Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 71.

Navy Tanker Contaminated By H-Bomb Dust '' F ■ 1 - l ' " *r * r> V I *<♦.' ■ i, ■ ■ -u. . ' wW'f -<V ’ Sra 1 1 ' r \< •' . i f , THE 4,400 TON U. 8. Navy tanker Patapsco Is in Pearl Harbor following its “slight but not dangerous contamination of radioactive” ash during the H-bomb explosion at Bikini atoll. Three of the ships 92 crewmen suffered temporary blood disorders hut none of them received any “harmful” burns from the atomic dust.

Doubt Further Reduction In Excise Taxes Senate Votes Cut In Excise Tax On Some Appliances ? By UNITED PRESS Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) threw his support today behind Republican efforts to keep any further big cuts but of the bllliondollar excise reduction bill. Chairman Eugene D. Millikin (R-Colo.) of the finance committee said he believed proposed additional cuts can be defeated. George used to be chairman of the finance committee and his influence on tax matters is great. At the start of today's session, the second day of debate on the excise measure, he left the chamber. He was not feeling well. Senate Democratic leader Dyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) announced that the veteran tax writer had left word that he is against all further amendments to the bill except those approved by Millikhi. The senate already has voted cuts — not approved by the finance group — in levies on household appliances and has before it proposals to slash the excise rates on cars, radios, and* television sets. Millikin thought the new amendments would lose. Other congressional news: Pros: House and Senate leaders decided to hire a professional police force to protect members' of congress. The decision stems f.rom the March 1 shooting in which Puerto Rican fanatics wounded five representatives. The present Capitol police force consists mainly of men lacking previous police training or experience. They owe their jobs to'political patronage. “Collectivists": Former Ajist. secretary of state Spruille Braden said he thinks the state department is largely in the h*nda of "collectivists.” He said aib ate internal security subcommittee hearing that "my feeling/was that there were very tew proCommunists, but a large number of collectivists, misguided dogooders and puppets.” Un-American: Last week the Rev. John A. Hutchinson, who teaches religion at Williams College told a house un-American activities subcommittee he neVer knowingly-supported |he Communist cause. Today Earl C. Reno, former Communist organizer, told the same group Hutchinson and another preacher called at his Baltimore office in 1936 and offered to "cooperate in otir work." Hutchinson refused comment on Reno’s testimony. Farm: M. W Thatcher, president of the National Federation of Grain Cooperatives, told the house agriculture committee that President Eisenhower's farm program would be "deflationary, depressing. and defeatist.' 1 Taft-Hartley: The house labor committee rejected a move to ease Taft-Hartley act curbs on union membership by plant guards. Rep. Roy W. Wier (D-Minn.) proposed that guards be permitted to join (Tarn To Pnwe Five) School Leaders Meet With Research Head Dr. Harold Church, director of the research division of the Ind£- • ana University’s education research department, met with the Decatur school board and W. Guy Brown, superintendent, to discuss final factual matters in the school survey. * A detailed report on the survey conducted in this city by the university department will be presented at a public meeting at the Decatur high school auditorium April 23.

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Lions Broom Sale Friday, Saturday Sale Proceeds Go To Club's Charities A symbol of < spring clean-up will'go on sale Friday when the members of Decatur Lions club launch their house-to-house canvass for the purchase of brooms that "are guaranteed to sweep clean," even if the salesmen are asked to demonstrate the effectiveness of the household article. Mac Locke, chairman of the super-salesmen drive to put „a sturdy, but useful broom in every home in Decatur as h Lions "charitable project,” said 40 club members paired in 20 teams would start out Friday at 6 p.m. to acquaint residents with one of the biggest broom bargains ever offered. From 6 to 8 o’clock Friday evening the Lions will knock on doors and hand you a 22 ounce broom (and demonstrate its usefulness) that sells for $1,50. Proceeds from the sale, Lbcke quickly explained, are to be used by the Lions for charijable arid civic purposes. About 100 dozens of first class brooms” have Teen ordered Ty the club and the Lions would like to come up with a 100 percent sale. That means the sale of about 1,200 dust .pushers. Saturday the brooms will be on sale at a number of stores and at stations along the retail, shopping district. Lions will man barrels of brooms and hawk their wares to passersby, hoping to make a $1.50 sale to each person who will take hold of a broom handle. ■* Assisting Locke in sale arrangements are 'Roger Gentis, William Schulte, J. Clark Macylin, Leland Smith anti Clark Smith. They have called a meeting of ail Lions for 6 p.m. Friday at the Kelly Dry Cleaning store, 155 S. Second St.. for final instructions in the city’s all-out sales movesment and cleanup campaign. Reinking Candidate For County Clerk Louis Reinking, Jr. On Democrat Ticket Louis W. Reinking, Jr., of Preble has filed a declaration of candidacy on the Democrat ticket for the office of clerk of the Adams county circuit court. The 32-year-old man is a native of Adams county and is employed at the Wayne Novelty company. He is married and has two. children. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Preble, he is also a member of the Preble volunteer tire department, of which he is treasurer. Reinking has served as Democrat precinct committeeman in the South Preble precinct for six years but this is the first time he will have sought a major office. Less Than Inch Os Rainfall In City Less than an inch of rain fell in Decatur up to 8 a.m. today, Herman. “Hi” Myer, local weather observer, reported. Precipitation measured .84 of an inch, he said. The heaviest shower came about 9 o’clock Wednesday night. St. Mary's river was flowing at X-12.35 feet depth. Meyer reported. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, windy and colder tonight Showers in east portion this evening. Friday partly cloudy south and central. Cloudy with occasional snow flurries extreme north. Colder entire state FrHay. Low tonight 34-40. High Friday 3540 north, 40-45 south;

Army-McCarthy Hearing Plans Going Ahead Senate Committee Plans Opening Os Hearing Next Week WASHINGTON, UP — The senate investigating subcommittee moved ahead with preparations for its army-McCarfhy inquiry today without acting on Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's uew demand for Interim hearings on Communism. McCarthy charged Wednesday night that it is "ridiculous” to delay his investigation of Reds in defense plants when the subcommittee's regular staff is not working on the army dispute anyway. McCarthy called a subcommittee meeting Wednesday in attempt to get his defense plant investigation going but promptly cancelled it under pressure from other members. In renewing the effort Wednesday nigfet, he a Aid it is a “preaslni tiling |b get M With the inquiry even though he is will-, ing for the’ army hearings to take .priority when they. are ready. He declared that 130 persons with "Communist activity background"—he mentioned 91 persons to day before—have been found working in defense plants and “we've got to find out if possible how many would sabotage a plant if ordered to.” He predicted the subcommittee would change its mind and allow him to continue with the inquiry when it learns the facts. But Sen. John L. McClellan (Ark.), senior subcommittee member put his foot down hard. He said the group last week voted to a man to hold no other hearings until the McCarthy-army squabble 'is settled. “We have already been unanim ous on this matter and as far a4 I'm concerned, .that’s final,” he told newsmen today, "This job is going to be done first," And that appeared to be ttiat. McClellan said the group' expects to pick a special counsel for the army investigation this week. Temporary chairman Karl E. Mundt announced today that he hopes to begin the televised hearings next week—running them so: four hours a day and hoping to finish in five days. Mundt also told newsmen: 1. President Eisenhower showed “good judgment and good taste" Wednesday when he told his news .conference, in a reference to McCarthy, that no man should sit in judgment on himself. 2. His three-man subcommittee on procedures is “working vigorously" on the histories-of three men to see if they have the experience and objectivity to serve as the special counsel. 3. He hopes a counsel can be signed on before the ground rules for the inquiry are hammered out since he believes .the counsel should have some say in the matter. The chief issue in the prelimin-ary-maneuvering is what role McCarthy should play. He has said he is willing to step down from the subcommittee but insists he retain the right to cross-examine witnesses. In his statement to reporters today, Mundt declined to declare his own views but he noted that McCarthy has surrendered his right to vote on procedure and on final (Turn Tn Pace Six) Bluffton Man Files For State Senator Compton Rider, of Bluffton, today filed at Indianapolis his. candidacy for the Republican nomlnatlno for joint state senator from Adams, Wells and Blackford counties.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 25, 1954.

Tornado Warnings Are Issued After 14 Small Twisters In Southwest ' J** P A* ■ ’ . ’ . "

Two Tornado Alerts Given For Indiana Heaviest Rains Os Year In State As * Cold Is Forecast INDIANAPOLIS, IIP — Twd& tornado alerts were issued today* by the weather bureau for a wide band taking in most of eastern and southern Indiana. One of ' them, which included Indianapolis, was lifted just before noon. At 11:45 a.m., the weather bureau said conditions favorable for tornadoes in the Indianapolis area was over, but conditions still existed in southeastern Indiana. No twisters developed in the first few hoursThe warnings came as tempera-; tures soared into the 60s, the? year's heaviest rains soaked areas, and colder weather was - forecast. The advisories warned only of the possibility of tori*' ’ due ; to atmospheric able” for them. BuVal lis, an area of corridors on the* first floor of the statehouse was roped off beneath glass skylights Just in case. l ilt! ScuUliu nturt, tFrtwtry ttvtuiTr noon, warned of possible tornado activity between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m; along a 60-mile-wide band from Tupelo. Miss., to Sandusky, Ohio. That band runs through New Albany, Jeffersonville and Richmond. * D The first alert, shortly after 8 a.m., placed the band from Evansville to Cleveland, Ohio, and extended the danger thne to 2 p.m. Drenching rains soaked Indiana as the alert was posted. Warsaw got 3.12 inches in a 24-1 hour period ending this morning/ and the deluge continued, The In’dianapolis weather bureau said it was believed the state's heaviest downpour this year. South Bend got 2.2 G inches in a like period, and at least four other points reported more than an inch. Spencer reported 1.63 inch, Peru 1.28, Monticello 1.23, and Cagles Mill 1 inch. Colder weather was expected tonight and, Friday, with showers in the north probably changing to slow flurries Friday. Wednesday’s highs ranged from Evansville’s 68 to South Bend’s 51. Fred Greene Seeks Congress Nomination INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Fred W. Greene (D-Fort Wayne) filed for congress from the 4th district, today, the 49th candidate for congressional nominations in. Indiana. Greene created the first congressional race in the district, opposing Oliver Eggers, Grabill. Rep. E. Ross Adair is unopposed for the Republican nomination.

beaten 'WtecUfatuM — (By Rev. H. E. Settlage. Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church) Ruling Our Own Spirits 1 Proverbs 25, 28: "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken- down, and without walls.” . And form of uncontrolled energy is dangerous, sometimes fearfully destructive. Energy properly controlled and wisely used becomes a blessing to mankind. Man is a bundle of energies,—physical,- spiritual, mental and emotional. To rule our own spirits, that is, to control and use all our energies wisely, is a constant challenge. To succeed here is a great achievement. "He that ruleth his spirit (is better) than he that taketh a city.” Prov. 16, 32. He was masters his passions, controls his temper, his thoughts and motives, acquires the poise and confidence that mark a trustworthy, mature character. To fail here leaves a man vulnerable to temptations and excesses that mark the irresponsible and uncertain, though often well-meaning individual. Like the ancient city without walls, he becomes an easy prey to the forces of evil. Jesus ruled His spirit perfectly. All His energies were controlled and directed according to the Father’s purpose to provide Salvation for a lost world. He is our supreme examjfle. During this season of Lent, may our contemplation of his perfectly controlled spirit and life, and our earnest prayer, enable us to gain more complete mastery over ourselves and greater usefulness in His service. f

two Gunmen Force Prisoners' Release Two Force Way Into Prison At Rochester ROCHESTER, N. Y. UP — Two gunmen who forced their way into Jthe Monroe county penitentiary (early today were arrested several hours later along with one of the ’two prisoners they released in an Escape plot apparently hatched inrside the prison wails. Monroe qounty authorities and state police picked up two of the men In an alley in downtown Ro'chester. The third was arrested in a" hotel which police raided on a tip from a taxicab driver. Police found George Duke Bonner, Washington, Pa., at the Seager hotel just after dawn. Later they picked up Paul R. Freeman, and James Campion, 30, Coshocton, Ohio, behind some Stores. I Police said Bonner and Freeman were the gunmen who tied two gaards, Clyde H. Jetferds, 63, and “James Marshall, 64, took their wallets and keys and escaped in Jefferds' car with Compton and Anthony Mendolla. 43, Rochester. Mendolla was still being sought. John W. McKenzie, prison superintendent. said the gunmen appeared familiar with the prison and went immediately to the cell rbjoek where .Mendoljji aid Comp* ton were locked up He said the gunmen probably had been released recently front the prison and had hatched the Invasion-es-cape plot with the prisoners while all were behind bars. Neither Jefferds nor Marshall said they recognized the gunmen, however. McKenzie said the invasion of the prison occurred when the guard detail was at its weakest. McKenzie said one of the gunmen came to the door of the prison I shortly after midnight and said he had a package for Compton and Mendolla. Jefferds, who was on duty at the door, started to check the names given him with a list. When he looked up from the list the man was pointing a revolver at him. Jefferds said both men carried guns that appeared to be either .32 or .38 caliber revolvers. The second gunman entered after the first drew his gun and together they tied Jefferds hands. They took his keys and $l4O from his billfold. Then they confronted .Marshall, tied his hands, took his keys, arid took $lB from his wallet. Murders Wife And Commits Suicide MINNEAPOLIS UP — A father of eight children murdered his wife and took his own life Wednesday after she threatened hjm with divorce. Police said the father. Floyd R. shot his wife, Vera, 43. with a .22 caliber pistol in an upstairs bedroom of their home. ” He then fatally wdtfftded-himself in the head with the same weapon. Long died at a hospital.

Moscow Paper Charges Spying By Americans Reports Military Attaches' Notes Found On Train MOSCOW, UP — A Moscow newspaper published charges today that American military attaches left documents in a railroad train which indicated they were spying along the Trans-Si-berian railroad. The trade union newspaper Trud published the charge, quoting a train conductor as saying he found the documents. * Trud said that a check with the Intourist Bureau showed that four members of the military staff of the United States embassy were In the train in question. Named as aboard the train were Lt. Col. Howard L. Felchlln, military attache; Maj. Martin J. Manhoff, assistant army attache; Maj. Walter A. McKinney, assistant air attache, and air force Sgt. Eugene Williams. Trud said sarcastically that the owners could get back the documents If they applied at the porter’s office of the Moscow* railroad station. But chief conductor G. Kharin. who reported finding the ,docu- . ments, wrote of the losers: i “If they are by any chance members of the American diploI matic mission in the Soviet Union, they should be expelled for abusing the hospitality of our country.” r The American embassy said it , had received no formal communication from the Soviet government ' on the alleged find and no request to send the attaches home. For the ' present, the embassy said, there was “no comment." FelchHn, Manhoff And Williams 1 are still In the embassy Ijgrq. Mc» ' Kinney is somewhere else in Europe, probably in Germany, making 1 up flying time. I* Conductor Kharin said that the 1 documents showed the men who p '.eft it in the train took photo- '■ graphs of an air field and an oil dump from the train and made 1 notes of the site of air fields, fuel ' dumps, radio statibns, industrial ’ plant#, bridges and power stations. 1 Trud published a photostat of H notes alleged to have been found under a napkin in the compartment of. the train occupied by the (Turn To Pa*e Five) Nathan E. Dunifon s Dies This Morning Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon r Nathan E. Dunifon, 87, retired . farmer and a lifelong resident of Van Wert county, O;, died at 12:15 a.m. today at his home in Van Wert of a cerebral hemorrhage, following an illness of two days." He was porn in Liberty township. Van Wert county, April 28, 1866, a son of George and Nancy Walker-Dunifon. ’ Mr. Dunifon, who formerly resided in Willshire township, was a member of the Central Mission Friends church at Van Wert. Surviving are his wife, Sarah Ahn; two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Strickler of Decatur and Mrs. Ethel Wallace of Bryan, O.; three sons, Charles Dupifon of Decatur, Samuel L. of Fort Wayne and Thomas of Hillsdale, Mich.; nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, one great-great- grandchild, and one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Long of Van Wert. Funeral services -will be conducted at 2 p.m. EST Saturday at the Central Mission Friends church, the Rev. Clark E. Price and the Rev. Paul Ryser officiating. Burial will bfe in Woodland cemetery at Van Wert. The body was removed to the Cowan & Son funeral home in Van Wert, where friends may call after 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Three Persons Hurt When Autos Collide Vehicles Collide East Os City Today Three persons were injured, one severely but not critically, at 8:45 o'clock this morning on U. S. highway 224, two miles east of Decatur, when two automobiles collided almost head-on. Walter Koos, 68, Decatur route ■ three and Democrat candidate for ■ couuty assessor, suffered from • shock and was retained for treatment at Adams county memorial hospital. The other two men, Harold August, 29, Decatur driver of one of the vehicles involved in the mishap, and William Gravens, 25, Rice hotel, a passenger with August, were treated for shock and bruises at the hospital and released. Damage to the two vehicles was estimated at SBOO. Koos, driver of the one car, was west bound on the highway and started to make a left turn near Uniontown into the truck stop. The August vehicle was headed east and the two hit almost head-on. Sheriff Robert Shraluka investigated the accident. Anckhei* mishap occurred late Wednesday night on U. S. 224 when a truck driven by John L. Koveck, McDonald, 0., turnetl over. Deputy sheriff Merle Affolder, state troopers Gene Rash and Walters Schindler were told by the driver, who was headed west, that he believed ' the steering rod broke. Damage was estimated at S4OO. ’ Gebeva. town marshal Preston ' Pyle reported to the sheriffs office during the night that an automobile belonging to Kenneth Do- . herty, Geneva, had been stolen and . another car left in Its place In up- , town Geneva. The sheriff's office this after- . noon received a radio message that B the Doherty car had been located, but the radio message did not * give the location. 5 . School Patrols Are J ; Honored Wednesday Grade School Boys Are Given Awards i School safety patrols of the Lin- . coin and St. Joseph's grade B schools were honored with awards ■presented Wednesday by Marion Kirkpatrick, assistant district of the Chicago Motor Club. Lincoln school patrols include two captains, Joe Chambers and Ronald Kiesß, and Jay DeVoss, Steven Butcher, (Mike Kaehr, Jim Gay, Harley Wolfe, Carl Elliott, David Clark, Jim Reidenbach, Steve Klnerk, Ronnie Highland. Bob Frauhiger, David Sheets and I Jack Dailey. The patrols are supervised by Hubert Zerkel, Jr., and Orval Reed. One the St. Joseph patrol are William Beal, Mike ERenberger, Donald Gase. Philip Reed and Keith Bricker, who earned third ’ year badges, and Dale Hake, Steve Sutton, 'Roy Litchfield, Pat Durkin, Gerald Baker, Alex Pursley and Alvin Hackman, who were awarded second year badges. Auxiliaries to the regular patrol boys Include Paul Gross, James Heiman, Vincent Gase, James Omlor, Thomas Gross, Michael. Ehler, Severin Schurger, William Reed, Thomas Kollman. Donald Teeter and David Gage. Sr. Mary Therese, C.S.A., supervises the The awards were made in recognition of the fact that no fatal accidents occurred while the boys were at their patrol stations. A brief program of presentation took place at each school. The Chicago Motor Club originated the schoolboy patrols 33 years ago. Besides the awards given, the club will honor the boys with a picnic later in the school year. . 12 PAGES

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Warnings For Portions Os Ohio Valley Cold Front Moving Eastward Following In Path Os Storms My UNITED PRESS ; • Tornado warnings were issued today for portions of the Ohio Valley and Dixie as a cold front which spawned 14 small twisters in the southwest marched eastward. U. S: weather forecasters warned of possible tornadoes until 2 p.m. CST, in a 60-mile-wide belt from Evansville, Ind., to Cleveland, Ohio. Another tornado warning was issued tor a 60-mile-wide path between Greenwood, Miss, and Nashville, Tenn., between noon and 4 p.m. Widespread rain fell from East Texas to the Great Lakes and Middle Atlantic Stages. Heavy snow fell from the Sierra Nevada range to the northern Rockies, with Billings. Mont., reporting nine Inches, and snow and sleet fell from the northern Rockies to Minnesota. An Intense storm cutting through thb midwest was centered over eastern lowa attd caused high winds through much of the area. _ More than four inches of rain fell at Sutton, Bradford, La Salle and Galesburg, JU. The downpour — was a boon to farms and urban water supplies, but *wlnds and lightning caused thousands of dollars worth of damage. Taylorville, 111., which was without power for an hour and a half, estimated damage at $250,000 from toppled trees and/" wires, and smashed windows and doors. At-, Galesburg. HL lightning struck a power plant, hitting oil circuit breakers and throwing flaming oil over a huge room. lowa had its heaviest rain in months and the forecast called for two to five inches of snow today in the northern section, following the heavy rains. Chicago was deluged by a spectacular thunderstorm which flooded basements and underpasses and totaled 2.30 inches. Streets and basements were flooded at Keokuk, lowa, which had 4.35 inches. Grand Rapids, Mich., had 2.93 inches; Kansas City, Mo., 1.37 inches; and Cleveland, Ohio, 1.56 inches. It rained so hard in Cleveland Heights. *a Cleveland suburb, that a rtsh, apparently washed up from the lake, was seen swimming in a gutter. Fourteen tornadoes in the southwest left a scattered pattern of property damage and at least one dead 4 . Nine of the twisters Wednesday struck or were sighted in Oklahoma and the other five in north central Texas as high winds, hail and thunderstorms lashed those areas. No major injuries were reported from the twisters and some of which did not touch the ground. estimates of property damage did not appear extremely high. One man, George D. Franklin, was killed south of Denton, Tex., but police said high winds, rather than a tornado, wer» responsible. He was crushed by a wooden fence that blew over as he tried to brace it against the wind. Tinker air force base near Oklahoma City, headquarters of the air force national tornado warning service, reported sighting three tornado funnels in the air about .8:20 p.m. None did any damage. Meanwhile, much further south in Texas than the storms struck, Del Rio reported a high temperature of 101 .degrees Wednesday, the state's first reading of the year ' over 100. A "severe weather" warning from the Kansas City, Mo., weather bureau at 1:15 a.m>, EST, said there was a "risk of isolated tornadoes in the most intense area of locally severe thunderstorms along and 40 miles on either side (Tarn To Page Five)