Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1954 — Page 1

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Higher Learning IS '•V ■ ; I ' <‘ ? 'INSTARTING OUT in. the Hint grade in Anderson. Ind , Peggy Wolverton. 6. surveys with awe the pyramid of books she mw?t digest before graduating from the eighth grade 8.640 school hours from now. There are 71 basic text books in the pile.

End Hearings On McCarthy Censure Move Committee Report May Be Completed By October First WASHINGTON (INS)—Sen. Edwin C. Johnson LD-Colo.) vice " chairman of the special six-mem-ber committee which reviewed censure charge* agaire-t Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, said today he believes a report can be completed by Oct. .... ’Ths next tffsSt of The committee, headed by Sen. Arthur V. Watkln* (R-Ujah) is preparation of a . report. Public hearings, w h 1 b h opened Aug. 31 and required nine full days, ended late Monday. When the committee ieport is ready, the senate will reconvene and decide vhetlier to censure McCarthy. One piece of unfinished business, which may be settled today, i* a request by McCarthy's lawyer, Edward Bennett Williams, for the committee to hire new. impartial counsel to help them decide on a verdict. • William* charged as the hearing wound up Monday that in tead of being Impartial fact-flnde s. com mittee counsel E. W. Chadwick and Guy G. De Furia had acted like prosecutors. Johnson said b* does not know whether completion of a report by Oct. 1 will enable the senate tc inCOt ahd settle Th^7cfensU i re~WiSliF Ixefore the November congreneion a) ejections. "* He pointed out rhat “October t * bad month” for the senate to reconvene, since that is when con greaafonal candidate* are in thr thick of the political campaign Johnson himself is running for gov ernor of Colorado. McCarthy. whose senate tern does trot expire until 1858, told hewsmeu he "will announce in a couple of day" what plena hr will make to campaign for other GOP can lldutes this year. He mid he la “getting a vast number of requr<»**» apeak toy -the wpat* „ and congrewrtonal campaigns.” ' However,', the WlacoußitfUeifftih Been declared he ha* not decided whether to honor a* many ns pos Wilde of the “avenge of 30 re quests a day to rpeak from jut about every state." McCarthy would not comment on whether he thought the Watkins committee hearings were fair. Laughingly. he "said: “I'm l curious to know when the next Investigation starts." Watkliw told reporters that the committee and tte rtaff would phmge immediately into the preparation of a report He raid he did not know whether it would contain recommendation* and indicated it might not.

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Retail Merchants Discuss Problems Retail Division Os - C. XL Meets Monday The extension of the Decatur trading area, the possibility of opening on Wednesday nights, a merchant night policeman, the October fish fry. and the annual Calithumpian parade were the subject of lively' discussion at a meetlug of the retail members of the Chamber of Commerce Monday night. The meeting, which was called by post cards to retail members, was attended by about 20 members, most of whom favored some plan of night hours in Wednesdays to attract trade of- persons who cannot shop during the day, and who get paid on Wednesdays. It was proposed that double post cards be sent out to each mail address in Decatur and on all Decatur rural routes, asking the buyer’s opinion on store hours Wednesday nights. While some Decatur merchants favor this plan, others are known to oppose it. The post cards, supporters of the plan feel, may show what the buyer thinks shoufd be done. It was also pointed out in the general discussion that merchants will have more trade, and hold that trade to thk Decatur area, if they attempt to find out just what the buyer wants, and get it for him at an attractive price. The question of more extensive rural advertisement was also men tinned as a possible way of extending the trade area. A commiUau of i iva members from tire retail-division was ap pointed to consider applications for the job of merchant night policeman. spurred by a recent ..wave of break-ins. Members of the 'committee. appointed la&t night, were: J’red Koller, Herman KrueCkeueig. Robert Laue. Jesse Sutton, and William Bowers. Members will accept one of the tour applicants, and then the applicant will personally contact local merchants and ask if they desire his proection. Martin Sprunger was appointed ■hairman of the annual Calithum pi»n parade whlch>-bs« been ten tatlvely set for Friday night. Oc obuf ?9''TTjilloween falls on Sunlay this year, and merchants objected to holding the parade Saturday night because it might hurt justness; they also felt that Monday would not be desirable, be cause Halloween would then be (Continued on Page Eight) BULLETIN Mrs, Ida A. Merriman, 75, of 417 South First St., died at noon todsy at the Parkview memorial hospital, Fort Wayne. Survivors Include a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Winteregg of this city. The body wae brought to the Zwick funeral home.

Moves Against Red Party Hit New legal Snag Appeals Court Asks Further Arguments On Key Red Case WASHINGTON (INS) — The justice department’s plan to destroy the Communist party in the United States ran into a new legal snag today when the U.S. court of appeals in Washington called for further arguments on the key case against the Reds. The three-judge court has been considering the ruling of the subversive activities control board that the Communist party Is an organization which seeks the violent overthrow of the government and is directed by a foreign power. Instead of ruling on the board ■order, which would require the party to make public its membership and financing, the court ordered: 1. A rehearing on the validity of the 1951 internal security law (the so - called McCarran Act),, which has been, the basis of the government’s plans for an antlCommunUt program. 2. Arguments on what effect, if any, the new law enacted by the 1954 congress to outlaw the Communist party would have on the case before the court. The new law, pushed through congress In the closing days of its session despite administration opposition, was designed to deprive the U. S. Communist party of all legal rights. After this measure and' several other bills providing for a crackdown on subversives had been approved by President Eisenhower, attorney general Herbert Brownell Jr., declared that the administration was set to "destroy” the Communist ’party in the U.S. immunity Offer DAYTON, O. (INS) — The first tentative offer of immunity under a new federal law was held out MqfMlay to * £ommunist by a congressional committee investigating Red-lnfilitratton of ■ the Dayton area. 1 The tentative offer, was made to William A. Nelson, 36, of Dayton, identified by a former FBI undercover agent as a dues-paylng Communist during the years of 1945-52. Claiming the protection of the first and fifth amendments to the U.S. constitution. Nelson refused to answer several questions regarding his alleged Red ties. Rep. Gordon Schere (R " O.), chairman of the three man house urnlmerlcan activities subcommittee, then asked: “If this committee were to grant you immunity and a federal court would approve the grant, will you then testify?" After consulting with his attorney. Nelson replied that the question was a hypothetical one and (Continued on Page Eight) Decide Election ' . ~ 1 iJ J • On Local Issues Moellering Speaks To Jefferson Club “This year’s elections will be won on local issues," W. Moellering, Fort Wayne attorney who is district president of the Young Democrats of Indiana. advised member# of the Adams conn ty Jetfenson club at Coppess Corner* Monday night. —=•<=-— Moellering explained that just one more vote in each precinct can win or lose the election; he pointed out that he would have been elected to the state house of representatives from Allen county in 1948 it he had received just one more vote from each precinct. Moellerii< abated that the oppo sition might try to ctoqj local issue* with national ones, which will not be of interest in thia cam paign. Msselkring.*®!' .w.Jlhew vrf -county surveyor Herman Moellering, was Introduced by Robert H. Heller, local realtor and. former speaker of the state bouse of representative*. Mrs. Walter Koos, vicepresident of the club, presided. C. H. Museknan. Berne attorney, made a brief report on the political picture In Berne and Geneva. The Jeftoreon club voted to send a basket of flowers to Mrs. Charles Lose, a charter member of the organization, who is now in the Adam* county memorial hospital. Plans were made for a concerted membership drive for the cleb. and the next meeting will be a cold plate dinner. Oct. 4. at 6:30 p. m. at the county Democrat headquarters in Decatur.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 14, 1954.

. — — ~ : ■■ Maine Elects Its First ; u-. Democrati c Governor In Past 20 Years Monday •2— -- - 2 . ’•

my 11 Democrats Hail Maine Victory Proof Os Trend Hail Election Os Democrat Governor - Anti-G. 0. P. Trend WASHINGTON (INS) •— Demo* erotic national chairman Stephen A. Mitchell said today the *ize of hi* party’* gubernatorial victory in traditionally Republican Maine — uhe first la 2h yeans — “exceeded our hopes.” But Mitchell did not claim great nationwide significance for the trj. umph of Edmund S. Muskie over Gov. Burton M. Cross. In this fqgard, he- agreed by implicaitien with Republican spokeemeu who maintained the gubernatorial fight hinged on personalities and state issues. However, pointing to a drop of 12 percent since their laet elections In the winnnig margin* of Rfepublican Sen. Margaret Chara Smith andi three GOP < ongreeeiori al candidates, Mitchell said jbese results “have the greatest national significance.” Republican national chairman Leonard W. Hall hailed the aerafc and congressional Victoria* as a tribute, to the candidates, their record* end to "Preaidem Eisenhower'* splendid Republican program." But Mitchell said that, on the basis of the returns tn Maine, the Democrat* will hay* to do only ■half a* well thi* November throughout the country to pick up 40 additional seats in the house and to win control of the senate. Mitchell pointed out that in 1948, Mrs. Smith got 71 percent of the total vote while obtaining “only 59 percent” Monday. “In the congressional race* two, years ago,” Mitchell added in a statement, “'the Republican candidate* got 67 percent of the vote but this year they got only 55 percent.” Mitchell also told a new* conference that he hopes the Maine result* would "not make our Democratic candidate* around the country too confident." Meanwhile, the Republican chairman raid tha tin the 1954 campaign the voter* must vote Republican “if want tha Eisenhower prqgraifi Completed.” Hall raid: “It i« encouraging to us at Republican headquarter* as proof that the Eisenhower admin(Contln'ued on l*a«e Eight) GOP Headquarters Here Open Daily Republicans Plan Several Meetings' Republican headquarter* is now open in the Gort theater building each afternoon and Saturday afternoon andi night until after the November election. Formal opening was attended by party worker* nnd county candidates who heard Mr*. Mabel Lyons. Auburn, Republican candidate for clerk of the supreme and appellate courts. Mrs. Cleora Linn will be in charge of the headquarters and literature concerning the proposed Q.OlPr vprogram -a-nd klso- patftalrftng to candidates for the *tate and county offices is obtainable. The public is invited to call at the headquarters at any time. Several meetings are being planned in the next two months. Harry Essex, G. O. P. county chairman, said. -- INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and cooler with occajplonfl rain north. Partly cloudy with scattered ehowere eouth tonight. Wednesday cloudy and 000 l with occasional rain or drizzle north. Partly oloudy to cloudy and cooler south. Low tonight 54-60 north, 60-65 south. High Wednesday 62-68 north, 70-76 south. *

Pair Arrested On * Kentucky Warrant Charged With Armed Robbery In August Charles E. Overton, 23, of Pineville, Ky.. and a former resident of Decatur, and Kenneth Hensley, 25. also of Pineville, were arrested on a warrant from Kentucky Monday night after ,being cleared of, th* shooting of Jay B. Warren. The arrest was made by Adams county officials at the Adams county memorial hospital where the paid had volunteered to come in order to sign statements with Warren that the shooting which occurred last week was accidental. The two mep were not aware when they agreed to come to Decatur that a warrant bad been sent here by the Pineville chief of police. They are charged in Bell county, Ky.. with the armed robbery of Steve Osborne Aug. 14, when they took |2,300. At a hearing this morning in city court they refused to waive extradition and bond was set at SI,OOO. This amount, the maximum possible in city court, was set at the request of the Bell county prosecuting attorney.. •Overton indicated that he might waive extradition if he could sell his car in order to raise money for costs of the trial in Kentucky. The two men are being beM in th# (Adams county jail until they can er, chief Os police James Borders? patrolman Raymond Seitz and be turned over to Bell county authorities. The two Kentucky men are lifelong buddies. Warren and Mias Edith North, a third witness to the shooting, are also friends of the couple. All four signed statements to the effect that Warren was shot by Hensley while the gun was being cleaned. • Allen county ,: authorities had been searching for Overton, Hensley and Miss North since Wednesday when they learned, that the three were present when Warren was shot. Overton and Hensley approached Monroeville marshal Oris.Cagnet Monday with the suggestion that a statement be signed with Warren as a witness. Waiting at the hospital with the (Continued on Page Eight) Schwartz Safe Is Robbed last Night $175 In Cash Taken From Company Safe Thfc safe at the Schwartz Ford Company, •< Third and Monroe was pried open last night and about 3175 in cash was taken, po lice reported' today. Mre. Rose Marie Eller, bookkeep er of tfhe Ford company, discovered tha. theft when She came to work tMe morning at 7:50 o'clock. The safe, standing about threr feet high and two feet wide, had been entered after a good deal of work, from the looks of the inter tor. The combination and aevara' parte had been taken off. and ar attempt wa* made to punch out tthe ahaift. If the safecracker had succeeded in punching the safe, e tear gas bomb would have beer released: however, the door wa» finally pried off. and' this did no* release th* tear gas. Police chief James Borders, offi cer Raymond , Seitz, and deputy Wfertfr Merle AfFofder investigated the robbery. They stated that the Job looked like a beginner o' amateur, but could poesibly be that of a professional who oper ate* In unorthodox way*. Mrs. Eller stated that only cash had been taken, and that check* Indorsed' to deposit only had been left in the safe. The thieve* had then taken a rag and wiped the entire area clean, piling .all the •mall part* they had taken from th* safe on the inald*. No method of entry into the bulMdng waa discovered, a* all door* w*ne lacked this morning when the Ford personnel arrived. Although several window* were brok*n. there was no evidence that anyone entered through them. i

Eisenhower To Dedicate New Laboratories Labs Designed To Keep U. S. Ahead In Two Fields DENVER (INSp-President Eisenhower today will dedicate two new laboratories designed to help keep America out in front in the fields of electronic and atomic re search. The chief executive will motor to Boulder, Colo., to speak briefly at ceremonies dedicating the laboratories operated by the national bureau Os standsnds. The $3,375,000 radio and electroiiic unit will engage in research and development of electronic device* for measurement and study of high frequency equipment, such as tlvat used in electronically operated weapons. The three million dollar atomic laboratory wae built some time ago in cooperation with the atomic energy commission but 'is being dedicated formally today. It contain* faciktie* tor development -of material* ..and equipment oXr use at extremely low temperature*. ■ Mr. Eisenhower plan* to head ,W:.k M W toyorUe retreat in the Rockies Wednesday tor four ar five day* of trout fighting. He will take hi* first complete rest since starting hi* work-and-play Colorado vacation at the secluded Byer* Peak ranch near Fraser, Colo., where he spent three days with former President Hoover recently. The President Monday declared parts of Maine, which suffered heavy damage in. the recent hurricane Carol and Edna, major dis-' aster areas eligible for emergency (Continued on Page Eight) Albert R. Yeoman Is Taken By Death Former Monroe Man Dies In Fort Wayne Albert R. Yeoman. 57, construction superintendent of the Fort Kroger Cd„ and a fornier / as died Monday aftermxfri in tne Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient one day. He was born in Mendon,. 0.. and his parents shortly thereafter moved to Monroe, where he lived until moving to Fort Wayne in 1922. Mr. Yeoman hod been superintendent of construction and' maintenance of the Kroger store* tn Font Wayne and area for the post 23 year*. During his tenure, he supervised construction or remodeling of abot 125 store* in Fort Wayne and hi an A5-mile radius of that rib, Ai the lime of hl» death, he was in change of rnaintananc* of about 80 .Kroger store* of the Fort Wayne branch. He wa* a member of the Flrwt Mhaionary church. Surviving are bis wife, Wavie; a son. Try of Fort Wayne; a sinter. Mr*. Vincent Sprunger of Berne, and three brother*. Omer of LaGrange, ill.. Dale in Florida and George of Marion, 0. The l>ody was Remo ved to the Miuntgovan & Sdfi*“’mortuary, where f r(qpd» may call after 7 o'clock this evening. ' * *’ : mifcimra U.II iiira'i—m School Superintendent Speaks To Men's Club W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the Decatur public schools, was the guest speaker at the monthly dinner meeting of-the men’s club of the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church Monday evening. The educator outlined the progress in remodeling and modernization of the schools during the summer months, and also discussed future planning and schedules for the new school buildings to be constructed in the city. A

Child Is Seriously Injured In Wreck Two Collisions At Road Intersections Unmarked county road intersection* were held' responsible tor two accident* 1a Adam* county, one at 6:15 p. m. Monttay and the other at 8:40 a. m. today. Both happened near Geneva. A northbound car driven by , David Earl Leonard, 18, of Berne. - collided Monday night with an ( eia*tbouDd car driven by Herman L. Balsiger, 25, of Geneva route one. Lyle Augisburger, 17, of Geneva was a passenger In the Leonard . car and Baleiger’* wife, Phyllis, i 21, and hl* daughter, Pamella, one. were riding with him. All were taken io the Adam* county memorial hospital. Leonard and Augsburger were treated and dismissed. Leonard received a fractured collar bone and Aug* burger te suffering from severe laceration* of the face. Augsbunger was held overnight for observation. * Most seriously injured -in the accident was Pamella Baleiger, who has a basal skull fracture, concuHsion, shock and laceration. She and the other occupants of the Babrfger Vehicle were tossbd out by the impact Balisiger is belftg touted tos , bruises, abrahtonw, slight concu* I sion and a possible arm fracture. t Hi* wife sustained bruises, abra- . sons, shock and concussion. The Leonard car ie a total loss . andi the other vehicle was damaged i to the extent of about S3OO. State . trooper Waiter Schindler and GeI neva police officer Preston Pyle I investigated. No one was injured in the accident this morning when a car driven by Larry Boilenbacher, 17, of Genevt route two, end a milk truck driven by Walter L. Graham. 43. of Bluffton route two, collided three and one-half mile* east and one mile north at Geneva. Damage to’the car was estimated at $250 and to the truck at $125. Schindler investigated with the assistance of Berne police chief Karl Sprunger.

Budget Committee Studies Requests Requests Given To State Committee INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Budget requests to be submitted to the Incoming legislature were considered today by the Indiana state budget committee. Heading the requests, which ran about the same for the next bi ennium as were asked lost timr she general assembly met, was the welfare department, which seeks $1,534,084 in personal services and $200,000 for other-operat-ing expenses. The welfare department also noted current obligation for welfare programs from state funds amount to $24,177,777. County agricultural agents were next in line with a request toi $868,000, a boost of $40,000 ovei last time. Tbe tax board wunt--5709,790 and $57,578 and the medical board seeks $65,824 and $24. 500. Podiatry board asks $1,528 uud $1,270 a total of $2 less than last time. Muck crops, canning crop research, Bangs disease testing, animal disease diagnostic lab, agricultural marketing and agriculture products asked for no per sonal service funds and a total of ♦450,000 in 4-her opeihting ponses. / ( Requests for construction allows < ancM noted on the release showed the state bouse asking $160,300 for . repair* during the 1955-57 biennium and 141 South Meridian offices seeking 367,500, and Industrial aid < for the blind asking $22,000,

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Muskie Beats Gov. Cross In Maine Monday Other Republicans Are Victorious In Congressional Races AUGUSTA, Me. (INS)— Maine has elected He first Democratic governor Is 20 years but Republican candidates, Including Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, won their congraseional races. Edmund S. Muskie, Democratic national committeeman from Waterville, defeated Gov. Burton M. Cross in 1954*# first general election. Cross, believed to be the first Maine governor denied' a r second two-year term, conceded defeat after Muskie had piled up a commanding lead with returns from Monday’s balloting nearly complete. M|rs. Smith ecored a one-sided victory over Paul A. FuUam, Colby college professor, in her bid for a second term, while Reps. RobertHale. Charlee P. Nelson and Clifford G. Mclntire were re-elected. Muskie had. campaigned, w&h the slogan, “it's time for a change in Maine” but hie triumph was con- ? wide red u personal one. Meefcie earn tee <*ueMd political picture influenced the election to some extent, but added. “t think it was the issue# of the state Itself that made the contest.” Mrs. Smith declared after her re-election became apparent: "I hope my September ’ victory will give Impetus to' a national trend in November for the election of a Republican congress for President Eisenhower.” The last Democratic governor of Maine was Louis Brann, who was swept Into office in the Roosevelt landslide of 1933. Shortly before Cross conceded with a promise to “’give my aucceaaor every * amtetance at my command,’ Muekie 'held a lead c< nearly 16,000 votes with returns from 640 of the 620 precincts counted. _ Cross was elected in. 1952, when then Gov. Frederick G. Payne,

who defeated Sen. Owen Brewwter in the OOP primaries, was named to the senate. National officials of both parties had watched the weathervane election for a possible trend that might carry over into the November elections, when the Republicans will be bottling hard' in other states to hold their eiim control of congress. GOP national chairman Leonard W. Hall declared: « "Mrs. Smith’s overwhelming victory U a true test of Republican strength." Democrate, however, hailed Croas'a defeat th the gubernatorial race as proof that an antl-Republi-can trend is under way. They said they concentrated only on the Mus-kie-Croao contest and declared, "ae Maine goes, do goes the nation." . Hale, running-tor hfa» seventh ' term, defeated James C. Oliver, onetime Republican whom he defeated in the 1952 primary and who later switched parties. Nel-eon, who had eucceded Mrs. Smith, beat Thomas E. Delehanty for a fourth term and Mclntire won a second two-year term hy defeating Kenneth A. CoHxth. ColFSpecialht To* Examine Prisoner Tests Monday indicated that the condition of Richard <K. Clark is worse than at first believed. Clark was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital after becoming 111 at the county jail. A Fort Wayne specialist Is being called to examine Clark, who in suffering from a kidney aliment. Whether an Operation will be necessary has not been determined. Clark la under 24-hour guard at the hospital. He is charged with the robbery of the First Bank of Borno May 29. I.* ' '