Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1954 — Page 1

Vol. LIL No. 285.

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U. S. Allies Fight To Free Yank Prisoners Bring Question Os Reds' Imprisonment Before UN Assembly UNITED N. Y. (INS) —The U. S. and the 15 other UN members who defended Korea prepared the way today for bringing before the general assembly the question ot Red China’s imprisonment of 11 American airmen. The UN representatives of the 16 nations asked their governments for specific authority on preparing a resolution charging Red China with a violation of the Korean truce and demanding the release of the jailed men. They decided at a meeUug Friday night to take the matter up in the assembly “at the earliest possible moment.” As a first step, the U. S„ as commander of the unified forces In Korea., will ask the steering committee to place i the item on the assembly The question will not be raised In the security council where a Russian veto could block action. A leading Asian member of the 16 predicted that the reeolution would be offered to the assembly no jater than next Wednesday; Although India and some other numbers of the Arab-Asian bloc may object to calling Red China toa account on the jailed fliers, top members of the Korean Allies said they were confident of speedy assembly endorsement of the proposed resolution. AU fifteen displayed unhesitating agreement with the U.S. in its position as enunciated Thursday by President Eisenhower that the UN is obligated to take action in the case. .

The proposed resolution will charge that the Jailing of the 11 Americans was a violation of the Korean armistice and that as such the provisions on the exchange of war prisoners have been disregarded. Consequently the UN assembly will be, asked to base its demand for release of the men on that charge, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge summoned and had in session for one hour Friday night at U. S. delegation beadquarters the other 15 Korean Alites on the problem of steps to get Red China to release the men. Lodge, in a statement after the meeting, said: ~,....‘’We had a meeting of the 1C and there is marvelous and inspiring unanimity on the vital need of getting release of the 11 Americans and of all others who fought as members of the UN command and. are detained in violation of thq Korean armistice agreement. "We reached agreement that we will take the matter up in tile general assembly at the earliest possible date ” 'fdWpfW oAWwwl -TB/ O

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Art And Ceramics Display Shown Here Exhibit Held At School Thursday The artistic ability of Decatur was on display at the Decatur high school gymnasium Thursday afternoon and evening under the sponsorship of the school’s art club. An ink drawing, three pastels and 31 oil paintings were displayed by 14 local and 19 others entered their creations in the ceramics display. The subjects of the oil paintings ranged from familiar scenes to portraits and included two examples of modern art, "Collected Confusion" by Jim Callow and “Campanila” by Harry Brown. Horses were a favorite subject for two artists, Lois Hebble and Phyllis Omlor. Two,, Mrs. Marjorie Tanvas and Patricia Geimer, displayed religious pictures of the Savipr.' “ " ■ - ■ ”" - —”,• v Several artists exhibited many types of landscapes and scenes. Among (these were five beautiful ! Scenes by Clep Linn, ’“An Old j Mill” by Mrs. Ida Whitright. ! “Sylvan Lake” by Helen Howell. "Autumn Landscape” copied by Mrs. Adrian Wemjjoff and “An Observatory in London England” by Harry Brown. Portraits by Patrica Geimer. Phyllis Omlor, Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff and Mrs. John T. Myers also added to the interest of the display. "Lena” was contributed by Carolie Nelson and “Fall Flowers” was the work of Katherine Anker. Helen Howell displayed the only ink drawing, on “Our Lord." Three pastels were entered, one by Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff and two by Mrs. John Myers. 1 It was Interesting to note the different styles, each beautiful in its own way, which were the products of different artists. It is also interesting to realize that a community as smal las Decatur has enough artists to make such a display possible. Most of the entries in the show--1 ing were in the ceramics division, i A great many Decatur people fol- | low the ceramics hobby. Their en- ' tries included all types of figurines I and many hand-painted plates. One especially noteworthy group was the "Nativity” set entered by Mrs. Helen Bair. While it is diffi(Coatlaurd Oa Page Six)

Bluffton Woman Is Injured Last Night Autos Collide North Os City Last Night Mrs. Robert L. Gilbert, of Bluffton. was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital Friday after an accident at 7:40 p.m. six miles north of Decatur on U. S; highway 27. The accident occurred when Robert L. Gilbert. 48, of Bluffton, slowed as he approached a bridge. Lester Thieme, 28, of route one, who was driving behind him could not stop his car and crashed into the rear of the Gilbert vehicle. The inevstigating- officer. state trooper Walter Schindler, said that the brakes of the Thieme car probably failed. About S4OO damage was caused to the Gilbert car and 1150 to the Thieme vehicle. Mrs. Gilbert is suffering from shock and possible Internal injuries. She Is still at the hospital for observation. An affidavit charging Thieme with driving- without a license In his possession was filed today in city court.

Democrats To Pick Chairman This Evening Indiana Man One Os Top Candidates For National Chairman NEW ORLEANS (INS)—Democratic party leaders faced the probability of a rip-roaring brawl today in selection of a national chairman. Adlai E. Stevenson, titular leader of the party, expressed condidence that the 71 committeemen in attendance at the New Orleans meeting who will bear him speak tonight also will name a successor to Stephen Mitchell, the retiring .chairman. ) But the meeting of the national committee promised no such harmony despite divergent elements of the party putting aside their differences in regard to the controversial "loyalty oath” issue. As soon as that issue was resolved Friday, a new dispute burst open—the chairmanship. An unofficial poll of the committee indicated that Indiana's Paul Butler, one of three men mentioned as Mitchell’s possible successor, has the lead in the race for the $25,000 a-year job. Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas, slated to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives, tried to block the selection of a new chairman for several months. He explained: — “I do not feel we should take this step now until we get more unanimous support for a strong candidate for the chairmanship." Butler appeared confident that he commands a necessary majority of votes. Others in the running for the national chairmanship included James Finnegan of Pennsylvania, and Michael V. DiSalle of Ohio. David Lawrence, former mayor of Pittsburgh, is pushing the candidacy of Finnegan, former Philadelphia council president, who is home recuperating from a major operation. , . DiSalle, former mayor of Toledo, reportedly is eager to replace Mitchell. The Democrats will gather at a JIOO-plate dinner tonight in New Orleans to hear their unsuccessful 1952 presidential candidate, Adlai E, Stevenson. Party leaders decided Friday to place the name of the Democratic presidential nominee on the ballot in every state and to eliminate the loyalty oath in a move to avoid another national convention fight (Continued on Pare Six)

Former Red Parly Official Testifies j, Seeking Formation Os Negro Republic LOUISVILLE, Ky. (INS) — A former Communist party official has testified at the sedition trial of Louisville newspaperman Carl Braden that the Reds incite violence for the purpose of forming a Negro Repubic in the south. The witness, Manning Johnson, of New York City, said the Communist party program called for organizing strife from Maryland to Texas to establish a Negro Republic. Johnson contended he was qualified to discuss the alleged Red plot involving Negroes because he served the Communists tn various capacities, including National Negro organizer, from 1930 to 1940. He was the latest in a series of witnesses called by the state to pile up evidence that literature found in Braden's home would only have been in the possession of an ardent Communist, and that such a person believes in the violent overthrow of the government. Defense attorneys charged that Johnson was one of a “parade of professional witnesses.” Robert Zollinger, Braden's chief attorney, claimed that Johnson had testified nearly 30’ times in the past five years. He said Johnson once told a congressional committee that he would "lie a thousand times if necessary in the interest of the government.” Braden, a copyreader for the Louisville Courier - Journal, is charged with teaching and advocating sedition under a 1920 Kentucky state law through the dynamiting of the home of a Negro friend 4n a. Caucasian Louisville neighborhood last June 27. Good Fellows Fund Previously reported 1120 8.P.0. Elks 60 TOTAL |IBO

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 4, 1954.

Condition Os Pope Is Improved; Hopeful Os Recovery Os Pope Pius

Mendes-France Wins By Narrow Confidence Vote Government Nearly Upset By Vote On Handling Os Scandal PARIS (INS) — The government of Premier Pierre Mendes-France won a confidence vote early today by the narrowest margin in its nearly six-months history on its handling of the sensational French spy scandal. A—- — hours of bitte£debate the national assembly, by a vote of 287 to 240, approved the conduct of the spy investigation and expressed confidence in the government’s ability to take the proper steps to prosecute all persons guilty of espionage and treason. But the majority was the smallest the Mendes-France government has received in a confidence motion since it took 'office in midJune. The outcome was regarded as especially significant since the premier told the assembly he would regard the voting as a test Os the over-all policies of his administration. The explosive scandal involved the leakage of top French military secrets to the Communists. A spreading investigation, still uncompleted, has involved high-rank-ing members of the national defense committee's secretariat and touched off charges that important government officials were guilty of carelessness. Mendes-France found himself under attack by both right and left-wing deputies during the bitter debate. At one point he rose to his feet to shout “lie” when Jean Legendre, a strongly anti-Communist deputy, charged that MendesFrance had received secret information before becoming premier. When the vote came the socialists and most of the Radical party members in the assembly backed the premier while deputies of the MRP (Christian Democratic party) either abstained or voted against the confidence motion. No Investigation Os Election In Oregon * WASHINGTON (INS) — The senate elections subcommittee has decided not to investigate the close Oregon senatorial election which gave Democrats one-vote control of the upper chamber. Muncie Pastor To Be Guest Speaker Spiritual Emphasis Week January 2 To 9 Dr. Lewis Gishler, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Muncie, will be the guest speaker at Spiritual Emphasis week services In Decatur January 2 to 9, inclusive. Dr. Gishler, a native of Canada, has been minister of the Muncie church since 1942. This church Is one of the largest congregations In the state. In 1950, he spent three months in Europe studying social and economic conditions as a member of the Sherwood Eddy party. One of his outstanding addresses is entitled "How I Discovered America.” Spiritual Emphasis week will again be sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur, with services to be held in the First Methodist church. • This week of special services has drawn huge crowds for several years and the committee for the week asks residents to •’set aside this week of prayer for the purpose of attending all of the evening services, and for the. deepening of your own as welt as the spiritual life of the community and churches." - . ' “ \

Stephen Sheppard Admits False Story Grudging Admission Is Made On Stand a CLEVELAND (INS) — The prosecution in the Sheppard murder trial counted today a grudging admission from a key defense •witness that previous testimony on his part was "not true.’’ The witness was Dr. Stephen ; Sheppard, older brother of accusi ed wife slayer Dr. Sam Sheppard, • 'and like him an osteopathic physii cian and surgeon. j Cross-examining Dr. Stephen for i the state w'as Thomas Parrino, a 4 W7-year-old lawyer who displayed • in his questioning a cutting deftt ness that would have done a sur- ; geon credit. Before Parrino finished with Dr. - Steve for the weekend, he had • laid bare the details of apparently . clumsy medical handling of Dr. Sam’s supposed severe spinal in- - Juries and attempts to “wall off” . the defendant from police ques- > tloners. The probing by Parrino also I brought out that Dr. Steve, with- • out anyone telling him where the > murder was committed, rushed I with a gun to the upstairs bedI room Where Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned to death on July 4th. 1 He also uncovered a Alary in which the defendant’s frother had ‘ ’begun keeping’detailed and meticulous notes of every event connected with the murder only an hour after the crime was reported. The young prosecutor gave the , hitherto glib witness an uncomfortable day of searching interrogation, finally forcing him to admit he had lied about the position of the body in the murder chamber. Ohio Vote Recount Is Nearly Complete Sen. Burke Failing * To Pick Up Votes COLUMBUS, O. (INS) — With only 333 precincts to go today, defeated Democrat Sen. Thomas A. Burke had only half the votes needed to upset Rep. Oeorge H. Bender in Ohio's senatorial contest. The recount was complete early today in all but two of the 25 counties where Burke has demanded tabulations —Hamilton and Mahoning. Totals show he has gained only 3,035 votes compared with the 6,041 he needed to retain his senate seat. That included the recount in 6,507 of the 6,840 precincts being checkedLucas county wound up its recount late Friday night with Burke gaining 390 votes in 452 precincts. Senator Burke reportedly has not yet decided whether to appeal to the U. S. senate committee on elections or the federal courts in his charges of irregularities and possible fraud in the marking of ballots, particularly in Hamilton county„ Secretary of state Ted W. Brown was still in Cincinnati today as an observer in the recount. Local Man's Mother Dies Friday Night Mrs. M. E. Thomas. 77; mother of Oeorge C. Thomas of near Decatur, died Friday night at a hospital in Ludlow Falla, O„ of a paralytic stroke suffered two weeks ago. Surviving in addition to the son here are her husband; another son, Erwin Thomas, Oxford, England, and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Dohner of Florida and Mrs. H- W. Wick of Arizona. Funeral services will be held at 2prri. Monday at the ~ Friends church in Ludlow Falls, with burial at West Milton, O. INDIANA WEATHER Fair south, partly cloudy north tonight. Sunday partly clotidy, little change In -temperature. Low tonight 28-35. High Sunday 39-50. : • t • *

To Ask Probe Os Mail Check On McCarthy McCarthy Demands Criminal Action For Mail Checks WASHINGTON (INS) — The senate is expected to ask the justice department in January to investigate a “mail check” paced in 1952 on Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. A special two-man committee, Sens. Walter F- George (D Ga.) and Homer Ferguson (R Mich.), made the recommendation Friday, hours after the senate completed its censure of McCarthy and adjourned. The new congress convenes next month. The committee said ex-FBI agent Paul J. Cotter was responsible for the mail check imposed on McCarthy and Miss Jean Kerr, then his office aide and now his wife. McCarthy, formally “condemned” by the senate Thursday on charges, including contempt of the 1052 subcommittee for which the check was made, demanded criminal action against Cotter, who was chief counsel of the group. McCarthy was also disclosed to have told the George-Ferguson ’unit liehhid closed doors that the then Miss Kerr’s telephone was tapped in 1952 while she was still his chief research assistant. They were married in 1953. George and Ferguson reported that letters to postmasters, asking the check, bore a "facsimile of the signature" of Sen. Thomas C. Hennings (D Mo.), chairman of the subcommittee which was probing McCarthy’s financial dealings. The senators said the check was "initiated” by Cotter without knowledge of Hennings or any subcommittee member and put into effect by staff investigators. Assuming full responsibility. Cotter said he acted because McCarthy had declined to cooperate with the (Continued on rage six) Memorial Services Al Elks On Sunday Judge Homer Byrd To Deliver Address Judge Homer Byrd, of Bluffton, judge of the Wells circuit court, will deliver the address at the annual memorial services of the Decatur B. P. O. Elks lodge, to be held at the lodge home on North Second street Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Elks ritualistic rites will be conducted by Oran Schultz, exalted ruler, and staff of officers. Special music will be provided by the chorus choir of the Emblem club, directed by Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, with Mrs. William Gass as

accompanit. All lodge members and their families, families of deceased Elks, and the public are invited to attend. Sells Infant Dies Friday Afternoon Linda Kay . Sells, two<nonth-old daughter of Sylvester and Hazel Clark-Sells, 1020 Krick street, died at 3:45 p.m. Friday at the Adams county memorial hospital after a brief illness of complications. Surviving are the parents: the grandparents. Mrs. Ruth Alberson of Geneva and Mr. .and Mrs. Arthur Clark of Bluffton, and a greatgrandmother. Mrs. George Jackson of Muncie. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Black funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, ths Rev. C. E, Lykins officiating? Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. ' ■ ’ 1 I •

11 Are Arrested For Dope Peddling Biggest Dope Raid Made In Columbus COLUMBUS, (MINS)—Ten suspected dope peddlers and a man identified as "the big-time supplier” go before a U. S. commissioner in Columbus today to face charges of illegal sale of narcotics. The eleven were picked up Friday night in what police claim was the largest and most successful dope raid in the city’s history. The ring was doing an estimated 92.000-a-day business in Columbus. The hero of the daring episode was 27-year-old sheriff’s deputy Donnald Spafford, a Korean ygr veteran and a former prisoner of the Chinese Reds, who collected evidence against the suspects by posing as a dope addict. Spafford began his role as a dope user Nov. 18, taking up residence in a section of the city’s East Side where narcotic traffic was known to be flourishing. During the time he acted as an undercover agent he made purchases from 10 of the eleven men arrested and became acquainted with many users. Spafford ended his masquerade Friday night when he learned that Clarence Jackson Cole, 38, who bragged he was the “big time” supplier and "boss” of the suppliers in Columbus, was preparing to leave for Indianapolis, Ind. to replenish his supply? — After receiving the tip from Spafford, the sheriff’s office, aided by city police and the FBI, swooped down on the area, fearing the big catch would slip through their fingers. <C«Mrtieee« On Pare Sts) Maintains Killing An Act Os Mercy Says Wife Killed With Her Consent MILWAUKEE (INS) —A 64-year-old butcher, who maintains that he killed bis invalid wife as an act of mercy With her consent, faces a first-degree murder charge in Milwaukee today. The mild-mannered meat cutter, Raymond Wilson, told district attorney William J. McCauley Friday that he had slain his 67-year-old second wife. Ethel, with a meat cleaver, dismembered hes body and burned it In the furnace of his food market in the West Allis suburb of Milwaukee. McCauley said that Wilson’s confession had prompted him to investigate tbe sudden death of the butcher's first wife? Bertha, 61, on Aug. 26, 1953. .Bertha's death was ascribed to a heart attack. Wilson subsequently married, Ethel, a widow, on Dec. 23, 1953. following a monthfe courtship. McCauley said Wilson told him he killed his wife with her concent because she was in pain from the after affects of a broken hip, a stroke and an eye disease, was nearly blind and confined to a wheelchair. The district attorney quoted Wilson as saying: “I told her you should go to sleep and not wake up any more. She was perfectly willing. I told her she'd never get well and she knew it.” Wilson said he then undreesed his wife, placed her in the bathtub of their home and struck her on the head with the cleaver. He then dismembered the body with a saw. The meat cutter said he burned part of the body Monday night, worked in the market all day Tuesday and then burned the rest of the body. , - Wlteon was arrested when his son and daughter complained to police of the woman's disappearance. 'He first explained that she had gone to Mexico but McCauley said he broke down under questioning and admitted the killing. Wlleon was held tn 935.000 bail for a hearing In district court Deb. 16.

Plunges Into Round Os Work From His Bed Pope Is Obviously Stronger; Receives Official Visitors i VATICAN CITY (INS) — Pop* - Pius XII, obviously stronger after . a restful night, pushed aside docI tors’ pleas that he rest today with ■ the statement that “a pope must > work until death.” With this reminder that he con* aiders his duties more important f than his health, the pontiff plung--1 ed into a round of activities from ' his bed, reading documents and receiving Eugene Cardinal Tisser- * ant, dean of the Holy College, and ’ Nicola Cardinal Canal), president ' of the Cardinals' commission. , The Vatican news office said ~ the two cardinals were “very aatB isfied” when they left the pontiff g after a quarter-hour visit because they had noted his improved con* B dition. They were the first cardtt nals received by the pope since 3 his collapse last Thursday. ” The news office quoted the cari. dinals as saying that they found ? “the supreme pontiff markedly irn- , proved.” The cardinals added that 5 “the subnet pontiff spent a fairly i good night.” The communique de--1 dared that the pope chatted as- , fably with his visitors. There had been reports that tbe > pope was considering a secret con* sistory for the creation of new cardinals, but Vatican circles rejected the suggestion that this morning’s visit by the two cardinals amounted to a bedside consistory. These circles said the visitors told the pontiff of worldwide Catholic concern for his health. Later in the morning Dr. Luigi Vittorio di Stefano, one of four specialists called in on the case, began today’s intravenous feeding of strength-giving substances which, it is hoped, will build up the ailing pontiff’s constitution. The pope apparently passed a quiet night with his pergonal physician, Dr. Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, again maintaining a vigil at his bedside. V He awoke at eight o’clock this morning and, .propped up by pillow's, received communion from his secretary, German Jesuit Father Leiber, who celebrated mass at an altar set up In the bedroom. After mass, it was understood, the pontiff ordered a big pile of documents taken to his bedroom. His doctors obviously disapproved of his efforts to work, although their communique early this morning expressed the hope that the . pontiff was on the road to recovery. The chief problem In the pope’s recovery, his doctors said, was that of nutrition. He is suffering from Irritation of the peritoneum —the lining of the abdominal area, which has caused severe gastric upsets and attacks of hiccoughing. The pontiff received intravenous feeding Friday and the main concern of the physicians appears to be to build up his strength. It was understood that the doctors have decided to. continue intravenous infusions of plasma, amlno-acids, liver extracts and other nutritional materials at the rate of two to four feedings daily. The physicians reportedly hoped that the pope will be able to take nourishment in a normal manner within a few days if his condition continued to Improve. It w'as noted that the official communiques, which have taken on a hopeful note, carefully referred to “irritation” of the peritoneum And not to inflammation. Inflammation of the membrane is the serious disease known as peritonitis. NOON EDITION • . I . • '*• ■■■■‘ ■' ’

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