Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1954 — Page 1

Vol. LI I. No. 235.

14 - Year • Old Mother Os Twins Home Again 3 f -S YLißrwi "k Ur i ' r -'■-<5 - 7*y ■ f • H ■BAM JhffMilMi J» ; jgMB BEATRICE PIERCE, 14-year-old mother of twins, holds the doll she played with not so long ago while her husband Arthur. 21, has his hands full minding the twin's Beatrice Marie and Denise Elizabeth, in their New York home. The twins were bom Sept. 24.

X. * Mass Meeting Fails To End Pupil Walkout Most Os Washington Teen-agers Continue To Boycott Classes BULLETIN WASHINGTON (IN8) -— White student* demanding a return to racial segregation in Washington high schools demonstrated in front of the supreme court building today after an outdoor mass meeting called to end their walkout broke up in chaos. WASHINGTON (INSMrr Aa outdoor mas< meeting aimed‘at bringing seme "00 absentee white students back, to Washington’s newlyintegrated Anacortia high school broke up in pandemonium today and moat of the teen-agers continued their walkout for the third day. The school'll athletic rtadium was filled with about 1.500 students. parents and onlookers as local clergymen, fellow’ students and a focal disc jockey appealed for an end to the strike against admission of Negroes. However, the loudest cheers were for strikers w<ho shouted that they would not go l>ack ws long as Negroes are going there, too. At several points, and especially when the meeting ended in total confusion, the scene #as one of near bedlam. Students and parents milled around in groups, a part of the high school band held a jam session at one end of the bleachers and several hundred boys and girls ran across tfhe field to greet strikers who had paraded from nearhy Eastern high school When the confusion reached a peak, Anacostia’e principal Eugene Griffit-h, came on the field and asked the students if they wanted to hold their meeting in the school auditorium. They shouted no. Obviously upset, Griffith told 'them: “All who want to go <o classes go. and all others go home and that’s all I have to say." He then stalked from the field. Later, he told non-ntrlking students over the eohool's public ad dress system that he was sorry the meeting, which had been arranged by the strikers, student leaders and clergymen, did not work. He told teachers to carry on their normal class work. There were reports that more than half the student body was out. some staying away to avoid any possible outbreak. Among the-onlookers at the outdoor meeting was Bryant Bowles, organizer of the national association for the advancement of white people, who -told newsmen he had addressed aibout <3O teen-agers at a Washington street corner meettog Tuesday night. Bowles said he Informed the students. who he said had approached him. tihat he would not talk to them as long as they “are out on the streets in large groups. In demonstrations"’hut would talk to their parents after the boys and ■girls go back to school. The only decision reached at the niniss meeting was that a committee of five strikers would carry a petition to Grifftth -wettfng forth their reasons for opposing ; whlteNcgro integration In their school. The petition, read aloud at the meeting, lleted 12 potote. They ranged from "they (colored students) have their own schools and (Coatlanrd On Pace Bls)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY OAILy NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Civil Defense Need Is Cited To Lions Marlene Laurent Is Speaker Last Night “Adame county is low on the totem pole.ns far as Indiana's civil defense effort is concerned," Miss Marlene Laurent, secretary of the Adams* county civil defense council. told the Decatur Lions club Tuesday night. Miss Laurent, who recently attended a civil defense conference in Chicago, told the Lions how other cities aftd communities were preparing for possible disaster work, and explained how the groundwork was being held up in Adame county liecause of lack of appropriated funds. The Adame county council eliminated a SSOO request from the county budget this year. The money would have been spent, on a survey of the county a potential Mnengency personnel, and on filing cabinets, a-nd file cards to keep an accurate list of each volunteer, and his capabilities, so that in an emergency. each man would have a Job to perform. The havoc that would result in A/lani,-* county from a major disaster in Fort Wayne was described. and the ways in which a civil defense unit could handle the problem. Miss Laurent pointed out that the main trouble with the state law was that the civil defense program was mandatory, but the appropriation to pay for the defense preparations was not mandatory. Ron Parrish introduced M. J Pryor a« hte guest of the evening. Fritz Ellsworth was.presented with a ten year membership award by Lion president Ben Webster. Cliff Brew’er epoke briefly on the desirability of all Lions members attending 100 percent of the meetings. A special program for next week’s meeting will be announced later. For ladies night, October 19, William Gingher, of Fort Wayne, chairman of the state leader dog program, will explain the Lion's leader dog program, which furnishes trained dogs for needy blind persons. Dick Heller. Jr., was appointed (Coatlanea on Page Bls) Theron Dull Heads Civil Air Patrol Elected Temporary Patrol Commander Theron L. Dull, of Decatur, was elected temporary commander of the Decatur civil air patrol, recently organized here by the Red Men's lodge, in the organizational meeting Monday night. Also elected were Richard Lichtenstiger, adjutant: Jerome R. Gaskill, cadet commander; Tom Aurand, cadet adjutant, and Don Poling, communications officer. The temporary officers will Serve until a. charter and official recognition papers are received from the state headquarters. At that time a new election will be held to choose permanent officers. About 30 persons have signified their interest in the organization. Communications officer Don Poling Is arranging for special radio instructions for those who join. Other specialty fields will include mechanics, and later actual flying of small plwies will be started for the members. Anyone Interested in joining the organization should attend the next meeting, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, at the Red Men's hall on First street.

*l - r Federal Grand Jury Probing Graff In FHA Powell Summoned To Appear Before Federal Grand Jury WASHINGTON (INS) — Attorney general Herbert Brownell Jr. created today a special justice department unit to operate with federal grand juries in a nationwide probe- of housing scandal cases which he said are; "increasing daily.” At the same time, Browhell directed his top prosecutor, Max H. Goldschein, to work with a gran<p jury in Washington which launched as inquiry into ntteged graft and corruption by calling Clyde L. Powell, former federal bousing administration official. Powell was summoned before the Panel to answer charges, aired in a senate investigation, of widespread “gifts,” gambling and huge bank deposits,, in connection with windfall profits reaped by builders. Powell’s attorney, Daniel B. Maher, lost in a last-minute attempt to have the grand jury investigation halted and the subpoena for his client quashed. Federal Judge F. Dickinson Letts denied Maher's motions, which were based on charges that Browhell had prejudiced the grandjury by referring to Powell’s alleged criminal record and by making a “political speech" against the Truman administration in his announcement of the jury probe. Brownell designated justice department attorney Nathaniel E. Kossack to head the special housing - scandal unit The attorney general said the department is receiving evidence on 10 to 15 cases of elleged FHA frauds "daily,” some of which include bribery allegations. Other matters under nationwide scrutiny are alleged false advertising, personnel juggling, and mortgage frauds. Goldschein, who recently completed work with a St. Louis grand jury investigating labor racketeering, will coordinate the activities of U.S. district attorneys who have been directed to begin presenting housing-scandal cases as soon as possible in key areas. He also will cooperate yith U. S. attorney Leo H. Rover, who is handling the Washington grand jury inquiry. Powell’s appearance before the District of Columbia panel followed his refusal to testify Tuesday before the senate banking committee after it heard from a parade of witnesses a series of clrarges against the ex-FHA official. Testimony before the senate committee charged that Powell was paid $10,009 to approve an increase on an FHA loan commitment for an apartment project in Washington. Other testimony charged that he had engaged In gambling for high (Continued On Pnae Nil) INDIANA WEATHER Frost warning extreme northern Indiana. Fair north, fair to partly cldudy aouth tonight. Cooler tonight with scattered frost pxtreme north. Thursday fair and cool. Low tonight 32-38 extreme north to 45-60 extreme ‘ south. High Thursday 55-60 north and 6065 south.

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Indiana State Prison Guards On Strike; 35 Are Fired By Governor

Strike Al New York Port Is Settled Today Longshoremen Vote " Strike Settlement At New York Port _ NEW YORK (INS) — Striking! longshoremen voted today in end 1 their two-day walkout which tied up the Port of New York. ’ ® The plan, worked out in a threehour joint union-employer meeting called by federal mediator John A. Burke, was presented to the International Association, wage scale committee at 11 a. m. Capt. William V. Bradley, president of the independent ILA. eaid he would recommend approval and the J2Oman committee is ax-; peoted to follow Bradley’s lead and accept It. r —- — Tlie peace described by union and New York shipping Association spokesmen as a ‘‘compromise” provided fbr: 1. An 8-cents hourly wage hike retroactive to Oct. 1, 1953. 2. Consideration of adjustment® to welfare contributions. 3. A pledge by tlie ILA for aqj im-mediate return to work if the wage scale committee approved the formula, and a nolstrike pledge for 30 days of negotiations for a new contractThe port of New York's 365 miles of waterfront were paralyzed Tuesday except for army piere in Brooblyn and Staten Island as more than 70 ships were "trapped” in the world’s largest and busiest port. The last ILA strike ended on April 4 after a month-long walkout. The “quickie" strike was regarded by some oliservers as a demonstration by the ILA tliat it had regained its power to immobilize the port whenever it chose to do so. Legion's Service Director Is Dead INDIANAPOLIS (INS) --John M. Oakey, 58, American Legion national field service director, died in a veterans administration hospital late Tuesday at Indianapolis. Oakey had lived in Indianapolis since 1943, when he moved from Denver to assume the field service post which controls secretaries in 22 principal cities. — I 111 I ■■ | .X Local Man Arrested On Charges In Ohio McKean Indicted For Manslaughter Roy A. McKean, wanted as a fugitive from Ohio, was arrested here at his home on Line street at 12:30 p.m. today by deputy sheriff Merle Affolder. The affidavit for his arrest was signed by police chief James Borders. The fugitive was to be arraigned this afternoon in the Adams circuit court when he will be given the opportunity to waive or fight extradition. He is being represented by attorney Hubert MeClenahan. McKean was Indicted in Pickaway county, 0., on a charge of manslaughter in the second degree. The indictment against him, stated that he unlawfully apd unintentionally operated a motor vehicle at a speed greater than permitted him to stop within the assured clear distance ahead. -In the mishap which occurred on U. ts. highway 23 in PictaKKO-fQun-ty Aug. 16, Charles E. Ellis was (killed. A certified copy of the Indictment and a warrant for McKean's arrest were received here by prosecuting attorney Lewis Lutz Smith. /

Community Fund's Drive Opens Oct. 12 < Kickoff Breakfast To Open Campaign "The success of next week’s i 'Community Fund drive ’ depends entirely on the complete cooperation from each and every citizen’’ according to E. W. Lankenau, drive chairman, as he completes plans 4or next Tuesday morning’s kick-off breakfast -at the Zion LuTtheran parish halt, when workers will be assigned their areas and given their drite materials. a Materials for the drive are being prepared by Earl Caston, Fund executive secretary. A special diagram showing the segments of > each contributed dollar as distributed to each of the nine agencies has been prepared by Ralph Sauer. . This chart is being reproduced in quantity for distribution to contributors. A shaded area indicates . that over two-thirds of the money , is spent locally. Nearly every home in Decatur is directly benefited by , the agencies. Benefits from cancer research, mental health, united defense fund, and Salvation Army may be a bit less direct, but their services may at some time ’ or another effect every citizen. — The Decatur Community Fund, r Inc., was organized several years ago to consolidate the many drives iqto one united effort. Its charter I provides for a board of directors s with representatives of business, ' labor, churches, industry, women’s organizations, fraternal organizations, etc., elected for three-year ’ terms by the. contributors them- . selves, at an annual meeting held in April. Two nominees are selected for each of three vacancies each year by a nominating committee. and additional nominations can be made upon the request of five contributors. Board meetings are held at the First State Bank on the second Thursday of each month. They are open meetings and any contributor is welcome to attend and offer his suggestions. (Continued on Page Six) School Publishing Monthly Newspaper Publish First Issue Os Jacket Journal “The Jacket Journal,” Decatur high school’s new nionthly newspaper, made its appearance today with the October issue, volume one, number one. The publication is the first Decatur high school newspaper effort in 20 years. Parents of all students In the school today received the first issue, a mimeographed four page, two column paper. Regular subscribers now total more than 200 and the public is Invited t<T subscribe at the annual rate of SO cents a year. The Jacket is published by the journalism class, with Deane Dorwin as faculty sponsor. Editorial department heads will rotate each month. The October issue was in charge of Shelia Ahr as chairman and the staff included Bob Sprague. Dana Dalzell, Sara Gerber, Earl Sprague, Gwen Hilyard, Greta Erekson. The newspaper will nbt solicit general advertising, but will contain school notices and activity advertising. The journalism class meets three days a week and the class is responsible for the editing, printing and distributing of the paper. Each class has part of a column and school athletics and social events are given space in the -publication. Cartoons are drawn by staff members. Local organizations which spons<fr community events are invited to contact any of the staff members if they wish the dates of coming events placed in the monthly calendar. The first isaue is a well prepared effort, according to those who have received the publication. The Journal will be published each month during the school year, Dorwin said.

Red Spy Says Duclos Given French Secrets Spy Puts Finger On Red Leader As Receiving Secrets PARIS (INS) —A Red spy put the finger on acting French Communist Ikjss Jacques Duclos today as a receiver of stolen French Military secrets, but Duclos cursed him and called him a liar. Duclos faced his accuser, confessed Communist spy Andre Baranes, in the Reuilly military barracks. Baranes had told examining military magistrate Jean de Resseguier that Duclos laughingly spurned his offer to turn over military secrets from a national defense committee meeting and eaid: “1 rave information from other sources and it is more complete.” Duclos denied such a meeting, claimed he knew Baranes only as a journalist, and that ‘‘the Communist party has iro need of usch information.'” The paundhy, 57 - year - .old Du<;loh. a pastry cookvbetqse turning professional revolutionist, issued a written statement in which he said the whole thing was an ‘‘American plot." Resseguier is trying to pin down the facts out of the mass or conflicting testimony that Baranes thus far lias given. The 39-year old Tunisian journalist first confessed that he worked 100 percent for the Communist party, and then reversed himself claiming that he also was a police informer. Baranes accused Duclos of directing a spy ring that is still operating within the administration. Asked his opinion of Baranes as he slipped in the side door of the barracks, Duclos replied with an unprintable epithet. His publishable comment on the constantly widening inquiry was: “It’s a very complicated affair but I liegin to see it clearly now.” This riiorning Baranes -was confronted with Emanual D’Aetler De La Vigerie, director of the unofficial Communist party paper Liberation. De fat Vigerie’s office and home were raided this week on the basis of Baranes’ charges that he was part of the plot. The director was interrogated by Resseguier separately first, and then heard Baranes repeat his (Continued on Page Six) Ira E. Millington Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Ira E. Millington, 73, lifelong resident of Wells county, died Tuesday at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton following an illness of eight days. He was born in Bluffton Feb. 24, 1881, a son of Albert T. and Janean Dlshong-Milllngton. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. H. L. Driver of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Edith McCann of Butler; two sons, Emmet Millington of Bluffton and Kenneth Millington of Craigville; two stepsons, Claude Richards and Carl Richards Os Bluffton; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Earl Perry of Bluffton and Mrs. Homer ißossen of Constantine. Mich.; 17 grandchildren; eight, great-grandchildren, and three brothers. Philemon Milling■ton of Fort Wayne, George Millington of Pleasant Mills and Luther Millington of Bluffton. One son, a brother and three sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm. Thursday at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton, the Rev. Chauncey K. Tucker officiating. Burial will be In the Elm Grove cemetery.

Two Americans Are Freed By Koreans North Korean Reds Free Military Men SEOUL (INS) —Two American military men -■ a marine -Oyer and an army man - captured by the Communists in North Korea earlier this year, were freed today. The two, handed over to United States officers at the truce village of iPanmunjam,were identified as Marine Lt. Col. Herbert A. Peters of Seattle, Wash. and Arany Pfc. Charles Julius of Orlando, Fla. The Communists said, the marine airman made an emergency landing in North Korea last Feb. 5 and was taken into custody. There was some confusion about the method of the soldier’s capture but it was believed that tie was a passenger in the marine's light observation plane. The announced in advance at a meeting of the joint military armistice commission that they would free the two men. They also said the soldier was hurt in a mine field accident in Korea's demilitarized zone on May 1 25. .. This was thd first time the ’ North Korean Reds freed any eap- ■ tives without previous negotiations, i ... I . — Approves Sewage < W Treatment Plants INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The Indiana stream pollution control board Tuesday approved new sewage treatment plants for Rochester, Boonville and Brownstown, an addition to the Frankfort plant, a secondary control building for the Indianapolis plant and a number of local sewers in North Indianapolis. The board elected Anson S. Thomas chairman. -He is legislative and tax consultant for the Indiana Fann Bureau, succeeding Prof. jßalph Wiley, wha resigned. Short Session Held By City Councilmen Adopt Resolution For Appropriations A resolution approving emergency appropriations totaling $8,451.98 was approved at the meeting of the city council Tuesday night in the city hall. The additional appropriations, to be met by funds on hand, include $7,799.30 in the general fund and $652.68 In the park fund. A hearing on the appropriations will take place Tuesday, Oct. 19. A dedication and plat for the Herman Heiman subdivision presented at Tuesday's meeting was referred to the planning commission. The subdivision includes two residential lots and is located on High street near the Nickle Plate railroad. Harold Durbin of 812 Bush street appeared before the council to complain of the lack of proper drain around his property. He said that his yard is almost constantly flooded during the summer since . the nearby man-hole is too high to carry off the water. His problem was referred to the street and sewer commission. A letter was read from the Erie railroad company suggesting rental of the easement for a sewer line under the railroad's right of way near the point where it crosses St. Mary's river. The council discussed the possibility of laying the interceptor in the river bed to avoid using the company's right of way but that plan is not feasible since the line must follow a grade. City attorney Robert Anderson was Instructed to write again to the railroad company insisting on - perpetual easement. The only other business of the short meeting last night was the payment of bills and two agreements for rural line extensions with Edward and Patricia Hackman and Lyle D. and Esther Frans.

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Guards Union Calls Strike Early Today Gov. Craig Terms Strike As Illegal, . All Strikers Fired „ MICHIGAN CITV, Ind. (INS) — George N. Craig today fired 35 guards who walked oft their job at tbe Indiana state prison and said the strike was too insigniflean to send in the national! guard. The independent guards union called the strike shortly after midnight when six guards were fired for what prison officials termed “disloyalty.” Craig said only “about 35 of the 197 guards were on strike and dismissal notices would <be sent to them today." Several days ago Craig said: "These guards have no more right to strike than I have." Half a dozen state police patrol cars roamed the area throughout the night with a full complement o< four troopers to each car. At nearby Chesterton post, 60 troopers were alerted to standby. However, Craig said none of the five companies of Indiana national guard he earlier placed on telephone alert In event of a etrike are befog called into action at present. The governor said: “It presently is too insignificant to call out the guard. We plan to wait and see what develops before taking further action.” Eighteen guards reported for duty an the morning shift end walked through 20 fellovr-guards who were pickeffhg the gates to the prison carrying 'banners saying - “Institution Guards Want Justice” and “On Strike.” Union organizer Merlin Griffith hinted that guards at the Indiana state reformatory also may walkout. He said notification of the Michigan City etrike was sent to the Pendleton workers. He added that a delegation of pickets will be sent to picket the reformatory. In response to pre-strike ultimatum, Oraig said: “We won’t recognize the union now or at any ttane in the future. And we won’t recognize anyone (Continued on Page Six) LATE BULLETINS Irving Newman, 56, of Long Island, N.Yv was killed at 11:30 a.m. today when the car no was driving ran a stop sign at the Intersection.of U.S. highway 224 and state highway 1 In Wells oounty, striking a car driven by Glen McDonald, of LaPorte. Newman was traveling east on 224, and McDonald was driving north. McDonald and the other occupants of his car were taken to the Wells county hoopltal. GAGE, Okla. (IN8) — Five cars of a Santa Fe passenger train were derailed two miles west of Gage today and railroad officials reported 15 persons Injured. A spokesman for the railroad said reports from toe Ellis county sheriffs office that there might have been “some” deaths could not be substantiated. WASHINGTON (INS) — The Pentagon said that two pilots, an airman and one civilian were killed today when a C-119 transport plane crashed In a takeoff at Fort Bragg, N.C. Ten army personnel aboard the plane were reported critically Injured. UNITED NATIONS, N. V. INS —lsrael announced In the UN assembly today its “cordial support” of President Elsenhower's “atoms for peace” plan and praised Mr. Eisenhower's ‘'statesmanship” In offering tno project.