Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1957 — Page 1

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JOHN MAZELIN, owner and manager of the Mazelin Heating & Appliance store on Thirteenth street, is shown above with three police officers and the loot recovered Thursday in an Indianapolis apartment house raid. The pictured merchandise, and several other items, including three radios, a record player and electric shavers, were looted from Mazelin's place of business the evening of August L Four bandits, two of whom were armed, forced Mr. and Mrs. Mazelin into a back room where they tied them before making off with over SI,OOO in goods. Behind the merchandise, from left to right, are Mazelin; Indiana state police detective sergeant Truman Bierie; chief of police James Borders, and sheriff Merle Affolder —(Staff Photo) -. '..

Senators May Restore Some Os Aid Funds House Slosh One Os Worst Defeats Yet Suffered By Ike WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate Republican Loader William F. Knowland told President Eisenhower today that with Democratic help the Senate ipay restore a ‘ substantial” part of the 809-mil-lion dollars chopped from foreign aid funds by the House. Knowland said after a breakfast strategy conference with Eisenhower that the President’s threat to call Congress into special session to boost the mutual security appropriation was not discussed. But it remained a strong possibility. _._ZIn cutting back the aid bill Thursday, the House ignored the special session threat and urgent appeals from Eisenhower and Democratic ex-President Truman. It voted a total of $3,191,810,000 —including $2,524,760,000 in new money and $667,050,000 in carryover funds. This is a reduction of $1.287.000.000 or .30 per cent less than Eisenhower's “bare bones” demand. It was one of Eisenhower’s worst congressional defeats. Knowland said he would “explore on a bipartisan basis” how much of the slash could be put back by the Senate, which will take up the bill next week. Mansfield Makes Prediction Knowland said the President “is hopeful that the Senate will be able to review the House action and restore a substantial part of the amount cut.” He added, however. that he did not think Congress will finally restore all the House cut. Acting Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield predicted the Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate will approve between $2,800,000,000 and three billion dollars. He said the final congressional figure would be somewhere between that and the House total. , A J “ No Senate action is expected before next week. Eisenhower pleaded in an extraordinary "spot” press conference Wednesday that Congress vote the entire sum of $3,367,000,000 con(Contlnuoo oa ?*«• Bight'

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Rain, Wind, Hail In County Thursday Varying Amounts Os Rain Reported and hail swept across Adams county Thursday afternoon, depositing marble-sized hail stones on parts of Monroe and south Washington township, and in Preble township. Rains measured from 2.5 inches in Kirkland township to .3 inch in Union township. A heavy rain pummelled Decatur between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Thursday, with strong winds knocking down small limbs and leaves. Lightning struck a power transformer in the 800 block on Mercer avenue, and smouldered until about 8 p.m., when the transformer finally went out. Ten or twelve homes on Mercer were Without lights for about one and half hours. High winds frayed a high tension wire on the Laura A. Bosse property about 9:30 last night, and knocked out power in many homes for two hours. The swaying trees prevented linemen from getting in close to the wires for some time. Areas principally affected included the part of town south of Madison street to the Erie railroad, the east side of Mercer avenue and the Mud pike, Adams street to the railroad. and Johns street. Seven men, including superintendent L. C. Pettibone. worked on the line until 11:30 p.m Heavy rains and wind struck Preble township, depositing 1.1 inch of rain on the Arthur Koeneman farm, and a reported 2.25 inches in the south part of the township. Root township reported only half an inch at the Cletus Gillman farm, and Union had the lowest report, with just .3 at the Jerry Staub home. The highest rain report came from the Peter Spangler farm in Kirkland township, 2.5 inches; only .3 inch was reported in eastern Washington township at the Rolland Gilliom home, and .5 inches at the Nimrod McCullough farm in St. Mary's township. An inch of rain was reported in Blue Creek township at the Austin Merriman farm. The day before they had received just a trace when three Inches fell 10 miles north on the Rolland Miller farm. Hailstones were reported in northern and central Monroe township, where 1.17 inches of rain fell on Contlw.od On Pare Five

Secy. Wilson Defends Cuts In Military Key Senators Call For Explanation By GOP Administration WASHINGTON (UP)—Key sen* tors called an President Eisenhower and his administration today to explain whether military manpower and spending cuts imperil U.S. defenses and play into the hands of Russia in disarmament negotiations. Administration officials maintained the cuts ordered by Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson will not weaken America’s military might and may even strengen the U.S. position at the London disarmament talks. Wilson disclosed Thursday the armed forces may be scaled down to 2,500,000 men by mid-1959. This would be 300,000 below current strength and 200,000 below the goal recently set for next Jan. 1. He emphasized the exact size of the cut has not been decided and the 2,500,000 estimate is a “minimum planning figure.” The proposed new reductions follow a series of cuts in aircraft productions. Wilson has frankly explained the defense cutbacks as economy moves made necessary by inflation. Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and frequent critic of administration defense policies, called on Eisenhower to explain whether the international situation justifies the manpower cut. “I don’t understand how it can square with what President Eisenhower said in May in a speech in which he said any cuts would be foolhardy and against the national security,” said Symington, former Air Force secretary. Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and acting Senate Democratic leader, said “I hope they are not sacrificing our security in the name of economy.” Mansfield said he wondered how useful if was to continue disarmament negotiations with Russia. The United States has proposed that both American and Russian military forces be cut back to 2,500,000 men as a “first step” discontinues on Pbk« Blah*'

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 16,1957

Merchandise Stolen At Local Appliance Store Found; Trio In Custody

Mann Seeking New Trial On Township Line Motion Filed For New Trial In Scrap Over Township Line A twenty-page motion for a new trial in the Wabash-Monroe township line case was filed this afternoon by attorneys Custer & Smith for L. A. “Gus” Mann, plaintiff in the case. The motion alleged that the decision was contrary to law and not sustained by sufficient evidence, that the finding was contrary to law, and not sustained by sufficient evidence, and that irregularities in the proceedings prevented the plaintiff from receiving a fair trial. It is quite common for motions of this type to be denied, but the motion must be made before the case is appealed to the appellate or supreme court of the state. Three irregularities charged in the proceedings were: making Monroe township a defendant in the case, overruling the plaintiffs motion for special findings or conclusions of "“law, and refusing to make the findings. Each separate objection made by the defendant’s attorneys and sustained by the court, and each objection by Custer & Smith denied by the court is listed in detail, and listed as in error. The attorneys have been working on the motion since the day of the decision handed down by Judge (Myles F. Parrish. At that time they stated that they would appeal the case. The case was filed in May by Mann, trustee for Wabash township. He alleged that the county auditor erred when he changed property from Wabash township to Monroe township when it was taken into the city of Berne. He filed the case against the auditor, asking the court to mandate the auditor to make out the property book according to law. The book is made out annually for tax purposes, and lists by township or corporation all taxable property. Mann charged the book was being incorrectly made out each year, when Wabash township property was transferred to Monroe townshfo without action by the county commissioners as required ty law. Judge Parrish then made Monroe township trustee Sylvan Sprunger a party to the suit as defendant, and Sprunger hired C. H. Muselman, Berne attorney, and Hubert R. McClenahan, Decatur attorney, to represent him. David Macklin, county attorney, represented the auditor. The case was held in a threeCn»«lnnea Eight Ban On Visits To Hospital Is Lifted This afternoon Thurman brew, business administrator for the Adams county memorial hospital, announced that the ban on hospital visitors has been lifted. Tuesday, because of crowded conditions resulting from a full hospital, an appeal was issued that only the members of the immediate families visit patients. New Principal Named At Catholic Schools Sister Almeda, C.S.A. was Thursday officially appointed as principal df the Decatur Catholic schools, according to an announcement this morning. She arrived in Decatur Thursday evening, and has taken up residence at the nuns’ home, 415 West Monroe street. The new principal was formerly associated with the Immaculate Conception high school in Elmhurst, 111., where she served in the mathematics department. Sister Almeda will announce her complete staff of instructors within the next few days. Classes are scheduled to resume September 4.

Auction Graduate Rites Held,Today 97 Students Attend Graduate Exercises Graduation exercises were conducted at noon today, for 97 students of the 74th session of the Tleppert school of auctioneering. Dr. Roland Reppert, owner and upanager of the school, was host a graduation banquet, which was served at the Youth and „ Community Center at 11 a. m. ' Q. R. Chaffee, dean of the ’ school, was master of ceremonies , for the event, and Dr. Reppert * made the presentation of the graduation diplomas. Other inj structors at the rites were Guy Pettit, of Bloomfield, Iowa; H. ' W. Sigrist, of Fort Wayne; Clyde j Wilson, of Marion, Ohio; Homer . Pollock, of Delphos, Ohio, and ! Ray Elliot, of Portland. ’ Following graduation, the students will leave for their respective homes, which encompass 25 ® states and one province of Can- " ada. ' Keys to the city of Decatur ' were presented to the auctioneers in a ceremony conducted at the Bellmont school grounds, Thurs- * day afternoon. Meaning of the . key was explained by instructor Pollock, and Robert Heller, repthe local Chamber of ’ Commerce, presented the keys, , 'WKlch are tokens of friendship ; and appreciation from the city. Again this year, Ohio sent the largest delegation to the nation- ’ ally known school, with Indiana contributing 17 students, three of whom reside in Decatur. Other states represented were Massa- , chusetts, Illinois, Pennsylvania, , Nebraska, Alabama, New York, j Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Montana, Idaho, Texas, lowa, , Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, Virginia, ’ North 'Carolina, North Dakota, ■ Michigan and Wyoming. One student was from Quebec, Canada. (Contlaaee P««e Eight) Real Milk Strike Is Threatened Tonight New York's Supply Os Milk Threatened NEW YORK (UP) — Last-ditch ■ efforts began today to avert “the real threat” of a milk strike at •t midnight e.d.t. that would cut off i nearly all raw milk deliveries to ■ the metropolitan area. A federal mediator said the situation looked “grave” before offi- ’ cials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters called today a meeting with officers of the Dairy ' Transport Association, an employer group. The Teamsters, whose members drive the trucks that deliver about 95 per cent of milk to the New York City area, has called a strike for 12:01 a.m. Saturday, unless wage and other demands _ are_jnet, ; z The more than 1,100 drivers are ■ asking a wage-welfare package of 75 cents an hour, plus other benefits. An organization of milk dealers called on the governors of New York and New Jersey and Teamsters President Dave Beck to help avert the strike. Health officials said they had assurances from the union, distributors and farmers that there would be no interruption of milk supplies for hospitals and institutions caring for children, the sick and the aged. The walkout loomed as two other milk strikes in upstate New York fizzled out after two days of picketing by farmers seeking higher milk prices, INDIANA WEATHER Fair north, partly cloudy south and cooler tonight. Saturday fair and pleasant. Low tonight 55-62 north, 66-67 south. High Saturday 77-83. Sunset 7:40 p.m., sunrise Saturday 5:58 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Fair and warmer. Low Saturday night 58-68. High Sunday 8348.

Lacey Charges Fraud Used By Union Leaders Charges Conspiracy i To Oust Him From J Teamster Office 1 WASHINGTON (UP) - Martin T. Lacey charged today that the ; International Teamsters Union ’ high command winked at "fraud ■ and deception” used in “a major f conspiracy” to unseat him as boss ‘ of the union in New York. ' Lacey made the charge in testi- ■ mony before the Senate Rackets : Committee. At the same session, ‘ Committee Chairman John L. I McClellan (D-Ark.) asserted that an important Teamster official - wanted as a witness is “on die ■ lam.” > To unseat him, Lacey said, his • opponents issued bogus union charters in New York. r Lacey, former head of the 5 Teamsters’ Joint Council 16 in > New York, told the committee he 1 warned Einar O. Mohn, union » President Dave Beck's right hand r man, that "fraud and deception” . were involved in the applications f for charters for seven Teamster locals shortly before an election ’ He safcT he cautioned Mohnafter Beck failed to reply to his ' letters—that “a major conspiracy may be involved.” Lacey said he now feels positive that his charges were true. The allegedly phony locals are the heart of the current hearings. The committee charges that Teamsters Vice President James R. Hoff, czar of the union in the Midwest and unopposed candidate to succeed Beck as president in two weeks, had seven charters issued in November, 1955, for locals in New York which had few if any rank-and-file members. The committee says these locals were staffed by henchmen of labor racketeer Johnny Dio and were set up to give seven votes Continued On Pare Five One Man Killed In Laboratory Blast Two Others Hurt At Navy Laboratory CUMBERLAND, Md. (UP) — One man was killed and two others were injured in an explosion and fire at the Navy’s Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory Thursday night. Killed in the blast was Raymond R. MUler Sr., 37. R. W. Meals, assistant plant manager at the large instaUation, today termed the explosion and fire as “minor ... in the course of normal operations.” He said the “exact cause of the accident has not been determined” adding that a “complete and thorough" investigation would be con- - ducted. -— - Authorities said damage to facilities appeared “to be of a minor nature.” Injured in the accident were Paul Hendrickson, 58, of Cumberland and Harold Carl, 44, of Springfield, W.Va. Hendrickson was treated for lacerations and a possible foot fracture and detained for X-rays and observation. Carl was treated for leg lacerations and released. The three victims were the only occupants of the building at the time of the explosion. Building Collapses, Main Street Closed 7 ATTICA, Ind. (UP) — Traffic was resumed on U. S. 41 today after bulldozers cleared Attica’s main street of debris from the collapse of a 3-story downtown building. No one" was injured. The building fell, part of it into the street over which the Chicago-to-Terre Haute highway is routed, when temporary supports gave way during a remodeling project. The front wall fell into the street, forcing a traffic detour.

Corrupt Practices Charged Teamsters Failure Is Cited By George Meany CHICAGO (UP) — AFL - CIO President George Meany charged Thursday that the Teamsters Union had failed to cleanse itself of corrupt practices cited by the parent federation. Meany told a news conference at the close of the federation’s executive council meeting that the Teamsters “have done nothing to make their linen any cleaner” since President Dave Beck was ousted from the council three months ago. Beck was dropped from the council after it was disclosed he had borrowed $400,000 from the ' union treasury without paying interest. Subsequent scandals brought several other Teamster officials into disrepute. One led to the arrest of Vice President James R. Hoffa on a bribery charge. Hoffa was acquitted, however. The executive council is expected to formulate a directive to the Teamsters during a meeting in New York Sept. 24. The AFL-CIO 1 could move to expel the Team- ( sters, the nation’s largest union, failed to heed council cleanup orders. After numerous postponements the Teamsters will have an opportunity Sept. 5 to answer charges of corrupt domination before the federation’s ethical practices committee in Washington. The Teamsters convention is scheduled to begin Sept. 30 in Miami Beach. Informed sources said that Midwest Teamsters boss Hoffa is now believed to be unacceptable to the AFL-CIO leadership as successor to Beck as president of the 1,500,-000-member union. The Senate Labor Rackets Committee recently showed a link between Hoffa and racketeer Johnny Dio. Allocate Vaccine For Asiatic Flu 25,000 Americans Believed Stricken WASHINGTON (UP) — The Pub- i lie Health Service said today 20,- ] 000 to 25,000 Americans, possibly j more, have been stricken with ( Asiatic flu since June 1. The service made this estimate as Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney disclosed a plan to allocate vaccine for the new kind of flu ' among the 48 states, on a popula- , tion basis. In reporting the 20,000 to 25,000 < estimate, a public health official < emphasized that the total number < of Asiatic flu cases may be higher. < But he refused to suggest a pos- 1 sible maximum. | California, with 17,900 cases, has < been harder hit than any other ( state. Os the California cases, 2,350 j were civilians and 15,550 were ( members of the armed forces. Asiatic flu also hit military personnel at Ft. Lewis. Wash., the ! health service said. A total of 322 1 cases have been reported there. ’ At Ft. Dix, N.J., the service ! said, one company of soldiers re- 1 ported 20 cases in a five-day • period. A corhpany usually num- 1 bers about 200 men. 1 (New York City health officials i meanwhile reported the first / Asiatic flu cases there. They said t eight foreign exchange students who arrived there by plane Aug. 7 had the disease, and all have re- I covered. But 27 other foreign students | and two adults who arrived by ship Tuesday also probably had the new flu, officials said. One of ’ the students died Thursday. Under the voluntary distribution ; program, Burney said, each state ] would get a percentage of weekly , vaccine production based on the ; state’s proportion of the total na- , tional population. If a flu outbreak , in any state was particularly se- , vere, the Public Health Service would recommend extra shipments to that state. The Senate Appropriations Com- , mittee has restored to the Public . Health Service a $300,000 admin- 1 istration cut which health officials 1 Continued On Page Five 1

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Goods Stolen AtMazelin's Store Found Armed Robbery At Store August 1 Is Solved By Arrests Merchandise valued at SI,OOO taken in an armed robbery from the Mazelin Appliance store in Decatur was recovered Thursday in the Indianapolis apartment of three men held in Canton, 0., on , 12 armed robbery charges and a charge of shooting a town marshal. They will appear Monday before hte Starke County grand jury. _ i r The property was returned to Mazelin today by sheriff. Merle Affolder, chief of police James Borders, and Indiana state police detective sergeant Truman Bierie. Only three transistor radios, an Admiral record player, and two Sunbeam shavemasters were missing from the loot recovered, and a good chance remains that this will be found in a continuing search. John Mazelin and his wife were forced at gunpoint August 1 to deliver S7O in cash and more than SI,OOO in merchandise to four bandits. The fourth man has not yet „ been identified, nor captured. The arrested thugs cached the stolen goods, together with seven stolen automatic pistols and wrist watches taken in Columbus, Ohio, and valued at SI,OOO, in an apartment at 1225 North New Jersey street, Indianapolis. The gang was actually captured August 8 in C&nton, 0., following a robbery of the Fenton I.G.A. store in Starke county and Frank’s Food market in Elyria. O. Following the Fenton robbery, the group was stopped by the town marshal of Louisville, O. The three men in the front seat surrendered, but a fourth man lying down in the back seat shot the marshal in the back. Three of the men were captured later by the Starke county sheriff’s office. The marshal is still in critical condition. Local police officers here suspected the arrested trio of being involved in the Decatur armed robbery. In Starke county, sheriff H. W. Grossglaus, chief deputy Ray Nunamaker, and investigator George Patadopulos, wormed a confession from the men to 12 armed robberies. The three were identified as Robert L. Kline, 25. of Phoenix, Artz.; William Rhoades, 25, of Anderson, Ind.; and Walter J. MUler. 28, Los Angeles. They met while in the disciplinary barracks at Fort Ord, Calif., awaiting dishonorable discharges for desertion from the United States Marines. They had been sergeants in the Marine Corps. After their dishonorable discharges, they purchased a car in California and started on a wave of armed holdups. They confessed to the following holdups, obtaining money from each, except the one in Ohio where they obtained seven automatic pistols: markets in Tucson, Ariz., Amarillo, Tex., Loudeville, 0., and Westville, Ill.; also, June 19, Faber’s Market near Canton O.; July 9, Louisiana Fruit Market. Lima, O.; July 11, Needmore Market. Dayton, O.; July 17, American Victory Supply, Columbus, 0., guns and watches only; (Continued on Pswte Two) Local Lady's Mother Is Taken By Death Mrs. Anna Jane Dickey, 73, of Fort Wayne, died at 8 p. m. Thursday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient one week. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Fred Bashara of Decatur, Mrs. George Maloley of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. William Dodes of West Orange, N. J.; one brother, D. H. Weir of St. Louis, and six grandchildren. i The body was removed to the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. » 1