Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 246.

‘‘No Mercy” Sheppard Trial Gets Underway fl Fr ] —■HW ||B~ “ Z r ** Z4> /V> * 1 Ms <% , jMBMMw<-.•<&* l x . . jMIHBhK flKSflnHEsHf v ■- W J ’ I WhhHmjß^buß^KW M - *'® »/ k r > »W<y Im y * > PHOTOGRAPHERS have their inning in a few moments allotted them in the tiny Cleveland, Ohio, court as Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard lost the first skirmish in his battle for life, and his murder trial got underway. The young Cleveland osteopath iw charged with the bludgeon-murder of his wife, Marilyn, July 4.

Second Juror Is Seated In Sheppard Case Cleveland Murder Trial Continues At Slow Motion Pace CLEVELAND HNS) — A second juror. Mrs. Elizabeth Borke. was seated today as the slow-deliberate pace continued in the trial of Dr. Sam Sheppard, accused of slaying his pregnant wife. The handsome osteopath read a book on “The Achievement of Poise” as the deliberation* went on and laughed in the more relaxin contrast to his poker-faced attitude in the first day of the trial Monday. ' -“- Mrs. Borke, a middle-aged mother of a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old daughter, was seated as the second juror after two hours of Questioning. She helped eradicate the air of tension which hung over the tiny, crowded courtroom with her pithy remarks as •he underwent a long, searching inquiry. She got the biggest roar when defense counsel Fred Garmone wanted to know if she discussed the case with her husl>and when | she got home Monday at the end of the first day at the trial. “What did your husband say?” the lawyer • wanted to know. “How come you were so late?” the attractive woman replied earnestly. Dr. Sheppard joined in the general laughter. The dog-eared booklet on "poise" held interest only occasionally. From time to time he would look down at the booklet, then straighten his head, hold it high and stare at the judge, the witness under interrogation and the prosecution team. , ” On and on went the questions to Mr*. Borke. She amid “she wasn't interested" enough in the case to read about it or listen to any broadcasts, or form an opinion. ”1 have my garden." Mrs. Borke explained. "I just wasn’t interested.” The name of Susan Hayes was mentioned formally for the first time in the questioning of Mrs. Borke. The state alleges that Sfts? □ Hayes, pert and pretty hospital technician, was the ‘motive" for the smashing in of Mrs. Sheppard's skull with 27 blows and that I she had extra marital affairs with Dr. Sam. The gist of the defense questioning was aimed at determining whether Mrs. Borke would be prejudiced if testimony sihowed Sheppard had l>een unfaithful to his wife by affairs with "other women." Venireman number six — the third prospective juror interrogated today—was-Edmond Verlioger, a hardware store manager, also a resident of Maple Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. Chief defense counsel William Corrigan opened the second day’s session by again claiming the atmosphere had been poisoned against his young doctor-client and cited a broadcast debate of a newspaper fraternity to back 'his\ claim. ‘iThis is a terrible situation,” Corrigan cried. "It’s detrimental to the defendant.” Presiding Judge Edward Blythln, in rejecting the motion to postpone the trial indefinitely declared- — ‘‘lt Is beyond the power .of the (Coatlaard Oa Page Eight)

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Adams County Rural Youth Wins Honors District Meeting Held Monday Night Adams county won most of the honors at the district rural youthmeeting at Bryant Monday night, as Earl Yoder, retiring county president, was elected district vicepresident, Dick Heller, Jr., won the district talk meet, and the Adams county rural youth news won the district newsletter contest. Adame county also had the most rural youth members present, but they did not win the cowbell attendance award because of the short distance traveled by the members. Earl Yoder, of Berne, was elected district vice-president by the county delegates over two other contestants. Delegates representing tho It) counties of the fourth sw»l youth district took part ini the election. Meridith Speicher, of Wabash county, was elected president. and Dorie Spraker, of How-1 ard county. was elected eecretarytreasurer. On ring the meeting a committee of farm bureau representatives judged the rural youth newsletters, and chose Adams' county’s ‘‘Rural Youth News” first. The News, edited by Gloria Koeneman, is a monthly publication for rural | youth members. The scrapbook containing the winning entries ! was designed by Shirley Gerke, news reporter. The winning entry will now be judged in a state contest with nine other district entries at Indianapolis at the state rural youtli convention November 10. In‘the talk meet, Dick Heller, Jr., of Adams county, won over two other contestants on the general subject, "Democracy Doesn’t Just Happen." Heller spoke for five minutes on the relationship between the public schools and democracy. He will now represent . the district in the state talk fest (Continued on Page Five) Harvey Lewis Dies At Hospital Monday , Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Harvey D. Lewis, us, of 109 South Second street, died Monday at the Veterans hospital at Fort Wayne. He had l>een critically ill ! for the past week., . A veteran of World War T, he, was a member of the Disabled i American Veterans. He was a •‘.one mason by trade and had never married. Born in Decatur April 7, 1896, he was a eon of John and Dora Merica-Lewis. and was a resident of Decatur practically his entire i life. Surviving are two brothers, Cu - tis B. Wolfe of Decatur and Doyle Bohner of Fort Wayne, and a els-1 ter, Mrs. Dolly McKinnon of Columbus, O. One sister preceded him In death. Funeral services will' he held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Black funeral home, the Rev Ray J. Walther officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, with the! ; DAV conducting military rites, assisted by the American legion I Friends may call at the funeral > home after 7 o’clock this evening. INDIANA WEATHER' Fair and cool tonight with frost most sections. Wednesday fair and not quite so cool. Low tonight 30-36. High Wednesday around 60.

17 Insurance Firms Charged By Government False, Misleading Claims Charged In Insurance Policies (WASHINGTON (INS) —The government accused 17 insurance companies today of engaging in fatee and misleading advertising in the sale of individual hospitalization. accident and health policies. The firms will be ordered to halt such practices if the charges are proved at hearings in December or unless they voluntarily agree to end the allegedly false ! and misleading claims. 'Edward F. Itowerey, Oh a I man of the federal trade commission, 1 announced that complaints have been leaned against the companies foitowing a lOsmonth investigation 'by his agency. The investgation is continued and Howery said additional charges may be filed. , Included among tire ,17 are the four largest companies in the field: Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association of Omaha, Neb. Mutual of Omaha; Bankers Life and Sasualty Co., of Chicago (The White Cross Plan); Reserve; Life Insurance Co., of Dallas. ! Tex.; and United insurance Co..| of Chicago. In general, the FTC said, the proceedings are directed against the use ct false or de.eirtive Advertising claims relating to the extend of coverage provided, and the benefits payable, under accident and health policies. The complaints brougth by the FTC allege use in advertising of false representations, deceptive or . misleading statements, and con - cealmeht or non-disclosure of exceptions and Ikinltations. Salespractices for group policies were not mentioned in the changes. In addition to the "Idg four," the insurance companies named in j the coptaints yrere: 4 -Unerican Hospital and Life Insurance Co.. at San Antonio, Tex.;, American Life and Accident Insurance Co., of St. Lottis, Mo.; Automobile Owners Safety Insurance Co., of Kansas City, Mo.; Ownmere lai Traveler* Insurance Co., dt Salt Ijake City; Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Assn., of Utica, N. Y. r • • ; Guarantee Reserve Life Insur I ance Co., of Hammond. Ind.; | Guarantee Trust Life insurance; Co., of Chicago; Illinois Commer-i ciail Men> Assn., of Chicago; La Salle Casualty Co., of Chicago; lAfe Insurance Company of Amer ica, of WUnnington, Del.; Prudence Life Insurance Co., of Chicago; \ 'Southern National nlsurance Co.. ; of IJttle Rock, Ark; juid Travelers I Health Assn., of Omaha, Neb. The FTC said the Investigation i was launched after numerous comi plaints were received from policyholders. It is the first probe of its kind. Funeral Monday For Mrs. B. H. Truman Funeral services were held Mon- ' day for Mrs. B. H. Truman, who died Friday at her home in Warsaw. She was the wife of the Rev. ‘ B. H. Truman, retired Baptist mfnIster. She was a elater as Rosa Brown and an aunt of Mrs. Jack Friedt of this city, also a cousin of Mrs. Robert Garitrd and the late S. K. Brown of this city.

— — — Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 19, 1954.

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Says Holland Involved In Petersen Case Holland Is Foreign Nation Involved In Case Os Espionage WASHINGTON^INS) — An authoritative source said today that Holland is the foreign nation involved in the espionage case aggjn-. st Joseph Sidney Petersen, Jr., former code-breaker at the supersecret national security agency. ■ This source—who is closely connected with the case — said the charges grew out of Petersen's friendship with an exiled Dutch general during World War 11. Petersen was arrested by the FBI on OcL 9 and charged with “improperly obtaining" highly classified defense information while a trusted code-breaker at the NSA. The informed source said the Dutch general was 1 driven from the island of Java when the Japanese overran the Dutch possession early in the Pacific campaign. He later egme to Washington as a representative of the Dutch govern men t Tn exlle. Petersen's' alleged contact was, not identified by the informed, source, but he is understood to i be residing in Hollarid atid work ing for the Dutch government at this time. ' The justice department has flatly refused to state what foreign nation is involved in the cloak-and-dagger case, although inform- , ed sources have previously denied rumors linking Petersen to France or the Soviet bloc.. Meanwhile, a federal grand jury investigating the Petersen case heard at least two unidentified witnesses as it went into its second I day. The special panel opened its in-. : vestlgation Monday into allegations that Petersen violated the espionage laws In a crime "just one step short of treason." The 40-year-old Arlington. Va., man was specifically charged with "improperly" obtaining highly clas sifted defense documents, possibly for an unnamed foreign power. It was learned that the justice department has since broadened the hush-hush case to include the possibility that Petersen plotted with others and did not act alone. The special panel of 16 men and five women heard three government witnesses Monday, shortly after a judge instructed them el(Continued on Page Five) Chester Booher Dies Monday At Richmond Former Resident Os Decatur Dead Chester Booher. 66. a former ; resident of Decatur and now of i Richmond, died Monday at noon in I the Reid Memorial hospital in | Richmond. Death was caused by i injuries received in a fall last I month. Born in Randolph county to Saul and Elizumeth Booher, he lived in this community several years I ago before moving to Richmond. 1 He had been retired for the past two years. Surviving are his wife, Pearl; two sons. Russel of Centerville and Raymond of Richmond; a twin brother. Lester of Hamilton, O ; three sisters. Mrs. Hermie Addington and Mrs. Rose Taggert of Richmond, and Mrs. Garnet Geyer -of Orlando, Fla., and nine grand'children. The funeral will take place Thursday at 1:30 . p. m. in the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren in Kirkland township ‘with the Rev: John Mishler officiating. Burial will be In the Pleasant Dale cemetery. Friends may call at the Jones and Placke funeral home In Richmond Wednesday afternoon ' and evening. v,

Lower Ohio Valley Farms Threatened Bumper Corn Crop Loss Is Threatened PORTSMOUTH, O. (INS) —Despite the fact tiliat tihe flood wave of the mighty Ohio river appeared ‘ today to have rlss-ipated, lower Ohio valley OanrrErs are sti-hl threatened with the loss of their bumper corn crop. At Portamoutti. 0., women aided t their hustands and relatives, wad- . in«g in the cold OMo river backwate’r in frantic efforts to save whatever they could from en- . crowhing flood waters. They have 'been working unceasingly since . dawn Sunday. , Corn was being taken out of the ! Ohio and Scioto river iKrttomlands In every available vehicle, including some horse and imi'le drawn , wooden sleds. The fanners are forced to pick tihe corn by hand. Deep mud has hampered tihe use of nier-hanical pickers. The river at Portsmouth has already begun to overflow its Iw.nk's, <but farmers were heartened today -by the news that the Ohio would probably not reach its expected creet of 45 feet. However, a portion of ten thousand acres, valued T-at Uh-ree-qwarter mitthon dollars will still go under water. " U'priver at East Liverpool, the | vaawpaging river dropped” from a .Sunday erect of 42.6 fsel to 2« tewt. Route 7 along Die river's 'lxarak was reopened and bus lines resumed normal schedules. ! The high water, which began at Pittsburgh, Pa. from tihe backlash at Hurricane Hazel anu took ten , lives tihere, moved down to inundate Steubenville, O. and batter Wheeling, W. Va. Thousands of persons were forced from their homes and damage is expected to go into the millions. (Monday, the flood gave first signs of waning when it missed its expeeted crest at Marietta, O. by* four feet. To Offer Course In Home Nursing Red Cross Sponsors Course In Nursing A course in home nursing will ; be sponsored by the Adams county chapter of, the American Red , Croee. The’ first meeting of the course, which will )>e taught by Mrs. Walter Winchester, will take place Tuesday, Oct.j 26. at 7:30 p. m. in the Decatur fire station. The initial meeting will l>e tor the purpose of organization. Other dates for the 12-hour course will be set by genersl agreement of those attending the first meeting. Mrs. Winchester has pointed out that this will be the only course given Ahl* year.. No later courses are planned. Anyone interested in the course is advised to take advantage of it at this time Persons wishing to take the course are asked to contact Mrs. Winchester or Mrs. Helen Sauer at the Red Gross office and to attend the initial meeting. Tlie purpose of the course is to Instruct people in simple nursing care of the sick in their home*. It includes care of mothers, babies . and- the aged. Motorist Is Killed As Auto Overturns TERRE HAUTE. Ind. (INS) — Charles W. Steward, 39, of Terre Haute, was killed late Monday 1 when his car failed to make a ' curve and overturned two times. High School Students Visit Court House Decatur high school students la ckiMM taught by Hugh Andrews < and Deane Derwln soured the court bouse Monday toorhlng and afternoon. They vielted the offices where the duties of the county officials were explained.

Stringfellow Removed From Utah Ballots College President Nominated To Run For Congressman ' CITY (INS)—Rep. Douglas Tr. Stringfellow was erased from the November ballot today after Utah GOP leaders, stunned by his amazing confession of lying about ■wartime heroism, picked college Pres. Dr. Henry A. Dixon as his successor. Stringfellow's resignation, offered Monday afternoon, was unanimously accepted Monday night at a hastily-called meeting of the Republican state central committee. Dixon, popular president of Utah State Agriculture college and a political newcomer, was selected unanimously by the 100-member committee as the new candidate for congress from the first district. He will be opposed by former Democratic Rep. Walter K. Granger, who was defeated by Stringfellow in 1952. The 32-year-old freshman congressman. crippled by a land-mine explosion in Europe during World War 11, received a standing ovation a« he made his way to the speakers platform to make ftls political farewell. He praised party leaders for taking action “consistent with our policy of good government." “You couldn’t have made any other decision.” he eaid. Stringfellow said he realized he had Jeopardized GOP chances in the coining elections. “You may ask why Stringfellow didn't come clean sooner.” he said. “1 Just didn't have the courage. “I pray that the people of the state will understand and vote for my successor. God bless you for your courageous decision.” The young lawmaker thanked Republican senators Arthur V. Watkins and Wallace F. Bennett, and state' GOP chairman O. J. Wilkinson for standing by him — “not as politicians, but as fathers.” Stringfellow shocked the political world Saturday night when he confessed on a television and radio broadcast that hie stories of lead- i ing a secret OSS mission behind the Nazi lines to rescue a German physicist were a hoax. Sen. Watkins, who followed (Continued on Page Five) Mrs. Kate Hammond ■ - I Dies Last Evening I Funeral Services Thursday Morning A ' Mrs. Kate Hammond, 91, lifelong resident of Decatur, died at 5:45 o'clock Monday evening at her home, 316 Line street, following , an illness of two days. She was born in Adams county , Dec. 18, 1862, a daughter of Davis and Ann Murphy-McCullough, and was the last surviving member of a family of 11, seven brothers and ' three sisters preceding hd’r in 1 death. She was married to Lewis Hammond June 26, 1890, her husband ' also preceding her in death. Mrs. Hammond was a member of the Methodist church. 1 Surviving are two sons, Herman and Carl Hammond, both of Deca- < tur; three daughters, Mrs,- Vera Fritzinger and Mrs. Boyd Rayer, both of Decatur, and Mrs. Robert < Kerr pf Coleman, Mich.; 24 grand- q children; 31 great-grandchildren, q and one great-great-grandchild, q Two sons and one daughter are deceased. ] Funeral services will be con- 1 ducted at 10 a m. Thursday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. BenJ. , G. Thomas officiating. Burial will it be in the Decatur cemetery, j Friends may call at the funeral t home after 7 o’clock this evening, t

English Occupation Os Suez Ends Today Final Agreement To Be Signed Tonight CAIRO (INS) — The Egyptian cabinet met today for three hours and authorized the signing tonight of the final agreement ending 72 years of English occupation of the strategic Suez canal zone. The British will pull out their 80,000 troops by the summer of 1960 from the base, valued at one billion dollars. Private companies employing British and Egyptian civilian technicians will maintain the installations. Under the seven-year agreement the zone will be remilitarized immediately If there is an attack by an outside power upon any Arab league state Or upon Turkey. The main British base in the Mediterranean now will be Cyprus, the island under the western shoulder of Turkey. Cypriot nationalists supported by the Greek government are demanding that the island be Joined to Greece. Flags and colored lights were strung up in the capital and other Egyptian cities as the nation’s young political leaders made final moves for the formal ceremonies. Many Egyptians and Britons (planned Joint dinner parties to mark the peaceful end of a long —and sometimes violent—dispute. Total agreement on the terms of the British troop withdrawal from the complex defense installations was reached Monday night. Under the general terms of the settlement which were previously announced, British troop withdrawal will take place in stages over the next twenty months. The last soldier should be out of Egypt by June 19, 1956. British civilian technicians will be employed by private concerns to keep up the complex installations. Name Delegates To Teacher Convention Three Will Attend Indianapolis Meet Hugh Tate, Vera Owens, and LeRoy Hedges will be the county school delegates to the Indiana, state teachers association convention in Indianapolis Thursday and Friday, Gail Grabill, county county superintendent of schools, announced today. The representative assembly will meet at the Murat Theater Thursday, with Mary Van Horn, of Evansville, president of the association, presiding. Delegates from each congressional district will meet and elect a district vice-president, a member of the nominating committee, and a delegate to the national education association. Theu division officers will be elected, and members to the state legislative committee and state resolutions commUtee will be chosen by the delegates from the five districts. At the same time that the teachers are meeting, state attendance workers from all parts of Indiana will meet in their annual all-day conference as a part of the centennial program of the Indiana state teachers association. "Parental Delinquency, a Chief Cause of Juvenile Misbehavior,” will be the topic discussed in both on Page Five) Wholesale Prices Are Cut By Coffee Firms OHBCIAOO (INS Coffee drinkers can rejoice today in the news that two big coffe firms have cut their wtholesaJe prices five cents a pound. Hills Bros. Coffee Corp, and W. F. MdlJaugthlin & Co., announced toe reduction Monday. The firms previously had lowered prices 10 cents In August and five cents tn September. Spokesmen for the companies explained toe latest reduction was made possible by lower green coffee prices.

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International Conferences On , German Arming i Five-Day Series Os Conferences Opens In Paris Today ! PARIS (INS) — The leaders of i France and West Germany confer i today as a five-day series of Inter* i national conferences aimed at cementing the London agreements on West German rearmament gets under way. Bonn Chancellor Konrad Adenauer landed in Paris this morning carrying, he said, a "greati hope.” He declared: i “I think the forthcoming days will bring great advantages for peace for our peoples and the world.” The 78-year-old German will ' meet with France's’ 47-year-old premier Pierre Mendes-France this i afternoon at a thus-far undisclosed ' spot outside the city. i The main topic of their converI sation will be the future status of . the borderland Saar territory i which is ethically and culturally > German, but tied to France eco- ; nomically. Settlement of this question is an I absolute pre-requisite Cor the rati- ’ ficatlon of German rearmament by ■ • the French national assembly. .Both French and German cir- » cies in Paris professed confidence f that an understanding would be • reached, possibly today. However, r the understanding would likely be t an “agreement in principle” and ' would have to be finalized in trea- • ty form after further negotiations. Meanwhile, International News • Service learned that German Industrialists reportedly informed Adenauer they would be prepared to accept for perhaps five-or ten years a restriction on Germany's " right to produce all component parts of the heavy armaments allowed her. This proposed restriction forms part of Mendes-France's plan providing that none of the continental members of the extended Brussels pact should be entitled to produce all parts of heavy arms. The second conference in the series will be held Wednesday among the foreign ministers of the U. S„ Britain, France and West Germany. Its subject will be the restoration of sovereignty to the West German Federal Republic as a preliminary to Bonn's admission to the revised Brussels treaty organization (BRUTO) and North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO). On Thursday, the nine ministers who initialled the “agreement in principle” 'arrived at in London, meet to approve the final draft of the treayt revising apd enlarging BRUTO to Include West Germany and Italy. The other members are Britain, France, The Netherlands. Belgium and Luxembourg. The U. S. and Canada will not sign the treaty, but they are closely associated with it. - . Dulles Enroute WASHINGTON (INS) — Secretary of state .John Foster Dulles took off today for Paris where crucial talks on West German rearmament opens a new chapter of American foreign policy. He . refused to say whether he was optimistic or pessimistic on the outcome of the Paris meeting. He told newsmen: "I'm not going into the optimism game. We will Just go ahead and do the best we can.” However, diplomatic observers expressed the opinion that the European meeting, which is designed to put the London agreement on Germany into effect may well be the "make or break” aeries of seselone on the new U. S. policy. American foreign programs are now designed to achieve a general agreement among western allies for a West Germany army and sovereignty in place of the European defense community with a unified Western Europe army (Caatiauad Oa Page Kight) \ \