Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1959 — Page 8

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4 • >» ► . f • ■ » > B, | B BkZffißß bbhhes - • fcrX'. ! ei BIIII^«BI..BKu4g! < ' vV’JKS* FEATURE STORY-The last of the “Red Hot Mamas," Sophie Tucker gets a big hug and kiss from 12-year-old David Calo at the Arco Colony, Rome. Italy, orphanage where he lives. MU* Tucker, who adopted the youngster five years ago through the Foster Parents’ Plan, visited the boy during her tour of Europe. Reviving the manly art of crocheting is Fireman Cal McGann (right). 44, of Beaverton, Ore. He took to crocheting in his spare time six years ago. McGann has produced a large collection of fancy bed spreads and table cloths.

Slight Rainfall Is Recorded In City St. Mary’s river continued to recede today as weather observer Louis Landrum noted the level at 5.11 feet this morning. An accumulation of .09 inch of rain was also recorded in the Decatur area at the 7 a.m. reading. Warning Is Issued Over Plastic Bags The recent outbreak of plasticbag deaths throughout the country prompted the Adams county medical society to issue a sharp warning today at their monthly meeting to area residents concerning the mis-use of the plastic killers. A spokesman for the group said a survey recently disclosed that the appalling number of 30 young children have died this year from suffocation while playing with discarded containers. He urged Adams county residents to keep their children safe by destroying the plastic bags after the containers have served their primary usefulness. The most recent victims were reported yesterday, when three more infants were added to the growing list. The plastic has ; tendency to build up a static electric charge, clinging to the child’s face, literally hugging him to death. Some dry cleaning establishments use the: bags to wrap their cleaned items./ The society has no quarrel with this practice, but scores the practice of those householders who leave the bags about where children can get at them. If Adams county residents wish to keep their children from being added to the death toll, they should discard the bags in proper receptacles.' The "Adams county' Slate Is clean as no deaths have resulted from this menace, and to keep it clean, the assistance of every householder is imperative. Cheese ball in half with a sharp knife. Wipe the knife blade clean frequently so that the four colors don't smear.

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Arnold Hobbs Trial Is Underway Today FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD— Arnold G. Hobbs, 32. a plump and once jolly small town “financier” accused in a two million dollar credit union shortage, goes on trial here today on a charge of embezzling $1,600. Hobbs was manager of the Noble County Credit Union at Albion for 10 years until the institution’s directors fired him last September for making unauthorized loans. A subsequent investigation, still incomplete because auditors had to go through books dating back to 1948, set the loss at between $1,717,000 and two million dollars. Hobbs was indicted on 21 charges of embezzlement covering $78,800 of the shortage. He was jailed in lieu of $109,400 in bonds. The credit union became insolvent because its liabilities exceeded its assets. The union’s attorney committed suicide in a fit of despond, ency, blaming himself for not keeping a closer eye on the institution’s affairs. The trial originally was scheduled for Noble Circuit Court in the town where Hobbs thrived as a young and well-liked executive for years. But the defense attorney, Ralph W. Probst of Kendallville, won a change of venue on grounds that Hobbs could not receive a fair trial in his home town. It was common knowledge that hundreds of the county freeholders whose names would be in the box from which prospective jurors were drawn were investors in the now-defunct credit union, and virtually every resident of the county either was a shareholder or a relative or friend of a shareholder who faced the loss of savings. The trial was sent to Allen Circuit Court, where a special venire of 30 names was ordered drawn for possible jury duty. Noble County Prosecutor Louis G. Ketcham subpenaed 25 persons as state's witnesses. Probst called seven to testify for Hobbs. Maximum penalty upon conviction is 2 to 20 years imprisonment. Ketcham has said that if Hobbs does not receive a long sentence he “very likely” will be tried again on one of the remaining 20 indictments. Trade u, < goou town — Decatm

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Progress Report By Highway Head A progress report from county highway commissioner Lawrence Noll shows that 54 sewer pipes were installed in Adams county thus far in 1959, with 17 additional pipes to be installed later this year. A total of eight side ditches will be repaired, according to the work schedule of the highway crews. A breakdown by townships illustrates that Preble and Washington head the list of sewer pipe installed with eight each. Kirkland follows with seven, while other township totals are: Wabash and Monroe, 6; Union, 5; Jefferson, 4; French, 3; Root, St. Mary’s, and Blue Creek, 2; and Hartford, 1. Townships where sewer pipes will be installed this year are: Jefferson, 4; Root, 3; Kirkland, Washington, Wabash, and St. Mary’s, 2, and Union and Preble, 1. Three side ditches will be cut in Washington township, while Kirkland and St. Mary’s will have two each. One tile will be repaired in each of Preble, Kirkland, St. Mary’s and Jefferson townships, while Monroe will have two of the total. Estimated dates for completion of the highway work was not given, but will be done as soon as possible, weather permitting.

70-Year Sentence To Fort Wayne Bandit FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD—The flamboyant criminal career of Dari Dee Parker was officially over today. The 28-y ear-old Canton, Ohio, man was sentenced to a total of 70 years in prison Monday on separate counts of bank robbery, jailbreak and assault with a deadly weapon. He also was fined $5,000. Federal Judge Robert A. Grant slapped a 20-year prison term on Ranker after he pleaded guilty to the $50,104 robbery of a Lincoln National Bank & Trust Co., Fort Wayne branch Oct. 18, 1957. Parker also was sentenced to concurrent 25-year terms for assault and for shooting his way out of the Allen County Jail last June. Parker’s guilty plea was a surprise to court observers. It was accompanied by a request that he be sentenced immediately. The assault charge stemmed from his jailbreak. Parker forced Fred L. Bolton. 29, Fort Wayne, at gunpoint to drive him to Ohio. But he was captured wily four hours later when an Ohio state trooper felled Him at a roadblock with three shots. After recovering from the gunshot wounds, Parker again was confined in Allen County Jail and apparently attempted another escape last month by cutting his wrists. But a cautious deputy sheriff called for help before entering the cell, and Parker was handcuffed and taken to a hospital. Parker first was arrested March 19, 1958, at his Canton home by FBI agents. He was charged with being one of two bandits who walked into the bank wearing Halloween masks and threatened to blow the heads off bank employes. In the meantime, Parker's brother, Robert N., 31, and Robert Payne, 31, and James Pobas Jr., 31, all of Canton, Ohio, were held here on charges of aiding and abetting Parker’s escape from jail. Robert Parker pleaded innocent but Payne and Pobas plead,ed guilty. < Sentencing of Payne and Pobas was delayed pending a pre-sen-tenCe investigation.

Dog Bite Incident Reported To Police A dog bite incident occurring late Sunday afternoon on Madison street, was reported to the city police department at 7 o’clock last evening. Mary Ball, of 1721 W. Madison street, reported to police that her daughter, Gail, 12, while riding a bicycle on Madison street, was bitten by a dog Sunday at 5 p.m. near 1613 W. Madison street. The girl failed t<> notify her mother of the incident until late Monday evening when she became slightly ill. She was taken to a local physician's office for shots Monday. Police have notified the owners of the dog, and have ordered the dog tied for a period of 30 days on a request by the physician. DEFENSE tCorittr.utHl trona page on« be on hand; the attack warning signal, and its meaning should be understood by all; the use of CONELRAD for emergency information should be known; protective measures against fallout; and the car should be kept in good running condition, with more than a half-tank of gas at all times. « Gordon closed by thanking the group, and all its members, for its cooperation, and asked that understanding of the program be spread by the members so that eventually everyone will understand what to do in emergencies.

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South Bend Residents Are Warned Os Rabies SOUTH BEND. Ind. (tfPD—Publlnc health officials in the South Bend-Mishawaka area warned residents today of the dangers of rabies from unvaccinated pets and wild animals. The warning came after a dog and several other animals died suddenly of a disease suspected as rabies. Newspaper Strike At Pittsburgh Settled PITTSBURGH (UPD — Editions of Pittsburgh’s three daily newspapers were back on the street today following the end of a strike by a Teamsters’ local. The walkout, called Saturday afternoon by Local 211, Newspaper. Magazine and Film Delivery Drivers. Helpers and Handlers, ended Monday. The strike had paralyzed deliv-: ery of the Press, and the SunTelegraph, both afternoon papers, and the Post-Gazette, a morning daily. The walkout was staged tojpqck up contract demands at all three papers as well as a controversial job security issue at the Sun-Tele-graph. A tentative agreement calling for a 10-cent-an-hour wage hike had been reached about two weeks ago, b-t the union rank-and-file rejected the offer.

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High Winds And Hail Batter Some Areas United Press International Tornado fcyce winds and hailstorms that battered the south central states and Florida spread north and east Tuesday morning, producing heavy gusts and widespread thundershowers. Flash flooding at Elk City in west central Oklahoma forced several families from their homes. To the south, at Heald, Tex., a tornado during the night destroyed a church and a vacant store building and damaged at least two homes. I i nundershowers were widespread throughout northern Florida, Alabama, Georgia Kentucky and parts of the Ohio Valley. A small tornado at St. Petersburg, Fla., Monday damaged homes and power lines but left no known personal injuries. Snow flurries accompanied showers scattered over the Northwest from Montana to Washington and southward along the coast to central California. Readings /dipped into the 30s in the north|ern Rocky Mountains but were in the 60s and 70s elsewhere, with a high of more than 100 in the Rio Grande Valley late Monday. Hail ranging from baseballsized stones in west Texas between Midland and Big Spring to tfe-inch pellets in Nebraska and the Dakotas closed some highways and left scattered property damage. A US. Weather Bureau observer at Claude, Tex., reported

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large hallstones broke car windows and building doors. Forecasts for Tuesday showed continued rain over most of the nation, except from Pennsylvania north through New England, where fair skies and a warming trend wdre expected. Wyoming, the northern Plains and the omisslssippi Valley were due for rain and a chance of colder air. GAR Mementoes On Display At Library A display of Grand Army of the Republic medals, badges, and convention decorations, collected by the late George Cline between 1893 and 1925, is on display today at the Decatur library emphasizing the historical society meeting this evening, Miss Bertha Heller, librarian, announced. ■Die historical society, which has met at the Decatur Lincoln school since last fall, will meet at the library this evening, for the first time since the remodeling has been completed. The history of Adams county in 1836, drawn from county and state sources not available to the earlier ristorians, will be given by the society historian. George Cline, who collected the mementoes, was the father of the, wife of Dr. W. E. Smith of Decatur. He was a Civil War veteran himself, and attended many oi the colorful reunions. If you , acmething to aed ooms -nt, trj • Democrat vai.t they bring result*

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WASHINGTON (UPD-Congres-sional Republican leaders tqld President Eisenhower today a veto of the Democrats’ big housing bill would be sustained. I But they reported only a “forlorn hope” of getting a labor reform bill out of the House Labor Committee because of AFL-CIO objections to some of its provisions and formidable opposition from President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. The status of various legislative proposals was reviewed by the President and House and Senate GOP leaders at their weekly White House conference. Other congressional news: Nominations: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-4 to approve Ogden R. Reid’s nomination as ambassador to Israel. Chairman J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) and former Chain* man Theodore F. Green (D-R.1.) voted against the appointment on grounds Reid was not qualified. The committee, by identical 16-0 votes, approved the nominations of John M. Cabot to be ambassador to Brazil and J. Graham Parsons as assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs. Agreements: Congress received from President Eisenhower agreements with four Allied nations to supply secret information and equipment to train their forces in using atomic weapons. The na-

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tions are West Germany, Turkey, The Netherlands and Canada, The agreements are effective auto matically in 90 days unless the House and Senate disapprove. Minimum Wage: Off dials representing the Pennsylvania and New Jersey departments of labor appeared before a Senate labor subcommittee and endorsed a pending bill..to,raise the national minimum wagt' 25 cents to $1.25 an hour. Farm prices: Charles G. Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, urged Congress to reject proposed ceilings on federal price support benefits to individual farms and farmers. He did so in a letter to Chairman Richard B. Russell (DGa.) of the Senate agriculture appropriations subcommittee. The House last week put a $50,000 ceiling on individual payments. The Senate later adopted a $35,000 ceiling. " I Auto Hits Tree, Passenger Killed MOORESVILLE. Ind (UPD— James Lane, 29, R.R. 2, Mooresville, was killed Monday night when a car in which he was riding rammed into a tree in Mooresville. The driver, Ed Reed, 20, was injured.