Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1955 — Page 1

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■ Adams Post American Legion Officers For 1955-56

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-■ «% -».-' ' WkL SEATED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Francis Noack, Fred Bieberich, Frank Getter, Commander Or W. P. -Macklin. Tillman Gehrig, Robert Smith, Ambros Spangler. ’’ Standing, left to right, A. J. Baker, Charles Morgan, Leo Gillig, Walter Koenemann, Herman Bittner, Frank Sehuier, Norman Scheumann. '* : '. - ■ "'■ s : ■ ' ' '■'*<<"" These are the officers of Adams post, American Legion, taken this week, just before they conducted their first meeting following their election. Rev, O, C. Busse, is absent from the picture. He is post chaplain. Committees for the year are listed on another page of today’s Daily Democrat ,

Delay In Use Os New School Is Announced ; Boundary Lines Are Designated For Alt Pupils W. Guy Brown, superintendent of Decatur public schools, announced today that the new Northwest elementary school under construction would not be completed in time for the opening of school Sept. 7. The delay in completion is due id the fact that material for ths accoustical ceiling and the ventila- < ting fan have not been delivered from the factory. Brown stated. He pointed out that the contractors are ready for installation of these items and all but the wiling and the ventilation is com- J plete. Just as soon as the factories can make delivery, it will be only a matter of a few days before the i building is ready of occupancy. Until the new building is ready. Brown said, all classes which are to be housed there will be accomodated at the Lincoln school and the high school building. Pupils will be told explicitly what arrangements are being made at ' the tiirte of registration. Registration The schedule for registration is being set up and will be announced in Friday’s edition of the Decatu. Daily Democrat. All elementary ! students up to and including the sevenlth grade will register at Lincoln school this year. This registration will be,under the supervision of Bryce Thomas, principal of the Lincoln school, and Hdbert Zerkel, Jr., principal of the Northwest school. They have an- 1 nounced that birth certificates will ' be required for all of those entering kindergarten. Supt. Brown has also announced zoning arrangements to determine I what children will attend the I Northwest school when it is completed. , Boundary Lines The territory to be served by the Northwest school will foe bounded on the north and west by the corporation line. The southern boundry line will be Monroe street extending from the corpora- , tion line to Fifth street. The boundary line to the east will , be Fifth street extending from Monroe street to Park street and , then east on Park to Third street. ( All who reside on Second and ( Third streets whose bouse numbers are 600 or above will attend j the new school. , Supt. Brown pointed out that it , will probably be necessary to make ] adjustments in class enrollment , from those who reside on or near ( the boundary lines. It is possible ( that those residing on the boundry lines may go to either school. The , placement of those living on the ( boundary will be accomplished at , the registration next week. Supt. Brown has made an appeal , for the cooperation of parents in j the matter of zoning. He stated that he realized some parents might be disappointed in the re~ ( suits of the zoning but he asked , that they cooperate with school of- , ficials in . the matter. »

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Adams Post American Legion Officers For 1955-56

Experts To Speak At Democrat Meet Campaigners Will Set Election Plans INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Many expert campaigners will speak at a Democratic campaign strategy conference in connection with the fall meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association at French Lick Saturday. Preceding the banquet speech of former President Harry S. Truman Saturday night, the party chiefs will make plans for the fall municipal election campaign. Although a number of minor issues may be developed, the party candidates this fall probably will run against Republican .Governor George N> Craig while the Republican aspirants cling to the coal tails of President Eisenhower. Mayor Ralph Tucker of Terre Haute will serve as moderator at the strategy conference and participants will be welcomed by State Chairman Charles E. Skillen. Speakers and subjects will include: Mayor C. Pralle Erni of New Albany, ‘'Responsibilities and Duties of a Mayor.” Mrs. Lawrence Arnsman, state vice chairman, “Duties of Precinct Workers.” Mayor Walter Jeorse of East Chicago, “Organization and Voter’s Responsibility.” Alfred W. Moellering, Democratic nominee for Fort Wayne mayor, “What Young Democrats Can Do To Help Mayoralty Candidates Win the Election.” Mi-s. Jack Mankin, of Terre Haute, “The Responsibilities of a Candidate's Wife.” R. "Vance Hartke, Democratic nominee for mayor of Evansville, “Polling and Registration.” MTs. Inez M. Scholl, Democratic national committeewoman, "Women’s Activities, Coffee Hours, etc.*' Mayor Fred Feick of Garrett, "Successful Elections.” Labor Strife Hits New Indiana High More Than 17,000 Are Out On Strikes INDIANAPOLIS (INS) -Labor strike was at a high point in Indiana today, with nearly 17,000 Workers affected. The latest development was a walkout of employes of the Budd Company automobile body plant at Gary and the setting up of a picket line after contract negotiations broke down. Wayne Superior Court Judge Richard Kemper at Richmond denied a petition by AFL Electrical workers for a restraining order against management of the Croaley plant at Richmond. The union alleged workers were threatened with dismissal unless they go back to their Jobs. However, Judge Kempdr seT a hearing for Wednesday morning on the union’s request for a temporary injunction. Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations Board Investigated charges of unfair labor practices by the Perfect Circle Corp, at its strike bound plants at Richmond, (Continued oa Page BIx)

Cooperation Os Parents Asked By Mrs. Foley Attendance Os School Pupils Always Problem With school starting next week in Adams county, Mrs, Mildred Foley, attendance officer for all public schools in the county, has asked that parents cooperate in sending their children to school regularly on time. “Teen-age truancy is more your problem—as good parents — than anyone else,” Mrs. Foley pointed out. She urges that they prevent truancy before it happens by spotting the budding truancy and putting the child ‘back on the right track.’ Mrs. Foley also advised as to how to spot the budding truancy. First, there is usually a falling off in marks on the child's report card; then there is consistent truancy. The attendance officer emphasized that a student with these characteristics is a potential delinquent She explained, “Unhappy in school because of his poor grades —themselves usually due to boredom and truancy—the child, when he does attend, will be uncooperative with the teacher.” “He’ll get into brawls with schoolmates who resent his. behavior,” she added. “As a result he will drift away to his own kind —other poor students. They will form a gang that roams the streets at night (since they have no books to study or even school to attend the next morning) and inevitably the gang will get into trouble —even kill —and the truant boy is a criminal. (Continued on rags Six) Macklin Appoints Legion Committees 1955-56 Oficers Start New Duties Commander O. W. P. Macklin, Adams post, American Legion has announced the following appointments for 1955-56 to the state department: Americanism, L. V. Baker; UnAmericanism, James Borders; Boy Scouts, Charles Morgan; Boys State, H. Vernon Aurand; Child Welfare, Ed Bauer; Civil Defense, Floyd Hunger; Junior baseball, Dave Terveer; Oratorical contest. Edward F. Jaberg; Sons of the Legion, T. H. Gehrig; School awards, Hugh Andrews; Golf, William Linn and Bowling, V. J. Bormann. Appointments to the post in- , elude: Chaplain. Rev. O. C. Busse; Membership chairman, Frederick Bieberich; Service officer, James K. Staley; Funeral detail, Elmo Smith; Sick Committee, Charles Chew, chairman and Elmer Darwachter, Charles Morgan, Francis Noack, Gilbert Buckey, Harley Ehrsam, and Charles Weber; Historian, Rev. 0. C. Busse, Sergeant-at-Arms, Frank Schuller, Jr.; Color guards, Herman Bittner and Norman Scheumamn. "

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American Farmers Report On Russia State Reds Are 100 Years Behind NEW YORK (INS) —Eight members of the American farm delegation that toured Russia for a month arrived in New York today convinced that agriculture in the Soviet Union is up to 106 years behind the U. S. Headdd by Delegation Chairman Dr. W. V. Lambert, the group visited farms and agricultural machinery stations and factories in the Ukraine, Central Asia and Western Siberia. At the same time a similar group of Russians toured the American midwest corn belt. Most of the returnees stopped off only briefly in New York after arriving at Idlewild Airport via Pan American Clipper, before going to Washington for a meeting Friday with Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. Lambert told newsmen the Soviet agricultural program was coming along as well as could be expected but that therms seemed to be a lack of incentive among the workers on the collectivized farm despite great pressure by the government to produce. John M. Steddom, a Granger, lowa, farmer, said the Russians generally were 100 years behind the U. S. in their farming methods. Steddpm added that the Soviets trail by 25 years in the places where they have tried to modernize. All of the travelers agreed they (Oontlnued on Page Six) * Industry To Study College Aid Plans Four-Day Session Opens At Capitol INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —A 37 state conference to explore s'ays where by business and industry may in-crease their financial support of American colleges opened today in Indianapolis. The four day meeting is sponsored by the Commlssiion on Colleges and Industry of the Association of American Colleges. The Rev. Joseph R. N. Maxwell, president of Boston College, is head of the AAC, and Frank H. Sparks, president of Wabash College, is jchairman ,of the AAC’s Commission on Colleges and Industry. Dr. W. Terry Wickman, president of Heidelberg College, ia generalchairman and presided at this morning’s session at which John M. Stalnaker, of Chicago; Robert Luce, of Wabash, D.C., and F. D. Patterson, of New York, spoke. The afternoon program features discussions by President W. Pat rick Donnelly of Loyola University New Orleans; President Paul H. Fall of Hiram College; President I. Lynd Esch, of Indiana Central, and Dr. Sparks. After dinner speakers tonight tn elude President Cleman M. Grans Kou, St Olaf College, Northwield, Minn., President James P. Baxter Williams College, Williamstown. Mass., President Harold L Yoch urn, Capital University. Columbus, 0., and Kurt Pantzer, Indianapolis* attorney.

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> — Purdue Swine Day Show Is Announced Annual Event Set For September 16 i Results of the latest swine experiments will be seen by Hoosier farmers at Purdue University’s 35th annual Swine Day, September 16. Joe Conrad and W. M. Beeson, Purdue animal husbandmen, report that the day-long event will open at 8 a. m. on the University's Livestock Experimental Farm, three miles north of West Lafayette. Visitors will see experiments on high-level antibiotics for “tail-end pigs ”, addition of “Growth factors’’ to Purdue supplements, weaning pigs at 5 and 8 weeks, free choice versus complete mixed rations and limiting supplement intake with minerals. Discussions on swine sanitation and management and how to keep hogs cool are also scheduled. At 1 p. m. farmbers will convene In the Hall of Music at Purdue where discussions on various phases of hog production will be presented. Damon Catron, noted animal husbandman at lowa State College.] will discuss “Lite Cycle Swine Feeding and Production" and Conrad will speak on “Corn Silage for Brood Sows". The -sflect, of minerals on swine performance will be listed by M. P. Plumlee and F. NAndrews will give the effect on hogs following hormone-fed cattle. Both Plumlee and Ahdrews are Purdue animal husbandmen. N. J. Volk, associate director of the Agriculture Experiment Station at Purdue will direct the afternoon session. Sullies Co. Plans Uptown Location Well Known Decatur Firm To DeVoss Bldg. The Suttles Co., one of the city’s oldest real estate and insurance concerns will move from its present location on North Third street to the DeVoss building on October 15, it was learned today. The Decatur firm founded by A.D. Suttles, Sr. is now operated by Arthur D. Suttles, Jr. The concern will occupy rooms formerly used by Kelly Dry Cleaning store and Al Brush wilier, tailor, at 155 South Second street. The rooms also will house the oflces of K. and S. Home Builders, a firm of Adolph Kolter and Mr. Suttles, which develops real estate and contracts homes. Desire of the Suttles Co. to locate In the business section was given as the reason for the move from the North Third street location. I. Bernstein is associated with Mr. Suttles in the insurance and real estate business. War Prisoner, Wife Reconciled, Take Trip PORTLAND, Ore. (INS) —Airman Danny Schmidt and his wife. Una, have made up and left on a second honeymoon. Friends disclosed today that the 23 year old flyer, released from a Chinese Communist prison a few weeks ago, was reconciled with his wife and left for an undisclosed destination, all within five hours Wednesday. Commissioners Act On Repair Os Bridge The county commissioners met in a special session today to take, action on repairing a) county road bridge which has been out since Monday. The bridge is located on county road 10 about three miles west of U. S. highway 27. They also granted a request made by Lloyd Baker for the use of voting booths at the General Electric company plant here Wednesday, Aug. SI, when employes will determine which union ie to represent them as bargaining agent. ■-

—A.-/' - Plans Started To Win Support Os U.S. Policy Reunited German Nation Sought At Conference By HOWARD HANDLEMAN 1. N. S. Chief Washington Diplomatic ' Correspondent -WASHINGTON (INS) —The United States sets out Sunday to try to win British, French and West Germany support for firm demands on the Russians at the October meeting of foreign ministers in Geneva. President Eisenhower emphasized Wednesday that the U. S. wants German reunification, freedom for the captive people of the European satellites and asurances against communist subversion in the free world. Assistant secretary of State Livingston T. Merchant, in charge of European affairs, leaves Sunday (for a week of conferences in Lon-| don, Paris and Bonn. In London and Paris he will try to get agreement on a common western poltey for the me*cnn ■ with Soviet Minister V. M. Molotov. In Bonn he will tell the Germans 1 what the U. S. wants. This part of ; the Merchant mission is considered ’ of special Importance in view of the forthcoming visit of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to Moscow. 1 The October meeting of foreign 1 ministers was arranged by the chiefs of government of Britain, J France,\ Russia and the U. S. at their “summit” talks in Geneva last month. The directive to the foreign ministers instructed them to seek solutions for such cold war problems as (German unification, European security and disarmament. A more amiable spirit seemed to be generated between Russia and the Western Powers at the "summit” meeting, but neither side made any concessions or commitments. Indiana Classified Industrial Slate Shift Is Recorded From Agriculture BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (INS) — , Indiana has shitted from an agricultural to an industrial state, according to results of a study of ; Hoosier income announced today , by the Indiana .University School of Business. ; Prof. Wallace O. Yoder, of the ( University, who directed the sur- , vey, said the percentage of Hoo- . sier income from manufacturing . rose from 23.1 per cent in 1840 , to 37.3 percent in 1353. During the same period the proportion of total Indiana income from agricul- _ ture remained about the same .nd the number of persons dependent , on farming decfTned. Hoosier incomes in 1353, the last year for which figures are yet - available, came 37.5 per cent from manufacturing, 22.3 from trade and service a drop of four per cent since 1340, 7.2 per cent from agriculture, 12.2 from government, | which also was about the same as In 1340, and 20.8 per cent, a > drop of nine per cent, from all other sources, i Prof. Yoder’s investigation also j show that Hoosiers are now getting ( a larger share of the national income, a .80 per cent in 1353, as ‘ against 2.27 per cent in 1340, although in the 13 year period Indi- , ana’s population growth was just , about in proportion to that of the < nation generally. ( INDIANA WEATHER I Fair and warmer thia after- < noon, tonight and Friday. High 1 today 85, low tonight 82, high 1 Friday 90, J

Hunt For Priest Shifts To Indiana * Bus Driver Says He Saw Missing Priest FRANKFORT, Ky. (INS) —The hunt for a missing FL Thomas, Ky., Roman Catholic priest switched from Kentucky to Indiana today with the identification of the churchman's picture by a bus driver. The driver said the picture of the priest, who has been missing since last Friday, resembled a man who rode his bus from Louisville, Ky., to Indianapolis, Ind., Wednesday. Earlier Wednesday, the pastor of the Good Shepherd church at Frankfort, the Rev. Father Joseph A. O’Dwyer, identiified a picture of Father Raymond E. Ryan, Jr., as the man who visited hie church last week and asked that he be allowed to say Mass there. However, Father O’Dwyer reported that the other priest left after a short time, saying he hgd to catch a bus for Louisville. Earlier this week, a Greyhound bus driver reported a man resem- | bling Father Ryan rode his bus to Louisville. The Rev. John MoCrystal, pastor of St. Catherine of Sienna church at FL where Father Ryan was assistant pastor, ‘ andt Campbell county, Ky., Sheriff Albert Howe are trying to track down the missing churchman. Father Ryan's parents said previously they thought the priest might be “sick or suffering from amnesia.” Father MoCrystall and Sheriff Howe showed Father Ryan's picture around to travel agents in Louisville before turning up the driver who confirmed that the missing priest booked passage out of that city. Slate Files Suit On Bluffton Fair Injunction Filed To Halt 1955 Show The Bluffton free street fair, oldest street fair in northern In-' diana, is again in the courts. The state has filed an injunction suit against the Fair association to prevent use of state-highway controlled streets during tlheir annual free fair this year, set for September 20 to 24. - The suit avers that the officials of Bluffton are wrong in permitting use of the state highways, which also are city streets, in sudh manner as to block the flow of traf sic. Defendants are the Bluffton Free Street Fair . association; Wells County Agricultural Exposition, City so Bluffton, five members of the city council, board of works and safety, Mayor H-H- Robbins and city attorney John BL Edris. The injunction suit was filed in Wells circuit court by the attorney general’s office. A state law prohibits the blocking of any state highways in cities and towns for fair and exposition purposes. A year ago, fair members were successful in blocking a similar suit until after the fair was held. * Hoagland Man Hurt As Car Leaves Road Ervin Allen Richman, 20, of Hoagland sustained abraisions on the top of bis head and a bruise on his shoulder in an accident at "S a. m. today on a county road 4 mile and a half north of Preble. Richman told Sheriff Merle Affolder who investigated that he suffers with bay fever and lost control of his car as the result of a sneezing spell. His car left the road and damaged a fence on tfie Gilbert Biberding property and a utility pole. Damage was estimated at 3500 to the car and |l5O to the other property.

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Civil Defense Agency Leads | United Effort Emergency Act Is Used To Provide Funds For Workers WASHINGTON (INS) The federal government’s 100 million dollar aid program to aid flood stricken communities in six states was in full swing today. The emergency plan to meet the disaster was set up at a top level White House conference Wednesday. Major tasks were assigned to the Army engineers and the Civil Defense Administration, headed by Vai Peterson. The Civil Defense agency has over all direction of the program to restore public facilities, dear away debris and protect water and food supplies in the stricken areas. The Army Engineers were authorized to spend 106 million dollars in funds already in their hands for flood control work. , The decision ended speculation that a special session of Congress might be called to authorise relief spending. Mr. Eisenhower had eaid he wouid summon Such a session if necessary. White House News Secretary James C Hagerty reported, that congressional leaders of both par--1 ties agreed unanimously that it would be better to Invoke the 1950 Disaster and Relief Law than to • summon a special session. The i 1950 act permits emergency epend- • Ing Os funds voted for other pur- ' poses. Other assignments were given to the Commerce, Agriculture, Health, Education and Welfare Departments, and to the General Services Administration. Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported that new claims for unemployment insurance in the northeastern states may exceed 60,0000. This, the department estimated, will mean that more than one million dollars a week will go out in benefits. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island todaly faced the staggering task of finding homes for nearly 6,000 families left destitute in southern New England by last week’s floods. Daniel Tyler, Jr„ chairman of the Massachusetts State Housing Board ordered local boards to accept as temporary tenants any families who lost their homes or are unable to occupy them because of flood damage. There were 1980 families in that plight in central and western Massachusetts. Similar steps wsre reported underway in Connecticut, with 3300 homeless families, and in Rhode Island, where 660 families lost their dwellings. For those in a position to reQOontlnued on Page Six) I.U.E. Wins Election Fight At Baltimore, Md. Word has been received here that the independent U. E. lost representation rights to I. U. E. (C. I. O.) in an election Wednesday at the Westinghouse plant in Baltimore, Md. U. E. was defeated by a vote of 458 to 158 with eight votes for no union. The independent union has held bargaining rights at he Baltimore plant for many years. The election campaign there was similar to the one being conducted at the local General Electric plant where U. E. local 924 is also fighting I. U. E. to retain bargaining rights. U. E.’s campaign in Baltimore, was partly on the basis that I.U.E. has sold out to the company by settling their contract problems. It was learned from LUJB. officials that in the Westinghouse plants their union now holds bargaining rights for close to 65,000 employe*. 12 Paget