Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 210.'

J, Russian Jets Shoot Down U. ,S. Navy Plane r My -" . w s . . *ak W' W; x 9 kMa< njjSr HEL* *Cac Is' r MFksT ®* •• J MBHh 1® ri St THE NINE SURVIVORS of a U. S. Nayy Neptune patrol plane which was shot down by two Russianmade MIGIS fighter* over the Sea of Japan off Sori t Siberia, tell reporters of their experience during a press conference at Atwugi, Japan. The State Department has protested the incident in which one of the 10 crew member® was apparently last. Shown, being interviewed are from left around the table: Chief aviation machinists hate, Paul Roger MuMiollem. Alameda. Cal.. Ernest Louis Pinkovich, Alameda Cal., Ensign John Charles Fisher. Alcatraz. Cal., Anthony Peter Gran era. Sen Francisco; Texas Red Stone. Houston. Tex.; Commander John- Booth Wayne, pilot, Alameda. Cal.; William Albert Bedard. Worcester. Mass.; David Allen'Atwell, San Leandro, Cal., and Frank Edgar Petty. Austin, Texas.

U. S. Leading In Setting Up Atomic Pool Historic Move Is Revealed Monday By Eisenhower DENVER (INS) — President Eisenhower revealed in an hlator--4c Labor Day announcement that the United States and ■several free world partners ate proceeding without Russia in setting up an international atomic pool to put the atom to work for peace. Following the disclosure the President went to the army’s Fitafjipmons General hospital in Denver for his annual medical exarfiination and remained overnight. He returns to work at the summer White House today. Aide* said, the vacationing President has been in hie usual excellent health and stressed that the <-heck-up was only routine. Mr FPi—>f*hn war Him somewhat more tired than usual in recent weeks but has also seemed more relaxed since starting hie Colorado vacation. The President made the surprise disclosure of the atomic pool before waving a radio-active wand to launch construction of the natton’e first commercial-size atomic power plant in Shippingport, Pa. He renewed an invitation to the Soviet Union and other Communist nation® to participate in the atom pool, a proposal he outlined Irefore the United Nations Inst December. At that time he said the plant was to turn the mas-lve destructive force of the atom to the benefit of mankind. Mr. Eisenhower said Monday in a brief radio-television add re-« from Denver that “we hope ths' 1 no nation will long stand aloof Dorn the work of this atomic pool agency.” Countries which have aleadagreed to participate in the pool include France. Great Britain and three members of the British Commonwealth —Cam la. Australia and South Africa. OHier free nations are expe-ted to join ’ip shortly. The President has ax pressed hope that the atomic pool -plan will eventually succeed in checking the suicidal atomic arms race between Russia and the free world. ' Mr. ‘"Fuerthower listed these step® which will be undertaken shortly: 1. The United States will e-tab-lisft at atomic reactor school tn help train representative® o' friendly nation* in skills needed for their own atomic program®. 2. We will Itegin negotiation, with Belrium on the building of an atomic reactor in that country. 3. We w'll open conferences w'th Canada ThurHav on linmedia'e plane for participations by outwo countries in the atomic pool. 4. Negotiation® will be started with other free nation® which wish to participate in. the project. 5. The United Sts tea will hold •'d<e'tirt-ione” wit h o'her friendly countries planning to build nuclear reactors for research purposes. ■ ■ ... INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair tonight, except scattered thundershower*"' extreme south portion thia evening. Cooler tonight. Wednesday mostly fair and pleasant. Low tonight 52-60 north, 60-68 south. Hloh Wetfnesday 78-84 north, 82-M pouth. ,

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4-H Judging Is Finished At Fair Winners Are Listed from Adams County Judging of 5.000 4-H projects was completed Saturday at the Indiana state fair, and culminated in a great 4-H parade of champion® in the coliseum, before a capacity crowd of 10.000 persons. The parade was led by the Shelby county 4-H band in green and >ellow uniform®, followed by grand champion winne,® in various project?,mounted on floats with their ' animals. The crowd of people, busy tanning themselves, in the 95 degree heat of the coliseum., applauded loudly as their owe groups entered. i Each county was represented by a marching group, and Adame roupty led the others with 20 junior leaders, led by two young men , carrying the Adam® county banner; each county imnner wws marked with the number of members in the county, and Adame county had 888 completiirg their projects thia year. Al-o in the parade were floats representing the 37 projects which may be taken by a child in 4-H work. The state fair is the highest ’judging contest for most of the projects, which represent the best of 32.000 winning exhibits in county fairs by the 80.000 4-H members in Indiana. The first 4-H exhibits were shown at the state fair 50 years ago; and now three days of the fair are given over to 4-H judging, with Saturday’s Youth Achievement Day the culminating affair. AJter the parade, a tractor demonstration by the junior and senior tractor driver champions was given, to the delight of farmers who have tried with more or les® succe.e to back their tractors with large wagons attached. The crowning event was the itate dre-s® revue, with representative® from each county; Marion county, which has the largest 4-H club membership of any county in the United States, sent two representatives. making a total of 93. Alice Rose Stuber, of Jefferson township. represented Adams county for the second time in the contest. A representative at the national drees revue in Chicago wan chosen, and also an alternate, by the girls tbetnselvee. " Each one modeled a dress and nssewsories which sire had made herself. At the fair Saturday were over 100 4-H meow Iters from Adams county, who thronged through the many exhibits, and talked to their friend® who were exhibiting cattle. or there for the state fair boys camp or girl® school. Four busload? of junior lenders. 4-H band members and state fair exhibitors, together fl th their adult leaders, left Decatur at 6 a. m. and returned at 10 p. m. Saturday. Menrltera from this group marched in the parade. Members of the 4-H calf club of Adam® comity left at 7«. m.. and also attended the fair, under the leadership of Ben Mazelin. Roy Price. Verl Lautzenheizer, and Sherman VonGunten. Two busload.® from Union township. two from St. Mery'* and two from- Hartford also attended the fair. Gold Medal Judging Today Henry Rumple, and sons, with five Aberdeen Angus animals, stated that competition this year ’ looked toughest of any which they j I had ever seen *t the rtate fair, j Rumble will, f.how today In the gold medal claW for rate of gain in a registered contest, and will show Thursday in the regular beef sthow. William Kohme and snna Were (Tara To rage Six) „

Negotiate On Southeast Asia Pact Progress Manila Conference Given Compromise Offer From U. S. MANILA (INS) — Tlie X’nited State® today offered the eight-na-tion Manila conference a compromise calculated to win quick U.S. j senate approval of a Southeast i Asia treaty organization (SEATO) j again. -t Communist aggression. U. S. aecretary of state John Foster Dulles set forth the compromise which would in effect win a “blank check” from the senate for action by President er, during debate on whether to limit the proposed treaty to a pledge ot action only against "Communist” aggression. Dulles said that under his plan the United States would eign the treaty against all kind® of ag-gres-ur-iran lnif m ftuxtnrttix uL'tvnl.l Ima uAliwi ■ tvrit trttt a 11rtat tttrt wxrttitt trrr avniwt stating on exception which, would free the United States from obligation to act against any but *Comnwn4st" aggression. He indicated the United State® did not want to get mixed up in any regional disputes in Southeast Aria in which offended parties might charge aggression. The compromise appeared to win favor of the seven other delegations at t‘he conference which was moving at a fa«t pace. An American source said a SEATO alliance might be completed by Wednesday merning. Tn a three-hour meeting this morning, the delegations: 1 — Approved a declaration on economic cooperation. 2 — Virtually agreed on the area to be covered by the treaty after the French offered a protocol under which Laos. Cambodia and free Vietnam would be given what was called “a mantle of protection” which Dulles backed on the first day Os the conference Monday. 3 — Approved an article pledging self-help to build up strength aga hurt, aggression. 4— Decided- there would be a council meeting when a disorder occurred involving an aggressor. This apparently would eliminate the poseibilJty that t>he alliance mig'ht loave a secretariat or headquarters city. The Philippine delegation, and to a lesser extent Thailand, still was holding out for a NATO-typl? (North Atlantic treaty organizaticn) treaty in which "an attack on one is an attack on all." but It appeared certain tire end result would be an ANZUS-type (Aus-tralian-New Zealand-United State®) alliance in Which there would be consultation and action by each nation according to lt» constitutional procedure®. Still io lie decided also waa the exact kind of military commitments the signatories might make. Dulles called Monday for contrlbutions'Mon tlhe basis of the ability of each nation. He said the United ’States would contribute its best with Its mobile etriking power and strategic reserves. ’ Most of the delegation wanted a urianitnous stand pinpointing aggression as ''Communists" but ; Dulles held out for limitation us ; fa, r a® the United States is concerned. He explained to hi® colleagues that under U. S. constitutional practice when the senate ratifies a treaty it empowers the President to act in accordance with its terms.

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1 - i -ii . rr ti J Holiday Death Toll Is Lower Than Expected > 354 Persons Killed On Highways Over Labor Day Holiday By International News Service Death on the highways claimeif at least 354 American Uvea overt the Labor Day weekend but safej j ty experts were encouraged today | by the fact that thp tragic toll fell short of pre-holiday predictions. Ned H Dearborn, president of the national safety council —4 which had predicted 390 traffic deaths—said the statistics reflected a downward trend in auto fatalities in recent months. He declared : “For the second straight holiday the traffic toll not only was well below our pre-holiday I but was the lowest for those holidays in recent years. “The Labor Day traffic toll was the lowest since 1948. The fourth of July traffic toll was the lowest for any three-day period of .that holiday since 1949. “And to this the fact that the day-by-day traffic toil has come down steadily all this year and there seems to be reason for believing that the efforts of so many

people for so many years are beginning to pay off.” During the 78-hour period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, California gained the dubious distinction of heading the list to traffic death totals with 22. Michigan had 21 and Texas 2(1. Other holiday accidents brought the over all death toll to 533, including 87 drownings and 92 victims of miscellaneous mishaps. Six persons were killed and five injured in a headon crash of two cars on U. S. 31 near Tipton, Ind. Near Hearne. Tex., five of one family, ranging in age from 3 to 36. were killed when their truck was hit by a train at a grade crossing. A mechanic was killed and nine persons injured when a race car went out of control in a 100-mile (Continues On Pane Eight) Asks Medical Exam For Richard Clark Petition Filed By Alleged Bank Robber In- the first major action of the September term of the Adams circuit court, Richard E. Clark, who Is charged with the robbery of the First Hank of Berne, filed a petition this morning- that the court authorize the defendant’s counsel, D. Burdette Custer, to secure competent medical advice for the defendant's defense. In the pettiion the -defense claime that Clark was temporarily insane at the time of the alleged bank robbery. This petition requests a court order to pay for medical examination in a sum not to exceed S2OO. The petition is not a plea o< tiljarjity. Clark has entered a plea of not guilty but Custer has stated that without the aid of the medical experts he will be required to defend Clark with inadequate or little tools at hand. The court took the matter under advisement. Clark entered personal appearance this morning in the'’ Adams circuit court. Before the motion was filed he was given further advice on his. constitutional rights by Judge Myles Parrishi In a mote by the state, prosecuting attorney L*wfe Smith also filed a motion this morning to dismltw the tH-igiual affidavit against Clark for the purpose of filing another. i Clark'* counsel objected to the diemissal. The argument on this motion is being heard this afternoon by Judge Parrish.

Senator Wiley And Churchill Confer Prominent G. 0 .P. Senator In London LONDON (INS)'— Sen. Alexander Wiley conferred with British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill at Itfnch today in the search for away to put West German nilli- ; tap strength into an effective Allidd defense system. The Wisconsin Republican chair--1 man of the senate foreign relations committee who has been on a» fact-finding tour of Europe tor secretary of state John Foster Dulles, was alone with Churehlil at the conference at Chartwell, the. prime minister’s country estate outside London. ‘ Wiley will see foreign secretary Anthony Eden at lunch Wednesday. Although details of the WileyChurchill talks were not disclosed, there was speculation the session may have centered around the nine nation conference scheduled for London next week to consider the German problem. In Paris, French premier Pierre Mendes-France turned down politely today the British proposal to begin the conference next Tuesday on the grounds that the date was premature. He reportedly wants the meeting to start in the latter part of the week. One specific item under the general agenda may be the eenetor’a aiiggestloh that London reconsider

its opposition to direct participation in a European army. Monday night, Wiley urged the (Tara T« Page six) Six Persons Killed In Head-on Crash Accounts For Nearly Half Os State Toll INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —. Nearly half of Indiana’s Labor Day highway accidental death toll was (raced to one car accident as the state went through a relatively light holiday slaughterwiee. State police reported 15 killed in highway accidents from six o’clock Friday evening to Monday midnight with six persons meeting death in a bead-on collision of an auto and a station wagon: A drowning and a train-pedes-trian fatality brought the over all total to 17 which was lower than the 26 deaths in highways accidents alone during the 1953 Labor Day week-end. James Harwell, 27; his wife. Anna, 27; their son, James, Jr., three months, and Harwell’s mother, Mrs. Mary F. Harwell, 60, and Alberta Hendrickson, six, all oi Indianapolis, and Joseph .M. Church. 32, of Claypool, were the victims in U.S. 31'* worst accident. Three we«re killed outright, three others died in the Tipton county memorial hospital at Tipton, and five others, including two critically irijuied, remain at the hospital. State, police said the crash or curred when Mrs. Harwell tried to pass another auto on U. S. 31 west of Tipton and struck the station wagon driven by Church. Other late fatalities includetttwo in which tire victims were killed in one-car crashes. Robert Tracey, 15, of Fort Wayne, was killed when the convertible in which he was riding went out of control and overturned judt we<t of New Haven, late Monday. Near Vincennes. Joseph Cawthorn, 44, of Detroit, Mich., was killed and it shot 528 feet off U.S? ' 41 and into a ditch. Monday night. Robert L. Ramey. 60, of Anderson, was killed when his car crashed into a garage under construction Sunday, and two Lynnville youths, Jerry Ringham. 16. and Ronald Williamson, 17, were killed Saturday night when their car crashed near their homes on Ind. 61. - ■ ’ ■ Four other' fatalities were chalked up Friday night and early Saturday. - T. .

Red Chinese Ports Bombed By Nationalists Air, Artillery And Naval Units Pound At Red Mainland TAIPEH (INS) — Chinese Nationalist air, naval and artillery units, in a big combined bombardment of the Red mainland, claimed today they fotMcted “tremendous damage’’ on HilTport of Amoy and ■ other targets. An official bulletin said that more than 100 Chinese Communist junks, five of which were motoriz- . ed vessels, were sunk In the bombardment. The communique said Nationali ist planes flying more than 150 ! sorties against Amoy and nearby • mainland l areas sank a Communist i gunboat, silenced , “a number” of artillery positions, and blasted ten s barrack-type buildings. Pilots reported leaving “many > fires” laging around the target areas in the second day of attacks i in retaliation for Red shore bomi bardinent of tiny Quemoy Island, Nationalist outpost guarding the sea approaches to Formosa. In London, a foreign office i spokesman said the Brltlah gov. erument was keeping “a cloae

watch” on the situation and was in contact with the United States • regarding it. Nationalist military spokesman Lt. Gen. t.nang it-tmg sara air and sea raids were carried out "in strong retaliation" against Red shore installations which began shelling Quemoy last Friday. American-built destroyers which arrived only a few weeks ago at Formosa under a military aid program led the attack from the sea against Amoy and Wuho Island and against the mainland points of Shihmei, Shihchi, Aotu and Cape Chenhai on the southern coast of Dukien province. All the Red points hit are within an are only a few miles In depth, and within a short radius of Quemoy which lies eight' miles east of Amoy in the Taiwan (Formosa) strait. —— General Chang was asked whether the Nationalist- pounding of Red positions lifted the threat of a Red invasion of Quemoy and (Continues On Pnae Five) Report France To Attend Conference • -e£> Parley Is Proposed By Great Britain PARIS HNS) — Reliage informants said, today French premier Pierre Mendes-France would agree to attend a nine-power London conference on Germany sometime late next week. They said he politely turned down the British proposal for a conference to begin next Tuesday on the grounds that it was too early. Other countries reportedly would prefer a somewhat later opening date. Britain has proposed a conference of the six original European defense community treaty signatories—France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands — plus the United States, Canada and Britain. A. few hours before Mendes.France was scheduled to address' the Anglo-American Press Cluh the newspaper Paris Presse predicted the premier would answer West German Cha'ncettor Konrad Adenauer's criticism of him by defining major lines of French foreign policy. The newspaper said the first government principle is that France will not tolerate "any discrimination In her relations with the United States and above all with Britain." It said the regime (Turn Te Pace Five)

■ . — County Council In Study Os Budgets County Budget Is First Under Study COUNTY COUNCIL IN Member* of the Adam® county couocll and the board of commissioner® were dinner guests- today of George Fosnaugh, superintendent at the county home, following noon adjournment of the tax study body. The county council started work on budget study this- morning, but at 1 o'clock had completed;, only a partial checkinfl of the requested' appropriation®. The county budget, totaling $241,417, was the first to be taken up. This budget includes requests of county officials, the circuit count and the commiesioneT’s division. it is not likely that the council members will take up the hospital budget until tomorrow. The budget for the hospital totals $276,070 and the requested tax levy tor the institution is LT cents on each SIOO. whk-h will produce approximately $55,000 toward operating expenses. Action on t,he welfare budget will lie only in the tax levy, tor appropriations In this department canuot be changed after state approval. ■ ■ Henry Dehner, a veteran of the council, served a® chairman of today’s session. » , ,

I September Term Os 1 . ' ' ■ Court Opened Here 1 Criminal Docket u Is Called By Judge _ The criminal docket for the Sep--4 tember term of the Adams circuit j court was called this morning by f Judge Myles Parrish. s Principal case on the docket is f that of the state againwt Richard E. Clark, who is accused of rob- , bing thfe First Bank of Berne May 31. Clark has been arraigned and ' has entered a plea of not guilty. ■ |He is represented by Atty.' D. Burdette Custer. ~1 Only 24 cases remain on the criminal docket and In nine of these the defendant has not yet been apprehended. Only four cases with a plea of hot guilty face the court for the September term. Other cases on the docket in addition to that against Clark are the state vs. Hobart Smith, a traffic case pending since 1949. Probably no action will be taken this term. State vs. Loynal A. Sanderson, removal of mortgaged property from the state. No apprehension has been made of the defendant. State vs. Harry Frauhiger, an appeal on a city court conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol. A motion to dismiss by the defendant was over-ruled and prosecuting attorney Lewis L. Smith will now ask the court to determine that the appeal was not perfected and that the city ruling be made binding. State vs. Kenneth E. Roth, charged with firkt degree burglary. The defendant Is now serving a sentence for jail break. State vs. Carl D. Gunther, first degree burglary. The defendant has not been apprehended since he is serving a sentence under foreign Jurisdiction. State vs. Robert D. LeMay, a fraudulent check charge, and the state vs. Maurice arlder. In both of these cases no return has been , made on the warrants issued sos, the arrest of the defendants. Appeals by Ernest Geirhart from the justice of peace court In Ge neva. These did hot have the approval of the prosecuting attorney. A motion by the defendant to dismiss is pending. A traffic charge against Norman Lee Haines, appealed from the Geneva justice of the peace court. A motion to quash was sustained and the defendant Is out on bond. State va. George If. Dull, a <twhb re Face Ki»ht) I 1 ' ', * ■ ' '<•

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.11 ■■III United States Seeks Meeting Os UN Council Ask United Nations To Condemn Attack On Navy's Bomber UNITED NATION’S. N. P. (INS) —The United States moved today for Unit. edNattone condemnation of Russia’s "unprovoked attack” ! on a U. S. navy bomber over the Sea of Japan last Saturday. American ambassador Henry 1 Cabtit toffee Jr., announced late » Monday night that he had requested an “early meeting” of the se- • curlty council “to consider the sit- • nation" arising out of the shoot 4 I ing down of the American plane I by two Soviet jet fighters “over • international waters." • It was toe fleet time in a long 1 series of cold' war air incidents i that the U. S. hae asked tire world • forum to consider such an> attack. Lodge’s oral request for the meeting wae addressed to thi* mondh’s council president. Dr. Francisco Urrutia of Colombia. Ai formal, written petition will be delivered! to Dr. Urrutia today. Urrutia said he planned to schedule tentatively a council meeting for 3 p. m. Wednesday. However, jn line with UN practice, he WMI coneuk with toher delegations of the council members, and official# of the secretariat before making a final decision. Lodge said in a etatement Monnay mgnt. “I have juet requested the pres.dent of the security council to call an early meeting of the council to consider the situation arising from toe unprovoked attack on a U. S. navy plane by aircraft of the So- ' viet Union over international wat--1 era on Sept. 4.” The State Department nnd the Soviet Foreign Ministry already 1 have exchanged sharply worded notes over the incident in which one naval officer is missing anl presumed dead. Nine other airmen . were reecued Sunday morning after a night on the chill water. The U. S. strategy at the session—when and if it is called — wa» not known immediately. Presumably Lodge will seek a resolution condemning the Russian attack under the Security Council’s reeponeibility to maintain international peace and eecurity. If a •strong majority were ob- - tained for such a measure, the U. S. would score a victory of considerable Importance on world opinion regardless of the Soviet stand. Tire current non-permanent mem'l>ers of the council do not include any RuMan satellites. They are Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Lebanon. New Zealand and Turkey. The permanent member®— Nationalist China. France, the U. S.S.R., the United Kingdom and the U. S.—have veto power. However, the UN charter does provide that when the council is considering method* for the peaceful settlement of a dispute, parties to toe dispute must abstain from voting. *r s " Moecow’e note on last Satlrday’e incident claimed'—as have previoue ones over the la.-t eight years —that the Neptune patrol bomber had invaded Soviet territory.. The U. 8. protest denied that claim emphatically. The eurviving crewmen said they were never even within binocular range of SiIrerian territory during the flight. Heat Wave Broken Temporarily Here ’ Decatur’s sweltering heat wave broke temporarily in an electrical and windstorm at about midnight, accompanied by a small amount of rain. At 4 p.m. yesterday the thermometer registered TOO. Sunday’s torrid temperature climbed above the 100 mark. Several crashes of thunder In last night’s storm rent the heavens and for a few minutes It appeared that a violent storm was on the way. Herman "Hi” Meyer reported .18 of an Inch of rain. I • . . '■* "