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VOLUME SIXTY-THREE

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1955.

UNITED PRESS SERVICE

NO. 144

SERVICES FOR EX-SAINBRIDGE WOMAN MONDAY MRS. ELIZABETH S. EADS PASSED AWAY IN INDIAN A POMS

LEADS SYMPHONY

Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Monday morning in Indianapolis for Mrs. Elizabeth Starr Eads, 67, who passed away Saturday after a brief illness Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Eads was born in Bairbridge and resided there with her husband, the late Roy B. Eads until 1930 when they moved to Kokomo. She had resided in Indianapolis 19 years. A graduate of DcPauw University in 1908, Mrs. Eads was a member of Irvington Methodist church, the Family Life group Golden Age Club, Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Order ol Eastern Star. Surviving are two sons, Joseph YV. Eads of Indianapolis and Roy S. Eads of Noblesville; three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Tucker of Indianapolis, Mrs. Cornelia Geshwiler of Beech Grove, and M r s Mary Oakerson of Knightstown; a brother, Fred M. Starr of Greencastle, and nine grandchildren.

GETS LOCAL FRANCHISE It was announced today that Fentress Motors, Inc. has been given the local franchise for the popular Mercury line of outboard motors. Several of the 1955 models are now on display. With a slogan “the mo*t powerful name in outboards,” Mercury motors is one of the best known names of manufacturers or outboard and inboard motors for water craft. Henry Pollard Rites Tuesday Funeral services for Henry R. Pollard, 72 years lold, retired Putnam County farmer, who (bed Saturday night in his home on R. R. 2, Coatesville, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Conkle West 16th Street Funeral Home, Indianapolis. Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery. Born at Cratu Orchard, Ky., Mr. Pollard had lived in the Coatesville community 11 years. He was a member of Bethel Christian Church in Kentucky. Survivors are the widov r , Mrs. Flora Pollard; seven daughters. Mis. Mary Schenck. Mrs. June Barnett. Mrs. Edna Nolan and Mrs. Mabel Patterson, all of Indianap<dis; Mrs. Dessie Pelton of Speedway, and Mrs. Betty Martin and Mrs. Ramona Lovett, both of Danville; one brother, John Pollard of Crab Orchard. Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Mary White of Indianapolis. 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Bankers Will Attend Meeting Six banking representatives from Greencastle will attend the tenth annual Installment Loan Conference Tuesday through Thursday at Indiana University. More than 150 representatives of financial institutions are expected to attend the conference which is sponsored by the Indiana Bankers Association in cooperation with the I. U. School of Business. Attending from Greencastle will be Robert H. O'Hair and F. M. Aker, Centra: National Bank; Estill Meek. J. B. Crosby. L. J. Arnold and H YV. Williams, First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co.

Paul Schrieber A unique musical organization, the St. Louis Sinfonietta, will perform here YVednesday, April 13, under the sponsorship of the Greencastle-DcPauw Civic Music Association. The 8:15 p. m. concert in Bowman Memorial Gymnasium on the DePauw campus is the last of four scheduled for the 1954-55 season by the association. Organized in 1938, the Sinfonietta is an ensemble of 21 musicians who play with major symphony orchestra during the regular winter season. Performing under founder-con-ductor Paul Schreiber, it appears as a miniature symphony which includes every instrument of the full-sized orchestra.

U. S. DEFENSES SOUND' WIISON TELLS SOLONS DEFENSE SECRETARY BE FORE SENATE MILITARY COMMITTEE

HERE’S THAT DRESS!

City Primary Due To Lone Contest Indications today are that ' here will be two names on the city Republican primary ballot, both candidates being from the f ourth YY f ard. In this ward only, the tw r o candidates filed for the office of councilman. They are James Green and James Hill. As a result of this contest, the city will have to have every election precinct open and full boards in all nine precincts. The Second Ward will have a new precinct, Commercial Place, while the others will have tw r o pieeincts as heretofore. However, there will be only five council men, one from each of the YY'ards and one at large. The costs of the one contest is expected to run into several hundreds of dollars.

WASHINGTON, April 4 — »UP I Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said today that the administration’s long-range defense program is “sound" and will have “tremendous striking power," despite proposed manpow'er cutbacks. Wilson appeared before the Senate Military Appropriations Sub-committee which opened hearings on the administration’s proposed $34,000,000,000 defense budget for the coming fiscal year. “YVe believe that the program represents the size forces that this country can effectively naintain, can improve on a qualitative basis and that the econjmy of the country can continue to support," Wilson said. “YVe feel confident," he added, that the retaliatory farces provided in our program are equal to the tasks they might be called upon to perform.’* The defense secretary was accompanied by the civilian and military leaders of the Defense Department, including the secretaries of the individual services and the joint chiefs of staff. Two sub-committee members, including Chairman Dennis Chavez (D-N.M.). were critical of the proposed manpower cutbacks in statements before the hearing opened. Democrats generally have opposed the plan. Chavez said he would “have to be convinced the cutback is wise.” Sen. Lister Hill (D-Ala.) said the proposed cutback in army manpower strength is “a big mistake."

The dress that had guests seeing double is worn by Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower (left) as she shakes hands with Mrs. Edward Martin, wife of the Republican senator from Pennsylvania, at the Washington tea where the incident took place. In the background is M.s. Walter F. George, wife of the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee. Mrs. Eisenhower was wearing the green print taffeta when another guest. Mis. Dur ie Crane, showed un wearing a nearly identical creation. Said the First Lady, “Oh, you’ve got the same dress on. I just love it. Don’t you?” Replied Mrs. Crane, “I hope I look one-third as nice in mine as you do in yours.”

Takes Position As Bank Teller

VOTERS HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TO REGISTER

Chicagoans To Vote For Mayor CHICAGO, April 4.—(UP) — The last of the old-time big cit> “machines” tests its strength against a young Republican reformer in Chicago’s mayorality election tomorrow. The bitterly-fought cAmpaign pitted 36-year-old Robert E Merriam, a Democrat, tumed Republican. against Richard J. Daley, 52, a life-long Democrat. More than 1.200.000 of the city’s total registration of 1.946,177 were expected lO vote. The 3oard of Election Commissioners iredicted that rain and cool weather would hoid the vote lown to 1 300,000. Merriam and his fellow Republicans hoped their clean government campaign and charges of a threatened "wide open" city and “ghost voters” would lure 1,400 - 000 voters to the polls. Both sides predicted victory as the race came down to the wire. The outcome could affect the plans of presidential hopefuls in 1956 and the choice of the Democratic convention here that summer. Chicago's powerful Democratic organization hasn't lost a mayoralty election since the roaring 20's. But Merriam hoped to crack its power with an appeal to independent and Democratic voters.

Plan Egg Hunt At Windy Hill An Easter egg hunt is planned for children of members from the ages of 3 to 10 at the Windy Hill Country Club this coming Saturday afternoon from 3 to 4:30 o’clock. Mrs. Art Letzler and Mrs. Gordon Sayers will be in charge of this event. Last Friday night, a most enjoyable Junior High dance for about fifty of the younger set was held at the Country Club. The dance was sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Collins and Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Curd. HOSPITAL NOTES Dismissed Saturday, Alma Tillotson. Roachdale; Edna Neese, Reelsville; Laura Williams. Helen Bennett, Harley Miller, Greencastle; Mrs. Raymond Richart and daughter, Plainfield. Dismissed Sunday: Kenneth Stites, Greencastle: Harold Schoman, Cloverdale; Elizabeth Rivers, YY'aveland; Sadie Sheehy, Roachdale; Ethe Shelton, Danville. COMMAXDERY NOTICE Greencastle Commandery. No. 11, Knights Templar, will ob- ' serve Good Friday services in April 8, with a pitch-in dinner at 6:30 o’clock for Masons and their families. The Rev. Miller will be the speaker.

Jos. B. Crosby, president of the First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co., announced today that Mrs. Mary Sutton Jenkins is associated with the bank as a teller. Formerly of Clay City, Mrs. Jenkins has been employed by the Riddell National Bank in Brazil as a teller for the past eight years. She comes to Greencastle to join her husband Charles Jenkins, who is the opetator of the Standard Service Station at the corner of Y\ r alnut and Indiana streets. Mrs. Jenkins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sutton of Putnamville.

With the voter registration deadline at midnight, County Clerk William Padgett stated this morning that transfers and reregistrations had picked up somewhat in the past few days He estimated that in the East Precinct of Second YY’ard, the new precinct created by the annexation of territory east of YVood street, thc»e will be around 400 voters who will cast ballots in the city primary in May. Heretofore, they have voted in conuty, state and national elections but not in city balloting. Workers of both the Republican and Democrat parties were b’4»; today in an effort to get | every local voter eligible for the I primary.

RIFT WIDENS OVER FLEXIBLE FARMMOGRAM DISPUTE OVER WHEAT SURPLUS PLAN MAY HANDICAP DEMOCRATS

DENIES RED LINKS

AWARDED FREE THROW TROPHY

YY'ASHINGTON, April 4 — (UP)—A rift within the congressional farm bloc threatened today to handicap Democrats in their drive for repeal of the administration's flexible farm program. The dispute is over a threeprice support plan for solving the wheat surplus. It was proposed by Rep. Clifford R. Hope (Kan.) senior Republican on the House Agriculture Committee, and would put wheat in direct competition with corn as a livestock feed. The Democratic- controlled committee at Hope’s request included authority for the Hope plan in its bill to restore rigid high price supports for wheat,, corn, peanuts, cotton and rice. But this move now threatens to split the ranks of those 200 or so house Republicans who had been counted on by Democratic Farm Leaders to vote for the rigid support .bill over administration objections. One of them—-Rep. Ben J. Jensen (R-Ia.)—told a reporter he “probably” will vote against the rigid support bill, unless the House amends it to delete the three-pice wheat plan. Other Congressmen from corn belt states such as Iowa join with Jensen in contending- the Hope plan would injure corn produc-

ers.

Hope denies that.

The showdown vote on the bill, expected late this month, could be so close in the House that the switch of a few votes might de-

termine the outcome.

The three-price plan would

boost grower prices for wheat going into b ea'd and other domestic foods, but would provide a lower support price for wheat used as livestock feed and no government price guarantee on

wheat which is exported. Hope hopes to persuade corn

belt congressmen that his plan would not injure corn p oducers. For one thing, he says, it would not increase the feed g-ain supply because land used to grow wheat for feed otherwise would be used to produce directly competitive feed grains such as

barley and grain sorghums. Moreover, he says, his

would never allow the support piice for wheat used for livestock feed to drop .below that prevail-

ing for corn.

EXTRA!

LOS ANGELES, April 4.— (UP)—The FBI early today announced the arrest of John Cavaluzzi, 22, of Brooklyn, N. Y., in connection with the April 1 robbery of the Marine Midland Trust Co. bank in New York City. Cavaluzzi, who was to be arraigned before a U. S. commissioner later today, was arrested by FBI agents last night just after he had rented cn apartment in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. He was alone. Agents said they did not know how Cavaluzzi arrived here nor did they have other details of the robbery.

To Seek Release Of 56 Americans

Howard Gibson was awarded the free throw Hammond, coach, following the PTA dinner for team.

WASHINGTON, April 4.— (UP)—The United States may seek an early meeting at Geneva with lower-level Red Chinese dip lomats to discuss freeing 56 Americans held prisoner behind the bamboo curtain, officials said to-

day.

This possibility was raised after the United States announced Saturday that it would let 76 highly-trained Chinese students return to Red China. American officials hoped that freeing the Chinese students | would strengthen United Nations Secretary General Dag Hamtrophy by Jim ,r ’ ar -' k J° l < J ' s in h.s dealings the basketball Wlth the Peiping regime on rof or* T«»o •

WASHINGTON, April 4.— (UP) — The administration’s hands-off policy toward labormanagement disputes may run into a big test if there is an auto

strike this summer.

Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell has said several times he believes the administration should stay out of the auto wage fjjjj | negotiations and that the issue of the guaranteed annual wage demanded by the CIO United Auto Workers should be settled

at the bargaining table.

UAW President Y’’elter Reuther, who also heads the CIO, has said he wants the government to stay clear of the situation. If the government did intervene, he asserted, it would be cn the side of

management.

But both General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. make various defense items as well as autos. The Defense Department now is trying hard to decide whether the government should get a Taft-Hartley “nationat emergency” injunction to prevent a strike of any serious nature.

20 Years Ago HERE AND THERE

M ss Mary Funican, of Mishawaka. was spending the spring vacation with her sister. Mis. Elmer Stratton. Mrs. John YY'elch received word cf the safe arrival of Mrs. Henry Koessler and son, J 'hn in Rio do Janeiro, South America. Roy Albaugh was here from Waco, Texas.

Ml XCIE BOV IS KILLED MUNCIE. Ind. April 4 < UP Robert Casterlow, 12. Muncie. was killed late Saturday when he was struck by the New York Central’s Southwest Limited while fishing on a trestle. The youth, nephew of Muncie Central star basketball center John Casterlow, was trapped in the center of the 100-yard long trestle when the train rounded a curve and bore down on him and a companion. His companion. Robert Madison. 12. Muncie, jumped onto a cJbutment and escaped injury.

BIG WHEELS AT BELLE UNION BASKETBALL DINNER 11111

WASHINGTON. Ap il 4 (UPi Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) said today that approval of the Paris pacts should spur the United States to seek exploratory talks on the Atlantic Union i proposal. The Senate voted last Friday to ratify the Paris agreements, which provide for bringing a ;earmed Germany into the Atlantic defense alliance. “For the moment at least, we therefore have our eye on the principal source of strength in the world—the Western Democracies -rather than on Quemoy and Matsu, which are a source of strength to no one,” Kefauver said in a statement released through his office.

In the Federal Communications commission’s continuing probe of publisher-broadcaster Edward Lamb, he takes the witness stand in Washington to deny that he ever “consulted” high Russian officials or attended Communist schools while visiting the Soviet Union during the 1930s. Lamb also asserted that he wished, under oath, to reaffirm “every nonCommunist affidavit I have ever made in this or any other proceeding.”

18-INCH SNOW, DUST STORMS HIT IN WEST

APRIL BLIZZARD. SWIRLING DUST CLOUDS C OVER WIDE AREA

By United Prcaa An April blizzard isolated Sheridan, Wyo., today with 18 inches of wind-blown snow and new dust elouds swirled over the eroded southwest. The freak snow storm roared into Wyoming yesterday and travelled quickly over wide portions of Montana, South Dakot i and Nebraska. The same vast storm system churned up a solid blanket of dust in parts of Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. Dust was still blowing over Colomdo and New Mexico today and a Colorado county agent said “this all but finishes us.” Winds hit 56 miles per hour at Sheridan at the blizzard’s height ond were only down to 50 miles per hour today. Only light snow continued, but the lashing winds rapidly piled the snow into drifts. Snow plows beat their way through choked roads to rescue several stranded motorists last night. Meanwhile, schools wenclosed today in at least five northern Wyoming communiti s and the YVeather Bureau would only predict that the situation would “improve.” All highway traffic was stopped from Torrington, Wyo., north and motorists were not allowed to drive in any direction froi.i Lusk, also in northern Wyoming. Visibility was cut to a quarter of a mile at Sheridan early today and was also limited at LnRamie in southwest Wyoming. Officials said roads from L;iRamie west to Utah were “veryslick and the visibility poor.” It was the worst storm of the season for the area and Sheridan’s main street was covered for a while with bubbles of ice as the wind whipped up moisture from the ground and froze it. Temperatures dropped 20 degrees into the 20 s in the sUnm area. Other snow depths included nine inches at Douglas, Wyo., 10 inches at Billings, Mont., and seven inches at Harve, Mont. In the southwest, meanwhil , winds of gale force had churned up the second vast dust storm since March 31. Bruce Young, the I’rower , county agent in the heart of the heart of the Colorado dust bowl, said the last two-day dust storm “all but finishes us.” The choking dust was also blamed for the crash of a private plane Saturday near Holyoke, Colo., in which three persons were killed. The wreckage wa , not spotted until yesterday because of the poor visibility. Visibility was cut to /.ere; for a while in northwest Oklahoma and highways were closed iround Enid, where the dust wa th--thickest. In YVest Texas ()n- dirtfilled winds were dying and v ibility rose to a half-mile at Childress. New troubles fodowed fasr, however, as a vicious hail storm lashed Checotah, Ok la. Had stones up to an inch in diameter were repotted. High winds and chilly w< itln-r meanwhile struck at oppo de ends of the nation. Gusty northwest winds in the I*)S Angeles area kno< k<-1 down about 250 trees and brought tbfieezing 28-degree temp r ■ . • to citrus areas. The California wind.-, il-o flipped over an outboard motor boat, ofif Newport beadh. Coa guards found a man’s body I i eo to it. His two comp imon Kontlnupfl on Pmer*

Left to right, these school officials ate the PTA dinner for the basketball squad of the Belle Union school at the head table. They are left to right. Gilbert McCammack, who offt ed the invocation; Piercey Masten. Junior Hi coach; Jim Hammond. Varsity coach; James Loveless. Director of Athleti -s at DePauw. -- eakei; Orville Blue. P. mcipal. who a.ted as Master of Ceremonies; and YVilliam Cosner, trustee. Truman McCammack, sat next to Mr. Cosner, but escaped being in the picture.

DIED IN BLIZZARD LOGANSPORT, Ind.. April 4 (UPi The body of Orville G. Eme:ick, 66. who disappeared during a blizzard a week ago. was found late Saturday in a woodland near his home. A physician blamed death on a heart attack brought about by exposure. He was the 21st person reported dead of various causes as a result of last weekend’s snow storm and cold wave.

® Today’s Weather O & Local Temperature ^ & « & « & $ O O Partly cloudy touay ’ • r *

and Tuesday. Little c! temperature.

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8 a. m

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9 a. m

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