Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1954 — Page 1

V6I.JLU. No. 212.

Signs SEATO Charter ' ■r V-*- W * M ■b, --- t Is "v||K "isl n ■SL I 'EChjr r r 5 ■ i9' ■ | 1 I Y . 1 WITH FORMAL approval by the eight-nation conference at Manila of a Pacific charter for anti-communist defense to maintain, peace In southeast Aaia. U. S? Secretary of State John Foster Dulles signa the treaty for the United States. —'i — .■ . - . i . .-i r- n i - in u j.ii wi-- —i i , - iI, i |- - . - -„i-ii.i_jmljix

Hospital Tax Rate Remains At Three Cents Revised Budget Is Filed By Trustees Os County Hospital A revised budget that reduced appropriations for the Adams county memorial hospital (52,150 enabled the trustees to ask the Adams county council to eliminate the expected 10 cent boost and set the hospital's tax rate at three cents, the same as the current levy. In a special session Tuesda/ night of the trustees called by Cal E. Peterson. president of the board, the hospital’* budget was reconsidered and appropriations were reduced from (276,070 to (223;920. The former total was listed in the published budget. Late yesterday the smaller budget was tiled by Peterson and John MDeV'oss, attorney for the trusters. with the county council, It was explained to the council that the 1223,92® budget ♦ould require no increase in the tax rate. Cooperating with the trustees the council approved the revised budget and fixed the rate at three cents on each (190. This levy will give the hospital approximately (12.009 next year. The council also approved additional appropriations of $19,000 for this year’s operation of the hospital, and transferred $3,500 from unexpended funds to current operating accounts. This amount will come from revenue received by the hospital and will not create a deficit at the end of the year, county auditor Frank Kitson explained. Henry Dehner, chairman of the! council, announced the trustee's action and expressed satisfaction over the' fact that the tax rate would not be increased. Dehner said, "We worked together on this important matter and appreciate the attitude of the hospital trustees”. County Rate Now 53 Cents With approval of all the budgets fixing of tax rates to raise funds tor county governmental units, ana for the appropriations to be expended fiext year, the rates total 53 cents. This is an increase of two cents over the current 51-cent levy. , . The rates that comprise the county’s levy are: General fund, 39 cents, an increase of one cent levied for the 4-H club project; welfare department. 11 cents, one cent higher than the current levy; hospital three cents, no increase. Hospital Appropcfations Grouped under ihff ■following I classifications, the hospital's budget contains the following appropriations -...Administration, $23,720; dietary, $41,200; laundiy. $7,800; housekeeping. (14,500; plant operation, $16,000; medical, surgical and dental, $22,000; nursing. $90,000: X-ray, $2,050; laboratory, $6,650; total. $223,920. Trustees Make R.eduetlens The trustees eliminated SIO,OOO from the budget listed for capital Investment. Other reductions were: Business administrator, $5,000 to $4,000; bookkeepers, SB,OOO to $?,- 000; dietician. (3,000 to $2,500; cooks, $8,500 to (7,600; kitchen help, (9,000 to (7,500; nurses aides, (10,000 to (9,000. The salaries of the superintendent, (4,000, and hospital technician. (5,000, were not changed. Reductions were made in medical an dsurgical supplies, food and items enumerated in the budget form. Hospital on Surplus Side The auditor’s control ledger shows that the hospital had a balance on hand Aug. 1. Income, other (Tara Te Page Fl vs > 12 RAGES

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Gov. Craig's Wife State Fair Speaker Governor Is Absent From Indiana Fair INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — A speech by the pretty brunette wife of Gov. George N. Craig was sure to be the top new interest at the Indiana rtate fair today. Her brief talk at today's “Farmer’s Day’’ program during the 102 d fair got an unlntent 1-al build-up due to the frantic efforts of the Indiana department of public information to retract the first advance text of her comments and replace it with another not mentioning the Absence of Gov. Craig. Since it is the absence of her husband which spotlights the appearance of the governor’s charming wife at the fair, the effort appeared to be wasted. Most Hoosiers already have debated whether or not any political significance should be attached to the fact the governor went to Canada on a vacation and did not attend the state fair. The views range from an interpretation of the absence as indication Gov. Craig will desert Indiana political arenas Tor a federal appointment to the view that it was to be attributed to hesitancy in facing an unorganized crowd containing nomadmirera. The first text: cancelled by the state house, referred- to the Governor’s fMMng- trip and said he "is on a well-earned vacation with his son, whom he has seen very little of this part year. Our boy, J’obn. is leaving for school in a few days and he and’ the governor wanted to do a little father-and-son fishing and talking before he left for school." The second advance release on Mrs. Craig’s talk did not mention the fishing jaunt. It was understood that Kathryn Craig had writto be constructed soon- on- the prepared by Craig aides. Mrs. Craig’s talk i« part of a program winch also includes speeches by Lieut. Gov. Harold W. Handley, a Craig political opponent, an I Gilman C. Stewart, of Greensburg, president of the state fair board. A i pet parade and a band and float competition are included in the farmer’s day events. Also in honor of the day. Stewart announced plans for a (375,090 farmer's build-ing and- restaurant to ba constructed soon on the north side of the grounds, and (275.000 sheep barn as an annex of the present barn. Total attendance at Wednesday's session of the fair, known as railroad day. was 62.990 paid admissions, compared to 63.887 in 1953. Decatur Tax Rate Payable Next Year Now Totals $5.12 With 13 cents cut from the county’s tax levies, the rate payable in Decatur next year now totals (5.12 on each (100. The current levy ta (4.82. Trustees of the Adams county memorial hospital reduced- ite published rate from 13 cents to three cents. The county council, Which wound up its two-day session late ye-terday, cut three rente from the county's proposed rate. County Auditor Frank Kiteon stated that the Adame county tax adjusters would meet Monday to review the tax rates. Hearing on the tax rates will l>e conducted here by examiners for the state board of tax commissioners on Sept. 27. Final action on the rates rests with the state board. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms .tonight and east Friday morning. Warmer tonight, cooler extreme south Friday. Low tonight 62-58 north, 58-64 south. High Friday 70-75 north, 75-80 south.

Leo Ehinger Dies Suddenly This Morning Prominent Decatur Man Dies Suddenly Alter Heart Attack 3» . ' - ■ Leo E. ‘‘Dutch’’ Ehinger, 58, prominent insurance agent. Legionnaire and political leader of this city, died at about 11 o’clock this morning while talking to Gerald Morningstar j* front pf the MAW Auto Sales, Thirteenth St., ahd Dayton Ave. Mr. Ehinger had opened conversation with Mr. Morningstar about an insurance policy. Seized with the attack, he was helped toward his auto, but slumped to the ground before he reached the vehicle. Morningstar said he made three attempts to reach a doctor by telephone. and then called the Black ambulance. When the ambulance arrived Mr. Ehinger was dead. He was not taken to the hospital. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward X. Ehinger. he was born in Decatur July 6. 1896. He attended the Catholic school and then was employed as a clerk in a local clothing store. A veteran of World War I, Mr. Ehinger was one of the first young men to join Company "A” when it was organized here. He was sworn in May 9, 1917 and following army training at Camp Hattiesburg, Miss., went overseas. He was a corporal in Battery A of the 139th field artillery. He was honorably discharged from the army Jan. 15, 1919. Mr. Ehinger was married to Jewel Dolby of Huntington. Nov. A 1933. 1 / A member of Adams Post 43 of the American Legion, Mr. Ehinger was widely known- in Indiana Legion circles. He served as an officer in the local post and for many yeere was chairman of the grave regietratton committee which furntahed flags for veterans’ grave* Ln local cemeteries. -- Mr. Ehinger ser-ed 15 yeero a$ parole officer for the state of Indiana. He had a commendable record in this official position. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Holy Name Socity, the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus, the Elks and Moose lodges, the Legion. VFW and the 40 * 8 club. Active in Democrat party circles, he was treasurer of the county central committee. Besides his wife be is survived by two children, Ann and Larry. One brother, the Rev. Vincent Ehinger of Chicago, and one sister, Mre. WiU Berling of thia City, survive. Three brothers are deceased. The body has been moved to the Gillig end Doan funeral home, where friend® may call Friday after 7 p. m. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The funeral will be conducted Monday at 9 a. m. at St. Mary's church, with the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz a® celebrant of the requiem mass. The Holy Name society will meet at the funeral home Sunday at 8 p. m. Gamma Globulin Is Shipped To Lebanon „ Six Polio Cases In Area Os Two Blocks INDIANAPOLIS (INS) An addi tlonal shipment of was sent to (Lebanon today by the Indiana state board of health in the wake of ah emergency meeting held at that city Wednesday night The total amount of the proven tative received by Lebanon, when six cases of polio occurred in a two-block area, is sufficient to innoculate 600 persons, acording to Dr. Wendell Anderson, who represented the Indiana state board of health at the meeting. Dr. Anderadn advised Lebanon officials to open Central school which had -been left closed after the eix children from its district, became ill. He explained that public healtlh authorities feel there is less danger in the case of any disease outbreak to have children in school under supervision rather than free to relatives and other scattered places. The OG sent to Lebanon is io )>e administered by family physicans. In addition to the six children In the one area. -Boone county alto has two other Illnesses reported. making a total of eight, with * possibility of a ninth. Meanwhile, at Muncie. polio claimed another child's life. Ths (Ceatlaafg Ob Fags Flee).— ■■■

Decatur, Indiana, Thufcday, September 9, 1954.

1,000 Reported Killed As Earthquake Strikes Wide Area Os Algeria

. .1 ,H Nationalists Say Fatal Blow Dealt To Reds I ’ Assert Backbone Os Invasion Fleet Is Blasted By Planes TAIPEH, (INS) — Chinese N> , tionalist warplanes showered more than 100 tons of bombs and rocleets on Chinese Communist ship- : ping and gun emplacement® for ; the fourth day today and military , sources claimed the Reds were given a "fatal blow” in the Amoy , area. i As the day’s’ air-sea operations ! came to a close the Nationalists announced that their planes, including American-made Thunderjets. have "broken the backbone” , of the Communist "invasion fleet” in Amoy harbor threatening Fop mosa. The air attacks were made , in coordination with shelling by . Nationalist warships. It was said that Communist antiaircraft guns offered “weaker re- , slstance” to the raiding planes. , It was expected that the Na- ' tionalists may resume their airsea attack* on Amoy Island and surroundings before a typhoon hits the area taxi and a half days t hence. , ' The fourth day of the gireea ‘ attacks was carried out whilg U.S. secretary of state John Fppter ’ Dulles gave the Chiang Kal-ihek ' government full assurances of ’ American support in turning back 1 any Red Invasion attempt. ’ There was speculation in official circles that Dulles and Chiang may ' r have come to some sort of understanding over needs to buttress t Nationalist China's military strength in anticipation of new Communist attacks. The secretary of state, fresh ' from Manila where he helped negotiate the anti-Communist southeast Asia pact, conferred in secret for three hours with Chiang Kaishek. After the conference he took off tor Tokyo, saying only. “I did not come here to negotiate anything.” But in a public statement on his arrival at Taipeh Dulles noted that the U. S. seventh fleet is under orders to protect Formosa and declared "we shall not be intimidated” by the increased Communist military activity and invasion threats. A Nationalist government spokesman said that Chiang and Dulles exchanged views "on problems concerning both China and the United States” ’in "a cordial and pleasant atmosphere." While Nationalist planes and warships —- many of them contributed by the United States — (CoatlmaM Ob Fa*e Five! . ■ - - Further Reports On Fair Winners Three Adams County • Men Are Winners William H. Kbhne and sons, of route 4. showed the reserve champion heifer in the Hoosier gold medal Red Poll calf dub show Monday, according to reports received' here today. Kohne’a heifer, calved between September 1 and December 31, 1953. also won second in her claes. Kbhne also won third in the get of wire claea. pair of yearling*, and pair of calves. He also- won second in two other classes, and third and fourth with his bull ‘ calves. * In the Holstein Friesian show Tuesday, Van Wulllman. of route ' 1, Monroe, won second piece in two contest* with hi* year old bull Sir Pnrthenea Curtin* Candy. RolandM Llechty, of Berne, won -two fourth places, two sixth , place*, and a ninth and tenth place with hte Holetein cows and heifere. > Reports ihave not yet been re- > Calved on the Ayrshire and Quern•ey ehoffs.

r —— Commission First Atom Sub Sept. 30 U. S. Navy Makes Announcement Today WASHINGTON (INS) — The navy announced today that the IT.S.S. Nautilus, the world'** first atomic-powered' submarine will be commissioned Sept. 30 at Groton. , Conn. The announcement said that "following the commissioning, the Nautilus will complete her fitting out and proceed with operations connected with sea triate.” Actual operation' of the submarine’s atomic engine, expected to begin this fall, will mark the first time man has realized pTopulsion from | the power of the atom. The Nautilus luus been undergoing preliminary tests since her launching a year and one-half ago. The bull was built by the electric boat division of General Dynamics Corp., and the engine by Westinghouse in cooperation with the atomic energy commission. Cmtlr. Eugene P. Wilkinson, a IMO graduate of the University of Southern California, will be in command when the Nautilus takes to the sea. Most of the crew, consisting of 11 officers and 86 enlisted men. have been In training for about three years to prepare tor their unique assignment. The training included' instruction tn atomic physics at Oak Ridge. ’ Hnh.. and in the operation of a prototype atomic power plant built at Arco. Ida. A second nuclear submarine, the Sea Wolf, is under construction, ' and congress has authorized two more that have ,not yet been (Turn Ta Pure Xl*) Walter R. Hammond 'fl, • Dies This Morning Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Walter R. Hammond, 56, of 614 West Madison street, lifelong rest dent of Decatur, died at 1:20 o’clock this morning rft the Adams county memorial hospital. He hod been in failing health for some time with a heart ailment and critically ill for the past six days He was born in Decatur May 19. 1899, a ison of Lewis and Kate Mc-Cullough-Hammund. and was married to Matilde Koenig June 7. 1921. Well known as a brick ma son. in recent months he had oper ated a pottery and gift shop on Thirteenth ebreet. Mr. Hammond served with Co. A of the 139th field artillery during World War I. Surviving are ilia wife; his mother, also of Decatur; five sone. Paul. Edward. Gerald and Herman Hammond, alt of Decatur, and Donald, who arrived home las evening on emergency furlough from Germany., where he has been serving wibh the U. 8. army; two brothers, Herman and Carl Ham mond, both of Decatur, and three sistera, Mrs. Curt Fritzinger and Mrsr Boyd Rahrer, lx>th of Decatur, and Mr*. Louis Kerr of Coleman. Mich. One eon, one brother and one stater are deceased. Funeral service® will be conducted' at ip. m. Saturday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. W. H. Kirkpatrick officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock thle evening until time of the services. Stevenson Guest Os Honor At Luncheon INDIANAPOLIS (INS) Adlal E. Stevenson will be guest of honor at the Sept. 18 luncheon meeting in Indianapolis of the Indiana Democratic editorial association Stevenson, who accepted the invitation today, will deliver a major address In Indianapolis that night at a <IOO a plate banquet. It will come In condunetlon with the opening of the national Democratic congressional campaign.

Ban McCarthy Use Os Words From Senators Abandons Defense On Two Os Charges Following Rulings WASHINGTON (INS)— Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy abandoned his defense on two of the five censure charges against him today when, he was barred from using the word's of other senators in support of his fight to win vindication. McCa.thy’w attorney, Edward B. Williams, araerted that the adverse ruling strikes at the “heart and very soul of our defense” against two key counts—that the senator urged federal employes to violate their oath of office and that he improperly received secret data. The censure hearing was abruptly recessed at i1:46 a. m. (EDT) at the request of Williams, who said the defense against other counts will be resumed this afternoon. The controversy centered around a ruling by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-L’twhi. chairman of the special senate committee weighing the censure case, which barred Williams ami McCarthy from quoting individual senators to bolster McCarthy’s defense against these two charge*.: 1. That he enticed federal em1 ployes to violate the law and their oaths of office by asking them ’ for Information on wrong-doing and subversion even it it violated security directives. 2. That McCarthy acted improperly in obtaining a two and onequarter page almtract of a “confidential” 15-page FBI memorandum. Among the senators whom McCarthy and Williams wanted to quote was gen. John J. William* (R-Del.) who conducted a oneman investigation of tax scandals during the Truman administration. The Wisconsin Republican and his attorney sought to prove that McCarthy sit no precedent when he asked' government employes to give him information. Watkins, backed unanimously by the other five members of his committee, held that McCarthy could not quote individual senators as part of his defense, maintaining it would take the hearings into “bypaths and 1 diversion.” Earlier in the hearing. McCer- < Tara Ta Paae M» Arraign Clark On Second Affidavit Alleged Bank Robber Pleads Not Guilty Richard Ellis Clark of Celina, 0., was arraigned this morning for the second time in the Adams circuit court on a new affidavit filed Tuesday by prosecuting attorney I>ewis Lutz Smith. The new affidavit charges Clark with robbing the First Bank of Berne May 29. The original affidavit was dismissed because it mis named the bank “the First State Bank of Berne.” Clark's arraignment today was a repetition of the one earlier this summer. The affidavit was read and he received a copy of It with the names of the state witnesses in the case. The statute defining the crime charged against him was read. D. Burdette Custer Was re-appointed pauper counsel und Clark's bond was again set' at SIO,OOO. After listening to a lengthy outline of his constitutional rights, Clark again entered a plea of not guilty. He was remanded to the county JailCuster Is expected to re-flle the petition that the court authorise the defense counsel to secure competent medical advice. This petition was wiped but with the dismissal of the original affidavit.

Senator Ives To Run For Governor Ives Endorsed By New York Leaders NEW YORK (INS)—Sen. Irving M. Ives announced today he will run for governor of New York as the Republican candidate Ln this fall’** election, as urged upon him by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey who announced his own withdrawal a® a candidate Tuesday. Ives, who was raid to have been > reluctant to run tor the guberna- . tortal post, told' a news conference he was "deeply gratified” by the unanimous endorsement given him by the executive committee of the New York state Republican com- . mittee. He said that if selected by the . delegates at the state GOP cbn- , cention in Syracuse later thte month, he will accept the nomtoation and wage a “vigorous” campaign. Meantime Democratic leadens moved to prevent a convention battle by supporters of Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. over their choice. W. Averell Harriman, for Democratic nominee for governor. Harriman, in Goshen. N. Y., where he was guest of honor Wednesday night of Orange county Democrats, was asked If he would expect the support of Roosevelt if TVOIU inilttxi. „ ■ “He tea good Democrat, isn’t her" Harriman replied. "He waa a good friend of mine.” : Kentucky Youth Is I Seriously Wounded Young Man Brought To Local Hospital Jay B. Warren, 20. of Pineville, Ky., is still in serious condition at the Adams-couhty memorial hospital today from gun shots in his abdomen and right thigh. Warren was rushed to Decatur at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday by a Monroeville ambulance from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Rymer at the intersection of State highway ICT and U. S. highway 30. * The ambulance was called by Miss Edith North, 19, also of Pineville, who told Mrs. Rymer that Warren had been shot accidentally while cleaning a .45 caliber pistol. The Rymers were not at home at the time of the shdoting. Miss North was at the home when the ambulance arrived but shortly after she disappeared and has not yet been located by the Allen county sheriff's department. Deputies Harry Monn, Walter RarIden and Russell Hoelle are investigating. Warren and Miss North stopped (Tara Ta Pane SIX) LATfTBULLETINS UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (INS) — The U. N. security council was summoned today to meet at 10:30 a. m. Friday to hear a formal complaint by the United States against the shooting down by Russiaif MIGs of an American navy patrol bomber off Siberia last week. LONDON (INS)—The British foreign office announced today thdt foreign secretary Anthony Eden will confer In their own countries with foreign ministers of the six nations belonging to the now dead European defense community treaty. DENVER (INS) — President Eisenhower said today that $700,000,000 worth of govern-ment-owned food surpluses to be sold to other countries will be disposed of at “competitive prices.” He stressed In a major policy statement, however, that the surpluses will bo sold gradually and not dumped on the world market In away which would hurt other nations.

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City Os 33,000 Is Hardest Hit By Earthquake 12-Second Shock Injures Thousands, Levels Buildings ALGIERS (INS) — A severe earthquake struck a wide area of Algeria la French North Africa early today and unofficial estimates placed the death toll st between 800 and 1,000 persons. Thousands of injuries apparently occurred and other thousands were made homeless when a 12-second shock leveled buildings and homes and tore down communications. Property damage will run into millions of dollars in the French territory. Hardest-hit tn the earthquake which struck at 9 p.m. Wednesday EDT was the city Os Orleansville, half-way between the capital at Algiers and Oran. Early reports said at least 300 persons were killed in that city of 33.000 population. Almost half of the modern center of the city was destroyed. Semi-official reports said 500 to 600 were known dead in Orleansvilla,, 200 in the area of Lamarthie Dam, and 300 in villages and towns k in a Ig-eqtrare mils area around Orleansville. The 150-foot-high Oued Fooda - Dam was reported cracked, but still holding. The danger of its collapse still was acute. Almost the entire population of Orleansville was evacuated and troops dug into the rubble to haul out bodies. Two hotels, the prefecture buildings, two big blocks of workers* apartments, a hospital, and a railroad station dissolved in a mass of rubble and skeltop steel girders as If hit by a massive air attack. The ancient Christian cathedral erected by Roman Emperor Constantine in the fourth century, the oldest Christian church in North Africa, collapsed in ruins in the market place. Floods resulted when the Lamartine Dam 25 miles southwest of Orleansville buret and water gushed through the countryside. The’dain is five miles from the huge Oued Fooda Dam. Latest reports said the Oued Fooda structure did not break. The first injured to arrive in Algiers by a mercy lift shuttle set up by authorities were mostly skull fracture cases. The injured arived at noon and said tremors were felt in Orleansville. 100 miles southwest of Algiers, until 3 a.m. EDT. Aircraft throughout Algeria was mobilised for the emergency air lift. The planes flew surgeons and rescue workers to Orleansville and brought back the injured. The pilot of a French Junkers-52 plane who brought out one of the first load of injured said Orleansville “looked like a city after a heavy all-night air raid.” He said 40 persons were buried Jn the ruins of the Beaudoin Hotel in the center of the city. Ten prisoners were killed and 30 injured when the Orleansville Jail coHapeed. The earthquake rocked Algiers, a city of 315,000 population, causing panicky people to rush into the streets in their night clothes. But no casualties or damage was reported in the capital. Algerian authorities appealed by radio for blood donors and sent thousands of troops by road to ward stricken Orleansville and numerous surrounding villages. The first doctors to arrive in the trading center of Orleansville set up an emergency 400-b<Mi hospital. The village of Vauban near Or* leansville was reported wiped out. Other villages badly damaged included DuPerre and Roulna, 40 miles east of Orleansville and Montenotte, 20 miles to the north. <C«s*tsaeS Oe Pace. SU)