Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1959 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATOB DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Class Matter Dick D. Heller, Jr President John G. Heller ...Vice-President Cbas. Holthouse Secretary-Treasurer Bulnerlptiaa By Mall In Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $8.00; Six mas.ths, $4.25; 3 months,s2.2s. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $9.00; 6 months, $4.75; 3 month*. $2.50. By Carrier, 30c cents per week. Single copies, 6 cents. Air Conditioning The next time you’re uptown, notice how many of the stores are air conditioned today. Not only the restaurants, but the department stores, drug stores, and many others are now cool and comfortable for shoppers. If you’re thinking it s too hot to go shopping, try an afternoon browsing through one of the air conditioned places — you’ll hate to leave. More and more people in this area are beginning to think of air conditioning for their homes, too. Most have window units for pne or two rooms. Not too many have air conditioned their entire house, although this is common in the south and southwest. If this hot, muggy weather stays much longer, everyone here will be thinking of air conditioning! • * • * • Takes 10,000 Years * " Vance Hartke has pointed out to Hoosiers that although “High-Tax Harold” Handley increased the gasoline tax by two cents for highway purposes, from June 30, 1956 to June 30, 1959 only 4.2 miles of interstate highway was completed. And of this, 3.8 miles was actually built from the 1954 program. This means that Indiana has built just .4 miles of interstate highway in three years, or one city block a year. At this rate, he noted it will take more than 10,000 years to build the 1,100 miles of interstate highway allotted to Indiana. Indiana ranks 46th today in interstate highway construction. Interstate highways cover*the vast network authorized by Congress in 1956. Indiana pays 10%, the federl government, 90%. Indiana increased its gas tax two cents, the federal government, one cent. There will be 40,000 miles of connecting four-lane interstate highways in the United States when the program is compieted. - leMBBHMHI In Indiana construction has been by what Hartke terms “bits and pieces.” Close to Lebanon and Indianapolis, there is .038 miles of new construction; since June 30 another 2.08 miles has been completed. There was also a widening program of .089 miles. Down by New Albany, where the highway commissioner lives, there is .065 mile, .062 mile, and .076 mile. Hoosiers are paying enough to expect good roads. But those who have traveled in other states realize how hopelessly behind Indiana is falling. It has even been difficult to get the highways through Berne and Geneva repaired, although they were among the roughest stretches in the state this spring.

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Average American's Buying Power Drops WASHINGTON (UPI) — The average Inflation - pinched American's income went up sl4 last year but his money wouldn’t buy as much because prices increased more. Per capita income climbed from $2,043 in 1957 to $2,057 last year, or about % of 1 per cent, a government report showed today. But, it said, "since price increases more than counterbalanced this small rise” the average American’s purchasing power fell slightly. An earlier Commerce Department study reported that prices jumped 2'4 per Cent in 1958. A general business slump such as the one in 1957-58 would be expected to pull down both personal income and prices. However, the new report by the office of business economics showed the opposite trend. Total personal, income went up in all but four states. It fell in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, Purchasing power increased in about half the states, remained steady in 12 others, and dropped in the rest. Treasury Secretary Rdbert B. Anderson said to an interview that “there is no reason why we shouldn’t have reasonable stability to the purchasing power of the 1 dollar” if the government lived within its income and reduced the national debt. He said the public could not expect “substantial tax reductions to the near future" if the government followed this course. The Democratic Digest, meanwhile, accused the Eisenhower administration of using “inflation hysteria" to try to discredit Democratic efforts to push “muchneeded” domestic and military programs. The Digest, monthly publication of the Democratic National Committee, branded the President’s repeated warnings against inflation “one of the most cynical political maneuvers in history." The publication said corporations, bankers and insurance companies were the “real hidden persuaders behind Ike and his constant cry of ‘inflation.’ ” It said one cause of higher prices was “the fact that many costs have been held up artificially by ‘administered prices’ —a fact given impressive substantiation by industry's unusually high profits." Another major l , cause of inflation, the Digest said, was high interest rates which have “helped drive prices up on every item which the consumer must purchase on credit." . ■ —.——

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CHAPTER 27 ' "T TEY. BUDDY," a voice called, I* “snap out of it!” I looked up from my hold on the mailbox and tried to grin. "Come on over here. Let’s have a talk," said the voice. It was a police car; a radio prowl. Two officers were in the front seat. I walked across to it as best 1 could. “What are you celebrating?" one of the men asked. Tm not celebrating," I said. "That’s blood on his shirt," the other one said. "Hey, what happened ?“ ■A couple of thugs took me in the vacant lot, rolled me and left me for dead." "Got a driver’s license?” one of the officers asked. I put my hand in my pocket and pulled out my identification. One of the officers studied the wallet with its cards of identification. The other kept his eyes on me. The officer with the wallet gave a low whistle. "The guy’s a private eye, Jim. Name's Donald Lam." The other one said to me, "What are you doing out here, Lam?" "I was calling on a man tn connection with an investigation I was making. While 1 had my car parked in front of his house, two thugs got in the back of the car and crouched down in the shadows. I jumped in the car without looking and . . . well, they had me dead to rights. One of them stuck a gun in the back of my neck and told me to drive into a vacant lot down the street." —_ “Where’s your car now?" "Evidently they took it" "You got the license number and all that?” That’s right" "All right We’D put out a bulletin cm it and maybe catch them—you look beat up pretty bad. . . . Who were you calling on out here?" Tt was confidential business.” “Who do you think you’re kidding? Let's have his name." “Mortimer Jasper," I said. •Where does he live?" "About a block and a half down and turn to the right” “Get tn," the officer said. J “Show us.” I got tn the car and directed them to Jasper’s house. “All right Lam. Out you go,” the officer said. It was agony getting out but one of the men helped me while the' other one stayed with the n prowl car to monitor the shortZ wave radio. . I WMBt MO tt* 4*400 < thi

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w Authorities Solve Hit-Run Accident City police today solved the riddle of the hit-run driver, who left the scene of a car-truck accident street Friday, when the paint on to the alley behind 221 N. Second the parked truck gave police the lead to find Christian A. Schwartz, 26, of the Simmerman trailer court. Schwartz admitted the acciflent when confronted with the evidence and was fined $1 and costs for leaving the scene. His license will automatically be suspended by the Indiana bureau of motor vehicles for an undetermined length of time. The truck involved in the accident belonged to Quality Mfg. Co. of Ohio. Gives Police Report Os Stolen Bicycle A report of a stolen bicycle was received this morning by city police from Mrs. Elias Caciano, mother of Richard Caciano, owner of the bike. Witnesses stated that the bike was taken from the Caciano garage at 716 Meibers street. The bike is red with new black fenders. Any one knowing of any information • concerning the theft should report it immediately to the police.

house, and the officer rang the bell. After a minute the door was opened Mortimer Jasper stood in the doorway, his manner apologetic, his watery blue eyes mildly curious. “Is there something?" he asked. T’m an officer," the man said. “This fellow claims he was calling on you earlier this evening on a matter of business. Two rpen jumped on him and rolled him.” "Calling on me?” Jasper asked, his voice rising at just the right note of incredulous surprise. "That’s right” “But that is impossible. I have had no callers all evening." Take a look at him,” the officer said, turning me around so the light from the doorway came on my features. Jasper said, “I don’t know what kind of a racket this is, but I have never seen this man before in my life.” The officer looked at me appraisingly. “Okay, Lam,” he said, "we’ll take you to headquarters. Perhaps’you can think up a better story by the time you get there.”

The officer walked me back to I the car. , 1 The officer in the car said, 1 i “How’d you come out?" 1 "Jasper says he never saw the 1 guy in his life,” the officer said. “I’ve been busy checking cm i i the radio," the officer behind the ; • wheel said. “He’s a private operator, all right; has a license and ! is in good standing. They’re 1 • working on this Crockett case. 1 > You know, Dean Crockett who i ■ was murdered. Inspector Giddings and Sergeant Sellers are working on that. They want him brought in.” r• • • Inspector Giddings looked me over. “Well, well,” he said, “you i certainly look as though you’d 1 been put through the meat grinds er. Now, cut the comedy and tell ; me what really happened.” I tried to grin, but my face • was too lopsided with swelling, - and one eye was pretty well puffed up. It hurt when I straightened up. T ran into a door in the dark," I said. f Giddings gave me the benefit of a professional inspection; the I. way a trainer might look over a battered-up prise fighter in bei tween rounds to see whether it was worth while throwing in the ” towel. j “You look as though you took t the full count," he said, e “Only the count of nine,” I told e him. r “You think you're still la there fighting?" e “Yes.”

20 Years Ago Today Aug. 24. 1939—There have been 221 marriage licenses issued to date this year in the license bureau of the county clerk's office.Twenty six Decatur Boy Scouts, , accompanied by seven adult lead- j ers, left today for a Sveek's outing , in Northern Michigan. The 12th annual reunion of the ; Crist family was held at Fort , Wayne, with 63 members of the < family present. —• 1 Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt ap- j peals to King Victor Emanual of Italy to use his good offices to < prevent war in Europe. Threat of war causes France to : call up reservists in a general mobilization. COURT NEWS Marriage Applications Richard Lee Hirschy, 19, of route 1, Berne, and Inea Irene Merriman, 17, of route 1, Monroe. Simeon Nimrod McCullough, route 6, Decatur, and Helena Wehmeyer, Os Decatur. Norman Lee Hart, 18, of Decatur, and Vivian Jane Grimm, 13, of Decatur. Luther James Schrock, 24, of Decatur, and Janice Elaine Voshell, 19, of Decatur.

He threw back his head and laughed at that. “You took the full count, Donald,” he said. "You really did. You’ve been down and now you’re out.” "All right,” I told him, "you’re doing the talking.” “Now.” he said, “you’re beginning to get some sense. Tm doing the talking and it’s time that you . recognized it. You know, we don't like td have smart private dicks playing around in murder cases. “You can imagine how it would look to have the public pick up a newspaper and see that Donald Lam, a pint-sized private detective, had solved the Crockett murder case while the police were running around in circles." Giddings paused and shook his head. “That would be what we call bad public relations. "When you private eyes find out anything that has to do with a crime, you come right to us and tell us, and then we carry on from there.” “And do you tell me what’s happening on my own tips?” I asked. “Or do I get to read it in the newspapers?” He grinned tn a fatherly way and said, “You get to read it in

the newspapers, Donald. Now then, suppose we have an understanding and you start at the beginning and tell me just what this is all—” The door pushed open, and Sergeant Frank Sellers came hur- i rying in. “Hi, Frank," Giddings said. “We’ve got a beat-up little canary here. I’m just telling him about the way we like to have canaries sing. We like to listen to them.” "Provided they sing the right tune,” Sellers said. "Exactly," Giddings agreed. Sellers said, “Well, Pint Size, you’ve gone and done it again, eh?" “I haven’t done anything,” I said. “No, you don’t look like it," i Sellers admitted. “You’ve been more done against than doing.” He threw back his head and laughed. Giddings grinned. “I’ve Just told this guy he’s finished,” Giddings said. “We’re taking him out at the ring. He's had the full count.” “Well, what do you know, what do you know," Sellers said. “Doesn’t he ever learn?” Giddings asked. “Not so far,” Sellers said. Giddings’ face was hard. “We’ll learn him this time,” he said grimly. Donald Is going to have to feee Sylvia Hadley with police listening in. The story eoattenes here tomorrow.

Secretary Os Labor Surveys Strike Impact WASHINGTON (UPD — Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell launched a special survey today to determine impact of the lengthening steel strike on employment in the construction, mining and metal working industries. The new study was another indication of stepped-up activity by Mitchell as a one-man presidential fact finder to put pressure for a prompt settlement on both industry officials and The striking United Steelworkers. Steel negotiations were scheduled to resume today in New York City after being .recessed over the week end. Mitchell disclosed only Saturday night that about 625,000 workers were either cm strike or out of work because of the six-week-old walkout. He also revealed that payroll losses of these idled workers were running about 70 million dollars, a week. These facts were a supplement to the exhaustive report Mitchell released last Thursday concerning production rates, profits and wages in the steel industry generally. Both sides viewed the first report as bolstering their own arguments in the dispute. Mitchell's report on the steel strike's impact on other industries showai that railroading and coal-mining were hardest hit Production in the defense and atomic energy programs have not yet been affected, Mitchell said Saturday, although they have had to ask the Commerce Department for help in procuring steel. Producers of freight cars, machinery and chemicals have reported their operations may suffer if the strike continues until the middle of next month. Some impact already has been felt in construction, trucking and ore shipping. About 125,000 workers in industries other than steel have been laid off as a result of the strike, according to Mitchell. Portland Residents Vote On City Pool Ballots have been mailed to all property owners in Portland to decide the issue of the location for a new city swimming pool there, a city-wide controversy this summer. Two sites are suggested, a 17acre site, Memorial Park in the southwest part of the city, and the Weiler-Wilson Ehrhart park site near the center of town. Representatives of groups favoring both sites met with the park board recently and agreed to abide by the results of the balloting. With addresses taken from the tax duplicates, the committee sent out 2,922 ballots to 1,777 addresses, with two or three ballots going to one place where there was joint ownership. Ballots were sent as far as' California. Deadline for return of the marked ballots is August 31. Three choices are on the ballot: for the Memorial park site, for the WeierWilson Ehrhart park site, or against the new swimming pool. Refreshen Bread If some of your bread has become dry or stale, wrap the loaf in a damp /doth and heat it in a slow oven for 15 or 20 minutes. One method of preventing scales from forming on the inside of your teakettle is to keep an oyster shell in it, replacing this when it has accumulated' all the scale it can hold.

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New York Girl Killed In Teen Gang Fight NEW YORK (UPD — A young street hoodlum today admitted firing the bullet that killed a 15-year-old girl on Manhattan’s lower East Side Sunday nighty police, said. The Negro girl was a victim of an outbreak of violence between two teen gangs, the predominantly Negro “Sportsmen” and the predominantly Puerto Rican “Forsythe Street Boys," police iaid. Seven other persons were injured in the upheaval, which police believed began when Sportsmen trespassed on Forsythe territory. Police identified the youth as a member of the Forsythe Street Boys, but withheld his name. , Police picked up about 20 youths for questioning and recovered a toy gun that had been modified to fire real bullets. The dead girl was shot down in an apparent reprisal raid shortly- after the first clash. Witnesses said Teresa Gee staggered into the street screaming, then fell dead. Two other teen-agers out of a group of about 20 that was shot at also were wounded. At almost the same time, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back at a nearby intersection. Police said his attacker escaped. Last victim of the sputtering teen war was a 23-year-old Negro man who was stabbed in the back. FALL TERM September 14 Associate BSC Degree * Bus. Adm. & Fin. Executive Secretarial Professional Accounting Approved for Veteran training INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE Fart Wayne, Indiana

xdNI Bb Notice To Parents OfjSchool Children SCHOOL BUS RESERVATIONS WILL BE TAKEN BY US AT GAY'S MOBIL SERVICE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 25 and WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 26, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:00 P.M. and , 4:00 P.M. and TUESDAY EVENING, AUG. 25, and WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 26, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7.00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. ■ ’ ■ ’■ y ■ This includes children who wish to ride from Catholic, Lutheran, Northwest and High Schools. 1" 1 . I We would like to have the reservations in by this date to enable us to route the Buses. I RICHARD L HENDRICKS

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