the law, and with these qualities, together with his sense of justice and “equity, we feel he would add strength to the < Kicket by giving to the people of the state, regardless of party affiliation, an opportunity to cast their vote for one who, if elected, will serve the state with efficiency and splendid ability. "Therefore, be it resqlved by tlto Adams county bar association that we unreservedly ‘recommend Mr. Schurger tb all the citizens of Indiana,” - . .. Members of the association in- < elude the following attorneys: Earl B. Adams, Robert S. Anderson, Howard E. Baumgartner, G. Remy Bierly, Ed A. Bosse, D. Burdette. 'Custer, John L. DeVoss, Earl E. Dawaid, Henry B. Heller, Ferd L. bitterer, David A. Macklin, H. R. McClenahan, C. H. Muselman, Severin H. Schurger, Lewis Lutz Smith. Robert G. Smith, and Arthur E. Voglewede. Schurger announced his candidacy last week and has conducted an active campaign to win the nomination by Jhe Democratic state convention next Tuesday. Inverviews with the district.and state (Tun Te Page Five) ’ ; ... ' :

Eighth Week Os Parley Is Opened Today “Vital Problems Os Korea, Indo-China Are Still Frozen GENEVA (INS) — The eighth and possibly the last week of the foreign ministers conference in Geneva began today with the vital prcblems of Korea and Indo-Chiiia still frozen in complete deadlocks. Unless there is a sudden and unexpected reversal in the Communist bloc’s adamant demand for virtual political surrender by the Western nations this eighth week coud bring the end of the talk* ~410. the tomMto level. A plan now’ is under aclfve"consideration in western delegation circles to camouflage the anticipated collapse of the conference under the diplomatic euphemism “suspension.” The British and French want to avoid the appearance of a complete breakdown in the talks. British foreign secretary An* thony Eden is considering a plan under which high-level discussions and plenary meetings in the IndoChina, phase of the conference would be “suspended” while military talks continued in Panmunjom fashion between officers of the French Union and Communistled VJetminh high commands. However, it was considered . highly unlikely that these military talks win show any progress while the French political crisis still is hanging fire. Eden and Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov met to discuss a plenary session this afternoon pn the Indo-China question. The two statesmen also conferred about Molotov’s attempts to lure the Cambodian and Laotian governments into direct talks with the representatives of Communist-led,, military forces in those two Indo-China states. Both the Cambodian and Laotian delegations at Geneva have refused on the grounds that the Communist fotves are invaders ard must withdraw. One highranking Cambodian delegate told International News Service that direct talks would be “simply a trap leading to partition of our country.” Meanwhile, representatives of the 16 nations which fought Comjuunism aggression in Korea met today to discuss possible termination of the conference’s deadlocked Korean phase thia week, possibly on Wednesday. c Flag Day Services Here This Evening Decatur’s celebration of the *l77th anniversary of the adoption of the American flag will take place at 7:30 o’clock this evening in exercises at the Elks home on Second street. An outdoor ceremony, 4 to which the public is invited, the program is sponsored jointly by the Elks lodge, the American Legion and VFW posts. Mayor Robert E. Meyers of Fort Wayne, will give the addresg and the ritualistic ceremony will be in charge of Oran Schultz, exalted ruler and other Elks officers. The Decatur high school, band will provide music. The flag was displayed today from street light posts and public buildings in ob-: servance of Flag Day.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 14, 1954.

Nine Hoosiers Drown Over Weekend As Hot Weather To Continue

Robert Young Wins Control Os Railroad Margin Os Victory , Over Management Is Over Million Votes ALBANY, N. Y., (INS)-Robert R. Young today won control pf the New York Central Railroad. The formal announcement of the end so his bitter proxy battle for control of the multi-billion dollar road — second largest in the country—gave these totals:, Young group. 3,407,512. Management group, 2,340,239. Young’s margin of victory was 1,067,273 votes — enough to give him control even if the Central management group contested 800,-; , (TOO shares held by two Young sup- , porters. i William White, president of the I Central who led the long fight i against Young, announced he will . quit as head of the Company. I The outgoing president in a . statement promised to cooperate • in turning over the affairs of the ( Central to Young. Ue said: ■ “New York Central’s shareown* t ers have registered their choice.' We of course abide by the decision. We believe tn democracy du’ ( industry as well as in government. That is the American way; „ the way all of us want to preserve at all costs. “We fought a good fight for what we sincerely believed — and still believe — to be the best interests of the stockholders, of the r publie and of the New- York Central. I have no regrets. "To those many thousands of ’ stockholders’ who voted for management,l want to express gratitude and to assure them that although I will not remain as president of New York Central, I will nevertheless cooperate with the new ..group in effecting an orderly transition.” Mrs. Carrie Youse Is Taken By Death Hoagland Resident Dies At Hospital .Mrs. Carrie Youse, 69, wife of Amos D. Youse, of Hoagland, died at 12:30 o’clock this afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage which she suffered Sunday morning. She was horn in Marion township, Allen county. June 24, 1884, a daughter of William and Jane Mer-cer-Van Horn, and was married to Amos D. Youse March 16, 1905. Mrs. Youse was a member of the Antioch Lutheran church at Hoagland ans the Order of Eastern Star. Surviving ih addition to her husband are twx> daughters, Mrs. Harry Rahmer of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Harry Rahmer of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Florence Davenport of Hoagland; one son, Lloyd Youse of Hoagland; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Etta Coverdale of Ossian. . The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may,call after 7.,p.m. Tuesday. Funeral arrangements have riot been completed. Sheriff Department Aids In Blockade The Adams county sheriff department aided in the blockade set up for the two men wild stripped and robbed a state trooper and a deputy sheriff near Indianapolis Saturday. Blockades were set all along the Wabash river, including Geneva and' New Corydon. Sheriff Robert Shraluka and deputy sherJlff Merle Affolder helped with the | blockades. .

Michigan Woman Is Critically Injured Near Headon Crash Near Berne Sunday A Grand Rapids, Mich., woman is in critical condition at Adams county memorial hospital after an autoanobile accident Sunday *at 5:30 .p.m. three miles north of Berne on U.S,, highway 27Afrs. Hilda Weersing, 51, received head and facial Injuries, fractured back and pelvis and possible internal injuries. Her husband. James Weersing, 61, who was driving the car in which she was a passenger, was also badly injured. He is suffering from a head injury lacerated nose and knee injuries. Both were still unconscious this ' morning. Weerslng was enroute north when the car ahead stowed down to permit another car to make a left turn. Weersing was unable to stop and he attempted to go around, hitting headon a car driven by -Herman Lavine Patterson, 48, of 618 Center street in Berne. Patterson received knee injuries and shpek. His son, Robert, 7, suffered minor bruises and shock. Both were treated at the : local hospital and dismissed. Both vehicles were badly damagj ed in the crash. Sheriff Robert deputy sheriff Merle As- ■ folder and state trooper Walter Schindler investigated. Parrish Elected To State Lions Office Ronald Parrish Is State Controller Ronald Parrish, prominent Decatur ’ businessman, was elected state controller of all Lions clubs in Indiana, at the annual state convention 'held at French Lick last weekend. Parrish succeeds Ralph McCreary, of Anderson, who resigned after serving three years in the office. In his state position, Parrish will have charge of all money of the state organization of the service club. It is one of the most important offices in the organization. Parrish, a former president of the Decatur Lions oiub. served during the past year as cabinet secretary to Roy L. Price, of this city, who is retiring as district governor of th eservice club. “ Parrish is manager of the Bellmont Trucking Co. in this city, and is also president of the Decatur 'Chamber of Commerce. ~ Harland A. Hardy, of Rennselaer. was elected governor of district 25A, .which the South Bend area, at the state convention. Hardy is the husband of the former Miss Mildred Worthman, daughter of Mrs. M. F. Worthman oT. this, city. ° » Wells County Youth ts Drowned Sunday Rex Luginbill, IS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Luginbill, Bluffton route 3, was drowned in the Erie Stone company quarry north of Bluffton Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Surviving are the parents; two brothers, Davi<| and Tommy ; the ' maternal grandparents, Mr..and Mrs. Lloyd Collins of south of Bluffton, and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Minnie' Lunginbill of Vera Cruz. Funeral services will he held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, the 'Rev. H. H. Meckstroth officiating. Burial will be in Six Mile cemetery. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, warm and humid tonight and Tuesday,. a few scattered thundershowers north portion Tuesday afternoon or night. ~r Low tonight 66-74. High Tuesday In the 90s.

Swears Army Dangled Favors For Pvt. Schine ■ Francis Carr Swears Offered Favors To Halt Investigation WASHINGTON (INS) —Francis s. P. Carr, top investigator for Sen. , Joseph R. McCarthy, swore today . that army officials ‘dangled favors' i for Pvt. G. David Schine in “bargaining” attempts to end McCar- , thy’s probe of suspected Communist spies in key defense installa- , tions. The portly, mild-mannered exFBI agent testified at the McCar--1 thy-army hearing as the Wis--1 cpnsin senator rested from the 1 rigor of a week-end speech-making ’ tour. McCarthy, appearing re- ’ freshed, entered the hearing room 1 midway through Carr’s morning • testimony. On every vital point—and in- • jecting some new elements in the , dispute—Carr supported the testimony of McCarthy and his chief > counsel, Roy M. Cohn, confradicting the sworn statements of army . secretary Robert T. Stevens and t, his department counselor, John G. . Adams. r ..Subcommittee associate counsel Thomas L. Prewitt completed hie interrogation of Carr at 12:35 p.m. .(EOT). -pjwi the hearing was recessed until 2 p. m. After the session, Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.,) told newsman: “The contradictions here today go more to material matters dealing with perjury in the controversy than at any other point in -the hearings.” Meanwhile, special committee counsel Ray H. Jenkins reported that he expects the cross-examina- ■ tion of Carr to be concluded' this I afternoon and that Cohn and Mc--5 Carthy w r ould testify Tuesday and • Wednesday. l He added: "I confidently expect these hearings to be concluded by - Wednesday afternoon ” I Carr told in detail how Adams, ■ with Stevens’ backing, attempted to use Schine as a “hostage” in I what the witness called an army ! effort to “blackmail” the McCarthy committee Into ending its probt of possible Red spies in the rndar laboratory at Fort Monmouth. N. J. The witness tohi of an incident in which. Ire said, Adams appeared to lie drawing a rough map o' the U. S. Carr said he asked what was going on, and that Cohn (Turn To I'age Six) Mrs. Matie Krugh Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Matie Krugh. 78, lifelong , resident of Adams county, died at | 7:15 o’clock Saturday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of six , weeks of complications. She was born in Adams county ( Jan. 8, 1876. a daughter of John 1 and Sarah Merriman. Her hus- j band. Charles Krugh, preceded her in death. Mj-s. Krugh was a member of the ’ First Methodist church and the Order of Eastern Star. Surviving are two daughters. I Mrs. Fern Acheson of Lakeview.. 0.. and Mrs. Faye Ahr of Decatur; , five gra-rfdchildren. and three brothers. Floyd Merriman of Sturgis, Mich.. Ralph Merriman of Day- 1 ton. 0.. and Oscar Merriman, of 1 Wenatchee. Wash. One daughter ' and two brothers preceded her In ’ death. Funeral services will be conduct- ’ ed'at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Black funeral home and at 2:30 p. m. at i the First Methodist church, the I Rev. Virgil Sexton officiating. ’ Burial will be in the Decatur 1 cemetery. Friende may call at the 1 funeral home until time of the i services. 'x l , |<

Receive Messages On Practice Alert Test Messages Are Received By Police The report of enemy planes by the ground observers corps reached the Decatur police station at 8:06 a.m. this morning, just six minutes after the practice alert was sounded on a nation-wide basis, chief of police James Borders stated this afternoon. Three more test mesages regard* ing the practice alert were received by the local police station. These messages were relayed to the 'Erie tower, which, in turn, would relay the message to local observer chiefs. However, chief Borders pointed out, Decatur now has no eivil defense chief, and would be without official observers in case of a real attack. Borders pointed out, however, that local short wave radio operators were actively cooperating with the civil defense program, and were presently adopting their .sets to send and receive on the police frequency, greatly increasing the value of the local radio network in case of emergency. Chief Borders emphasized the value of an active civil defense corps here in case of emergency, as the local police would be vastly over-burdened with calls and work. Plans are now being discussed by various county and city agencies’ to provide this protection for Decatur. Radio * operators presently cooperating in this program are Donald Poling, Bob Sprague, Richard Stroud, and Vernon Seitz. Worthman Field Is Opened For Summer Many Activities At Field For Summer l x ' - ■ Worthman field, high school athletic field located on West Adams street, is now formally open for the summer recreation program, it’ was announced today. Operation of the field during the summer is a joint project of the school and civil cities. Steve Everhart and Bob Worthman are supervisors of activities at the field, Miss Janet Everhart in charge of craft work and playground supervision, with the assistance of Miss Dorothy Kohne. The field is open daily. Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.. with craft work from 1 to 4 o’clock each afternoon. Available at the field are tennis courts, shuffleboard, horseshoes, slides, swings and merry-go-round. The tennis court has been equip- , ped with lights so that night tennis can now be enjoyed by those unable to play during daylight hours. The basebail diamond ls also tn ~ extensive use throughout the week both day and night. The farm league teams of the Little League each Tuesday and Friday morning. Little League teams play each Tuesday and Fri < day night, the Pony League teams . play Monday nights, and Klenk’s team in the Federation league of fers. baseball Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons. • . » -i Purchase Os School Sites Is Approved The state board of tax commis- i sioners has approved the special j appropriation tor the purchase of ■ land tor the two new grade school buildings in. Decatur, .W. Guy Brown, superintendent -of public schools, announced today. The school board attorney will > now complete the details of the i 351,40’5 purchase. Brown stated. 1 The money is already available in < the cumulative building fund, but had to be appropriated by the 1 state tax commissioners before it i coulj be spent.

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Little Relief From Heat Is Seen In State Four Drownings On Sunday Added To Earlier Deaths INDIANAPOLIS, (INS) — At .least nine Indiana drownings occurred over the week end as hot and humid weather continued with little prospect for relief. The Indianapolis weather bureau forecast scattered thundershowers for this afternoon and tonight but did dot promise any appreciable letup in temperatures which Sunday recahed highs of 96. State police today tallied four Sunday drownings after a sad toil of five lives had been claimed In late Friday and Saturday water accidents. Freak winds brought bizarre results in northern Indiana during the week end. However, the highway accidental death toll was low. Richard, Soverns, 20, of Lake Freeman, was drowned Sunday evening when his boat overturned in Lake- Freeman. ——- —— Rex Luginbill. 15, of Bluffton, • was drowned in a gravel pit two miles northwest of Bluffton, despite. quick rescue work by an offduty. Mate trooper. Richard Myers, who lives nearby. Myers found the body on first dive into 15 feet of water but was unable to revive the boy. A gravel pit three miles east of Bunker Hill claimed the life of Billy Parsley, 16, of R. »R. 5, Peru, son of William M. Parsley. He was one of a group of boys swimming in the unguarded pit. Five-year-old Mark E. Gaunt, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gaunt Sr., of R. R. 1, Wawaka, was drowned while wading in the north branch of Elkhart river not far from his home. His body was recovered five minutes later but efforts to revive him failed. David Romine, 17, x>f Term Haute, was drowned late Saturday at Isaac Walton Lake, West Terre Haute, while swimming. Although drownings were .this major cause of accidental deaths in Indiana over the week end, the highway continued to claim victims. Florence Dunckel, 40. of Muncie, was killed in a truck-car accident on Ind. 3 in Wells county. State police said James Dunckel, 53, the victim’s husband, came to a traffic jam at a bridge and hit a car and then collided headon with a truck in the middle of the bridge. Dunckel and William Eliot, 32, of R. R. 2 Hartford City, were taken to Hartford City hospital with iijuries. Ralph Waldo Bernhardt, 26, died in a Lafayette hospital of injuries suffered in a three-car accident one mile north of Montmorenci on Ind. 231 Sunday night. Four other persons were hurt in the acci- _ dent. 'Rudy Sprowl, 49, Marion, was killed and nine other persons were injured in a collision of two automobiles four miles east of Marion. Temperatures reported for Sunday included 96 at Evansville, 95 at Terre Haute, 92 at Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Lafayette, and 88 at South Bend.. The hot weather was accompanied by freakish winds in some places. A-strange wind blew four men and a boy in a grain crih 50ft feet through the air on the farm of Warren Eller, eight miles southeast of South Bend. No one was hurt. Those involved were Eller; his six-year-old son, Jimmy; his father-in-law, Clyde Miller, of Mishawaka; his brother-in-law Clyde Miller. Jr., and DeVon Beisbrook. 19, a farm worker. ' ..1;.. ThP men had entered the crib to escape the storm. The crib was 11 feet high and 14 in dia- s , meter and it was picked up and hurled into a ditch where it was demolished. \ Another wind destroyed a store building at Linkville, five miles northeast of Plymouth. Mrs. El(Tara Ta Pace Five)