Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1954 — Page 1

Vol. LN. No. 164.

Declines To Plead ■ ~ '- , fl T» ’ '■WlFg g«s| •■Wj - - r z ' I T w 1 U 11. u i 4 , ;ij| ' MAINARO BREWSTER, second from right, declined to enter a plea to a charge of second degree burglary und gratM larceny Tuesday in the Adams circuit court. He is pictured with city and county of-, fleers Saturday afternoon following his arrest. Left to right are deputy sheriff Merle Affolder, sheriff Robert Shnalukp, Brewster and police chief James Borders.

House Defeats Ike's Health Insurance Plan Defeat Os Proposal By Vote Os House Is Stunning Upset WASHINGTON (INST—Republican leaders conceded today that President Elsenhower’s health In-’ surance plan is dead for this year, killed by a surprising 235-to-134 vote hi the house. Even strong supporters of the measure saw no hope of bringing the legislation liack from the house commerce committee where it was sent Tuesday on adoption of a motion by Rep. John B. Williams (D-Miss.) Defeat of the proposal was a stunning upset. Only a few hours liefore the vote. GOP leaders confidently had predicted its approval ukh every little trouble. But almost solid Democratic opl>osition turned the tide. Voting to kill the measure were 16! 'Democrats. 75 and'one independent. while only 14 Democrats joined ltd Republicans in an effort tosave the bill. Republican floor leader Charles A. Halleck (R-Ind.) raid the vote killed the bill for this session of congress. Rep. John Heselton (RMara.) another supporter, said he doubted any attempt would be made to revive the proposal. The bill would have provided government support for expended health insurance programs by underwriting 75 percent of the losses' incurred by private companies participating in the nlan. It would have authorized an appropriation ot 25 million dollars to provide working capital for a federal reinsurance service with a self-sustaining hind Revived from premiums paid by the companies. Charles Skillen To Speak Here July 22 State Democratic Chairman To Speak Charles Skillen, Democratic state chairman, will be the principal speaker at a Democratic rally Thursday night, July 22, at the pavilion at Clem’s lake, northeast ot Decatur, at X p.in. ’The rally, which will be sponsored by the Democratic central committee. Democratic Women’s club. Jefferson club, -and Young Democrats of Adams-county, will, also feature introduction of all the local Democratic candidates. Dr. Harry H. J-lebhle, Democratic county chairman, announced, that this will be the first of several large- rallies tn the county this campaign. All state Democratic candidates are expected to appear here during the campaign, he stated... Plans for a county-wide house-to-house poll, to be sparked by the Young Democrats, will be explained briefly at the meeting. Former U. S. Senator Bennett Clark Dies GLOUCESTER. Mass.. (INS) — Funeral arrangements were being made today for Bennett Champ Clark, former V. 8. senator from Missouri, and since 1»45 a justice of the IT. S.’court of appeals in the District of Columbia. He was the son of the late Champ Clark, former speaker of the houseof representatives during the Woodrow Wilson administration. Judge Clark, who was 64, died Tuesday night of a cerebral hemorrhage at Addison Gilbert hospital.

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Brewster Declines To Enter Any Plea Also Refuses Court Appointed Attorney Malnard Brewster, charged with the robbery of Beavers Oil service last Friday night, declined to enter a plea Tuesd&y at the arraignment in the Adams circuit court. The defendant, a Fort Wayne man, also refused a court-appoint-ed attorney although he stated that he was unable to secure counsel for himself. Arraignment was continued until Brewster should decide to enter a plea. Brewster was placed under a $4,000 bond and taken back to the county jail until further procedure. The affidavit, signed by prosecuting attorney Lewis L. B Smith, charges Brewster with second degree burglary and grand larceny. Brewster was arrested Friday night and at the time of his arrest had on his person articles taken from Beavers’ station. The defendant, a former Decatur resident, is , currently on parole after serving abont J 6 years of a life sentence as a habltns! ertmMai. Girl Kidnaped Bui Manages To Escape Two Air Force Men Captured By Posse PITTSBURGH (INS) A nine-year-old girl was kidnaped from her bedroom early today but managed to escape unharmed from her abductors, identified by police as two air force enlisted men who were captured by an 80-man posse. The child, Judith Louise Maple, had been held captive for about an hour. . , The armed posse searched through a heavily-wooded section ot Moon township for about two hours before tracking down Joseph R. Reigler, 25. of Tarentum, Pg. The other man. identified by police chief R. A. Colledge as Russell Van Cleve, 20. ot Wilmot, S.D., was nabbed in a car outside the girl’s home. Colledge said Van Cleve was unclad when apprehended. Colledge said both airmen were (Cratiawed O> Paa* Five) Plan Welcome For Auction Students Official Welcome Planned By C. C. An official welcome for students of the Reppert auction school was planned by the Decatur Chamber of Conimerce at a luncheon meeting Tuesday noon. " Attending the fneeting were Dr. Roland Reppert, manager of the school; Q. 'R., Chaffee, dean; Ronald Parrish, Chamber of Commerce president; Michael Pryor, vicepresident; Fred Kolter, executive secretary, and Robert Heller, chairman of the welcome committee. The Chamber will send out post cards welcoming the students to Decatur. Placards of welcome will be placed in the windows of local merchants. A representative of the Chamber will visit the school on the opening day and give a brief welcoming address. Also planned is the printing of name cards for each ot the students. The school opens July 26 for a three-weeks session. Leading auctioneer* throughout the country will serve at instructors for ths students who attend from every section of the United State* and Canada.

Ike Declares Dulles Seeks Uniled Front President Bitterly Attacks Opponents Os Insurance Plan WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower said today secretary of state John Foster Dulles went to Paris in order to weld a united front with our allies and to insure thirf our participation in the Geneva conference will be helpful and not damaging. The Chief Executive indicated he expects an- important announcement on this subject today, but declined to say what it would be. He told a news conference he did nofknow whether it would be the official word, already reported from Paris, that undersecretary of state Whiter Bedell Smith will return to represent hte U.S. in the Indo-Chlna talks.... Mr. Elsenhower declined to say ft would be a “fair assumption” that the United States would use its armed forces to guarantee a cease-fire agreement in IndoChina which was acceptable to us. The President said that any such assumptions might prejudice the facts of the case. Mr. Eisenhower made an unusually bitter attack at his weekly new* conference on those members Os congress who voted against his health reinsurance program, killed fdri this session by the house Tuesday. , He described the action as only a temporary defeat for the administration and said he is going to do everything possible to gain approval of this key part of the administration’s health program. The President declared heatedly that no one lost Tuesday except the American people. He said he is sure those who voted against the measure—l 62 Democrats and 75 Republicans and one independ-ent-just don’t understand the facts of American life. He levelled a special blast at those who sooffed-at ths reinsurance program a» only’ an aAntak*tratioa attempt to keep one of the President’s campaign promises, an argument voiced by house Democrats. Other points made by the Chief Executive at his news conference: 1. He is not going to let his atom pool plan die if he can possibly help it. despite the opposition of (lira To Face £l«*t) Elkhart Man Named «• Labor Commissioner Shakeup Is Made In State Department YNDIANAPOLIS (INS)'— Elkhart county Republican chairman David M. Harms today was named Indiana labor commissioner in a shakeup of that department which involved four persons. Harms succeeds David Hunter, of Clinton, whose resignation was announced last week by aides of Gov. George N. Craig. Simultaneously, Horace Coats, Craig’s executive secretary, said that Darrell Weaver, of Bloomington, chief of conciliation for the labor department, was being replaced by Mrs. Dorothy Kirk, of Indianapolis, formerly the department's statistician. Coats said that both Hunter and Weaver resigned without giving any reason for their action. Newsmen who sought to talk to Hunter at Cllntdn following the announcement from -the governor's office of his resignation were told the United Mine Workers official was “away.” Today at noon Weaver also was unavailable for questioning. Harms, the new labor commissioner, is a machinist at Elkhart. He is a member of the International Association of Machinists (AFL) No. 1315 and has directed the labor division of the Elkhart county GOP organization for the past four election campaigns. Harm* also has been active In work of the Indiana state Republican party’s labor division. The 57-year-old political official is married, and the father of five children, ail of whom are married. Harins will assume his new post July 19. Weaver’s resignation as chief of conciliation is effective July 31. INDIANA WEATHER ' Fair and cooler north. Partly cloudy with local thundershower* south tonight. Thursday fair and cools)* north. Local thundsrshewsrs and cooler south. Low tonight 9972 north, 72-79 south. High Thursday *O-95 north, 95-90 south.

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Delay On Tax Bill Passage Is Threatened Senate And House Tax Writers Seek To End Differences -K* • WASHINGTON (INS) —’ Delay in final congressional action on the Eisenhower administration’s bill revising revenue laws was threatened today by a rift over a provision giving a tax break to corporation stockholders. Senate and house tax law writers meet for the first time to try to iron out differences between the versions already passed by each body. The stock dividend section is the biggest problem facing the conference. Ways and means committee chairman Daniel A. (Reed (R-N. Y.) said the more liberal house provision must be approved or there will be no bill at all. The house voted to exclude the first 50 dollars of dividend income from taxation next year and 109 dollars a year after that. In addition, five percent of the remaining dividend income would be deductible next year and 10 percent afterwards. The senate allowed only ■ a M dollar deduction. 1 Reed’s flat assertion was interpreted at first as a get-tough position to strengthen his bargaining hand with the senate. However, house committee sources indicated Reed will insist on the house dividend version. Treasury secretary George Humphrey strongly supports Reed's position. Senate finance qpmmittee chairman Eugene Millikin (R-Colo), head of the senate’s conference team, said the minor points of difference will be taken care of at first,'probably in the first day or two of conferences. The controversial sections will be left until last. The house version would epst the government $1,377,000,090 In revenue next year and over two billion in the following year. The senate bill would cost about one billion 300 million next year. Other major points of difference involve tax deductions for working widows' baby-sitting costs, more liberal tax treatment for firms with investments abroad, a tax break for heads of households and faster deductions for farmers building grain storage bins, Brownell Asks For Tough Legislation Broad New Powers Over Ex-Officials WASHINGTON (INS)—The administration asked congress today for broad new -powers to prevent government lawyers and other officials from capitalizing on their inside knowledge by “switching sides” after they leave federal service. Attorney general Herbert Brownell Jr., proposed the tough new legislation which grows out of an unsuccessful attempt to prosecute a former Democratic official for allegedly violating the so - called “couflioPof-lnterests” law. , Brownell declared: “A person . .. should certainly not be permitted any opportunity to exploit* his official position in connection with the particular matters on which he has passed.” Brownell’s sweeping proposal would bar practically every government employe from ever doing private work on a matter with which be was concerned while on the federal payroll. It would replace the present law, which bans attorneys from handling direct court claims against the government on duch cases for two years after they leave the government.

Ike’s Road Program May Kill Toll Road May Be Death Knell . To North-South Road INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — President Eisenhower’s huge road program may sound the death knell for the proposed Indiana northsouth toll, highway,. according to jpdications today. The President suggested to the conferences that the states Join the federal government in a mammoth'. 10-year, SSO billion highway program. _ ; * Republican Senator Robert L. Brokenburr, chairman of the highgay subcommittee of the Indiana legislative advisory commission, Said: f "The President’s program probably will mean death,for the northsouth toll road. Indiana will have to take advantage of this federal money to improve state roads. We must match these federal allowances and the money should be spent on the? badly needed two lane north-south roads now in existence. If we do so, the toll road is out. It will not be needed.” It. has been pointed out that it Investment bankers are convinced that the general assembly will order doubledaning of Important north-south state highways, they Twill not buy north-south toll road nonds. ■ Brokenburr said today that a bill will be introduced in the 1955 state legislature with the following provisions: 1. To mandate the highway commission to construct dual lanes on all sections of U. S. highways 52. 41 and 31 and State Road 37 which are not now of such super-highway construction. 2. That money borrowed from the highway fund some 25 years ago be repaid from the present SB2 million general fund surplus and used to help finance the con<Coatl«ard Ob Page. Kight) Red Cross Chapter Elects Directors Officers Will Be Elected Aug. 17 Lewellyn Lehman, Delm or e ■ Wechter and Mrs. William Noll • Were re-elected to the Red Cross board of directors at a board nteetIng Tuesday night at -the Red Cross office. Seven were elected to a three* year term. They include Gail Grabill. Marie Fellter, Mrs. Heleri Sauer, (Mrs. Lester Lehman, Richard Macklin, Ray Eichenauer and Ray Newell Wright was named to fill the unexpired term of Paul Ixxmiis, which will end in .1956. The state of directors was prepared by Wil-bur-Petrie. assisted by Earl Fuhr man and Bernice Nelson. (Roscoe Glendenlng, current , chairman of the board, presided at the meeting which included the ’ reading of several reports and plans for a special election meet- ' tng. New officers of the board will be elected Aug. 17 at the Red Croes office. Glendenlng. who has served as chairman for three years and treasurer for more than 20 years. 1 announced that he would not be a 1 candidate for'hny office. Besides Glendenlng, other members of the 30-man Imard are Bernice Nelson, Mrs. iM. C. Smith. John Duff. Lester Adler, Earl M. Webb, 'Mi*. >Ed Bauer, Mrs. H. P. Engle, Miss Glenuye Roop, Karl Fuhrman. William Schnepd, Jr„ Leo iM. sKirach, iMre. Mildred Foley, Lewis L. Smith, W. E. Petrie, (Earl Caston and the Rev. Lawrence Norris. Reports presented last night were on the Junior Red Cross. Che blood program, home service and finance. The treasurers report shows a balance of $6,574.19. Kenneth Harr and Richard Gaskill, Rod Croea water safety instruotors. were Introduced to the board members present. They gave brief descriptions of their backgrounds.

Further Slash In Foreign Aid Bill Is Urged Joint Staff Chief Called To Testify Before Committee WASHINGTON (INS) - Eeono-my-minded Democrats urged a further reduction in the three billion 100 million dollar foreign aid bill today but displayed no desire to toughen the pressure for FrenchItajian ratification of the European defense pact. The issue of possible reinstatement of a OOP-sponsored amendment to cut oft U.S. aid to France and Italy Dec. 31 unless they approve the EDO may be raised at a session of the senate armed services committee. Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff,, was called to testify on the revised aid bill, which was approved by an 11-2 vote of the foreign relations committee Monday. Radford headed a panel of administration witnesses as the armed services group took over its review of the legislation. Sen. Richard Russell (D-Ga.), ranking Democrat on the military committee, sola he would Vote to cut the aid bill when it reaches the senate floor. But he indicated no plan to attempt this in committee or to tamper with the present language relating to EDC. Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.), another committeeman. also indicated he would support a reduction. ‘ — ■ - BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS)—Sen. Ralph E. Flanders (R-Vt.), said today he will seek a senate showdown next Tuesday on hie move to strip Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of his committee chairmanships. Flanders told newsmen he thinks he has “an excellent chance" of success. 527 Traffic Deaths To Date In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (INS)—lndiana state police today reported that Indiana traffic accidents had claimed 527 lives through midnight July 11 compared to 600 deaths in the siime period of 1953. Supt. Frank A. Jessup said rural collisions this year caused 413 deaths and urban crashes accounted for the other 114. Make-Food Service Survey At Hospital State Health Board Representatives Here Miss Florence Adrian. Institutional consultant for the state board of health, and Miss Vera Kerstell, consultant nutritionist. are making a food service survey at the Adams county memorial hospital this week. The survey will include general recommendations on food menus for patients, on special diets, and on kitchen facilities. The consultation is part of the regular work of the state board of health and local hospitals. The representatives of the state board of health will spend approximately two weeks here studying the local problems, and comparing the Adams comply program with other hbspltal programs. The two consultants will meet Friday morning with the doctors of Ajiams county at the hospital to assist them with special diet Information for hospital patients. Recommendations of the two consultants will be given to the board of trustees of the hospital for their consideration and action.

Security Coverage On Voluntary Basis Senate Group Votes Down Administration WASHINGTON (INS) — Some three million 600 thousand farm operators and 500 thousand professional workers could elect to join in social security benefits under amendments approved by the senate finance.commJttee. The committee dealt the administration a blow in Voting late Tuesday to extend the social security coverage to these groups only on a-voluntary basis. The administration had asked that the new coverage be mandatory. The voluntary-versus-mandatory issue may arise again when the bill liberalising the social security systenj eventually reaches the senate floor. — ‘ , The house went along with the administration in extending the coverage on an involuntary basis. However, it eliminated doctors from the extension. The senate committee amendments would give individuals in both groups two years to decide If they wanted to share in old age and survivors insurance. Extension of coverage to professional groups includes self-employ-ed doctors, lawyers, dentists, osteopaths, veterinarians, architects, engineers, funeral directors, public accountants and Christian science practitioners. Hartford Township Man Robbed Tuesday Brief Conversation Costly To Aged Man A brier, unexpected conversation Tuesday at Uls p.in. cost David Hinkel, 80, of Geneva route one, $220. Hinkel. a Hartford township fanner, was sitting in his front lawn yesterday afternoon when two women and a man of either Mexican or gypsy descent drove Into his farm yard. The Adams county man, in good health in spite of his age. walked over to the car and the man who was driving asked him to go around to the other side because the women wanted to talk to him. As he walked around the car. one of the women got out and began talking to him in broken Eng lish about a meeting where he could learn how to get rid of arth ritis and regain youthful vitality. While she talked, she patted his legs a couple of times, Hinkel reported. The elderly farmer told the wo man that he wanted no part of it and he asked the group to leave. They drove away in their late model car, traveling north. After they had gone. Hinkel noticed that his billfold containing the $220 was missing. He Immed lately called the sheriff’s department and deputy sheriff Merle Affolder went out to Investigate. Later, state police were called In to assist in the investigation. An alarm has been put out to all police posts In this area. Portland officials reported that an attempt was made there by a different group of foreign-looking people. The Hinkel farm Is located <it> the Adams-Wells county line about four and a halt mile* south of Linn Grove. Hinkel’s daughter war home at the time of the robbery but she was not aware of what was happening. Advisory Council For Civil Defense A meeting to set up an advisory council for the Adams county civil defense program will take place at 7:30 tonight In the city ball. Attending will be Jack Gordon, newly appointed county civil defense director; Ron Parrish, president of the Chamber of Commerce: (Mike (Pryor, vice-president, arkl 'Mayor John Doan.

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To Seek Best Possible Red Peace Terms UodersecretoryTOf State Smith Will ’ Return To Geneva BULLETIN PARIS (INS)—The big three '' western Mreign ministers, resigned to partition of eastern Indo-China, wound up their Pads unity conference today with an agreement designed to get the best possible Indo-Chi-nese peace from the Red bloc. PARIS (INS)—The Big Three Western foreign ministers said today at the end of their Paris conference that they had reached ai "clear understanding" of their "respective positions in relations to Ir.do-China." A communique insued by the ministers said they had “intimate and frank discussions” of ths problem. The communique added that "United States secretary of state John Foster Dulles explained fully the.attitude of his government to-. ’ ward the IndoChinese phase of the Geneva conference and the limits- ' tian the U.S.' desires to observe.’’ Dulles pointed out, the statement said, that the U.S. does not linve primary responsibility in the Indo-China war problem. The communique said French premier - foreign- minister Pierre Mondeo-France expressed the view "that it would nevertheless serve the interests of France and the associated states of Indo-China and peace and freedom in the area, if rhe United States, without departing from the principles which Mr. Dulles expressed, were once .again to be represented at Geneva on a ministerial level." The announcement scald British foreign secretary Anthony Eden “associated himself” with this view. Tire communique continued: “Accordingly, President Eisenhower and secretary Dulles are requesting United State* undersecretary of state Gen. Walter Bedell Smith to return to Geneva at an. early date.” The the S- power communique was distributed to newsmen on the sidewalk in front of the residence of U. S. ambassador C. Dougins Dillon as the foreign ministers ended their Paris meeting. 3 It was reported a plan permitting the U.S. to support a parttiion deal in Indo-China without direct participation In it was the basic part of the ministers’ two- day talks. Undert he plan, the IT. S. would assure France that it would help guarantee' the free southern part of Vietnam after the Communist Vletmlnh took over the northern portion of that state. The U.S. guarantee would apply only if the “partition" settlement were "reasonable." It wae reported the 18th parallel would be considered reasonable in a settlement. The emerged wmiling from the conference room and they ended their morning session. Dulles, in reply to a question, said he is not going to Geneva for the final phase of the confer, ence with the Communist bloc on how to end the nearly eight - year-old war in Indo-China. Apparently he felt his presence was not needed after the agreements reached in his talks with MendesFnance and British foreign secretary Anthony Eden Tuesday night and today. Gen. LeMay In Spain On inspection Tour MADRID HNS) — The chief of the U.S. strategic bombing command, Gen. .Curtla E LeMay began a four-day inspection tour tn Spain today of congtructlon on air bases to be used by the U. S. under terms of a Spanish-American treaty. LeMay arrived in Madrid Tuesday.