Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1954 — Page 1

Vol. HI. No. 220.

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Stevenson To Speak Tonight To Democrats „ Climaxes Midwest Conference Held By Democrat Leaders INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Adlai E. Stevenson will be the chier speaker tonight at an JIOO-a plate banquet to climax the midwest conference of the Democratic party in Indianapolis. Party chiefs continued to draft campaign issues and indicated that the unemployement problem" will a major issue in the November congressional elections. Sharing the spotlight at the banquejUjtill be Qoy.-elect Edmund Muskie of Jlalne, the first Demo■t crut in 20 years to win that post 1n the traditionally Republican / state. 9tevetison, i 952 Democratic presidential candidate, also will speak briefly at a luncheon of the Indiana Democratic editorial association. Gor. 0. Mennen Williams of Michigan witi be the major orator at that function, however. Economic and labor problems continued to be important topics discussed by party leader®. Labor leaders participated in a discussion of Joblessness, public housing, the Taft-Hartley law and the national labor relations act. Both house minority leader Sam Rayburn of Texas and Mayor David Lawrence of Pittsburgh contend that unemployment will be a major issue in the campaign. — Party leaders continued to speak of Stevenson as the 1956 presidential candidate of the Democrats. Their opinion was given openly In hotel lobbies anterooms but kept from the meeting rooms where the fall campaign strategy was the main concern. The advisory subcommittee of the national committee considered a proposal to abolish the ‘‘loyalty pledge” by direction of the national committee. National chairman Stephen A. Mitchell said: “There was a general desire of the national committee members to approach the subject on a very dispassionate basis.” A letter written to Mitchell by Former President Harry S. Truman in which he said that “President'.Elsenhower needs a Democratic congress if he is to go down in history as a successful president who helped save the free world." met with general approval of party leader® = In his letter, .Truman also denounced the receut Republican congress and Mr. Eisenhower’s domestic policies. Oov. Frank G. Clement of Tennessee said: “Mr. Eisenhower has effected a change. He has supplanted that alleged Democratic ‘creeping socialism’ with a GOP galloping ! scab. It;|p_al*o the big payoff, a return for the millions of dollars with which business and industry backed the OOP In the 1952 election.’’ Mrs. Katie Louchhelm, director of women’s activities for the national committee, spoke In a similar vein before the Indiana Democratic women's organization and said: “While Jhe Republicans hand out billions in subsidies andg tax breaks to business, the 'Republican secretary of agriculture haa gone on record saying that subsidies to farmers are Immoral. To the farmer. this Is like saying that It Is Immoral to try to stay alive." NOON EDITION

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ASC Committeemen Elected This Week Committees Named in Each Township .. Township community agriculture «1 stabilization committees (ABC) for 1956 were elected in a weeklong ballot by mail. Ctetirs Giliman, acting chairman of the board for the election of the committees, said today. A chairman, vice-chairman, member, and two alternates were chosen for each town,.ship. The alternates would serve in place of any member of the three-man committee who could not attend. In addition. Gillman stated, the chairman and vice-chairman are ateo delegates and alternate delegate to the reorganization meeting of the county committee to be held at 9 a. m., September 30, In the ASC office. The community and county ASC committee administer locally much farm prognwps *£#* agricultural conservation program, the production adjustment program, and price support program. Every farmer in Adame county was entitled to vote in the election, and farmers who did not receive ballots were Instructed to get their ballots at the Decatur ASC office. I^_. Township committees will include : Washington township. Floyd E. Mameband. chairman; Eugene B. Arnold, vice-chairman; Russell Stump, member; Albert Ooppess, .final alternate; and Frank R. Braun, second alternate. Preble township: Martin F. Oallmeyer. Chairman; Hugo Bulmahn, vtce-chnirnfan; Wilber F. Sulking; Vernon C. Macke, first alternate; Walter Nuerge. second alternate. Root township: Fred Kiurieel. chairman; Frederick Aumann. viceobadrman; , Wilfred Scherer; Edward Sel king. first alternate: Chauncey A. Sheets, second alternate. Union 'town-ship: Simon C. Lehrman. chairman; Edward A. BlschoM. vice-chairman; Herman F. Steele; Herman Bleeke. first alternate; Alfred Grote. second alternate. Kirkland township: Oscar T. Brown, chairmen; Robert. Weber, vice-chairman -.Victor Grove: Dale E. Mianikey. first alternate; William Griffiths, second alternate. St. Marys township: Benoit P. Johnson, chairman; Lyle Bailey, vice-chairman: Marshall Hilpert. Harvey Shell, first alternate; Harvey J. Sells, second alternate. French township: William Ringger. chairman; Floyd D. Engle, vice-chairman; Roger Kaehr; Bartbhord 1 A. Seaeengurtih and God fred Rerisch, first and second &1terratee. Monroe township: Ixyrk Rich, ohairmun; Lawrence Eicher. vice chairman; Janies H. Nuesbaum; Dan Striker and fed ward VonGunten. flnst and second alternates. Blue Creek township: Frank Dellinger, chairman; Ernest Anderson, vice-chairman; Raymond C. Edwards; Chester Bryan and Fred C. My cm, first and second alternate*. I locbford „ townr hip: Gorman Augwburger, oWatrraan; Leonard M Wsgley, vice-chairman,; Joseph T Olandining; James Gorfcoden and Oant W. Llndaey, first and second alternates. Wabash township: Raymond VanEnlon, chairman; Sylvan. Bauman. vice-chairman; Harvey Leir nan; .Chester Roto and' Robert Dudgeon, first and second alter mate® » •Feffcrvon township: Glenn W. Acorn*. chairman ;, Robert H. Leh(Continued on Page Six) INDIANA WEATHER Partly % cloudy with '• f*w showers or thunderstorms In north portion. Low tonight 58. Sunday partly cloudy with ahowers likaly, little ehangeln tamperatura. _

Two American Soldiers Are Held By Reds . Czech Communists Hold Two American Soldiers Prisoners l • . j v iV '■*'? ‘ • HEIDELBERG, Germany (INS) Communist Czech authorities re ported today that the ease of two American soldiers seized by tom-my-gun-armed boyder guards on the German-Czech border would be with “through consular channels'. ’’’ j'S L I i.:. ! The U:S. army announced Friday that the two soldlers-a first lieutenant in civUan clothes and a uniformed private first class — were “presumably arrested ’ near IFslarn, in the vicinity of Weden at the Bavarian border. It was the third border incident in the past nine days involving American soldiers In tie general area around Hos, where the Czech, Weat German and East German frontiers meet. The army announcement was based on a report by a sergeant who was ntear the patrol when the incident occurred, Howevef, he was unable to observe? the actual arrest because or restricted isibllity. He said that be saw the Czech guards come from the rear and apparently take the soldiers -by surprise. The army said the men were “well Inside the -U. S. zone border." Neither the sergeant nor the two captured Gl’s was identified by the army. ■ Bavarian state police reported another and conflicting version of the incident. They said thi Americans were kidnaped when they tried to peek across the border toward the Czech village of Eisendorf with binoculars.

. —v - Seek College Girl Missing For Days Fear Foul Play In Her Disappearance CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (INS)—Authoiities feared today that Radcliffe student Nancy Lee Pldmmer, 23, of Warren, Pa., who vanished Tuesday, may have met -with foul play. Search of the effects of the pretty, blonde blue-eyed student, a graduate of Oberlin College, has failed to shed any light on her mysterious disappearance. “it Is perfectly clear that Nancy had not planned to leave the city for she took nothing with her except the clothes she was wearing and some papers she intended to file at the Germanic museum," one investigator said. She was wearing only a light jacket and skirt, and was wearing sneakers,” he said. “NO girl would plan to wear sneakers if she were going to leave the city either for a job or on an impulsive vacation. “Nancy planned to go to the Germanic museum and then return to her room. A telephone had been installed in her room only recently and she had taken a year's lease There seems to be the theory that she has met with foul play.” The theory waa advanced as detectives prepared to question the girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Pliuramer, who flew to Boston from their home in Waren. From them, police hoped to learn of the girl’s entire background, Including her outside Interests and hobbies, and the names of those persons with whom she was friendly. . B

Richard E. Cfark Is Returned To Hospitql Rtf hard 15. Cfartr,' aJlegisd batik baudlt, who has beep under the care of a specialist In the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne for the last several days, has been returned under guard to Adams county memorial hospital. Clark’s transfer was made Friday afternoon and the 24-hour guard will be retained ae long as he Is at the hospital, dark has been suffering from a kidney ailment and he was taken to Fort Wayne to determine If an operatlon would be neceesary. His condition la reported to be i Improved and no operation will be recommended at the present, it waa learned. Clark la being held In the Adams county jail on a charge of ' lobbing the First Bank of Berne ; several months ago.

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Dulles Indicates More . ' V *i . ■<, ■ % »'Yi* * • Discussions Needed On Any Substitute For EDC • «_ ‘ j V '* *.i • \ *•%• If f . . fe’.r /IPIAi. '»-??(?’'“ 'C. G’TOM . ! . y. mum* ' 4 1 ‘\, v- • — t ■ - ' v ‘ ■. 1 :• W •:.

Great Britain To Send Bids To Conference Nine-Power Parley Aimed At Settling German Controversy LONDON (INS) — A British foreign office spokesman said that invitations to a nine-power conference aimed to to settle the controversy over German rearmament and restoration of sovereignty probably will be sent out Monday. The invitations for the conference to be held late this month, perhaps Sept. 27, will go to the United States, Britain, Canada and the six original signers of the dead European defense community treaity. The latter are France. West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The spokesman described as “nonsense” a report that French premier Pierre Mendes-France had given an entirely new set of proposals on German rearmament to British foreign secretary Anthony Eden. Eden and U.. S. secretary o* state John Poster Dulles announced Friday they were agreed on the need of associating West Germany in the North Atlantic treaty organization on a basis of full military and political equality. / Particular pressure is expected to be pat on France through diplomatic channels to accept a plan to rearm West Germany. Authoritative sources said agreement was reached among U. S. secretary of state John Foster Dulles, British foreign secretary Anthony Eden and Cfcufehlll during their talks Friday to urge Freneh premier Pierre MendesFrance to accept a compromise formula. if the French premier refuses to. modify his demands, the United State smay urge “certain alternatives.” . . t-i- - I ' ■ ' ' ' '' I

Archbishop Noll To Kneipp Sanitarium The Moot Rev. Jolvn F. Noll, Archbishop of Fort Wayne, was moved today Prom St. Joseph's hospital. to the Kneipp Sanitarium for further rest. Aruhbl hop Noll suffered a ceiVbr&l hemorrhage last Aug. 3 and has been, convalescing at the hospital. White House Staff Secretary Is Dead. Brig. Gen. Carroll Dies Friday Night FRASER, Colp„ (INS) — The summer White House announced the death Friday night of Brig. Oen. Paul T. Carroll, White House ; staff secretary, at Walter Reed hoepltal in Washington. The death of the quiet-apoken, unaseumln* general MTt a gaping hole In the White House staff. One staff member said: “Carroll was as close to being unexpendable a* anyone in the Whit* House except the President himself.” The general first served unaer Mr. Elsenhower In Europe during World War II and was later with him at NATO headquarters In Paris. Carroll's office, which served as a clearing house for almost allmatters of Importance channeled to the President for action, was the nervs center of tjie White House. The general often briefed the president on national security problems, and wts as close to him personally as anyone on the White Hoiptg staff

x 1 ■ ■ ■" McCarthy Report May Be Ready Soon May Finish Report By Next Wednesday WASHINGTON (INS) — Two members predicted today that the special Benate committee probing misconduct charges against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy may complete Its report by the middle of next week. Sen. Edw in C. Johnson (D Colo.), vice chairman of the unti, told newsmen that “I hope to be home by the 23rd (Thursday).” Asked if he would leave before the report is finished, he aald, "No sir, I ami net going to leave before it Is completed and signed.” Sen. Sam Erwin (D N.C.), said: “Maybe I'm optimistic but I hope we have a report about the middle of next week.” The senate wiM reconvene to consider the report at a special session. The deadline is Christmas but' the actual date will be decided by majority and minority leaders William F. Knowlnnd (R Calif.) and Lyndon B. Johnson (D Teg.) There has been widespread speculation that the session might be called before the November elections. Sen. Johnson, fiowswf, opposed this idea, althdugh he said « such a decision is made he hopes “th*. members will come back." Two Men Arrested . & For Bank Shortage Arrests Clear Up $500,000 Shortage . PITTSBURGH (INSJ — An FBI official said that the arrest of two men in Pittsburgh apparently accounts for all of the $500,000 shortage discovered last month at the bank of Fairmont, W. Va. Fred Hallford, agent in charge of the Pittsburgh FBI office, said that John Mancbin, 32, and Lee Smith Ford, 46. admitted writing more than $52(7,000 worth of checks which they did not have the money to back. Ford, whose home is in Uniontown, Pa. but who operates a brick company In Grafton, W. Va, whs

held in default of $200,000 bond after a hearing before U. S. commlssioneer Edward Snodgrass Jr. Manchin, a Farmington, W. Va„ grocery store operator, was released on $20,000 bond. Haliford also said that John W. Meredith, 50, cashier at the bank, has been re-arrested. Meredith had been picked up shortly after the $520,259 shortage was discovered at the bank. Manchin, Ford and Meredith all were charge*) with misapplication of bank funds in connection with specific checks drawn by the two businessmen and 'paid by Meredith. Haliford said Manchin and Ford told FBI agents that they wrote the checks knowing that they did not have funds in the bank to back them up. The FBI agent said Man (Continued on Page 8U) 8-Month-Old Child Strangles In Crib JEFFERSONVILLE. ind. (INS) —An accidental death ruling was returned today in the strangulation of eight-month-old Deborah Lee Mauck. The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mauck was found dead in her crib at her parents’ Jeffersonville home late Friday. Six Polio Victims In Clinton County MULBERRY, Ind. (1N8) —Bl x victims of polio in the hamlet of Mulberry, Clinton county, were reported in fair condition In hospital* today. As a result of the outbreak. Dr. Bruce A. Work, Clinton county health officer, ordeibd all four Mulberry churches to cancel Sunday service*.

Judge Rules For Goldsmith In Baby Fight Paris Judge Rules t Baby Returned To British Hotel Heir PARIS (INS) — A Paris judge ruled today that the “multi-million-aire baby” daughter Isobel must be returned by the Patino tin family to her father, British hotel heir 1 James Goldsmith. The court ruled that this must be done “without delay.” Before making his ruling Judge Jean Aussaye recessed the bitter opening round of the custody battle Friday to inspect Goldsmith’s fitness as a parent was challenged by his mother-in-law. The baby has been held in biding by its grandmother, the Duchess of Dureal, estranged wife of Bolivian tin king Antenor Patino. Tie Patinos sued for custody and 1 Goldsmith countered with a charge of kidnaping against them. The duchess produced a letter, , purportedly from Goldsmith, In which toe latter stated toe infant ahMdd remain with her. 1 The youth said if he loses the ' fight for his motherless child, he will ask his father, a former member of the British parliament, to intervene on the ground the baby is a British subject. Indiana Tomato Show At Bluff ton Sept. 23 The Indiana tomato show will be held Sept. 23 at toe Blufftou street fair. Exhibit* will consist 1 of one % bnshel hamper per ex- 1 hibHoc. Amy Indiana producer of field i tomatoes is eligible to show and j the winner will be named Indiana tomato king at the program Fri- i day night. Hamper* of tomatoes will he accepted at the county agent's office, court house In Blufftou up to 10 a. m. on the date of toe exhibit. Italian Minister ;

1,. : ~ V r . • : ' ■ ■ Piccioni To Quit Son's Name Linked To Narcotics Ring ROME (IN8) — Authoritative sources reported today that Pre- , tnier Mario Scelba has accepted the resignation of foreign minister Attlllo Piccioni. Piccioni had been reported ready to reaign in order to clear the name of his jazz-loving son, Piero, linked with the Wilma Montesi drug-and-sex scandal. Usually reliable sources said that the cabinet would accept the resignation If It Is tendered by Piccioni. Piccioni is understood to have repeatedly made known his wish to leave office to be able to defend the honor of his son and family as a private individual. Opposition newspapers have de manded several timea that Plcoioni resign as a result of disclosures made in the Montesi cans, i which has threatened dramatic poi iltical repercussions during the 1 past year. The partly-clad body of the 21I year-old girl was found in April, ' 195$, ’ on a beach near Roms. A magazine editor said the "party girl" was linked to a narcotics and sex scandal and his subsequent trial for apreadlng “false and alarming rumors" Involved names of many prominent Italians, In- : eluding Piero. t It Is believed that if Piccioni - does resign, he will do so before > next Wednesday, whan the chamber of deputies begins debate on the government's foreign policy. He la said to feel that he would ' be a poor advocate of hie government’s foreign policy with hts son Itbkod with a scandal.

—— ■)* . Community Center Work On Schedule Work Next Week On. Roof For Building ' With ail the steel structural work completed, activities will begin next week on the construction of toe roof and 1 cement floor at the Decatur Community & Youth Center. Robert Yoet at toe Yost Construction Co., general contractors tor the building stated today. Work on 1 toe building to now up to schedule after a several week* delay in getting the fabricated steel to the site. From six to 12 men are now employed' on toe site, Yost said. A wood deck wild be placed over toe steel structure tor the roof. The covering will be of bulK-up roofing material. Workmen will start pouring of concrete far the floor next week. The rough floor base has already been constsucted. Ycet «aid that about 40 tons of fabricated' steel went into toe $260,000 building. The steel was fashioned to architect’s design in an Indiana polls' pkmt. Masonry work on toe walk will gat underway in about two week*. Yost said. The bays are spaced by steel supports. Some of the plumbing is being roughed-in, the contractor mid. and electrkxd wtrtng k also being installed as cowtruction proceed* on toe modern building. The buHdlng front* 225 feet on US highway 224. It in 60 feet deep, with a wing at the east end extending 90 feet to the* north. Thin rpom will be tor the public auditorium and the balance of toe building Is largely devoted to the youth center and canteen. With the building enclosed, work on the Interior can proceed' through the winter months, Yost rioted. Indiana Highway Death Toll Mounts Three Early Deaths Reported In State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) Indiana’s early weekend highway death toil mounted today. Donald Plew, 29, of Sholbyvllle,

met death when he lost control of his tractor - trailer which plunged Into an eight foot ditch and struck a culvert, three and a half miles north of Columbus on Road 81 Friday. He died In a Columbus hos- . plt&l a short time after the accl- . dent occurred. State police said I they believed he bod fallen asleep at the wheel. State oflcers said they though that speed caused the death of Loup Wallace, 36, of Indianapolis. His automobile, going east, struck the rear of a truck, going in toe aatne direction, on Road 40, one mile east of Manhattan. John S. ‘Mackenhorst, 39, of Indianapolis (Continued on Page Six)

Opposes Rental Os Atterbury Hospital INDIANAPOLIS (INB)—Dr. Betraim Grows*beck, head of the Indiana health department, today re<-ommended tbfat Indiana not rent Camp Atterbury faculties. Oiroewbeek sold renting the 1,400bed Wake-man hospital for $lO4 000 the first year and $97,000 succeditng years and warehouse faclU ties for $38,000 a year would be uneconomical.... Two Men Killed As Jet Trainer Crashes HARRISBURG. Pa. (INS)—Two airmen were killed today when an - air force Jet trainer crashed- and , exploded In a ravine near the West Shore Interchange of the Pennuyl van!* turnpike. i Several motorists along the super highway said- -the plane crash- < ed after making a low pass over 1 the runway at Harrisburg airport j In New Cum-berkwid, and falling To pull up.

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Denies Accord Is Reached On , EDO Problems Secretary Os State Home From Flying Trip To Europe WATEfcTOWN, .V. V. (INS) —« i Secretary of state John Poster ► Dullee returned to the United I States from. Germany and Britain ! today Indicating more discussion* . will be needed before any flat An* glo-American accord te reached on > a [email protected] for the European do? fenee community. ' • “It in apparent,'' Duties said in a statement Issued at Watertown, where his plane landed unexpect* edly, “indeed tt has long been apparent, that there is no adequate substitute for EDC (Wiled by the French assembly).'’ He also declared “it would be ' a mistake to awmnn* that any acceptable eolation has been fully developed" in seeking means of- - full West German sovereignty and granting toe Bonn • government equality In the European eWed defense eyetem. - - —r: . The secretary of' state eirepba- ; *4*ed. nevertheless, ‘that "it would ! M a "greater nHwurtw" to adopt a negative attitude toward toe problems. This, he said “would result tax toe disintegration of what [ boa been outtt since toe war out of the sacrifices, the efforts, the aa- ; piratione of, many." Dullee left Watertown immediately for a long weekend of speech writing and relaxation at his Duck Island hideaway on Lake Ontario. He is expected to put toe finishing touches on a major address to be delivered before the United Nor tiona general assembly in New York, which opens on Tuesday. It warn believed, on the baste of formal anaouncemeot made prior to his departure from London where lie conferred with British prime minister Sir ' Winston Churchill and foreign secretory Anthony Eden, that Dullee obtained British agreement to grant \ Germany equality in allied! defense plans. In his abatement this morning toe secretory mode tt plan, however, that measures to be token still are In the exploratory stage. He said be hoped toot “sufficient preparatory work can be done during the coming weeks to Justify the scheduled wer conference In London, tentatively set for late tote month. The mudh-travUed secretary flew to Europe last Wednesday to confer with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and British Prime Minister Sir Winston, Churchill and Foreign Secretory Antbon# Eden. Adenauer and Dullee caime to quick agreement on what they viewed as the need for restoration

of West German sovereignty and full partnership in Europe’s collective eecur-ity set-up. - Then, after a three-hour talk In London, Dulles and Eden agreed on "speedy action" to make West Germany a full-fledged partner In the western defense alliance. Dulles by-passed- Paris, visiting only Bonn. Germany, and London to -tils misskra to solve what he called "a grave situation" posed) by France's reftwW to accept EDO and Us controls on West German rearmament. Hie pointed omission era* regarded as the sharpest diplomat rebuke that the U S. has administered to France since the end of World War 11, The Dulles-Eden accord was » seen as a move to cement what appeared to be a Might strain la allied relations and a guarantee that the Germans will not be left out of western defense plans. A foreign office spokesman said Brillan would shortly issue invltat.tanai for • nine-nation parlsy-’ln London to work out the details of Germany'* military contribution. The conference probably will be held Sept. 27. Diplomatic informants skid Dul(Ceatisued on Fags Bis) -