Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 257, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1954 — Page 4

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Hope you are getting adjuster! to the daylight saving time. I •7 —o-—o—■ ■ '. ■' 1 Tomorrow is election day. TakJ the time to vote. It s an important! duty that every American should! take advantage of. ; Vote Tuesday! Vote right and!' for your best interests. The! boards will see they are counted! and we will be ready for a real! Thanksgiving. ! 0 0 I Tomorrow you decide whether! you want to help Dixon-Yates and! Ike or yourself. It’s a free country! and you have the privilege of! making your own decision. K d—6 . K It’s a little early for snow but! we have already had a few! samples of it and autumn is elos-ll ing about six weeks too early to A suit most of us. , 0 0 fe Vote for Harper for secretary of state. It means much to the Democratic party. Affecting the election boards and the delegates to the next state convention. VOTE DEMOCRATIC. , 0 o ' Shop early for Christmas. The Great Day comes next month. Now in the time to plan and shop. I > Decatur retail stores offer the best merchandise at the best prices. Trade in Decatur and be satisfied. — 0 0 Don't forget to vote for Schurger tomorrow on the state ticket He is a- candidate for appellate judge, has made a strenuous eampaitm and, aritt appaeefata a good home vote more than he ~ can .tell-you. \ -■ 0_ 4 Soon the Good Fellows club will place its cannisters around for small contributions to one of Decatur’s greatest funds. The Delta*"Theta Tau sorority for years has provided joy and happiness to the needy of the community on Christmas day It’s a worthy cause and many Decatur people look forward to helping. Let’s, all join in making this year’s fund the biggest in history. o o Next big day is Thanksgiving November 26. In the meantime Decatur merchants are preparing the shopping public for Christmas, and the holiday season. Already local stores are jammed with gifts, and other Christmas merchandise. You’re missing a good opportunity if you don’t visit the Decatur stores and let local storekeepers help you plan your holiday gift program. ® — — - —: (, I Modern Etiquette t I BV ROBERTA LEK V ‘ e Q. When a hostess has among her guests an accomplished singer or pianist, is it all right to. ask this person to perform? A.. It would show much better taste and more consideration to ask this person in private. It may be that he or she prefers to rest RE-ELECT YAGER . Pol Advt.

November 2nd ■BV B ■ Dhl WE URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES! MJMHiH K»J BUT WHATEVER YOUR CHOICE PLEASE BE SURE TO VOTE I pl ADAMS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE fjgff W If Paid Political Advertisement- O. W. I*. Macklin, Treas. • JBB : ' jBBH

Regardless of the outcome of I Tuesday’s general election the I.me great fact is we live in a ■ free America. We have the right land privilege of going to the polls land helping select our own ofIficials. I All the fireworks, charges and Icounter-charges are part of the ■procedure, but'when we enter the ■election booth, it is the duty of ■every good American to follow Ithe dictates of his own mind in ■marking his ballot. If each of us, ■ does that we will always have a [free and great America. | --o--— I Two Adams county high school ■basketball teams take to the fhardwood court Tuesday night ■ when Catholic "high school Commodores and Pleasant Mills Spartans renew an old rivalry. Other Lbasketball teams will start their ' winter schedules Friday nighL fe The Commodore-Spartan game at [Pleasant Mills should be a good fone for so’early in the season and it brings together the testing of skills and boys by two of northern Indiana's leading basketball coaches, Dave Terveer of the Commodores and Myron Lehman of the Spartans. Both men are great builders of teams and both will have their boys in top shape for so early in the season. 0 0 Fate:— Indescribable, unpred i c t a b 1 e fate snuffed* the lives of three Hoosiers in Adams county’s worst airplane tragedy late Saturday afternoon. Wilbur Shaw, world famous automobile race driver; Ernest H. Roose. Indianapolis portrait painter and Ray . Grimes, well-known in the aviation metes of IwKaww etwb -eep--flight pilot fell to their death on the Homer Ginter farm a few miles west of Decatur just as dusk was settling over the country side. From a physical aspect, all that remained of the grim excision, were three containers of human pieces and a twisted, broken form of steel. The men. in the chartered plane were returning to Indianapolis after a day of business in Detroit. Bad weather was about the only explanation of the terrible accident. Shaw, who had faced death countless times in highpowered automobiles and who had won the Indianapolis Memorial day race three times was presi- . dent of the Indianapolis Speedway. Roose was a close personal friend. Fate is a strange 'power, and we never know when it will visit us, or someone close to us. We are never completely ready to tneet it, but we can prepare. If w'e live our life in accordance with the Golden Rule, we are taking a forward step in being ready. and enjoy a quiet evening. Q. When one has been presented to a group of eight or ten persons, and is taking leave of the group, is it necessary to bid each one of them "good-bye”? A. No; a cordial "good-bye" including the entire group, is sufficient. Q. Is it proper for a young man to give his mother’s engagement ring to his fiancee? A. This is sometimes done, and is quite proper. Miami — Frozen orange juice may appear soon in a new form. One company is experimenting with orange juice in dehydrated crystal form.

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20 Years Ago t I Today i 9 0 Nov I—-A riot of 300,000 merrymakers marked the closing of the World’s Fair in Chicago. They wrecked the place. The sixteenth million visitor passed the gates. Decatur Scottish Rite Masons will put on the 12th degree during the rites, November 13 to 15. Occasional snow flurries mark the start of November. iA tremendous crowd enjoyed the Catlithumpian parade here. f , Mrs. Mary Cengleton, 87. of Monroeville. died last evening. She had a number of relatives in Decatur and Adams county. s . ...... ?' .« J. o o Household Scrapbook I 1 BY ROBERTA LEE •—; g Muslin Cuffs Thin muslin cuffa can be made stiff by adding to each bowl of

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“ CHAPTER THIRTY PRESENTLY 1 eased the Mercury out on the road and continued toward Ridge Center. It was twenty minutes until five o’clock in the morning when 1 stopped on the curve of a ml) beside a mail box lettered with the name at J. E. Fortune The dim light still burned tn the front room of the small nouse. 1 turned off the car lights, slid over the seat, got out quickly on the right side, and crouched down tn the car's shadow, in the moonlight 1 could see that the road behind eras empty, at least to where it curved down and around a patch of dark woods. 1 walked on the grass beside the stone drive to where it curved around the back of the house. There, partially concealed by an unpainted, sagging shed, was a shining pale car, a pastel color, maybe sky-blue, but 1 couldn't be sure tn the moonlight. It was a new Cadillac. 1 crept up beside it. There was no one inside. On the door were gilt initials: ff.K.S. The ouriy man at Dan’s Place had been coYrect. Earl Seltzman was indeed with Eileen Fortune while Ralph Hollis lay near death in the Hospital, i wondered now long he'd been here. U ne had followed me, ne must nave circled around and arrived here ahead of me. Once more my fingers touched a car's exhaust pipe. The Cadillac's was warm, but not hot, and tt didn't mean a thing to me. But he was here. 1 began to tremble. For seventeen hours Td been on a blind trail, a trad which was ending here at five o'clock tn the morning. Three times in those seventeen hours somebody had tried to kill me, and 1 Celt the rage grow not. It could be traced back to the wildemeas; kfß or be killed, eat or be eaten. Elemental emotion, primitive. I tried to grin, to rationalize everything, but tt was ne good. 1 couldn't forget the sound of the ballets, the teei at them, and something seemed to coil and uncoil in my stomach. 1 walked swiftly around the house to the small front porch. 1 didn’t bother to look down the road again, and 1 banged louciy on the door. Without waiting tor a response, 1 turned the knob. The door swung open and Eileen Fortune stood staring at me. Her face was still puffy, her eyes stiff

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red, but ahe bad combed ner blond hair, and put on a frilly pink robe over the faded nightgown. Her bare feet were now covered with pink satin slippers edged with fluffy white fur. Behind her Earl Seltzman got furtively up from the divan. His heavy red coat hung over a chair. He started to speak, but Eileen's walling voice drowned him out. “He's dead! You’ve come to tell me!" With one eye on Seltzman, I said, "He's probably dying—maybe dead by now." She dug her fists into her eyes and began to sob wildly, a gasping, unpleasant sound. Seltzman strode to ner, grasped ner oy one arm. “Stop it!" he shouted, jerking ner arm. “You said you didn't care it Ralph lived or died, that you'd marry me.” “Can’t you wait ?“ Eileen sobbed. “Can’t you be decent? You could let me alone until Ralph is burned." Seltzman looked at me over her head. "She’s hysterical," ne panted. "She doesn't know what she’s—" 1 slapped him then, and 1 didn’t worry about tus glasses. The crack of my palm against ms cheek was loud in the room. He assumed a ridiculous fighting pose with both flats raised, and ne shrilled something and started tor me. “Remember your glasses," 1 said. He kept connng. 1 kicked him, not too hard. It was hard enough. He doubled over, gasping on the floor. He struggled to get up. “Stay,” 1 said. He stared up at me, his thin mouth working. He pushed upward. 1 raised my fist He sank back, hla eyes glaring hate. “Brute strength,” he panted. "I—l can’t fight yotl" “Yem tried, sonny. That's all anybody can da Let's talk a Bttle." “Why should 1 talk to you?” he saM Utterly. “You, you . . .* He took a deep shuddering breath. “I —1 can’t stand it any more." “Can’t stand what?” He moved ’ tus hands wildly. “Thia You. AH of IL” “You shot Ralph Hollis, didn’t you T Because you hated him for taking your girt away from you, because with Ralph out of the way you could nave her baek. Isn’t that nghtv Earl 7" ’Ts Ralph dead?” he asked In a dull voice.

and SMrtey Muorio, 90, Nites, G. Charles F. Shumaker, 91. Bluffton, 0., and Helen Sybert, 18, Continental, O. Plea in Abatement In the eomrpteint -on promissory' note filed by the First Bank of Berne against Junior F. Ray and Thors A. Ray, Atty. Ed Bosae has entered 1 special appearance for the defendants to file a plea in abatement. The court has ordered the plaintiff to comply with the rules of the Adams cricuit court. Hearing Continued The hearing on a petition for citation charging non-support filed by Bladys R. Anderson against Garth Anderson has been continued to Nov. 8. Senindler Estate The schedule to determine the inheritance tax for the Reuben Schindler estate has been filed with reference to the county assessor. The schedule showY the net value of the estate is $22,217.02 to be distributed among two daughters and three sons Real Estate Transfers Clark W. Smith etux to Harry H. Hebble etux, inlot 686 in Decatur. Hugh K. Engle etux to Roy B. FrietMey etux, inlot 5 in Decatur. Gerald G. Stfickler etux to John R. Zintsmsster etux. inlot 51 in Decatur. ■ Robert G. Walters etux to Cedric Tumbleson etux, inlot 38 in Decatur. John R. Zintsmaster etux to Gerald G. Strickler etux. inlot 895 in Decatur. Catherine Fravel to Eli C. Stucky etux, inlots 168 & 189 in Geneva. Daniel C. Schwartz etux to Chester L. Brown etux. 61 acres in Wabash Twp. Donald G. Moore etux to Robert Fox etux, Inlot 264 in Berne. Charles M. Manning etux to Willard Walker etux, inlots 11 & 12 in Geneva. Paul W. Hancher etux to Douglas Gilpen etux, inlot 42 in Decatur. Assault, Battery Hearing Continued The hearing on the assault and battery charges filed by Thora Ray against Junior Ray has been continued to Monday, Nov. 8, by agreement of the prosecuting and defense will face charges in city eburt.

■ *•* . "1 don’t Know, out Rex Bishop to dead, it's murder, Earl —maybe two murders. Rex surprised you shooting at me, and you nad to kill mm, to keep turn quiet. You tried to kill tie, because you saw me snooping around the ravine, and you knew 1 was suspicious.” “No.” ne whispdred, tus chin trembling. I clenched a fist, involuntarily, and the rage began to burn again. "Why did you run out on me at Dan s Place last night, and then wait in the alley, and—?” “No, no,” he said hoarsely. “Listen—” “Shut up.” 1 was almost shouting. “You shot at me again in tront ot your bouse, and you followed me in your car with the lights off, waiting tor another chance, and you turned on the gas in Judy Kirkland’s bedroom and typed a confession note tor her, and you—” "Stop!” he cried shrifiy. “I—1—" His thin, pate hands fluttered, and he seemed to be. having trouble breathing. “Talk,” 1 said from between clenched teeth, and I raised my fat. “Talk.” Behind me 1 heard Eileen’s voice. "Forgive Him,” she pleaded. ’’Don’t blame Earl.” 1 turned. She was standing now, the frilly pink robe hanging open, ter bands clasped before her. “Earl tinned tor me,* she said passionately. “It was wrong of turn to do that to Ralph, but 1 am to biama Earl sinned because 1 tempted him. 1 am guilty ot false pride and vanity. 1 promised to be Earl’s wife and then 1 broke my promise and became engaged to Ralph, not for love, but because it gave me pleasure to take Ralph away from Judy. I—l bated Judy, you see. 1 nave always hated her. And poor Earl, to did not understand, and ne—he killed, because ot me. I am the guilty one.” 1 gazed al her uneasily. There was a small sound behind me, and 1 turned. Earl Seltzman was staring at Eileen with a look of incredulous horror. He pointed a finger and stuttered, “S-she—” “Never mind, Earl,” 1 told him. "I’ll call the sheriff, and you can tell him all about ft." ’“Tell him, Earl,” Eileen pleaded. “Confess. I'll be by your side.” (To Be Continued)

*** MHKVMNI H&jb 1 1... . . l Mt’ yMQB ~ ' Gary B. Erekson Cadet Gary B. Erekson has been chosen temporary company Commander of the corps of cadets at. the U. S. Coast Guard Academy and will serve in thia capacity until December. He la the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reid J 3. Erekson. who at 764 Washington St. Prior to entrance in the academy in 1951, he attended Decatur high school. Since entering the Academy he has been active in basketball, winning a letter all four years and has been chosen team captain for the test two years. Upon completion o#,the academic year in June. 1955, he will graduate from the Coast* Guard Academy with a B.S. degree in engineering and a commission' as ensign in the U.S. Coast guard. Returns To States Alton W. Cftristianer, machinist’s mate third class, USN. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Christiane/ of route 1. Decatur, is scheduled to arrive in San Diego California, October 31 completing a six-month tour of duty in Far Eastern waters aboard the light aircraft carrier USS Wright The carrier left her forme/ home port at Newport, R. I, last March, and after transiting the Panama Canal, with brief stops at San

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE EARL SELTZMAN stared at Eileen blankly, Bia thin mouth working, as she urged him to confess. There was saliva on his chin. I said, “Earl, everything adds up. You knew that we all were going hunting yesterday morning, and so you took to the woods, too. You saw us head for the ravine and you wafted on the hili across from the ravine, and oil a level with the crest You also saw Judy down in the thicket or maybe you didn’t see ber. It doesn’t matter. When Ralph reached the top of the ravine, you fired at him and then ducked. Judy fired, too, at a pheasant but her shot did not hit Ralph. She was standing directly below him, and the shotgun charge which struck Ralph slanted horizontally across his chest If Judy had hit him, the torn grooves in his jacket would have been vertical, because she fired from below—l saw her climbing up the side of the ravine Immediately afterward. You counted on it being called a hunting accident* didn’t you?" “No," he said in a choked voice *T—I didn't mean for Ralph to be killed—* “You were scared afterward, weren’t you. Earl?’’ I broke in. “You hung around, out of sight to see what went on. At noon you saw me coming across the fields. You ran to your farm and got a rifle—or maybe you bad it with you—and you saw me at the spot where you’d shot Ralph. You knew then, for certain, that I was on your trait So you shot at me, and I dropped. You thought you had killed me. But old Rex Bishop, fixing a fence down in the bottom, had seen you. He approached you, accused you, and you had to kill him. That was the second shot I heard. Then you went away, started drinking, and came to the ravins later in the afternoon, to the scene of your killings. Rex was stiH where he’d fallen, but I was very mueh alive and digging your bullet from the tree. That shocked you, and you would have made certain that I was dead—if I hadn’t taken your shotgun. You went away, and you brooded and worried. When 1 found you in the poker game, you became Mor* worried. 1 was hounding you, and you had to get rid of me. You gave the men a story about my being an insurance salesman, and they stalled for you. You sneaked out, hid in the alley, and when I came out, you tried once more and missed. You hung around, followed me. When 1 stopped at your house, you tried again and missed again. But you stayed on my tail.” X paused,

Diego, Calif., and Honolulu, T. H., reported for duty tn the Commander Naval Forces, Far East, at Yokosbqka, Japan. , *Home From Alaska Cpl. Charles E. Ripley, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Ripley, route 1, Monroe, is returning to the U. S. after serving with the 32d battalion's headquarters company in Alaska. Cpl. Ripley, mall clerk, entered the army In December, 1962, and arrived overseas is June, 1963. In Mock Combat Pvt. Leroy Werling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard Werling, route 1, Decatur, is engaged in round-the-clock, mock combat this week during “Exercise Breechblock," an artillery maneuver being held at the foot of Pikes Peak. Over 3500 ground troops, as well as jet and B-36 bombers, are supplementing the 105 mm. and 155 mm. artillery units during the exercise. Werling is a supply specialist in the headquarters and service company of the 31 st engfaeef Battalion at Fort Carson, Colo. He entered the army in January of this year and completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Civil Defense Plan Is Being Overhauled Immense Danger Os Radioactive Dust WASHINGTON (INS) — A leading atomic, scientist said today that a “truly immense" danger from radioactive dust and moisture that can be stirred up by an H-bomb is causing an overhaul of civil defease plans throughout the country. Dr. Ralph E. Lapp declared that fall-out from one bomb could be fatal within 12 minutes to every exposed person in a 250-square-mite area, and that the danger might Include 4,000 square miles. Lapp, writlag in the November Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said new civil defense plans call for shelters in huge peripheral areas around major cities to protest persons caught downwind while evacuating in the face of H-bomb attacks.

watching him. Ha gulped and Mid shrilly, Tsp crazy. I didn’t do any of that" “Don’t lie, Earl,” I said gently. “You followed me out on the road to the truck stop, and back again. When you saw that I was headed for Eileen’s houne, you circled around, got here ahead of me, to make me think you’d been here all the time.” I turned to Eileen. “How long has he been here?” “Forgive Uta,* she intoned. “Please.” I peered at ter, saw the odd, flat look in her eyes. She seemed to be in a kind of daze, and maybe 1 should nave slapped her out of ft, but 1 didn’t Instead, I said to Seltzman, “How did you manage to lock Judy’s door from the inside, after you turned on the gaa?” - His thin body twitched, and his tongue kept darting tn and out of his mouth, over his prominent teeth. His face held a waxy pallor, and be stared at Eileen like a man transfixed. “She doesn’t know what she’s saying! Doh't you Helen to her!" “Never mind,* I said wearily. “You can tell the sheriff. She can tell him, too.* “Sheriff?” he mumbled. “Yea," I said, feeling suddenly a deadly fatigue. "Murder is not permitted by law." Eileen’s veice rose in anguish. “Oh, Earl!" I turned my head, and that monad, from the corner of my eye, I saw Seltzman make a stealthy movement toward the froat door. 1 shouted to him to stand still. He kept moving, faster, scurrying along the walk 1 started for him. Eileen flung herself against me. “Let <him go!* she cried. Take me! rm the guilty one. I led Earl on, 1 tempted him. . . .* I pushed her away from me. She stumbled to the floor and crouched there, on her hands and knees, her yellow hair falling over her face. Seltzman was reaching for the door knob, and 1 said, "Hold It, EarL Don’t be st fool.” He swung toward me, nis back against the door, and he cried m a wild, shrill voice, "I’m not going with the sheriff! You can’t make me!” “But I ean," I said softly. He began to sob, his eyes squeezed shut, his mouth puckered, an ugly tight. 1 decided that he and Eileen made a good pair. Both were emotionally unstable, and probably immature. “EarL" 1 said, "are you goingto behave while I call the sheriff, or will I have to beat you?” “Don’t you touch me again,” he said in a low, desperate voice. "Don’t you dare. I—IB kiß you."

MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1,

B.*o. DR. RICHARD SHEPPARD, father of Dr. Samuel Sheppard, defendant in Cleveland's sensational first degree murder case, cleans his glasses as selection ot jurors moves forward. The son la accused of bludgeoning wife to death. (International) Dr. James R. Arnold of the University of Chicago declared in the same issue that high U. S. offic- - ials are guilty of a “shameful” attempt to minimize the danger of H-bomb radioactivity. Arnold said his translations of official Japanese reports show that only "remarkable medical effort” saved several of the Japanese fishermen who were caught by radioactive ash aboard the "Lucky Dragon" 72 miles from the March 1 U. S. H-bomb explosion. One of the fishermen died. The scientists said an H-bomb exploded under water in the Pacific "would probably cloak Los Angeles in a lethal fog even though no blast shook the city.’’ He said 50 super-bombers “could blanket the entire northeast U. 8. A. in a serious to lethal radioactive fog.” Lapp estimated that shelters with concrete roofs six to 19 inches thick, or with earthen roofs 11 to 30 Inches thick, will be necessary outside cities along the routes of evacuation to protect against radioactive deaths. The thicknesses would vary with distance from the city.

I took a grim step toward him. He avoided my gaze, a sly look on his face, and his hand moved. Suddenly I was looking at a small blue automatic. I was dumbfounded. 1 hadn’t figured him for the kind to carry a pocket gun, bat I should have known better. He was of the unpredictable type, the dangerous ones. I stood still, feeling the rage again, and the fear, too, Eileen moaned, “Don't kill again, Earl, please, please. . . .“ He stared at ter, the hofror again in hia eyes and he said in a strangled voice, “Don’t talk like that. It’s crazy.* T' forgive you." she erooned. "Earl, my darling, it was always you. I never loved Ralph. You know I never loved him, that it was you. Please put down that nasty gun. We’D face it together, side by side.” But he was watching me. He couldn’t hear her any more. I took a step closer, so that I could reach him in one dive, if I had to, and 1 kept my gaze on the gun. It never wavered, and I didn't like that. Suddenly be sighed, a deep hopeless sigh, and his face took on a slack, stupid look, and it seemed Jto me that his eyes behind the rimless glasses held no expression whatever. He had been fight- - ing something, -a dark, secret something, but it was over now, and he was at the end of his rope. “All right, Earl," 1 said soothingly. “Use your head. Give me the gun.” I held out a hand and took another step forward And I stopped. The gun barrel moved a half inch, and it bore directly on the pit of my stomach. His thin lips pushed in and out over his teeth and he braced himself against the door. - “Earl!” Eileen screamed. “No, no!" I wanted to jump tor him, to reach for my own gun, to yen at him, to do anything, but I stood rooted. He began to tremble, and 1 saw his finger grow white on the trigger. There wasn’t time for anything, not any more. There was a sudden slamming sound. 1 heard Eileen's crazy, cracked scream, and 1 felt sick and 1 wondered when the pain would start. But there wasn’t any paid, and 1 realized suddenly that the sound had been a car door slamming just outside the door. Earl Seltzman moved his eyes, fdP just an Instant, and I jumped for Mm, got the gun. Wrenched it from his fingers, and brought my fist up against tils angular j»w. He hit the floor without a sound, and X dragged him away from the door. (To Bo Continued)