Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 144.

Give Ike ‘The 4-H Story’ IMF ■- :;'• ; v wjt A TWO DELEGATES' to the 4-H club’s 24th National 4-H camp in Washington. Mary Lou Dibble of Tipton, Mich., and Joe B. Neely of Franklin, Ky., present President Eisenhower with a specially bound volume of club work history in this White House ceremony. The volume is entitled "The 4-H Story.” Some 200 4-H boys and girls from 46 states, representing 2,000,000 club members, are attending the annual gathering.

Seek To Block Added Probes By McCarthy Democrats Seek To Staff Overhauled WASHINGTON (INS) — A knockdown, drag-out fight was in sight today over a move by Democrats to block further probes by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy until his investigative staff if overhauled. The prospect was heightened when the Wisconsin Republican came back swinging after Sen. John L. McClellan (DArk.), announced the plan. Today, there were these developments: 1. McCarthy said he, is looking into "very serious charges' of "alleged graft and fixing” which involve an unidentified Democrat in the senate. He said the Democrat is not a member of his subcommittee. 2. This indicated McCarthy maycharge that the Democrats on his unit are trying to halt bis activities in order to protect a colleague. as well as to prevent exposure of "graft, corruption and Communism” under Democratic regimes. 3. McCarthy flatly denied knowlege bt’ "threats" which McClellan said members of the senate investigations subcommittee staff made against Democrats on the ‘group. ’ r 4. Before leaving for an undisclosed vacation spot, he said that if the Democrats had evidence of such threats/‘they hah plenty of chance" to bring it out in the marathon McCarthy-army hearings which ended Thursday. 5. Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) a member of the subcommittee . who presided over the 36-day in-' quiry, said he was sure McClellan "wouldn’t want to defer investigations of Communists in defense plants.” 6. McCarthy said this probably would be his line of investigation when he returns to Washington, but he added that he has aides "checking on charges” against a senator on “the left side” of the aisle. Mundt, whose special subcommittee must recommend steps to be taken as a result of the hearings. said he was unaware of any threats against Democrats on the panel. —— > He said that all 'he knew' about it was that the issue came up in an exchaijge of hot words last Friday by chief counsel Roy M. Cohn *., and minority counsel Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy said Cohn threatened to "get” Sen,. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) a memfier of the subcommittee who had rldlcpled a psychological warfare blueprint drawn up by Pvt. G. David Schine, former subcommittee consultant. • Friday, McClellan said the CohnKennedy Incident was one incident but "not hßwanv means” the only one. He sJR the Democrats will block McCarthy’s plans to renew investigations until the alleged threats have been investigated and the subcommittee staff "housecleaned.” McCarthy shot back that this was "a deliberate attack on the staff to immobilize the committee.”, He aaid: "it is clever,, dishonest, extremely- dangerous to the NOON EDITION

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24-Hour Radio Test Today And Saturday Set Up Loudspeakers On Radio Messages Loudspeakers will he set up so tlrnt the public can hear messages received from all parts of In the 24-hour radio test at HannaNuttman park today and tomorrow. Vernon Seitz, president of the Adams county radio club, announced today. Three spe<|U radios, capable of contacting all gtates and many foreign countries, will be used. The equipment, valued at |I.OOO. is part of the nation’s ' emergency equipment. _ • Seitz emphasized that the gene»al public is invited to send messages to friends and relatives in order tb test the network. Messages to servicemen in this country and overseas will be forwarded, to them; for servicemen overseas it ie ueceasary to have their . APO address. J' r ’_ T.” ~2 ,^ ?s The group of Adams county young men- spent last night at the park testing equipment. They will operate with under 100 watte of power, in order to meet the rules for the test, set up by the American radio relay league. The ARRL includes most of the active amateur radio men in the United States. One of the goals in the radio test tomorrow is to contact all state in the country, and as many foreign countries as possible. The radios are adjustable so that they may send and receive on different'" frequencies. Persons whose radios wil| receive short wave will.be able to hear messages being sent and recevied here in Decatur, but will have to change tho station to foliow the frequency. Decatur’s amateur * radio men may be identified by the general public by the special license plates on the automobiles they drive. A special law’ by the last general assembly made it possible for amateur radio men to use licenses with their call letters on them. Indiana is one of 40 states which makes this possible. A radio message received from the ARRL. national headquarters in West Hartford. Conn., last night advised the* local group that the federal communications commission is considering a change in FCC regulation of- amateur licenses. It is proposed that only persons without police records and loyal to their country be allowed to have licenses. - All messages of amateur senders are monitored by security agencies of the United States. Radio men arc prohibited from sending in foreign languages, and they use an international code system to converse with foreign radiomen. Messages sent over the air are recorded and kept as part of the sender's records for one year. The law provides punishment and fine for persons sending without a license. Finish Driving Piles At Community Center Pile driving at the new Community'Center has now been completed, and the piles have been filled with cement. Robert L. Yost, of Yost Construction Co., announced today. Cement heads are now being placed on the piles, and the ground under the back of the building is being filled in. Between two and three thousand cubic yards of dirt will be used to fill in the lot. The laying of concrete beams for the foundation is expected to start late next week, Yost stated.

Ike Putting France Under New Pressure Says United States Ready To Launch New Discussions 'WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower put polite pressure on France today to agree to a European defense army, Including German divisions, and to united action to halt the Communists in Indo-China. The President wrote to President Rene Coty of France that the U. S. is ready to “open new discussions'’ with the French on both the European defense community treaty and Indo-China problems. France so far has failed to ratify the EDC pact which would create a European army with German units; The new French premier, Pierre Mendes-France, won his ofr fice after he promised ijfe would resign if he fails to negotiate an Indo-China' settlement within a month. Mr. Eisenhower said the assurance of support to France he gave tormer premier Joseph Laniel last April 16 “still stands, and will continue available to ifis* successor/’ ' '' ' ' But he made it evident the U.S. will expect action by France on EDC and Indo-China by pointing out that the U. S. Is intensely concerned about the two issues and time is running short. Os EDC, the President said: “The United States hopes to see realized, while the opportunity still exists, the imaginative and epochal French concept for blending national military forces on the continent of Europe so they will perform a single service of peace and security.” This statement apparently was meant to have particular meaning to the French as.it was given against a background ot a series ot state department “leaks” of the tact that far the past two weeks or so experts have been seeking an alternative by which Germany can be rearmed without EDC. , - The President reiterated that the U. S. still wants a united action plan to halt the Communists in Indo-China despite setbacks militarily and politically. He continued: "In Indo-China our nation has long shown its deep concern by heavy financial and military aid which continues. The proposals for a united defense which we submitted to Monsieur represented on our part a momentous and grave decision. “Nothing has happened here to change the attitude thus expressed, even though the lapse of time and the events which have come to pass have, of course, created a new situation.” Issue Warning On Atomic Problems High-Level Defense Meeting Underway QUANTICO, Va., (INS) — Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, warned a high-level defense meeting today that the United States mtist not rely solely on atomic striking power to meet all the nation s security needs. • At the same time, assistant defense secretary Donald Quarles bluntly stated that the atomic position of the United States in comparison with the Soviets is not as good as it was a year ago. The frank warnings on atomic security problems came shortly before President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon were to arrive at the Quantico marine corps base for an afternoon of relaxation and talk with their advisers. Quarles, in charge of defense, research, and development, told 125 top military and civilian leaders that, the United States can never expect to make a final decisive scientific move that will insure superiority. , Mr. Eisenhower was due to “troop the line” in a jeep as he reviews the jtnarine contingent, make a brief off-the-record speech at a luncheon, play golf with hia cronies and attend a barbecue in the evening before returning to Washington. The conference ends Sunday when Adm. Lewis L. * Strauss, chairman of . the atomic energy commission, presents a report on atomic weapons.

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Anti-Government Force Strikes Across Eastern Border Os Guatemala

. ■— - I’’ Senator Hunt Found Wounded In His Office Indications Point To Suicide Attempt By Wyoming Solon WASHINGTON (INS)—-Sen. Lester C. Hunt (D-Wyo.,) was rushed to a Washington hospital this morning with a bullet wound above his right temple under circumstances that indicated a possible suicide attempt. Hunt was found lying on a couch in his senate office with a ,22-cali-ber rifle at his side. The senator was found by his administrative assistant and was taken to casualty hospital for emergency surgery at 9; 15 a. m. , (EDT.) He had announced recently that he would not seek reelec- ’ tion to the senate because of ill . health. Hunt was still in the operating room more than an hour after surgery began and attendants described his condition as critical. A spokesman for Sen. Joseph R. 1 McCarthy (R-Wte.,) said that Hunt ‘ was not the senator that McCarthy had in mind when he dis- * closed Friday that he was looking, ’ Into “very serious chargee” of "alleged graft and fixing” of an unidentified Democratic senator. Casualty hospital reported at 10 a. m. that the senator was in the operating room. He was being attended by Dr. Joseph R. Young, chief of the hospital staff.. No further details were available from the hospital. * Hunt only recently announced that because c os poor health he would not seek renomination in Wyoming this year. The senatoiLtold a reporter that he had ”a condition” which he thought he could best meet by withdrawing ffom the fast pace ot official Washington and that his doctors had so recommended. He said he had some small business interests in Wyoming which he believed would be ample to keep him occupied after retiring from politics. Hunt’s announcement came as a surprise to Democrats w’ho had regarded him as one of their sure winners in the 1954 senatorial elections. It was known, however, that he had not been feeling well in recent months. Hunt began his long career of public service in 1932 when he (Tara To Page Six) Decatur Lady Named Executive Member Home Demonstration Officers Selected lAFAYETTE, Ind., (INS) — Mrs. John ?. Curry, of Sullivan, is the new president of the Indiana home demonstration association. She was elected at a 42nd annual business meeting w'hich closed at Purdue University, Friday. Mrs. Curry and other new officers will take office in January. Other new officers were Mrs. Ralph Diefenbaeh, of Sellergburg, vice-president, and Janalyce Rbuls, Purdue, secretary-treasurer. Newly-elected executive committee members are Mrs., Albert Beineke, of Decatur, for the Fort Wayne district; Mrs. Floyd Amsler, of Rensselaer, for the Lafayette district; Mrs. Frank Fisher, of Nabb, for the Madison district, and Mrs. Walter Cain, of Economy, for the New Castle district. To serve a second year are executive committee members Mrs. Victor J. Fischer, of Evansville, for the Evansville district; Mrs. Theodore Young, of Washington, of the Bedford district; Mrs. Rex Bryant, of Terre Haute, for the Terre Haute district, Mrs. Earl Pohlman, of Greensburg, for the Indianapolis district, and Mrs. Guy P. Davis* of Culver, for ,the LaPorte district.

IRiJfc —■ -■ . - ■ - iMendes-France Asks For Public Support Plans To Complete Cabinet Selection GENEVA (INS) — A strong possibility was foreseen today in French delegation circles at Geneva that Premier Pierre Mendes-France will offer to extend diplomatic recognition to Communist China If he gets a peace settlement in ■ Indo-China. K flleairwhile, reliable sources said • feovietforeign minister V. <M. Mtd--1 otov wformed western diplomats ’ that he is planning to leave Geneva next week. The reason for his departure was not clear and it i was not known if Molotov intended ■ to wait in Geneva until MendesFrance arrives. 1 French sources said the new 1 French premier is known to hold the opinion that Communist China ' should be recognized and admitted to the United Nations. ' He is, therefore, expected to indicate his wi!lingne&>to extend , French recognition to the Peiping regime, as well as French support for the entry of Red China into the UN. if a peace agreement is reached at Geneva. j No real progress is anticipated 7 M/Geneva, l>efo.re the arrival of . Mendes-France, who is expected Wednesday or Thursday: Talks on . th InikrCh'iua problem were re- . newed Friday but no results were reported except for an apparent i stiffening of the Communist attis tude. British foreign minister An- , thony Eden is planning to return to London this weekend, although ■ he will be present at today’s session. 1 Optimism concerning the out- ' come of the conference's Geneva 1 phase as a result of MendesFrance’s rise to leadership -was growing in air circles at Geneva 1 with - the exception of the American and Vietnamese representa1 tires. ' . . . • 1 There is a feeling that, slice Russia ordered the French Communist party to support MendesCiWra To Pace Six) Pledge Aid Against Arms To Guatemala British Refuse To Permit Searching BRUSSELS (INS) —- The Belgian government assured the United States today of “complete and es fectivo cooperation” in halting shipments of arms to Red-ringed Guatemala from eßlgian ports. ’The statement by the Belgtan foreign ministry made no mention of the U. S. request for permission to search the ships of Allied nations on the high seas. ' The British government agreed Friday - to cooperate in halting arms deliveries to Guatemala, but refused flatly to allow the searching of British ships. The British foreign office statement said Britain "strongly disapproves of the sale of arms to Guatemala and for several years .has been refusing Icienses for the export of any arms to that country.” But the foreign office, without specifically ■mentioning the U. S. request, adfjed that there is "ho general power of search on the high -sas during peace time.” This was- regarded as a polite and indirect rejection of the U.S. bid. Lehr Funeral Rites Monday Afternoon .Funeral services for Waldemar Lehr, who was electrocuted Friday morning, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church, the <Rev. W. C. Vetter officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening.

Report France To Recognize Chinese Reds Geneva Conference Marking Time For French Government PARIS (INS) — Premier Pierre Mcnd-es-France is expected to complete the selection of his cabinet today and begin drafting in detail his new government’s foreign policy. Completion of the cabinet will mark the beginning of the race against time which Mendes-France Imposed upon himself by his promise to resign unless an IndoChina truce is achieved by July 20. In his first radio address to the people Friday the Radical SocUtliet (moderate) leader laid the groundwork for his new policy by appealing for publift support. lie urged the French people to cast aside their fears, doubts and divisions and rally behind his government to solve the nation’s internal and external problems. In addition to an Indo-China settlement Mendes-France has promised to produce “a coherent and detailed program for economic recovery” and a plan for German rearmament which would be acceptable both to the supporters and the opponents of the European defense community (EDC). Mendes-France has stated frequently that he believes previous French governments—there have been 19 since the end of the war—have fumbled opportunities to settle the Indo-China conflict by negotiation. The new premier made it clear right after "bis thumping 419 to 47 vote of confirmation from the nationai assembly that he envisages no surrender to Communist pressure in Indo-China. ? Despite his frequent previous digs at “19th century colonialism’’ Mendes-France stated that France will remain in Indo-China. He ran into initial difficulties when the Socialists and the MRP (Popular Republicans) stuck to their decisions not to accept posts in the new cabinet. But Mendes-France has declared that his government will be assembled on a basis of ability, not on • a basis of membership in various political parties. Order Increase In Assessment Rolls Blanket Boost In Kirkland Township I 1 The Adams county board of reruled Friday that a blanket raise of 10 percent be made on ( Kirkland township personal pro- . perty assessments made by August ; Schlickman and Lester Adler. ' j The board after a long discussion , raised the assessment which was , about $60,000 short of last year’s evaluation. In addition, Schlickman was ordered to assess two j school bus chasses Which he had J not included before. George Gable of the state tax 1 board was present for the discussion. The board of review includes county assessor Albert Harlow, ' county treasurer Waldo Neal, county auditor Frank Kitson, Dick 1 Burdg and Mrs. Kathryn Ochsenrider. A Monroe township taxpayer has ( also appeared before the board of < review which has been in session ( tor two weeks. The individual - claimed that he was assessed too j high on improvements. He has also taken his complaint before the state tax board but there has been , no ruling to date. ’ I INDIANA WEATHER . Continued warm and humid ' tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 66-72.

To Ask UN Assembly To Override Veto Thailand To Ask Assembly Session UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (INS) —United Nations diplomats estimated today that 45 member governments will approve Thailand's Impending request for a general assembly; meeting to consider her request for sending observers to the border of Indo-China. The special assembly session will be asked to override Russia’s security council veto of the move to dispatch the observers. The same sources are of the opinion that convoking of the assembly to send neutral military observers to Thailand for Surveying Communist Vietminh attacks on the three Asociated States will be opposed only by the five Soviet bloc states. Only 31 out of 60 affirmative votes are needed to summon the global forum, currently in adjournment. The six Arab members of UN are expected to abstain or even take a negative stand in repayment tor recent support given by Russia to Syria and Jordan on their dispute with Israel. . V Guatemala, stormy petrel in the U. S. war on the spread of Communism around* the Central Amer"icas, is certain to vote with Russia. A highly encouraging factor -to the western powefs and the U. S. in particular is the prospect that India as the key nation of Asia is not only in favor of an assembly in July hut has shown a sudden disposition to accept nomination to the three to five-member neutral military group which Thailand wants on her borders. « Soviet delegate S. K. Tsarapkin’s cynical attack on U. S. motives in the security council and his subsequent veto of Thailand’s resolution in the face of an otherwise nearly unanimous vote is understood to have disturbed and shocked Indian delegates ad well as others from Asiatic areas. It is an accepted fact at UN that active participation by India In any UN role dealing with the containment of Communism in southeast Asia greatly enhances the prestige and chances of successful collective action. Lillie Heal Relief Reported In Store Most Os Natioir Tq Continue To Sizzle By International News Service Little or no relief was in sight today from the 90-degree heat that has scorched most of the nation for eight consecutive days. Only in the east, where cool, moist winds from the Atlantic ocean kept -temperatures in the 70s and low 86s Friday, and in the northwest where a cool air mass has dropped temperatures somewhat. was there even remotly comfortable weather. •Hot, humid air prevailed throughout the southland and northward through the Mississippi valley into the lower Great Lakes, keeping temperatures in the 90s.*' 'Hot and dry air caused even higher temperatures .in the south west,' with some stations reporting n<ear or above 100 degrees. Chicago has hod a record-match-ing eight straight days of 90degree plus heat, and the longest string of such high temperature*, ever recorded m the city iR * single month appeared certain with a forecast in the 90s again today. Cooler air -which was moving eastward from the northern plains has all but stopped over Wisconsin and lowa. The cool air is producing scattered thunderstorms about 100 miles on either aide of •the front but fair to partly cloudy skies remained in most of the rest of tile torrid zone.

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Report Planes In Attack On Capital City Anti Communists Lead Invasion Os Guatemala Today GUATEMALA CITY — Anti-governmeat forces struck across Guatemala's eastern border on the ground and in the air today and Guatemalan foreign minister Guillermo Toriello announced grimly that “the battle has begun.” A government radio broadcast monitored in Mexico City said unlidentified planes had struck at Guatemala City, bombing the police headquarters, the baracks of the presidential guards and I-a. Aurora air base. The Guatemalan embassy in Washington reported that "a big scale invasion" has begun and the U. S. state department said It had received news of “serious uprisings” in three border cities. Toriello told a news conference Friday night that unidentified) i planes, flying from the direction •of neighboring Honduras, had • made an unsuccessful attempt to • blow up fuel storage bases on the Pacific coast of Honduras. ■ ..... > ' A strict censorship was imposed • on news reports ffott! Guatemala <■ city after Torlello's statement that... 1 ‘the battle has begun.” But fragmentary and sometimes ’ confused, reports- '-from anti-Com- ’ munist exiles in Honduras, Mexico and other Latin-American points, ' and reports from Washington, Indi- ' cated that a large-scale, well-or--1 ganized fovce, under the leadet- ' ship of exiled Col. Carlos Castillo ’ Armas, had launched an invasion of Red-tinged Guatemala from Honi —-— duras. The invasion had air support and apparently was timed to coincide with uprisings iij border cities. Toriello’s statements made no mention of any large scale ground attack, but the foreign minister made frequent use of the word “invasion” and declared that the Guatemalan people “will not retreat in defense of the national sovereignty.” But the statement issued in Washington by Dr. Alfredo Chocano, Guatemalan charge' d’affaires, spoke definitely of a land l assault and claimed government move only five kilometers into Guatemala. In Close Touch WASHINGTON (INS) — The White House said today that President Eisenhower is keeping “in close touch? with developments in the anti-Communlst Invasion of Guatemala. Mr. Eisenhower received a state department report on the situation this morning, but the White House declined to make public any of Its details. .. _ _ . State department spokesmen said that thus far there are no plans for secretary John Foster Dulles to return to Washington from his r weekend rest spot at Duck Island, Canada. Department spokesmen reported this morning that their communications with the U. S. embassy in Guatemala City are normal, but declined to reveal any reports they may have received from that post today. Mrs. Charles Pease Dies At Franklin Mrs. Charles; Pease died Friday at her home in Franklin, according to word received here by Hugh -J, Andrews and True Andrews, nephews. Her husband, Dr. Charles Pease, an Indianapolis dentist, ia a native of the Honduras community. . Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, pr. Edward Pease, in hie father's office at Indianapolis; and -Jdmee Pease, world-famous opera ' singer, at present on a concert tour in Europe, and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Franklin.