Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1954 — Page 1

.Vol. Lil. No. 182.

All Safe In Air France Crash f’'~7 r flk ’»«h. W Wt II «*j ’ v w J SMf Isl kC fl ** «. 1 5 f KwpMl SHfl » ' ’'■' J** "’ JH SMOKE BLANKETS the wreckage of thia Air France Super-Constellation' Which crashed and burned during an emergency landing on a potato field near Preeton, Conn. All 37 persons aboard the Pariarto-New York flight escaped with their Uvea, evacuating the huge plane minutes before flames enveloped the fuselage. Most seriously Injured of the score hurt was heroic Pilot Captain. Jean’ Caboehe who suffered a )«e fracture. Cahoche was forced to crash-land his ship when rain and fog prevented him from bringing It down in New York. '4 ’

Decatur Civil City Tax Levy 7 Cents Lower Seven-Cent Slosh x Ordered By Council In Session Tuesday Effecting a seven-cent cut in the civil city’s tax levy, the council in session last night approved 1855 operating budgets tor Decatur's governmental units. Reduction of the general fund's levy from $1.44 on each >IOO of taxable*, to $1.37 will result in a saving of more than >7,000 to locsMaxpayers based on the city’s taxable valuation of >10,200.000. The proposed levies on cili >IOO for next year a're: General fund —>l.?7 Park fund 8 Recreation fund 5 Police Pension 2_ Firemen pension 2 Total.. ..>1.54 With the exception of the general fund, the proposed levies for /next year are the shme as In effect currently. The current civil city rate is >1.61. The council authorized H. Vernon Aurand, city clerk-treasurer, to advertise the budget prior to August 12. Public hearing on the budget is set for August 30, before a special session of the council. While the budgets are higher thah a year ago, the saving comes in miscellaneous revenue and special tax funds that the city will receive in 1*55, Aurand explained. The reduction in the general fund rate was made despite a Joss of >200.000 in Decatur's assessed valuation. Taxes that are credited as revenue include the gasoline and excise taxes, bank tax and other municipal revenue. The five-cent levy for the recreation fund is for youth activities at the community center and is the same as levied this year. An appropriation of >4-,500 to cover the cost of the city primary general elections next year is included in the general fund. A credit item is the elimination of the appropriation tor a fire truck, the laat payment on this equipment being made this year. In the tabulation of revenue, other than that received from taxation, the general fund will be credited with >6.200 from the parking meter fund. This receipt will pay the salaries of two traffic policemen. Aurand said. The total fax rate payable in Decatur includes the levies made by the state, county, school and library boards and the two townships in which the city Is located. Mobile X-Ray Unit Is Now In County The mobile x-ray unit, sponsored by the Adame county tuberculosis association, will be at the 4-H fair in Monroe today and tomorrow, ■Mrs. W. Guy Brown, executive secretary. said today. The x-ray unit will he In Decatur Friday from 10 until 12 noon Ireside the county court house. There is ho charge for the x-nay service, which is provided by the annual ■sale of Christmas seals, Mrs. Brown said.

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Over 5,000 Attend 4-H Fair Opening Final Entertainment Festival Tonight More than 5,000 people turned out to witness the first day of the Adams counity 4-H fair in Monroe yesterday, climaxed by the parade and entertainment festival in the evening. All availabfe parking places in and near Monroe were used, and sheriff Robert Shraluka and deputy Merle Affolder directed traffic during the evening rush hours. Thousands lined the street to watch the hour-long 4-H parade, which Included 20 4-H floats and 50 other mechanized exhibit*, plus two bands, , and 10 marching 4-H and pet and hobby groups. First place of >lO in the float contest was awarded to the Union Workers and Union Pals float, which consisted Os a huge white star, lined with 4-H club members on a green background, entitled ‘Store in My Crown.” The WabeOh. Workers 4-H club won second place; third, Hartford Happy-Go-Lucky and Hoosier Workers; fourth, Kirkland Kutupa; and fifth, Monroe Boosters. Awards were >9. >B. >7 and >6, respectively. First place among 4-H marching groups went to the Washington Happy Hustlers; Jefferson Work 6 Win won second place. No awards were made to pet and hobby marching groups. Yesterday's judging included handicraft, poultry. broilers, lambs, pheasants, and quail. •ludgyjg today started at 9 a.m. with th eSul airy show, which will last until kite afternoon: wildlife, soil conservation, forestry, bees, entomology, electricity, and farm shot>. At 10 a. m. the garden produce was judged. The rabbit show will be judged at 4 this afternoon. The second and last day of the A.lams county entertainment festival will start at 8:10 o’clock this evening. Two hours of local entertainment will be offered on the stage behind the Monroe school. Bleachers have been set up for tho early comers, but last night ma i 4 y had to stand because not enough seats were available for all who desired to wattth. Veepera will be this evening at 7 pm. At 7:40 the 4-H band will give a concert,' leading into the entertainment feativaL 1 About 175 dairy cattii? were in the dairy tent last night, ready for today's judging. Martin Watson reported that 113 electric projects were ready for today's judging, including ell iCoatlnned »n •*»«» Eight) LATE BULLETINS WASHINGTON <INS> — flenate-houae conferees on the orelgn aid authorization bill agreed today to recommend new appropriation* of $3,054,568,000, restoring part of the half-bil|ion dollar cut voted- by the senate. Washington (insj — The senate passed today a two billion, 35 million dollar grabbag appropriation bill carrying 796 million dollars for construction of air force bases and similar work. WASHINGTON (INS) — The army announced today It • la sending a guided missile battalion to Europe which can fire atomic rocketa. The unit alerted for overseas assign,ment is ths 259th field artillery battalion now in training at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Mystery Woman Is Sought hr . Sheppard Case ' California Woman Latest Linked To , Sheppard Romance 1 CLEVELAND (INS) — Police ’ sought a new “mystery woman" : today in the 31-day-old hack murder of Marilyn Sheppard —a Cali- ’ fornia woman named "Margo,” be- ’ lieved to have been Dr. Sam Shep--1 pard's extra - marital delight of » 1950. 1 Chief Frank Story urgently messaged Los Angeles detectives to 1 track down the woman, then a ‘ nurse, and reportedly since mar- '• ried. 1 She is believed to have caused * a rift betweeh Marilyn and handsome Dr. Sam, now being held for first degree murder of his preg- ’ tv O f var If a, - _ 4 XI V vt 11 V7, ' In 1950, the late Mrs. Sheppard wrote home about “difficulties over another woman." Two Los Angeles osteopaths reported that, at that time, Dr. Sam was “kidded about her.” ’ Story said two new suspects in ‘ the baffling bludgeon-slaying were ‘ picked up Tuesday night, but could ' reveal “nothing of value” in the way of evidence. ( One man, a Bay Village resident, was promptly released after ' signing papers. The other —a Lorain; Ohio, steelworker who UVM T® !'■«» Kl<ht) Mrs. Cora Rheeland Is Taken By Death Mother Os Willshire Resident Is Dead Mrs. Cora Ethel Rheeland, 77, of Swanton, 0., died Tuesday night at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been living for the past few months with a son, Lowell L. Rheeland at Willshire, O. She was born at Swanton,. O„ Novi 10, 1877, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Dill. Her husband. John Rheeland. preceded her in death. Mrs. Rheeland was a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Surviving in addition to the son are one grandchild and a sister, Mrs. Nelson Regenall of Swanton. The body, removed to the Zwick funeral home, was taken this morning to the Beihl and Malone funeral home at Swanton for funeral services and burial. Rev. Edgar Schmidt Remains As Pastor The Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, pas tor of Zion Lutheran church, has declined the call extended to him recently hy Christ Lutheran church at Anderson, and will continue to serve the local congregation. The church council unanimously had passed a resolution urging him to remain In Decatur and this resolution was also overwhelmingly passed by the voters* assembly immediately following the 8 o’clock service last Sunday. >Rev. Schmidt stated that he was influenced by “this vigorous expression of gbdowill by his parishoners and that be felt he could best serve the Kingdom at this time by remaining in Decatur.” <.

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President Eisenhower In Vigorous Defense Os General Marshall

Sen. McClellan Asserts Issue | Must Be Drawn Says Senate Must Act On McCarthy Censure Proposal WASHINGTON (INS) — flciu John: J. McClellan (D-Ark ) declared today that the senate will be subject tp the charge of cowardice” unless it settles-the McCarthy censure issue before adjournment. . Republican arid Democratic leaders hoped that a “blue ribbon” special committee would be set up by nightfall to pass on the demand that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy be formally criticized by his colleagues.' But both parties were having trouble finding senators willing to se've. The “elder stateemert’ in both parties shied: off from the assignment. The censure resolution, proposed by Sen. Ralph E. Flanders (RVt.) was referred to special committee, with instructionw to report before sine die adjournment, late Monday night. McClellan, ranking Democrat on McCarthy’s senate investigations subcommittee, said that a recommendation on censure by theiopfc;ai group ‘‘could- delay adjournment three weeks, a month or longer.” . \ But, he added that the senate should stay .and act on the report or be charged with “cowardice.” Speculation centered on these possible appointees for the special committee: Republicans—Sens. Eugene Millikin, Colo.; John J. Williams, Del,; Francis Case. S. D.; Frank Pa n ett or E. D. Crippa, Wyo. Democrats — Sens. Richard B. Ruesell, Ga.; John C. Stennis, Mies.; John C. Pastors, R, I.; Spcesard Hollard, Fla., and Sam Ervin, N. C. Meanwhile, Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) scheduled for late today meeting of the subcommittee which aired the McCarthy-army row. It will be the unit's first meeting since the televised hearings which coyered a span of eight weeks ended on June 16. Mundt said he hopes the committee can come to same agree (Contlanrd d a Pa Q r KlaAt) |

Emergency Polio Drive In County Aug. 16-31

The staggering costs of polio patient care and a two-point prevention program have created a crisis that only an emergency March of Diines can solve, Mrs. Ralph Hobbs, Os Decatur, chairman x>f the Adams county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, declared today. That is why the special drive has been set for August 10-31 in Adams county, Mrs. Hobbs said. She has named Lyle (Mailonee. prominent member of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce as director of the emergency March of Dimes campaign. The chapter chairman pointed out that Adams county raised only a fraction of its quota during laet January's March of Dimes, anti that this was not enough to continue payment of patient aid bills this year, besides meeting the costs of the vaccine trials and purchase of increased quantities of gamma glublin. The worst part of the polio season is yet to come for Adama county, Mrs. Hobbs said, and if help is to-be asked fjxpn the National Foundation, funds must he on hand. The goal on a national scale last January’s drive was 175,000,000. and only 156,000,000 wae raised, leaving a deficit of 120,0(10,000. "Our chapter raised 0.484.74 l-att January, and we are fortunate that the requirements of patient

Ask Corner Lot Zoned Residential - . . ... ... Petition Presented To City Councilmen David Macklin, local attorney, presented a petition to the city council Tuesday night signed by John Dierkes, Fern Dierkes, Anita 'Miller and Roland MUler, asking that the southwest corner of Nuttman avenUft.jand Thirteenth streets be zoned as residential. Macklin pointed out that two years ago, a similar petition was presented a»d acted favorably on. but that later it was discovered that the two corner lots had been omitted from the description of the property to be changed to residential ♦ In the meantime, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dierkes and the Phillips OU CO. have applied for a building permit to construct a gasoline filling station at the corner in question. The oil concern was represented at the council meeting by Robert Smith, of Custer and Smith of this city. Smith pointed out that regardless of action taken Tuesday night by the council, the amended ordinance could not be male retroactive and would not affect the issuance of the building permit. " 9 At points during the more than an hour of argument, discussions became heated. FinhHy the petition was referred to the cl«y plan commission and it to be necessary for the board to hold a public heaving and make a recommendation jto the coimcil. Th the meantime, however, Ralph Roop, city engineer and building inspector, said it was mandatory on his part to issue a building permit. Roop inoicatetl that the permit would be issued immediately. Attorney Macklin did -not state what step his clients would take in the matter. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with occasional showers and thunderstorms ■north and east, ‘ partly cloudy southwest tonight. Not so cool northeast. * Thursday partly cloudy, occasional showers north- Low tonight 65-70 north and east, low 70s southwest. High Thursday ranging from the lbw 80s extreme north to theT®* south.

aid to date in Adams county have not completely drained our treasury dry”, Mrs. Hobbe eaid. "However, less fortunate areas where epidemics have occurred are out of money already and require immediate outside help. We would, and have in the past, asked for similar aid ourselves under the same circumstances. Through the National Foundation, all polio jiatients who need help get it. no matter where they live," Mrs. Hobbs emphasized. In the past few years the National Foundation has returned several thousand dollars to Adams county to help us care for 28 different polio patients, costing a total of <10,995.14, Mrs. Hobbs said. Chapter funds are .uaed almost entirely to aid patients, iMns. Hobbs pointed out. This primary obligation also constitutes the largest ifinancial toad of the National Foundation^headquarters: perhaps as much as <33,500,00 may be needed for patients care this year, ehe added. The vaccine field trials and the greatly expanded gamma globulin program 'Will take up to 000 by the end of the year. Added to* all this, she noted, continued research, training of doctors, nurses, physical therapists and other professional workers. Improved treatment techniques, medical and community services, and admintCaailnuea Ua !*■<• Five)

U. S. Strongly Disapproves Os Chinese Reds Eisenhower States Nation's Stand On Communist China WASHINGTON (INS) - President Eisenhower said today he can foresee the day when the United States might recognize Red China if the sinner reforms hnd comes into the fold. But he stressed that this country violently disapproves of the present Chinese Communist government and firmly opposes its entrance into the United Nations under present conditions. The Chief Executive also indicated at a news conference that he may take a publie stand in the senate controversy over censuring Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) if it reaches the point where it is doing serious damage to Republi- . can. unity, - ~ . . -' ' He declared in emphatic terme that anything which tends to divide the party concerns him, adding that he must take steps to try to avoid a serious rift. Mr,. Eisenhower delivered an angry, sometimes emotional, speech lauding Gen. George C. Marshall, who again came under indirect 1 attack from McCarthy this week. Pounding the desk, his eyes flashing, he declared it is a sorry ireward that Marshall should be accused of being a disloyal AmerF can at the eitd of his 50-year term of public service. The Chief Executive also made these points at his . weejcly meeting with newsmen:

1. The number one campaign issue, in his opinion, should be whether a candidate supported the administration program for the betterment of America. 2.. America should talk less about its world leadership, leading quietly from its position of strength instead of doing so much shouting. 3. The half - billion dollar cut made by the senate in the administration’s foreign aid bill would hurt the program badly at a time when we desperately need to combat Russian propaganda and subPaa* Nsi

Mrs. Wid Michaels Dies Last Evening Fundal Services Friday Afternoon Mrs. Goldie. Michaels. 63'. lifelong resident of Adam* county, who lived' one and one-half miles southwest of Monroe, died ait 5:32 ox lock 1 Tuesday evening et the Parkview memorial hospital, Fort Wayne. Death wae attributed to carcinoma. She underwent surgery in January and had been bedfast for the past two and one-half weeks. She was born Tn Ada me county Sept, 21, 1890, a daughter of. Lew U and Alice Houck-Sovine, and was married to William (Wid) Michaels Dec. 17, 1914. Mrs. Michaels was a member of the Winchester United Brethren chuvqh, northwest of Berne, the WMA society of the church and the Profit and Pleasure heme economic# club. ..Surviving in addition to her husband are three brothers. Henry Sovine of Allen. Mich.,-Daniel Bovine of Bunker Hill end Robert Sovine of Monroe route 1. Two brothers and two slaters preceded her in death. - ' Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the U mcheater U. B. church, the Rev. Stanley Peters officiating. The body was removed to the Yager funeral borne at Berne, where frlendi may call after 7 .o'clock until noon Friday, after which it will He in state at the church until time of the services.

Routine Business Studied By Council Extension Os Rural Line Is Approved ROUTINE BUSINESS OF After hearing arguments concerning a building. .permit and thrashing out the tentative city tax levy, Decatur councilmen continued in session Tuesday night to dispose of routine matters. . A rurat electric' line extension contract between the city and Arden Schilling, Van Wert, O.> who, resides in Adams county, was a|> proved. The contract price calls for >162. V, A detailed petition, giving several reasons why the petition for an electric light in the alley between Line street and Schirmeyer street, should be approved and signed by Mrs. Aniseto Cancino and others was referred to the electric light committee and the light superintendent. A legal advertisement designating certain milk distributors as vendors of Grade A milk, and signed by milk inspector Dt. R. E. Alliaon, was read into the councilmanic record. At the request of Lester Pettibone, light superintendent, the council authorized city attorney Robert Anderson to take the proper legal steps so the city could dispose of three 1,009 watt transformers, formerly used as tie-ins when power was purchased. Pettibone pointed out that the transformers are not needed any longer. It will be.necessary for the city attorney to petition the Adams circuit court for appointment of appraisers. Pettibone also said that lighting engineers Working on the proposed Thirteenth street lightlng/proJect had requested a map of that

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Alfred Kist Dies At Portland Home Veteran Newspaper Publisher Is Dead Alfred A. (Fred) Kist, 79, prominent Indiana newspaper publisher, died late Tuesday afternoon in his home in Portland of a heart ailliißni. ll® hud hAAn in falling hpnlfh for about five years. Mr. Kist was co-publisher of the Winchester News and Union City Times-Gazette. He was the owner of the Farmland Enterprise and the Lynn Herald. Born in Warsaw, Mr. Kist became editor and publisher of the Pierceton Record at the age of 18, and later the publisher of the Whitley County News at Columbia City. He was a reporter for the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette in 1905 and later established the Kist news service and the Kist co-operative sales in that city. Mr. Kist entered the Portland newspaper field in 1918, as co-pub-lisher of the Portland Republican. In 1922 he took over the Portland Sun and in 1927 purchased the Portland Commercial Review, merging the ttfo papers and dia» continuing the Republican. In 1933 he organized the Gazette Publishing Co. in Union City and in the following year purchased the Winchester News. In 1919 he printed several edi tions of the discontinued Decatui Herald, but did not enter the local newspaper field. Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity at Purdue University, honored him in 1949 with election as a professional member. Surviving are his wife, Jean; a son. Robert M. Kist, who was associated with his father in the newspaper business in Winchester, and a daughter, Freddie Joyce at home. Services will ba conducted Friday at 10:30 a.rrt. at the Williamson funeral home, Portland. The Rev. Forrest Reed, assisted by the Rev. Charles Fisher, will officiate. Burial will be In Memorial Park, Indianapolis.

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Ike Delivers Strong Defense For Marshall Exchange Stems From Letter Os Harry Woodring • WASHINGTON’ (INS) — President Eisenhower delivered a force«ul defense of Gen. George C. Marhall at his news conference today. and later permitted direct quotation of his remarks. Following is the text of the exchange, which stemmed from a letter critical of Gen. Marshall, written by former secretary of war Harry Woodring and made public by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (RWis) •' Question: “Mr. President, Sen. McCarthy put a letter in the congressional record the other day and it was from Harry Woodring, former secretary of war. Mr. Woodring had this to say about Gen. George C. Marshall: 'He would sell out his grandmother for personal advantage.’ He went on to say other things in that, same vein* Mr. President, what do you think of that appraisal of Gen. Marshall?" The President: “Ladies and gentlemen. there are some things that cause me to be almost emotional. NowU believe that there are many of who knew Gen. Marshall’ v’ell yourselves — all during his war years, the work he did, and the way he did IL I happen to be one of those army officers that did not meet Gen. Marshall except in the most casual way until the war started. I think I had seen him twice in my life, tn either case not over a minute or two at a time. I brought In, and my relationships with him have been largely, almost exclusively, official. "But I would like to say, and I have been saying that ever since 1 first knew him well, that he, to me, has typified all that we call — or that we look for— In what we call an American patriot. I saw many things he did tha| were proof, to me at least, of his selflessness. 1 am quite certain that he did not want to sit in Washington and be a chief of staff. I am sure he wanted a field command. But he wouldn't even allow his chief to know what he wanted, because he said, *1 am hpre to serve, and not to satisfy personal ambition.’ “Now later on. of course, after the war was over, he went to a (Tara To Page Three)

Young Democrats To Meet Friday Night Nominate Officers At Monroe Meeting ; The Young Democrats of Adams county will meet Friday- night at 8 o'clock at the town hall in Monroe, Dick Heller, Jr., acting chairman of the organization, said today. Main speaker of the meeting will be Severin H. Schurger, Democratic candidate for judge of the Indiana appellate court. The present membership drive will be discussed, and plans for a complete poll of Adams county will be made at the meeting. The nominating committee will also report on a alate of officers for the election to be held at the September meeting. Two persons will be nominated for each of the five offices at the Friday meeting, and the floor will be open for other nominations. Al Moellerlng. of Fort Wayne, district president of the Young Democrats, has stated that he may be present for the meeting. A report on the Democratic rally at Clem’s lake, and at the kickoff rally In Terra Haute sponsored by the Young Democrats, will also be made. All interested persons are invited to attend the meeting.