Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1954 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FaMlshed Every Evening Except Bunday By THB DBCATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered nt the Deoatar, ted., Poet Office as Second Ctem Matter Dick D. Haller —— — President A. IL Holthouee - Editor J. H. Heller .... - Vice-President Chas. Holthouse —...——.... Treasurer Subscription Rates: & > ' By Mell in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Six months, $4.26; I months, $2.26. ' By Mail, beyond Adamo and Adjoining Countied: One year, ss.oo; 6 months, $4.76; 2 months, $2.60. By Carrier: 26 cents per week. Single coplee: K cents.

2... July used to be designated as firecracker month, but this year - it will be remembered as the great storm month. -—o o This newspaper joins in welcoming the students to the Reppert Auction School. We hope you enjoy our friendly city. 6-—0 French nurse Genevieve de Galard Terraube, who remained on duty at Dien Bien Phu to care for wounded soldiers will arrive in the United States Sunday. The American congress sent her an invitation toWisit this country and no doubt she will be given a koine's welcome. - 0 0 The value of taxable property in Wells county is approximately 38-millios dollars, about two million less than the total in Adams county. Our neighboring county recorded a loss of $900,000 from the previous year's valuation total • and the city of Bluffton came up with a net gain of some $82,000. Market values play an important part in the tabulation of personal property, which includes farm products and livestock. Bellmont park, just beyond the eastern edge of the city, will be the campus for students of the Reppert Auction School next week. With its rows of beautiful maple trees and natural surround- „ Ings it is ideally adapted for usch purposes. Many of the students will reside in the park during the three week training course which • opens Monday and a number will be guests in private homes. Decatur citiaenry welcomes the opportunity to entertain the student guests. T] ie federal budget came within three billion dollars of being balanced, the Treasury reports. For the fiscal year which ended last June 30, the government spent $67,600,000,006 and took in about $64,600,000,000. Estimates made a year ago differed from the actual totals, both in income and

Household Scrapbook BY ROBERTA LEE a■" • 1 ' Kitchen Aprons Old shirts with worn-out collars and culls make ideal kitchen aprons. As the shirt is already hemmed it requires but little -work to transform it into the apron. . Dustcloths There are many kinds of dustcloths on the market, but old stockings ripped open probably make the best dustrags. They do not leave lint. RIBBONS After washing the ribbons, wind them around a bottle filled with warm water. Cork the bottle and the ribbons will dry quickly.

? Parkinson's Disease Relieved by New Drug

By HUMAN N. VUNMSEN, MJ. . THE disease named after James Parkinson may follow aa attack of sleeping sickness or encephalitis. It may also follow hardening of the arteries, or it may be due to poisoning. The appearance of the patient with this nervous disease becomes quite -characteristic. He has a wide-eyed, unblinking, staring expression, and his muscles are smooth and almost immovable. For this reason, the face is said to be almost “masklike.” Some Characteristics The patient has a tendency to form excessive saliva and drool out of the comers of his mouth. He walks with a siow, abort, shuffling gait, with his body mM. Once he begins to walk, he Has difficulty tn stopping because of the propulsion of bis body. There is marked rigidity of muscles. Parkinsonism affects certain area* of the brain. The patient has a tremor of his hands and legs that he eannot control The disease can attack only one arm er lag at a Unw. jUsually tea Dn-1

expen ae s. The administration hopes to balance the budget in the current fiscal year, although plans toward that goal are still in the wishful stage. President Eisenhower reported the national debt exceeds 271 billion dollars, which takes about six billions for interest payments. 0 0— Getting The News:— The disastrous storm that swept through Fort Wayne and this city the other evening reminds us of a story we read in the Bruce magaxine. > It runs something like this: A wire had\allen across the main street and was holding up traffic. No one dared to touch it in case it should be ‘’live". The news reached the editor of the local paper and he acted promptly. “Send down two reporters", he ordered, “one to touch the wire and the other to write up the story". That is what Is meant by news coverage. 0 0 Canada Is Busy:— The New York Times describes the important role Canada is playing in the defepee of the free world against Communism. Besides maintaining pir, ground and naval forces in Europe and Korea, Canada is making substantial contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in troops, materiel and money. Three hundred Sabre jet fighters have been delivered to Britain, with 70 per cent of the cost of the planes paid by Canada and the other 30 per cent contributed by the United States. Equipment of all kinds, ranging from gun slings to heavy tanks, have been shipped to member countries of NATO. Our neighbor to the north is proud of the part it is playing in the struggle to make the free world strong and that pride" is justified. Canada is a bulwark in the tight for freedom.

Demands Prosecution Os FHA Officials WASHINGTON (IN> —Sen. Hary F. Byrd (D Va.J said today the senate banking committee conld have done “a much more careful and thorough job” In recommending legislation to curb profiteering tn government-insured housing loans. Byrd made the statement after charging that federal housing administration scandals are the result of “graft and ufrad” and demanding that tbe justice department initiate prosecution o? ousted FHA official Clyde L. Powell and others. Dsmocra* *7ant Ads Bring Results

’ gers go through a "pill rolling” i type of motion. The condition • usually becomes progressively worse. Many drugs have helped to Sve relief to those who suffer om Parkinson’s disease. Recently, a new drug called panidol was perfected. It was ' used on approximately 300 cases with reported improvement , ranging from slight to marked in . about 87 per cent. It was effective against all of the symptoms of Parkinsonism, especially against the muscle rigidity. 1 Parsidol usually must be given 1 in conjunction with other drugs, such as amphetamine, that may > help relieve the symptoms of this • disease, and should be used only j under direction of a physician. ; QUUTION AND ANIWEB Mrs. L. N.: Will a kerosene en- , ema hurt my child who is four years old? Answer: There is no reason for giving your child kerosene enemas. Kerosene has definitely proved to ba poisonous.

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Modern Etiquette | BY ROBERTA LEE ) 0 Z- — ——o Q. Is it all right for the “dummy" at bridge to leave the table? A. If really necessary, it is all right. This does not mean the dummy should wander aimlessly about the room, tor that indicates a lack of interest in the game—which means a lack of good breeding. Q. Doesn't It show ill-breeding to “eat and run" after having luncheon with a friend? A. This would be permissible for a business man or woman. However when luncheon is served in a home, it is proper to remain for at least an hour after finishing. Q. Is it obligatory that relatives and close friends send engagement gifts to a girl? A. This is not customary. Most people concentrate on the wedding gift.

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CHAPTER ONE WE BEGAN closing in just bef<?FS .®W* • *?-• Pieman beside me bent low to keep benind a board fence that enclosed the back yard. His shoes crunched softly on the frozen snow. In the heavy dusk of the winter evening 1 caught only a brief glitter of reflected light from his flashlight He drew his revolver and raised the gate latch. 2 ■' , ' 1 dipped my hand inside my overcoat and hauled my .38 out Then I followed the young cop into the yard. Behind me a policeman shifted his feet impatiently. Then he was quiet and we waited for the whistle to blow. At the front of the house someone stamped up three steps, walked forward with no caution. Then a bare fist rapped sharply at the front door. That would be Mackey, I thought, the ham-handed lieutenant from the robbery detaiL Aa far as we knew only one man was inside the house. For a long, tense moment, nothing happened. Mackey would be moving men closer to the sides of the house to block all the exits. Then a gun cracked near the front door. 1 rose slightly to get a clear view and then waited. It might only be Mackey shooting off the door lock. Two more shots were fired in swift succession. The kitchen door opened and I saw a young, strained face in the moment before the light went out That was Charles Alexander Stewart, former assistant bank cashier. A fine-looking young man. Everyone liked him. Everyone trusted him. That's why he had been able to steal *200,000. Stewart left the door open, took one timid step on to the back porch. The young cop jumped out to face him, his pistol lowered into line as he shouted for Stewart to surrender. * Stewart didn’t bother aiming. He fired wildly from the hip, a crackling burst of three shots. The young cop never fired at all. He crumpled to the ground and Stewart leaped from the porch and headed straight for. me. “Stop right there!" I yelled. When he kept running, 1 fired once, aiming low, trying to get a leg. I got nothing. Stewart squeezed off all the rounds left in his pistol, shooting at ahadows, aot able to see more than the flash of my gun. And he hit me. The small-cali-ber- slug caught me almost at the tip of my left shouldej, spun me in a tight circle .and knocked me off my feet My skull cracked against an incinerator and rang like the city hall chimes. Five weeks and three operations later, all the bone Chips and splinters had been cleared away. A twoinch span of my collar-bone was metal now. Eventually, it would function well enough, but not for another few months. And oven then I Might need sama more

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Happy Warriors The Preble Happy Warriors 4-H Club held their regular meeting July 12 at the Preble recreation center. The meeting was called to order and the pledges recited. Refreshments were served by Daniel Rhoades and Delbert Rhoades. The next meeting will be held July 27, 8 p.m. at the Preble recreation center. i i Im i■ ■■ i • ■ Happy Hustlers The sixth regular meeting of the Happy Hustlers 4-H club was held July 13 at the home of Karen Reed. The meeting was called to order by the president, Gretchen Schaepp. The pledges were led by Judy Vor and Chloe Ellen Neuenschwander. The roll call was answered by “Where you want to go

whittling before the joint rotated smoothly. As I looked out my window! 1 spw a familiar scene, tt wag February' now and the deep snow topping the hospital’s brick boundary wall was a dingy gray from the constant smoke Beyond the wall was the wide dirty Philadelphia street, still paved with brick as it had been for 100 years. On the table next to my bed, my little telephone purred, and I got up unsteadily from my chair, took the three steps that let me sit on the bed and picked up the phone. "Your office calling, Mr. Wilde," the operator said. Then I heard Penn Maxwell’s voice saying: "Hello, that you, Carney?” “Yes,” I said. “What is RF "How do you feel, boss?” “Rotten.” “Can 1 come and see you?” I said: “Come ahead, but make it fast I won’t bo here long.” "Ten minutes,” Maxwell said. “Thanks, boss.” I hung up, wondering what Maxwell was thanking me for. He'd been working for me nearly three years now and he'd been calling me at the hospital almost every day for the past month. I got back to my chair, and when the door opened softly behind me, 1 didn't look around. I picked up my clgarets, juggled the pack to make one stand up and then reached for it with my mouth. I was fumbling for my lighter when a match flared behind my head. It moved around and I leaned forward to light my eigaret, seeing the Mg heavy man out of the corner of my eye. He blew out the match, placed it tidily on the smoking stand and sat in the other chair, peeling back his overcoat but not taking it off. “Cold day, captain?” I asked him. ■ ' ■■ ■ • ~ '-* 1 Capt Grodnik shrugged and then grinned with that wide, snaggletoothed grin that always gets a response from me. He seemed larger than usual in his black overcoat He took off his gray felt hat No matter what he wore, Capt Grodnik was a cop and he looked it every mtnute. Maybe the eyes gave him away, those pale, goldflecked eyes that were so much more watchful than most His head was large and almost entirely bald. Without his hat ho looked rather like an amiable fat man and he was willing to let you think so. It took a second glance to see the disciplined mouth, the big steady jaws and always those watchful, unblinking eyas. "I stopped in the surgeon’s office,” he said. “He was telling hie girl to get your bill ready.” I said: “I was just sitting here, getting up energy enough to get dressed." Capt. Grodnik stood briefly, took off his thick coat and tossed it on my bed. He balanced Iris hat on the window sill, fished out a cheap black cigar and Ut XL I

20 Years Ago Jwly 24 — John W. Dillinger, Sr., the 79-year-old father, claims body of his, bandit eon an.d it will be taken to Indianapolis for burial In Crown Hill. Herb Kern and Hannan Ulman are candidates for commander of American Legion. The election will be held August 11. ' The rainfall for Adams county Is six Inches under normal tor the past six months. Over WO persons have died In northern United States as result of the heat wave and ho relief Is in sight. Eugene Runyon and E. B. Macy leave for a short vacation ft Oden, on your vacation.** The minutes of the last meeting -were read by Cynthia Lohman and approved. Old and now business was discussed. Group singing was led by Cynthia Lehman. *H>e health and safety lesson was given by Chloe Neuenschwander. Demonstrations were given on "Centerpieces by Gyneth Scbnepp; "The Sewing Basket” by Susie-Frank, and "How we make our headscarfs'* by Arvilla Smith and Julie Sanders. The special feature was an accordion solo by Shirley Hirschy. Gretchen Schnepp gave an Interesting report on her trip to Purdue Round-up. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments were served by Karen Reed. Kay and Phyllis Singleton. Diana Kershner, and Judy Arnold. Jolly Juniors The Preble Jolly Juniors 4-H club met July 12 at the Decatur swimming pooh A pot luck supper was enjoyed by the 4-H girls and leaders. Following a short business meeting, everyone enjoyed a good swim. The next meeting will be held July 28 at the Magley recreation center. Everyone is asked to bring their record books. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

“Where," he said, "do you go from here?" yome," I said mildly. "Apartmeht. Office. I’ve sUU got a badness, I thinlc" "Loot any clients yet?" be asked. “That’s a good question, captain," 1 said tightly. “It’s a good Joke, too, isn’t it?" “Not to me," he said. There was a long moment’s silence before the cramp left my clenched fingers, before the angry tension eased away. I nodded. Grodnik spoke around his cigar. "I went to school with a mast named Mort Metzger," he said. "We see each other sometimes. I had lunch with him last week. Then after lunch I called up Eli Jonas and had a little talk with him." I nodded, not trusting my voice. Mort Metzger was one of the members of the Department Store association. And old Eli Jonas was president. Ho was also my sponsor. Because of Eli, I had sewed itp the enure association on a contract for security policing of all the stores. Eli had thought he owed me a favor and the contract was his way of paying off. Because of him, I had all the work my detective agency could handle, even with 12 full-time operatives. But because of Mr. Charles Alexander Stewart, I waa in a spot that nobody could envy. “Mort said his people wouldn’t renew your contract," Grodnik went on. “But Mr. Jonas seemed to think that- the membership might feel differently next June when they have to decide." ‘They won’t," I said flatly. Grodnik nodded. "I think you're right. They won't Unless you do something." * \ I locked both hands over my knee and squeezed hard, feeling a stabbing pain in ray left shoulder and paying no attention to it. “I’ve thought of that, too," I said. “I’ve also thought that Stewart was assistant cashier in the Jonas bank. It isn’t mufih of a bank; it doesn’t have a lot of depositors, just the store itself and the credit union and some employes. But it’s still a bank with deposits Insured by the Federal Reserve board or whoever does it, and that means the FBI takes care of it. I’d like to And Stewart and bring him in. But I can’t compete with the FBL And oven if I had a line to go on—which I haven’t— I don’t think J. Edgar Hoover’s boys would let me make a move They’d freeze me out" Grodnik nodded. “That’S fine," he said. “But you forgot something." 1 waited for him to tell ma That young cop who was out back of that house with you," Grodnik said. “Fete Fontana. He was killed. That makes Stewart a murderer and I Want him. Murder outranks any bank robbery. I don't think the FBI would argue that" “How does that get me Into the chase ?** I asked. /To Ss Ml.

Reports Daughters Fail To Return Home local and state police wore asked Friday to aid Loo Velas of Adams county locate his (wo daughters who Mled to return hhne. State police were notified and given a description of the two juveniles. The girls have a brother, John Veles, residing near Borne. - Question Three Boys Concerning Thefts City police questioned three Decatur boys Friday concerning the theft of some money and a cigaret lighter at the municipal swimming pool. The alleged theft* were reported by a swimmer, Who had left his clothing in the locker room, ffo charges have been filed against the accused boys, all juveniles.

Curt News Marriage License Robert Ballinger, 28, Mendon, 0., and Glenda Rife, 20, Spencerville, O. Divorce Cases —- The law firm of Custer and Smith has entered appearance for Roger Chrlstener, defendant in a divorce action by Dorothy Chrlstener. .A motion to dfantss the action has been filed by the palihtitf. Hearings for,the past four days on the divorce case of Edward E. Matter against Anna C. Matter, venued from Alien county, >have brought about nd conclusions and the cause has been continued to July 27. Estate Cases A sale bill for the Theodore Roth estate has been filed, examined and approved. The schedule to determine inheritance tax has been filed without reference to the county assessor. A notice has been ordered issued returnable Aug. 13. c Proof of the mailing of the notice in the matter of 'determining the inheritance tax due from the Mary C. Berllng estate has been filed. The report shows a net value of 1161,524.49. Tax due includes 81.276.78 from Joseph J. Berllng, sl,140.78 from William H. Berllng, |l,561.65 from Edward F. Berllng, |l,140.78 from Agnes M. Berllng, |l.140.78 from Genevieve A. Berllng, 21.140.78 from Matilda Briede and none from Patrick J. Briede. The Inheritance tax report on the amended report for the John Hinck estate shows additional tax amounting to 27.12 from Herman J. Hinck, Margaret Springer and Elmer C. Scare and an added 23.56 from«Anqa Lou and Delores Heinrich. Proof of the publication of tices of appointment and final settlement have been filed in the Cora Pierce estate. The final report has been submitted and approved and the court has .ordered the administrator to make distribution according to the report. Nellie Craig, Horner Niederbouser and Ida H. Schindler each receive 263.68. The estate has been closed. In the estate of James T. Dailey, proof of the mailing of the notice in the matter of determining the inheritance tax has been filed. The tax appraiser’s report shows a net value of 240,361.01 with 2166.80 tax due from Bernice Burk, 2181.81 from Alma Frisinger and 250 from Mary Colter. The law firm of Dailey and filed a general denial to the petition to determine ownership of wheat filed by Albert Hamrick and Francis Luginbill. The court has taken the petition under advisement. The schedule to determine the inheritance tax due from the estate of Margaret Parr has been filed with reference to the county assessor. A petition to pay special bequests of the will of Emilia A. Tonneller has been sustained by court. Also sustained was a petition to file the inheritance tax schedule without penalty. The schedule has been filed with reference to the county assessor. The county agent says, "if you're watering small shade trees this summof, give the ground a good soaking at least dnee a week.”

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Pennsylvania Asks High Court Review * Asks Supreme Court Set Aside Reversal HARRISBURG, la. (INS) — Pennsylvania will ask the U. S. supreme coubt today to review a case the decision on which will determine whether states as well as the federal government may prosecute tor seditious acts. The petition tor • writ of cer-tiorari-to be filet In Washington — requests consideration of the case of Communist party leader Steve Nelson whose conviction under a Pennsylvania anti-sedttlon law was upset by the state supreme court. , A writ of certidrari is a demand by a court for the records of a lower court fol- the purposes of review. “If the decisjpn is allowed to stand, anti-sedition legislation in 45 states will go out the window,” declared deputy attorney general Frank P. Lawley Jr. He said the other 47 state attorneys general were invited to file briefs as “friends of the court” to urge a revieVr of the case. Nelson, 51, a Moscow-trained native of Yugoslavia and a naturalized U. S. citizen, is the former western Pennsylvania Communist chairman. He waa arrested following a raid Aug. 11, IMO, on party headquarters across the street from the Allegheny county courthouse at Pittsburgh. Leading the raid waa Michael J. Musmanno, then a county judge and now on the state supreme court, who initiated action against Nelson and two other party functionatries. “

REAL ESTATE AUCTION MODERN 2 BEDROOM HOME 1135 MARSHALL STREET, DECATUR, INDIANA MONDAY, AUGUST 2nd — 6:30 P.M. 1 This home ie located on a nice corner lot and will onlV be a few steps j foom the new Westside School. It has a large living room, 2 bedrooms, ' hall, kitchen and utility room. Hardwood floors, white pine trim, all newly decorated, oil furnace, it U located in a fine neighborhood ourrounded by new homes. Quick possession can be given and inepection can be made at any time by contacting the Auctioneers. FHA or GI loans can be arranged. TERMS—2O% Cash on day of sale, balance upon delivery of Marketable Title. MR. & MRS. ROY FRIEDLY— Owners Gerald Strickler, D. S. Blair—Auctioneers - 4 C. W. Kent. Sales Mgr. ■ '. r m j ■Bhii'WWuetod by The Kent Realty A Auction Co. Decatur, Indiana Phone 3-3390 Not responsible for accidents. 24 21 22 EVENING AUCTION REAL ESTATE — PERSONAL PROPERTY We are moving to Blufftou, so will sell our home In the Village of Vera Cruz, ou Wednesday Evening, July 28, 1954 i Sale to begin at 6:30 P. M„ CtJT. REAL ESTATE; Home No. 1 has 4 rooms and full bath down and 3 rooms up. it has a new water heater. It bee cupboards and eink in the kitchen. It is covered with new siding and has a new roof. There is an attached garage. Vera Crus haw a church and a grocery and is located 6M: miles southeast of Bluffton and a convenient distance from Decatur and Berne. Home No. 2 is a 4 room dwelling that now rente for 220.00 per month. NOTE: These homes will first be offered as two separate unite. Then they will be offered as a complete unit, selling in the manner In which they bring the highest price. TERMS—3O% down on day of sale, balance upon request of merchantable title. POSSESSION: 60 days. PERSONAL PROPERTY— 4 pc. bedroom suite, springs A mattress; large size Duo Therm oil heater; 4 room size oil heater; 275 gal. oil tank; buffet & 5 chairs; used oak lumber, 54x8 by 10’ long; 34x8 by 28’ long; 1-Bxß by 32’ long; 10-2xß by 10’ long; 5-2xß by 12’ long; 112x12 by 12’ long; 26-2xlo by 12’ long; 81-Ixl2 by 8’ long; 3 2xß by 10’ tong; 21-2xß by 12’ long; 37-2x6 by 13’ tong; a lot of Ix 2 lath good for cribbing; 78 sheets of corrugated used roofing, etc. TERMS —CASH. ’Not responsible for~accidents. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Melton, Owners Auctioneers: Dell Shaw, Bluffton; Joe Jacobs, Liberty Center, and Bill-Shaw, Fort Warne, it " > Clerk: Farmers & Merchants Bank. it

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) The jurist testified at length during the two drawn-out trials which lead to Nalaon’a eoavictloa. The Red leader was sentoßoed- to 20 years and a 810,000 fine—the stiffest penalty provided under the state law. Ha was-later convicted in federal court under the Smith act on the same charge advocating overthrow, of the government by violence—and given a maximum sentence of five years. Both cases are still in the courts on appeals. When Nelson’s case* came before the Pennsylvania supreme court, state charges were quashed in a 4-1 decision whic hheld that Nelson was placed in double jeopardy, and that the Smith act superseded the state law. Nine Negroes Sue Officials At Marion - FORT WAYN®, Inf. (IN) —Nine iMiarion Negroes have filed eult for 8157,000 damages against the city of Marion and Ke officials on charges of discrimination. The suit was filed on Ute behalf of six adults and three minors in Northern Indiana United States district court ot Fort Wayne. It charges their exclusion from the pool violated equal rights guaranteed by thexconstitutton. Also sought is a restraining order which would prevent further barring of Negroes from the Matter park pool, which has been closed as a result of the dispute.

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