Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1954 — Page 1

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Named To Probe McCarthy Censure Char ares V ’5 E PREBIDEN T Richard Nixon confers with the trix-man senate committee he appointed to consider « ? K ?i ns4 l . J^ €p ' h R - McCarthy (R> Wis. The.bipartisan group immediately ran into a nr pute over whether it should recommend senate action or. merely review the facts. Shown with - Utah; Sen. Edwin C. Johnson ID). Colo.- and ' e to r ‘2’ 8e m I ‘' rail ; ls C* B * < R >- s - D -I Sen. Frank Carlson (R), Katie.; Sen. John Stennis (D), Miss., and Sen. Sam Ervin. Jr.. (D), N. C.

Sen. Kefauver Easy Winner In Tennessee Roy Jenkins Named By Republicans To Oppose Kefauver NASHVILLE. Tenn. (INS) — Sen. Estes Kefauver, campaigning on a platform of internationalism, won his bid for renomination by a better than 2 to 1 margin over Rep. Pat Sutton in Tennessee’s Democratic primal y Ray Jenkins, special counsel in the-Army-McCarthy hearings who like Kefauvkr gained national attention through his appearance on television, was nominated by the Republicans against his wishes. Jenkins indicated, however, that he will not campaign to unseat the crime-hunting Democrat and did not even want his name on the ballot in November’s general elections. >Ketauver’s opponent, who had accused the former senate crime investigation Committee chairman of "leftish" leanings, conceded the election early today. At that time, returns from 1,94(1 of 2.591 precincts showed Kefauvjsr leading with 307,714 votes to 82,718 for Sutton. . . , Tennessee Governor Frank Clement also won renomination by about the same margin as Kefauver. His chief opponent, former Gov. Gordon Browning, whom Clement unseated in 1950 and defeated again In 1952, conceded early today. With only 600 precincts not counted. Clement had 231,768 votes, and Browning 92,798. The third candidate for the governorship, Judge Raulston Schoolfield of Chattanooga, lagged far behind with 14,738 votes. Kefauver; who accepted Sutton’s label of internationalist and even campaigned on that basis in the i’4 terly waged pre-election politicking, called his renomlnation “a madate from the people to continue working for the 20th century of world peace.” He added: "The results show that the people of Tennessee were not impressed by the smears, campaign ' of hate and innuendoes of my op- * ponent." Sutton toured the state in a helicopter in a vigorous campaign to unseat Kefauver based mainly on his charge that Kefauver was a “leftist" and that the issue was one of “Americanism against internationalism." Rensselaer Girl Drowning Victim RiENSSELAER, Ind. (IN) —Mary »LM<rie Whitaker. 11, of Rensselaer, . drowned late Thursday in Lake Shaeffer, where she was swimming with friends. Her body was recovered Thursday night by the •Monticello fire department. Two Persons Killed North Os Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE, Ind. (IN)*—Two persons were killed and three injured in a three-car craah on Ind 427 about IQ miles north of Fort Wayne, the same epot where four persons were killed July 6. Killed late Thursday were DuWayne A. Cobbum. 20, of Ossian. Ind., and John O. Hunter, 24. of Ferndale. Mich.

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4-H Beef And Hog Sale Held Thursday Grand Champ Steer And Hog Are Sold Carl Baker's grand champion steer, weighing 1080 pounds, eold for 55 cents a pound, for a total of 1595. to the Fairway restaurant at the annual beef and' hog sale at the Adame county 4-H fair in Monroe yesterday. Gerber’s Meat Market purchased ; the grand, champion hog. weighing , 215 pounds, belonging to Clark • Stahley, at 77*4 cents a pound, or • $166.63. 1 The eale was again clerked by employee of the First State Bank i of Decatur, including president > ,Tljeodore Grallker, and assistant . cashier® William Lo«*. Jr., and 1 E. M. Canton. ! The price per pound of 56 cent* for the champion steer wee not up I (o last year's 71 cents a pound. > which was also sold to the Fairway I restaurant for a total of $642.65. i Gull Gerke had the champion test year. This year’s price was better than the 1952 price, however, of 50 cents a pound which went to , James Sipe, the 1952 champion. The price of 7?Mi cents a pound I tor the grand champion hog compared favorably with last year's i 43 cents a pound, and 1952'e 50 cent® a pound. Jim Brown was hut year’s bog champion, and Arno C. Girod was the whiner in 1952. ' A total of 25.120 pounds of beef was sold, including 26 steers. The average weight of steers this year was 96G pounds, comparing tavor- . ably with last year’e 840 pounds. While the price for the grand champion was down this year, the average price per pound wjps 25.78 cants, as compared with only 19.38 cents hast year. The total value of the sale this year was $6,475.54; last year'e sale netted $5,810. The hog sale totaled, 14,665 pounds this year, as compared with 11,955 last August. The total gross was $4,484.08 this year; last year the sale grossed $3,515.3!>: The average hog weighed 185.6 pounds this year, as compared with 186.79 pounds last year. The average price per pound wae 30.57 cents, as compared with 27.68 cents last year. * Second best beef sale went to Hubent Kuhn, $400.75, purchased by the First State Bank of Deca '.ur at 35 cents a pound; third, to John Oarroll, from Fairway restaurant for $256.20, at 30>4 cents a pound; fourth, James Sipe from Adams Co. Farm Bureau Co-op. for $297 at 30 cents a pound; fifth, to Kenny Peck, from Gerber’s meat market for $266. at 28 cents a pound. Second beet price of the 77 hogs sold went to Roger L. Habegger from O. A. Kmgh. of Wren. 0., SIN). at 50 cents a pound l ; third Artiold Gerke. from I either Yag er. $87.75, at 45 cent* a pounds fourth, Roger Koeneman. from the Schnepf brothers, $74, 40 cents a pound; fifth, Perry Isch. from Baumgartner'* Hatchery, Bluffton. S7B, at 39 cent* a pound. Several hundred interested spectators, auctioneers, and buyers watched the sale. BULLETIN FAIRFORD, England, (INS) —A six-jet U. S. bomber crashed on takeoff from a royal air force field at Fairford today and all four orew membore wore killed. The plane, a B-47 StratoJet, plunged Int othe earth shortly after it left the ground. , J-***... ■

Toll Os Dead In Distillery . Fire Now Six 10 Million Dollar Fire Brought Under Control Thursday l PEKIN, 111. (INS) — Six persons f were killed and 28 injured in a , 10-million-dollar, whisky - fed fire which raged for two days at the American Distillery Co. plant at r Pekin. 1 The blaze, marked by three tre--1 mendous explosions, threatened a ' custofh house - bolding W,OOO gal--1 lona of ID-proof alcohol and a nearby rack house with 20,060 barrels * of whisky before it was brought • under control Thursday. ’ The dead, all Pekin residents employed at the plant, were identified as Marion Garber. 53; Rich- ; ard Ertmoed, 33; Ed Winkler, 47; , William Kohler, 35; Lawrence ! NeavCar, 39, and James Dancey, 35, .brother of a Peoria newspaperman, Charles Dancey. Company president. Russell , Brown said "at least an acre" of the plant bad been reduced to rub- , ble in the blaze touched off by , a bolt of lightning early Wednesday. Five million gallons of whisky were destroyed. As workers began clearing the debris. Brown announced that he expects to have the whole force of 650 workers back to work by Monday. Explosions of aging whisky splat- ' tered masonry and debris through- ' out the 61-acre area. Windows in structures a half mile away were shattered by the force of the blasts The bodies of five of the dead were found grouped next to a fire hose line. They apaprently were crushed when an explosion knocked a wall down as they battled the liquor-fueled fire. Os the 28 injured, 18 were still hospitalized, including John W. Reed, identified as an FBI agent from Springfield. 111. The reason tor. Reed’s presence at the fire was not immediately known. Guy Petit Speaks To Decatur Rotary Col. Guy Petit, of Bloomfield, la., for many years a member o( the faculty of the Reppert school of auctioneering, was the guest speaker at the weekly dinner meet ing of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. J. F. Sanmann was chairman of the program. Adams Central Tax , Rate Is Increased The proposed tax rate for Adams Central consolidated school is $2.38 on each SIOO of taxables, the budget which Is published today shows Levied on taxable property hi Kirkland and Monroe township and that part of Washington township outside of the city of Decatur, the rate will produce approximately $196,835 in taxes in 1955. The current rate In the consolidated school district is $2.03. The proposed levies on each SIOO are; special, 79 cents; tuition. 54; bond. 16; vocational 8; transportation, 25; lease. 31. and cumulative build ing fund. 25. ..

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Kerr Opposes Compromising Patent Issue Oklahoma Senator ’ States Views On Atomic Energy Bill WASHINGTON 4U.S) — Sen. Robert s. Kerr ( ) a ectttred today that no compromise is possible on the explosive patent issue which Ims deadlocked house-senate conferees seeking to draft a final version of the atomic energy bill. Kerr said: “you either favor a patent provision that will protect the public interest, or you don’L There's no way to compromise, b» cause you can't give something away and. keep it-too.”-- „s The Oklahoma Democrat is not otte of the ten conferees appointed to remove difference® in the housb and senate version® of the bill. He s this been consulted, however, be- • cause he successfully sponsored A s senate amendment to prohibit egB elusive patents for ten years. -• t Kerr disclosed that he originally wanted to prohibit patents db atomic inventions for 15 yearn, and , that he considered that even Nils . might be a tentative period to be 5 He saidi: “when you talk about t patents in atomic energy, you are talking about patents on something the government owns, because the • idea and rhe product are inseparable. “1 believe 1 that when you own something and are thinking about ! giving it away, you ought to think • it over a good long time. What I • sought to establish was a period in which we would see how the I ucw law works, and then decide [ whether we would grant any exclusive rights." Kerr’s views are diamentrically . opposed to those of Rep. W._ Ster- ' Ung Cole (R-N. Y.) chairman of the joint congressional atomic ( committee, who contends the in- ; ccntive for rapid development of ; peacetime power will be lacking ’ unless normal patents are allowed. The senate verwion. would permit limited patents, but would require ■ their owners during the ten-year • period to license others who would • use the ideas and inventions end ‘ pty a "reasonable fee.” Studebaker Workers Reject Union Plans Refuse Union Plan To Take Pay Slash SOUTH BEND, Ind. (INB) — Studebaker Corporation employes at South Bend have voted to reject union recommendation that they take a pay cut. About 5,000 of the firm’s 10,000 production employes voted 3 to 2 against the proposed contract change Thursday night. —— The plan, which Local 5 of the CIO United Auto Worker* had agreed to, would have eliminated incentive pay, amounting to a 15 percent pay cut. The firm hoe discharged 11,000 production workers ami Paul Hoffman, Studebaker chairman, said top executives were taking salary cute of 20 to 30 percent to cut costs. Hoffman snid the proposed pay adjustment, if accepted, would have dropped the labor cost of the $2,000 Studebaker auto by S6O to $75. , . Under present production twhedu’es, worker* are employed only four day* every other week, and average only about $35 a week Union officials argued In a session that lasted until nearly midnight that the proposed elimination of Incentive pay system, which already .had been dropped by Studebaker's competition, actually would mean stabilized employment and increased take-home pay through Increased auto production. The Studebaker pay average iw $2.37 hourly compared to $2.07 for UaMJsued O* ragr KtaM)

L—_ a Start Investigation Into Summer Camps House Committee Opens Investigation INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The , Mate mental health division Will * a-'k the 1955 legislature for $27.•’44 357 to Hipend for inn Idins. rebuilding and rehabilitating at the j state's 10 men tai (institutions in the 1965-57 biennium. The 1953 general assembly was t to -provide -455.-472=955 fee . the division "in 1953-55 but gave s only |7.524,050. ( Dr. Margaret Morgan, Indiana I mental health commissioner, presented the proposal to state budget i director Donald Clark and snid the t request had been pruned to the bone. She added fhn<t immediate ' future spending probably will have , tn be $75 n|illion to bring state facilities ujJho per. In need of most improvement I according to the budget request I are Richmond state hospital. Cens tral hospital at Indianapolis and . Fort Wayne state school. k A request for $5.2-million for . Norman Beatty hospital was refused by Dr. Morgan, who raid other institutions are in much , more critical need than the state’s I 122-million Institution a<t Westville. , The entire request was, discarded. >, lyaßue Carter memorial hospital also is scheduled to reqjeive nothing under the proposed budget. Richmond state hospital was set ' for $6,484,903 of the total. Central ; rtrte is earmarked to get $3,380.f 25. and Fart Wayne was approved for $5,850,587 by the division. Other requests are Evansville state hospital, $1,076,815; Madison state hospital, $2,619,514; New Castle village for epileptics. $2,(Tur« T® Pane SIH Sheppard Attorney Seeking Evidence Special Detectives To Seek Evidence CLEVELAND (INS) — An attorney for Dr. Samuel Sheppard said today that a pair of blood-spattered trousers or blood-stained shoes were "keys'’ to the identification of the killer of the osteopath’s wife. William J. Corrigan, a top ertmI inal lawyer, said special detectives hired by the family of the society doctor, who is accused of bludgeon-, ing to death his pregnant wife, Marilyn, are attempting to track down these items, which might prove "Dr. Sam's” innocence. The condition of the bedroom in which Marilyn's bludgeoned body was found—with blood spattered on the walls, floors, even ceiling — would make it impossible, tor the slayer to get away without a liberal coating of grim evidence, Corrigan pointed out. Sheppard, who claims he was attacked by the killer outside his wife’s bedroom July 4th, was "clean,” the lawyer added. Said Corrigan: "The police have decided that Dr. Sheppard is their man, so they stopped trying to find other suspects. Were still trying to solve the case, convinced he is innocent." a staff of four other defense lawyers are appealing in court today for a “writ of prohibition" to prevent "Dr. Sam” frohi facing a hearing on first degree murder charges* Saturday. The attorneys claim such a hearing would be "Illegal." because it was scheduled by Bay Village coun- ' oilman Gersham Barber, who, Corrigan insists; did not have the authority to take such action. Should they win the writ, "Dr. Sam" might be freed temporarily on the theory that if Barber did not have authority to call the hearing, he had no authority to issue the arrest warrant in the first place. ' Cuyahoga county prosecutor Frank Cullitan warned, however, that should the defense succeed in , freeing the accused osteopath, he would obtain another arrest war- ] rant immediately and would take ; tJW case straight to the grand Jury ] ;

— — FCC Official Charges Lamb Helped Reds Charge? Newspaper Publisher, Radio Owner Aided Reds BULLETIN TOLEDO, O. (IN) tlsher-broadcaster Edward Lamb of Toledo today branded affiliation as “filthy, scandalfederal communication commission charges of Communist ous and false.” Lamb, in an answer to charges leveled oy Curtis B. Plum- , mer, chief of the FCC’s broadcasting bureau, reiterated “every non-Communist oath I ever made." WASHINGTON (INS) — A federal communications commission official said today information in the agency’s files indicates that Edward Lamb, millionaire publish-er-broadcaster. "knowingly" associated with 'Red party leaders for a number of yeats. The FCC official said further that information; Indicates Lamb contributed money to the Communist party. The allegations were outlined by Curtis B. Plummer, chief of the FCC’s . broadcast bureau, in response to Lamb’s request for more detailed information on charges raised against him by the commission. Plummer said that the FCC to inquire into charges that Lamb, publisher of the Erie, Pa.. Dispatch. belonged to four organizations cited on the attorney general’s subversive list. The FCC is looking into the charges against Lamb to determine whether it should renew his license to operate station WICU at Erie. Lamb has reported and vigorously denied that he was “ever remotely associated" with the Communist party and recently sponsored a nationwide newspaper advertising campaign offering $lO,000 to anyone who can prove that his non-Communist affidavits were false. ' He told a Senate committee last month that: “I have never directly or Indirectly been associated with, been a member of, a contributor or a sympathizer in any respect with the Communist party, any place, at any time.” Plummer said that if the charges against him are true and correct, Lamb has "misrepresented facts to the general public, to a committee of the United States senate and the federal Judiciary in (Tar® Ta Paca Six) Appeals To Property Owners Trim Hedges Make Intersections Safer For Drivers Mayor John Doan today issued an appeal for all property owners Ur trim their property hedges, especially at street intersections, where view of oncoming automobiles is hidden. “There are several such corners in the city,” Mayor Doan said, "and <1 am sure t-lxet the property owners will cooperate in making theee Intersections safer for motorists." The mayor also instructed the enforcing officer of the city zoning ordinance to check on several signs which have been placed on sidewalks at street intersections. If there are any violations, owners of these eigne will be ordered to remove them or set them back to comply with the ordinance. There have not been many aeriouo automobile miehape in the city in the last several months, the mayor pointed out. and ft to the hope of city official* and police officers that thie record will he continued. ' , j

. *0 b -’ ■1 • - '■ *. 'to'a (■ Stale Institutions Seek 27 Millions Funds Sought For Mental Hospitals NEW YORK HNS)— The house un-American activities committee today started a nationwide investigation of Conrmunist tainted summer camps. Rep. Harold R. Velde (RJH.) chairman of the group and a for mer FBI agent, told InternationalNews Service from Washington: — “There is a very definite indicat'oii that the Communist party IS still working on the youth of the country and; the camps are a very fertile field for their operations. "We are looking into all of these so-called summer camps.” The congressional action followed a similar move by New York state, which set up a legislative committee last month to probe and expose alleged Communist-run or Communist-tinged camps in the Empire State. The New York investigation was touched off by a series of INS articles disclosing the existence of wore than 24 Red-tainted summer camps in nine states —New York, • New Jersey, Massachusetts. PehnHylvanla, _G(Ui/ornia, Ohio, Connecticut,. Michigan and Vermont. Velde disclosed, that 'the house > group already has sent inveetiga- ■ tors to the Los Angele* area to check on the Ormsby Village cartip for children. It was learned that a recently-established camp in the Swn Bernardino mountains in California also is under investigation. Ormoby Village, a camp for 100 teen-agers in Topanga Canyon, was founded by Hugh Haixfyman, who war identified before the house committee an a member of the Communist party. Hardyman was a delegate to the Peiping peace conference in Communist China. The director of the camp to Mrs. Jean Wilkinson, who was ousted from her school-teaching position for refusing to tell a California state committee whether she was a Communist. Mrs. Wilkinson's husband. (Tarn Ta raw Ki«at) Three Arrested On Company Properly Local Youth, Three Juveniles Arrested Marvin Deßolt, age 18, of 322 N. 9th street, was arrested' at 3:48 a. th. today together with three Juveniles, in an out of the way corner of the Central Soya company feed mills. The youths had two care, and in one of the cans were four sacks of McMillen soybeans. In the other car, four cans of gasoline, a siphon hose, and several tires wtre found. The youths denied having stolen the articles. Cluirgra of trespassing will be filed today in city court against Deßolt by prosecuting attorney Lewis Lutz Smith on a warrant signed by a Central Soya guard, who witnessed the arrest. A trespassing charge la the only charge that could be filed, since the racks of beans had not been removed from the soya property. x AU misdemeanor charges, such as trespassing, are tiled In the city court. The Juvenile probation officer. C. H. Muselman. will be advised this afternoon concerning the three juveniles Involved. prosecutor Smith stated. Two of the boys are 16 years old. and the third is 17; all are Decatiit boys. Arrest was made by the city police after notification of the irregularity by the Central Soya guard. Driver Killed As Auto Hits Tree PORTER, Ind. (IN) —Mrs. Cecelia Billing*. 36, of Porter, was killed today when she lost control of a car and it skidded 175 feet sideways into the side of a tree. •Her husband, William, 41, suffreed minor injuries. Polka said the couple was returning from a birthday party- at McCool at the time of the accident * *’

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Senate Study Os Centre May Run Six Weeks I Final Action May Be Delayed Until After Elections I WASHINGTON (INS) — Senators studying misconduct charges leveled against Joseph R. McCarthy predicted today their inquiry may run six weeks and that final senate action may be delayed until after the November elections. Most members of the special "blue ribbon" committee appointed by Vice President Richard M, Nixon said their sessions would be held without any television or radio coverage. There was even some question. ' as to whether the deliberations on the conduct of the Wisconsin Re--1 publican would be open to the pub- ; Hc - The six-man committee scheduled its second closed-door meeting ■ today on the McCarthy censure ’ resolution flanked by two other ’ conferences relating to McCarthy’s operations. ’ The senate investigations subcommittee, headed by McCarthy, ‘ scheduled a closed-door meeting ’ to probe Communism In the Boa--1 ton area while the grotfp beaded ‘ by Sen. Karl Mundt (R-8. D.) which looked into the army-McCor-thy controversy planned to meet * te begin drafting a report on its ’ findings. Main’ attention, however, centered on the Nixon-appointed committee. A survey showed that most members viewed the censure motion with “extreme seriousness" and were in no mood for a hasty decision despite the hopes of the senate leadership for action before congress adjourns this month. Sen. John Stennis (D-Miss.), typified the sentiments of his colleagues on the “blue ribbon” committee, when he said that "my vote would be to hold ths hearings in the nature of a judicial proceeding.” Stennis declared there will be no "quickie" action on the resolution because it “wouldn’t be fair to anyone.” Sen. Edwin C. Jackson (D-Colo.), said he had "no idea" how long the Inquiry would, take but insisted that in no event would it become "a vaudeville show.’f One senator who declined to be identified said he thought the “eneral feeling" is to recess the senate until the bipartisan committee of three Democrats and three Republicans reports. Besides Johnson and Stennis. Nixon appointed to the committee Sens. Arthur V. Watkins (R-UUh) expected to be chairman; Frank Carlson (R-Kans.); Francis Case (R-S. D.); and Sap Ervin (D-N. C.) The charges against McCarthy range from his attitude toward a senate probe of his personal finances In 1962 to bls conduct as chairman of the senate investigating subcommittee, including alleged "abuse” of witnesses. First Polio Case Os Year Reported In Adams County Adams county’s first polio caae Os 1954 was. revealed today. Tiie victim is Roger Lee Habegger, 16, son of iMr. and (Mrs. Sylvah D. Habegger of Monroe route 1. The Adams county youth, who became ill July 28. was returned home Thursday from the St. Joseph’s hospital, Fort Wayne, whore his illness was diagnosed oa polio. The youth’s physician stated that the attack was of the sinal type, but not serious, and no paralysis has delevoped. INDIANA WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday. Pleasant temperatures. Low tonight 58-66. High Saturday 7M4. to”