Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1954 — Page 2

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Sen. Martin Urges Military Training Universal Military Training Favored PHILADELPHIA (INS) — Sen. Edward Martin (R-Pa.) plugged tor universal military training today and declared also that he fears complacency in the U. S. more than Russian bombs. Martin asserted the government's' financial debt is alarming and said there is a doeposition on the part of some people to take the debt lightly — as something for future generations to worry about. Martin warned t “The danger is here —now—with all the explosive potential of the atomic bomb. Debt destroys the of the dollar more ruthlessly than any other factor in our financial set-up.” The senator's remarks were contained in a speech prepared tor delivery before the fifth annual military medical-dental symposium for reserve officers of the armed forces at the U. 8. naval hospital in Philadelphia. In urging adoption of universal military training, Martin asserted: "Thousands of American boys paid with their lives in Korea and world wars one and two because they did not have the training or the equipment to do the job to which they were called in, a time of national peril.”

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Reiger Funeral Is Held This Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Heifer, 88, whose death odcdrred SatiPday in FoH Wayne were held this morning In St. Wter's KMtMMic church. IMWaI Wa« lb the Catholic cemetery. •Mrs. Reiger was the grandmother of Mrs, Virginia Rosenberg of this city. FHA Changes Rule On Home Buying Revises Rules Oh Buying Contracts WASHINGTON (HNS)— The federal housing adminfothation changed signals today on a rule which gave home buyers ptactic-' ally unlimited freedom to kill real' estate deale even alter signing otherwise iron-clad contracts, FHA commissioner Norman P. Mason bowed to industry ahd greseional complaints about the regulation although he previously had insisted' that the rule would not be altered. "It was just cauhiog too much confusion and working a hardship on real estate agents," an FHA spokesman said. "Under the raid, an agent had a contract for a house that could be cancelled out at the flick of an eye. It didn't make sense to the industry.'' The rhubarb over the contracts stemmed from the new housing law passed this evmmer by con-

gress which stipulated that builders must supply all home buyers dealing with FHA a written statement of the government’s estimate on the value of the phSperty being •old. Congress prbtfied that the FHA Appraisal nrtst be avertable to lb* buyer before the deal is closed. But die to the huge upsurge in buildings FHA’» appraisal >has not always been available when a buyWf decides to make a deal. To handle the problem, FHA decided on its so-called seven-day escape clause. This provided that aitef a contract, the buyer had seven days from ths time he eventually received the appraisal to decide again whether he wanted to go through with the deal. Industry leaders tetaimed that the wording of the regulation gave buyers unlimited teeway to drop a ’deal for almost any reason at all— Iftncluding the possibility that the buyer had found another home more suitable t» hft neede. The real estate meh argued that rohgrees requftred the appraisal only to inform the buyer that he was not paying an unreasonable price for hts prospective new home. So they urged FHA to modify the rule to allow the buyer to pull out td a deal only tn those cases where the selling price of the house exceeds FHA’s estimate of its value. ,r Mason decided today that this wasn’t a l>ad' suggestion after all. Accordingly, orders embodying the change are being diepatched forthwith to all FHA’a offices — much I to the relief of the industry.

Federal Grand Jury Studying Petersen Case Studies Espionage Charge As Made On Government Worker WAmiNOTON (INS) —A Moral gdrnd jury wan impaneled today to begin considering espionage charges against Joseph Sidney Petersen Jr., veteran government bode breaker. Federal District Judge Albert V. Bryan reconvened that 21 - man grand Jury which ihet ta June but which qutt during - the summer due to a lack of business. The judge strewed that the fairy should observe secrecy on what takes place behind locked doors. He urged the jurors not to consider “searsay evidence” and warned them that "suspicion’’ is not sufficient grounds for an indtctment. Bryan ale© gave the grand jury 1 other routine instructions on procedure and said he would be available until 1 p. m. ('BST.) in case of a speedy indictment. As soon an the judge completed hie instructions, the jury retired to begin its deliberations. Petersen, who was fired fram the super-se-cret national security agency tn is month after almost 12 years’ service. was not seen in the court room as the grand jury met. An official source said that the case hM such sweeping implication that the government is prepared to risk lifting the curtain of secrecy wtMch enrrounde the defense agency, It this Is necessary to Obtain ah espionage Indictment. The 40-year-old physicist-mathe-matician was arrested by the FBI on Oct. A bh chargee that ha "improperiy Obtained” highly dassifled defense dorameAtn. intending to use them "to the injury’ of the V. S. or the advantage Os a foreign nation.”

The Complaints alleged that the Arittrgton, Va„ man violated the eifatonage taws by having possesdon of the documents from 1948 through 1952. A government prosecat or declared this was ."just one step short of treason.” _ ■Prosecutor John F. Redily made the "just short of treason” accusation la a vain attempt to prevent Petersens raleaaa from jail on a reduced bond. Church Anniversary Is Observed Sunday Christian Church Holds Observance Over 100 people, including many Ont of town guests, attended the 30th anniversary observance of the First Christian church Sunday. The Rev. Clifford Lanman, a former pastor of the church, was main speaker at the morning 1 worship service. In his sermon, “The Church That We Love,” he praised the accomplishments of the church since 1924. Tlfe sermon by Dr. Ephraim D Lo*’e. general secretary of the Indiana Christian Missionary association, at the evening service Was on the ministry, the church and (tod. A dinner for those attending followed the morning service. The afternoon featured a general meeting and (facial get-togelhor. Brochures with the program for the day and a brief historical sketch of the church were distributed to ’the members and guests attending the anniversary event. judgeorders (Continued on Psge Five) cause this country hhs freedom oi the press which is not enjoyed etae where. Before the trial got underway. 1M spectators tint'd up tn the bopr of getting in to the tiny courtwhere newsmen are less than a foot from, the jury box. BUt 51 of the 64 available seats were filled with ftewstnen and the “tnaindef occupied bv relatives o ’Dr. Sam" and his murdered. 31 /ear-oM wife. A hint by the state that the hild-fnannerM osteopath may not have been alone the morning hl* wife, Marilyn, was savagely beatsn to death added another mys tertons element to the affair. Prosecutor John Mahon guardndly told International Nows Server that he "hasn't ruled out” the nosslliltlty that swnecne aided the 30-year-ohl "Dr. Shih." He said' ‘'other women" in the eXtra-marital life of the young Bay Village with the "principal" emphasis vivacious Susan Hayes as the purport ed motive for the July 4 crime, would .feature the state’s case. The crux of Sheppard's strategy wns outlined by associate defense counsel Fred Garmone simply: "The wrong man is in Jail. The murderer is not in Jail.” Dr. Sain was portrayed by his family as confident of acquittal as he began 'his tattle against the electric (hair. Jailers said his appetite was normal ‘and that he appeared. culm and composed.

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Gambling Empire In Pennsylvania City Erie Mayor, Other Officials Involved ERIE, Pa. (INS) — The story of Erie’s 12(1,000,000 gambling empire unfolded today following the arrest of the Lake City’s mayor, a police inspector, & vice squad officer and some 36 so-called kingpin gambling operators. The prize catches tn the series of swift raids carried out by state police Saturday were Mayor Thomas Flatley, police inspector Jack Martin and vice squad officer Edward Camilli. Each has given long statements to Erie county detectives, admitting accepting hush money from the Erie gambling fraternity. They have been charged with conspiracy. Additional charges are expected to be filed today. Six months of painstaking investigation directed by district attorney Damian McLaughlin resulted in the week-end crackdown which connfounded the town of 130,000 persons. Minutes before the arrest warrants were issued. Mayor Flatley suspended Martin and Camilli for 10 days — the limit he can give them at one time. Informed shortly afterward that he wow riW-'rtHk arrested himself. Mayor Flatley’s voice shook as he saM . . . "Me? Why. 1 can t believe it!” Also arrested in the swoop by troopers in plain clothes was an Brie Democratic party leader. Stanley Schwartz who is accused of conspiracy to bribe a police officer ahd "at other times participating in selecting members of the vice sqnad.” McLaughlin accorded credit for success of the investigation to vice squad officer Russell Verga and assistant district attorney Herbert Johnson. Until the arrests, McLaughlin said, the gamblers thought Verga was "one of boys” and regularly included hint in the payoffs. What they didn’t know was that instead of farming a service revolver in his armpit holster, he had a miniature wire recorder. The investigators also employed a truck with a one-way mirror window in the back to get pictures of payoffs and meetings between the gamblers and the accused off leers, Verga and his family have been taken outside the city for safety reasons until he is needed to testify. Said district attorney McLaughlin: "That boy took his own life in his hands every day of the investigation." McLaughlin said the raids were Ilined for Saturday! soasenotto ieopardize Verga’s life any longer even though he did not have all the evidence he believed he needed before the confessions were obtained. It was also limed for Saturday because of the large number of state police in town to participate in Erie’s’ civil defense test Sunday. A total of 16 persons were nam'd in warrants Issued. McLaughlin iatd the r'omalnder df thofn will >e picked up before the grand jury meets next month. Jemacrat Want Ad* Bring Result*

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Auto Is Reported Damaged By Fire IFire caused about tlSb damage to a car owned oy John C. Brown of Decatur recently on U. S. highway 224 a mile east of Tocsin. Mrs. Brown, who Wits driving, the oar was not in it when the fire started. 'Mrs. Drown was returning from i Fort Wayne when the car stalled. She went to a nearby farm house to call her husband and while she was gone the fire started, probably from a short circuit. Deputy sheriff Raymond Durr of Wells county and witnesses extinguished the blaze. Former President Os Convoy Bank Is Dead C. G. Muntzinger Is Taken By Death Charles G. Muntzinger, 81, retired farmer and Convoy. 0., businessman, died Sunday morning at the Huntingdon county hospital. He had lived at Huntington for the past three years with a daughter, •Mrs. Esther Carolyn Fryback. Mr. Muntzinger. a resident of Van. Wert romuy mosVoT bi* life, was a former president of the First National bank at Convoy, a ftftmier YneriTber of the Convoy school board, and village council, a Van Wert county com<mis»ioner for eight years, and a member of the Van Wert county fair lioard for 16 years. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Convoy. The body has been removed to the H. D. ftmith funeral hoine in Convoy, where friends may call until noon Tuesday, it kill be taken to St. Paul’s Lutheran .church ' at 1 p. m. Tuesday tor services at 2 p. m. EST. The Rev. Arthur Ziegler and the Rev. F. H. Gerken I win officiate, and bnrial will ue jin the lOOF cemetery at Convoy. S — yriAutEia —grrturi 'tm’M -an" ■■ — Gifts & Greetings for You — through WELCOME WAGON from Your Friendly Business Neighbors end Civic gnd Facial Welfare J eadeH Un occosioN ofr The Birth of a Bfthy Sixteenth Hirthduyk Engnjremem Annpu n cement* (Change of re»idenc« Arrival* of Newcomer* tg Phone 3-3196 or 3-3479