Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 90.

Shoulders iGuilty 'jilß AS A FEDERAL COURT jury in Kansas City found him guilty of perjury. former St. Louis police Lieutenant Louis Shoulders gives his recent bride a reassuring kiss at the end of his four-day trial. Shoulders, principal arresting officer in the capture of the kidnapers or 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease who was murdered, faces possible five years imprisonment for perjury in connection with his testimony regarding ransom money in the case. Only one-half of the $600,000 ransom was recovered. .■ -

Slap Tax Claim On Profils Os Insured Loans Government Ready To Crack Down On Windfall Profits WASHINGTON UP — The government is ready to slap tax claims amounting to millions of dollars on hundreds of apartment builders who reaped quick, profits from govemment-in-sured loans, it was learned today. internal revenue service officials said they are only waiting for the outcome of a three million dollar test claim against a group of NewYork builders. If the government wins, they said the inass claims will be tiled in quick order. The tax question, is an off shoot of the multi-million dollar federal housing administration scandals disclosed Monday. Under a now defunct law, hundreds of apartment builders received governmentbacked loans that ran, it has been estimated, 500 million dollars above the cost of the projects. < Two congressional committees will open hearings next week into the alleged irregularities. But the revenue service has been digging into the tax aspect fcff more than two years. The service said late Thursday it has a list of 1,149 construction corporations which obtainedFHA■■"'"approm ers to build emergency housing units which cost less than the loans. The excess was distributed to the corporations’ stockholders as a “windfall.” It was reported that most of the stockholders of the 1,149 firms listed by the revenue service reported the excess loan money as "capital gains” rather than regular income thus paying a lower tax rate. In the test ease, the government is jlemanding the higher, straight income tax rate. The matter is being thrashed out in the tax court and a decision is expected sometime after June. Fred Liniger Dies After Long Illness Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Fred Liniger, 69. of 829 North Thirteenth street, died at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Parkview memorial hospital, Fort Wayne, following an illness of three months of carcinoma. He was born in Adams county Dec. 31, 1894, a son of Ben and Christens Dettinger-Lininger, and was a lifelong resident-of Adams county. Mr. Liniger was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Surviving are his wife, the for- * mer Bertha Lambert; two daughters, Mrs. William Haley of Las Vegas, Nev,, and Mrs. Guy Secaur of Kendallville; four grandchildren ; four brothers, Daniel Liniger of Marlon, Charles of Hartford City, and George and Roger, both cf Fort Wayne; and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Jesse of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Albert Brushwiller of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Monday Zwick funeral home; the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends tnal call»at the funeral home after ‘7 o’clock Saturday evening.

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Start Printing Os Election Ballots Primary Elections Here Tuesday, May 4 Printing of primary election ballots for both the Democrat and Republican primary elections in Adams county May 4 started this afternoon under supervision of David Macklin, C. E. Peterson and . JEdward F. Jaberg, county board of election commissioners. There are no county contests in the Republican primary, but ballots must be printed because the primary also is the election date for state convention delegates and precinct committeemen. Names of unopposed candidates will be omitted from the primary ballots and the only contest in GOP voting will be for the nomination for St. Mary’s township trustee. Republican ballots wall be printed first, Macklin, president of the board, said. O. K. Baker, foreman of the Daily Democrat job printing department, will do the work, under supervision of board members. Official 'Republican ballots will be printed on pink paper. Official Democrat ballots will be printed oh canary yellow. There will be 6,000 official ballots printed for each party and these will be packaged and sealed for each of the 39 preeinets, based on the number of “Votes cast in the last general election. There ’will be 500 sample ballots printed for each major .party. , on green paper and the sample Republican ballots w-ill ’be printed on blue paper. The task of printing and packaging the Republican ballots will be completed by Saturday noon and the Democrat ballots then wilt be started Monday morning. Completion is scheduled for Tuesday night. 266 Names Listed In Election Notice Legal Notice Will Appear Next Week Names and addresses of 166 Democrats and 100 Republicans, candidates for county, township and party offices May 4 will be listed in the official legal listing, prepared by county clerk Edward F. Jaberg. The legal notice, giving names of candidates, the office they seek and their voting address will appear next week in the Daily Democrat and Berne Witness. The list reveals that there are no contests on the Republican ticket for Bounty offices or for party offices. There is one contest for trusteeship and that is in St. Mary’s township. In the Democrat listing there is a contest for nomination for congress; county clerk, sheriff, assessor, commissioner, county council, and judge of Adams circuit court, 26th judicial district. There also are Democrat contests for nomination for trustee in Monroe and Kirkland townships. V Lewis L. Smith, incumbent prosecuting attorney of the 26th judicial district is the only candidate in either party who is unopposed both in the primary and general election. There also is one independentRepublican candidate for judge of Adams circuit court. However, this candidate, Earl DaWald, Geneva, filed his petition with the required number of signers and it is not necessary that his name appear on a primary election ballot.

Oppenheimer Is Opposed To Public Hearing Discourages Fellow Scientists Demands For Public Hearing WASHINGTON (UP) — Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer is discouraging his fellow scientists from demanding that the loyalty charges against him be aired publicly, It was learned today. Many colleagues and friends of the physicist are opposed to the present secret hearings .before a special security board of the atomic energy commission. They would like to see a public investigation — preferably before lhe house-senate atomic energy committee —so the nation would be able to weigh the charges of pro-Communism against Opuenheimer's record in masterminding development of the atomic bomb. 'But an informed source revealed Oppenheimer does’ not favor this course. He fears it might develop into a sensational kind of (rial in which the issued could become blurred. Oppenheimer, the source said, chose to fight the charges against him according to the procedures called for under AEC regulations. These provided for the secret hearings to determine whether he is a security risk. He Is sticking to his .decision,—■-—■ Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R-NY) said Tuesday that his joint atomic committee intends to wait until after the AEC hearings before deciding whether it should investigate. Sen. William E. Jenner (RInd.) has asked the staff of his internal security subcommittee to see if a full inquiry is warranted. Whether a congressional investigation is called or not. sources close to the controversy feel sure the case will find its way into the courts sooner or later. Proposes 4 Percent Tax On Wage Earners To Replace Present Real Estate Taxes INDIANAPOLIS UP — A 4 per cent “pay as you go” tax on wage earners in place of the present real estate tax was taken under consideration today as a means of financing new School construction. / The plan was one of four offered by Joe Rand Beckett, Indiana American Legion legislative ■ official; for alleviating the "serious” classroom shortage. Although he did not specifically advocate the proposal, Beckett told a meeting of the education committee of the legislative advisory commission late Thursday that the plan merits “a great deal of consideration.” He said the "personal service”, tax would be levied only on the incomes of wage earners, professional men, fees and commissions. Businesses and farmers would be exempt. The Legion official said a survey indicated a personal service tax of 2% per cent would be required in Marion county to produce the same revenue as the real estate tax. However, the tax would be 6 per cent in Randolph county under the same conditions, he said. The 4 per cent figure would “strike a medium,” Beckett said. He said the proposal would relieve farmers of their tax burden, and he argued the state faces a (Turn To Pace Five) Adams Central School Clinic Next Wednesday The Adams Central pre-school clinic will be held April 21 from 8 to 10 am. in the annex of the Monroe Methodist church. Doctors, nurses, dentists, and optometrists will be present to check children who will start school in September. , The clinic is being sponsored by the Adams Central PTA, with Mrs. Glen Stucky as chairman of the affair. She has been assisted In making the arrangements by Miss Marie Felber, county health nurse. Parents are asked to bring a bath robe or a towel in which to dress the child for the examination. They are also asked to come as early as possible. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler tonight. Mostly fair and somewhat warmer Saturday. Low tonight 35-40 north, 38-44 south. “High Saturday 54-62. Sunday outlook mostly fair and pleasant

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 16, 1954.

Eisenhower Offers New Defense Doctrine For West Europe Nations

Reds Establish Bridgehead In Besieged Fort French Seeking To Destroy Toe-Hold Gained By Reds HANOI, Indochina UP — French Union troops fought desperately' today to destroy a communist force which ■established a bridgehead inside the defenses of besieged Dien Bien Phu. *Ttre Reds established their dangrous toe-hold on the battered airstrip at the northern end of the fortress area and threatened to cut communications between the east and west defense positions of the surrounded French garrison. French military authorities said artillery and tanks had churned up the airstrip in an attempt to bury the invaders in the maze of tunnels and trenches through which they penetrated to within less than half a mile of Col. Chris tian De Castries’ underground,Command post. French fighter-bombers dumped flaming, jellied gasoline over the area. But the defenders said the Reds were holding on to -their positions, which may be the springboard for a new all-out Communist attempt to crush the defenders. Gen. Earld Patridge, United States Far Eastern air force commander, was revealed to have made a lightning trip to Hanoi to consult authorities on increased American aid. Before visiting Hanoi Patridge had conferred with French authorities in Saigon. He flew back to his Tokyo headquarters today. Further indications of U. S. anxlsty ew-JiH outcome: of • the -war was the arrival Thursday in Saigon of Majdr Gen. John W, (Iron Mike) O’Daniel, head of the new military mission to Indpchina. The mission advises French military leaders on the use of American equipment and supplies. Two 'U. S. navy aircraft carriers of the Essex class were reported maneuvering in the South China Sea off the Indochinese coast. Under the U. S. policy of stepping; up aid to the French Union forces, 25 Cl 19 "Flying Boxcars” already have been ordered to fly supplies from the 'Philippines to Indochina for the defenders of Dien Bien Phu. w Calland Speaks At Meeting Os Rotary J. Ward Calland. Decatur, continued his description of the trip he and Mrs. Calland made to the Caribbean sea last winter at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. The meeting was cut short in order that members could attend Church services, and Calland’s discussion will be continued at a future meeting. Jerry Leitz was chairman of the meeting.

beaten UteclifatiM (By Rev. H. J. Welty, Decatur Missionary Church) Borderline Living Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. - Rom. 12:9 Many professing Christians have brought reproach upon Christ by their "borderline living." They profess that they know God and claim to love Him but in their living they deny their profession. They seek to live so Close to the border than others find it hard tp detect whether or not they are Christians. . We agree that we are not saved by our good works nor our own righteousness, but by faith in Jesus Christ and His atoning " work on the cross of Calvary for sin. However the love and mercy of God should constrain us to live lives of complete separation from sin unto God. No longer live according to the lusts and desires of the flesh, but yield our members unto God to live in righteousness. If We have been truly born again by the Spirit of God we will tarn away from all forms of evil and seek to do good. The apostle Johp says, "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit (practice) sin.’’ Let us prove our profession by a transformed life.

Approve Rate Hike For Natural Gas New Policy Granted For Setting Rates WASHINGTON UP — The federal power commiscsion has initiated a new policy for setting wholesale natural gas rates based on /current market prices in approving a rate boost for the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. The new policy met immediate congressional criticism. Rep. Charles G. Oakman (R.-Mich.) said it -would cost consumers “billions of dollars” and Sen. Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.) said he was “greatly disappointed’’ by the action. The new policy tn a 4 -1 FPC decision and order Thursday which authorized Panhandle Eastern, a Kansas City firm, to raise the value of its natural gas reserves. These values will be considered in setting natural gas rates. The old system of setting natural gas rates was based on cost. The test was whether proposed rates were reasonable when measured against the company’s cost of service, including a fair°return for the company. Panhandle Eastern owns gas fields which it purchased years ago at a low cost. Companies which purchased fields near the Panhandle properties in later years paid more for their holdinks. Panhandle asked that it be allowed to revalue Its properties so that its gas could have a “fair field” value comparable to that of other' companies. This would mean an upward reassessment of Panhandle gas to be passed along in higher rates to consumers. The commission said the new policy is a “transition to a more realistic approach to the pricing of pipeline-produced gas than it has taken in the past.” The FPC indicated the new ap proach would result in regulatory policies designed to encourage, rather. ttuui.. penalize, natural gas (Turn To' Page -Kight) Report Break-ins At Schools Last Night Break-ins At Berne And Adams Central Two break-ins were reported at Adams county schools last night. Forced entries were made at the Berne-French high school and at Adams Central high school. Deputy sheriff Merle Affolder, state trooper Walter Schindler, Berue police chief Carl Sprunger and state detective Truman Bierie investigated the break-ins .which resulted in considerable damage to both schools. - Entry at the Berne school was made by prying open floor window. The thieves took about $66 after breaking into the lunch room and superintendent’s office. Filing cabinets and doors were damaged. A glass out of a rear door was broken to gain entry to the Adams Central school where about sls is reported missing. Here again the vandals caused dA’inage to doors and filing cabinets.

McCarthy And Cohn Threaten To Delay Probe Assail Leaking Os Charges From Army Given Ta Newsmen WASHINGTON UP — Sen. Karl 'E. Mundt made it plain today that he expects to get the televised Me-. Carthy-ariny hearings underway oh schedule next week despite an angry threat from the McCarthy side to delay them. At the same time, informed sources revealed some members of the senate investigating subcommittee want to send the army’s formal charges in the controversy back to the Pentagon for more details. The threat to delay the proceedings came late Thursday when Roy M. Cohn demanded, at Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's request, the subcommittee punish those responsible for leaking the army's charges to newsmen. Cohn, 27-year old chief counsel of the subcommittee, said the matter should be cleared up before the subcommittee investigates the army's accusations. Until then, Cohn said he «nd McCarthy (RWis.) would not present their coun-ter-charges against the army. .Mundt CR-S.D ), acting chairman of the subcommittee, said the •group may have to consider going ahead with the investigation without a preliminary statement of charges from McCarthy and Cohn if they are still balking Monday. •Asked whether Cohn, as a subcommittee employe, could be ordered—not invited—.to submit his charges, Mundt said Cohn would be treated the same as other parties to the dispute. . » , McCarthy said in Dallas, Tex., that "somebody” should be cited for contempt if the arniy charges were released "intentionally" in violation of. subcommittee rules. (Turn To Paar Eight) Mrs. Margaret Parr Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Margaret J. Parr, 83, of Berne, died at 6:45 o'clock Thursday evening at the Berne .nursing home following an illness of six weeks of complications and hardening of arteries. She was born in Auglaize county, 0., Feb. 17, 1871, a daughter of Christopher and Margaret Beimel--SctaiTr-; -to- - Jehw H. Parr Jan. 20, 1888. Her husband died Nov. 1, 1945. Mrs. Parr was a member of the Berne Missionary church. Surviving are two sons. Samuel Parr of Fort Wayne and Thurell Parr of Lagro; two daughters, Mrs. Leona Kemp and Mrs. Frieda Unser of Norfolk, Va.; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. One son, Vernon Parr, was killed while serving with the U .S. armed forces during World War I. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Berne Missionary church, the Rev. J. J. Klopfenstein officiating. Burial will be in the' Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 4 o'clock this afternoon until 1 p.m. Saturday, after which the body will lib * n state at the church. Kever Funeral Rites Saturday Morning '"■* Funeral services for’Mrs. Mary M. Kever, who died Wednesday afternoon, will be .held at 10 a. m. Saturday at the C. M. Sloan & Sons ffineral home, Fort Wayne, the Rev. Matthew Worthman officiating. .Burial wil be in. Fairview cemetery at Biiffton.

Good Friday Marked By Church Services Business Suspends \ During Three Hours Stores and offices in Decatur were closed for three hours this afternoon as residents attended services in three Decatur churches commemorating the Passion and death of Christ.' flood Friday services took place at SL Mary’s Catholic church, Zlan Lutheran church and the Rr.*“ Methodist church. The service at the Methodist church was a union service sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur. These special, services annually precede the Easter celebration in Deeatur churches. Ail of them emphasize the suffering offered by Christ for the salvation of the world. Coming at the end of the Lenten period they are among the most important of Christian services in the community. Decatur churches will also have special services Sunday on the anniversary of the Resurrection. A solemn high mass at St. Mary’s church at 5:30 a.m. and the annual youth sunrise service at the Methodist church will open the Easter observance in Decatur. Also planned for Easter Sunday is the annual egg hunt sponsored by the Decatur Elks lodge 983 at 2 p.m. The event will take place regardless of the weather and children up to and including 11 years of age will participate. Negotiations Open Tuesday On Contract General Electric, Union Negotiations Negotiations with UE and lUECIO and the General Electric Co., are scheduled to bperi in New" York . Tuesday, it was announced today, Decatur G. E. employes are represented by UE. Individual negotiations with other unions representing employes covered by some 90 contracts will open at the various plant locations either on that day or shortly thereafter at the mutual convenience of management and unionleaders. The company’s statement in part follows: Proposals that will likely be put forward by the unions appear to be those already made. These are the demands that have also become familiar through the discussions in negotiations of recent years with one exception. That exception is the so-called annual wage or private supplementation to state unemployment compensation. This will be the first time a Union has "put it forward a-s an j a ctfve demand “at the Uompany bargaining table since the UiE’s guaranteed wage demand on GE was turned down by the Government War Labor Board ten years ago. The negotiations should theoretically be concluded by June 1. NLRB representation questions are pending in some locations and, as in previous years, such locations may not be covered by new agreements until the representation questions have been resolved. Hqwver, it has been possible in th past, if consent of the competing unions is obtained, to put in effect in the contested locations whatever adjustment — if any — may be arranged for Union and non-union employees elsewhere. In any event, as L. R. Boulware, GE Vice President, said, “General Electric employees can be sure that their Company will again this time be seeking from the unions and from all other sources every bit of evidence as to what is the right thing to do in the balanced best interests of employees and all others concerned — just as we have tried our best to do in previous years.” ■ 1 There will probably be a series of meetings at which there is usu- 1 ally a list of union proposals to ’ (Turn To Face Five) 1

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Regard Attack As Threat To IJ. S. Security President Pledges To Maintain Force Invest Germany AUGUSTA. Ga. UP — President KisjdHiower today offered Western ‘Europe a new defense doctrine which would regard an attack on any member of the’ European defense community as "s,threat to the security of the Unites States.” The President, in a lo?& .considered move obviously designed to win French and Italian support l '-, for ratification of the EDC, said also in the extraordinary statement that the United States will continue to maintain its forces in Western Germany “while a threat to that area exists." The proposed EDC consists of six nations. Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Western Germany have approved the European defense treaty but France and Italy have so far withheld ratification. Mr. Eisenhower laid out his views, in a special message to ths prime ministers of the six EDC signatory nations dispatched from the golfing White House at the Augusta national country club. Diplomatic sources regarded the President’s pledge concerning the possibility of attack in the West as designed principally to assure the jittery French against any possible build-up of German force along their border. The President’s specific recommendation on this point said: "In consonance with its policy of full and continuing support for the maintenance of the integrity and unity of the European defense community, the United States will regard any action from whatever quarter, which-threatens that in- r tegrity or unity as a threat to the security of the United States. In such event, the United States will consult in accordance with the pro- .. visions of article 4 of the North Atlantic treaty." Article 4 deals with the unity of approach to aggression, the basic theory behind it being that it any nation attacks one of the NATO signatories, the others will come to the defense of ths. beleaguered country, consistent with national laws governing consultation between countries. The President eaid the “essential elements" of the American position had been discussed at length with leaders of 'both political parties in congress. The President said he was convinced that full ratification of the EDC treaty would “provide a realistic basis for consolidating western defenses and will lead to an ever-developing, community of a*-— Hons in Europe." Then Mr. Eisenhower listed his main points: 1. Continuance of “necessary and appropriate” American armed 'orces in Europe, including Germany, sou. that this country might “contribute its fair share needed ’or the point defense of the Atlantic area while a threat to that area exists ...” 2. Consultation with NATO and EDC nations on "questions of mutual concern, including the level of the respective armed forces In ‘he EDC ...” 3. A promise of “the closest possible integration” of U. S. and NATO armed forces with those of EDC. 4. A continued effort, contingent on approval of the American Congress, to seek means of ex‘ending to the Atlantic community ‘increased security by sharing in teater measure information with respect to the military utilization of new weapons and techniques for the improvement of the collective defense." This was an obvious reference to the atomic and hydrogen bombs. 5. Preservation of the unity of EDC. “The United States will regard any action from whatever quarter which threatens that integrity or unity as a threat to the security of the United States.”