Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil, No. 213.

Algeria Suffers Heavy Quake TIJwV sF . y I I B ■ W** B V ekaßK*3 ® — THE DEVASTATING earthquake which struck Algiensi wreaked its heaviestdamage on Orieenyvllle, an agricultural trading center, virtually levWfng w city'. Among the buildings of the new section of Orleansville believed reduced to nibble was this modem school. Estimate* of the death toll mounted rapidly to an unofficial 1100. a—'— — * ■ . - ■ r . ■ . .. .. .. ...

Fresh Tremors Rock Northern Algeria Today Continue Grim Hunt For Bodies Left In Violent Earthquake ALGIERS (INS) — Fresh earth tremors Jarred northern Algeria today while a grim search continued for bodies In the rubble left by Thursday's violent quake. Official, estimates of the toll taken by Thursday's temblor stand at 1,000 dead, between 5.000 and 6.000 injured and some 20,000 homeless. Damage was placed at 11 million dollars. An estimated 40,000 terror-strick-en men, women and children spent the night in open fields as the earth continue to tremble uneasily. In their cities and towns the new tremors—while not so strong as tint original quake—brought damaged buildings crashing .down in In Orieansville, hardest hit by the quake, an emergency rescue office was set up to care for the injured and homeless. But officials feared that the additional shocks would complete the destruction ot what was a thriving city of 33,000 inhabitants less than two days ago. French foreign legionnaires and other troops dug through the mounds ot rubble throughout the night, aided by searchlight-equip-ped bulldosers. At the same time engineer troops worked frantically to brace the cracked walls of the giant Oued Fodda dam. Some 500 bodies had been recovered early today. But officials could make only a rough guess as

to the tot*] number of dead, since many Moslem families were believed to have fled into the desert taking the bodies of relatives with them. The first 12-second shock hit Thursday morning and many people, stlU in bed, were trapped in collapsing buildings. Steel and stone crumpled like cardboard. Sheets of flame from a ruptured gas main engulfed several houses. Those people not caught by the initial shock rushed into the street—many of them in night clothes — and fought theii way to the open fields. The army took over and rescue squads began a frantic search for survivors who might be trapped in the wreckage. By nightfall the entire surviving population of Orleansville had been evacuated and several nearby villages had been emptied of people. In Paris, the flags of the 14 North Atlantic treaty nations were lowered to half-mast over the su preme headquarters building at France observed a day of nations mourning for tire dead. Louis d'Autremont, town clerk ot Orleansville. said the aftermath of the first quake was "like a vision of hell.” At first, d'Autremont said, it felt as though the earth were "having the moat terrible hiccoughs." Then came "a long succession of deer booms like an artillery barrage." In Orleansville alone the quake destroyed or seriously damaged a Christian cathedral erected Ln the fifth century, three hotels, two blocks of modern apartments, a nine-story building, the post office, the penitentiary, the police headquarters and one wing of a hospital building. INDIANA WEATHER ' Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Somewhat cooler tonight. Low tonight middle 50e north, 88-81 south. High Saturday 70-77.

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Stockpile Os Atom Weapons Increases Atomic Energy Head Holds Press Parley WASHINGTON (INS)—A fastmoving series of international conferences to share the atom and a steadily-mounting stockpile of superweapons were promised today by atomic energy chairman Lewis L. Strauss. The international meetings are already underway in discussions that will provide -for U.S- aid in operating a Canadian-built atomic furnace, and for U.S. purchases of the device’s products. Strauss told a neks conference late Thursday that the U. S. now has more atomic weapons than ever before, and that the rate of production is steadily increasing. He strongly hinted that the hydrogen bomb is ready for military use. . ‘ • y The Thursday session was Strauss' first solo meeting with reporters in the year he has been in office, but he said he may be able tp hold regular news conferghees 'from now on. ‘— The chairman said the U. 8. intends to take full advantage of the new atomic energy act’s provision authorising both bi-lateral and group arrangements to share the atom. He emphasized that both -have*’ and “have-not" nations are invited to join in pooling atomic resources. Strauss also: 1. Supported Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's continued employment as director of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton. N. J. Strauss, a director of the institute, said Oppenheimer's disbarment from secret atomic work should not interfere with his educational duties.

2. Said the controversial DixonYates contract to supply power to the Tennessee Valley Authority will be completed in about two weeks. Congressional hearings on the contract are expected to be‘ held before the fall elections. 3. Declared that an often post<Twra Te Page Foer> Civil Air Patrol Purpose Outlined Wells County Civil Defense Head Speaks Colonel Katie, civil defense director of Welle county, explained he formation and purpose of a civil air patrol unit at a special meeting in the Red Men’s lodge on First street. Youths between the ages of 14 and IS years of age are eligible to be cadets. They may resign at my time from the organization. Imt if they enlist Ln the air corps, they may enlist with their* C.A.P. rank. The program is entirely under the U. 8. air force. Cadets would attend meetings for three hours each Monday night. The meetings, called ground school, would consist of elessee on armoring, mechanics, and fundamentals of flying. In time an air force L-16 airplane will be issued to the squadron for their use and for training purposes. Senior CAP. members may be wyhne over 18 years of age. Future meeting dates will be announced shortly, including the organizational meeting where staff officers will be elected. A conV miandef. adjutant,, and. chief of staff will be elected, and' cadet drill sergeants will be appointed. Colonel Katte pointed out just how vital a reserve cadre of trained air force personnel will be Ln rhe civil defense program. Pensowa wishing Information on the program, or application blanks, should contact Theron L. Dull, secretary of the Red Men’s lodge. . '

United States Warns U. N. gn Plane Attacks Vishinsky Charge Is Countered By Ambassador Lodge UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) —The United States warned the U.N. security council today that the Soviet "pattern of unprovoked attacks’* on western aircraft presents "a common danger" to the free world if "allowed to go unchallenged.'’ U. S. ambassador Hoary Cabot Lodge, Jr., adressing the 11-na-tion council on the downing by Russian MIGs of a U. S. naval plane Sept. 4, said that at no time did the American patrol bomber approach closer than 43 miles to the Siberian coast of Russia. Lodfce in that statement directly countered an earlier charge by Russia's Andrei Vishinsky that the downed American plane, in which one crew member was lost, had flown over Soviet territory and fired first when warned by Soviet aircraft to leave. Lodge maintained that the U.S. plane became aware of the attack only after its crew members sighted a Russian MIG diving at them “out of the sun." The chief Eisenhower spokesman in V. N., made his statement after the security council voted 10 to one to discuss the incident. Vishinsky alone voted in the negative. Lodge cited six attacks on American aircraft in the Far East and Europe sincel9so by Sdviet fighters and said the U. S. has tried in vain to submit these cases to the international court of justice. Russia, he stressed, has refused to go before the world court on any such incident despite the fact that the U. S. has offered to accept the judgment of the court in similar claims submitted by Russia. Vishinsky in a statement befotjs Lodge's speech said: ’ “On Sept. 4 S'* Neptune aircraft violated the air frontiers of the Soviet Union. At the appearance of the American plane two Soviet fighters approached the plane for the purpose of indicating that the fighter was within the frontiers of the Soviet Union, and to leave. "Upon this the American aircraft opened fire. This hostile and unjustified action forced the Soviet fighters to open fire in return, after which the American plane was forced to fly away in the direction of the open sea.” - Vishinsky concluded: “These vitiations are connected with the carrying out of definite (Tara To Page Three)

Wounded Man Says Shooting Accident Wounded Youth Is Questioned Briefly The Allen county sheriff’s department is searching today for Miss Edith North. 19. of Pineville. Ky., and- two men- who were reported to have l>een present when Jay B. Warren, 20, also of Pineville. was shot Wednesday afternoon at the Oliver Rymer home near Monroeville. Warren, who is still in very serious condition as the result of shots in his abdomen and right thigh, was questioned briefly Thursday night. It has been definitely established that the man did not ehoot himself. While Warren hae admitted that two men were present at the time of the shooting, he has not revealed who fired the shots. He inelste that was an accident. Allen county deputies Harry Monn and' Walter Raridon, with Adame county sheriff Robert Shraluka and a Decatur physician, were present during the questioning. They plan to quiz Warren again this afternoon or this evening. Hospital authorities say that they have received two telephone inquiries' about Warren’s condition from an unidentified' man. One call came Wednesday evening from Huntington and one from Chicago Thursday morning. The two men who are sought for questioning Ln the matter are reportedly wanted for armed robbery In Bell county, Ky. One of the men was formerly n Decatur resident. Warren was rushed to the Adams county memorial hospital Wednesday by a Monroeville ambulance called by Mies North. She disappeared after telling Mrs. Rymer phat the shooting was accidental. The Rymers were not at home at the time of the shooting.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 10, 1954.

Senate Committee To Inspect McCarthy’s Confidential Report

— — — Planes, Ships j Pound Anew At Red Positions Joint Nationalist x Air-Spa Assaults 1 On Red Mainland < TAIPEH (INS) — Chinese Na- 1 tionalist warplanes and ships smashed again at Communist positions along the China coast today and air force headquarters said pilots saw a 2,000-foot "pillar of fire and smoke” over the lied strong point of Amoy Island. It was the fifth straight day ot joint Nationalist air-sea attacks against Red shipping, gun emplacements and troops concentrations in the Amoy area. A Nationalist air force spolfosman saidthe towering' column ©f fire nad smoke was spotted directly over a fort called Hochs on Amoy. The air force also said another Amoy fort, called White Stone, was “damaged beyond recognition.” The Nationalist planes and warships got in what may be their last strikes before a typhoon sweeps over the target area. The typhoon, called “June”, by weather , forecasters, is expected to hit the coast Saturday evening. Targets oh Amoy Island itself ‘ and on the mainland were struck 1 by waves of bombers apd hammered from the sea by Americancontributed destroyers. The same targets have been under fire daily since Monday in a massive retaliation for Red bombardment of Na-tionalist-held Quemoy Island. A military source in Taipeh said today’s action was “smaller in scale than in the last few days”— meaaing Monday and Tuesday—- — more than 100 fighter-bomb-ers and half the Nationalist navy joined in coordinated smashes. The warplanes, unopposed in the skies by Red aircraft but subject to some anti-aircraft fire, hurled tons of bombs, rockets and napahn' (fire-bombs) at the Red installations which included troop barracks. The Communist big gunman the shore according to NatiortWfSt reports had called off their shelling of tiny Quemoy Island which lies only eight miles east of Amoy in ■the 100-mile wide strait separating the Nationalist stronghold of Formosa from the Red-occupied mainland. The Nationalists, triumphantly (Coatlaaed oa Pace Four)

J. Ward Calland Honored By Soybean Association

J. Ward Calland. Decatur civic leader and managing director of the National Soybean Corp Improvement Council, was® honored with a honorary life membership in the American Soybean Association at Its 34th annual convention in Memphis, Tenn., this week. Each year the national association selects one person who has contributed outstanding service and leadership to the development of fl KI »

Consider Appeal To Red Parly Members Study Appeal For Inside Information WASHINGTON (INS) — The Eisenhower adnrinietmtion was seriously considering today a top- ( level appeal to past and present member® of the Communist party tor inside information on the Red organization. ’ < Informed sources disclosed that a public appeal, to include fellow travelers a® well as party members, may be made soon — either by attorney general Herbert Brownell Jr., or FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Brownell and Hoover were both summoned) by President Eisenhower to a special conference in Denver Sunday to talk over way® of applying new anti-Communisi legislation in the administration'® crackdown on home-front Reda. ’ The genetai appeal to those who have been, or are now connected, with Communist or Communistfront movements was expected to be worked out in final form at the Sunday session—called) in advance of the national security council meeting on the Far East.” According to present plans the widely broadcast call would ask party members to “help America” by I—quitting the party, and 2— supplying the government, with *n- , form ation which can "be used tor intelligence purposes or to convict top Rede Official® believe that there must be many Communist® who would come forward witth their stories if they were not afraid of. telling the government about the part they played in the Red conspiracy. Now. however, the government can strike a bargain with such potential defectors by promising imfunity from prosecution tor past activities in return tor information. This immunity law was one of a string of anti-Red statutes passed (Tara To Paar Three) Central Soya Co. Silo Broken Out Another silo was broken out at the Central Soya company Thursday about noon. The break was caused by ton® of meal falling and creating pressure. This sdio and another one which cracked were among those in an area roped off. Several men were standing near the silos but since they were out of the danger area, they were not injured. The two silo® were not the same ones which were broken out several weeks ago.

soybeans and agriculture pursuits. This year that man was J. Ward Calland, agronomist and nationally known soybean authority of this city. A permanent resident here since 1933, Calland lived here prior to the, thirties when he was local manager tor the old .Holland St Louis Sugar Co. With purchase of the plant by Dale W. McMillen. Sr., of Fort Wayne, he and his family moved back to Decatur. He became field manager for the company and was elected a director and vice-president. A graduate of Ohio State university college of agriculture, he has devoted his life to agriculture, primarily in the soybean field. For 10 years up to 1944, he was director of Central Soya company's soybean development department. Since 1948 he has been managing director of the soybean council and editor of its quarterly publication, which la Issued from this city. His office is at the Central Soya company's site. He Is author of a booklet, Soybean Farming, in Its second publication with a distribution exceeding 300,000 copies. Recently he produced a 16mm fullcolor film, “Soybeans . . the (CeatlaaM Oa Pace Five)

Season's 4th Hurricane Is Moving North Following Track Os Devastating Storm Os Two Weeks Ago BULLETIN CHARLESTON, 8. C. (INS) —Hurricane Edna picked up speed off Cape Hatteras today and churned northward in the Atlantic on a line , thht would carry the “eye” of the storm acroas eastern Long Island and into the southeast corner of Massachusetts Saturday. ’ CHARLESTON, S. C. (INS) — Hurricane Edna moved due northward today, about 200 miles off the South Carolina coast, following closely the track of the storm that devastated New England two weeks ago. The season’s fourth hurricane, with winds up to 115 miles per hour, sent small craft and some larger ships hurrying into port along the Carolinas and Virginia coast this morning. At Charleston, residents took a "wait aqd see” attitude before mak- 1 making any starin preparations. They expected Edna to follow the : course of hurricane Carol which I skirted the southern coast, nipped I Cape Hatteras and then knifed i northward through the Long Island ' & New England area. Storm warnings were hoisted 1 from Myrtle Beach, S. C„ to Block 1 Island, R. 1., and will be displayed

' north of Block Island to Portland, Me., at 8 a m. EST. Winds are expected to reach gale force on the North Carolina and Virginia coasts this' afternoon and early tonight. Hurricane Edna, the fifth tropical storm of the season, had winds extending outward 100 miles to the north and east and 60 miles west of center according to the 5 a.m. EST advisory. Gales extend 200 miles from its center. The Miami weather bureau said the exact location of hurricane Edna was latitude 31.0 north, longitude 76.1 west in the Atlantic (Tarn To Page Tkreo) _< -> ; r .at,. ,— > ' Rev. Ray J. Walther Is Rotary Speaker Discusses World Council Os Churches The Rev. Ray J. Walther, pastor of the First Presbyterian church in this city, presented an interesting discussion on the world council of churches at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. The speaker expressed his good fortune in 'obtaining tickets to three sessions of the council, recently concluded in Evanston, 111. Most impressive of any of the sessions he attended, 'Rev. Walther said, was the great service held in Soldier's’ field, Chicago, on Sunday night. More than 126,000 persons jammed into the huge stadium to attend the deeply religious service, called to worship God. The minister, in addition to reviewing the sessions he attended personally, outlined the formation of the world council of churches, which includes innumerable denominations from all Christian nations of the world. Lowell Harper was chairman of the program. J Gene Rydell, club president, announced that no meeting will be held next Thursday, as moat of the service club members will attend the McMillen anniversary celebration In Fort Wayne that day. Members not attending the McMillen party are asked to report at the K. of P. home by 6:30 p.m. Thursday to register their Rotary attendance. ' — l

Eisenhower Confers With Party Leaders Map Strategy For Election Campaign DENVER (INS) — President Eisenhower will talk over strategy for electing a Republican congress, with GOP state chairmen from 21 midwest and Rocky Mountain states today. The chief executive was to have breakfast with the party leaders at Denver’s Brown Palace hOtof, site of many a strategy-charting conference during his campaign for the presidency in 1952. There were no plans for Mr. Elsenhower to address the group formally but the table conversation was certain to center on Republican chances in the fall elections —and the president was Just as certain to do a good share of the talking. Mr. Eisenhower has been openly optimistic about Republican prospects recently, and told some Colorado GOP candidates Thursday he is “very enthusiastic” about the party’s chances both in their state and throughout the nation. The twoday parley of the 21 GOP chairmen, which opened Thursday, grew out of the Republican national committee meeting in Cincinnati last week—at which Vice President Richard M. Nixon warned the party, must win in November or face extinction/ Attending are chairmen from: Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska. Kansas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Missouri and Ohio.

i Medical Advice Is I ■ •' U ’ I ' Sought For Clark Petition Is Filed By Clark's Attorney Another petition was filed Thursday afternoon requesting competent medical advice for the defense of Richard E. Clark, charged with the robbery of the First Bank of Berne May 29. , D. Burdette Custer, who Was appointed counsel for the defendant, filed the petition after Clark's arraignment on a new affidavit by the state. Clark was arraigned on the second affidavit Thursday morning. His bond was set at SIO,OOO and Custer was re-appoint-ed bis pauper attorney. The petition that the court authorize the defendaat’s counsel to secure competent medical advise for the defense of Clark was filed before the dismissal ofthe first affidavit but the dismissal made it necessary to file the petition again The second petition ennumer ates the differences of the two affidavits including the fact that the new one says First Bank of Berne instead of the First State Rank, that the word diverse was changed to “divers,” that the seal, of ttys prosecuting attorney was attached to the new affidavit and that the names of 36 witnesses were placed on the back of the second affidavit. The petition filed bv Custer states that as a result of confer ences with members of the family of the defendant and with witnesses who knew him before his Im prisonment the counsel for the de fendant Is of the opinion that Clark was temporarily insane at the time of the alleged bank rob bery. . , It further states that the entire behavior of the defendant during the time of the .alleged crime shows a pattern of aberration and demonstrates a schizoid pattern. Custer’s petition continues with the statement that counsel is unable to determine without the assistance of expert medical advice whether or not a written plea of “not guilty because of insanity’ should be entered. u/'- 7

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I -.J5,...' 1 Senators Will Study Abstract Os FBI Report Agree To Inspect Controversial FBI Report Os McCarthy BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS) — Senator* probing censurt; charge* against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy agreed today to inspect hl* “hot potato” summary ’ of a secret FBI spy report and the .Wisconsin Republican’s lawyer said direct defense testimony ha* been completed. ; WASHINGTON (INS) — Senators weighing censure charges , against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy agreed today to inspect his 'con- ’ fidential” and controversial two-and-onequarter-page abstract of a ' secret FBI spy report. Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R» 1 Utah) announced the decision as 'his committee opened the seventh day of public hearing® on the Wisconsin Republican's alleged 'misconduct.” . ’ McCarthy’s foe* maintain that 1 one instance of “misconduct” 1® 1 the senator'® possession of the spy document, which they claim is "spurteue" onywuy; Watkins said the decision to in-' - spect the abstract wa® reached at -a closedrdoor meeting held before i the open hearing. The committee - wiU . decide after looking at the ■ document whether to admit it as r evidence in its censure investigation.

McCarthy’s young attorney, Edward 1 Bennett Williams, appealed to the censure committee Ttiune day to read the document so that the six memlyers could convince themselves that it is dot “spurious.” Members of the committee which investigated the army-Mc-Carthy controversy refused to read the paper when McCarthy disclosed to them that he had it last spring. It is a two-and-one-quarter page excerpt from a 16-page FBI memorandum dealing with possible Communist espionage at Fort Monmouth. N. J. One of the charges against McCarthy ie that he possessed the document without authorization and a» part of a possible violation of the espionage law and also, since it was not an exact or complete copy of the original, it wae "spurious'* in nature. The Wisconsin Republican's defense egainst five set® of allegation® against him was expected to conclude today. Cross-examination by the committee and its counsel, E. W. Chadwick, was scheduled to follow. Hope that the hearings, now la their seventh day; would end by his afternoon was somewhat dispelled by squabble® which delayed Thursday's session. Another harbinger of a possible extension of the hearing® was a report that subpoenas had been Issued for Roy M. Cohn, former chief counsel of McCarthy’* investigations subcommittee, and Jamee F. Juliana, an investigator for that unit. Juliana wae scheduled to be , interviewed behind closed doors totay by stuff aewistanie of the committee "heeded by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) which ie study"ng the censure changes against McCarthy. The time or ptace for Cohn's appearance was unknown. Committee spokesmen refused' to say what either Cohn or Juliana would be asked about. (Tara Ta Pane Three) Draft Board Issues September 23 Calls An announcement from the selective service office atatea that iff Adame county young men will be called for physical examination* Thursday, Sept. 23. and three will be called for Induction on the aame date.