Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 177.

Asks U. S. Aid To Fight China « uHRisOR feA ju. .. w PI JggjSK juMHk t # Xn ■* ■ &.__jJPßißsEr ■ ' ,? • SPEAKING BEFORE a Joind' session of Congress, South Korean -- Preaident Syngman Rhee urges a military "counterattack.” on the Red Chinese regime" by an Asian army Os more than 2,000,000 men backed by United States, naval and air support. Rhee maintain® that such an attack would swing the Chinese “mainland 1 to the side ot the tree world’' and insure "a victorious end to the wars in Korea and Indochina.” Looking unusually grave. Vice President Richard Nixon listens intently ta the-heckground. - '.’fr - ,-' . T-

Two Men Die In Blast At Hartford City 13 Others Injured By Explosion In Hartford City Case HARTFORD CITY. Ind. (IN3) — Two men were killed and 13 other persona .were-lajured, afternoon whsu « leaking-gas fur- * nace exploded, all but demolishing a doWntown Hartford City cqfe. The dead were identified by police as William Keeley, 25. and Albert Creek. It,, both of Hartford ?ity. One of the injured was Claude Brant Jr.. 30-year-oid son of one of the building's tenants, a tavern keeper. Brant told police I e and his father smelled gas shortly before the blast and tried Without success to locate the leak. Aides at the Blackford county hospital at Hartford City today reported that 10 survivors ot the blast remain in the hospital, two in critical condition. Three others were jeleased after treatment Byron Blakely, 60. who was pinned in the wreckage for nearly tour hours, and Nathan Johnson. 72. wer/listed in critical condition. Both are of Hartford City. Floyd Overmyer, Hartford City, was in serious condition. Others still hospitalised, but in fair condition were: Brant. William Martin. William E. May. Orville Corder. George Cline and Barney Blakely, all of Hartford City, and Perry Moyer, of Gas City. Most of the injured were pinned in the wreckage by debris and were removed by rescuers. A human chain tossed debris into boxes assembled by Boy Scouts and hauled the boxes away. Police from Muncie, Eaton, Gaston, and Montpelier and Indiana . state troopers aided the Hartford City officers in the rescue, along with many volunteers. Firemen attributed the blast to a gas leak. However, investigators for the Central Indiana Gas Co., still are probing the cause, and the company's Hartford City manager said: • “We are not sure it was a gas explosion.” Lehman Uninjured In Hartford City Blast Ixwee Decatur salesman and well known Indiana high school basketball official, escaped Injury In the explosion at Hartford City Wednesday noon, he reported to the Daily Democrat. 'Lehman, salesman for F. McConnell nnd Sons of thia city, was In the cigar store at the time of the blast, which killed two and injured a dozen more persons. He was seated at a card table writing an order at the time of , <he tragedy and escaped with only minor scratches. His automobile parked nearby, suffered more damage. The windshield was shattered and one door was crushed by the Impact of the blast.

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Considering Arrest In Sheppard Case Deny Warrant Is Issued For Doctor CLEVELAND (INS) — Seven of Cuyahoga county’s top officials today sifted “love tryst” admissions and other evidence to see if they can make an arrest In the bedroom slaying of .Marilyn Sheppard. Reports that a warrant has'been issued for the victim’s husband, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, wpre denied by Cleveland police chief 'Frank Story and detective inspector James McArthur. However, the officials are armed with a statement from a shapely laboratory technician, Susan Hayes, that the 30-year-old osteopath was intimate with her before his wife was slain. McArthur said: “1 believe we have enough circumstantial evidence to make an arrest. It is not as strong as we would like to have." Story and McArthur met with Bay Village Mayor J. Spencer Houk, village chief John Eston, county solicitor Richard Weygrandt, county prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan and Cleveland homicide chief Capt. David Kerr. They met in Cullitan’s office. Mrs. Sheppard. 31-year-old mowas bludgeoned to death in her bed July Fourth. Her osteopath husband since has been described by police as the "number one suspect’’ in the case. The account of Dr. Sheppard’s extra-marital love affair was told by one of his former employees, shapely Miss Susan Hayes, the “other woman” tn Dr. Sheppard’s life. Officials said possibility of an arrest in the case was admittedly discussed at a three-hour top-level conference held Wednesday. Cleveland police chief Frank Story denied that he ordered Dr. Sheppard arrested and charged w'ith the murder. Officials said today’s meeting will be a final appraisal and evaluation of evidence turned up in the case so far. Chief Story said: "We have to decide just what we've gbt in this case and what the next step in the probe should be" —- —- • ■ ■ One of the most damaging blows to Dr. Sheppard's story was struck Wednesday by the pretty 24-year-old medical technician who told police Dr. Sheppard “made love to me" and that she had been intimate with him on several occe sions. Miss Hayes, now of Downey, Calif., formerly worked at the pri-vately-owned hospital operated by Dr. Sheppard and his two doctor brothers. During the inquest. Dr. Sheppard heatedly denied any misconduct with the attractive auburn-haired technician. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Frank T. Culltan said Miss Hayes signed a written <■ statement in which she said she and th* 30-year-(Turw To r«s» nts> INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness and not much change In temperature tonight and Friday. Scattered showers extreme east tonight and scattered showers and thunderstorms mostly north and oast Friday. Lew tonight 6L74. High Friday 87-M. I

Expect Senate Vote Friday On Tax Bill Provision Os Tax .. Break For Dividend Income Last Hurdle WASHINGTON (INS) — the ad- 1 ministration’s giant tax reform bill had one more high hurdle to clear today before President Eisenhower signs it into law. The measure, approved overwhelmingly by the house In its , final form, is now before the senate where it may be Voted on late today dr Friday. Majority floor leader William Knowland (RCalif ), indicated the vote probably would come Friday. The only remaining controversy In the one billion 365 million dollar tax reduction measure Is the provision granting a tax break to more than seven trillion corporation stockholders. It would exempt the first SSO of dividend income received after July 31 from federal taxes, and permit subtraction of four percent of any remaining dividend income from the taxpayer's final bill. House Democrats failed, by 227 to 165, to eliminate the four pern cent tax credit. In a vote earlier this month, the senate voted overwhelmingly against-any such provision except the SSO exemption. The provision as it now stands represents a compromise between the senate amendment and an even more liberal original house version approved last spring. The stiff fight in the house . against granting the extra tax re . lief to stockholders is expected to sirpncth<>n hand of thnsp onows vaapgwsavaa wsa v sswatas va xiivvv ■ posing it in the senate. The dividend provision already has been a hot issue in several primaries, and Democrats plan to use it as an example of what they . charge Is an Eisenhower adminis- ' t rat ion bias for big business. The tax break Up stockholders, which would Uie gereramest more than 200 million dollars in revenue this year, is only one of mote than 3.000 major and minor . changes in tax laws contained in (CsaZtascS Os Page Eight) Chinese Reds Reject U. S. Protest Note Red Radio Charges US.- Deliberately Shot Down Plane; TOKYO (INS) — Red China’s Peiping radio declared today that an American dote of protest Communist Chinese air attacks near Hainan, dispatched through British channels, was ’’rejected on the spot” by the Reds. The radio also charged that the United States deliberately planned the shooting down of two Communist planes off Hainan Monday and is seeking to invade Hainan as a stepping stone to mainland assault The Red propaganda station said that a mesaage of protest from the Communists has been sent to United Nations SecretaryGeneral Dag Hammarskjold with the request that it be circulated to all other UN members except Nationalist China. The text of the protest to the UN was the same as the. protest aired by Peiping two days ago. " The Red broadcast, heard in Tokyo, claimed the state department report that the jets were shot down while attacking American fighter planes was a false statement to prevent world criticism. The state department announced Tuesday that the American planes returned tire when the Red jets attacked the V. S. planes as they searched for survivors of a British Commercial airliner downed by Red Chinese pilots. Communist China has apologized for the attack on the British airliner. Strlkea Back WASHINGTON (INS) — The U. 8. struck back today at Red China's summary rejection of American protects against Communist attacks on Allied aircraft In the Far .East. State department spokesman Henry Suydam* told newsmen that the situation ‘‘will not be permitted to rest there '' He declined to say what course the U. 8. will pursue but some diplomats ex pressed belief the matter would be laid before the United Natloni- I

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— - Offer Food To Danube River Flood Victims Three Communist < 1 Nations Offered, Food From U. S. , WASHINGTON ‘(INS)«— Presi-* dent Eisenhower, in a dramatic bid to win friends behind the Iron Curtain, offered today to make government - owned food available to Danube River flood victims, including those in three Communist countries. The president acted under the new surplus disposal act which provides for such emergency relief operations without regard to the friendliness of the governments involved. The White House estimated that the Immediate food needs of the six countries hit by the disastrous Danube floods amount to roughly tour million dollars. The three Communist countries in the flood path are Csechoslci vakia, Hungary and East Germany. The non-Soviet nations are West Germany, Yugoslavia and Austria. The President directed U. S. dipIfinjMl? mifSIWS in each’wf the affected countries to m<ke the offer to local authorities. The U.S. is already extending emergency assistance in West Germany and Austria, where American troops are helping supply clothing and other aid to flood victims. Scout Honor Court Here This Evening A court of honor for Boy Scout troop 62, sponsored by the Lions club, will be held at 7 o’clock this evening at the Scout cabin in Hanna-Nuttman park for those scouts and explorers earning recent advancements. The court will be conducted by W. Guy Brown, advancement chairman for this area, assisted by the Lions Scout committee. Families of the scouts are invited to attend. Section Os Niagara Falls Is Crumbled Familiar Profile Os Niagara Is Marred NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. (INS)— The familiar profile of Niagara Falls, mecca for thousands ot honeymooners. was marred by a .huge new dent on the American side today following the collapse of 185,000 tons of rock into the gorge. The mammouth rockfall Wednesday carried away a large segment of Prospect Point, a favorite observation spot for newlyweds and tourists, as well as a triangular chunk of the falls. Nobody was hurt when the tons of rock slid slowly into the deep gorge. Officials warned by widening cracks along the brink of the falls, bad roped off the popular observation area. But thousands ot spectators watched from other vantage points as halt of the giant rock —2OO by 50 by 150 feet — split off and crumbled 170 feet Into the canyon. The collapse took about five minutes. It was the biggest such collapse since 1931, when a semi-circular piece of the American falls slid Into the gorge. Lafayette Youth Is Drowning Victim LAFAYETTE. Ind. (IN) —Twen-ty-one-year-old Jerry Dexter Schultz. of Lafayette, drowned Wednesday tn Rock Park at Lake Freeman. Police were told that the youth may bare suffered an epileptic seizure while in swim. IWIM-

Changes Announced In British Cabinet No Major Changes Involved In Shift LONDON (INS) — The reshuffling of Sir Winston Churchill’s cabinet provided Britain with plenty of fuel today for one of the ' year’s most burning conversational topics: When will the prime ’ minister retire? The government shifts —ipvolviftg seven ministries including two cabinet posts — were announced Wednesday night by Sir Winston’s office. | The appointments filled gaps created by resignations but no major changes were involved. Th§ reshuffle definitely indicated that the prime minister's resignation would not take place before next fall—at the earliest. t On the other hand, the strictly stop-gap nature of the appointments led some observers to believe that 79-yearold Sir Winston would step down in favor of Anthony Eden some time after parliament reconvenes in mid-Octo-ber. < Some top*cabinet members, including defense minister Earl Alexander and labor minister Sir Walter Monckton, want to retire. Churchill may possibly talked tfeem into staying until be leaves Then, when Eden took over as first minister, there would be more of an impression of change, although Sir Winston would undoubtedly have a great deal to do with the selection of a new cabinet. Eden’s intense preoccupation recently with foreign affairs was seen as demanding his retention as foreign secretary at least for another few months. The prime minister feels he* still is able to continue In the premiership. The major cabinet change was brought about by Wednesday's resignation for “personal reasons*' of colonial secretary Oliver Lyttelton. He was replaced by. minister of transport and civil aviation Alan Lennox Boyd. Lyttelton, who has been subjected to some rough criticism during his nearly three years in the office, had been wanting "out" for some time. CMI Deftiiti Head To Speak At Berne John Gordon of Deoatur will speak at a joint meeting of the Berne Lions and Rotary clubs Monday, Aug. 9. at 6 p. ni. in the Berne auditorium. Gordon, who is Adams county civil defense director, will discuss the meaning and purpose of the civil defense organization, stressing how it would affect this coUn- - —— —t Commissioners To Act On Petition Meet August 30 On Tax Levy Petition The Adams county commissioners will meet in special session Monday -norning. August 30, at 9 O’clock in the commissioner’s room at the court* house to act on the recent petition filed with that board for a 2 cent tax levy, for maintenance and construction work at the 4-H grounds at Monroe. The petition, in 55 counterparts, has been filed with auditor Frank Kitson and as soon as all signatures have been checked the petition will be turned over to the commissioners for action. Legal notice of the special meeting and its purpose will be published in Friday'! Dally Democrat. Provision is also made in the notice for objections to be filed within 30 day* following fleet publication of the notice of special meeting. The petition was presented, pursuant to the statute, bearing tbe signature of the president end secretary of the <-H Club and Extftiriop Up-

County's 4 H Fair To Open Next Tuesday .Annual Fair Will Begin Tuesday On Grounds At Monroe The annual 4-H fair, to be held this year for the last time on the lot adjacent to the old Monroe school in Monroe, will open next Tuesday, Benjamin D. Mazelin, chairman of the Adams county extension committee, said today. The fair will last Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with work having started already on the fair grounds itself. The 895 boys and girls of Adams county who are enrolled in 2.024 separate projects have been work.lng all year for this fair, Mazelin reports. Exhibits in 33 different projects, from baking to wildlife conservation, will be shown at the (air grounds. Record books showing cost, profit, and labor in projects which cannot be brought to the fair grounds, like corn and soybean project*. will also,, be judged. Already this week, judging of bomamaking projects is underway In each of the county clubs. Blue ribbon winners this week will be eligible to enter the county 4-H fair in Monroe, where state fair entrants will be chosen. Homemaking exhibits are now being placed in the Monroe school, and will be Judged Saturday. Stoves, Jish waaher-and-dryers, refrigerators. heatej>, and deep freezers, have been donated by varions Adams county dealers for use during the fair, Mrs. R. C. Hersh,and Mrs. Clarence Mitchel, chairmen of the food tent, report An automatic washer and dryer was donated by Klank's of Decatur; two electric refrigerators, an automatic dishwasher, deep freeze, and electric heater w-ere donated by Adams County Trailer Sales; the Farm„Bureau co-op donated a deep freeze and water heater; Stucky of Monroe has given a refrigerator and a deep freeze for food preservation projects; the Monroe Washer Repair is furnishing gas, for the stoves; the Linn Grpve Hardware to giving two gas (CeaUesed O« Paste Five) 18 New Polio Cases Recorded Last Week Indiana Incidence Is Below Last Year INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Today's state polio report showed 18 new cases last .week bringing the Indiana total to date to 71 cases. Including two, deaths. Five new counties reported cases last week Including Gibson, Grant, Greene and Scott counties with one each and Jefferson county with two cases. Tbe second death occurred in Montgomery county which bad bad only one case of polio this year. First death was reported in Noble county which had two cases this year. Sharing in the year’s largest increase were St. Joseph county with; four new cases to increase its total to 11 (high for tbe state); Allen with three to six. and LaPorte with two to tour. One case each also was reported by Delaware, one to four; Tippecanoe, one to two, and Warrick one to two. Other counties previously reporting at least one case of polio so far thia year are Blackford 2. Clark 1, Elkhart 3, Floyd 1. Hamilton 1, Huntington 1, Lake 6, Madison 2, Marion 4, Pike 1, Porter 4, Pulaski 1, Putnam J. Vanderburgh 1, Vermillion 2, Vigo 1. and Wells 1. The 71 cases to date compares with 117 reported for the same period in 1963- and the ?72 reported fob the same period in the 1949 x„r.

U. S. Counter-Agent Is Suicide Victim Hoeffer Suicide Is Linked To Dr. John BERLIN (INS) — A U. S. army investigation board announced today its conclusion that American counter-intelligence agent Wolfgang Hoeffer definitely committed suicide last Friday. The board, however, refused to comment on motives or a possible link with the Dr. Otto John case. An unconfirmed report had said that the German born Hoeffer, who emigrated to the, United States in 1938, was shadowing John just before the West German government security chief disappeared into East Berlin. A voice identified as that of John was broadcast Wednesday by the East Berlin radio. The broadcast attacked West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s policy of collaborating with the United States, planned rearmament, and what it termed a revival of Nazißm - . . . . . H6mier was a civilian member of the counter - intelligence corps. When news of his suicide leaked out Tuesday an army spokesman said that as far as the army knew the >agent and John "did not know each other." Some West Berliq newspapers hawsver claimed wet Hoeffer went to with John in Germany before World War II and said Hoeffer expressed his intention to try to free John in East Berlin but was forbidden by his superiors to enter the Communist zone. One paper said Hoeffer saw John last July 20 just before he vanished and found the latter "slightly mixed up*' politically. Another paper published a rumor that Hoeffer had had an unhappy love affair and found that a possible motive tor his suicide by shooting. Army authorities. declined to comment on any of these stories. The Hamburg newspaper Bild said John flew to Moscow Tuesday in a Soviet military plane. There was no confirmation either of this report but West German officials expressed belief John might begin a “smear campaign” against Bonn leaders. wn ■■ - Police Launch And Crewmen Missing British Launch In Hong Kong Missing HONG KONG (INS) — A Hong Kong police launch and its crew of ten Chinese constables disappeared early today from its mooring* of the Britteh crown colony on Communist China's south coast. The crew was reported unofficially to have taken the launch end its small arms over to tbe Reda. Royal air force planes launched a search for the vessel after it was found missing, but the hunt proved futile and was celled-off. The incident wae a grim reminder to tbe millions of anti Communist Chinese and Europeans crowded on this tiny British" bolding of their exposed position with relation to the Reds. The Peiping government carries on regular propaganda aimed at the Chine io living in Hong Kong under Britton jurisdiction. Some times it pays off. The launch was used to patrol the territorial waters of Hong Kong, which is almost Surrounded by the Island* and coastal territory of China. Thf police boat’s duties included searching for smugglers attempting to take embargoed strategic goods into China. The launch, however, was off dirty Wednesday night. Its British commander was n sleep on shore. The crew reported regularly by radio on a half-hour schedule, than put to see early this morntag and kept reporting to allay suaplcion. The launch carried a Bren gun i (automatic rifle), some Sten ma- i ph Um and rttlw. I

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Senate Resumes Debate On Bill On Foreign Aid House Resolution For Adjournment Voted Down Today WASHINGTON (INS) —The house defeated, 193 to 183. today a resolution calling for sine die adjournment at Congress Saturday, and left the way open for possible action on a postal pay raise hill. Approval would have sent the measure to the Senate where it wv.» certain to have been amended to a later date anyway. Senate leaders have set a .target date of Aug. 7 for congress to quit. Defeat of the resolution wae ai victory for house Democratic whip John W. McCormack, Mass., who demanded tbe roll-call In an effort to prevent an adjournment resolution from blocking action on the bill to boost postal pay by seven percent. The poetal pay bill is battled. \ up in the house rules committee, tut supporters have succeeded in getting 218 signatures on the dis- , charge petition to force a floor vote. '* Resume Debate WASHINGTON (INS)—The senate was told today thwt America’s foreign aid program appears to be "reaping a harvest of division instead of unity" and should be terminated. The statement was made by on* ~ of the program’s most loyal supporters of thp past, Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mbtrt.) as debate ’ sumed on the three billion one hundred million dollar foreign aid authorization Mansfield is sponsor of a new provision in the senate aid bill terminating the foreign operations administration next June 30. He argued that foreign aid should not become “permanent" and that its functions should be split up between the defense and state departments. , Sen. Alexander Smith (R-N.J.) told the senate the program is designed to "save our own livds and the lives and' futures of our children." Smith warned that Russia is' working on the same kind of program and has challenged the "combined efforts" of the U.S. and the United Nations tn Korea. Smith declared that In the it arldwide cold war struggle, the Korean aid program has been challenged, by the Reds as "a test case for the world to watch." He also warned that Russia to providing “ite own twisted form of technical assistance in Latin America on a scale which, as applied, dwarfs our efforts in a comparable direction." The senate GOP leadership was hopeful that the foreign aid measure can be disposed of by nightfall as it drove for adjournment witi.m another week. The farm bill could then come up on Friday although there were two possible hitches on thie timetable. One teethe resolution to censure Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wta.) which its sponsor. Sen. Ralph E. Flanders, (Vt.) said he will bring up Friday. Lengthy debate may follow unless the leadership chokes It off with a motion to table. The other problem to the tax bill. A fight is expected over the divided relief provision in th to measure m reported by a housesenate conference committee. On the question of foreign aid. Rmith denied that the mutual aid program is a "boondoggle.** and recalled that It had saved Greece. Tn-key. Western Europe and other areas from Red aggreiwion. v He also noted that North Atlantic treaty alHee have produced some eight billion dollars worth of military equipment since 1960 and •pent over 3S billion* In their rearmament effort*.