Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 179.

Asks Censtire of McCarthy - v ■:■ BSBB^jBB* ■ S *m I ‘JaMi ♦ JK,. -'■ 1W ■ K- _ 1 ■ !■ P®®' Pr*W % ■ ■ '{MIK’ A? ' g . .... SENATOR Ralph' E. Flanders (R), Vermont,' waves hfe MH ot particu- “*'* against Senator Joseph R. McCarthy which he delivered to the -' senate when he asked for a vot« of censure against the Wisconsin lawmaker. McCarthy himself told reporters there could be "no campromise" over Flanders’ insolution which was expected to start one of tlvs bitterest fights in senate history.

lodge Asserts United States To Aid Asians To Help Southeast Asia Build Up Own Military Defenses By PIERRE J. HUSS (World copyright by I. N. S.) UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (INS) - Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge said today the U. S. will help the peoples of Southeast Asia build up their own military defense in recognition of the Communist challenge to global freedom. In an exclusive interview with this correspondent, the chief Elsenhstwer adminlotnation spokesman at the UN pointed out that the presMetW’haa appointed 1 a tenman U. s.te»m for next September’s UN assembly “pledged to carry forward the struggle again at Communism in Southeast Asia In whatever form that struggle comes up in the assembly.'* The questions put by this correspondent and Lodge's answers follow: - Q. What next steps do you see to prevent further Communist aggression in Southeast Asia? x A. "The firet etep is military ' defense. We waj»t to see a regional organisation for mutual security set up in the Southeast Asia area. We are working on that with other countries This system ought to protect the parts of -Indo-China tlxat are still free of Communist control under the Geneva settle meat, To make the system work, the United States will have to help the peoples ot Southeast Asia in building up their own military defense. . "The United States has pledged that in accordance with article 2 of the United Nations charter we will not use force to upset the Geneva settlement. But we are not guaranteeing that party by which the Communists have gained cantrol over northern Vietnam. Our . main policy in that area is aimed at preventing any further Communist territorial errand item ent. "We cannot do this by ourselves, if Communism is to be stopped in Asia, the little man in Asia is the man who has got to do i( in the final analysis." Q. Is the United Stales planning to thke the initiative next* September in .the United Nations general assembly to guarantee peace in Southeast Asia? A. "You can be sure that the United States recognizes that Southeast Asia is a battleground between Communism and freedom. Thia struggle will continue, for we ■have learned by now thgt the Com- . munists do not relax their efforts to subvert populations, whether their metlipd* be those ot force, subversive infiltration, or propaganda. The United Nations gives us a means of countering propeitai.da attacks. It also gives tfs an opportunity to defeat Soviet schemes, which we did when the Soviets in June tried to use the United Nations to help them take over Guatemala. The United Nations also baa developed its oyn technical and economic programs which help to counter tihe fal*e appeal of Communism. "A few days ago. President Eisenhower designated the members of the United States delegation ot the ninth general amembly. The ton men and women named by the President will bo pledged to carry forward the struggle against Communism tn Sdutheart Aeta in whatever form that struggle comes up ‘ in the General A*s*mbly.” (CeatlsUvO Oa Pe«e Firs) noon edition

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Bloomington Man Is Possible Candidate Norman Neely May Seek Nomination ♦ •* , INDIANAPOLIS (IN) —Norman J. Neely, Blooomington attorney, is the latest possibility today to run for the 1950 Republican gubernatorial nomination. Neely was the GOP house floor leader In the 1953 general assem-,. bly and succeeded in obtaining enactment of the legislative program df Governor George N. Craig, only to see it emasculated by the senate, in which the forces of Sen ators Homer E. Capehart and William iE. Jenner were in the majority. - Neely, however, was defeated for renomination to the house in the <May primary. He now la attorney for the Indiana, wholesaler liquor dealers’, association, of which John Leuer, a member of -the Republican state committee, is secretary. A number of Craig lieutenants are backing Neely, although state auditor Frank T. Millls for many months has been regarded as the Craig candidate for Governor. The race appears to be growing faster and faster as the days pass by. Lt. Gov. Harold W. Handley, the Jenner-Capehart faction candidate, appears to be In the,lead because of extensive campaigning in the style of former Democratic Governor Henry F. Schricker. Handley had actually beaten Schricker’s speech-making record, with oratorical appearances at county fairs, chiujch suppers, party rallies even down 4J the wird ahd precinct levels, beauty queen crowning and many other types of meetings. The gubernatorial view of H. Dale Brown, iMarion county clerk, state committee member and Craig faction leader, have been sought by all of the aspirants because Brown now has control of the largest bloc of delegatee to the state convention. Brown at various times has boosted Congressman Charles Brownson, of Indianapolis, for governor and United States senator.

Another Indianapolis man. industrialist Samuel 'Harrell, is reported to be willing to try again for governor. He mode a surprisingly strong showing in 1952 when Craig wjft nominated. * Two congressmen also are possibilities. They are Earl Wilson, ’of Bedford, and William Bray, Os Martinsville, although neither has indicated gubernatorial ambitions. Political observers oay that because of the fact that Handley seems to bee running like a scared rabbit, It is high time that the forces of the governor get into action with a candidate. There appear to be under-cover rum Wings of a Capehart-Jenner <Turw To faxe Six) fc r*r , 7'’‘" ■■■ --..y , . T w Miller Baby Dies Here This Morning Alice Jean Miller, infant daughter of Arthur L. and Mary Jane ColchlniMiller, 303 Oak street, died at 8 o’clock this morning at the Adams 'county memorial hospital, shortly after birth. Surviving in addition to the iparents are four sisters, Rita, Sharon, Barbara and Delores, and two brothers, James and Thomas, all at home; and the grandparent*, Mrs. Robert Miller and iMr. and Mrs, Fred all of D*cetur. Graveside services, conducted by the <ll Illg A Doan funeral home, will be held at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon st the Catholic cemetery. ,

Korean Unity Issue To Go Before U. N. President Rhee And United States To Present Question WASHINGTON (INS) — South Korean President Syngman Rhee leaves for New York today after reaching an agreement with the U. S. to present the question ot Korean unity to the United Nations.' ;' * P-|.:; ■; ; / Rhee and President Eisenhower said in a joint communique that the two nations will take their bid to- the UN because the Geneva conference failed to settle the Korean problem: The communique was released Friday night shortly after Rhee backtracked on his plea to congress for a military "counter-at-tack" gainst Communist China. His surprise request, made in a speech before a joint session of congress last Thursday, received a cool reception in official Washington and on Capitol Hill. The 79-oid South South Korean chief executive told the Overseas Writers Club Frida* thjat he was misunderstood. - He explained that his idea was designed as a "long-term policy for the preservation of the free world." He added: **l didn't say enough to make my meaning clear.” - Rhee emphasized that the Korean army still believes the Reds can be pushed out of North Korea “without great sacrifices and without serious risk of precipitating World War 111.” .... . He said he still hopes to get the support of U.S. military experts on this view. Although Rhee has completed his week-long parley in Washington, his military and economic advisers will continue their talks with U.S. officials. Rhee came to Washington last Monday kt the invitation of Mr. Eisenhower, chiefl'y to press for American cooperation in an armed (CoatlaurU Ob Pace Five) Petition Is Filed For Filling Station

Phillips Petroleum Will Build Station Phillips Petroleum Co. of BartlesVille, Okla., has filed a petition with city engineer Ralph Roop, for a building permit to construct a gasoline filling station on the southwest corner of Thirteenth and Nuttman in Decatur. Roop indicated today that the permit would be issued and he joined with Dick Helter, chßirman of the city plan commission, in issuing a joint letter to all commission members showing them the record two years ago of that board concerning the Dierkes block in the northwest part of the city. The letter was issued because of numerous rumors that have been circulated recently concerning the proposed construction of the new business building. The letter reveals the record of the commission and city council: Originally the Dierkes block was zoned as a neighborhood shopping area and business district. About two years ago, the board's minutes show, a petition was filed by Fern Dierkes, John Dierkes, 'Roland Miller, Anita Miller, Amanda Dierkes. ahd others, asking that the block be made a residential district. In writing the petition, apparently the petitioners thought that since the southwest corner already was occupied by a residence, it would not be necessary to include the corner lot in the petition. The legal description of the petition starts with the second lot. The petition was granted by the plau commission and a recoinmen-, dation was made to th* city council that the change be made. The council then amended the zoning ordinance and made the block in question a residential district However, the petition did not Include the corner and Roop explained because of this, it was mandatory on bis part to grant* k building permit to the Phillipa concern.

Construction will start soon on the filling station, It waa learned. The large modem home, now occupying the corqer, will be removed, and the private garage also will dismantled. Plans for the new structure were filed with the city engineer and were approved today. Robert Smith, of, the legal firm of Custer and Smith, handled the local detalla for the Phillipa concern.

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Senate Resumes Battle On Flanders Resolution To Censure McCarthy

1,200 Pilots ■ Strike, Idle Many Flights i -American Airlines [ Pilots On Strike, Planes Grounded , CHICAGO (INS) — More than 9 1.200 pilots employed by American , Airlines went on strike at 11:09 p in. (CDT) Friday night, cutting s off ail but a few flights to 90 ma- ’ jor cities throughout the country, j C. N. Sayen, president of the AFL Air Lines Pilots Association, ( said only 32 pilots operating scheduled flights back to their home ( cities will be in the air today, i barring settlement of the strike. Sayen said the issue ih dispute _ is American’s policy of working pilots on coast-to-coast hops more ! than eight consecutive hours. He said the union charges that th* ' eight-hours-pius scheduling vio--1 hates accepted safety standards. Ballots authorizing a similar 1 strike against Trans-World Air- * lines and United Airlines have. ‘ not as yet been counted.. C. R. Smith, president of American—the nation’s largest domestic • carrier—called the strike a bread* ■ of contract and sold the airlines will sue the union for financial 1 losses caused by the walkout. Smith said the union's position concerning eight hour flight limits was difficult to understand in that some union members assigned to overseas flights sometimes spend 12 hours in a row at the controls. Only east-west flights are involved In the strike because prevailing west-east winds favorable to aircraft cut such flights to less than eight hours. The civil aeronautics board two months ago granted special waivers to American, TWA and United airlines to schedule non-stop coast-to-coaht trips of up to 10 continuous hours. Sayen said the union was pre- < pared to call off the strike on 30 minutes notice it the airlines , agreed to a “operate-as-we talk" , program. j The strike, originally set for i July 15, was postponed until 11:59 i last night by federal intervention, i

Reduction Likely In City Tax Rate Informal Meeting Is Held By Council Possibility of a six-cent reduction in the civil city tax levy tor Decatur taxpayers was seen at an' informal meeting of the city council Friday night. The council met to make the Initial preparation of the new city budget which, will be formally presented and determined at the regular council meeting Tuesday night. In spite of a lower valuation of taxable city property the $1.61 tax rate of last year will probably come down to $1.55 for the coming year. Accounting for the possible reduction is a healthy balance on .hand and an increase in miscellaneous revenue which Includes gasoline, excise and bank taxes. French Premier On Flight To Tunisia PARIS (INS) — French premier Pierre Mendes-France left Paris by air today for a first-hand look at his government's second big problem—the restless North African colony of Tunisia. He arrived In Tunis at 10:30 am. (5:30 am. BDT). Mendes-France, who cleared his first hurdle as premier when the Indo-Chlna truce was signed at Geneva, faces the possibility of division In Parliament and in his own cabinet over a plan to give the colonies more aolf-rulo.

Five Cars Involved In Accident Today Three Persons Hurt North Os Decatur Five cars were involved in an accident and three people were Injured about 9 a.m. today bn U.S. highway 27 five miles north of IS Most seriously injured was Mrs. Ifßofeina, Sprunger, 72, of Berne, who received lacerations, bruises, a fractured left leg and severe shock. She was riding in a car with her husband, Theodore Sprunger, 72, who sustained lacerations, bruises and a possible fractured jaw. • ' The other injured person was Dr. Henry Frohnapfel, 63. of Decatur who was driving one of the other cars. He is suffering from a hurt knee. All three are being treated at Adams county memorial hospital. The other cars were driven by Edward E. Matter, 55, of Fort Wayne, Lewis Gaston. 39, of Middletown, Q„ and Marie Brown, 23, of Portland. ■ Property damage includes the Sphinger car, a total loss; the Matter car, 3200; the Frohnapfel vehicle, a total loss, and the Brown car, 3300. The Gaston vehicle was not damaged. ( i» investigation of the five-ear aoeM*nt was not complete this morning but it was determined that the Frohnapfel and Sprunger cars hit almost head-on. Sprunger was headed north and Frohnapfel south at the time ot the collision. State trooper Gene Rash, sheriff Robert S lira luka and deputy sheriff Merle AfloJder investigated at the scene of the 'accident and are continuing the investigation to determine the cause. . Other Acaidents Two other accidents were investigated last night in Adams county. At 12:10 a.m. today a car driven by Donald J. Dick. 18, of Decatur rbute four, crashed into Ahe back end of a' car driven by Joan L. McBride, 16, of Bluffton. The Mcßride car had slowed down for a slow-traveling car on U. S. highway 27 south of Decatur near Coppess Corners. Dick was Unable to stop and crashed into the Mcßride car, causing about 3400 damage. No one was injured. Deputy sheriff Merle Affolder investigated.

Vehicles Sideswipe A wrecker driven by Donald Crismore, 26, of Montpelier, and a car driven by Herman Brown, 52, of (Turn Ta Paste Six) Officer Executed For Wife's Murder Hanged For Killing Wife In Germany LANSING, Kas. (INSj — Army warrant officer Bernard J, O'Brien was executed by hangiiw at Lansing, Kas., a few minutes after midnight today tor the murder of his wife, Dorothy, whom be killed in Germany in 1052. O'Brien, a 32-year-old regular army man, was very calm and appeared resigned and almost eager to die as the noose was fixed and tightened around bis neck. The army said O'-Brien slew his wife with a pick-mattock, an entrenching tool, climaxing a series of marital quarrels, and then attempted to cover up the crime by staging a fake auto accident in which his wife supposedly was killed. An autopsy disclosed murder. Pending his appeal through military courts, O'Brien was imprisoned in the U.S. disciplinary barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, Kas. The officer' refused to appeal through civil courts. • ■ Warden Charles E. Edmondson asked O'Brien if he had anything to say before he mounted the scaffold some 1,100 miles from the murder scone and the doomed man ftnnly replied: “Not a thing at all.” O'

Dr. Sheppard Is Jailed On Murder Charge •Formally Charged With Slaying Wife Night Os July 4 BAY VILLAGE, 0.. (INS) —Society doctor Samuel 'Sheppard, charged with first degree murder, walked into Cuyahoga county jail today—hie strong surgeon’s wrists in handcuffs, his eyes as lifeless as the woman who was his wife. "I plead not guilty,” the 30-year-old neuro-surgeon said Friday night when he was charged with “purposely and with deliberation and malice” killing his pregnant wife, Marilyn. Officials, including his closest friend Mayor J. Spencer Houk, only averted their eyes. .Young “Dr. Sam", one of this Cleveland suburb's most prominent citizens before his wife and unborn child were bludgeoned to ' death last July 4th, could be spared the shame of arrest no longer. He was taken into custody at the home of his father, Dr. Richard Sheppard, chief of staff of Bay View hospital, where only Friday Dr. Sam made his rounds or tmort. He was wearing a white sweat shirt, blue denim jeans and the leather neck brace he donned the day after his wife was hacked to death In her bed. Sheppard claimed the brace was there because of injuries he received fighting off an “intruder in white” who “must have killed her.” ’ Three Bay Village police officers came to make the arrest. The young doctor made no comment, He appeared to be neither surprised nor unhappy. Except when photographers flashed bulbs and made him grimace, his face was bland and expressionless. “AU this time,” a reporter whispered while the doctor was waiting to be charged in the town hall, “he must have been saving strength for this.” The strength showed in the way he closed his hands —once fats fortune as a successful osteopath—into whitened fists. The long-awaited charge against Sheppard was made after Cleveland’s mayor and police pressed for action. Though they bad been called in by nearby Bay Village authorities to help solve the crime, they declared officially that arrest of the “chief suspect” was the (Tara To Pace Six) Christiana Kline Is Taken By Death • Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Christiana Kline, 72, lifelong resident of Willshire township. Van Wert county. O„ died at 2:10 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Van Wert county hospital.. Death was attributed to complications, and followed an illness of four years. ' »■ * „ She was born in Willshire township March 13, 1882, a daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. George Grund, and was married to Christopher Kline Oct. 2, 1905. Mrs. KUne was a member of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran cjhurch at Schumtn, 0., and its ladies aid. Surviving in addition to her husband are a son, Delbert C. of Willshire township; two grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Louis Nofer of Van Wert. One sister preceded her in death. Funeral sevrloes will be conducted at 3 p.tfi. Sunday at the Cowan & Sou funeral home tn Van Wert, the Rev. Werber P. von Kuhlberg officiating. Burial will be tn Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio City, O. Friends may cell at the funeral heme until time of the services. • *

British Officials Hall Polish Ship Freighter Carries American Couple LONDON (INS) — British officials halted and boarded today a Polish freighter carrying an American couple. Dr. Joseph Cort and Dr. Ruth Cort, of Boston, Mass., into voluntary exile behind the Iron Curtain. The boarding apparently was not connected with the case of Cort, a former American Communist party member wanted by the Upited States as a draft dodger. His British residence permit expired last midnight. A home office official said immigration men were investigating the case of a Polish stowaway, known as Antony Klimowicz, supposedly discovered and imprisoned on the vessel in an unsuccessful attempt to flee Red rule and gain political asylum in Britain. Officials first stopped and boarded the ship, the Jarosiaw Dabrowski, shortly after it sailed from a London dock in the Thamas River at 1:15 a.m. f The ship hoisted anchor and sailed.frpm Woolwich at 1:25 p.m. (8:25 a.iii. EDT) but re-anchored a couple miles downstream as officials continued their investigation. The Corts and the stowaway were still aboard as Polish refugee organisations began a campaign to obtain asylum for th* stowaway. ~ federation of free Poke* of

Great Britain telegraphed British prime minister Churchill and also ' asked home secretary David Maxwell Fyfe to receive their delegation. A spokesman for the home office, which had refused further residence for Cort, a medical lecturer at Birmingham university, said: "We still are interested in learning whether this man (Klimowicz) wants asylum or not.” It was learned that the ship was (Tara Ta rase* Sl*) National Guardsmen Are Enroute Home Hoosier Guardsmen Complete Training CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. (INS) — Indiana national guardsmen boarded trucks at Camp Grayling, Mich., today for the trip back to more than 60 Hoosier communities. The 125 units of the all-Hoosier 38th infantry division today completed their seventh annual post World War II field training encampment—probably their last at the Michigan military installation. Military convoys of bus. trucks and autos will carry the citizensoldiers back to their home stations sometime Sunday. The troops will unload equipment and prepare for another year of armory drills. Divisiotr-WHi.Mnder, Maj. Gen. Carl O. Deßard, of Grandview, said he was pleased with the accomplishments of the 15-day encampment. The first three summers after the war, the division trained al Camp Atterbury, Ind. When the federal government took over for emergency troop training during the Korgau outbreak, the training for the past four years shifted to Michigan. There are indications, however, that the Indiana guard won't return to Grayling in 1955 tn view of a "rent" boost ordered for 1955 by the Michigan general assembly. Since Atterbury has been abandoned, Camp McCoy, Wis., was Considered the most likely site of the 1955 Hoosier encampment. State'? October Draft Quota Set INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indians selective service department announced today that Indiana's quota in the national October draft of 23.000 men will be between 590 and 600, all slated for army Sfrvtce.

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i i »» » Sen. Knowland Says Issue To Be Resolved One Senate Leader ; Predicts Issue To , / > Go To Committee ; WASHINGTON (INS) — The senate resumed today it® battle ov- ’ er the Ftandere resolution to censure Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy with . cue top-ranking leader predicting that the issue will be sent to a committee for recommendations on . future action. • s The chamber met again at 10 t a. m. (EDT) after a 12-hour Frif day session that ran until 10:15 , p m. The Saturday session opened , with only a few senators present . but the galleries filling fast. Senate majority leader William F. Knowland (IVCalif.) said' that today's debate would run until 7 ' or 8 p. m.—but there was no tell--1 Ing where hot verbal Exchanges, v r might carry the second round of dispute over the Wisconsin Repub1 lioan committee chairman. Knowland said the McCarthy 1 question will remain 'before rhe - senate until It is disposed of. “to • the exclusion of all other burt- » nes»:“ Soon after resuming the debate, > the senate formally adopted a motion by McCarthy to make the ' Flanders resolution the formal buai inese before it. When the battle i started' Friday nighty Handera through oversight failed to make the necessary parliamentary motion. and McCarthy did it for him. Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper (R---lowa) told the senate emphatically that he will vote against the Flanders resolution as well as the Smith substitute proposal. Hickenlooper said It would be “utterly unconscionable” to vote to censure a senator because of hie convictions. He insisted that Flans dors had submitted no “specific actions” showing that McCarthy hqd violated any senate rules. He declared he would take that attitude toward any senator “no matter bow much I may disagree with hie social or political views." One leader predicted' privately that the upshot will be adoption of a resolution referring to Flanders’ motion to, a committee with instructions to hear everybody's complaint against McCarthy and' then report to the senate with recommendations on what should lie done. Knowland, announced Friday night he would vote against the censure proposal of Sen. Ralph ■E. Flanders (R-Vt.) said he did not know what will happen. He ®aid any one of five or six alternative proposals may come before the senate. He explained: "anything can happen to the resolution that would happen to a bill.” H? noted that motions may be made to lay the Handers resolution on the table, send it to a committee for inquiry, refer it to a committee with instructions to report Immediately, or send It to committee to report back at the next session of congress tn January. Flanders, Interrupting debate on the foreign aid authorisation bill, took the floor at 7:39 p. m. EDT Friday nijdit to charge that McCarthy bad compromised the nation's honor and bad showed “habitual contempt" for the senate. He promptly ran into stiff opposition from such diverse foes an Sena. Wayne More (Ind.-Ore.) who claimed the motion was improperly drawn, and Everett M. Dirksen (RIH) who labelled' Flanders a Communist dupe. Technically, the resolution Is not before the senate. However. It is I Tara Ta Paar Six) j INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight, scattered thundershowers likely ' south portion. Cooler north tonight. Sunday fair north, partly cloudy and cooler with chance of a few scattered thundershowers south. Low tonight north, 60-TS south.