Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1954 — Page 1

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WITH CARGOES of several Japanese fishing vessels which were inadvertently subjected to radiation from the March 1 hydrogen tomb tests at Bikini already on the market, technicians use Geiger counters in Tokyo shops in an effort to find the contaminated fish. Full cooperation of U. S. authorities is being given to 23 fishermen who were affected by the blast at distances as far as 99 miles from the detonation.

11 Israeli Bus Passengers Are Massacred . >, J Government Says - t Jordan Responsible For Brutal Attack JERUSALEM UP — A survivor of the massacre of 11 Israeli bus passengers said today a burst of gunfire caught the bus driver full in the face at a curve on a lonely , stretch of road near Beersheba and that the attackers then killed and mutilated the helpless pas- : sengers-. United Nations investigators con- ' ducting an on-the-spot investigation of the shooting were joined Premier iMoshe Sharett whoso government accused Jordan of the crime. Miriam Lesser, 28, who was wounded, said “15 to 20 Arabs' 1 opened fire on the inis which crashed against a hillside’ “Two men entered the bus firing < weapons and nulled up passengers 1 by the hair, aiming them oVer to 1 make sure they were dead and 1 firing bullets into thera,” the Dutch-born woman said. Israeli investigators claimed fingers had been cut from the half- J naked 'body of one woman, apparently to get the rings she wore. . , Bodies of four persons who apparently tried to escape lay out- ( side the bus, riddled with bullets. Two armed Israeli soldiers were inside the' bufL-The-fact-they-failed to draw their revolvers testified to the speed of the assault, Israeli 1 officials saitl. One of the soldiers, the second | survivor, was suffering shock. Two of the dead were women. s U. N. observers followed bloodhounds toward the border of Jordan about 12 miles away along a j trail of footprints from thebus. The Israeli government accused Jordan of the attack Wednesday night and described it as “a warlike act.” A responsible Jordanian source denied Jordan had any connection with the attack and said it deplored such assaults no matter where they originated. An Amman. Jordan, broadcast said Jordan was “astonished” at the charge because the scene of the shooting was more than 30 miles from the nearest Jordanian outpost.'. ’ - The Arab radio at Jerusalem. Jordan, accused Israel of “staging” the bus incident and blaming it on Jordan to force Jordan to accept a U. N, call for direct Is-raeli-Jordan talks. Berne Fall Festival Abandoned This Year The Berne Chamber of Commerce has voted to abandon its annual fall festival. The vote was 27 to 16 against the fair.

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Urges Farmers To Hold Stored Grain Benson Urges More Storage Facilities OMAHA, Neb. UP —Secretary of agriculture Exra T. Benson today Urged farmers to hold stored grain another year and to construct new storage facilities to help meet the critical problem Os getting grain surpluses under cover. Benson told a national wheat conference meeting here today he expected “solid accomplishments” toward solving the great storage dilemma. In a telephoned message from Washington, Benson said “our job is to make certain we have ample storage space of the right kind, at the right place, at the right time:" Asst. Secretary Ross Rizley told more than 500 persons attending the conference, called by Benson March 5, that Benson wanted USDA representatives to “find out what has been done, what is being done, what needs to be done and then get it done.” After Rizley’s speech and Benson’s message, the men who grow, sell, and store the nation's grain supply went into a detailed discussion of how best to meet what may be the worst glut of grain in the history of the nation. Benson said the “first serious problem” will arise with v the “wheat take-over by the Commodity Credit Corp, in May and June.” He hopes "every farmer who has the facilities" will take advantage of the government's offer to reseal the grain and hold them tor/ another year." He urged farmers who don’t have adequate storage space to consider the construction of new facilities under the "generous loan and tax amortization provisions offered by the government." “I know that if I were still farming, I would make it a point to maintain sufficient storage space to meet anypossible needs," Benson said. Price support loans are available only to those farmers who store grain on the farm or in commercial facilities. Benson said “commercial space is tight now and will become more so” if we harvest anything approaching hear - normal crops in 1954.” Benson said he hoped to prevent “low level” price sales of grain at harvest time by farmers with no choice but to sell. Burns Prove Fatal To Mother Os Four • WAYNETOWN, Ind.. UP —Mrs. Eileen F. a Bell, 24, mother of four small youngsters, died Wednesday in a Crawfordsville 'hospital of burns sustained when kerosene exploded as she poured it on a smouldering coal fire in her-home. The children were saved by a neighbor who broke a window and dragged them from the burning home.

Let Contract On Community, Youth Center Foundation Awards Building Contract To Yost Construction The directors of Decatur Memorial Foundation, Inc., late yesterday awarded a contract to Yost Construction Co., of this city for construction of the Community and Youth Center building, east of the Monroe street river bridge. The general contract is based on Yost’s bid of $205,000, less several alternates and a few additions, which reduces it to about $191,000. The directors met in the Citizens Telephone Co., office with L. L. Rado, architect of New York City, who designed the $200,000 community Renter. •Engineers Joseph Thompson of Central Soya Co., and J. Clark Mayclin of General 'Electric Co., assisted the building committee, headed by C. I. Finlayson and the directors in making decisions on the alternates and evaluations in the general contract. Robert Yost represented the construction company and said that preliminary work on the site would get underway within 30 to 40 days. He said it was planned to complete the building this year. The foundation of the building will be supported by piling. A reinforced concrete slab floor will be supported by piers. The building will be 225 feet < long facing US highway 224. The west • wing, whica will comprise the youth center, will occupy a little more than half of the floor: space. The auditorium or general assembly room for public functions and civic affairs will be 60 by 90 feet Tenatlvely. the directors decided to have this spacious hall finished in wood paneling, as designed and recommended by the architect. The snack bar and reception room will "be located almosi in the center of the building. The youth center will include additional meeting rooms for the Boy and Girl Scouts. In accepting alternates in the general contract, the directors eliminated parkay flooring in the building. The concrete floor will be poured of hard concrete and waxed and temporarily used with that finish until further improvements can be added in the building. The directors decided to hold the general contract under $200,000, leaving a reserve for furnishings and equipment and other items which will come up during the course of constration. The Foundation has $220,000 to construct and finish the building. The funds were obtained in a citywide campaign launched in November, 1949, and concluded in "February, 1953. Contributions were made by individuals and business firms and local industries. Central Soya Co., contributed one, dollar for every two dollars raised in the campaign. This contribution exceeds $77,000. Catherine Sackett Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Catherine Sackett-,. 85, of Monroe, died at 6:30 o’clock Wednesday evening at the St. James hospital In Pontiac, 111., following a stroke suffered a week ago. Mrs. Sackett had gone to Pontiac last September to help care for her brother, who has been ill. She was born in McKlain City, 111., July 27, 1868, a daughter of Jered and Elizabeth Van Dekar. Her husband, W. P. Sackett, died April 20, 1939. „ Surviving are the brother. George Van Dekar, and a sister. Miss Emma L. Van Debar, both of Pontiac. Two sisters and one brother preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Stanley Peters officiating. Burial will be in the Ray cemetery, west of Monroe. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and mild, showers tonight. Friday becoming partly cloudy, showers ending and "" turning somewhat colder by afternoon or night. Low tonight in the 40’s. High Friday upper 40’s north, low 60’s extreme south.

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Reds Mass For Final Drive On French Bastion French Defenders Ring Bastion With Inferno Os Fires HANOI. Indochina (UP) — The| French defenders of Dien Bien ’ Phu ringed their besieged bastion with an inferno of forest fires < today to hold back a new Viet Minh division massed for a final attack. Communist Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap threw in the new division to i replace 12,000 dead and wounded 1 rebels. Waves of French bombers and fighter-bombers swept over the 4 •area in one of the war’s heaviest 1 air attacks, searing the forests with flaming napalm. Gunners of the encircled garrison opened a | desperate barrage. The pilots were ordered “at any ! cost" to seek out and destroy Communist assembly areas and gun poisitions and pound them mercilessly with explosjy.es and napalm. -Brush and light growth, drying Out after rain of two days ago, 'caught fire and the licking flames j forced many-Red soldiers to flee. - French authorities said. A smoky brown-yellow pall hung over the basin. The French high command reported the Reds moving supplies to Vo in Russian-made Molotov trucks and U. S. trucks captured from the Nationalists in China’s civil war. But the rebels did not launch their expected . all out assault Wednesday night. The French high command said harassing fire, and patrol probes increased steadily, however. The fighting has raged with unparalleled savagery since Saturday and the French accused the Viet Minh of violating the Geneva convention by firing on Red Cross planes attempting to evacuate some of the hundreds of French Union wounded. One C 47 hospital marked with a huge red cross .dodged heavy flak and landed on the pock-marked Dien Bien Phu strip. Red gunners opened a withering fire as it took off with 35 Injured aboard. Another Red Cross plane was unable to land. As a result of Vo’s build-up in manpower, French supreme com- ■ mander Gen. Henri Navarre ordered several more paratroop battalions to be dropped on Dien Bien Phu if the situation gets worse. Two battalions already have been ( parachuted Into the bastion to re- , place the dead and wounded. Postoffice Worker Is Killed By Fall FRANKLIN, Ind., UP — Lora 1 McMurray, an employe of the Franklin postoffice, died Wednes- i day a few hours after he fell from a scaffold in the postoffice while < washing a ceiling. McMurray died In St Vincent's hnsnita! nt India-

in m. Vincents nospiiai at inuia-1 ricomcm a tu)uaituu. napolis. j MacArthur was accompanied by (Turn To Page Nil) IftectefatiM (By-Rev. Lawrence T. Norris, Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church) The Plain Virtues Psalm 25:14-22 David here is expressing encouragement by the promises he had been meditating upon, and here renews his addrsses.to God, and concludes the psalm, as he began, with professions of dependence upon God and desire toward him. So, he begins with laying open to God the calamitous condition he was in. (His feet were in the net, held fast and entangled, so that he could not extricate himself out of his difficulties, y Note, David calls himself desolate and solitary, because, he t- depended not upon his servants and soldiers, but relied As entirely upon God as if he had no prospect at all of help and succour from any creature. Sense of sin afflicted him more than any thing else: this it was . that broke his spirit. His enemies persecuted him. and so it is at this point he cries out his dependence upon God. Verse 15. My eyes are ever towards the Lord.

Air Force Officer Drowns Off Formosa Six Others Rescued After Bailing Out TAIPEII, Formosa UP — An 0 force officer drowned but six priow officers were picked up trq|u choppy seas today when they bailed out of a crippled CU9 Flymg Boxcar over the Pacific. The survivors had to battle Jbugh eeas in life rafts for four before the seaplane picked them up 117 miles east of Formosa and took them to the island. They were treated at a U. S. dispensary for shock. ■ - The Cl 19, en route to Formosa, from Okinawa, developed engine trouble less than an hour from Ttipeh. The pilot ordered . the seven passengers to bail out. The pilot and co-pilot brought the plane safely to Formosa on one engine. Maj. Albert H. Gritsted, Eaugallie, Fla., said one of the airmen drowned Because he could not get into his life raft after landing on the water. The name of the dead man was withheld until his rela“We landed about a mile apart can be notified. “We waited until a civil air trans(Ml swam together,” Grinsted said. MH plane found us. The Chinese wot did a beautiful job of landing thaUrough sea. He should have refused to land/’ Grinsted said the sea was so rough the pilot could not take off for an hour after picking up the survivors. Before the Chinese plane found the men, U. S. and Chinese afr force planes from Formosa; Okinawa, the Philippines and Japan searched hundreds of miles of choppy seas. The survivors included besides Grinsted: Capt. Robert D. Flaherty, Seaside/Calif.; 2nd Lt. Henry Hill, Paris, Ky.; -2nd Lt. Robert E. Lemme, Davenport, Iowa; 2nd Lt. David Theurer, DeGraff, Ohio; and Ist Lt. Larry Larsen, Albert Lee, Minn. General MacArthur Confers With Ike Termed As Purely Social Gathering WASHINGTON (UP) —Gen. Douglas MacArthur and President Eisenhower got together today in what MacArthur described as a "purely social gathering.” MacArthur, now board chairman of Remington-Rand, flew here for a private meeting with Mr. Eisenhower who was once his subordinate, and then lunched with the President and other persons. Asked before the meeting whether he expected a—government assignment, MacArthur told reporters, “4 don’t know—my guess would be that it is a purely social gathering/ ___ : __ _ He said he was “delighted to come down" to Washington from New York when he received the President’s invitation.

House Nears 1 Vote On Tax 1 Cut Proposal ! Prepares To Vote ‘ On Proposals To j Boost Exemption ' By UNITED PRESS i I Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr., i i said today the Republicans “have ] ! the votes" to beat a* Democratic 1 ■ attempt to cut everybody’s income tax. t . Martin made his claim as the t > house prepared to vote on the { i Democratic proposal to boost per- » sonal income tax exemptions from 1600 to S7OO for each taxpayer and t dependent. i “I am very confident we have * the votes to beat the Democratic 1 - motion," Martin said. i Democrats said the vote will be t close but none would predict vic- 1 i tory. * I The exemption motion was of- ' -sered as a substitute for a (Republi- 1 t can proposal to give special tax 1 consideration to persons who receive income from dividends. The i dividend relief plan is part of a 1 ' broad tax reform bill which would , save business and individual tax- I ’ payers The adininiHrattoii bM approv- , ed th6 reform bill but objects to { ' the Democratci exemption propos- t al on grounds it would cut federal t revenue about 2% billion a year at ( ! a time when the budget is out of , balance. Other congressional develop- , ments: ( f Baseball and beer: Sen. Edwin ( C. Johnson (D-Colq.) said congress . should apply the anti-trust laws to i baseball clubs acquired by brew- | eries or other corporations for tax and advertising purposes. Communism: A house. Judiciary subcommittee studying bills to outl law the Communist party said it will invite testimony from FBI ’ director J. Edgar Hoover, Atty, i Geh. Herber Brownell, Jr., and i Communists. Chairman Louis E. Graham (R-Pa.) said the subcommittee hopes congress will pass i legislation this year to “settle < this question once and for all.” < Preacher. The Rev. John A. Hut- i chinson, a Presbyterian minister who teachs at Williams College, told a house un-American activit- I ies subcommittee that Commu- 1 nism is an evil that “free men < must resist at any cost.” The sub- < committee is investigating alleged < ..... (Turn To PaireSix> l ■ -- -1 Six-Monlh Sentence '. . . ■ ■ V ' —4 For Support Failure > Hall Sentenced To J State Penal Farm i a Clay R. Hall was sentenced today to six months at the state pen- a al farm and SIOO fine, plus costs, t for failure to provide support for s his five children. The decision was g handed down by Judge Wayne c Hinkle of. Jay County, who was 8 named special judge for the case. c The original indictment charged Hall with failure to provide, which t may be either a felony or misde- t meanor and by request of the pro- u secuting witness, Mrs. Miriam q Hall, it was tried as a misdemean- a or. Hall pleaded guilty to the charg- o es which stated that he was $2.- a 050 in arrears of support pay- c ments, Since the divorce and court t order to pay $37.50 in 1952 the de- u fendant had paid a total of only t $350. The defendant, through his / counsel, Severin Schurger, asked * for a suspension of the sentence | on the charge which involved a maximum 0f.6 months .in jail and _ a SSOO fine. . . <> . t Judge Hinkle in passing the c sentence stated that after hearing 1 the evidence presented by the I prosecutor and defense counsel t «found that insufficient evidence I had been offered to convince the t court that leniency was due. <

Bentley Bears No Malice For Wounds Says Puerto Ricans Misled By Leaders WASHINGTON UP — Rep. Alvin M. Bentley R-Mich. said Wednesday night he flears no malice toward the four Puerto Rican fanatics who fired into the house of representatives. Bentley, the most seriously wounded of five congressmen felled in the fusillade, said the Puerto Ricans were “misled by a fanatical leader.” The 36-year-old congressman said he was alive because of “my doctors, my constitution and the pray- j ers of thousands of friends." “The doctor said 1 was in the , hands of the Lord — and I was,” Bentley Skid in a bedside CBS , television interview. It was his , first interview since the (March 1 shooting. Bentley said when the shooting , broke out he at first thought it was a group of Mexicans “celebrating” in the house gallery. The house was voting at the time on a Mexican labor immigration bill, Wounded in the chest, lung, stomach, and liver, Bentley said he was feleihg well but expected “quite a bit of repair work before I am through here." The millionaire congressman from Owosso, Mich., appeared In good spirits and condition during the interview in his room at Casualty hospital here. He said ho never had the “slightest doubt” he would recover. Suggest Change In ~ Proposed Addition Plan Commission In Meeting Last Night Two minor changes were suggested by the Decatur plan commission to the proposal of Cal Yost, who submitted his plans Thursday afternoon for the proposed Park View addition of Decatur. The area is located just east of "Mercer avenue and south of the Erie railroad. Drawings of the area were submitted and the board suggested that all streets in the new addition be a minimum of 50 feet in width,. One of the streets, which is an extension of an already constructed street, was less than 50 feet but Robert Smith, attorney for Yost, said the suggested change would be complied with. The other suggestion concerned the wldthof one of the lots and Smith also said this matter would be corrected. The approval, subject to the changes, was informal and will go to the council April 6 and then will be returned to the ' plan commission for final approval. Action on a petition to incorpor- ' ate an area at the south edge of the city to be known as Gage's 1 second addition was deferred for 1 several days after members be- , came involved in a discussion over sewers in the south part of the ’ city. 1 Some board members contended * that no additional building should 1 be permitted in the proposed area until adequate sewers are built. 1 The board will meet again within * a week and dispose of the petition. The petition of Anthony Faur- ' Ote for acceptance of the plat on 1 an area in the west part of the ' city, where he is planning tp 1 build several two-family rental 1 units, also was held over for ac- 1 tion later. -J Only Minor Damage Is Caused By Fire j Only slight damage was caused ‘ by a fire at 6:30 o’clock Wednesday evening at a garage on the ’ Ed Hammond property, 127 South , Fourth street. The flames started ( from a trash fire near the garage but were quickly extinguished by the Decatur fire department, with only minor damage.

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Voices Utter Confidence In Secy. Stevens Says Department Needs No Help Os Congress Probers WASHINGTON UP — Defense secretary Charles E. Wilson and his aides said today Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy R-Wis. turned up no case of subversion in the armed services they didn’t know about already. Wilson also said the services have 20 loyalty or security risks among 51 drafted medical men it must commission or discharge. Wilson told the senate armed services committee “the stage is about over” where the defense department needs any help from congressional committees in rooting out subversives. “I don’t believe we need their help," he said under questioning by Sen. Estes Kefauver D-Tenn. '.'We welcome It if it’s-the order of the day." - Wilson, voicing complete confidence in army secretary Robert T. Stevens who sat with him, said he would like to see the last of the current feus betw’een the army and McCarthy. • “Belike to get it over with, and go about the important work of the defense department—and gentlemen, it is Important.” he said. “We do have important business to handle. We oughtn’t to be distracted by this kind of thing.” Chairman Leverett Saltonslall R-Mass. sought to keep his committee out of the dispute between the army and McCarthy. He pointed out that McCarthy’s subcommittee has voted to hire a special staff and investigate charges that its counsel, Roy M. Cohn, used threats and pressure to get favors for a drafted friend and former aide, G. David Sehine. The subcommittee also will investigate McCarthy's counter —• charge the army tried to “blackmail” him into calling off his inquiry into “Communist coddling.” Kefauver asked if any congressional committee ever, to Wilson’s knowledge, uncovered a case of subversion in the armed forces not already under investigation by the services themselves or the FBI. Wilson said he had “assistants for these little things.” “I do know we’re getting them all out,” Wilson said. “None in the navy," spoke up Adm. James P. Holloway, chief of Navy personnel. "None in the air force,” chimed in Asst ah- force secretary Lee White. “None in the army,” said Stevens. - However, Stevens later said, “I can't recall an Instance where> with the help of the FBI or our own agencies, we didn't know about the case. But I would like to discuss it with our own G 2 (intelligence) people before 1 make a categorical statement.” "My assistants go on record," Wilson said, “that they know of no cases of which they didn’t have some previous knowledge. I’d like to note that we are working closely with the FBI.” Kefauver asked If Wilson had confidence in the army’s report of Cohn's threats and pressure. “Yes,” said Wilson. “I also be'lieve people are innocent until proven guilty. It's a messy kind of thing as I read about it in the newspapers. This is a big job you’ve given me, and I try to ignore some of the chaff and snow. I’ve been going about my business and letting some other people clear up the mud.” In disclosing the armed services have 20 loyalty or security risks among 51 medical mea they mutt commission or discharge. Wilson stressed that this was only 20 risks out of 15,000 medical personnel brought in under the special doctordentist draft. . It PAfeEt "