Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 72.

Chicago Goes Venetian

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Five Contests In Democrats' Primary Race Five Enter Sheriff Contests There is a contest for every county office in the Democrat primary May 4, except prosecuting attorney, and the Republicans have one candidate for every major office, except prosecutor, records in the office of county clerk Ed Jaberg reveal today. Deadline for filing was midnight March 25. Lewis L. Smith. Democrat prosecutor, is the only unopposed candidate. Judge Myles F. Parrish, seeking a second term as judge of Adams circuit court on the Democrat ticket, is opposed by G. Remy Bierly, Decatur attorney. Earl Dawaid is the only Republican running' for that post. ' • Five Democrats are seeking the sheriffs nomination and the right to oppose Russell Hoffman, Republican, who is unopposed in the primary election. Democrat candidates for sheriff include: Merle Affolder, present deputy sheriff; Herman “Punk” Bowman, Richard Hendricks, Jay Minch and George Andrews. Affolder formerly resided at Geneva and Bowman Ilves at Berne. The other three are Decatur residents. Three Democrats seek the nomination of clerk of the circuit court. They are 'Richard Lewton. Louis Reinklng, Jr., and W. Frank Rebble. Hebble filed late last night and was the third cadnidate to enter the contest. Grant Bean. Republican, is unopposed. Three Democrats also are seeking the office of county assessor. They are Floyd Meyer, Blue Creek township trustee; Walter Koos and Earl Martin. Martin was the last man to enter the contest. Dale Moses, former county commissioner, is unopposed for the Republican nomination. Floyd Rupert entered the contest for commissioner of the second district against John Kintz in the Democrat primary. Russell Mitchel is the unopposed G.O.P. candidate. There is no contest in the third district in the primary election, fftrley Reef .incumbent Democrat, is a candidate and he will be opposed in the November general election by James Teeple, Republican. Jaberg has not received official filings for offices of joint state representative and joint-state senator, but as far as is known there are no primary contests for either post. William Kruse, well known Washington township farmer. Democrat, will oppose incumbent Luther Yager, Berne, in the November election. Sen. Von Eichhorn. Democrat, will be opposed in the fall by Compton Rider, BlufUpu Republican. sst County Council Three Democrat and one Republican candidates for district-posts on the. county council are unopposed. They are: First district: Henry Dehner, incumbent Democrat. Second district: Julius Schultz, incumbent Democrat. Third district: Charles J. Jones, . incumbent Republican. Fourth district: Chris Stahly, incumbent Democrat. For 'the three at-large posts.there are four Democrat candidates and no Republicans. They are William Kruetzman, Rufus Huser. and Leo Neuenschwander, all incumbent Democrats. Frank E. Bohnke, Democrat, is a candi(Turn To Paste Kight)

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Proposes Boost In Unemployment Pay State Legislators To Study Proposal INDIANAPOLIS UP — A proposal to increase compensation benefits for Indiana’s unemployed will be submitted to state legislators at an informal sess io n in two weeks. If lawmakers through their advisory commission deem it wise, Governor Craig will call a special session of the legislature and ask that it be limited to consideration of the lone economic problem. Craig, Lt. Gov.< Harold W. Handley, house speaker James .Allen, and William C. Stalnaker, director of the Indiana employment security division, discussed the matter late Thursday. Stalnaker said he can have facts and figures ready for the lawmakers in “two weeks.” Handley, as presiding officer in the senate, said he will summon the legislative advisory commission and invite all legislators to sit in on the meeting. With unemployment at a serious high., laboring groups have asked that jobless insurance benefits be increased. Maximum benefits now are $27 for 20 weeks. State officials said they would leave it to the lawmakers to decide how much, if any, that should be increased. There is talk of giving more benefits to unemployed persons With dependants. ■Craig said there are many “technical problems” the legislators must consider, principally the necessity of adopting a new formula. on. which payments are based. Under the present formula, said Stalnaker, the average unemployed person in Indiana draws $24 to $25 per weke, not the maximum. In comparison, here -is what neighboring states paid as of Jap. 1: Illinois $27, Kentucky S2B. Michigan $27. and $35 for dependents, Ohio S3O and $35 for dependants. Indiana’s benefit fund now totals about 224 million dollars, Stalnaker said, and employers add 20 to 22 million dollars to it each year. For the week ending March 20, he said, Indiana paid claims to 85,865 unemployed persons, totaling $1,518,619. A year ago, claims were paid to 16,197 persons, totaling $253,506. The South Bend area is hardest hit in the employment slump with 15,417 persons out of work as of •March 20, according to division records. - • There were 9,170 unemployed in (Turn To Paire Five) Monmouth Graduate Exercises May 18 Winchester Pastor Speaker The Rev. Paul B. Stephenson, of Winchester, will be speaker at commencement exercises for Monmouth high school May 18. Rev. Stephenson, pastor of the First Methodist church in Winchester,' Is. a.' graduate of Taylor University. He has done graduate work at Earlham college and for four years served as district director of youth work in the Methodist church. ; He served three years as dean of the high school summer camp at Epworth Forest andat present is youth director of the North Indiana ’Methodist conference. Eighteen seniojs will receive their diplomas at the 1954 graduation ceremony. Baccalaureate exercises, which are being planned, will .take place May 16.

Russia Grants East Germany Sovereignty Announcement Seen Propaganda Move By Soviet Russia BERLIN UP — Russip granted . East Germany "independence” today but kept 300,000, Soviet occupation troops in the sone to protect the government from enemies of communism. The Soviets announced Thursday night the granting of sovereignty had resulted from negotiations between the <East German regime of (Premier Otto Grotewohl and the Kremlin. 'a In order to safeguard security in the eastern zone, where rioting East Germans were subdued by Soviet tanks last June, the Russians reserved the right to keep their occupation troops in the country until further notice. At the same time, the Soviet government criticized the Big Three powers for maintaining occupation forces in West Germany. By granting East Germany sovereignty, the Russians said, the regime would enjoy the privilege of seeking diplomatic recognition with other nations. The Soviet announcement niflidc it clear the Communist government still would be kept in office ■by Russian bayonets. Western authorities regarded the announcement as a propaganda move intended to give the puppet East German government prestige which hitherto it has been unable to win. The act also was seen as a double-barreled move to embarrass the west because of its delay in granting full sovereignty to chancellor Konrad Adeauer’s West German government, while awaiting ratification of the European defense community project. In Washington, the U. S. state department called the Soviet maneuver a “sheer facade" and said if Soviet troops were removed “the entire puppet regime would, collapse under the weight of hatred and hostility of the populace which it has the effrontery to claim it represents.” Authoritative sources in London said sovereignty “merely fixes East Germany into the orbit of satellite states." ~ The Soviet Union made its announcement through ADN, the official Communist news service in East Germany. ADN said the Soviet Union listed three “concessions" to East Germany. 1. The Soviet Union will have the same relations with East Germany as with other sovereign states. 2. East Germany will have freedom to use "its own discretion” (Turn To Pace Ki*M) Three Contests For Township Trustees Two Democrat, One Republican Contest There are only three contests for nomination of Adams county township trustees, two Democrat and one Republican, as the deadline for filing declarations passed, it was revealed', today; Lester Kirkland township trustee and candidate for reelection is opposed in the primary election by August Schlickman. There is no Republican seeking the post, In~Mdnroe township, Noah Neuenschwander, incumbent Democrat. is opposed in the primary by Melvin Liechty and the winner will face Silvan Sprunger, Republican, in the November general election. In St. Mary's township Robert Ray and Charles Backhaus are both Republican candidates and the winner will'bppose Lester Brunner in the November election. Other candidates include: Union township, Fred Bittner, Democrat, incumbent, unopposed. Root township, Omer Merriman, Democrat, unopposed. _ Preble Ed Aumann, Democrat, ineuni ben t.unop posed. Washington township, William Linn, incumbent, Democrat, unopposed. 1 Blue Creek, Frank Myers, Democrat, unopposed. French township, Raymond Moser, Democrat, unopposed. Hartford township, Emil Stauffer, Republican unopposed. Wabash township, L. A. Mann, incumbent, Democrat, and Alvin Windmiller, Republican. Jefferson township, Hugh D. Mosser, Republican unpossed.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 26, 1954. •

House Group Approves Big Boost In Building Hydrogen, Atom Bombs

Senate Passes Bill Reducing Excise Taxes Billion Dollar Cut r In Excise Taxes Passed By Senate WASHINGTON UP — The nation was finally assured today that excise taxes will be cut on furs, jewelry, luggage, cosmetics, entertainment, telephone calls, and travel bills. In passing a billion-dollar excise cut measure Thursday night,, the senate also virtually guaranteed that present tax rates will be continued for another year on cigarettes, liquor, beer, wine, gasoline, automobiles, trucks and auto parts. The excise cuts, already approvea int* iiuu*ir bhu trtttxiu to be signed into law by the President, will mean lower prices in most cases even though manufac-, turers or dealers do not .have to pass the savings along to their customers. If the reduction is passed on, a S6OO fur coat would become" $550. A sl2 bottle of perfume would, drop to.sll, there would be a $2.51) tax saving on a SSO train or plane, trip. The house and senate versions of the excise tax cuts will go a joint conference committee for adjustment of differences. There were few major items in dispute. Final agreement and the President’s signature are expected next week. The senate passed its version of the bill Thursday night by a vote of 76-8. Five Republicans and three Democrats dissented. The final senate vote came after the chamber voted 54-34 against a proposal to deny any excise tax relist except on admissions for (Tlio To Pace Four) Slight Damage Done In State By Winds Colder Weather Is Indiana Forecast By UNITED PRESS Indiana’s second tornado warning in two weeks was hauled down Thursday without incident although slight damage was reported in several cities from high winds. An "all clear” came from the weather bureau in mid-afternoon, seven hours after the first warning alerted about 40 southern and eastern counties. By 3 p.m., meTedrologists satr the last threatened area, south of a line from Tell City to Richmond, was safe. The "conditions favorable to a tornado” 'blew out of the state on a wind which, was still averaging close to 30 miles an hour early this morning. Colder, partly cloudy weather was forecast for today. Weathermen said two cold fronts followed a warm front through the state by midnight during a 24-hour (Turn To Pace El<ht)

beaten 'MtedifataM (By Rev. Ray Tucker, Berne Church of the Nazarene) A Good Name Prov. 22:1-9 b- -•—- — ——=—* -* There are many things in-life that would be fine to have but possible to get tflong without. But if your influence for God and His cause is to be of worth, you can not get along without a "good name.” Whately once said, "Some men’s reputations seem like seed wheat which thrives best when brought from a distance.” We need to so live that those whojire acquainted with us best will believe in us most, not tor our sake but for Jesus sake. For really the light shines farthest that shines brightest at home. A good name is obtained by many actions but may be lost; by one. Your name carries with it a mighty influence. Your church means no more to your associates than you name. It we declare to the world that we are followers of , the Lord Jesus Christ, let us live worthy of the name "Christian” consistently each day. • Our Prayer—O God help us to so live that when our name is mentioned, the name of Christ shall be exalted. Amen.

Special Counsel Is Sought For Inquiry Resignations Hot To Slow Inquiry WASHINGTON UP — Members of the senate investigating subcommittee hoped to name a special counsel "by nightfall” to head the inquiry into Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s sensation-packed row with the army. They also served notice that the investigation will not be sidetracked by resignations of any of the principals in the dispute which bas rocked the Republican party. Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-SD), acting chairman of the subcommittee tor the special inquiry, said he hoped the search for a counsel would be concluded today. Sens. John L. McClellan' (D-Ark) and Henry M. Jacksen (D-Wash), who have helped in the selection of an attorney, voiced similar hopes. — Naming of a counsel has been holding up the investigation which Mundt hopes to get to the public hearings stage next week. Mundt and the subcommittee Democrats made it clear the inr vestigatlon would proceed as proMcCarthy circles buzzed with rumors and suggestions that the inquiry could fizzle out if two of the key figures involved — Roy M. Cohn, the subcommittee's chief counsel, and army counsel John ' G. Adams — would resign; ) * Highly-placed sources said one Republican senator made that statement in the presence of four White House officials at a private lunch Thursday given by senate secretary J. Mark Trice. McCarthy was one of about 10 GOP senators present, but reportedly left before the remark was made. None of the senators present admitted making the remark. There was some general, informal discussion of the controversy at times at the luncheon table McCarthy denied any knowledge of the “rumort" and said he did not Hear any part of the discussion. The Wisconsin Republican declared there is "absolutely nothing” to rumors that Cohn will resign. Cohn has said the same thing. Mo Opposition To Winnes And Hunter Will Winnes, long time Washington township assessor, apparently will hold that post unopposed. Winnes has no Democrat opposition in the primary election and no Republican candidate has filed for the post. The same holds true in the office of Washington township justice of peace, where Floyd Hunter has served for several years. Hunter has no Democrat nor Republican Burns Prove Fatal To Indiana Woman LAFAYETTE, Ind. UP — Mrs. Julia Asbury, 65, West Lebanon, died Thursday in a hospital here of burns sustained when a brooder stove exploded on her farm the day before. Her son. Clause, also was burned ,and taken to a Williamsport hospital.

Eight Persons Feared Dead In Fire In Hotel Minnesota Hotel Is Turned Into Giant Torch By Flames CROOKS”. .(HP) — Fire turned the 'old Northwood Hotel into a "giant flaming torch” early today and eight persons were feared dead. Five were known dead. Firemen believed three other persons had been trapped inside the wooden structure and they gingerly sifted the hot ruins for the bodies. Two persons escaped the inferno only to die hours later at city hospitals. They were A. F. Sowi. Duluth, Minn., and Mrs. Betty Hedburg.who started working as a chambermaid only two days ago. Three bodies were found in the ruins, but identification was not immediately possible. One was the body of a man. The bodies which were recovered and those still believed in the ruins were tentatively identified as: Colonel Hurd, Grand Forks, N. D.; John Quam, Crookston; Timan Gillingsrud, no address; "Curly” Gregory, Crookston; Mrs. Josephine Takle, Kasota, and Angelo Pacifico, st. Paul. Mrs. Talde’s husband, tars, eg, was one of three persons taken to Bethesda hospital. The others were Dooly Cecchl, St. Paul, who had been in Crookston with Pacifico, and Clarence Aruppi, Federal Dam, Minn., *a small town near Bemidji. Aruppi was released from the hospital shortly before nooqi The Take couple has a son ! in Mankato, who was notified by the Red Cross. 1 Milton Jenson, 37, one of the 32 guests who eerambled to safety, 1 said he was forced to jump "12 or 14 feet” from a second floor window. He said he suffered only ankle injuries. Jenson, from Baudette, said the “commotion in the hall” awakened him. Another man, Earl Evans, 54, a permanent resident of the hotel, also was awakened by the noise and managed to escape in only his underwear, shoes and stock<Turn To Page Five) Monroe Lions Club Host To Greyhounds Adams Central Team Honored At Dinner ’ The Monroe Lions pMiKwas host last evening to “tfie Adami Central Greyhounds basketball team, qjrincipai and coaches at nidht dinner program in social room. z Dinrfer was served to 65 guests by the Adam# county home economics chorus. Gene Hike was chairman of the meeting. Dike Eddleman, employment manager at' Central Soya Co., a former Zollner Piston star and outstanding college athlete, was the speaker. Eddleman reviewed some of the highlights in his high school and college athletic career, including the 1947 Rose Bowl football game with Illinois University and his participation in the Olympics London in 1946. He placed second in high Jumping in this interns-, tional contest. —- r“Clean minds and clean bodies help the student in scholastic endeavors and athletic contests,” was the theme of Eddleman’s talk to the Greyhound eagers. Junior Nussbaum of the Greyhounds was presented with the Lions sportsmanship trophy for his fine spirit of sportsmanship displayed during the past basketball season. The first to receive the rotating trophy, the award was presented to Nussbaum by Eddleman. The Rev. Ralph Johnson, club president, presided.

Terre Haute State Bank Robbed Today Federal Examiner Slightly Wounded TERRE HAUTE, Ind. UP — A bandit held up the West Terre Haute State Bank today, fired shot which grated a federal examiner and fled with about $1,600. William Grady, 23, Racine, Wls„ who was in the bank on business for the Federal Depot Insurance Corp., was wounded in one arm by pellets from a sawed-off shotgun which police believe was fired at him when he moved during the holdup. State Police Det. Harold Roseben y said the bandit was roughly dressed and short of stature. He demanded the money from a teller, and stuffed bills of S2O denomination and smaller into a paper sack he carried. A confederate was waiting in an auto nearby and the car sped off when~tKe bandit ran outsfde and Jumped in, police said. Road blocks were set up in all directions but police were . confused by varying reports as to the description of the car. * Grady was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital where his condition was described as not serious. The holdup occurred at 9:50 a.m., shortly after an early-morning rush was completed. Teller Jack Brown said the bandit was nervous and told him ‘"Phis is a holdup. Fns not fooltag. Hurry it up." The man ordered all employes 'o stand at the back of the bank and shouted “Back up. back up,” when they were slow in moving. Grady was standing with the group of bankers. An FBI agent i said he was shot “apparently because the bandit became excited while the teller was getting the , money.” • I ■ , -- - Rydell Is Elected Rotary President Annual Election Is Held Here Thursday E. E. Rydell, office manager of Bag Service, Inc., was elected president of the Decatur Rotary club at the annual election of the service club, held Thursday even Ing in conjunction with the weekly meeting. Rydell will succeed Robert Ashbaucher, who has served as president for the past year. Other new officers are: M. J. Pryor, manager of the gas company office, vice president; Joseph Kaehr, of the Butler garage, secretary; Robert Smith, attorney, treasurer, and Earl Fuhrman, of the Schafer Co., W. Guy Brown, city school superintendent, directors: Ashbaucher, as retiring president, will remain on the board of directors. The new officers will assume their duties July 1. Rotary - sponsored Boy Scout troop 61 conducted a tenderfoot investiture ceremony for two new members of the troop. Dave Embier, an Eagle Scout, presided at the ceremony, assisted by other troop members and Robert Nesbit, Scoutmaster, and Newell Wright, assistant. E. E. Rydell was chairman of the program. c ormer Decatur Man Dies In Lima, Ohio Word has been received here of ■Che death of George Slagle, age about 80, former Decatur blacksmith, who died at his home in Lima, O. He left Decatur about 35 years ago. He is survived by one daughter. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Lewis funeral home in Lima, with burial in that city. INDIANA WEATHER « Mostly fair and a little cold* er tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low tonight 24-32 north, 2836 south. "High Saturday 42-48 north, 48-56 south.

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Record Billion Dollars Voted By Committee Sharply Stepped-up Bomb Production Is Voted By Committee WASHINGTON (UP) —The house appropriations committee approved a record $1,061,000,000 today to build better hydrogen and atomic bombs at a sharply stepped-up rate. The committee voted to give the atomic energy commission every cent it sought to spend on weapons in the 1955 fiscal year starting July 1. AEC chairman Lewis L. Strauss told an appropriations subcommittee that while the increase in the atomic weapon stockpile has been "very great,” an even more important development is the increasing “variety and versatility” of these weapons. The AEC money was part of a 55.566.118.763 appropriations bill for about 20 so-called ind<Mv»”'’*nt government agencies to spend) la fiscal 1955. The overall was $363,604,837, or about 6 percent, below the budget estimates. The veterans administration was slated to get the largest sum in the bi 11—53,779,432,806. The Tennessee Valley Authority would get $163,582,000, the housing and home** finance agency $112,568,500,4 general services administration $149,063,300, and the executive office of the President $8,777,700. The total amount voted the AEG for all purposes was $1,189,960,700, not a record figure. The committee and the commission agreed that no new construction money should be provided this year. But the $1,061,000,000 for weapons was the largest amount ever Voted for that purpose. An unspecified but sixeable chunk of the money will go to carry on new hydrogen and atomic bomb tests of the type that occurred in the Pacific March 1, when the granddaddy of all explosions astonished the scientists. The committee also directed the ' housing and home finance agency to make no new commitments for public housing beyond next year. It said the federal public housing construction program should be terminated then despite President Eisenhower’s request for a program of 35,000 units a year tar the next four years. The committee said it was pre-■> pared to put up the money next year for the 13,000 to 16,000 units on which there are firm contract commitments, but which are not provided for in this year’s appropriation. The $112,568,000 carried in the bill for the housing —and homw finance agency was $6,331,500 beow the budget request. The veterans administration was cut $113,040,200 below its budget equest. But-the committee said part of this cut might have to be restored if veterans pension and compensation payments run higher than expected. Other agencies covered in the • bin included: Civil service commission: $47,952,600, cut of below the budget request. Federal communications commission: $6,544,400, a cut of sl,100,000. General accounting office: S3L (Tarn To Taco Bight) High School. Senior Is Accident Victim ROYiHRTON, Ind. UP — The Royerton high school senior class play won’t be presented tonight. “You Can’t Take It With You” was postponed three weeks because John.Cargile, 18, a member of the class, was injured fatally in a traffic accident. Cargile, a member of the school track team, died of injuries suffered in a Wednesday collision which killed Neil HaU, 16, a football star at the school and a member of the junior class.