Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1954 — Page 8

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Two Minor Wrecks a ' - I i Are Reported Here Seven Arrests Made v On Traffic Counts Two minor accidents and seven, arrests climaxed a quiet weekend in Adem* county, although enow and sleet made road* dancerout ' at time*. Cart driven by Charlie Hocker, ' ot 522 Studebaker, and Robert EL Tumbkson. of route J,, collided 1 the corner or CgMT a streets at 2:46 p. m. imtunday. YKr ' Hocker car pulled into the left 1 Im* to. turn rtjtbt. according to the police report, and Tumbleson attempted to pas* him on the right ! aide. About 1125 damage was done i to the twd vehicles. > J A car belonging to Robert Bieberich, of 1109 Elm street, suffered >25 damage in a parking lot down- , town at 11:30 a. m. Saturday when ( MASONIC I 1 Entered Apprentice Degree - - i at 7:30 P. M. I TUESDAY, December 21 Ray Stingely W.M. ] Tonight & Tuesday i Cinemascope A Color 1 TONY CURTIS i JANET LEIGH 11 “BLACK SHIELD . OF FALWORTH” ALSO — Shorts 15c • 50c ‘ O—O Wed. * Thu re.—“ Naked Alibi" ‘ Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame First Show Wed. at 5:30 c Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 1 BE SURE TO ATTEND! c Comingj.Sun.—“Roar Window” , James Stewsrt, Grace Kelfiy j

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Lou Groza is Named As Most Valuable i ST. LOUIS (INS> —The Sporting Nrwn ha* named Lou Grosa, Cleveland Browat place klcket;. the moat valuable player In the National Football League. The publication alao announced Sunday lu IM4 pro all-etar team: Pete Plhoa, Philadelphia Eagles, and liarion Hill. Chicago Beahs, ends; Gross and Lou, Creekmur, Detroit Uons, tar Klee; Lee Bingaman, Detroit, and Bruno BanduccL San Francisco 49ero, guards; Chuck Bednarik, Philadelphia, stealer, and Doek Walkey, Detroit, Joe Perry. San Fraaclsco, otto Graham, Cleveland and Ollie Matson, Chicago Cardinals, backs. Rites Held Sunday For Silas Bogart Funeral services were held Sunday for Silas S. Bogart, 74, retired farmer, who died Thursday night at his home at Mendon, O. Surviving are his widow, a cousin of Mr*. Robert M. Fritxlnger of this city; a son, a daughter, three brothers and a sister. an unidentified car struck the left front side. i Tim MeYtapgbt Os 434 Mercer avenue, was arrested Sunday morning ou a warrant for non-payment of a fine for traffic violation, which occurred hut summer. He was released about three hours later on payment of the fine, which totalled 314. X Larry M. Miller, of route 1, Willshire, was fined 51 and costs for reckless driving by justice of the ppace Floyd Hunter yswterday. MBler was arrested at Second and Winchester streets at 9:45 p. m. , Randall M. -Rlsser, of route 1, Geneva, was ‘ fined 35 and costs for reckless driving Sunday evening. Rlsser was arrested at 11:30 p. m. on Monroe street by the city police. Edwin Little, of Syracuse, waa fined |1 and costs by justice of the peace Hunter for passing at the intersection of Thirteenth and Washington street at 2:30 p. m. Saturday. Other arrests reported In justice of the peace court Included Jacob L. Yoder, 327 fine for hunting without a license, Ralph E. Hawkina. >14.75 fine for passing over the yellow line, and Stanley Guysinger, >14.75 fine for passing on a curve ovef the yellow line. *

Good Seed Supply Os Oafs In Stale New Clintland Oat . Develops Good Seed County agent L. E. stales one of the best eat crops tn Indiana's history helped produce a good seed supply of the new CUntland pal for sowing in 1955. Clintiand is a crown rust resistant oat developed by the Purdue University agricultural experiment station In cooperation with the r. 8. department of agriculture. Breeders of the new variety were R. M. Caldwell. L. J£. Comp ton. J. F. Schafer, and F. L Patterson. During the past three years Clintiand has been widely tested in Indiana and ha* excelled the old Clinton 59 by five bushels per acre as an average of many tests. Clintiand closely resembles Clinton 59, but possesses high resistance to crown rust. Its test weight has also excelled that of Clinton. Other states. Including Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and lowa, became interested in the Clintiand oat and obtained a share of seed from the breeders at Purdue. It was first released to certified seed growers in Indiana and neighboring states in 1954. Well adapted in the corn belt, it produced well for the Indiana seedsmen, who commonly reported yields of CO to 80 bushels of seed per acre with high test weight. It i* estimated that about 300,000 bushels of certified seed of Clintiand were produced in Indiana in 1954. Seed of Clintiand wa* produced by certified seed producer* in Adams county by David Alberson. R. 2. Geneva; Berne-French chapter F.F.A., Berne; Dan Fiechter, R. 4. Decatur; W. L. Gerke, R. 2, Decatur; Elmer J. lech, R. 4, Bluffton; and Edwin Reifsteck, R. 1, Ossian. MENDES-FRANCE (Continued from P*ge One) get today. • He declared that the western big three, in their diplomatic talks in Paris last week, decided jointly on “diplomatic and material means" to establish "vigorous cohtrol" over the Vietnam armistice line. The premier's speech did not specify what “diplomatic and material'* means bad been agreed upon, but’ International News Service reported Saturday that the U. S. was ready to retaliate with air and naral ketlon if the launched an all-out military assault on South Vietnam. Mendes-France told the assembly that the Manila pact would protect that the Manila pact would protect the associated states of Inijo-Chlna — Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam-aa territories of a member country against aggression. . Tbe premier described the pact as a logical complement to the Geneva -accords which, he said, conet itute the “political charter” Os. bis government's Indo-Chlna policy. Lashing out at previous French governments and defending ihs dwo' ’'Administration’s actions In (odoChins, Mendes-France claimed that the French expeditionary force was threatened last July whb being split, in Two between Hanoi And the port city or Haiphong. The premier charged that the French troops were faced with "a veritable catastrophe” as a result of “eight years of errors." WOMAN AND (Contlnusd from Page One) The slayings occurred either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. —' The guests who sang carols with the Oilers Saturday evening told detective* that Oilar gave not the slightest hint that he was preparing a grim death for his wife and children. He took part in the singing, too, and the house was gaily decorated for Christmas. A Christmas scene was painted on the front window and -Yuletide fights were bung over the front door. In the living room there was a decorated tree, with wrapped gift* neatly piled" beneath |t. A neighbor child. Bronwyn Rayburn, 7, who spent the night at the Oilar home, sleeping in a bed on the sleeping porch, was not harmed. It wa* through her that the killings wore discovered Sunday afternoon. Oilar left a note on the door to the sleeping porch, telling the child to go home and have her father. Dr. Robert G. Rayburn, president of Highland college, call police. The girl couldn’t read the note and her father didn’t understand what she was talking about when she tried to tell him of It. In thinking it over, he decided he had better investigate. He went to the Oilar home and when he smelled gas and was unable to raise anyone, he called police. Police broke In and found the mother and three children dead and Oilar unconscious in the bathroom. •

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Foundations Assail Report Os Committee House Committee’ Hits Foundations For Subversion Aid WASHINGTON (INS)—The na (ion's tax-exempt foundations, bitterly attacked by the Republican majority of a special houtte committee. may get a chance to reply officially before a similar group in the Democratic-controlled congress. j , Rep. Wayne L- Hays (D-Ohio). who defended the foundations as a committeeman In the split report. said he thought additional hearings might be held to give the organizations an opportunity to answer. The majority report charged the foundations have “directly supported subversion" in the past and urged that they be penalized for such activities. The law forbids use of tax-exempt money for political purposes. . The three Republicans headed by Rep. B. Carroll Reece (RTenn.i recommended tighter supervisions. both of congress and the internal revenue service of the foundations’ administration of billipns of dollars ih funds. However, Hays- and the Mother Democratic member, Rep. Grade Pfost of Idaho, disputed the charges and said the whole committee proceeding placed "an ugly stain” on the house. They said the majority’s findings were untrue at worst and misleading at best. The sizzling report, which was released Sunday night, drew immedlafe counter-attacks from the three major organizations, the Rockefeller. Ford and Reid foundations. Spokesmen for the groups sided with dissenting members of the committee and condemned the findings as false, filled with flimsy allegations and -biased from start to finish. ' CHINESE REDS (Continued frnrn Ons) flew to Stockholm last week to accept a seat in the Swedish academy of literature.V Haminarskjold is expected to return to UN Nheadquarters, probably Wednesday, before starting his 12.000-mile journey to Peiping. Hammarskjold conferred in Stockholm Sunday with Gen. Keng Piao. Chinesesfied ambassador to Sweden. A brief announcement said the two men discussed practical arrangements for the trip. * WYMWkIR 1 —IHIWUII MT Wat' S , * ter <*» *■* DR. ALEXANDER WONG, one of the 35 Chinese educated in America who may be involved in a possible swap for 57 Americans held in Communist Chipa, is shown being interviewed in Chicago. Wong said he wasn’t a Communist, but explained that his father is old and it is the duty of a Chinese son to take care of aged parents. He has been issued a visa by the U. 3. Dr. Wong is an assistant professor of engineering at ll- ’ lino.s Tech. (InternationalJ ■ CALLED Mexico’s Marilyn Monroe, Sarita Montiel, shown in San Francisco en route to New York, replies, “I got more sex.” She is on a trip to plug "Vera Cruz,” a picture she made in Mexico with Burt Lancaster and Gary Cooper, (International) I

Secy. Dulles Back From Paris Parleys Says NATO Meeting Highly Satisfactory WASHINGTON <ISS) — Secre Ury of »ute John poster Dulles returned from Purls today from what he described as "a very good meeting" with the NATO council. Dulles toM newsmen at The Washington National airport that NATO members "took very important decisions" ■ which he eaid were made "in unanimity and very good spirits." The secretary spent six days in Europe during which he also conferred with British foreign minister Anthony Eden and French premier Pierre Mendes-France. Dulles said he, Mendes-France and Eden "exchanged views on a good many matters.” . adding: “We didn't try to reach decisions but we kept our thinking in line.” He said he would report to President Eisenhower on the Paris development which included agreements on retaliation and use of nuclear weapons in case of Communist aggression and reprisal against any ; Communist attack in South Indo-China. Christmas Message Condensed By Pope Too Weak For Long Traditional Address" VATICAN CITY (INS) - Ailing Pope Pius XII was reported today to have condensed his traditional Christmas message into a brief radio addies? wishing the faithful around the world a merry Christmas. The 78-year-old pontiff spent a fairly restful night after a slight attack of hiccoughing. However, officials said the Pope has been too weak since his Dee. 2 relapse to finish the longer traditional message he addresses to the world every year. He was expected to make known, as soon as possible, the short text of-the message he plans to deliver Christmas eve. Vatican officials also announced the pontiff hopes to appear at a window of his apartment at noon Christmas day to bless the crowdsgathered below ip Saint Peter's square. Seed Directory is Now Available Here County agent L. E. Archbold states that the Indiana certified i seed directory is now available in the extension office. This di-! rectory is an official listing of I men who have produced certifiedl corn, grasses, legume, oats, and t soybeans.-All listed varieties haveproved to be high yielding and adapted to Indiana conditions. Marine Home On Leave Is Arrested INDIANAPOLIS (INS) -Marine j Pvt. .lames Leroy Hart, 20. son of Mr. and Mrs? Luther M. Hart, of near Mooresville, who is home on Chris*mas leave, preparatory to overseas assignment, faces a robbery charge today after a chase on enow-covered road 67 Sunday. Luther H. Kline, 24, a filling station attendant, said Hart took 1331.37 from him at gunpoint after first trying to arrange, a "phony holdup" in which the two men would have split the money.

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Two Men Are Fined On Forgery Charge Floyd J. Hodges. 27, and Charles B. Belcher, 2t6, of Grand Rapids, Mich., arrested here Thursdaty for forgery by city police officer Victor Strjckler, were each fined $22 in a DeKalb county justice of the perue eoutt Saturday after their return there by state police. The men also made their bad checks good. Doctor Is Planning To Resume Smoking Quits Smoking But Coughing Continues ‘ CINCINNATI (INS)-—- Fear of cancer of the lungs may have deterred many Americans from smoking but not so the president-elect of the American medical association who intends to resume his life-long smoking habits. Doctor Elmer Hess of Erie, Pa., who is also past-president of the American urological association, declared today that he quit smoking recently but not because he was afraid of cancer. Interviewed on the "Public Interest Period" on radio station WCfCY in Cincinnati by Paul Miller. Doctor Hess declared: "I quit last December 15th not because I am afraid of cancer of the lungs but because I was coughing my head off. I’m still coughing and I haven't been as happy since I quit.” Asked then if he Intended to remain "off" cigarets. Dr. Hess stated emphatically: "No! 1 will start someday but I'll wait until I’m through with my present job (AMA presidency) 1 so my voice won't break during my numerous speaking engagements." Dr. Hess, when queried if he 1 thought smoking shortened the average life, said: f "Well, in the studio with us are two elderly doctors who smoke and I notice they smoke rather excessively. And here am I in my late sixties and I smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for 56 years. As I said I quit not because 1 was afraid of cancer of the lungs but because 1 was coughing my head off — and I haven't stopped coughing.” Doctor Hess was in Cincinnati to take part in a program dedicated to one purpose — the prolonging of the life of man. REPORT SOVIET <Con*jflq>U frojri Page Ona) technical experts told him~that sabotage could be achieved at any time through adulteration of the oil. SHEPPARD JURY (Continued from rage One) Sam was innocent or guilty of the July 4 bludgeon slaying of his wife, Marilyn. * Possible decisions ranged from acquittal to death in the electric chair, with lesser sentences involving prison terms of anywhere unusual, after weeks of testimony and more than 200 exhibits. “If there were a chance the jurors were convinced they could not agree, they'd at least speak up. There are enough Intelligent people there . . ..that if they were convinced. they'd tell their foreman to speak up and say they could not agreed” The jurors were faced with- the problem of deciding whether Dr. from one year to life. If you have something to sell oi rooms for rent, try . a Democrat Want Ad. ’t brings results.

Amos H. Zimmerman Dies Last Evening Heart Attack Fatal At Church Services Amos H. Zimmerman, 76, of route 1, Geneva, died suddenly of a heart attack at 7:20 p. m. Sunday at the Pleasant View United Missionary church near Greenville, O. He had been visiting since October with his son, the Rev. Norman Zimmerman, pastor of the church, and had accompanied his son to church services whdh stricken. 4 _ He was born in Adams county April 23, 1878, a son of David and Sarah Amstutz-Zimmerman. He was twice married, to Mary Zehr and Salome Moser, both of whom prebeded him in death; | Mr. Zimmerman was a member of the West Missionary church. Surviving are two sons. Rev. Zimmerman, and Lester Zimmerman, of Geneva route 1; four daughters, Mrs. Vilas Burry of Pennville, Mrs. Samuel Hara and Mrs. Marion Epperla, both of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Boyd Skinner, a missionary in South America: 23 grandchildren: 16 greatgrandchildren; three brothers. Noah of Pennville. Simon of Hartford township, and Elmer of Flint. Mich., and a sister. Mrs. Sam Wittwer of Berne. The body will be brought to the Yager funeral home at Berne, where friends may call after 7 p. m. Tuesday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Report Mindszenly Living In Budapest Report Cardinal Is Out Os Prison VIENNA (INS) —The Austrian Catholic News Service said today eyewitnesses have reported Hungarian Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty is living out of prison in Buda pest. The agency said the cardinal'e release from a Red prison wa' believed in line with new Communist moves for co-existence with the west. Last week, a spokesman for the news agency said he was certain, the plight of the cardinal in prison had ended He said the Communists'may have held up announcement of the release in order to give the cardinal time to recuperate. ... The cardinal has served six years of ® life jail term inflicted by the Reds on charges of "treason." HIRE'S BRITAIN'S Princess Margaret with her new hairdo in London She caused quite a stir when she turned up at a movie wearing the sleek, sophisticated style instead of curls bunched at ear level. (International)

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