Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1954 — Page 1

Vol. 111. No. 231.

Tank* A-Missile Plans Given U. S. ARMY SECRETARY Robert Stevens (left) and Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Army chief of staff, tell reporters In. Washington that army has awarded a $164),000,000 contract for tanks to Chrysler and another Maiitfng production on the Redstone long-range guided missile to carry am atomic warhead.

Two Top French Officials Admit Leaking Data Pair Responsible For 'Leaks' Os Top Secret Information PARIS (INS) —Two high French government officials confessed today that they were responsible for the "leaks" of top-secret information from the French national defense committee. The two, Rene Turpin, chief of the cabinet of the secretary-gen-eral of the national defense ministry, and Roger Labrusse. chief of the civil protection de;>artinent, were taken to a military barracks for further questioning. Their confessions immediately raised the question of how and in what order their information was channeW to the Communist party and to Jeaft iDMes, suspended from his post as director of wurveiHance of the Communist party in Paris. A high official said further arrests can be expected as the eocal led "Dides affair” is investigated further. Announcement of the arrest of Turpin and was made by Francois Mttterand, minister of -the interior, who participated in questioning of the pair Thursday night. Further questioning of the two officials will concern their relatione with Jean Mons, who was appointed secretary-general of the national defense committee, their direct superior. • But the case of Jean -Dides, the Communist-fighting police commissioner who was accused of unauthorized possession of defense documents w,as expected to assume secondary Importance after today's rapid<tre Observers believed the arrest of Dides was not contemplated. Interior ministry sources said Mitterand himself was present at Thursday night's interrogations. The order for the arrest of the two officials were issued immediately after the questioning ended. The secretary-general of national defense, who is the direct superior of l>oth men. is Jean Mons, former French resident general in the North African colony of Tunisia. The original “Di des affair" centered on leaks of information from tire supposedly secret meetings of the national defense committee. Dides, regarded as a top expert on Communism, claimed this information wa« getting tnto the hands of the French Communist party's central committee within a short time after the meetings. The heated controversy began when he was suspended from his post with the official explanation that he had insisted on continuing his anti-Red Investigations after being transferred to another assignment. To this accusation was added the charge that he had Ireen found in f jwFsession of defense documents which he was not authorized to 1 have. The controversy swirled around ] the perwon of Dides and around i (Continued on ta<« Eight) William Holthouse Is Seriously 111 The condition of William Holthouse of Wabash. a patient in St. Joseph’s hospital, Font Wayne, was reported serious today. A chemist in the research laboratory of General Tira & Rubber Co., the former Decatur man took 11l a few days ago. Hie condition was critical yesterday. He is the won of Mr. and Mre. U....A- HoMibouse of rural route dhree. ST

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Xylophone Band At Annual Fish Dinner Unique Xylophone Band To Entertain The unique xylophone band of Jack Kurkowski, Richmond, will be the main feature of the program for the sixth annual cityrural fish fry Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Decatur high school gym. Robert Heller will be master of ceremonies. Lyle Mallonee is chairman of the program committee for the event, which is sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Clarence Ziner is general chairman. Other members of the Chamber of Commerce are also assisting with arrangements. KurkowsKi s entertainment includes dancing and singing by Mary Ellen Brown, Evelyn Mendenhall and Judith Williams, tap ’ dancing by Mias Mendenhall, acrobatic dancing by Carol Ann Craft and baton twirling by Barbara Jo Mearhe Phil RoWe Is featured the drums. The same group of entertainer* was presented In Decatur about five years ago in another program sponsored by the retail division of the Chamber. It was well received at that time. . Ticket sales are brisk, according to reports made today. They are bajng sold throughout Decatur and other places in the county. Louis Jacobs and William Linn are in charge of ticket sales. As announced earlier, no tickets will be available at the door. The eale of tickets will be discontinued several days before Oct. 14. The purpose of the huge fish fry is to promote better relations between the businessmen of the community and residents of the entire county. According to Mallonee, the entire program for the event will be announced later. Among other things planned, two radios will be given as attendance prizes. —.l t 4 < William R. Barr A Dies At Bluffton William R. Barr, 81, Bluffton, well-known northern Indiana merchant. died about noon today, according to word received here by friends. Mr. Barr is a former governor of Indiana Rotary clubs, ills brother. Fred Barr, died Monday at his home in Celina, O. Says Recard Profit Made At County Home George Fosnaugh. superintendent of the Adams county home, said today that a total of $28,314.10 was made by the county home In 1953, about $3,000 more than has ever been made there before. The county home Includes a large farm, where at present the persons residing at the home keep 82 hogs, 50 head of cattle, and several hundred chickens. Fosnaugh reported that In his four years as superintendent of I the county home almost SIIO,OOO has been made by the farm. Report Twins Born (Two Weeks Apart CINCINNATI (INS) —A 31-year-old Cincinnati woman has given birth to a seven pound seven ounce sMtwo weeks after Ha twin, brother was born. The boy weighed in Rept. 14 at five pounds two ounces. When the other twin refused to show, the mother, Mrs. Harold Townsend, went home to wait. .It finally arrived Wednesday night. The attending phywlcial aaid the delayed birth was unusual, though it failed to match the 21-day record. rV- ■ . A Im

Nine Killed In Single Day In Stale Traffic Appalling Toll On Indiana Highways , Within 24 Hours INDIANAPOLIS (INS)—An appall ling week-day highway slaughter that took nine live® In 24 hours was tabulated today by Indiana police. , One crash which took three lives occurred Thursday afternoon In Steuben county In a truck-car Collision ot f the intersection of U. S. 20 and Ind. 327. Killed 1 were Lester Griffin, 49, hie wife, Grace, 46. and their nine-year-old l son, Hoyt Griffin, all ot . Bloomfield, Mo. The Griffins had been tentatively identified by state police as Bloom field, Ind.residents shortly after the collision, but later were learned to be Missouri residents. The Griffins' seven-year-old son, Ivan, was hurt critically, and another son, Gerald Griffin. 17, driver of the car, and Owen Thompson, 38. Whiting, lnd„ the truck driver, also were hurt Another Indiana crash Thursday snuffed out two lives when Albert Weil, 76, and hie 71-year-old wife, Hona, both of Indianappltw, were killedi in a three-cur collision on In. 37 nine -miles north of Elwood. --- State troopers said the Weil car went off the highway, and in returning to the pavement, the rear end wild sidewise into the line ot traffic. Also involved in the crash were cars driven by Ada W. Howe, FV>rt Wayne, and Frank Parrott, also of Ftort Wayne. Other traffic fatalities claimed the lives of single individuals. Dr. Charles D. Owens. 70, Westport veterinarian, w-as killed in a collision on Ind. 7 near Vernon in which a truck overturned on his car. Mrs Merle Cully of Richmond was kU'led in a two-car crash during a rain on U. a 35, four miles east of Richmond. When she collided With a car driven by a fellow townsman. Robert H,itz. Mrs. Lora Reptogle. 7k, of Kimmell. tost her life when a train hit a farm tractor on which she wm riding- at a Baltimore A Ohio crossing near her home. Date Gard. 25. of R. R. 3. Liggomter, was killed when his car skidded and hit a tree near Ligeonier. 64 New Cases Os Polio In Indiana Brings Total Near Figures Last Year INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Twen-ty-eight counties reported 64 new cases of polio for the week ending Sept. 25 to bring the total for the year to 502 including 20 deaths. Those figures compare with 511 cases including 20 deaths for the same period last year. Dubois and Elkhart counties reported one death each, the first of the year, to bring the total to 20. Counties reporting infection for the first time this year were Clay. Jackson, Jasper and Warren with one case each except Jasper which had three cases. St. Joseph continued to lead the counties with 58 cases (seven new) and three deaths. Marion and Lake counties, each with three deaths, reported four new cases and 46 total and nine new with 39 total, respectively. Other hard-hit counties are Allen, three new and 41 total; Clinton, one and 12; Elkhart, five and 32; Howard, five and 13; Laporte, two and Iff; Madison, one and 12; Noble, one and 11; Steuben, 23, and Vanderburgh 11. In addition to the five mentioned, death has claimed one victim each in Clinton, DeKalb, Laporte, Lawrence, Monroe, Montgomery, Noble, Steuben, and Wells counties. Ladies Are Guests At Rotary Meeting The Treolee, 17-volce omen's chorus from Huntington, furnished a delightful musical program at a Rotary club ladles’ night entertainment at the K. of P. home last evening. The choir is directed by Mrs. Glenn (Brown and the women were generous in their singing of popular numbers. The director explained that the women Joined the chorus 'tfor the love of music." It is not a commercial organization. A feature of their repertoire was a barber shop quartet, the women responding to an enthusiastic encore from the crowd. Lowell Harper presented the program and

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 1, 1954.

— — — . —- New York Giants Hold 2-0 World Series Lead As 3rd Game Underway

London Parlef Reported Near To Agreement Near Agreement On Control For Armed ; Forces In Europe LONDON (INS) — The London nine • power conference reached L virtually complete agreement to- ' day on the question of controlling armed forces in a new European 1 security system to include West ’ German troops. r German sUorces claimed agreer ment was in sight on restoring f German sovereignty after nine t years of Allied occupation. A British foreign office spokesman said that the control system, with authority to be divided beI wteen a revised seven-nation Brussels pact and the larger North s. Atlantic treaty organization, was i complete except for a few minor t points. » The spokesman said the conferees reached agreement during to1 day’s morning session on all ete - ments of the problem except for » one or two minor points. The spokesman gave ne indfea- •' tion whether any snags arose over the sovereignty issue at the moni- - ing session but he emphasized that » "it's one of the trickiest and most s complicated problems facing the > conference." However, he felt the conference ‘ now would be "lucky" to finish its talks by Saturday. An American source said "further progress” was made at the morning session, eighth plenary conference held since the nine nations began Tuesday In London's Lancaster House. The American informant added that there was further general agreement among the nine min-, isters on the text of principles and instructions that will be sent to a forking group in Paris concerning the German contribution to West European defense. During the four-power meeting, experts requested further guidance on modifications of the Bonn agreements to provide for restoration ot German sovereignty. Motion For Medical Advice Sustained Judge Authorizes Advice For Clark A motion for expenditure of county for medical advice to ascertain it Richard E. Clark, alleged bank robber, was temporarily insane, was sustained in Adams circuit court Thursday afternoon by Judge Myles F. Parrish. The motion was filed by D. Burdette Custer, attorney for Clark and was sustained without objections from prosecuting attorney Lewis L.' Smith. Clark is accused of robbing the First Bank of Berne early this summer, and has been in the county Jail for several weeks awaiting trial. Judge Parrish, in a written twopage Judgment, "authorizes defendant's counsel to secure competent medical advice for the defendant's defense, and to' expend a sum of money net exceeding S2OO in order that defendant's counsel may have advice whether or not to enter a plea of temporary insan- . Hy." , ’ ’ The court further explained in the judgment that the supreme court has held thtt in criminal actions whether a defendant's constitutional rights have been granted depends on the counsel’s preparation for the trial. Judge Parrish also ordered defendant's counsel to proceed as expeditiously as possible for ths "purpose of securing as early a i trial aa possible in compliance with tbs due process clause of the federal constitution and the state constitution.'* j

Rules Nevada Hold Senator Election To Elect Successor For Sen. McCarran RUNG (INS) —Nevada Democratic and Republican party leaders rushed plane today to choose nominees for a full-term successor to the late Democratic U. S. senator Patrick McFarran. Under a ruling by Nevada attorney general William Mathews, a Democrat, the opposing parties were advised to pick nominee* for the senate seat and place the. names on the ballot at the November election for the final two years of McCarron's term beginning in 1065. Mathews ruled that Republican Governor Charles Russell was empowered to appoint only an “interim" senator who will serve until the end of the year. Russell'* choice is expected to be the same man who will be named by the etale Republican central committee at a meeting in Reno this evening. The Democratic central committee will meet tomorrow to name its candidate. The 78-year old McCarran died Tuesday after making a political speech at Hawthorne. Last rite* so the Catholic church will be held at Reno'* St. Thomas Qu in as Catherdal Saturday. Shift Negro Pupils From Milford School Negroes Are Ousted In Integration Row MULFORD, Del. (INS) — Eleven Negro pupils, ousted from Milford's high school in a bitter* row over integration, today were transferred to an all-negro school at Dover, some 24 miles away. Simultaneously, about 85 per cent of the 1,562 white pupils returned to classes at the Lakeview Ave. combined elementary — high school after a week-long boycott protesting admission of the Negroes to the 10<h grade. The 11 Negroes were transferred i under orders of a new four-member school board which, after being chosen Thursday .barred the Negroes “in the interest of the welfare of and the’community as a whole." The national association for the advance of colored people promptly threatened to take legal action to reverse the board's ruling, Wagner D. Jackson, president of the a group calling itself the “national association for the advancement of white people” and a leader of the antidntegration fight, hailed the school board’s announce ment as "a great victory," but warned, "Our fight is just beginning." Negroes Jeered BALTIMORE (INS—Police rushed to a high school in southwest Baltimore today when 200 white boys and girls protesting the end of racial segregation jeered and hurled epithets at 12 Negro students. There was no violence, although officials feared an eruption at any time, as a stay-at-home campaign that began suddenly Thursday because of a dozen Negro kindergarten pupils spread to Six schools with 2,000 absentees. All these schools, most of them ringed by anti-integration pickets, are in the south and southwestern section of Baltimore. However, there were also pickets at one school in the northern part of the city. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Occasional showers north and central portions Saturday and probably In northwest portion late tonight. Cooler northeast tonight- Low tonight 65-60 extreme nortn to around 65 south. High Saturday In 70s extreme north, In I SOs extreme south. ■.I > V

Soviet Russia AsksUN. To Study Proposal Disarmament Plan Outlined To U. N. By Soviet Delegate united Nations, n.y. (ins) —Russia asked the UN Assembly today to consider the new Soviet ' proposals for reducing global armed power, prohibiting nuclear weapons and restricting the use of atomic materials to peaceful purposes. Soviet delegate Andrei Vishinsky outlined hi s disarmament "package” in a 90-minute address to the assembly late Thursday. He | then asked for formal inclueion , of the proposals in the assembly’s current agenda. UN. diplomats conceded cautiously that the Russian proposals . give reason to renew hope for i breaking of the eigbt-year deadlock on disarmament Und atomic I controls. I However, those from non-Com-s munist lands said without excepj tion that every provision offered « by Vishinsky requires careful study by their governments at home. 11. 8. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.. declared that Vtshinsky's offer "seems to denote something of a change" in the Soviet attitude on disarmament and promised the U.S. would consider the proposals “objectively.” The Russian plan proposes an international treaty which would be drafted by the UN disarmament commission and approved by the security council — where the veto can be exercised. The Soviet proposal stipulates that the treaty would provide for the simultaneous carrying out of the following measures: 1, Reduction within six months to a year of armaments,, armed forces and military budgets by 50 percent of fixed limits for each participating country based on the existing military strength as of Dec. 31, 1953. 2. Supervision of such reduction lby a security council temporary control commission authorized to ask nations for the necessary information on arms decreases. Nations would ;*pbrpit periodic reports on-what has been done. 3. Upon completion of the above (Continued on Page Eight) Oscar Brown Named Chairman For ASC Succeeds Gerke As County Chairman Oscar T. Brown, prominent Kirkland townrildp farmer, was elected c hairman of the Adame county agricultural stabilization committee, (ASC), replacing Winifred Gerke, wlio has I teen chairman for 17 years. The election was held this morning. Gerke was elected viee-ohair-nian. replacing Lawrence Beckme yer, who was formerly vicechairman. Beckmeyer was elected regular member; Erank Dellinger and Elisha Merriman, both of Blue Greek township, were elected first 'and second alternates. Brown, wlw> luub never before been Oh either the cobtrty or township committee, has called an organizational' meeting of the county committee for next Monday. Carl Kohr, district field representative for tihe ASC, will be present at the meeting. .The ASC (administers the local programs of the agricultural conservation program, production adjustment program, and the price support program. The county commute was elected by the township delegates from the 12 Adame county towusbdpe, elected by the farmers in early September after a week's balloting by letter ballot. The delegates are also the townshop chairmen for the next year.

- - ' * Attempted Robbery Os Bank Is Foiled One Man Attested, Second Is Hunted SULLIVAN, Ind. (INS) — One man wa» under arreet and a second was being hunted today after an, attempt to rob a bank at nearby Fairbank# was foiled by a telephone operator and the bank manager. i Two safecrackers early today . forced entry into the bank, a . branch of the Farmersburg Peo- . pies State Bank, but in knocking . off the safe combination they set , off an alarm attached to the telephone system of the little town of 300 populationThe telephone operator, * roused 'from sleep, summoned bank tnan- ; ager Floyd' Thompson, who lives , behind the bank. He grabbed a t shotgun. and when the two men , emerged from the bank, opened Gre. One man fled in a car and the i other on foot. However. Thompson . gave state and Sullivan county . police a description of the car. . which was struck by shotgun pellets. The car wa® traced to a man . who previously has been convicted of safecracking. 1 When the suspect arrived at hie home ta Pkuinfield, hid., this morning. a welcoming committee of pot dice greeted him and took Slim . into custody. uocOfdtug to Hheriff . Hubert Wagner, of Sullivan county. t However, Sheriff Wagner declin- . 6d to disclose the euepect’s name , until after tie is brought bock to Sullivan Mid formally chargedThe Fairbanks bank has been (held up or robbed four times in recent years. The lart. time was in ' October when 11,000 was obtained. The criminal never has been 1 caught fat that robbery. ' Continued on Page Seven) O'Brien Will Not I Talk To Union Men State Seeking To Correct Grievances INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —State board of correction chairman Hugh O'Brien said today he is trying to correct the grievances aired by the International Guard Union of America but he will not "under any condition Bit down to talk with union officials." O'Brien replied to queries by newsmen about a proposal iiv Melvin W, Griffith, IGUA vice president, that an unofficial "memorandum of understanding” be drawn up between the union and the board of correction, state law forbids a governmental unit from signing a union contract. 'But the correction chief reiterated today that he will not agree to even an informal diacuMion with the newly formed Local 99 of the union, which claims guards from the state prison, reformatory and state farm among its members. O’Brien said such conversations are “contrary to departmental policy." Griffith and three recently discharged atate prison guards, who claim they were kicked out for union activity, Thursday picketed the state house in an effort to get an audience with O’Brien or Gov, George N. Craig, but failed tn that alm. O'Brien explained: ' "The grievances they (Local 99 > mentioned have been a matter of concern to the board of correction for some time-working hours and salaries were objects of attention 'by the board and we have both raised wages and curtailed hours but we can do no more until the legislature can make changes.” O’Brien said that he doubted very much that a riot would occur at CHy and that warden J. Ellis Overlade told him morale is high at the prison, The prison chief said that in event guard* at the prison go on •trike, guards from other penal 1 list!tuitionß and reform industrial personnel will be shifted to guard work there. . J ■ ' ’! .

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Indians Have Backs To Wall In Home Park Garcia And Gomez Opposing Hurlers In Today's Game .4.' MUNICIPAL STADIUM CLEVELAND, O. —The New York Giant* took a, commanding 3-0 gam* lead In the 1954 World Series today, defeating the Cleveland Indians, 6-2. Today's Lineups Cleveland New York Smith. it I-ockman. lb Avila, 2b Dark. *s Doby. cf ‘ Mueller, rt Wentz, lb Mays- cf i Majeekl, 3b Thompson, 3b Philiey. rs Irvin, If Strickland, se WilMams, 2b Hogan, c Weetrum. c Garcia, p Gomez, p l — . land Indians, in a do-or-die effort ’to stay ajive, sent atrong-araied ‘ righthander Mike Garcia to the ' mourni against the New York 1 Glanto today i» the tftM) game r of the World Series. Garcia was opposed by Giant righthander Rn- ’ ben Gomez. ‘ Th® Gianta lheld a 2-0 1 lead in ' game* no the Tribe took the field under rain. - threatening skies at huge Municipal Stadium before more tlwutb 70,000 fans. It wuw overcoat, hot and humid and there wa« a weather forecast for possible whowero ■shortly after ■rhe game got under way at 1:00 p. m. EST. But as the Indian's took the field, there was no rekn Garcia, No. 3 man of the Tribe’a big three, had a 19-8 record for she American League champion*. Gomez, elfan '‘Puerto Rican, who ateo ranto third in the Giant pitching scheme, turned in a 17-9 mark during the regular eeaaon. National League baitting king Willie Maye got hie fl rat hit of the series in the Giants’ first inning. ft wae a single that ecored Don MueHer from second with th* first run of the contest. Leadoflf man Whitey Lockman singled on Garcia’s first pitch of the game. Al Dark etruck out. Mueller forced Lockinwm at second. Bobby Valla to George Strickland, but legged *t to second when Strickland overthrew first in the try for the double play. Mays, hitlewe ini the first two games, singled to right, scoring Mueller. Barcia walked Thcmpeon, but got out of the inning when Monte Irvin fouled to Jim Hegan. Al Smith walked to start the Indian first and Bobby Avila sacrificed Wmi to second. But Smith remained on second ae Larry Daby Died out to Mays and Vic Wertz lined to shortstop Al Dark, who made a leaping grab of the ball. Cleveland’s “Big Bear" Garcia was wild 'but tough in stopping the Olanta in the second. He walked Davey Williams and then wiid■pitched to West Westrum, allowing the little second baseman to move to second. But William® waw stranded there when huge Mike whiffed Weetrum, got Ruben Gomez on a fly to Doby and Avila made a wonderful catch of bookman’® foul fly deep down the right field line. Gomes was a fielding etar ae he 'held the Indians In their half of the second. Hank Majeeki fouled to Lockman and the Puerto Rican righty walked Dave philiey. Gomez grabbed Btricfctond’s mound come-backer. leaping totti the air like a cheerleader and whipped the ball to WilHante at second for the force, on. PMUey. Ruban then induodd Hogan to ground to Thompson for 'tto final out. Dark singled to center to start the third. Moeller worked a reverse Mt end run, puafafaw * single between, strackland and Majeeki. and Dark went to third. Mays’ hopper to Majeeki caught (Continued on Pag* Two) . \ •