Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 226.

Points To Manpower Needs '■■'A' Mr’* i*‘ > >R ; ' zS ' f '& - ' Kl i • f Byg&L . ■ „ ■k \ f- ' ■ MMilr ' '■ DEFENSE SECRETARY Charles E. Wlfeson 'points to a chart which )te*» manpower objectives:, and announces Chat Congress will be called, upon early next year to enact legislation. compelling men leaving the armed services to join active reserve units. He also declared at hta pre-is conference in Washington that unless European countries 'Make a realistic look and want to be held" against Communut uggre«<ion he does not believe help from the United States can be effective.

West Germany Seeking Full Sovereignty - Adenauer Reveals Nation's Position Before Conference FRANKFURT (INS) — Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has informed the elgilrt. other western nations which will attend next week's London conference that West Germany wants full sovereignty and a “final end" to occupation of his country. — He added that if no agreement on the German demands is reached at the conference. “security, peace and freedom will harar to be established by other means ” Adenauer spelled out Went Germany’s pOuritSlon et the forthcoming conference in a memorandum delivered Thursday to tiie United state*. Britain. Canada. France. Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Although details of the memorandum were not disclosed officially, it was learned that its purpose was to Warm the western powers of Germany’* position prior to the nine-nation meeting. The chancellor further outlined Ms position in a political talk Friday to 10,000 workers Lu the Frankfurt suburb of Offenbach. Hn his speech. Adenauer insisted that occupation of West Germany ■should end regardless of whether a solution to rearmament is “reached et the London conference, opening next Tuesday. Adenauer continued. tlutt the issue of West German sovereignty should have. first priority at the London conference. Sovereignty •would, in effect, also solve the problem of rearmament since full

wovereignty includes the rigflvt of a nation to arm. He pointed out Germany’* desire to achieve the goal of "a European defeuee system based on Germany’s acceptance as an equal partner in a ftratnework based on a combination of the Brussels Pact and NATO." This is the plan put forth by British foreign secretary Anthony Eden. It would bring Italy and West Germany into an expanded, modified Brussels Pact. sUnultao eously with Ge.'man. entrance Into NATO. Goal Is Exceeded Here In Emergency Polio Fund Drive ' 1 ■ ' A final report on the emergency March of Dimes, held Auguet 18-31, shows that Adams county exceed ed kh quota of 11,800 by raising a total of $3,002.83, Harman Krueckeberg, treasurer of the drive, said today. At last report $1,548.83 had been received, Krueckeberg said. In ad ditlon, $105,05 has been received from mailing envelopes, sl2 from dance tickets, $151.92 from cannisters in Decatur, $81.76 from cannisters in Berne, and $43.27 from* oannisters in Genev.a Lyle Mallonee and M. J. Pryor, co-chairmen of the drive, were reported very satisfied with the amount received. It was believed to be the first in several years that Adams county ver-aub-acribed to the drive, which provided funds for polio research and treatment. NOON EDITION

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Information Booth At Fall Festival Young Democrats To Have Booth At Berne Flans for an information booth at' the Berne fall festival were made at a meeting of the Adams county Young Democrats Friday night in* the Monroe town hall. The group will set up the booth at the festival which will take place at the Lehman park in Berne Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 and 2. Otto Schug of Berne is in charge of arrangements. Members of the Young Democrats will be at the stand to give out literature and answer questions. The booth will feature voter registration, visits by state and local candidates on the Democratic ticket and invitations to membershl pin the Young Democrat organisation. Posters advertising the booth are being prepared by Rosemary Spangler and Marlene Laurent. They will be placed around the park. Friday night's meeting also featured a discussion of the poll being conducted by the organization. Reports on the progress of the poll were made and plans were made for an intensified effort to finish the polling of Decatur and the county before the registration deadline Oct. 4. Dick Heuer, Jr., presented a brief talk on the state candidates of the Democratic party and reports on the Democratic rally at Indianapolis last weekend were made. Arthur Muselman, president, conducted the meeting.

Emil Blessing Dies Friday Afternoon Dies Unexpectedly At Elkhart Office Emil Blessing. 74, band instrument manufacturer of Elkhart, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon at about 3:30 o’clock in his office of a heart attack. He was associated with his eons, Carl and Fred Blessing in the E. K. Blessing Band Instrument Co.. and had been at his office all day. The well known business leader was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Eugene Runyon of this city. Besides his two sons he Is survived by his wife, Edna, a daughter Lillian, aad a step-daughter. Susann Sellemeyer of Chicago. Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon. Burial will be in Elkhart. 50 Persons Killed In Pakistan Storm LAHORE, Pakistan (INS) — Police and civil defense workers carried on a grim search today for additional victims of a freak rainstorm which deluged Lahore, claiming the lives of some 50 persons. . __ The torrential rains, which lasted 36 hours, waehed out refugee huts and shelters as the water swelled to shoulder depth in some parts of the 860,000-population city. INDIANA WEATHER Fair north, partly cloudy South, a few scattered showers ’ near the Ohio river. Cooler tonight. Sunday moatly fair, cooler south portion. Low to-, night 4»-64 north, 54-B9 south.

Surprise Okay From Red Bloc On Atoms Plan Support Steering Committee Action In Favor Os Item UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (INS)—The UN general assembly voted unanimously today to consider formally President Eisenhower’s “atoms for pe^e ” ’ , ' an ’J UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (INS) —President Elsenhower's "atoms for peace plan’’ was expected to win a place on the UN general assembly agenda swiftly today with unexpected euppont from the Communist bloc. The four-point plan, presented to the U. N. by secretary of state John Foster Dulies, calls tor establishmewt of an international atomic, pool for peacetime uses. The project also calls for a scientific conference under U. N. sponsorship in 1955 to consider the 1 peaceful uses, of nuclear energy. Soviet delegate Andrei Viahinsky is expected) to lead the Communist bloc in voting for inclusion of the "atoms for peace" plan on the assembly's, agenda. In * surprise move Friday Vlidhinsky and thg delegate of Russia'* Czechoslovakian satellite supported a steering committee recommendation in flavor of the item. The Russian went so far as to request the committee chairman, assembly president E. N. Van Kieffens, to record the vote as unanimous.

Although Vishinsky supported the item he took sharp issue with Dulles' statement to the assembly that Rwssia had snubbed U. S. proposals for a peacetime atomic pool during the past five months. The Soviet delegate said Russia never back rejected, the proposals and was willing to discuss them. Nevertheless he insisted that the projec tsrhould be Jinked to repeated Soviet demand* for an übconditional tan against the use of U. S. sources said Vishinsky’s insistence on the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons indicated toe Soviets (save no serious interest in the American atomic plan. Audrey Hepburn Is Wed In Switzerland LUCERNE, Switzerland (INS)— Audrey Hepburn, 25-year-old academy award winning actress, was married today to actor Mel Ferrer, 37, in a' Swiss mountainside chapel. . w ....... ... The two who starred in the Broadway play "Ondine” were married in a Burgenstock mountain chapel, overlooking Lake Lucerne and left immediately for a honeymoon in Italy. ” Kendallville Native Killed In Accident KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (INS) — Funeral arrangements were made today for Dr. Richard Cramer, 24, Kendallville native and a medical officer with the Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation, who was found dead Friday beneath his overturned automobile near Knoxville, Tenn. Fish Fry Tickets On Sale In County Tickets Are Placed* • Throughout County County-wide distribution of tickets to the annual rural-urban fish fry Oct. 14 at 6:30 p. m. in the Decatur high school gym has been completed according to Louis Jacobs, chairman of the ticket committee.

Tickets being sold outside of Decatur can be purchased at Riley’s market In Bobo, Everett's grocery and iMelching’s grocery at Pleasant iMllls, Salem grocery In Salem, the Berne Bank, the Geneva Bank, Linn Grove hardware, Stucky and Co. in Monroe, Coppees Corner, Lister's grocery at Preble and the Preble tavern BIU Linn Is in charge of rural ticket sales. Tickets for the event will be available until about a week before the fish fry. None will be sold at the door since it Is ueceeaary to know in advance how many will attend, Jacob* said. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce which eponsor* the annual affair hopes to exceed teat year's crowd of 1,200. The program for the event is now being planned and will be announced next week.

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Decatur, Indiana/ Saturday, September 25/ 1954.

United States Demands Russia Pay Damages For Downed American Plane A . •-*. ■ t • •

Senate Delays Session Until After Election Call Is Issued For ‘Session Nov. 8 On McCarthy Censure WASHINGTON (INS)—Senators today generally accepted the decision to wait until Nov. B—six du ye after the elections — to debate a unanimous report on censure chargee against Sen. Jtaeph R. ‘McCarthy. The verdict was announced by majority leader William F. Knowland in Oakland. Oalif.. Friday a® a special committee, beaded' by Sem. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) prepared to make the report public Monday morniing. Kitowtend said that Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson agreed with him on the date for. the special edsston. In AuAUn, Tex, Johnson said that Democrate are "ready to meet the issue as soon as the report is presented." Interviews with available senators indicated that Knowjand had GOP support while some Democrat warned tont responsibility for the delay will rest with toe told newsmen that ‘ the report www ’Yrppno'ved ninsnvtmovely by al! members” of the six-man committee. He «rid the senate can either reject or uphold it. This was a strong hint that recommendations, rather than findings of fact alone, ere included in the cfocument. Watkins declined to comment on Knowland 'e ruling; but Sea. Frank M. Carlson (R-Kan.) a committeeman. celled it "a very*good decision.” Another member. Sen. Sam Ervin (DN.C.) wanted the senate to meet taunedtatoly, but said that Knowjand and'Johnson "probably yielded to entreaties of senators Involved in the campaign?’ PTA Committees Announced Today First Fall Meeting Scheduled Oct. 14 The first meeting of the school year of the Ltavcohn eohool parentteachers association will be held at the school Thursday evening, Oct. 14, with the customary "opea bouse." Refnwhmente will be served by the hospitality committee. Mra. Cluarles Magley. president of the PTA. today announced up poinunent of Ihe following committees: Metnberehip: Mra. Gerald Rumple, chairman; Mn*. Weldon Soldner. M*r». Carl Baxter. Mrs. Win* Mon Hawley. Hospitality: Mrs. Dovle D. Bedwell, chairman; Mr®. Elmer Whiteregg. Mrs. Vaoice Clem. Mrs. True Geplwt, Mrs. Bryce Daniels. By-laws: Bob Heller, chairman;/ Jdbn De Vara, Bob Anderson Music: Rev. W. C. Feller, bhairman; Mrs. Joe Morris, Mrs. Max Spencer, Mrs. James Kocher, Jr. Health round-up: Mrs. Jbmet Burk chairman; Mra. J. F. Azbell. Mrs. Leonard Holiday, Mrs. Burdette Custer, Mrs. Harold Hoffman. Ctaracter ‘ami spiritual education: Rev. Ray J. Walther, dhair Mrs. D. A. Swkloard, Mrs. Colin Finlayson Budget: J tan Cowan,, chairman; Bud Townsend, Mra. W. W. Cravens. Safety: Bob HUI, chairman; Gene Rash. Lyle Mlallonee. Fall festival co-ohainmen: Mr. and Mra. Cal Magley, Mr. and Mrs. Paul HandlMr. PubHcfty chairman: Mrs. Walter Kiera. / Publtoations: Mra. Louis Jaoobsl

[California Forest Fires Are Battled Three Convicts Die In Fighting Blaze By International News Service Hundred* of forest firefighters appeared to be gaining today in their battle to quell a blaze which took three lives near Sierra City in northern California while in the south another major firu near Chatsworth was reported ’ under control. i The northern California blaze was stopped Just short of Sierra City r 80 airline miles northeast of Sa'draraento, Friday after burning over more than 1,500 acres of timberland in the Tahoe national forest. The three dead were convicts from a Folsom state penitentiary camp who were trapped in a canyon by a sudden shift in the wind. Twenty other firefighters among some 400 battling the blaze narrowly escaped with their lives. The 300-odd residents of Sierra City, a once-thriving gold rush town, were alerted to evacuate their homes before the blaze was stopped a half mile away.' The, fire continued to burn, however? near the town. I teerhunters, lumberjacks and convicts from the prison camp were recruited to help battle the Mage. The southern California fire derttoyed wine homes, ony houeetralier and three autos and burned over 1,700 acres of brushland at the northern end of the San Fernando valley before it was controlled Friday afternoon. Borne 450 firefighters heliped quell this blaze. Winchester Girl Is Junior Miss Indiana Berne Girl Second At Bluffton Fair A Berne -girl. Miss Phyllis Sprunger, placed second in the Junior Miss Indiana contest at the Bluffton free street fair Friday night. Mias Rose Marie Glasgow, 17-year-old Winchester high school senior, won the title. Miss Sprunger, 17-year-old graduate of the Berne-French high school, competed with 14 other girls in the seventh annual beauty and talent pageant which names Junior Miss Indiana and the state tomato queen. Other winners were Miss Shirley school senior, third; Miss Sandra Gregg, 17-year-old Bluffton high Weirick, 17, Warsaw, fourth, and Miss Phyllis Powell, 18, Fort Wayne, fifth. The new queen was crowned by Harold W. Handley, Indiana lieutenant governor, assisted by Miss Barbara Baker of Peru, retiring queen'. Judges were Dick Rosenthal. Fort Wayne Zollner Piston basketball player; Igor Buketoff, Fort Wayne Philharmonic orchestra conductor; Mrs. Hertha Stein Duetnling. Fort Wayne News-Sentinel art critic, and JOhn C. Butler,' vicepresident of Poorman-Butler and associates advertising agency of Muncie. 52nd Traffic Death For Marion County INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Mrs. Margaret, Beckerich, 51, became Marlon county's 52nd traffic fatality for 1854 when died Friday night in St. Vincent's Hospital. Mrs. Beckerich was injured in an auto accident Sept. 2. Two Defiance Youths Killed Friday Night VAN WERT. 0. (INS) — Two Defiance youths were killed Friday night on their way home from a football game when thejr car crashed Into a bridge abutment on U. S. Route 127 three miles north of Van Wert. James R. Speck, 20, was killed on the scone and a companion, Robert L. Sabo. I®, died early today in Van Wert hospital.

Dulles Flies To London For German Parley Nine-Power Parley * On Germany Future Will Open Tuesday WASHINGTON (INS) — Secretary of state John Faster Dulles flic,-* to London toniieht to attend the opening Tuesday of the ninepower western conference on the military and) pofttical future of West Germany.Dulles will ask the Alllee to restore full sovereignty to West Germany Immediately end grant her equul participation in a western collective security eystem. Dulles 'has enunciated’ — and' President Eisenlliower has endorsed—these views, 'but the rub will come when the U. S. knuckles: down to «he task of working out the thorny deltaite with Britain and France.

Other represented powers include West Germany, Italy. The Netherlanxte, Belgium, Luxembourg and Canada. Informed’ Brttlto sources in Lon don predicted that the parley would teM from a week to ten days. On the eta of the 'meeting, the European consuMseiVe Msomhly In Strasbourg called for iongtorm Allied ’agreements on the size and controls of continued armed forces, integration of supply services and a political program acceptable to the United Kingdom. The U. S. believes that West Germany’s future etoiua ehould be defined before consideration is given to the more complicated problem of how a new German army would fit into the western defense structure. Still irked over France'a refusal to ratify the European defense community, Dplles to /prepared to argue that West Germany should be given full sovereignty end some rearmament in an effort to curb rising nattonaltem. Specifically, the secretary hopes to persuade the conferees, particularly France, that West Germany ehould be made a full partner in the Nbrth Atlantic treaty organization. Britain already lias approved thte Idea Reports reaching Washington indicate that Fkance is lean(Oontinued on Page Five) Interview Two For Merchant Policeman Committee Meets With Applicants Two men hale been Interviewed for the poaitlon of night merchant policeman, and several more will be interviewed, Herman Krueckeherg, chairman of the committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, said today. A reference check will be made on all applicant*, Krueckeberg added. The four-man committee met with Chamber secretary Fred E. Kolter to talk to the two applicants. The search for a merchant policeman will continue, members of the committee said, until the position 1* filled. The vacancy wae created by the retirement of Grover Cottrell, night merchant policeman for several years here. One thing, members of the committee commented, that was making it difficult to obtain * merchant policeman, i* the fact that the policeman solicits each individual merchant for his salary, rather than receiving a set salary from the Chamber of Commerce, or from a merchant’s association. The canpnittee explained that it* job wag not to choose a merchant policeman, but merely to screen the applicants and examine their records. Member* of the committee Include Krueckeberg, Jesse Sutton, Robert Lane, and William Bowers. •-;<!'

■V More Atomic Tests Slated For Nevada New Type Warheads Slated For Tests WASHINGTON (INS) — Reliable sources predicted today that new, small-type warheads for guided missiles will be tested during the fifth’ series of atomic explosions in Nevada early next year. These sources said the U. S. appears ready to concentrate on the development of pew battlefieldtype weapons after working for 15 months on hydrogen super • bombs in the Pacific. The atomic energy commission announced succinctly Friday that the Nevada tests will begin about mid-February, 1955, and Will ‘'Conform generally" to those conducted in 1951-52-63. —— Resumption of the blasts was taken to mean that the ARC is prepared to explode atomic warheads. This activity was indicated when the first nuclear artillery shell proved successful on May 25, 1953. At that time, the AEG said that "several very profitable avenues to' new and Improved weapons" had been opened up by the discovery that atomic warheads could be made small enough to be fired frdm an 11-inch gun muzzle. Inter-continental guided missiles capable of travelling thousands of miles are still in the experimental However, the army believes that a more urgent need Is for smaller missiles that would extend the range of artillery, now limited to to a maximum of 20 miles.

Ike Is Satisfied On Campaign Jaunt Winds Up Three-Day Campaign For Votes DENVER (IN«)—Preeideat Bisenliowor appeared satisfied today that his three day, four state queet for voter oupport of, RepubUcen candktetes in the November congresstooal elections has been suecessful. He returned hty plane Friday to his Denver White House l>ase from Loe Angeles Where he ended bls brief political tour by oddree* Ing the American Federation of Labor coervenrtton. Mir. Etaehbower stopped at hie Lowry a4r base office tor five minutes and then went to Cherry Hills country dob for a round of golf. (In Loe Angalee, the chief executive said he respected the right of the AFL to d iffer with bhn but reminded the convention, tlhat “pooslbly you are a bit wrong occasionally Just as you tiljlnk I am wrong." In hie off the cuff speech. Mr. Elsenhower reviewed the achievements of Me adnxtntarution with which he raid! he believed the AFL meet be In agreement. He also eaid’ he would keep pledges he made to labor during the 1952 presidential campaign and promised that, if necessary, he would propose ’'special package" legislation to eliminate "union bueUng provisions" of the TaftHartley law and the requirement of the non-Conun uniat oath by labor union leaders.

Turn Back Clock, Daylight Time To End At Midnight Turn back the clock! Tonight’s the night to regain that hour of steep lost last April. For tonight at midnight, daylight saving time will end In Decatur until next spring. Moat of the nation will also return to standard time tonight. Businesses, offices, churches, schools, and industries will change to central standard time. Railroad and bus schedules will be changed Sunday to Conform to the time change. \

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Formal Demand Is Filed With Soviet Russia Soviet Contention Is Denied In Note Demanding Damages WASHINGTON (INS)—Tile U.S. formally demanded today tihat So* viet Ruesta. pay damages as sl,* 620,295.61 for the shoating down of an American B-29 bomher oils Hokkaido, Japed, on Oct. 7, 1952. The U. S. note was delivered nt the Soviet foreign office tn Mos* cow l»y Ambassador Charles Fl Bohlen. Th® tT. 8. damage claim was re* inforced by a request that, if the Kremlin denies iliabittoy, that the dispute be placed before the international count of justice at the Hogue. At the aame time, the U. S. placed the matter before the president of the U. N. security council, with the request that the note, be circulated to members of the council. This action followed tibe presentation to the security council for eonwfcteratkm another Soviet attack on a U. S. plane on Sept. 4. In eartter exchangee of notes on the B-29 tectatenL Rnaate dataed, that the attack took ptece near the Island of Yuri, which it claimed became Soviet territory under the Yalta agreement. The ts. S. today in tta note rejected this Ruestan contention, stating that the Yalta agreement did: not give the Soviets any lawful territorial righto to the island of Yuri or to the Habotnai islands, in which Yuri is located. The U. S. note today stated that the B-29 was shot down “without warning" over Japanese territory, in Which the U. S. aircraft were entitled to fly by terms of the security treaty with Japan. I. U. Artists Appear At Carnegie Hall BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IN8) Arrangements have been completed for Indiana university's orchestra and singers to perform Nov. 38 in Carneigie Hall. The New York engagements will highlight the fall concert tour which will begin Nov. 20 in Indianapolis and presently run through Dec. 3 with stops at Houghton, N. Y.; Wilmington, O.; Westerville, O.; Bainbridge, Md.; New Concord, O.; York, Pa.; Montgomery, W. Va., and Marietta,©.

•• I , NELSON ROCKEFELLER, undersec. retary of Health, Welfare and Education, praises the American Federation at Labor for its “major role in improving the lot of the working men and women of America" as ho addresses the AFL convention in ' Loo Angeles. George Meany, AFL president, said Rockefeller's'address “Bounded HJce the talk of an able labor representative who is well versed in his I subject. * /ZHtemarional/ j