Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1954 — Page 1

Vol. LI I. No. 199

U. S. Probes Air Crash ' ~ —' ■""" "*■ ' • HsSagjjW s£,'■s& Wk JSaMRnNu . '■< - ''' "*> 1«* S' ' A "' ' . 7 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN stand guard over the mangled wreckage of a Braniff DC-3 airliner which crashed near Swaledale. lowa, enroute from Memphis to Minneapolis Sunday, killing 11 persons and injuring eight The guard was posted to keep curiosity seekers away pending an investigation by Civil Aeronautics officials. ~ ■ , •

Brazilian Head Gefulio Vargas Suicide Victim Shoots Self After Threatened Revolt Forces 'Leave* -*? RIO DE JANEIRO (INS) — Rio de Janeiro police announced today that. Oetulio Dornelles Vargas, 71-year-old Brasilian president, committedsuicide. Police said he shot himself in the heart with a revolver in his presidential home in Catete Palace a few hours after being forced, to take a 90-day "leave of absence" because of a threatened military revolt. in refusing to budge from his post Vargas Monday had said he would “only leave the presidential palace dead.” The Tamoyo radio station said Vargas left three notes, one saying: "I leave the heritage of my death to the wrath of niyT l nenttAs. “i am sorry that I was not able to do for the humble the underprivileged classes what -I wanted.” Contents of the two other notes were not Immediately disclosed. An official bulletin stated earlier today that Vargas was taking a SO-day leave of absence and was handing over the presidency to Vice-President Joao Case Fllho for that period. - A military spokesman said that the leave became effective at 4:30 a.m. 3:30 a m. E.D.T. It occurred shortly after a delegation of army generals called on War Minister Gen. Euclides Zenobio da Cost* to inform him that they sided with the air force chiefs who demanded the resident's resignation Sunday. Luthero Vargas, son of the president, Oswaldo Aranha. treasury minister, and Gen. Caiado de Castro, chief of the presidential guard, were the first reported to have reached Vargas after hearing the shot. The general fainted and Aranha wept. The reaction of the son was not immediately learned but the son’s name had been injected in the political intrigue that led to the dramatic developments. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair, hot and humid this afternoon, tonight and - Wednesday with a. few Isolated , thundershowers thia evening. High today #5. Low tonight 70. High Wednesday 95.

Caphart, Jenner Back McNaanv Appointment

— — , INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Nevei count "Uncle Ralph" out In Indiana politic*. Republicans of Indiana have learned through the years that former Governor Ralph F. Gates, Indiana GOP national committeeman, usually lands on his feet. !. The latest feat of Gates came to light when both Senators Homer E. Capehart and William E. Jenner, his erstwhile political toes. Indorsed Gates' son-in-law, Phil McNagny, Jr., of Columbia City, for U. S. Attorney for Northern Indiana. McNagny, who now is assistant U. 8. Attorney for Northern Indiana, married Gates' pretty and vivacious daughter, Patricia, who is a practicing attorney in Columbia City. The McNagnys have one child Julia, who is one year old. • Paul Cyr, legislative assistant to Capehart, said the two senators believe it Is only a "matter of time" before McNagny la appointed r

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NIPSCO To Build New Power Plant Electric Plant To Be At Gary HAMMOND, Indiana, (Special)—* Northern Indiana Public Service Company will build a new electric generating station at Gary, Indiana, i)ean H. Mitchell,.president of the company announced today. The first generating unit to be installed 3 will have a capacity of 137,500 KW. f The new power station will be - built on a 100-acre tract lying be- - tween the E. J. A E. Railway and the Lake front, approximately onei half mile southeast of Buffington t Harbor. > The site was acquired from the » Universal Atlas Cement Company, ’ a subsidiary of the United States r Steel Corporation, for an undisclosed amount. i Construction will begin early thia » fall and will be spread over a four* 1 year period. When completed the plant will cost approximately 320,I 000.000 for buildings and equip- • mept. ,jU .. ~ > The .new statkML UUUg.,3 JO fe«L . win IWW> 40.000 aquar7‘ » floor space. A hffh firman hotter • capable of producing 860,000 pounds • of steam per hour will drive the i 137,500 KW turbo steam generator. This added capacity will increase r the company's available power supt ply to more than 650,000 KW. i “We are undertaking this huge i project,” Mitchell said, “to meet • the demand for more power in this ever growing industrial area and ; to better serve the hundreds of • cities, and towns throughout our territory who depend upon us for electric service.” ; — Social Security Report Shows 3,019 Served A toal of 3,01# persons were served during July by the Fort Wayne social security office according to a report released by. Christian H.W. Luecke, manager of the office. Luecke stated that since 1936 oyer 100 million persons in the United States have been assigned social security account numbers and over 6*4 million are now- receiving .monthly payments. It is the worker'll responsibility he added, to show his social security card to each new employer and to make sure that his employer copies his name and number onto his payroll records exactly as it ap pears on the card. If he should lose his card or change his name he should immediately apply for a duplicate card at his local social security office.

AA ■ ~ <b y Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., as Acting U. 8. Attorney until Congress reconvenes in January.' President Eisenhower then would nominate McNagny for senatorial confirmation as permanent U. 8. Attorney. McNagny would succeed Joseph H. Lash, of Huntington, who, is in Washington to became assistant to Deputy Attorney General William P. Rorgers. The probable appointment is another graphic illustration of shift Ing bed fellowships in politics. Gates, as a member of the na- , tional committee, worked hard at the GOP national convention of 1952 in Chicago against the nomination of President Eisenhower. Another Hooater GOP chief, who said he would resign as Indiana Republican stats chairman, if Ike were nominated, was inaugurated as Federal judge In Indianapolis Saturday. He was Cale |J. Holder. He was named by President Eisen- ' hower. " '■ • . - r.

- —. ■ ■■ - r ■ ■ Registration Sei In Public School Pupils Register ' Week'Of Alfa. 30 ■ Students at Decatur's public i schools will register next week, > beginning Monday, August 30, for • the fall term of school, Hugh J, • Andrews, principal of the Decatur i Junior-Senior high school, said to 1 day. The schedule for jpnior-senior 1 high school students is as follows: Seniors, 9 a. m. Mohday. Juniors, 9 a. m. Tuesday. Sophomores, 9 a. m. Wednesday. Freshmen, 9 a. m. Friday. (Eighth grade, 9 a. m. Friday. Seventh grade, l&a. vn. Fridays, All registration for junior-senior students will be in the principal’s office. Locker keys will be issued, and students may call for their book* at the book rental room on the lower floor. Students should also be prepared to pay their shop, home economies, and music dees. Formal opening of echtlbltrill be Wednesday morntqp, Septembglt. : A general meeting frtU. «wtd h. , the high school prior t to the opening of school. , The cost of book rentals and fees appear in the Dally Democrat later ‘ thW week. Lincoln School Registration The week preceding Labor Day will also be registration week for Lincoln school children, Bryce P. Thomas, principal, stated today. Children are to report to the school auditorium to receive their room assignments and information concerning books and supplies according to the following schedule: 6th grade, Monday. August 30, 9 a. m. sth grade, Monday, Ip.m. 4th grade, Tuesday, August 31, 9 a. m. 3rd grade, Tuesday, Ip.m. - 2nd grade, Wednesday September 1, 9 a. m. let grade, Wednesday, 1 p. m. Parents of children who ar< entering kindergarten should bring the 32 registration fee to the principal's office and receiv* their children's -room aaelgnpient -anytime between 9 and 11 a m. or 1 and 3 p. m. on Thursday, September 2. Teachers' organizational meetings will be held on Tuesday, September 7, so no children should come to school that day. All grade (Caatiaee* Oa Paaa Five) Fourth Degree K.G. Plans Fall Picnic The Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus will launch its fall social season with a picnic and entertainment Sunday evening. Sept. 12. Barbecued chicken prepared over an open fire will feature the Sunday evening supper menu. The affair will be held in the George Schultz woods southeast of the city. ( Supper will be served around 6:30 p. m., Jim Lose, a member of the entertainment said. , Members and their wives and sweethearts are Invited to the pic- i nlc, of which William Lose, Jr., ; is general chairman. Appointment < of other committee members Cor < the outdoor gathering are being made by Herman J. Knapke, faithful navigator of the Fourth Degree assembly. < Wrong Lawyer Named In Brewster Story It was erroneously reported by the Decatur Daily Democrat yew terday that D. Burdette Cuatar bad been named pauper attorney for Malnard Breweter. Act us Uy. 4. 1 Boaea, local attorney, was named for Brewster; Custer had been appointed to represent Richard E Clark, alleged Berne bank robber. . ■

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 24, 1954.

. ’ ' ’’’’ Berne Policemdc Nabs Brewster; Escapee Has No Fight When Caught

- Anti-Red Bill \ - --w—. =- e Has Signature Os Eisenhower Red Party Loses Legal, Political Rights In Nation COMMUNIST By WIIAAAM I* NMSTEAD “ WASHINGTON (INS) —President iEleeuhower signs into law today the bill to outlaw the Commanfst party by stripping away its legal status and compelling its members to register for race jail terms. White House Secretary James A. Hagerty announced that Mr, Eisenhower will sign the measure at his vacation headquarters in Denver. It had been reported the bill was acceptable to the President. The new law is the most sweep* ing government action yet taken against the Communist party in the -United States although it contains no provision making party mem, bersbip In itself an outright <riu>e. Congress first attempted to Write in a section outlawing party membership but backed down when Mie Wdministyatioß argued that such ,MHon would nullify other anti-Red laws already on the books. tn Its final form, the bill: 1. Deprives the Communist party of legal and political rights. This bars the party from state or national election ballots, and prevents it from bringing court suits Or entering into any binding legal contracts. 2. Designates members of the party as belonging to a "Communiet action” organization, requin ing them to register with the governmen orl face up to 310,900 fine and five years' imprisonment. 3. Prevents party members, as participants in a communist-action group, from obtaining U. S. passporta, bolding federal jobs or working in defense plants. 4 Denies bargaining rights under the national labor relations law to Communist-dominated unions or business firms, and prohibit* Reds from holding office in any labor organization. The Subversives Activities Control board already has ruled Communists must register but the party is contesting this in the courts. The new measure compels registration whether or not the board's decision is upheld. The bill declares the Communist party ‘to be "an instrumentality of conspiracy to overthrow” the U. S. government and states that its existence is "a clear present and continuing danger" to the nation's security. Auto Victim's Kin Lived In Decatur Thomas J. Nelson, 17, Fort Wayne, one of three youths killed In a weekend automobile accident near that city, is a grandson of Mrs. Glen Ramsey and Tracy Nelson, Fort Wayne, both formerly of Decatur. Nelson was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church at Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Klaehn Funeral home and burial will be In Lindenwood cemetery. •. r . ♦ Adams County Group Leaves For Induction Another group of Adams county young men left this morning for Indianapolis where they will be inducted into the armed forces. The group include inductees. They are Arthur John Wilder, John Ellery Elobenbehger, Joseph Ezra Lehman, Darrel Jimmy Brodbeck, John Carl Macklin, Buddy Don Meet*. James Franklin Lake. Carl Richard Yoder and Paul David Habegger. -

Brewster Returned To Jail ' 1 da | J HL ■ t J Hgl Ihi. 1 a PICTURED ABOVE is Maiuard Brewster, third from left, captured 1 at Berne Monday night after 15 hours of freedom from the Adams county jail. Also in the picture are three Uw officers who aided t in the state-wide manhunt. They are deputy sheriff Merle Affolder, sheriff Robert Shraluka. Brewster and Decatur’s chief ' of police, James Borders. I — — ( ;

! Small Islands Need Defense, J » i Dulles Warns } Secretary Says;Aid * To Islands Necessary To Protect Formosa i. WASHINGTON (INS) — Secr, retary of State John Foster Duties h said today the U. S. might have s to defend the 1 lands between, Formosa and the Chinese mainland — an well as the } Nationalist stronghold— in event of a Communist attack. Tlve secretary told a news con- ' ference that this was a military matter that the defense deport1 ment would have to decide. But he added that from a mill--1 tary point of view, it might be i necessary for V. S. forces to de- - fend the email isalnds, which are in Nationalist hands, in order to protect Formosa itself from a Red ■ invasion. i Dulles noted that a radar network and an early-warning system has been set up on the "etep-ping-stone” Mands as a defense against a surprise attack. President Eisenhower recently warned <the Chinese Communists that they would have to run over the V. 6. Seventh fleet if they try to take the Nationalist island, as they have repeatedly threatened to do ednce the end of the IndoChinese war. Merchants Donate 70 Auction Gifts Polio Dance Plans Nearly Completed More than 70 gifts, ranging in value from |3 to 310, were donated by Decatur merchants to be auctioned off at the polio benefit caberet dance tomorrow night, Lyle Mallonee, polio drive chairman, said today, The gifts will be auctioned by J. F. Sannmann and T. D. Schieferstein. local auctioneers, during the dance intermission, Ben Webster, chairman of the dance committee, said this morning. Tickets for the dance are still being sold by 25 volunteer helpers, Mallonee stated, and advance sales Indicate a large turn-out for the dance. v ■ The Jimmie Stiers 8-man orchestra, now playing at Hamilton lake, will play for the benefit dance, which will last from 9 until 12 midnight. Orchid corsages, flown in from ' Hawaii, will be presented to the ladies at the door. Webster reported that tables and ’’ chairs donated by local clubs, will be moved Into the Sunset park pavilion this evening. in preparation . for the dance Wednesday night. Tickets will be available at the door tor those who have not been - able to buy them In advance, Webster stated. ?

President Criticized On Pay Raise Veto Veto May Become Campaign Weapon WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower’s veto of a federal pay raise bill threatened today to become an issue la the coming congressional elections campaigns. Democrats are expected to use k the' presidential veto as a cam- , paign weapon among the 1,750,000 . federal employes, including the nai tion’s half million postal workers, i who would have benefited by the pay boost. Mr. Eisenhower rejected the measure, approved overwhelmingly by both the Senate and House, because It failed to provide for an increase in postal rates requested by the administration. The administration had asked a 200 million dollar postal rate hike, to help offset the cost of the proposed 312 million pay raise. Some GOP strategists have warned that a presidential veto of the bill might cost the Republicans votes in key areas at the November congressional elections. Both the AFL and CIO as well as some Republican legislators were quick to show their disappointment although GOP leaders said Congress will reconsider the matter next yearn AFL President George Meany, accused the chief executive of “shocking disregard” of the workers’ welfare. CIO President Walter Reuther called the vote “a travesty on economic justice." Group Approves CINCINNATI' (INS)’ — The National Association of Postoffice Clerks today unanimously adopted a resolution deploring President Eisenhower’a veto of a five percent pay raise for federal employes. The association, representing 115,000 postal clerks, is holding its 28th annual meeting in Cincinnati and pledged "untiring efforts in the 84th Congress to pass even more equitable postal increases.” Association President Leo A. George of Washington said in his opinion "President Eisenhower's veto of the bill Is completely unwarranted and unjust, and is based on misinformation given to him by advisors in the Postoffice Department.” George pointed out that postal clterks have rieeeived no pay raise for three years and their income is 1809. feelow “the spendable income of 1939." He added that productivity has Increased 24 percent in the past five years. Grand, Petit Juries To Be Drawn Monday Grand and petit juries for the , September term of the Adame circuit court will be drawn Monday Aug. 30. Twelve names will be drawn for the grand jury and 24 for the petit jury. The September term Sept. 6.

, Allen County Audit Finds Irregularities Excessive Payment' : Made To Judges INDIANAPOLIS INS) — The ■ Indiana Board of Accounts reported j today that an audit County , books showed irregularities I earning the payment of judges and I improvement of private land. : Chief Examiner Robert WickerL iham reported that sl,2|g washed to improve privately WHH&n3 during the administration efTred* Wlssman as Allen County Auditor. Wickersham said the law was i violated in spending this money to improve land owned by John Brewer, even though the improvements were designed to ready the land for a public recreational park, something that came about a short time later. Excessive payments of 3450 each occurred in 1949 to Judges William H. Schannen, of Circuit Court, the late Judge George H. Leonard, of Superior Court, and Judge Edward W. Meyers, of Superior. Wickersham said the fact that part of the judge's salaries comes from the state and part from the counties may have caused soma confusion. i Miss Dugan Named , To Memorial Group o New Director Fills " Unexpired Bell Term 1 Miss Frances Dugan, educator and former school dean, was elecs ted a director of Decatur Memorial ’ Foundation. Inc., at a meeting of - the directors Monday evening at 1 the First State bank. Miss Dugan will serve the unex« pired term of the late c.E. Bell, which extends to 1958. Her election to the directorate followed proposal of her name by the nominating committee. Active in civic and social circles, Miss Dugan also is a member of the city Recreation Committee which was appointed by Mayor John M. Doan last year. This committee is authorized by state law to operate community centers and other recreation facilities. Locally the Recreation Committee directors of the Foundation propose joint operation of Decatur’s Community and Youth Center, which is now under construction. Other members of the recreation committee aye Robert Anderson, city attorney; Al Beavers, councilman; Harry I. Irwin, president of the Decatur school board and Arthur R. Holthouse, president of the Foundation. Miss Dugan was a teacher in Windsor School for -girls in Bos- - Clwra T« Faae Sial

Discarded Fire Truck Is Legion Post Mascot

Th® American Legion, Pont 43, accepted th® okl city fir® truck an a gift from the Decatur fire department U»t night. The truck will be used by the legion to lead it® parade*. It will be painted a bright red, and will bear the American Legion emblem and post number on it* sides, . A new pump ehaft and batteries have been installed in the old truck, which has not been used by the city for many years. It ba* now been cleaned up, and is ready to be painted. Mount® for the local American Legion color® wiH be placed on the front of the truck so that it will no longer ba. necessary to march with them In parades. Legion members will now be able to ride along in comfort on the truck. The executive committee made arrangement® to accept the truck on August 9. Post 43 will again back Legion Troop 93 of the Boy Scout* of America, it wa* announced at last night’s meeting. Nelson Doty will replace Niland Ocheenrider as

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Ex-Lifer Back I In County Jail; Freedom Short Lawmen Unable To Get Facts Os Bold Escape 1 Breweter, who escaped [ from the Adams county jail yesterday morning, was recaptured by Alfred Zumbrum, night policeman > at Berne, In front at the Schug- > Neuenschwander insurance agency near highway 27, at midnight lash . night Zumbrum reported seeing a ■suspicious looking man walking along Water street in Berne about 11:30; later, someone reported that this person had asked where he could get a bite to eat. Zumbrum then, suspected that the man might be Brewster, and he went to the highway to wait for him. Brewster offered no resistance to Zumbrum. who took his prisoner to the Berne city hall and held him there. Earlier reports came from Monroe that Brewster had been sighted there. Sheriff Robert Shraluka and deputy 'Merle As folder went immediately to Monroe, and found that a man answering. Brewster’s description had eaten a sandwich and consumed a bottle of pop in a local restaurant about 29 minutes earlier. A thorough search was made in the area, but Brewster was not seen. Zumbrum, upon arriving at the Berne city hall, called state trooper • Walter Schindler and Berne chief of police Karl Sprunger. They questioned him concerning his flight from the Adams county jail, and he admitted that he left the jail at 3 a. m., instead of the G • a. m. which Clark had reported. ■Brewster stated that he followed the river to the railroad, and then followed the Pennsylvania railroad south until daybreak. He hid out in a woods near Monroe, he stated, all during the day. During that time he was surprised by a farmer and his son on a tractor, but he thought the farmer had not seen him. When it was dark enough, he emerged from the woods and entered Monroe, asking the location of a restaurant. A suspicions lady called Sheriff Shraluka, and several others reported seeing him in iMonroe. Brewster then followed the railroad south again until he reached Berne. He used to live west of Berne many years ago. At Berne he inquired where a late restaurant could be found, as it was now after 11 p. m. The person with whom he spoke was suspicious, and called Zumbrum, who then made the arrest. Sheriff Shraluka, deputy Affoldcrwra Te Pawr IBiwMI

scoutmaster of the troop. Five tickets for the emergency polio benefit dance Wednesday night were purchased by the Legion for its members. Rev. O. C. Busse, former state chaplain of the American Legion, announced that the misunderstanding about the loyalty of th® Girl Scout® of America on the part of the Illinois Legion department had been straightened out; he pointed out that it wa® possible to become overtealous, even for a worthy cause. The present condition of thp American Legion park wws discdfcaed. and Ed Bauer staled that he would contact the proper committee of the city government to take - care of the dean-up of th® park. The membership chairman announced that there would be a membership drtv* to get IMS dues In early starting soon, and' that IMS dues were now being accepted. Legion member* desiring to join a Legion bowling team ar® requested to contact Fred Schamwloh.