Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1957 — Page 2

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Fourth Child In Family Dies "Without Reason"

MILWAUKEE (UP) — grieving Milwaukee couple prayed today that they will soon learn why death has claimed four of their ■ si* years “without any reason." Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Molitor Will bury their daughter, Margaret Rose, 16, Tuesday. She was their fourth child to suffer an unexplained fatal collapse. The father told United Press he “was at a loss" to explain the rash of deaths that have plagued his family since the summer of 1948. “Doctors have never really been able to find any heart abnormalities,” the construction company salesman said about his four dead children, Tom, 12; Fred, 12; Rita Marie, 2, and now Margaret, who died while kneeling at a funeral mass Friday. First Struck in IMS Molitor said the mysterious malady first struck while most of the children were swimming July 12. 1948. - "My son, Tom, was standing in a few feet of water and had dunked himself,” the father said. “He stood up and then suddenly collapsed." He paid that although a coroner's —

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repprt listed the death as caused by a heart ailment due to rheumatic fever, "Tom never had rheuHowever, Molitor said he and his wife had “in away" come to believe the other deaths may have been “emotionally caused by . Tom’s unexpected death." He said, “We're a close family." “Rita felt very bad about not ’ being there when Tom died. She ; felt sure she could have saved [ him. The human mind does strange things,” he said. ( “Just Like Tom" Rita collapsed and died while helping an elderly man from a [ street car on Dec. 13, 1949. "She died just like Tom," Molitor said. , The family next lost Fred, who collapsed and died while playing on Aug. 24. 1950. “Fred and Tom were real close, ’’ the father said, “and Fred began getting blackouts after Tom's death. He told a doctor he felt bad ever since he saw Tom die.” Margaret began suffering “blackout” spells about five or six years ago. S'he always revived within minutes, but in church, the priest knew right away and got the holy oils,” Molitor said. He said it probably won’t do doctors much good to “keep cheeking" his remaining two children, Donald, 24; and Yvonne, 15. Autopsies failed to discover why Tom, Fred and Rita died, Molitor said, and he and his wife decided against an autopsy for Margaret. ■ /

"We wanted to bury her body whole," he said. “The other children were so badly cut up and nothing could be found." Molitor said neither his family nor his wife's ever had "anything like this " 1 “There's just nothing you can ' say about it," he added sadly. ! Ex-Chicago Banker e : Kidnaped And Slain J Check For $300,000 1 Is Found On Body s ' CHICAGO (UP) — Police said today they found a check for S3OO,- - 000 on the body of former banker 1 Leon Marcus, 61, a figure in the 5 2ti-million-dollar Orville Hodge - scandal who was kidnaped and ’ slain in a gangland-style “ride.” ’’ Marcus’ body was found Sunday . night dumped in a vacant South Side lot. He had been shot once in . the back of the head with a .45 , caliber pistol. Authorities said the check was made out to Marcus and was drawn on the Society National Bank of Cleveland, Ohio. Authorii ties said his wallet also contained $1,649 in cash and $2,100 in travelers checks. Acting Chief of Detectives William Touhy said robbery was “definitely” ruled out as the motive for the kidnap-slaying. "I’m inclined to think the motive might have been revenge for something, or the murder may date back to the Hodge case,” Touhy said. "Marcus was due for trial soon, and perhaps someone thought there might be some revelations.” Marcus owned controlling interest and was a former director of the Southmoor Bank and Trust Co. where ex-Illinois auditor Orville Hodge cashed most of his phony state checks. Hodge and former Southmoor | President Edward Hintz are serving prison terms in the giant em- . bezzlement. Marcus, who resigned from the bank shortly after the scandal broke, was under federal indictment on charges of misapplying bank funds. Marcus and his brother, Hyman, j former board chairman of the t Southmoor bank, and a third man < were charged in connection with « alleged violations that preceded 1 the Hodge case,. < Authorities have been unable to discover what Hodge did with all 1 the money he embezzled. During ’ the investigation, there Were re- 1 ports some of the funds found their 1 way into the pockets of (townstate hoodlums, but authorities were un- . able to substantiate the rumors. ( Marcus wgs abducted moments t after leaving the apartment of AL fred Rado and his wife, who owns t a construction firm. Rado told police he accompanied I Marcus to the front door and a 1 short time later heard sounds of £ a scuffle outside, and Marcus shouted, “Call the police.” —* i I Only four of the 70-odd species of grasshoppers in North Dakota t do any major damage to cultivated i crops. t

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Macmillan Speaks In Commons Today Admits To Areas Os Disagreement LONDON (UP) — British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said today there were still areas of disagreement with the United States following the Bermuda conference with Presient Eisenhower. “It would be absurd to suppose that in a few days time we could find a solution of all the problems that confront us,” Macmillan said in a major address in Commons.. He is under heavy pressure from the Socialist opposition and from elements within his own Conservative Party over reports that he yielded to American pressure on such vital current issues as Cyprus and Mieast policy. “There are a great number of problems upon which detailed work remains to be done,” Macmillan said. “But I think we can claim that the broad agreements reached have given guidance on which progress can be made. “Nor would I attempt to conceal the fact that on some matters we were not in agreement. This is not to be wondered at, but even so I

think we understand each other better as the result of our contacts. “For instance, on China trade we explained our position very frankly to the Americans.” Britain wants a relaxation of the Western strategic trade embargo on Comniunist China, a move which the United States opposes. : A few minutes before Macmillan I spoke, Foreign Secretary Selwyn f Lloyd, who also attended the Berl muda conference, told questioners ■ in Commons that Britain's position • remains unchanged about admission of Red China into the United : Nations. Britain favors Peiping’s I membership, but the United States : is firmly opposed to it. '|Coin Dated 1781 , Found By Farmer [ Pete Hockemeyer, who resides ; on the Winchester road north of . Decatur. . recently found on his ; farm a coin dated 1781. | A local coin collector has identi- : fied it as a Spanish “real,” called : a bjt piece and used as a medium i of exchange among the American colonies during the 1700’s. The coin is battered and in too > poor shape to be of much value 1 as a coin collector’s item but it does have historical value. It is interesting to speculate how the ' coin might have been dropped in a field along St. Mary’s river an unknown number of years ago. ,

Noted Philadelphia Publisher Is Dead Richard W. Slocum Is Taken By Death PHILADELPHIA (UP).— Richard William Slocum, executive vice president of the Philadelphia Bulletin and former president of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn., died Sunday in University Hospital. Slocum would have been 56 April 10. A native of Reading, Pa., he was a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Harvard University School. The body will lie in state Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST at the Oliver H. Bair Co., funeral home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. The body will be cremated and burial ceremonies will be Slocum is survived by his widow, the former Catherine Luden, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and eight children. He was the first general manager of the Bulletin and also was vice-chairman of the board of the Bulletin-'s radio-TV station WCAU, Philadelphia. As president oi ANPA he was one of the foremost crusaders against attempts to undermine the constitutional guarantees of freedom of the press. Slocum had been ill for more than a year. He underwent an op eration in December, 1955, for removal of a peptic ulcer. He returned to his desk early last year and soon resumed his full duties, but never fully recovered his health. Frequent Rain Is Forecast In State Cooler Weather Is Also On Forecast By UNITED PRESS Below normal temperatures and frequent rain were predicted today for most of this week in Indiana. The weatherman said in a fiveday outlook for the period Tuesday through Saturday that moderate temperatures early in the week would give way to cooler on Thursday and Friday, with temperatures for the period averaging 3 to 5 degrees below normal highs of 58 to 67 and normal lows of 36 to Precipitation will average threefourths to an inch with the bulk of the rain occurring in midweek, although a little will occur earlier. Rain fell today throughout the state and more was expected Tuesday and Wednesday. Showers for the 24-hour period ending this morning included measurements of .15 at Evansville, .12 at South Bend. .07 at Indianapolis, .06 at Fort Wayne and .03 at Lafayette. Temperatures hit highs ranging from 56 at Lafayette to 66 at Evansville Sunday and dropped to the warmest minimums in many days early this morning. The range of overnight lows was from 45 at Fort Wayne to 54 at Evaqgville. Highs today were expected to range from 54 north to 66 south, lows tonight from 40 north to 54 south, and highs Tuesday from 50 north to 65 south.

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Denies All Youths Are Irresponsible AH youthful drivers are not irresponsible, according to Al Anderson, local businessman, who was aided recently by a member of the local group known as the M .iPW”***-!**' -i r '’-'-■'.l, ti' j " ‘ Anderson reports that one night e last week, as he pulled into his , driveway, Neil Keller of Decatur f followed him in to inform him that . his tail-lights were not working. Nell Is president of the local group of about 20 young motorists ’ who have dedicated themselves to ’ a policy of courtesy, assistance 8 and safe driving. Anderson stated that he had not been aware of the tail-light failure and that he ap- ; predated the fact that Keller took ( the time to point it out to him. > Report Breakin At ‘ Riverside Garage A breakin and burglary at Riv- > erside Garage was reported to dty ■ police Sunday afternoon by Norman Geiger, of Decatur, who dis- ■ covered the entry at about 1 p.m. ! Sunday when he went to the ga- ! rage. I Entry, made by breaking a win- ; dow on the south side of the build- . ing, took place sometime between . 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Change totalling between $4 I and $5 was takqn from the cash register, but nothing else was missing. Community Choir To Rehearse Wednesday A joint rehearsal for all choir members of the Associated Churches of Decatur, who have ] been practicing for the May 5 com- ; munity concert, will be held from . 7 to 9 o’clock Wednesday evening at the First Methodist church. Leland Neuen is director of the j combined choir, which will present its first community concert Sunday aftenfoon, May 5, at the , Youth and Community Center. j

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Goodrich Plants Idled By Strike More Than 13,000 .Wkers fin Strike . CINCINNATI, Ohio (UP)-More than 13,000 United Rubber Workers went on strike early today at nine B. F. Goodrich plants around the nation. The workers struck after negotiators failed to reach a new contract agreement by the deadline Sunday midnight. Negotiations had been under way here since March 11. ' Plants involved in the strike are in Akron and Marion, Ohio: Los Angeles; Miami, OHa.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Oaks, Pa.; Riverside. N. J.; Clarksville, Tenn.; and Cadillac, Mich. The disputes involve working conditions, welfare, fringe benefits, and a union demand for re-> vision of the company’s incentive pay plan. ♦ Wages were agreed upon at meetings last July. Strike Is Averted AKRON, Ohio (IP) — A possible strike at seven Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plants here was averted Sunday when the company and union reached agreement, but neogtiations continued at Noblesville and New Castle, Ind., and three other cities. Firestone and Local No. 7 of the United Rubber Workers Union signed a supplemental contract covering about 9,000. workers here. It was based? on similar contracts signed at Firestone plants in Fall River, Mass, and Pottstown, Pa. The union locals in th? two Hoosier cities and at Firestone plants in Los Angeles, Des Moines, and Memphis. Tenn., still are negotiating local agreements. Poultry feathers are almost pure protein and can be processed into protein for livestock feed. Egg consumption in the United States has risen 44 per cent since before World War I.