Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1954 — Page 1

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EDC Opponents In France Seek To Kill Pact Showdown Appears Near In National Assembly Os France BULLETIN PARIS (INS) — The French national assembly killed the European defense community treaty tonight, according to an unofficial count of votes on a test motion. The motion called for ending the three-day-old debate in the assembly on the controversial issue, thus killing off the sixnation treaty. PARIS (INS) —French Premier Pierro Mendes- France sought: to adjourn the fittUf dMuite on the European defense community treaty today, but opponents moved to try to kill the six-nation pact. A showdown on the third day of debate appeared near In" a Series of complicated parliamentary maneuvers. The premier told the national assembly he was willing to support a motion to adjourn debate, provided such a motion offered by supporters of ®DC was '•sued on approval of his scheme to revise the pact. He said his government would abstain from voting on an antiEDC motion aimed to kill the treaty by shelving further debate. The fen ch-st rad tiling MendesFrance said that-, an adjournment proposal were approved he would notify the other five (EDC signatory nations he was ready to renew negotiations but that French policy had not changed. The other five nations rejected the French revision policy more than a week ago at the Brussels conference. An independent. Roland de ‘Monotier, attacked (Mendes- France for what he termed lack of coupge in not taking a firmer position in the debate. Supporters of Ute treaty-forcing suspension of the dramatic debate thia morning-launched a parliamentary offensive designed to achieve on of two objectives. The pro-EDC deputies hone either to win adjournment of the assembly to allow further negotiations with the five other EIX member nations; or to compel premier Pierre Mendes-Frame to stake the life Os his government on the life of his govfe-uinent on the issue so that if the KIK’ falls he will fall with it. After two daysof debale sup porters of the European defeusa Community treaty are convinced that EDC will be doomed it the iCoatlaMrd <>■ race Five) Second Polio Victim In Whetstone Family Twice in one week polio has struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Whetstone, 717 Winchester (Street. The second victim Ln the family is Marceda Whetstone, 13. ithlsr of Homer ‘'Rusty", age 9, who was brought home last week from the hospital. Mhss Marceda Was taken to the Lutheran hospital Friday afternoon. She Is an oxygen, tent and her condition is reported fair. The type of her paralysis was not defined. “Rusty" is making good progreee. The paralysis in hie neck has disappeared and he shows only a slight lameness Ln one leg, it wtu reported. •- J ,

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Death Toll High On Indiana Highways Three Are Killed As Train Strikes Auto INDIANA‘POLIfi( INS) —A heavy death toll on Indiana highways over the week end caused great concern today for the prospects next week end. when a Day holiday will send thousands more motorists onto the open road. In addition, state and school safety officials warned that .schools are reopening this week and next. Indiana law requires that all drivers must ccmie to a full stop when school buses etop to take on or let off their young passengers. In case of a car on a multiple lane highway divided by more than 20 feet of apace. drivers need not come to a full stop in the opposite lane but must proceed aUh due caution. - * j - Aecid eats involving Indiana school buaas last year caused the death of five school children and injured 74 children and adults. Week end fatalities involved cars, trains and buses. Three persons were killed when their convertible etruck a Wabash freight train in St. Joe. Dead were Warren G. Kemarly, 30, of Fremont; his wife, Naomi. 26, and •Miss Alice Wilson, 22, of Metz. Mrs. .Esther F. Kirsch, of It dianapolis, was killed, and six persons were injured in a two-auto crash eight miles northwest of Shelbyville. The widower, Harold Kirsch, 42. and James Dale Reynolds, 3 1 ', both of Indianapolis, drivers of the two ears, were listed as critics! in W. S. Major hospital at Shelbyville. Four other young people were hurt, but not so seriously. .Mrs. Marjorie Porter. 30, of New Castle, was killed in a two-car collision northeast of Peo:ia in Madison county. She was tn route from her home to a farm to buy pears when she collided with a car driven by Richard Walker, of MarkeviUe. (Mrs. Porter’s daughter. Vickie. 3, was taken to St. John's hospital, Anderson, with critical injuries An effort to pass a car with too little leeway led to the death of John F. Reichert, 31, of South Bend. State police said Reichert started to pass one car, saw an approaching bus. tried to swerve back into his own line, and veered off to the left of the road, over turning. A passenger in Reichert's car. Francis Kraus, of South Bend, was critically hurt In the accident and was taken to Duxes hospital at Peru. The driver of the approaching bus halted to see If first aid were needed, and a priest among the passengers administered last rites of the Catholic church to Reichart. John Freund, 67, of Chicago, became the second fatality of a three-vehicle crash Friday night near Dunes atate park, ’<o Filer, Robert Hinz, 15, of Chicago, was killed Israel Roth, 41, of Chicago, was killed in another Indiana crush on U, 8, 52 near Colfax. State police said his car overturned, apparently as he was about to pass a track. ' William L. Clayton, 37, of Indianapolis, died at his home of pneumonit which members of bls family attributed to a one-car accident in which he and three other persons were plunged into Fall creek as their car went out of control. (Mrs. Melinda Brown, 34, was drowned at the time of the plunge, but the others were able to escape drowning. p _ Mrs. Waneta Belle Reed, 36, of Lafayette, wa,* killed in a two-c.ar (Continued On Pnqe Rlaht)

General Clay Named To Head Highway Plans Heads Committee • • « On Ike's Proposed Highway Programs WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower appointed Gen. Lucius D. Clay to head an advisory committee on the chief executives proposed 50-billion-dollar national highway program. The White House said Clay, former allied commander In Germany and now' chairman of the board of the Continental Can Co., will serve without pay, as will the five or six other personw who will be chosen a* members of the committee. Clay's appointment kns'-made (hiring a White House Iweakfast conference during which the President discussed the highway program with Clay; Gov. Walter Kohler of Wisconsin, chairman of the governors' conference highway committee; presidential assistant Sherman Adams and White House economic adviser Gabriel Hauge. The White House said the Clay committee will study all phases at Mr. Eisenhower's • recommendations for a 10-year program to improve the nation's highway system. The group will work closely with Kohler's committee and will submit recommendations to Mr. Eisenhower later thia year. Other members of Clay's committee will represent lalxjr, the construction industry; banking and possibly other phases of business. Oscar Miller Dies Al Willshire Home Funeral Services To Be Wednesday OSCAR E. Miller, 62. a lifelong resident of the Willshire, 0., community, and former employe of the Decatur General Electric plant, died at 10:30 o'clock Saturday night at his home in Willshire. He had been in failing health since January and critical sines last Monday. He was born in Mercer county. 0., March 15, 1892. a son of John and Alice Elzely-Miller, and was mat tied to Hila May Slusher June 10, 1911. i Mr. Miller had been employed < at the G.E. plant from 1944 until 111 health forced his retirement. Surviving in addition to his wife are five daughters, Mrs. Heber Alspaugh, Mrs. Calvin August and Mrs. Louise Ross, all of Willshire, Mrs. Clair Kelsey of Salem and Mrs. Gordon Suman of Pleasant Mills; six sons, Hilton, William and Robert Miller, all of Willshire, Paul of Redkey, Jay of Cefina, 0., and Jimmy of Rockford, O.; 28 grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; a half-brother, John Milter of Willshire; a step-brother, Jess Michaud of Willshire, and a half-sister, Mrs. Flossie Boroff of Van Wert. O Three daughters and one son are deceased. Funeral services will he conducted at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Willshire U. B. church, the R»v. E. E. Bragg and the Rev. Lawrence Dellinger officiating. Burial will be In the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 30, 1954.

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Atomic Energy Bill Is Signed By Eisenhower Formally Approves Fiercely-Debated Legislation Today WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower signed the atomic eneigy bill into law today with an expresHion of confidence it will help speed the day when "thia new source of energy will be wholly devoted to the constructive purposes of man." , Mr. Eisenhower formally approved the fiercely-debated legislation nt a White House ceremony while the President wae in Washington briefly to address the American Legion convention before returning to his Denver vacation. The chief executive hailed the measure as a "step toward greater national strength.” emphasizing its provisions which open the door to private development of nuclear power and to wider exchange of atomic information between the U. S. and its allies.- « In his official statement on the bill, the President strongly defended it againet Democratic at&cka, lattftthed (hirifig a reeord-braaklng senate filibuster and continuing through the congressional campaigns. , The Democrats are particularly critical of the new Law's private power provisions. But Mr. Eisenhower declared: “I want our people to know that these provisions are designed eventually to relieve the taxpayer of the enormous cost of the commercial aspects of the enterprise, while fully protecting the public Interest in atomic energy.” The Itasic policy, he declared, is “that free competition in private enterprise should be strengthened.” The new taw revises the eiglxt-year-old McMahon act. It was approved by congress in the closing days of its session after Democrats had waged a record-breaking filibuster in the senate against what they called its "giveaway” provisions to private industry. On this subject, Mr. Eisenhower noted that the new taw recog(Tara Tn Paa« Six)

Whittredge Rites Tuesday Afternoon Byron Whittredge Is Taken By Death Funeral eervices will be held Tuesday for Bryon Whittredge, 83, former resident of near Wiltshire, 0., and Salem, who died at 11 a m. Saturday at the home of a daughter. Mrs. Russel Fortney, Sturgis, Mich. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the ZwijCk funeral 'home, with Clyde Steele officiating. Burial will be in the Wright cemetery at Elgin, O. Masonic rites will be conducted at the services. Friend® may call at the funeral home until time of the services. He was born in Springfield, 0., May 14. 1871, a son of Worthington and Sally He was first married 1n 1898 to Ada Roller, who died Dec. 24, 1932. He then married Sarah Hettier in 1937 and ®he died Sept. 4, 1952. Since that time he had made his home with Iris children. Mr. Whittredge. a retired farmer, was a member of the Masonic lodge at Willshire and the Jehovah Witnesses. *• Surviving are two daughters. Mrs. Fortney, and Mrs. Earl Rohm of Finesville, O.; four sone. Ira of Wayland, M|ch„ K. R. and J R. Whittredge of Los Angeles, Calif., and Emery of Elkhart; seven grandchildren, and two half-broth-ers, Wayne and Dan Jones of Spencerville, 0. One son. Clifford, brother and two sisters are deceased.

Attendance Officer Asks Cooperation' f Asks Parents Aid In School Attendance w-With school starting next week WRfcdam.s. county, Mrs. Mildred Foley, attendance officer for all public .schools in the county, asked that parents cooperate In sending (beir children to school regularly on time. 0. A The habit of regular, on-time ecbool attendance will lead the cMld to be regular and on time when he i® working tor his living. , Mrs. Foley point® out. Regular , habit* formed l i;> youth carry over . to adult life, she said. Children who have record® of . juvenile delinquency are usually . those who have had an earlier rec- . ord of poor school attendance.; i Mrs. Foley stated. “It is my belief > that school absenteeism is a baro- , meter by which we may be warned „ pf more serious things to come. f and is. therefore, 'the place for , special effort on our part,” ehe . added. - “Attendance officers cannot do ■ the whole tank alone, and parents . must understand that they are cons tributing to juvenile delinquency . when they fail to demand daily ontime attendance by their children," ( she said. j ! Every child between.tha ages of aeven and 15 must attend school, ' and hriy parent who willfully ne- , gleets to eend his child to school ’ io liable to a fine or imprisonment, or both, according to the state * law. Prosecuting attorney Lewis ’ Lutz Smith and judge Myles F. Parrish have taken a special interest in attendance eases, Mrs. froley said. Take time tor your youngsters, Mrs. Foley recommends. “The thirty minutes an adult may spend with some boy or girl may be the half an hour that spelta the difference between a good or bad citizen in the future. Let the adults meet their responsibility today, so that the youngwters can meet their’s tomorrow,” she advised.

Goodyear Workers Return To Plants 53-Day Strike Ends At Rubber Plants AKRON, 0. (INS)’ — Some 23thousand employes of the Goodyear Rubber & Tire Co. streamed back to work today at 10 company plants throughout the country aft er accepting a 6 cent hourly wage boost. The 10 locale approved the wage hike over the wekend, ending a rubber industry tie-up which lasted 53 days. A spokesman for the company said in Akron Chat workers started to return to their jol>s at midnight and that fuU-prodnvtion it stated to be reached by Wednes day. The new one year pact calls for a six-cent hourly wage boost to all workers except those at Topeka. Kan®., .and Gadsden. Ale. Workers at Topeka were grant(Cantlaued On Pace Six)

Commissioners Okay 4-H Club Tax Levy The county commissioners, in special session this morning approved the two-cent levy for construction of buildings and maintenance of the 4-H club grounds in Monroe. The special tax will now be submitted to the county council for- consideration, At the same time the commissioner* accepted a petition asking for the black-topping of three quarters of a mije of east-west county road connecting with the Salem road one-mile north of Salem. A remonstrance was filed against a recent Berne ditch petition. The remonstrance contained signatures of 77 interested persons, while the original petition had carried 24 signatures. Ervin Felber was authorized to repair the boilers al the county farm and the Jail.

Flo ' Tomorrow On Censure Move Senate Committee Draw&Ttnal Plans On Sen: Worthy WASHINGTON (INS) — The special senate committee consWerIng “mtaconduct” charges against Sen. Joseph IL McCarthy meets today to draw up final plans for hearing® which open tomorrow. The six-member bt-partlaan commiltee. headed by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-l’tah), wes to meet behind closed doors at 2 p.m. EDT, to determine the order in which charge® against the Wisconsin Republican will’ be taken up. It also was to determine who ther McCarthy would be given an opportuaity to answer each of the cJranges individually or reply to all of them at one time. Meanwhile, McCarthy and his wife were scheduled to return to Washington today from a La Jolla. Calif.,-vacation. He has been asked to attend the committee session and will l>e accompanied by his lawyer, Edward B. Williams.

A# a new chapter in the stormy series of controverxito involving the Wisconsin senator was to be opened, another was being closed. The deadline for a report from members of the army - McCarthy investigations subcommittee was set for 5 p.m. EDT today. The books were to be closed on the marathon May-June televised hearings at that hour, but Che majority and minority reports will not be released until they are back from tiie printer —T>rol>ably late Tuesday or Wednesday. Four RepubHcaps on the subcommittee have filed a majority report, amounting to their verdict will file minority views. Individual on the case and the Democrats members of the subcommittee also may offer individual Mate ments. McCarthy's counsel for the new hearings * — open to newsmen and ; “peotators but with live radio, tele ( vision and newsreel coverage bar- | red—has said he plane extensive ’ dura Pace Klckt) ,

Mrs. Mary M. Book Dies This Morning Funeral Services To Be Wednesday Mrs. Mary* M. Book. 76, of Glen more, 0., died' at 2:30 a.m. today at her home after a serious iltaeee of 10 weeks. She was the mother of an Adams county women, Mrs. Lois Merriman of near Monroe. Mrs. Book was horn October 11. 1877, in Mercer county to. Mr. anil Mrs. Joseph Felver. She waa mar vied in 1902 to James F. Book, who died in 1938. She had been a resident of Glenmore since 1918. Surviving in adidtion' to Mrs. Merriman are three other daughters, Mie» Leah Bok, at home, Mrs Audrle White of Ohio City. 0., and Mrs. Deloree Reichard of Willshire. O.; two sisters, Mrs. Jenny Young of Rockford, 0., and Mrs. Lulu Daugherty of Spencerville; 11 grandchildren and two great-grand-children. One sister and four brothers preceded her In death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.’m. Wednesday in the Bethel Evangelical United Brethren church near Glenmore. The Rev. Jack Cordier will officiate and will be In the Riverside cemetery at Rockford, O. Friendo may call at.Cowan and. Son funeral home in aVn Wert. 0., tonight and Tuesday morning ahd at the family residence after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cooler tonight. Tuesday fair and pleaeant. Low tonight 54-58 north, 58-64 south. High Tuesday 75-80 north, 8085 south. —

Institute Speaker 1 At 1 W -W W I ; |Wy..w>X w HUGH MAXWELL WALTERS (above) of Connersville, will be guest speaker for the teachers’ institute Tuesday at the courthouse. Walters’ is a former school teacher and has been active in YMCA and Boy Scout work. County school superintendent Gail Grabill will be in charge of the institute, which all county teachers will attend.

Juries Are Drawn For Circuit Court September Term To Open Next Monday Grand and petit juries for the September term of the Adams county circuit court were drawn this morning at the court house by Ed Berling and Frank Rowley, jury commissioners. The grand Jury list includes William M. Reef, Jefferson township; William Griffiths, Kirkland; Isaac Blount, Decatur-Root; Harvey V. Tonner, French; Cloyd E. Hamrick, Blue Creek; Ora E. Fulton, Deca-tur-Root; Everett S. Rice, MonroeWashington township; Tressie Glendening, Hartford; Francis J. Schmitt, Decatur; Eugene Caffee, Jefferson; Richard E. Meshberger, Hartford, and Robert J. Mcßride, French.

The 24 members of the petit jury are Roy Nevil, Wabash; Cad Bucher, Root; Florian C. Geimer, Union; Edward F. Shoe. DecaturWashington; Ruben F. Gerke, Root; Waiter Peck, Preble; Daniel Fiechter, Washington; Richard F. Evans, St. Mary’s: Philip B. Thomas, Decatur-Wash-ington; Erwin'F. Fuelling, Union; Robert C. Meyer, Preble; Glenn E. Ehrsani, Monroe; Orlando C. Lehman, Berne; Willie Cornett. De-catur-Root; Elsie H. Haines, Monroe; George J. Blum, Decatur-Root. John V. Heller. Preble; Gerald Bacon, Root; Harold C. Long, Wabash; Robert R. Lehman, Jefferson, Grover C. Moser, Berne; Kenueth Elleaberger, Geneva; Kenneth Liechty. Hartford, and Robert E. Parr, Berne. The September term of the court begins Sept. «. The court docket will be called Sept, by Judge Myles Parrish.

Publish Book Lists In Today's Democrat Book lists for the rural schools of Adams county and the Decatur Catholic schools are published in today’s edition of the Decatur Dally Democrat. The county school .lha, Is on page three and the Catholic school list on page six. The book list for the Decatur public schools was published Saturday. 54 Feared Drowned As Sailboat Sinks MANILA (INS) - the Manila Dally Mirror reported today nSt persons were missing and believed drowned in the collapse of a frail sailboat off Mindanao Island. The newspaper said the boat, carrying a total of 60 passengers and crew members, sank off the southwestern tip of the island Sunday. -

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Tells Legion Red Parly Only One Os Treason Declares Nation Fails Miserably In Armed Might WASHINGTON (INS) — Presir dent Elsenhower told the American Legion today that “the only party of treason we have"_ln the U.S. “is the Communist conspiracy —* happily very small." Legionnaires interpreted the chief executive's statement as a back hand slap at the “JO years of treason” label which Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R W«.), sought to attach to the Democrats in a seties of political speeches earlier this year. The President declared that no political party “wants war or wants to damage America." But, he asserted, the U.S. has “failed miserably” to maintain sufficieat military manpower to meet the threat of Soviet aggression ami he demanded an Immediate build* up of the armed forces reserves, which is in line with, the legion’s own policy. The President was greeted by a . roar of welcome from the legionnairas as he appeared at their opening session. He had flown in from his Denver vacation retreat to address the meeting. He asserted that an adequate reserve program will be a “number one item” on the list of legislation he will submit to congress next January. The President warned the build-up must not be blocked by “wishful thinking or political timidity." Mr. Eisenhower, tanned and

broadly smiling, appeared on the platform at noon and stood at attention while the band played "hail to the Chief.” The chief executive's appeal for greater reserve strength won the immediate acclaim of the legionnaires inasmuch as the organization has been advocating such a policy over a period of years. He did not mention any figures, but Pentagon officials have talked recently of a ready reserve of more than three million men to supplement regular military forces of 3,((47,000. in declaring the need for “an adequate reserve," however, the President said that “this reserve

will not unfairly burden men who have already served." He promised: "This administration will see to that.” The President pledged that the stepped-up reserve would not “unfairly burden" men who have already served the nation. One of the chief complaints against the nay reserves were called up during the Korean fighting was that the brunt of the burden was placed on veterans of World War. 11. Mr. Eisenhower also made an oblique appeal for French approval of the long-delayed European army, warning that failure of the free world to unite against the Communist threat “Is to Invite peril.” He said “neither the ups nor downs” Justify any slackening of the Allied defense effort and declared that setbacks should only spur the west on to “new endeavFoPmer assistant defense secretary John A Hannah outlined what he described as a new defense manpower plan before resigning last month, but the White House subsequently denied that It had been given final approval. Under the plan all able-bodied youths would be required to serve In either the regulars or reserves with the draft continuing at the rate of 2f>,000 men a month. Mr. Elsenhower said this nation's policy since revolutionary days of depending on the civilian soldier rather than largo standing military forces has been unfair both to the private clllsen and the national security. He declared: “We have failed miserably to (Tara Te Peg* Three)