Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1954 — Page 1

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Blasts Dr. Sam—Becomes Judge I' x- i zxs £. '•’Wfk • v ; || ■la II I hL L ■ * 1 Mm| . x. ftMM si > J I - I L • 1' > I JSf'T ■ ■ IT 4 It feiiMM 141 a w>jh ■KlImaH t Bhu w?/ Ji® :<x<_ AS DR. SAM SHEPPARD and his defense counsel (top) faced his first day of no-holds-barred cross examination in the trial at Cleveland, Ohio for the murder of his wife, John Mahon, chief prosecutor took advantage of the noon recess to pronounce the oath of office making him a Judge. In the photo at the swearing-in ceremony, are Judge Parker Fulton (left), the new Judge Mahon and clerk of courts Leonard Fuerst.

Dr. Sheppard Sneers Answer To Prosecutor Murder Defendant Says Murder Charge Absolutely Untrug . CLEVELAND (INS) — Dr. Sam Sheppard declared today it was “absolutely untrue” that he beat his wife to death and then tnflict•d on himself the wounds he suffered. The accused wife-killer sneered his answers to the direct charge in his face by the prosecutor as he finished his cross-examination. * Walking to within arms reach of the handsome defendant, John J. Mahon thundered: “Doctor, isn’t this the fact, that you beat your wife that morning?” “No sir," was the loud response. With the next question, the pris-on-pallored face of the osteopath turned red and the muscles on his face twitched. "And after you killed her, you rushed to the beach and either fell or jumped off the landing?” Mahon asked. Dr. Sam almost came up from his chair to spit back firmly “absolutely untrue and unfair." With that. Mahon turned away from the witness and said “no more questions.” Before the veteran prosecutor was allowed to accuse Dr. Sam to his face of being the vicious July 4th killer of his pregnant wife', Marilyn, a heated argument ensued. Chief defense counsel William Corrigan objected to leading questions declaring: “Judge Mahon do you have any proof the injury was self-inflicted or are you reaching in the air?” Judge Edward Blything overruled the objections. Mahon led up to his direct confrontation with these questions: Q. The injuries that you received Doctor, didn't you receive them from jumping off the; platform down onto that beach? A. No sir. I think it would be impossible, sir. Q. Why? A. Because a spinal cord contusion is something that is a result of a rather forcible force and (Continued on Uaige Six) “

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Capehart-Jenner Legislators Meet Outline Plans For General Assembly INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — A full dress rehearsal for the Republican Capehart-Jenner faction general assembly play was held in Indianapolis today. There was no joy in the rival - OOP taction of -Governor George N. Craig as the opposing leaders began their conference because the Capehart-Jenner legislators can combine with the Democratic minority lawmakers and block the governor’s legislative program. Preliminary plans called for speeches today by senate president pro tern John W. Van Ness, of Valparaiso, and Lieut. Gov. Harold W. Handley, of LaPorte. Both Senators Homer E. Capehart and William E. Jenner have been invited to attend. Capehart said that if he completes a con-ference-scheduled previously with two Chicago business men, he will b< present. He said he understood that Jenner would attend. Four Capehart ■ Jenner faction elective state officials signed the call for today's gathering. They were secretary of state Crawford F. Parker, state treasurer John Teters, attorney general Edwin K. Steers and superintendent of public instruction Wilbur Young. Other signers were Edwin M. Steers, former treasurer of the GOP state committee who was ousted when the governor took over the committee, and Mrs. Dorothy McCrea, former Republican vice-chairman of the seventh district. Edwin Steers is' the father of the attorney general. Preservation of the powers of the anti-Craig state officials is reported to ba one Item on the agenda. Two years ago the governor, by executive order, stripped Parker of control over the politicallypotent automobile license bureaus and took charge himself. There were indications that Parker may sponsor a bill to regain management of the bureaus, perhaps with the backing of the Democratic minority. The Capehart-Jenner faction has a slight lead over the Craig element in the senate but the governors group is substantially ahead in the house of representatives. The call for the meeting said it was to plan legislative policy and establish a public relations bureau. Herbert R. Hill, also ousted as state committee secrete ry by the governor, is expected to seize the publicity helm of the CupehartJenner crew. Republican press agentry now Is handled by John Sellers, of Frank(Continued on Page Five) INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness tonight and Wednesday withsome light rain or snow In extreme north tonight and snow flurries near Lake Michigan on Wednesday. Not much change In temperature. Low tonight 35-30. J Hlgh Wednesday middle 30s north to around 40 in south.

Red Reign Os Terror Hits In Indo-China Reign Os Terror By People's Courts Is On In Full Fury WASHINGTON (INS) — The Communist reign of terror through people's courts has hit red IndoChina with full fury. Sentences of death are shouted out by mobs goaded to frenzy by Communist agitators. So are sentences of public flog* gingH that are almost as bad as death. The story of the reign of terror was revealed to International News Service today on the basis of countless reports from refugees and others who have left North Vietnam in recent weeks. In cities like Hanoi and in scores of villages on the Red River Delta, "people’s courts” are held in the open squares. • The accused stands before the mob with hands tied behind his back and head bowed. Sometimes his "crime” is nothing but the wil4 story of a neighbor seeking final vengeance in a family feud that in some instances dates back two generations or more. Other times the “crime” is more current. One of these was that of a man who built a fence to keep his neighbor's pig out of his yard. In Communist jargon, that became “the crime of acting .contrary to fellowship and unity of the Communist movement.” Chief targets of the people's courts are the small merchants and small land-owners who either decided, or were forced, to stay behind and try to live with the Communists. The reports brought out of North Vietnam by refugees and others in the last few weeks have shown that these people either guessed wrong or were detained in the Communist area by force or guile, i . - The reports, numerous and welldoenmented, show that the Red soldiers of Ho Chi-Minh have used both force and trickery to prevent people from leaving the north to spread the story of the terror to the people of the south. Force has been used to block roads and to disband camps of refugees awaiting transportation to the south. Refugees have also been denied the right to ride in busses and other public vehicles to seaports for passage to free Vietnam. , Guile backed by force has been used by Red soldiers who kidnapped the children of refugees so that parents would have to stay behinjl.f The Communists also have refused to permit refugees to sell their land or their shops—and thus have forced them to remain in (Continued on Pare Eight) Lincoln Pupils To Present Program ’ Christmas Program Thursday Evening The fifth and sixth grade music .classes of the Lincoln school will present a Christmas program for members of the Lincoln ParentTeacher Association Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. ’The children will present a songplaylet entitled "The Spirit of Christmas." The program will be announced by Tom Cravens. Speaking parts will be taken by Taya Erekson, Barry Ellis and Larry David Macklin. Special singing groups will be the Carolers including Mary Heller, Mary Kocher, Mike Affolder, Stewart Knodle, Barbara Harden, Suette Johnson, Mary Sharp, Ivan Davis and Don Wagner; the 6-A choir with Onalee Barkley. Edna Dalzell, Judy Brodbeck, Dick Morgan, Karen Zimmerman. Clayton Strickler. James Cancino, Kaye Ann Noack, Becky Jackson, Joyce Helm and Marceda Whetstone, and a girls trio with Ann Arnold, Julia Ellsworth and Barbara Borrer. The entire fifth grade chorus will also sing. In the final scene Mary will be portrayed by Rozanne Hancher and Joseph by Danny Poling. Roger Harris will be stage manager for the program. , The presentation is under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold, music supervisor. Room mothers will serve Christmas cookies at the close of the program. School will be dismissed at 10 S m., Thursday, Dec. 23. for Christmas vacation which will extend to Jan. 3.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 14, 1954.

Rule Out Any Trade Os Chinese Students For 11 Imprisoned Flyers

Favor Increase In Number Os Ground Troops Military Leaders Favor Increase In Defense Os Europe PARIS (INS) — A substantial increase in the number of combatready ground troops for the defense of western Europe wil be recommended by ailed military leaders to the Atlantic council meeting in Paris this week. This proposed increase in the “first-clash” troops forms one of the major points in the “new pattern" of the North Atlantic treaty organization's military machine which is being submited for approval to the foreign, defense and finance ministers of the 14 pact nations. The "new pattern” increases greatly the importance of immediately available combat forces in the first days of a war. Previous strategy had relied heavily on reserve troops which could be made available during general mobilization. The new strategy Js outlined in n military report prepared by supreme headquarters. Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) under the direction of commander U. S. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther. At the core of this strategy is a decision that any opssible war of the future will be an atomic war. And the allied military leaders have accepted the principle of automatic atomic retaliation. This controversial policy will be taken up by the full council meeting which will run through Friday and Saturday. There is a possibility that NATO's political leaders will insist upon keeping the power to make the decision about use of atomic weapons rather than leave it in Gruenther's hands. Concrete details about the military report are carefully concealed. However, this correspondent is able to reveal some of the basic ideas aprpoved by the NATO military group. The conclusions of the study foresee that the colossal effort of mass bombings of the vital centers of the enemy are likely to take place in the very first hours, or the very first days at the most, of an outbreak. As a consequence of the decision tn use atomic weaopns immediately, the military leaders consider it imperative for the allied high com(Continued on Page Eight)

Private Investigation Made By Good Fellows

By a Good Fellow In this, the second of the series on the Good Fellows club, I would like for you to accompany us on a trip—not to another city but to the poorer section of our town, to a family less fortunate than most of us. . * I'm sure that at the conclusion of this trip you will return to your own home with a mixed feeling of compassion for the less fortunate and thankfulness for your own good fortune. Now. to begin our trip. It's Sunday. A day of rest, but not for you, my Good Fellow, for today we start our -investigation of the families whose names were turned in as people in need during the Christmas season. Our trip might mean missing a family dinner or perhaps a family missing a dinner because mon’s Investigating but in the end someone will have a Merry Christmas. We have tour families to investigate so we better get started. Our first stop is the home of an elderly couple who rely on public welfare for the living. They are both more than 70 years old, sickly and unable to work. When we inquire about their needs, they are few, a heavy shirt for the man and a house dress for the woman. We make a note of this

Eastland Seeking Chairmanship Job Mississippi Solon In Committee Fight WASHINGTON (INS) Sen. James O. Eastland (D Miss.,) is Weeking chairmanship of the Com-munist-hunting internal security subedmmittee today but a fight .over the post may be shaping up. The issue of whether Eastland will get it- or whether it would go to Sen. Harley Kilgore (D W. Va.,) who will become judiciary chairman, may hinge on which seniority counts — that on the subcommittee or that on the parent full committee. Kilgore declined comment today 'en whether he will demand the subcommittee chairmanship. His /silence is worrying friends of Eastland, who had hopfd the job would go without a contest to the Mississippian, one of the senate’s most outspoken foes of Communism. — Associates said that, as chairman and senior Democrat on the full committee. Kilgore would have power to name himself as a member of the subcommittee and to become its chairmaln-unlesa, of course, such a plan were upset by a committee vote. The late Sen. Pat McCarran (D Nev.,) headed both the judiciary and Internal security groups when the Democrats controlled the senate. However, in the g3rd congress, juriciary chairman William Langer (R S. D„) left the seniority question up to the subcommittee 'and the chairmanship fell to Sen. William E. Jenner (R Ind.) Supporters of Eastland contend that on a "standing” subcommittee created by a senate resolution, only seniority on the subcommittee would count. Senate parliamentarian Charles .(Continued on Page Eight) < ■ — Langston Boy Dies Early This Morning Mark Kunkel Langstop, nine-month-old son of David and Sanna Kunkel-Langston, Homestead 13, died at 1:30 a. m. today at the Parkview memorial hospital after an illness of five days. He was born in Decatur March 16. 1954, Surviving are the parents; two sisters, Susan Beth and Ann Louise; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Langston and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Kunkel, all of Decatur. The body was removed to the Black funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p. m. Wednesday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

along with the sizes and also make a note for a food basket .which will include a chicken, potatoes, vegetables, butter, bread and fruits with a few extras such as a cake or ntits —enough for a wonderful Christmas dinner. The ftext stop is at the home of a young mother with two small children. Her assistance also comes from welfare. In discussing information about things needed, the mother emphasizes that she’d rather her children would receive help than her. A .person with that attitude certainly couldn’t be entirely forgotten. She will be remembered with a food basket (enough food for three I and clothe* and toys for the children. At the next stop no one is home so we’ll make a note to call back. At the final stop of the day we find a family who tells us that since the children are grown, help Is not needed. We investigate so that we know about these situations. Our help is necessarily limited to those who urgently need it. I think that if you would occompany any of the Investigating groups you would be tilled with compassion for these people who have not been blessed with the securities you enjoy. Even the smallest kindest is received hy them with heartfelt thanks.

Ike Outlines His Program For Congress Will Deliver State Os Union Message To Congress January 6 WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower told Republican and Democratic leaders today he will deliver his state of Jhe union message to congress on Jan. 6 and outlined to them highlights of bis foreign, military and Asian economic aid programs. Democrats who attended a three and a half hour bipartisan White House conference called the meeting' "very good" and harmonious. An indication that GOP leaders are lining up strongly behind the President came in a statement by Rep.. John Taber (R-N. Y.) house appropriations committee chairman. Taber said: “We all realize we have got to provide what’s needed and expect the executive to place them in effective order.” Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.) said that although the administra-. tlon’s proposed economic plan for Asia was outlined generally to the leaders, he did not “hear any figure mentiogetk' for the expected coat of the undertaking. **■ As to the harmonious nature of the second White House legislative conference in two days, house speaker-to-be Sam Rayburn (DTex.) said: “There wasn’t any blood spilled. This concerned what he proposes to say in the state of the union message which will be delivered on Jan. 6.” Russell served notice In advance of the “briefing” that he will back technical aid for Asia but opposed any outright economic grants as have been suggested by {some administration officials. Russell will head the senate’s armed services committee and serve as second ranking Democrat on its appropriation committee. His statement came amid mixed reaction to the President’s re(Cnntinued on Page Eight) Jury Commissioners £ — _ Appointed By Judge Berling, Gattshall Named By Parrish Ed F. Berling, operator of the Berling insurance agency and a Democrat, and James Gattshall, employe of the Schafer store and a Republican, were nameu today to serve as jury commissioners of Adams circuit court for 1955 by Judge Myles F, Parrish. Berling was reappointed and Gattshall will succeed Frank C. Rowley, proprietor of the Commercial Print shop, who asked to be relieved of the post. Rowley was succeeded a year ago by Forrest C. Elzey, but was reappointed when the latter became ill and was unable to serve the year out. Both appointees have been asked to appear in Adams circuit court December 31 at 10 a.m. to receive instructions concerning their duties. Judge Parrish today sent letters of thanks to Rowley and Elzey and also letters of appointment to the 1955 commissioners. Good Fellows Fund Previously Repotted >352.62 Loyal Order of Moose —. 10.00 First State Bank 25.00 Lions Club 10.00 Mr. A Mrs. T. F. Orallker.. 6.00 Mr. A Mrs. W. t. Linn..;. 6.00 Junior Christian Endeavor " Trinity E. U. B. Church 5.00 Mr. A Mrs. Raymond KOhne 6.00 L. T. L. of Trinity E.U.B. Church 6,00 A friend 5.00 A friend 10.00 Change in Boxes 4.85 Total >442.47

Farm Bureau Opens Annual Convention Kline Is Speaker At Convention Opening. BULLETIN NEW YORK (INS) —Allan B. Kline resigned suddenly today as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Kline wound up an address before pre 36th annual (pegjing of 1 the federa<hi York with the surprising announcement that he was mak- ' ing his resignation effective Immediately and that he took the action “for reasons of health.” NEW YORK (INS) — Alan B. Kline president of the American Ferm Bureau Federation, said today that in the war of ideas the free world has an advantage because “people everywhere would rather be free than fettered.” Kline, addressing the*36th annual meeting of the federation in New York, declared: " . There is more to life than producing and distributing goods. And in these other areas, certainly the concepts of free men hold in- . finitely more promise than the theories of authoritarian states." The farm leader said in his prepared speech that an important factor in world afajre was international trade end he pointed out that ’interferences with trade are restrictions of freedom.” He warned tnat the United States had ‘more to lose from restrictions of trade and more to gain from its expansion than any other country.” Kline declared: 'The foreign maraet is subject to great expansion. There are a Tot of needs in the world. There are a great many things we need from the world. Mutual? advantageous trade can and should be expanded. ‘The agricultural commodities on hand can and should be used as good, solid capital to improve production and to increase trade.” Meanwhile, Roger Fleming, secretary of the federation, reported a new high membership of 1,609,451 families for the AFBF. He said the organization had shown a gain in membership for each of the past 15 years. Shoe Leading Clue In Murder Mystery Believed Lost By Killer In Arkansas BRINKLEY, Ark. (INS) —A shoe believed to have been lost by the killer £>t 25-year-old Mrs. Sue Fuller was the leading clue today in the Brinkley murder mystery. .The shoe was found Monday two blocks away from the Fuller home, where the attractive mother of twogirls was beaten to death in her bedroom Sunday with a stick of fire wood. iPolice chief Frank Henderson said a man who was seen by three, newspaper carrier boys in the vicinity of the murder scene was described as wearing only one shoe. Henderson said a barefoot print found, in the backyard of the fuller home measured 10 *4 inches, indicating a size 8 H shoe. The shoe found Mlonday appeared to be about that size. 'Earlier, Henderson, indicated that Mrs. Fuller's daughter. Mary Helen, 5, may be able to Identify the murderer. Mary Helen and her baby sister, Kathy, 18 months, were in a bedroom adjoining that of the mother when she was slain. The victim's husband. Milton Fuller, 31, an auto dealer, told police he was asleep in the living room of hie home Sunday morning when he heard someone falling out of bed upstairs He said he investigated and found his wife beaten to death.

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Slate Dept. In Denial Os Any Trade To Reds UN Secretary Is Still Waiting Word From Chinese Reds tZASHINGTON (INS) — The department today ruled out any “trade" of 35 Chinese students now in the U.S. for the 11 American fliers imprisoned by Red China. Department spokesman Lincoln White said that no trade can be made because the two cases are entirely different. Asked if this meant that a trade was "ruled out,” he said: "Yes. 1 certainly think it is.” White declared: “The 11 Americans are in Chinese. Communist prisons and have been for over a year and a half and nobody knows under what kind of treatment. “These Chinese are free to move around in the United States and as far as I know none of them has ever seen the inside of an American prison." White reviewed the whole case against the background of rumors that there might be a trade of the Chinese students for the Amer« 4ran fUors. He opened his statement by saying he wanted to make it “abundantly clear” that the American fliers “were in uniform, were Mader the unified command in Korea, and that therefore their retention by the Chinese Communists was in direct violation of the armistice agreement." May Prod Reds ..UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (INS) — Secretary general Dag Hammarskjold may prod Red China today for an answer to his request for face-to-face talks on freeing 11 U.S. fliers and other UN personnel. Since the UN chief cabled his plea Friday, radio Peiping broadcasts about the American airmen have failed to mention the request but one today indicated Red China might bargain for their release. The latest broadcast claimed the U.S. is "forcibly detaining” more than 5,000 Chinese students and only last Saturday refused 45 of them permission to return to China. Meanwhile, Hammarskjold was reported tentatively to have decided to consult with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehrp en route if he should make the trip to the Chinese Communist capi> tai. Nehru was an honored guest in Peiping two months ago and came to know Premier Chou En-Lai and Red China boss Mao Tse-Tung' better than any other contemporary free world statesman. The Indian leader was approached about the possibility of throwing his weight behind the "mission to Peiping" and indicated his willingness to offer his advice on dealing with Chou. in addition to assuring Hammarskjold of his cooperation. Nehru instructed his diplomatic representative in Peiping to do all he could to influence Chou toward adopting a reasonable attitude in the case. • Britain and Sweden, both of which have representatives in the Red China capital, also promised their support to the secretary general. Today's radio Peiping broadcast implied that the U. 8. was playing a game of hostages and coupled the situation of the students with that of the U.S. fliers imprisoned as spies. New China News Agency commentator Kiang Nan said: 1 “According to American logic those American spies found guilty of espionage should be released and sent back to their own country while law-abiding Chinese students must be deprived of their fredom to return to China. “One fails to see any principle (Continu'd on Part Etg>ht)