Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 141, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No 141.

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Sen. McCarthy Admits Error In Testimony Changes Testimony When Confronted By Signed Application WASHINGTON. (INS) — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy smilingly admitted today that he was wrong when he testified in his dispute with Pentagon officials that he —"never saw" Pvt. G. David Schine’s application for a direct commission In the army. ..'.□ Ws . j. . came when army ’... special counseT'Wawpfr’-khw’Wetahs produced the original application, which bore McCarthy’s signature apparently in endorsement of Schine’s bid for an officership some five months before he was drafted. The Incident brought no flgreup. Welch, with whom McCarthy has had frequent angry clashes, said he did not regard the application as a "devastating” document. McCarthy gOod - naturedly explained that he had forgotten that he signed the paper. The incident enlivened a frequently acrimonious morning session of what senators expected to "be the last day of the Inquiry into the dispute between McCarthy and his chief counsel Roy M. Cohn, and army secretary Robert T. Stevens and his counselor, John G. Adams. McCarthy dueled with Detno- * crats on the investigating Subcommittee on the issue *of his receipt of a secret FBI spy warning to the Pentagon which sparked his probe of the radar laboratory at ’ Fort Monmouth, N. J., the investigation which touched sos the controversy with Stevens and Adams. Pressed repeatedly by 'Democratic Sens. John L. McClellan* (Ark.), Henry M. Jackson. (Wash.) and Stuart Symington. (Mo.) on whether the transmis sion of., such data to him was a ’"crime.” McCarthy- snapped! “No one can deny us information about wrongdoing by stamping something classified.’ As long —~ag I am chairman of the senate ’watchdog’ committee on government operations, I will receive such Information and protect the informants.” The rigid and prolonged crossexamination of McCarthy by the Democrats caused Welch to make a pessimistic revision of his pre diction that he would end his questioning of McCarthy today and thit the inquiry would end by nightfall. The army counsel said: "It's, going so slowly that I’m afraid we may- not finish today.” <r Just before the morning session ended, McCarthy declared under oath that the charges that he and Cohn exerted Improper pressure in Schine’s behalf were issued by the army officials “dishonestly.” Symington and Jackson .stirred McCarthy’s ire occasionally as s they hammered on his possession the FBI spy warning which was extracted from Pentagon files. The Missourian, with whom Me-' Carthy has had four fierce clashes during the hearings, read front the U. S. penal code and suggested that If McCarthy received the document as an "unauthorised” person he was guilty- of a felony, v(Tarn To I'affe Six)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Calls Meeting June 29 On Civil Defense Public Invited To j Meeting In Decatur , Mayor John M. Doan has called for a meeting open to the public June 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the city council chambers to discuss the problem of civil defense, and a civil defense head. Adams county at present has no . civil defense head to coordinate • evacuation, communication, and ; other problems resulting from a s major disaster in this area. » The importance of civil defense i was stressed at the council meet- - ing last night by the presepse of „ representatives from the Chamber “ W the Adams conni,Lty radio to tetter group.,hav- . ing participiten irT the nation-wide i civil defense alert Monday. ’ Mayor Doan stated that a special » invitation to all club heads or dele- ' gates from clubs, would be extended. Ronald Parrish, president of the Chamber of Commerce, stated i that he would urge all Chamber members to attend the meeting Chief of police James Borders told the council that in case of disaster, such as tornado or storm damage, the radio club has the only alternate power set for communica- . tion in the city, .and the city would depend on them. Douglas Gilpin, representing the : radio ehrb. asked the council’s -permission to build a building in Hanna-Nuttman park to hquse their station. A site away from the city would be desirable in case of disaster, and would not interfer with . city television sets during prac- - tices. ; - Mayor Doan stated that he felt the coiuncil would approve any reasonablef building request on the part of the radio club, and asked them to give the specific plans to the cityengineer. The question of a city civil defense program, in case no county- * wide progyam was adopted, was introduced by the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Doan stated that ap(Tnrn '!'• Paste Six) Lions Hear Reports On Slate Convention Weekly Meeting Is Held Last Evening The Lions state convention, June 11-13, was discussed last night at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Lions club at the K. P. home. Paul Hancher, local president, presided at the meeting. Lewis Lutz Smith, local prosecutor,' originally scheduled to speak on traffic safety, was unable to be present. Hugh. Andrews, program ‘ chairman, announced. Smith was preferring charges against the Celina, Ohio, man' accused of rob- I bing the Berne bank. Ronald Parrish, elected state controller at the convention, reported on the financial aspect of the Lions club, and the growth made under district governor Roy Price. Par- , risli noted that of the six Indiana « districts, the local district is now the largest in number of clubs and in membership, although not In ; area. ' -v ( Dick Macklip, also a delegate to the convention, made a brief report i on the committee meetings .he had ; attended. z I

No Decision By Ike To Date On Plans For 1956 >■ <-A - ‘A ,y. < j h- » Says No Decision On Any Plans To Seek Reelection . . WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower indicated today he has enough day-to-day problems without having made up his mind on whether to seek re-elec-tion in 1958. Cross-examined on this point at a news conference. Mr. Eisenhower replteA, with unto the day are the evils thereof. , .He .»aidHe h.itf never jiiscvssed the matter with anyone except in a facetious way, and isn’t by any manner of means casting his mind forward to 1956. The PrefFdent pointed to the important problems facing the nation today, and gave the impression his concern with these problems has postponed any, decision on his tutuj-e plans. Other points made b/ Mr. Eisenhower at his news conference: 1. He said that British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill suggested a meeting with him to offset talk of a rift between the U. S. and Great Britain on foreign policy.-- —— -4 ■ 2. He said the U. S. is in touch with other Latin American countries seeking suggestions on what to do about the.tense Communist situation in Guatemala. 3. He gave the impression he has urged Thomas E. Dewey Ao run for anothej term'as governor of New York, but stressed it is up to Dewey to make up his own mind. 4. He announced he will have undersecretary of state Walter Bedell Smith make a detailed report on the Geneva conference to a bipartisan group of congressional leaders as soon as Smith returns to the 11. S. 5. He vigorously defended the administration policy against cutting off all trade with Communist nations as demanded by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) ' 6. He declared heatedly that he has never implied i-or insinuated That'farm He supported at 100 percent of parity. The President stated soberly z that events of the last few days in Guatemala have been very serious and that the situation there is under most urgent and earnest study by the U. S. He called attention to the suspension of citizens’ rights by Guatemala's Red-dominated goverament and the arrest of anti-Com-munists. This is the same pattern, the President sajd, that the free world has seen develop in other ‘countries as the Communists moved in. j . - Ohio City Lad Is Smothered To Death VAN WERT, 0., (INS) — A 13-year-old boy smothered to death when a 20-ton haystack toppled over on him as he watched farmhands ptft R through a chopping machine Tuesday. Young Lawrence Elwood Chouse a son of Mrs: Bryon H. Taylor of Ohio City and Walter Clouse of Logansport, Ind., was dug out of the mess in 10 minutes but efforts at artificial respiration proved futile.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 16,1954.

Confessed Berne Bank Robber Is Brought To Decaitur To Face Charge

Auto Accident Injuries Fatal To Mrs. Crosby Mrs. James Crosby Dies Last Evening Following Accident Mrs. Elvelra Crosby, who was injured Tuesday morning in an mobite accident died at 6 p.m. yes’ terday in the Adams county memorial hospital. Mrs. closby, wife of James Cros», by four miles northeast of Decatur, gave birth earlier in the day to a stillborn son, Stephen Wayne. The. baby, who would have been born in approximately two weeks, was fatally injured in the crash. The accident happened at an unmarked county road intersection north of Decatur when the car drhte en by Mrs. Crosby collided with on» driven by Robert Franks. 25, of Willshire, O. ‘ Mrs. Crosby was thrown from the car and suffered internal injuries, a fractured pelvis and severe head lacerations.' ’ The accident victim was a I?s| ' graduate of Monmouth high school t and a member of SL Peter't Lutfteran church. She is bg . her husband, whom she BB«UTie<S ’ M4yW.’I9KI: her-pafeWapliwi I dore and Lena ButtckOstertneyer -of Preble- township. -a«dq# brothers r . William, “also of Preble township. I Bodies of the mother and baby are at the Zwick funeral home. x where friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home and at 2 p.m. at St. Peter’s L Lutheran church. The Rev. F. W. Droegemueller w’ill officiate and . burial will be in the church cemetery. : Local Man's Sister Killed In Accident Martha K. Shannon Is Killed Tuesday i Miss Martha Kathryn Shannon, . 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. For- . est Shannon of near Montpelier and sister of Kenneth Shannon, manager of the Miller-Jones shoe , store here, died Tuesday at 12:30 ’ a.m. in the Blackford county hospital from injuries sustained in an ' automobile accident two hours [ earlier. Three other persons were slightly injured. The driver, 'Robert Lee , Green, 24, of route three, Portland, ' is being held at Hartford City under SI,OOO bond pending further investigation..;A temporary charge of reckless driving has been .filed , against him. Other occupants of the car were r Melinda Ball, 19, of Montpelier and Jerry J. Arnold, 23, of Portland. Miss Ball and Green suffered minor injuries and were given . treatment at the Blackford county hospital The wreck occurred on state road 18 near Montpelier when the car hit the berm and skidded, going off the north side of the road. : Tha xmhicle trit a: guy wire and flipped over, throwing Miss Shannon out of the car. Funeral services for the Shannon girl will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Walker mortuary with burial in the Woodlawn cemetery, at Montpelier? Miss Shannon was born June 26, 1934, and was graduated in 1952. from the Montpelier - Harrison township schools. After attending school in Fort Wayne, she opened a beauty shop in Eaton. Her parents and brother survive. IND'ANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, continued warm and humid tonight and Thuraday. A few acattered afternoon or evening thunderehowera, moatly In north. Low tonight 68-73. High Thuraday in the 90a. ./.

C. Os C. Leaders Speak To Council Recommendations Os < Chamber Outlined A delegation from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, headed by president Ronald J. Parrish and first vice-president M. J. Pryor, appeared at the city council meeting last night and made recom- . mendations on three pending ques- . tfons. I garfish. speaking for the group, * made known that the board of diI rectors of the Chamber of Com- ! merce had passed' a resolution approving of the school survey made recently by Indiana University, ’ which called for the building of two new schools in Decatur. Also, Parrish pointed out, be cause of health hazards emphasized by city health officer Dr. James Burk, the Chamber felt that the ' city swimming popl should be restricted to children who attend the £ city's public and parochial schools. ‘ Parrish outlined the program of the Chamber of Commerce, and stressed the city's cooperation in 1 the Chamber's program to bring • more industry to Decatur. He men- ! tioned that a reply had been re : L ceived from Henry Ford Il’s pri--1 vate secretary, and from other I large corporations. •1 Also, the Chamber supported the (plan to place electric lights along 13th street,. Parrish said. The UWtnnber felt, adcqjifing-'jo FAr ■ rish, .that the new business dis-, » tricUaiong 13th -aUwt.wa*» as the business district along Sec- ' ond street. He stressed the. high- . way's new importance since plans . to enlarge it have been made by I the state, and since the new north I school building will he biult neari )>y.. The Chamber also offered its I services in the problem of civil defense, and suggested that the council call a meeting so presidents or delegates from all Decatur organizations to consider naming a county civil defense head: 7 Mayor in answering the Chamber for the cbuucil, stated that the city wholehearted endorsed the Chamber's plan to bring new industries to Decatur, but pointed out that the city could not supply water for rubber or glass companies. Many of these companies, the mayor said, would use as much water in one day as the entire city. He suggested that such companies would be able to provide their own wells more cheaply than the city could furnish them with water. Businessmen Seek 13ih Street Lights Petition Discussed At Council Meeting - A petition Tor electric tights along 13th street, between the Erie . railroad and Dayton Avenue was discussed at length in the city council meeting last night. Cletus Miller, owner of the Fairway restaurant, and a group of . prominent Decatur business men appeared favoring the petition, which was originally introduced six months ago. At that time it was referred to the tight and.power committee. Miller pointed out that there are now .some 40 businesses, on 13th street, and that there have been numerous robberies and burglaries in that area. He also pointed out that eaclF monthly light hill is between S2OO and $250, yet -they -have no street lights. (Mayor Doan pointed out that he ■ had observed street lights along highways in other cities, and he felt that they detracted' from the • business advertising signs. Councilman Engle pointed out that last year the city had put lights along a section of Mercer avenue which Included only one business establishment. He called for action on the motion. It was ■then pointed out that the original ; (Turn To Pace Five)

Charges Reds Set Up Puppet For Thailand United Nations Is Issued Warning By Nationalist China UNITED NATIMs?N. Y. (INS) — Nationalist China warned the United Nations today that the Chinese Communists already have set up a Red puppet government sod "free Thailand” as the preliminary move to invasion. Ambassador Tingfu Tsiang, spokesman for Formosa in UN, told the security council that the Communist puppet regime functioning on Thai’s border inside Red China is a fact known to the government of Thailand but not to most council members. Thailand's delegate Pote Sarasin, previously presented' a resolution asking that UN immediately send a neutral military team to his country to survey the threat to Thai’s security caused by Communist Vietminh attacks on the associated states of Indo-China. U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, president of the councfT, endorsed Sarasin's resolution and refuted Soviet allegations that it is alhlMM wricking the Geneva iuHiH.or Involving JIN directly in Indo-China. * 1 \ munist forces have recently been receiving heavy arms equipment and are able to move more speedily than before. He said this has increased the danger of invasion in southeast Asia by Communist forces and that Thailand’s fears for her security are fully justified. The council adjourned until Friday morning for consideration of Thailand’s resolution and for a possible vote at that time. Soviet delegate S. K. Tsarapkin (Turn To Pave Six) Asks Careful Study Os Plans For Plant Amended Plans For City Sewage Plant Mayor John Doan asked the city council last night to carefully consider the amended plana for the proposed sewage disposal plant. The mayor asked tor careful study, an early vote on the plans, ami a definite proposal for financing the building. The mayor’s suggestions w'ere submitted in writing, and read into the record of the council. Robert S. Anderson, local attorney. was reappointed to the 1 city recreation board for a period of four years, by action of the .city • council last night. Anderson was originally appointed a year ago for ; a one-year ternr. -- A petition from Roy S. Johnson to extend the IJorter-Homewood , sanitary sewer across US 27 to service his property there was referred to the city engineer for ' further investigation. City engineer ■ Ralph ROop stated that Johnson ' wanted the service extended so ( that his land might be divided . into lots. A drainage slope away « from the Porter-Homewood sewer, and other problems were listed for ] investigation. ( A petition from Jamee Wall, of ( Wall Bakery, to cut-the curbing at j two points along his bakery on j Third street to allow a truck en- ( trance, and to raise the level of .the sidewalk so that water will , drain from it, ajl at no cost to i the city, was approved by the. . council. The change in name of the firm 1 which engineered the new power < plant was read into the record. ’ Also letters to all companies which I helped build the new diesel ißant. < concerning the suits now pending'' against the city pertaining to dam- ( age alleged done by the new plant, 1 . - (Continued Ob Page Eight) <

Monroeville Man Is Killed Tuesday Lightning Knocks Man Off Tractor Johp Hart, 64, well known Monroeville farmer. Was killed Tuesday afternoon, in one of the most unusual accidents that ever occurred in Allen county. Dr. Edgar N. Mendenhall, deputy county coroner, stated. Mr. Hart was riding a tractqg in his cornfield. A bolt of lightafpg knocked him off the machine ‘Hid into the path of the cultivator. He was dragged 66 feet down into the Scott ditch where the equipment overturned. He was dead wheft rescuers reached the scene. A daughter-in-law, Mrs. Chalmer Hart, saw the tractor overturn. She ran out of the house to the road and stopped a passing motorist. Deputy sheriff Russel Hoelle said Hart’s eyebrows were singed by the electrical flash and his dnetal wrist watch band was discolored. Mr. Hart suffered major bruises over his body and a possible skull fracture. Rescuers had to dismantle the cultivator to recover the body. • Dr. Mendenhall said he believed the immediate cause of death was a-; skull fracture, suffered when either one of the tractor wheels dr a cultivator blade struck the man. The official said it would not be possible to determine" def-. from the bolt or from the head injury. Mr. Hart was a lifelong resident of Monroe township, Allen county. (Continued On Page Eight) . • r n -ir iu t Limit Privileges Os Swimming Pool Lengthy Debate Is Held By Councilmen An resolution limiting swimming privileges in the city pool to comity residents or a resident and four out-of-county guests, was passed last night by the Decatur city council after strenuous debate. The motion *as Gnally passed was first read by the clerk without making any specification as to number of visitors allowed. Mayor Doan pointed out that the city pool last year had been overcrowded by regularly chartered out-of-county busloads of children brought here to avoid the charge made at pools in their own counties. The mayor offered as evidence of the pool’s overcrowding statements from Dr. James Burk, city health officer, who received word several times last year from the state board of health bureau of Jaboratories that after the pool had been crowded with busloads of children 1t had an unsatisfactory bacterial count. The mayor stated that each week a sample of- - water is sent to the laboratory for inspection, and that a high bacterial count could endanger the swimmers. Hugh S. Engle, city councilor, stated that he felt the pool should be restricted to the residents of Decatur who paid the taxes which made the pool possible.. He offered an amendmentto that effect, but it failed to obtain a second. * Ronald Parrish, speitking as president of she .Chamber of Commerce, said his organization felt that the health problem was so great that the pool should at least be limited to the children who at- . tend Decatur’s public and parochial schools. Mayor Doan, speaking for the majority opinion of councilors, stated that he felt that since all county residents trade in Decatur and look to Decatur as the county seat, the pool should be open to the county residents who' visit and trade here and their friends. He pointed out that the. overloading was not caused by individuals, but by great groups’ coming in from outside the county. The motion carried by a vote of 4 to 1, Engle opposing.

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Richard Clark Os Celina Is Held In Jail Over $9,000 Bank Loot Is Recovered In Home At Celina Richard Ellis Clark. 26, of Celina, O„ who admitted rowing the First Bank of Berne May 29, was brought to Decatur* today to face charges of bank robbery/ ' He was turned over to Adams county authorities this morning after a formal procedute in the Mercer county, 0., common pleas court, waiving extradiction. He was brought to this city in the custody of sheriff Robert Shraluka and is being held in the Adams county jail. Clark made an oral confession in the presence of police and two prosecuting attorneys, Donald Montgomery of Mercer county and Loewis L. Smith of Adams county. The Celina ’ man was identified! in a police line-up Tuesday by four employes of the Herne bank. Fred. Liechty, Leslie Lehman. Ruth Gottschalk and Jean Kirchoffer. The arerst of the man-was made by Edward A- Jackson of the Ohio state patrol and other Ohio state police, Celina city police and a representative of the FBI. Clark. ’ #as fi|)prehefldc<i at about ft 36 p.m. ■i»«; the-Moremaa Broths plant at where he works. At first denying the charge. Clark finally signed a confessional about 10 p.m. after being told the information gathered by otlicials. His arrest came as a result of investigation by Ohio and Indiana state authorities who tracked down his car by a process of elimination. Witnesses all had testified that the bank fobber had driven away in a maroon and chocolate 1947 model car with an Ohio license plate number including the letter X- Since only three counties in Qhio issue licenses with the letter X it was posslhfe to discovef the car whose owner fitted the description given by the victims. An affidavit charging Clark with bank robbery was filed Tuesday afternoon in the Adams circuit court. Warrants were obtained by Indiana and Ohio authorities for his arrest and permission to search bis house. At Clark’s home officers .found, the trench coat and shoes which were worn during the holdup. They also discovered the luger used in the hold-up and $9,929 of the stolen money which was hidden in the hot air duct of a bedroom. The robber who waived extradition faces a sentence of 10 to life Imprisonment if convicted, of the charges. In Celina Tuesday . night and this morning to work ‘ on the case were county prosecutor Smith, Berne police chief Karl Sprungeiy-sheriff Shraluka and state police Walter Schindler, Jack Nye and Truman Bierie. The robber earned tire title of "the leisurely bandit” by his hourlong stay in the Berne bank during the robbery. He held Elmer Baumgartner, the bank president, and other bank employes at gunpoint forcing them to assist in gathering the money and finally herding them ihto the basement while he made his escape. In his statement to police, Clark said he wis in desperate need of money to pay for his house and other family debts. .His wife, Marjorie, Is expecting their fourth child. She stated that she knew (Continued On Pane Eight) BULLETIN GENEVA (INS)—South Korean foreign, minister Pyun Yung Tai declared hit nation no longer feels obliged to abide by the Korean armia* tloa. J Pyun told a news conference that the collapse Tuesday of the Korean phase of’the Geneva parley mean* thi Repufr* lie of Korea take any action it waota*