Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1954 — Page 1

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Denies H-Bomb Delay wpjhi a.sosL - - * ; ?v' : --'->'■■'■■;" ♦$ -j’’ €?• ■t a ~/ -aPJB Il 4RKsjwfi / « WHNI / IB *% v- £ . - T - ' IU AT A NEWS CONFERENCE in Kansas City, Mo., former President’ Truman denies vehemently that there was any delay in developing the H-bomb during his administration. He said however that he had “to knock some heads together” to get the project started because of a strong division of opinion among top scientists as to its workability, Earlier in the week Sen. Joseph McCarthy charged there had been an 18 month delay.

Brownell Calls For Crackdown On Red Parly Seeks Additional Legislation To Deal With Reds In U.S. WASHINGTON (UP) —Attorney general Herbert Brownell Jr.. Fri- , day night called for new "constitutional weapons" to strike down the Communist party in this country by “legal, orderly processes.” Brownell said the administration is striking at the Reds “at every opportunity” but needs the additional legislation “to complete the task of destroying this threat to our nation's safety." * His nationwide radio-television address was a follow up to President Elsenhower's Monday night speech warning against hysteria about Communism and other prole lems facing the nation. He said he agreed with Mr. Eisenhower that "although we must be constantly alert to the danger of Communist infiltration, we should not have exaggerated fears of the danger.’’ His proposal for additional legislationto deal . with Communist threats to unions and industry » drew support from some congres- _ ; slonal. Republicans. BuLunion-LOt. fidtals fffopted a wait-and-see attitude until they learn more details of Brownell’s plan. Brownell warned that the “threat of Communism is a very real one” And said the Eisenhower administration is "determined to destroy the effectiveness of the Communist movement in this country.” • His legislative program to accomplish this includes proposals now pending in congress to make wire-tap evidence admissible in court trials involving the national security and to grant balky witnesses who testify before 1 » congressional hearings and grand juries. Brownell also made these newlegislative recommendations: 1. Allow an employer to fire f-om defense plants during a national emergency any worker whose record shows he is likely to engage in sabotage or espionage. Under present law, he said, such firings are possible only if the worker is working on a classified defensecontract. 2. Eliminate Communist control of labor unions or industrial organizations in vital sections of the ' national economy. Under his proposal, the subversive activities control board would decide what unions are Communist-dominated and in a position to hurt the national security. Should the board make such a finding, members the union would be forbidden to pay dues or perform services for (Tarn To Pace Six) Strike Threatens To Close Kroger Stores FORT WAYNE. Ind. UP —More than 60 Fort Wayne area Kroger supermarkets were threatened today with a shutdown after truck drivers struck in a contract negotiation dispute. The drivers, members of the APL Teamsters Union, seek an hourly wage increase of 10 cents. The company offer of an 8-cent — boost was rejected. ,—~- — - A Kroger spokesman said the stores would remain open until stocks of perishables were exhausted. The stores employ about 1,200 persons. NOON EDITION

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Holy Week Services Al Lutheran Church Special Services To Mark Holy Week "This is God's Hour" will be the pulpit theme Sunday morning as the Rev,-Edgar B r -Schmidt, pastor , opens the Holy Week services of worship at Zion Lutheran church, West Monroe street. Palm Sunday will be observed with the two hours of worship, 8 and 10:30 o'clock. A special feature of these services will be the renewal of the confirmation vow- which the members of the congregation will make, since Palm Sunday is for many Lutheran people the anniversary day of their confirmation. The choir will sing, “On the Way to Jerusalem," the opening chorus of the Lenten cantata, “OlivetTo Calvary," composed by J. H. Maunder. Donald Bieberich will be at the organ console and will also present a short concert on the Carlllonic bells immediately following the 8 o'clock service. Wednesday of Holy Week will be devoted to Lenten devotionals hi the church on the hours of 2, 4,5, 7, and 8 o'clock, when the members may announce for the Maundv Thursday. and Easter Communion celebrations. Maundy Thursday, the day of institution of the blessed sacrament. will be observed with a celebration of the Lord's Supper. The service, iwigitis at -7:30 .o’clptk. The. pis Tor will preach The traditional midday Good Friday service will be held at 12:30 o’clock. This service, which is gaining in popularity each year, features the reading of the entire Passion story from the four Gospels, interspersed by appropriate hymns and prayers. The service lasts an hour and twenty minutes. The children of the Saturday school will sing a number of the hymns. The annual memorial service commemorating the death of Jesus Christ will be held at 7:30 Good Friday evening. The pastor will conclude his series of sermons on the symbols, centering the pulpit thoughts around- the most important of all the Lenten symbols: the Cross. The litanyof the Cross anti the reproaches, antiphonal singing by the pastor and the. congregation, are used at this Goqd Friday vesper. The public is invited to attend all the services at Zion Lutheran church? The message of the church centers in a changless Christ for a changing world. Issues Appeal For Easter Seal Drive The Rev. William Feller, gener- !? al chairman of the 1954 Easter Seal campaign, has issued an appeal for further support in the final week of the campaign. Campaign contributions finance the Indiana Society for Crippled Children, Inc. Easter seals provide the funds for all kinds of appliances and the therapists to train amputees to use their appliances properly. All kinds of care, treatment and training are provided by contributions to the society. Os the money' collected here, 91.7 percent of each dollar remains to meet the needs of this community. »Locally the fund has been used for an airlock for the hospital, two hearing aids and glasses. It has speech therapy for children and enables the society to 'offer to pay the tuition and transportation for any teacher in the county who Is interested in speech and hearing therapy training.

U. S. To Study India's Plan Os Agreement Proposes Standstill Agreement On Atom Hydrogen Weapons UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UP — The United States today considered with "respectful attention” India's proposal for a "standstill” agreement on atomic and hydrogen weapons. ‘ But Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., suggested late Friday to the United Nations disarmament commission that the proposal should be turned over to the Big Four powers and Canada for study in secret. The proposal was put forward by Premier Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi last week and submitted to the 12-nation disarmament commission on Thursday for “immediate cnosideration.” It.called fort. A "standstill'’ on hydrogen tests while the U. N. seeks means to outlaw thermonuclear weapons: full publicity by the atomic powers on the devastating effects of hydrogen explosion*; active steps by non-atomic powers to prevent further' experiments; and and continuing' considerate n/f tfe'Wh by the -U.N. The disarmament commission, hold ing its firstmeeting of the hydrogen age Friday, did nothing about the j<ehru plan. It heard a formal proposal by Britain’s Sir Pierson Divon to put into effect a recommendation by the general assembly that it set up a subcommittee "of the powers principally involved" to consider ‘ disarm ament p tans inaseries of secret meetings in various world capitals. Dixon proposed that the subcommittee should comprise the U. S., ( Russia, Britain, Erance and Canada—the latter because of its work . in World War II atomic dev elop- ’ merit. > Russia’s Andrei Y. Vishinsky in- ■ listed that he needed time to study the proposal on the subcommittee’s I composition—and would prefer to i have it in writing. The commission adjourned until next Wednesday , afternoon. > •' - • ** ' ■ Health Board Okays Polio Vaccination INDIANAPOLIS (UP) —The Indiana state board of health has gram Os second-grade school chil-dren-in eight Hoosier counties. The board, in executive session, said it was “satisfied . . . that the rigid standards for testing this ' vaccine are as effective as medi- ■ cal science can devise.” i Pupils in Allen. Delaware, Elki hart, Howard, Madison, Tippecanoe, St. Joseph, and Vander- - burgh counties are scheduled to i tafc-fe part in the mass vaccination this spring. >- . . Wells Co. Farmer l Likes Magazines Paid Over Thousand Dollars To Blonde 1 BLUFFTON. Ind. (UP) — A fartper told authorities he paid I $1X153.50 this week to a blonde for l magazine subscriptlons..including i a 60-year subscription to a farm , publication. Deputy sheriffxßaymond Durr identified the victim only as "a Nottingham Twp. farmer.” Durr said the farmer told of withdrawing S4OO from his bank and endorsing several checks to pay for subscriptions. The farmer said the blonde and a man sold him subscriptions to more than 20 ’ nationally known magazines for * periods of from 20 to 60 years. A man identified as Jerry Davis. ' 24. Fon du Lac, Wis.. was held in ■ Wells county jail on a charge of frlse pretenses. > The 40-year-old farmer’s cash ‘ was earned partly from his farm 1 and partly from his job as railroad 1 section hand. A bachelor, he lives ■ with his elderly mother. 1 The farmer salvaged $313.65 of - the amount by stopping payment i on checks which hadn’t cleared i by the time he decided he wanted to cancel his subscriptions. I Durr said other persons in the . farmer’s neighborhood bought eub- ; scriptions from the same couple ■ but there were no other reports -of, such big payments. I According to receipts the farmer i got, he’s paid up for 60 years for i “The Farm Journal,’’ 55 years for - “The Town Journal" and 36 years for "Look."

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 10, 1954.

Secy. Dulles Says Free Nations Must Unite To Maintain Asia Freedom

Mitchell Sees Break In Rise Os Unemployed Secretary Os Labor Discloses 80,000 Decrease In Claims WASIII.NGTON UP —Labor secretary James P. Mitchell says that a decrease of 80,000 claiminauneinployment compensation mark's the “first break” in a five-month rise in the nunfber of jobless. But there still were 2,133.000 claiming jobless insurance — the highest for the last full week of March in any .year since World War IL The figure compared with 976,016 a year ago and 1,177,204 for that week in 1952. The labor department also reported Friday that the number of persons filing initial claims for unemployment compensation last week rose by 46,100 to 339,000. But he said this gain resulted largely from "administrative f-a-c-t-o-r-s" rather tha nnew unemployment. Only about 36,000,000 of the nation’s 60,000,000 employed are covered by jobless, insurance. The unemployment compensation claims considered an important indicator in unemployment trends, particularly in industry. The agriculture department estimated 7,278,000 were working on farms in the last week of this March. This was about 1,000,000 higher than a month earlier but about 2 per cent lower than a year ago. The commerce department's overall labor force report recently showed that unemployment in the second week of March rose 3,700,000, a gain of 54,000 as against a month earlier. . Oh ’apotl)er. < -’fertmmip frbnt,. t-he commerce departmentreported that March sales totaled $13,300,000,000, 5 per cent less than a (Turn To Pn«re Six) Alleged Bank Robber Enters Guilty Plea FORT WAYNE, Ind. UP —Calvin Inman, 45, Westville, pleaded guilty Friday to bank robbery charges, but sentencing was posK poned pending probation investigation. Inman said he looted the San Pierre State Bank last Saturday of $1,505 to cover gambling debts. He was arrested shortly afterwards, -climaxing a wild* highwaychase. Two Persons Killed As Truck Hits Tree SCOTTSBURG, Ind. UP — A pick-up truck went out of control on U.S. 31 sontir of here Friday and crashed, killing two persons and critically injuring a third. 'State police -’said George F. Hadfield, 29, and Tom Abner, 65. Monticello, Ky„ were' killed when Hatfield lost control of the truck which struck a tree. Del Rednour, 18, another passe'nger, was hospitalized in Austin.

(By Rev? Romaine D. Woo<l. Decatur Nazarene Church) . Mountain Time Isaiah 40:21-26 Isaiah is portraying to,us, the futility of seeking help from idols or any other material thing, in the time of greatest need. In these times of extremity the mountains are not sufficient to cover up. unless He who made the mountains and formed “the cleft in the rock”-ehould, with His own hand, cover us. “A horse is a vain thing in time of battle,” “Cursed is he who maketh the arm of flesh his hope,” “Yea. the darkness hideth not from thee—the darkness and the light are both alike <o thee." He brings to us, truth which W’e had known, but Which sometimes we fall to remember. In the God of heaven and earth, Is the only safe refuge. "Blessed is he who maketh the Lord his strength.” David said, “My help corheth from the Lord who made heaven and earth.” In his times of most serious need, when all about him seemed insecure and on the verge of collapse he lifted his eyes above the hills to the one who could help in a real Way. “When," he said, "my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”

Indochina Airstrip Blown Up By Reds Commandos Blast Part Os Airstrip HANOI, Indochina, UP — Communist Indochinese commandos sneaked through Dien Bien Phu’s Jjattered ramparts today and blew UP part of the airstrip linking the fortress with the outside world. 4 The Red infiltrators crawled through defenses during the moonJess night with crudely-fashioned torpedoes—made by packing hollow bamboo poles with explosives. In the black of night they crammed the bombs under steel matting that paves the airstrip runway and blasted the vital airstrip. Other Communist sneak forces tried to seize a southern strongpoint in the shell-pocked defense lines that have held against five weeks of “human wave" assault. The commando attack, along with Red artillery barrages, was considered part of Communist Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap’s preparation for his next, and possibly final. assault on the fortress. French military authorities predicted Vo would make the big attack w-ithin 36 hours. The officials said Vo, who has lost 22,000 men in his four futile attempts to wrest the strategic fortress from its “Fighting Fool” defenders, will receive enough replacements by Sunday at the latest. More than 20,000 Red Indochinese rebels have been moving do-wn a highway leading from replacement depots near the border of Communist Chiqa to the hills ovrelooking the Dien Bien Phu basin. The Reds increased the intensity of their artillery fire on Dien Bien Phu early today, resuming a duel that lasted for 20 hours Friday. French spokesmen said rebel arilHerymen:.ftJM>ej»fe<. til trhting' on French batteries which had beet) dug hi within the defense perimeter. Young Fugitive Is Nabbed In Nebraska Facing Charges Os Slaying Patrolman VALENTINE, Neb. (UP) — A ypung fugitive, hunted down by a posse of 500 ranchers in the roughest section of county Wilderness, faced first degree murder charges today.— Lloyd Grandsinger. 22. Wwela. S. D.. was captured Friday night after a 16 hour search near Sparks. Neb. Lt. Leo Knudson of the safety patrol said Grandsinger admitted firing at patrolman Marvin Hansen, andrthen fleeing to a canyon. Hansen was found dead. Three officers pulled the frightened youth, scratched and dirty, from beneath a small wooden bridge. He was unarmed. Grandsinger w;as brought to Valentine for questioning. County Atty. Brian Quigley expected to file degree murder charges against him. (Tur# To Pace Six)

GOP Senators Oppose Trade With Red Bloc Oppose New Policy Os An Increase In Non-Strategic Trade WASHINGTON UP — Key Republican senators lined up today in opposition to the free world's new policy of increased non-stra-tegic trade with the Soviet bloc nations of Europe. Sen. Homer Ferguson (R-Mich), a member of the foreign relations committee and chairman of the senate GOP policy committee, said now is the "wrong time” to change the west's trade policy. J(e said tlie Soviets would ipterpret it as a sign of weakness. Ferguson spoke out after foreign aid chief Harold & Stassen told the foreign relations committee Friday that the new policy is designed to woo the people behind the Iron Curtain to peace. But Ferguson said easing of trade curbs — even on non-military 1 consumer items on the eve of the big power talks in Geneva would lead the Russians to “inisjudge what <we are trying to do." He said they will think "we have a fear complex." Other objections were raised at Friday’s healing by Sens. 11. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) and Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa). Stassen insisted the new policy will not help the Soviet military effort and means a “net advantage to the free world.” He said “people unrest” over shortages of consumer items beJiind the Iron Carta in ca n be t raved to Tight con - trols by the free nations on eastwest t rade, ...■, -..- ’ Gut- i.ommiLtee inemher,...S£n. j... William Furlbright (D-Ark), told a, reporter he saw no harm in trade that would enable consumers behind the Iron Curtain to live a little ' more cdihfortably, so long as 'western allies benefit from the trading. Smith asked “Why shouldn’t. wo put the pressure on" Ts present trade policies are producing unrest behind the Iron Curtain. He said he feared letting the Soviets get more consumer materials would let them concentrate their own production on war materials. Council Approves Transfer Os Funds Approval Is Given By County Council The county council, meeting Friday morning and today, has approved a transfer of funds and equipment from the county general fund to the general improvement ditch fund. Gene Beard of the state board of accounts, was present Friday. The transfer was necessary under the state ditch law which does not allow an additional tax appropriation for the ditch improvement fund. The general purpose of the new ditch procedure is to put the cost of ditch maintenance on those who benefit, by the ditches. Amounts requested include county general fund —clerk of surveyor office, $1,000; staking allotments. $500; repair of open ditches, sl,.000; repair of tile drain, $5,000; assessed benefits to county property excluding highways, $500: preliminary expenses, $3,000, and transfer to general ditch improvement fund, $31,000. County hospital fund —office supplies and stationery, $200; postage, $100; Insurance, $750 and telephone, SSOO. County highway fund —truck, SI,OOO. Reductions proposed Include rod arid chainman, $200; staking ditches, $200; dragline operator, $1,000; bulldozer operator, $1,000; helper on dragline and bulldozer, $500; (Turn To Page Five)

Monroe Boy Killed By Fall Last Night Harry Dean Essex Is Fatally Injured A trip to the rodeo at the Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum Friday night for a group of boys from Monroe ended in tragedy when 11-year-oid Harry Dean Essex fell and suffered a fatal brain concussion. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Essex of Monroe, the boy tripped over a guy wire in the parking lot after the show. He was taken to Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne for observation. At the time he entered the hospital he was not believed seriously burt since he was able to walk. However, he died at 4 a.m. today. Another boy in the party tripped over the same wire but only skinned his knee. The boys made the trip under the supervision of a teacher in a school bus. The boy was born in Decatur lan. 1, 1943. He was a fifth grade student at Monroe grade school and a member of the Methodist church. Surviving besides the parents are two brothers, Lester Essex of iColumbia City, Glenn E. Essex of Fort M’ayne, and two sisters, Mrs.' Lois Ellen Arrends of Fort Wayne, Georgia Ann, at home. Funeral services Will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Monroe Methodist church with the Rev. RAlph R. Johnson and the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating. Burial will be in the Ray Cemetery at Monroe. The body will be removed from the Gillig & Doan funeral home to the Essex home in Monroe Sunday evening and will lie in state at the Methodist Monroe church from 11 a m. Tuesday until the time of tlie funeral. Hold Muncie Grocer In Thefl Os Coffee Denies Connection With Stolen Coffee FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UP)—The owner of a Muncie supermarket which featured "fabulous” grocery bargains was held today on a charge of receiving $9,200 worth of coffee stolen in a warehouse burglary here March 25. Porter F. Anderson, 40, owner of the Park and Shop market, was arrested Friday night on an Allen county grand jury warrant. Anderson denied any connection with the stolen coffee. Sheriff Harold Zeis said Anderson was arrested as a result of a systematic check of a list bt formet- employes of the A. H. Perfect Co., owner of the warehouse where 341 cases of coffee were taken March 25 in a burglary blamed on the rise in price of the beverage. Zeis said further arrests are “expected momentarily.’’ Zeis said authorities were trailing a truck driven by Anderson on March 28 when it ran off a road Just outside Muncie. They arrested him on a reckless driving charge, largely tor the purpose of searching the truck. Inside the truck they found 340 cases of coffee, Zeis said. The sheriff said Anderson owned the supermarket about a year and featured "fabulous bargains” like eggs three dozen for 99 cents. Anderson was arrested- in his store during the heavy Friday night shopping period by Zeis, state police and Capt. Jack Ertel of the Muncie police department. He was considered a respected citizen, Zeis said, but a search of police records showed he served a oneryear term in 1936 for conversion of mortgaged property. Zeis said Anderson will be arraigned Monday, before Judge William H. Schannen. INDIANA WEATHER Thunder»hawer» - ending most' tonight, becoming party cloudy and cooler „ Sunday. Cooler northwest tonight. Low tonight 40-45 northwest, 50’s southeast. High Sunday, near 60.

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Leaves Tonight For Europe To Press Campaign Holds Conference With Eisenhower On United Front Drive WASHINGTON UP — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said today after a conference with President Elsenhower that the free nations must unite to assure that the forthcoming Geneva conference "will not lead to a loss of freedom in Southeast Asia.” Dulles talked with the President before leaving tonight for conferences in London and Paris* next week to press his campaign for a "united front to resist Communist aggression in Southeast Asia.” In a formal statement, Dulleb said: “This government believes that if all the free people who are threatened unite against the threat then the threat can be ended.” Dulles emphasised that his mission to Europe to line up reluctant British and French support for his united action plan in Southeast Asia is “a mission of peace through strength,” ■ Dulles said the need now is for the United States, Britain and France to join their strength and add the strength of others to assure that the conference at Geneva will not lead to a loss of freedom in Southeast Asia . . Dulles will press the British and French to issue, in cooperation with other nations, a firm declaration that Indochina and Southeast Asia will not tall prey to CommunaKKression. Duhes said the threat to Indochina la “not 'a limited one.” He saitf4Rs •&.vitaT-InteiMt. nations in Southeast Asia Wthe - Western Pacific area, including the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand with whom the United States has security treaties. Dulles said the Communist bloc, with its vast resources, “can win success by overwhelming one by one small bits of freedom.” “But it is different if we unite, he said. “Our purpose is not to extend the fighting, but to end the fighting.” “Our purpose is not to prevent a peaceful settlement at the forthcoming Geneva conference, but to create the unity of free wills needed to assure a peaceful settlement which will in fact preserve the vital interests of us all. "Unity of purpose calls for a full understanding. 1 It seemed that this understanding would be promoted if 1 would personally go to London to talk to the British government and go to Paris to talk to the French governgmnt so that there could be a more satisfactory exchange of views than is possible by the exchange of cabled messages,” Dulles said. The British and French governments have balked at going along with Dulles’ plans to issue a united front against Communism in advance of the Geneva conference. They have indicated they would prefer to wait until after the conference, which begins April 26. ' Dulles said he is taking his emergency trip to talk with the British and French governments “about some of the real problems involved in creating the obviously desirable united front to resist Communist aggression in Southeast Asia.” Father And Son Accident Victims LOOGOOTEE, Ind. UP — A father and son were killed Friday night when a truck which collided with their auto bounced oft a tree and crushed them in the highway where they were thrown by the Impact. State police identified the dead as Samuel Graber, 54, and his son, James, 24, R. R. 2, Loogootee.