Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 159.

, Jet Crash Kills Four, Destroys Homes V . ■< Hr J j.Jfl ShL « > &T-Uv? ' EmLmn* .•* ■. .** '*<f’C BFj| I F* -a £ B r c ?"’ X2~- - . I RESCUE WORKKR>*aurvey damage done near downtown Kansas City, Kas, when a new Air Force jet plane crashed in. a residential area, killing (he pilot and three other persons. The plane struck the home in the center background, damaged. three others. A wheel of the jet is in the *

Dulles, Smith • Not To Return To Geneva Meet Dulles Indicates No Plan To Return To Geneva Parley WASHINGTON (INS) — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles indicated today that neither he nor under secretary Walter Bedell Smith will return to the Geneva conference. -' —- -— — Dulles told • news conference that at this moment he has no pl|ps for going back himself or for sending Smith. However, he did not fully exclude the possibility of a change in plans.* Rut the secretary pointed out that the U. 8- Is represented! in Geneva by U. S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia U. Alexia Johnson. He called Johnson competent to handle the job. Dulles was asked about Geneva In view of reports that a number of foreign secretaries are ready to return there. Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov went back this morning. He was also asked whether he shares Vice President Richard M. Nixon's view that “Truman-Xche-aon" policies are responsible for the crisis in Indo-China. The secretary replied that present evils are always due to evils that precede them. A newsman declared: “then you do shve the vice president's views." Dulles smiled and merely replied present events are always a product of the past. In regard to his opposition to the seating of (Red China in the United Nations. Dulles was naked if this isn’t a change from the view he expressed in his book "War or Peace." published in 1950. The cabinet officer, admitted that at |hat time he had argued for the theory of universality in admitting nations to the UN. He pointed out, however, that the theory of selectivity had won out and that the UN was now bound by this yardstick in admitting new members. T —. He said that since he -wrote the book the Red Chinese have been aggressors in Korea and have been censured by the UN and were therefore disqualified under the provisions of the UN charter from becoming a member. .... . Dulles said the hopes that he had in 1950 that all nations would live up to the provisions of the charter could not now be sustained In the light of Communist conquests since then. , He skid that the position of the Soviet Union and Red China were not comparable. He said the Peiping government has a worse record than Moscow and pointed out that Russfaahad never bee# cited as an aggressor in the UN as Communist China has. e Dulles expressed hope at his news conference that the current Anglo-American talks on a Southeast Aslan collective security system will be concluded quickly. Dulles noted that the talks between British and...U. 8. representatives on the possible formation of a NATO-type security alliance began Wednesday at the direction of President Eisenhower and prime minister Sir Winston Chur chill. , | 12 FAGFS

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Clear One Suspect In Kidnap-Slaying Clear Hitchhiker In Miami Slaying .MIAMI (INS) — A 31-year-old hitch-hiker from Cincinnati was questioned and cleared of implication today in the kidnap-rape-slaying of seven-year-old Judith Ann Roberta. A (Miami detective eaid the hitchhiker, Guy F., Stevens, “is clear and due to be released." He -was picked up by South Miami police early today and questioned by Miami detectives throughout the night. This morning authorities said he was not implicated in the crime. Meanwhile, authorities held 14 men tor in the case but one detective said, "there's not a hot suspect in the bunch." Judith wee »Mh»et«d froa»hwr grandparents' home at midnight Tuesday. Her battered body was found at dawn Wednesday under palm trees on the shore Os Blscayne Ray. Judith, daughter of a visiting Baltimore lawyer, James Roberts, was snatched from a couch in the home of her grandparents by someone who entered the house by an unlocked back door. The kidnaper took car keys from trousers hung over a bedpost without disturbing the eleeping grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Roeenberg, and drove away in Rosenberg's car. Mrs. Rosenberg woke up when the car roared out of their garage. 'Police studied a cloth-wrapped hammer found in a garbage can behind a barroom as the possible murder weapon. The cloth was similar to the polka-dot seersucker nightgown her slayer ripped from Judith’s body and used to gag. hind and garrot her. All known .perverts or persons with child molesting records are being rounded up for questioning. Authorities also sought two gardenenw for questioning in the case. The victim's younger sister, three-year-old Betty Roberts, told police she and Judith had talked to a man Tuesday while they were scampering' around the Rosenberg lawn in bathing suits,?. Neighbors said a gardener and! his helper were seen talking to ths I two little girls at various times throughout the day es they worked on the lawn. One of the men, authorities said, was known throughout the - neighborhood but the other was a stranger. Roberts viewed the nude and blood-and-mud caked body of his daughter and eaid: "I hope 1 find the maniac—the fiend -who did this-and I'll save the state of Florida the expense of exeeullop. He's the only man 1! ever wanted to kill." Threevsuspects were questioned and released Wednesday. (Csstlniird O| Pace Five) Tavern-Apartment Building Destroyed INDIANAPOLIS, (INS) — An In-' dianapolis tavern-apartment building was destroyed when a trash fire went oij,t of control and exploded four oil drums Wednesday afternoon. "* John Crampton. 24, a city fire-, man suffered crushed fingers while fighting the blaze. Melody Inn and the Barnhart Apartments were located in the structure. Five occupante of the second floor apartments fled unhurt. •* ,

Senator George Warns Against Quitting U. N. Joins Eisenhower In Opposition To Knowland's Stand WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. Walter F. George. Ga.. top Democrat on foreign policy matters, warned today that America would become the “executioner" of the United Nations if It withdrew because Red China had been admitted The ranking minority member of the foreign relations committee joined President Eisentower io taking exception to senate GOP leader WUUam F. Knowtaod'e stand for withdrawal from the UN in event the Communist regime gains membership. George emphasized that he opposes Communist China’s admission at any time but does not believe this country should “prejudge” the facts which might then exist. But on the question of U. S. withdrawal, he said in an interview: "Much can be said for a decision to remain in the United Nations to control it and prevent ft from being used against us. If we were put Russia would become the dominant force in the world. “If we were out it would be the actual end of the organization. I don't think we should become the executioners of the United Nations. since we were its main founder.” George also argued that a declaration now that this country wouM wlthdaw would serve to increase Communist pressure for Red China's admission, on the theory that this would bring the UN’s end. He said it would also “weaken qur support among Allies who look to us for leadership," President Eisenhower said he is "completely and unalterably opt>osed, under the present situation, to the admission of Red China into the United Nations.” But he made it just as clear he. j does not agree with Knowland that the U. S. should pull out if Peiping [ is admitted. 15 Field Examiners Appointed By State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — State examiner R. R. Wickersbam today announced appointment of 15 field examiners as a result of competitive examinations, conducted June ill. : Thq men qualified on the basis of a satisfactory passing grade, experience and 1 qualifications and I were approved by Gov. George'N. I Craig. They will be Assigned in : the immediate future. Richmond Worker Is Electrocuted Today RICHMOND. Ind. (INS) —Jones McCracken. 33, an electronics maintenance man at the Crosley Division of AVCO Manufacturing Co. in (Richmond, was Electrocuted in an accident today at the plant. AVCO officials' are Investigating the circumstances of tbs fatal accident. However, police said they understood McCracken accidentally touched an electronic plate. The plant manufactures refrigerators. |

Decatur, Indiana, Thurs day, July 8, 1954.

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Atomic Plants Strike Is Now In Second Day J Company Officials , _ Cam- Klz* 1 |fi Plant Production ATOMIC PLANTS OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (fNS)The strike of some 4,000 workers as the uraninm-235 atomic plants at Oak Ridge ants nearby Paducah, Ky., w%nt into its second day today with company officials promising no let-up in production. The two plants produce all the nation's supply of U-235 used in making atomic bombs and other nuclear tools of war. Joseph Joy, international representative of the United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers (CIO) said the union struck to enforce demands for wage increases of 16 cents an hour. A last minute plea from Presir dent Eisenhower for the to stay on the job pending a fact* finding board investigation of the! dispute failed to halt the walkout! The plants are run by the Car-I bide and Carbon Chemicals Corp! for the atomic energy commietj sion. Company spokesmen sold the u>| lon was offered a six sent *¥ hour waifo boost. The spokesman said there will be no slow-down in production and that the plants will continue to operate “indefinitely." The company said supervisory personnel and other employes were doing the work normally done by the strikers. Joy said the walk-out was the first one staged by the CIO union involved. AFL labor leaders Aid’ their men will remain on the job for the duration of a 30-day “cooling off" period but would not predict what action will be taken when the 30 days expire. . Board Appointed WASHINGTON (INS)—A presidential fact-finding board met with management and union representatives today in an effort to end the two-day-old Strike of some 4.000 010 workers at the Oak Ridge. Tenn., and Paducah, Ky., atomic plants. The panel, whose report to President Eisenhower will pave the way for a possible court injunction against the walkout, met soon ofter the Withe House made-publie the names of its three members. They are: Keith Glennon, president of the Case Institute of Technology. Cleveland, who is serving (CoatlnueS Ob Page Five) Hoosiers Relax In Fair, Cool Weather Rainfall Need Eased Throughout State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Fair, cool weather blessed Indiana today in the wake of continued showers which eased but dtd not erase the need for more rainfall. Temperatures 4vere expected to continue in the 70s for most of the state today, dipping down into the 50e tonight. Evansville, in the “pocket" area reported 94 Wednesday, but most of the rest of the state enjoyed temperatures in the 70s or low 80s. South Bend had a Iflw of 50 Wednesday night. The showers overnight were light, with ; 83 inch at Indianapolis i the heaviest downfall recorded. ( Evansville reported .18. Fort Wayne .17, and South Bend .08. Meanwhile the weekly farm labor bulletin Issued by the Indiana employment security division noted that week end showers l ffhd improved the condition of the Hoosier toinatp crop though some areas still need more rain. Recruitment of hybrid seed corn detasselers was underway, with enough workers believed available for this temporary | employment.

LaClair Sentenced For Bank Robberies 30-Year Term For Lunch Hour Bandit FORT WAYNE, Ind. (INS)—The 32-year-old Fort Wayne used car dealer who turned to bank robbery to cover business losses today was under 30 year sentence in federal prison. ' Bernard E. LaClair was arrested his getaway driver was ■picked up by Fort Wayne police tor excessive speeding and spending. He pleaded guilty to nine’ bank robberies of $160,000. Officials said less than $20,000 of the loot is unaccounted for but only $2J?,000 actually has l>een recovered. The rest was believed to have gone to high spending and LaClair's business losses. LaClair pleaded guilty and was given concurrent sentences of 25 year* tor bank robbery and 20 years for imperiling lives with arms in Hamlet State Bank, June 6. 1953; First State Bank of Bonripn. July 25, 1953; Kenton Savings Bank, Dunkirk, 0., May 16. 1953;. /East Side Branch of Old National I Bank. Ctaansville, June 30, 1953, wand Union Trust Company, Springfield. (Mass., Jan. 26, 1954. I He also was given a separate y ve-year term and $5,000 fine .for Brae Kensington, Conn., bank holdfetp Jan. 6. 1953. The "•‘lunch bonr” bandit («» called for his appearances at noon) also drew SIO,OOO finee on each of the other robberies except the ■Evansville holdup for which he was fined ss,ooo—making a total of $50,000 in fines. George* lif. Miller, -38. of, Fort Wayne, was sentehcea to 20 years and fined $20,000., It was Miller who was arrested for sjteeding and spending and whose arrest led to the arrest of LaClair. Lattimore To Face Trial For Perjury Key Charge Against Lattimore Ruled Out • - • ■ WASHINGTON (INS)—The U.S. court of appeals ruled today that Owen Lattimore must stand trial on five counts of perjury, but not the “key" charge that be falsely denied having promoted or sympathized with Communism and Red cause*. The court upheld a federal judge's dismissal of two of the seven counts against the Far East specialist, but ordered reinstatement of two other counts in his perjury indictment. 'Lattimore, a former state department adviser on Asiatic affairs, was indicted in December, 1952, on charges of lying under oath before a senate internal security subcommittee investigating the Institute of Pacific relations. •He has denied the accusations. In May, 1953, Federal Judge Luther W. Youngdahl threw out four of the seven counts on grounds of vagueness and unconstitutionally. The court of appeals sajd today: "Clearly the freedom of speech . .-. does not include freedom to lie under oath. Even If Lattimore . ’. . ■had a right not to speak, he did not have a rigfirto'iW* W*ely." The government has said that | the bulk of its case rests on the : first count of the indictment which charges that Mttlmore lied when he denied that he had ever been’ a “sympathize; or any other kind of promoter krf Communism of Communist interests,’’ In an 3 to 1 opinion, the court ruled that this count "Is void for vagueness.” INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair tonight and Friday, except somewhat cloudy In extreme north. Warmer Frlday afternoon. Low tonight 5358 north, 58-63 south. High Friday 75-80 north, 8085 south.

Demand Czechs Release Seven U. S. Soldiers Strong Demands By United States For Return Os Soldiers WASHINGTON (INS) — The United States has.sternly demanded that Communist Czechoslovakia release seven American soldiers taken in by Red police on the Czech-Bavarian border. The state department announced Wednesday night that John D. lans, US. charge d'affaires in Prague, delivered a note to the Czechs insisting that the men be returned to Germany. The Czechs accused the soldiers of spying —a charge flatly denied by U. S. authorities. The American fiote stated? “The United States government protests in the strongest terms this abduction of American soldiers and demands their immediate return to U. S. authorities in Germany.” It continued: “The soldiers were proceeding innocently without arms along the border in the vicinity of Barnau on July 4, when they were seized by a Czech patrol at approximately 6:30 to 7 p.m. "The Czech border patrol in this I area aas already, acknowledged that these American soldiers are in Czechoslovak custody." State department spokesman Henry Suydam said the U. S. government ip Washington has not received any note from the Czech government concerning the jnissing men. Prague radio, however, said the Czech foreign ministry had sent a note to the U. S. embassy in Prague protesting against the alleged border "violation". The Communist radio announcement was the first official confirmation of the seizure of the seven men. German border police had reported Monday that the soldiers were taken at the frontier by Czech guards while on a 'sightseeing trip in ti truck. The Czech note, us reported by Prague radio, said the soldiers had admitted crossing the frontier and stated: v "The men belonged to the United States field artillery unit number 716 stationed in Wilseck. Film and cameras carried by the men, which was confiscated and developed, showed that one of the group had photographed important objects in the Czech frontier region." It also charged that the ptisslng iCaßtißwr* Ob Pace Five) John Miller Killed As Auto Hits Tree Native Os Rockford Is Accident Victinj John H. Miller. 53, of Fort Wayne and Crooked Lake, was fatal!/ injured Wednesday when his auto skidded off the wet pavement on the Lake James road and hit a tree northwest of Angola. He died while enroute to Cameron hospital in Angola. IMr. Miller was founder of the Wayne Office (Machine Co. tn Fort Wayne, operating the business for , 245 yours until two yeans ago. For I the past year be was a foreman ! for the Angola Construction Co. (Mr. Miller was a native of Rockford. 0., and a veteran ot World War .1. He was a member of the Stmpsori Methodist church and the Masonic lodge. Surviving are hte wife, Roxana; a son, Lloyd C. (Miller ot Fort Wayne: two brothers, Chaliner Miller of Fort Wayne and Roy Miller of* Berne, and a sUter, Mrs. Ocie Habecker of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be conducted al 10 a.m. Saturday at the Klaehn funeral home, the Rev. Robert D. Y link st officiating Burial will be at Willshire. O. Friend* may at the funeral home after 6 o'clock this evening.

Goodyear Workers Go Out On Strike 23,000 Workers Out As Strike Launched f AKRON (INS)— Pickets were thrown up at 10 plants ot the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company throughout the country today as some 23,000 workers walked, out in support so contract demands. The strike began shortly before .midnight Wednesday night when the contract negotiations broke down in Cincinnati. The largest Goodyear plant affected is in Akron, where some 14,000 workers — members of the CIO United Rubber Workers —are employed. Other Goodyear plants are in Los Angeles, St. Mary#, O„ (Muncie, hid., New Bedford. Mass.. Topeka, Kans., Jackson, Mich., Gadsen, AlaWindsor, Vt., and Lincoln, Neb. Rubber workers president L. S. Buck master said the strike was caused by the refusal of Goodyear to grant "an adequate .wage increase and to make any substantial correction ot the wage differentials in their low-paid plants." Buck master said the company’s ‘'first and final” offer of five cents an hour would not be sufficient to correct the area wage differentials among its own plants even If it were used entirely for that purpose. ' - Schurger Speaker To Jefferson Club Club Picnic Held At Berne* Wednesday “Government is everybody's business,” Severin H. Schurger, Democratic candidate for judge of the Indiana appellate court, t?ld a crowd al the Jefferson chib picnia at Berne last night. emphasized the importance of everyone's participating in government and politics to make the democratic form of government work. He urged all Democrats to work hard to explain the Democratic platform to the voters. More than 30 Democrats braved chilly night air to attend the picnic supper at Lehman Park. All candidate® present at the meeting were Introduced, and Democrats were urged to unite behind and eupport all the local and state candidates in the November election. Plans for a complete house-to-house poll of the county were announced by Dr. Harry H, Hebble. Democratic county chairman, who stated that the poll should be completed by mid-September. A meeting of Young Democrats was announced for Friday night at 8 o'clock at the Adams Central school. After the meeting Dr. Hebble dte cussed with county candidates various plans for oiling or blacktopping ail county road®. The next meeting of the Jefferson club is tentatively scheduled for August 2. r " b ’• u . Community Center Operation Discussed Directors of the Decatur Memorial Foundation, Inc., met last evening with J. Ward Calland at his home on Bellmont road. Management and operation of the Coinmupity Center were topic? of discussion and a preliminary report on these phases of the building was presented by Charles D. Ehlnger. Compiling of an operational budget for the Center was discussed and the aid of a member of the state board of accounts will 'be obtained in drafting the legal form. Mayor John M. Doan contacted the board of accounts department today. The election of a successor to the late C. 8- Ball. 1 as a member of the board of directors, was deferred until the August meeting- ,

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Woman, Three Men Are Handed long Sentences Jail Terms Fixed For Attackers Os Five Congressmen •- WASHINGTON (INS) — Maximum prison terms were handed out today to the four Puerto Rican Na. tlonallsts who shot up the U. S. house of representatives last March 1, wounding five congressmen. Federal Judge Alexander Hoftzoff, in fixing the jail terms, called) the fanatical pistol attack a crime "so heinous and infamous and so daring and atrocious as to shoelc the conscience of the nation.” Despite an hysterical plea by Lolita Lebron, who said she led the unprecedented assault from the house visitors’ gallory, Holtzoft said the defendants have shown “no regret . . no remorse ... no contrition.” He sentenced the Lebron woman to serve from 16 year* and eight months to 50 years in jail, the maximum penalty for assault with a deadly weapon. @ Her three, male confederates, who were convicted of assault with intent to kill as well as assault with a deadly weapon, were sentenced W jatt' term* Os from 45 to 75 years. They are: Andres F. Cordero, Rafael C. Miranda and Irving Flores Rodrigues. Prosecutor Leo A. Rover had demanded the maximum sentence, saying: "In the history of the nation there has never been a crime heinous as this one.” Defense attorney F. Joseph Donohue asked the court to take into consideration the political motives of the four Nationalists, who he said considered themselves “at war with the United States’* because of U. S. control over Puerto Rico. Holtzoff, lashing out at their "wicked and ruthless" attack, said it was only “the intervention ot Divine-providence" which kept the five wounded congressmen alive so that the defendants would not have to face the death penalty. . » The Lebron woman, a 34-year-old divorcee, cried hysterically as she told the court: “I love the world, I love God, I love everyone. I have prayed to God to help you. „ 1 want peace in the world.” T f A woman matron stood behind to aid the Lebron woman, who seemed in a state of near collapse during her often-unlntelllgible outburst Two Women Killed In Two-Car Crash MARION, Ind. (INS) - Two women wore killed and eight other persons were injured Wednesday In a two-car collision on Ind. 18 about 2*4 miles east of Marion. The victims were Mrs. China Whitehurst, 56, of Dunkirk, and her daughter, Mrs. Gertha Williams, 33, of Muncie. They, were killed when a car driven by Miss Gene Frazier, 32, of Kalamazoo, collided with an. auto driven by Jack Watson, 23, of Jeffersonville, O„ in whose car Mrs. Whitehurst and Mrs. Williams were riding. Mrs. Malessia Murray Dies Wednesday Night* Mrs. Malessia Murray, 90, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Davis nursing i)on*e. where she had been a patient two years. Surviving are two daugbr ters, Mrs. William Ruppert of Geneva and Mrs. Ivan Butler of Bell; Calif.; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Minnich of DecaturFuneral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at tba Hardy & Hardy funeral home at Geneva, tba Rev. Roger Lautsenheiser officiating. Burial will be at Warran. Friends may call at tha funeral home after 5 p.m. today. . 61