Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 223.

Church Dedication Speakers

" 'HwH i ■■■ * -- •■• W J 3®' JH Bishop Richard Raines Two Slethodiat Bishops will participate in dedicatory ceremonlen Sunday of the new chapel and recreation room addition or the First (Methodist church in this city, the Rev. Virgil Wesley Sexton. pastor, announced today. Bishop Richard C. Raines, of Indianapolis, titular head of 350,000 Indiana Methodist, Will officiate at the dedication rites at 10:20 o'clock in the morning. The Rev. Hyungki Lew, Litt. D„ bishop of the 'Methodist church in Korea, will 'be the deolcation day speaker. A leading Christian educator, translator and author, Bishop Lew was elected head of the Methodiet church in Korea, succeeding Bishop Yu Soon Kim, who was captured and reported executed by Communists in 1950. Elected bishop of the Methodist church seven years ago, Dr. Raines is an outstanding Christian leader. We attended the World Council of Churches at Evanston, «. where he was acclaimed as the leader of the section of evangelism. In addition to his leadership in Indiana, Bishop Raines serves as president of the division of world missions ot he Methodist church whose 1,000 .missionaries give their service in more than 60 countries of the world. Under his supervision hospitals, schools, colleges, day nurseries and anriculturpi experimental centers are being established in the n iseion areas. • The dedication ceremonies .wpl be concluded tn the afternoon when open house will bo held from 2 to 4 o'clock for the-mem-bers of the church and the people of Decatur. The board of trustees will set ae hosts and the ‘Women's Society of Christian Service under the direction of their p/esident, Mr*. L. A, Cowens, will serve refreshments. During the afternoon, there will be organ music in the

Harriman Is Nominated On First Ballot * New York Democrats Nominate Harriman To Run For Governor NEW YORK (INS) — Averell Harriman wws nominuted for governor of New York by the Democratic party an the firs£ ballot early todiay ire the spectacular contest with Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. The 62-year-old Harriman's opponeiut in the gubernatorial race ie almost certain to be U. S. Sere. Ivtng M. Ives, whom the Republican* laire expected to nominate et their Syracuse convention opening today. Roosevelt. 40-year-old won of the tele president, went to the rostrum •< the Democratic state convention in New York before counting of the first Itailot had been completed and urged that the nomination of hfe "good friend" Hanrimun be made ren'animoiM. ' Amid a volley of ciheers, the 1.019 delegates- promptly complied with the request—i colorful climax to tine firet day’s eesnitm. Only the riamee of Rwevlt and I far-ilnnan. former diplomat and mutual security administrator, had been placed in nomination. A freneied 5 2-minute demonwtrati’on was given FDR, Jr., when hie name wee put before the convention late Tuesday ntgiit. The later demonatration for Harlinan was ire full swing when Fi’trpntrick called a halt to it after 28 minutes beoauee of the tetenere of the hour and ordered tihait the ballotiimg begin. Halfway through the balloting when it became apparent that Harriman, the choice of the party leaders, had the nomination. Roosevelt stepped to the platform amid ctheers and asked that the delegates make’ the nomination uninjvimoue. Feeling nan high at the oomnren--Jr (Continued on Page Eight) : " •' ’ \ ' ■ • . \

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■F ... ■ Bishop H. T. Lew new memorial chapel. Mre. ‘Edgar Gerber, Mrs. .Harry Dailey, and Miss Helen Haubold will be at the console. , Bom In Korea Born in Korea of Christian parents, Bishop Lew camd io the United States fallowing hfs earlier training in Christian mission, schools. He received his undergraduate training In Ohio Weeleyan University; then continued his studies in Boston —receiving from the Boston University school of theology the S. T. D. and S. T. M. degrees, and from Harvard University an IM'. A. Ohio Wesleyan University aarded him and honorary doctor of letters degree in 1948 in honor of 'his literary service* to Korea. (Returning to Korea in 1928 from Boston, IBshop Lew was ordained a minister of the Methodist church in Korea by Bishop James C. Baker and immediately assigned to the production of literature in Seoul. He is fluent in the use of Korean, Japanese, and English. Among his scholarly translations into Korean, have been “The Abingdon Commentary” on the Bilde and some 30 other religious classics. He is the compiler of the official .English-Korean and KoreaniXnglivh dictionaries and has written many original Christian treatises in hie native language. Bishop Lew's aim has been to supply, the best Christian books in the simplest possible form at the lowest possible prices," for the growing Christian community of Korea. He Is restoring church work to normal as rapidly a« possible under devastated couuition* resulting from war. Assisting Bishop Lew at the dedication wiU be Bishop Richard C. Raines; Dr. A. Wesley Pugh, district superintendent of Fort Wayne; Alva Lawson, chairman of the church board of trustaes; and Rev. Sexton.

* ' Connection Charges Are Fixed By Council Charges Are Passed At Session Tuesday Connection charges for primary and secondary benefits on the Por-ter-Statier lateral of the Homewood newer wore fixed last night by the city council, despite a remonstrance containing the names of 21 of some 34 lot owners who wefe assessed secondary lienefits. The changes Were passed after a lengthy consWenaition by the councilmen hy a vote of 4-0. Councilman Joseph Murphy wns airsent. The 21 persons who remonstrated stated that they did not feel that they would get SBS per lot benefit from the new sewer. None of their group was present to speak at fast night’s meeting, but tiltey had presented their views verbally at the council meeting Septemlter 7. At that time the deoteion on the chargee, had been postponed' until last night. f Mayor John Dpan pointed out that three or four of the persons wlw> remonstrated had' originally asked him to make the connection, to end their sewer problems during heavy rains. The mayor also pointed out that the MarahiaM street sewer was overloaded l>ecauee of the tie-in of t>he 34 lota tn question. Tlfose lota were tied ta with the Marshall street sewer in 1907. and paid only asseesmenits on their own tie-in -■ewer, not on the Marshall street newer which carries the waste to the river/ The MarxtiiaM street sewer was originally built tn 189® and. 1898 and at that time was more than adequate for the eewnge of the homes convened. Now that additional we were have tied tn, it has made a very unpletusejirt. situation for many Who paid for good newera. the mayor pointed out. and those who died ire without paying for the mate sewer are infringing on those wdto paid for adequate sewers. Many of the people ire the disputed canmectkm area have complained to city officiate about having water in their basements, and (Continued on Pag* Eight)

Bluffton Fair Is Given Green ■ < t Light By Court State's High Court Backs Jurisdiction Os Circuit Court INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —' The Indiana supreme court gave the Bluffton street fair new life today in its struggle over interpretation of state law. The state's highest court held that the Wells circuit court had jurisdiction in restraining Gov. George N. Craig from taking action to close the 43-year-old fair which is set up at the intersection of Ind. I and Ind. 124. In the court's unofficial opinion, since the attorney general indlcated no brief would be filed, the jurists pointed out the question of legality of the state law forbidding use of state or federal highways for street fair was not being considered. The jurists, who said they would divulge their vote only if the attorney general filed hie opinion, said they were concerned only with the question of jurisdiction. Granting the Wells circuit court the right to issue a restraining order against the state apparently assured the fair uninterriipted showing for it* five days run. In an open letter to the governor, officials of the Bluffton street fair association said full respect was accorded the governor and his constitutional executive powers, but . . . We interpret the laws of the state of Indiana as reserving the right to control traffic over state routes which He within the boundaries of a city or town to the proper officials of the town and this right has always been granted. Craig cited a 1953 state law prohibiting use of state or federal highways for semi - permanent structures such as fairs. His threat of state police action to clear Ind, 1 and Ind. 124 which - intersect in Bluffton was met by i a Wells clrciftt* cdurt redtrfthini order granted the fair, which opened to larger than usual crowds Tuesday night. The letter contin- , bed: i • o . Now, governor, we also further believe that wherever private citizens or private citizens and public officials disagree as to the question of. law and the legal rights of the parties, they should not resort to force to decide this question but instead should submit the same to the duly constituted judicial authorities. Craig has turned to the judiciary. AFL Leader Blasts Secretary Os Labor Fair Appraisal Is Promised To GOP LOS ANGELES (INS) — The AFL national convention in Loe Angele® went into its third day today with a pledge to give the Republican administration a fair appraisal and with a brighter hope tor unity with the 010. President George Meany of the American Federation of Labor's more than 10 milUmn members told a general session Tuesday that its leadens will give an “unMaised, objective and fair appraieail" to President Eisenhower's regime. That was Meany's reply to a blunt statement Monday by U. 8. labor secretory James P. Mitchell tlnat the AFL hae been unfair in 11® opposition to Republican policies and' that the federation is becoming too closely welded to one party. But Meany did more than reply to MltoheU. He btaeted the labor secretory with criticism for speakking ao strongly to the convention while it® guest speaker. “You don't flip cigar ashes on the floor when you are visiting friends, as you would when you aire at 'home. You don't throw lighted matches around carefewely and you don't bring any termite* in and plant them Ln the foundation Os your friendfe home." It could be that Meany's promise to give a fair evaluation of BteenhiJWer'B administration wm brought on by calming words from Tuesday’s main speaker, Nelson A. Rockebeyyer, undersecretary of health, education and we Wore. (Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool tonight Local light frost likely near Lake Michigan boundary away from Lake .Michigan, Thursday fair and warmer. Low tonight 38-4®. High Thursday low 70®. .b ... ....

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Senate May Reconvene Next Week To Decide On McCarthy Censure

UN Assembly Rules Out Seat . . - For Red China I Soviet Bloc Loses Fight For Seat To A China Communists UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (INS) —The U. S. worked today to keep 1 ’ the initiative which' it won when the ninth UN general assembly ruled out any discussion of Red Chinese membership for 1964. U. S. secretory of state John Foster Dulles and ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr, alert to Russia’s announced intention to challenge the assembly deefcdoru are conferring with numerous delegations to strengthen their posKion. Soviet delegate Andrei Vtahtoi sky will' have an opportunity to make good this threat when the credeqitiaie committe meets in a few days to rule on the seating right’s of the 60 UN members. There is nothing ’to prevent Vishinsky from challenging the credentials of Nationalist China, deepite Tuesday’s (assembly vote of 43 to 11 and six •gainst the Peiping regime. . ' L The Soviet bloc, the Scandinat- \ tan countries, Yugoslavia and ' group g< AiraShAadana led by India ’ voted agndniSt the U. 3. mojton or 1 abstained. Vishinsky'a moves on Red China . had been anticipated, but the strongest delaying maneuver came from V. K. Kiriebina Menon of ’ India. who stamped to the rostrum ' and in a voice shaking with anger denounced the U.S. motion as ‘‘illegal” and “out ot order.” The U. S. motion, introduced by Lodge, proposed that the Red China issue be barred from further dikscussion for the duration ot the ninth assembly. It specified that the unseating of National Ist China likewise -be shelved for the remainder of 1954. Assembly President Mme. V. L, Pandit, who presided until her successor was elected, met the storm with a firm ruling that Menon wws out of order. The assembly tost -no time in electing Neftheriend® Ambassador Delco N. Van Kleffens a® M® president to succeed Mme. tPandit. He received 45 votes tion®. Three votes went to Prince Wan Waithayaknn, of Thailand, who withdrew from the face two days ago despite U. S. support. —> ■■■' Steelworkers Favor Minimum Wage Hike Resolution Adopted At Conclave Today ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (INS) — The United Steelworkers of America. CIO. urged today that the present 75 cents an hour federal minimum wages under the fair labor standards act be raised to 11.25 to help furnish “a decent way of life” for all Americans. The action was taken in a resolution approved unanimously by the nearly 3,000 delegates, representing 1,260,000 steelworkers, at the union’s seventh biennial convention in Atlantic City. The delegates were considering various resolutions as the convention “puttered along” for the second day without President David J. McDonald, who was confined to his hotel room with the grippe. Major matters scheduled for consideration — Including the reported relationship between the powerful steelworkers and the rest of the CIO, as well as the trade luilon movement in general — continued to be held In abeyance pending the return of McDonald. In the wage resolution, the delegates maintained that the present 75 cents minimum is Inadequate to provide' even a subsistence level of Income. ■i' ■ ■

Wild Disorder In Strike At Detroit *••• • . e • Two Union Officials Arrested By Police DETROIT (INS) — Ernest Mazey, brother of ClOrUnlted Auto Workers secretary ■ treasurer Emil Mazey, and. Paul Silver, preaident of UAW Local 351, were arrested today as wild disorder broke out at the strike-bound Square D Electric company plant J in Detrdtt. Mazey, a member of the executive board of Chrysler Local 212, was arrested when he stalled his car while blockading the company ; parking lot and jumped from it • only after police threatened to > break its windows. . Hd was held for investigation of violating the state Bonine-Trfpp i act which forbids blockading of • strike-bound plants. Silver was seized by police who said he reached* through the win- . dow of a returning worker's car and slugged him, their picked up , a rock and attempted to throw it at another worker's car. He was held for investigation of felonious assault. The two strike leaders were arrested during the height of this morning’s violence. More than 700 angry pickets milled around the plant while hundreds circled the - Area in cars creating a giant traf- ;■ tic snarl. •< JJ" Police struck several picket* . with night Sticks and smashed the car window of another picket, however, no one was injured seriously. I *1 ■ ■ ; Orders Stop Sign In Stratton Place Ordinance Passed By City Councilmen An ordinance making Stratton Way and Llmberlost Trail stop streets to persons, traveling north at the community pass intersection was passed Tuesday night by the Decatur city council. The ordinance will become law after it has been published twice in the Decatur Daily -Democrat. It sets a maximum fine of |IOO and six months in jail,- as punishment for running the stop signs, which were requested by the Stratton Place association. The residents stated that drivers were using the undeveloped part of Stratton Place as a speed track, and then came speeding into the area where many children were playing. The citizens were interested in stopping this speeding, but they had no way to estimate the speed of the drivers. So they have requested a stop sign, and if anyone runs the stop sign they can then sign an affidavit testifying to the fact. _ One Decatur resident appeared and asked that a "caution-children playing” sign be placed in the alley running east and west from Third to Fourth street between Monroe and Jackson. The mayor stated that this would be done as soon as a sign is obtained. It was also suggested by city councilman Don Gage that the stop light at Fifth end Monroe be set on blinking status earlier In the evening. It now starts blinking red for north-south, and yellow tor east-west traffic about 10:30, but th* residents request that It be changed to start blinking about 8 :30, as the sound of diesel trucks grinding to a stop, and then starting again, keeps many local people from sleeping at an qarly hour. The council also 'decided that poison should be placed at the city dump to kill the -rats there. One of the councilmen was instructed to make the necessary arrangements. City attorney Robert 6. Anderson reported that a representative of the public service commission had been in Decatur to ihvestigate ’the trucks using North Second street. Chief of police James Rorders Is cooperating in obtaining (Continued on Page Eight) . r . - v --

Russia Can't Match Output Os Uranium Says Little Chance Os Russia Matching ’ Free World Output L SAN FRANCISCO (INS) —An atomic energy commission official ’ declared today “there is little ■ chance” that Russia can match ► the free world’s production of ur- ’ anium, vital A-bomb material. Jesse C. Johnson, director of the ’ AEC’s division of raw materials, made the statement in an address 1 prepared for delivery before the J American mining congress in San • Francisco. Noting the tremendous increase 1 in uranium exploration and mining ■ in recent years, Johnson described U. S. domestic operations in this 1 field as "the most spectacular.” He asserted: “In six years, 1 starting with nothing but uncertain prospects, the United States has become on the world's leading uranium producers. We shall be competing for first place and part of the time be in first place. 1 “Russia, of course, is an un--1 known. However, there is little - chance that Russian production is equal to that of the free world, or * evem‘t»-that oA-the free world’s > leading producer." Johnson said that uranium pro- - duction has become a 100-million dollar a year industry in the U.S. He said ore production has been doubling every 18 months and "even greater expansion is just ahead.” —: - • .. v _ .. Despite the increased production, Johnson warned that the large ore deposits found in the U. S. will be mined out within a few years and called for a continued high discovery rate for ur- ( anium ore. He painted a rosy picture of the ‘ market-for uranium. The present 1 market, he explained, is entirely ’ for defense but the long-term demand depends upon the use of nuclear fuel for production of industrial power. i Post Mortem Ordered In Woman's Death INDIAN APOUS (INS) —A postmortem was ordered today in the death of an elderly Indianapolis apartment owner. The body of Mrs. Mary Ann Welle, 75, was found by 19-year-old art student Morm Jo Huron, of West Lafayette. Mts. Wells had been cleaning in the apartment and apparently fell to her death while cleaning windows. School Building Bonds Are Signed Bonds Signed By School Officials The Decatur school board, the school attorney and the superintendent of Decatur schools signed the bonds Tuesday which will be used to finance the new north elementary school building, it was learned today. The board members, including Harry O. Irwin, president; George Helm, treasurer; and Everett Rutker, secretary; Robert 8. Anderson, school attorney; and W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the Decatur, school system, signed the bonds in Indianapolis yesterday in the office of the City Securities company, which bought the bonds. The school officials obtained a check for 8186,434.19. From this, 8186,000 will go into the construction fund. The rest represents a premium of 8279.19, and interest on the bonds, dated from September 1, of 8165. This money will go into the bond fund, to help repay ' the'bonds. Interest obtained on the bonds will be 1.5 per cent, but this is actually reduced to 1.47 per cent by the premium paid.

Hear Evidence Os Faulty Building Death And Sickness Related To Probers INDIANAPOLIS (INS) t- The senate banking committee investigating the multi-mUtion dollar federal housing administration "windfall profit*” scandal has heard evidence of death and sickness at an FHA-backed housing project for veteranq. y The committee, at the windup of open hearings at Indianapolis Tuesday, listened to testimony of faulty construction in a “garbagefilled swamp” at the Golfmoor subdivision in Gary, Ind. The investigating group, headed by Sen. Homer Capehart (R Ind.,) will move on to Detroit Thursday and Friday to conduct further investigation of FHA loan irregularities which resulted in profits of millions of dollars to promoters. One witness, Mrs. Robert Williams, wife of a World War II veteran, told the committee that she lost an-unborn child and has been chronically ill from bronchitis because of the constant dampness of her home at Golfmoor. The 37-home project, of which 35 were sold to veterans, was built by the Deutsch Construction Co. of Gary under h mortgage guarantee by the FHA. Marguerite Glaser, attorney tor a number of the veterans, charged that the home did not conform to either Gary or the FHA building codes and that the FHA made only a desultory inspection of the properties while they were being built. Other uieciosures included: 1. Leo A. Lippman, an Indianapolis contractor, testified he made 8685,000 in what ihe termed earned profits on 14 projects in Indianapolis and three in South Bend, Ind. Investigators charged that income taxes were avoided through consolidated returns with affiliated companies. . 2. Milton E. Herman, New York testified he undertook ecomically unsound home construction at the naval ammunition depot at Crane, Ind., only because the secretary of the navy had issued a certificate of need for it. He said the FHA may lose much money on the 81,563,000 project because it ba* been necessary to slash rents 820 across the board. 3. Maurice Bauman, a, Cham(Continued on Psge Eight) - ’ .. ? r 1 r. Tension Mounts On Segregation Issue Police Are Ordered On Emergency Call MILFORD, Del. (INS)—Milford'e eright -mam. police force and 30 state troopers were placed on-emer-gency call today as tension mounted over the arlmimion of 11 Negro pupile to the tow's high school. Police chief. Samuel G. Powell, who ordered the officers on the alert, described the situation as "gunimwder without a match.” Tlve town's two public schools were shut down, for the time early Tuesday after school board members received telephoned threats of violence because the Negroes were to be admitted to the high school. ■ The echoed* were closed on Monday with the intention of opening them the next day. However, schbol boatxl members decided to keep them shut Indefinitely .“in the interest of the safety of all children." Meanwhile. Harry Mayhew, Democrat candMwte for representative to the state legislature, announced hie reelgnation from the i tourtnan school board. He refused to give Inis reasons at this time. The 11 Negro children enrolled this fall at the high school. In past years, the Negro pupite had traveled about 20 miles to the all-Negro high school in Dover. They paid their own bus fare, a round trip of 40 cents. Milford' to the first town tai Sussex county to integrate students. - i

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Report Senate Heads Hope To Limit Debate Plan Short Session To Decide On Move To Censure Senator BULLETIN OAKLAND, Calif. (INS)—A hUHIr senate source said in Oakland today that the senate will be called back into session .next week If the special committee weighing censurb charges against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy completes Its workthis week. Ben. William F. Knowland (R-Calif,) majority leader who is vacationing at >hia Oakland home, said a decision oh recall of the senate could not be made until the committee finishes its work. WASHINGTON (INS)— A, highlevel source reported today that the senate may reconvene as early as next week to decide whether to censure Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. The official, who would not allow newsmen to identify Mm, said that senaite leaders hope to limit de* bate co that the issue can be die posed, of swiftly—possibly within three day*. He said M wajortty leader William F. Knowtend (R-CaHf > and minority leader Lyndon B, Johnson (D-Tex.) had decided to bring the senate beck as soon aS work to compteted by a special six-member camndtitee weighing the censure charges against MeCarthy. The committee, headed by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Uteh) is 'trying to finish by Friday or Saturday a report on the tone days of public hearings 4t held' on the allegations. Under the .resolution by which the senaite adjourned last Aug. 20, member* must return within five days after notices are sent out by Knowtandi and Johnson. " Thus, if notices are issued Friday, the senate could be in see* mion agata Wednesday—-which the source said to a possible target date. If debate, were limited to t/lxree days, senators could go home again to campaign or rest by the end of nex t week. Thie would get the issue settled well in advance of the Nov. 2 elections and would protect the senate against any future charge that It dodged the problem, during the congressional campaign. Even if Che Watkins group completes Its report this week—as to expected—4t does not expect to make St public until early next week and a technicality may result in its being kept secret until the senate reconvenes. One matter Which might be acted on at a routine “work meeting" of the special committee today is the question of whether or .how to surmount a newly-reported roadblock, so that the senate and public may hove advance notice of their findings on the case. The obstacle to the senate’s failure to give the committee specific authority to file to report with senate secretary Mark Trice while the legMstive body to out of see* (Continued on Page Eight) Decatur, County To Return To Standard Time Saturday Night Decatur and Adams county, along with much of the United Stria ten. will return to standard time Saturday night. The switch will be made officially in Decatur at .midnight Saturday night, whereas most areas cell for the return to standard time at 2 a. m. Sunday. Public offices, induetries, eohonto and churches vrtH. revert to central standard time here, regaining the hour tost when daylight ttane became effective hurt April. Train* and buses will change their ttane schedules Sunday morning-