Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1954 — Page 1

Vol. Lil. No. 237.

Prosecutor Looking Into FHA >■- s ■ It* I BTJ MAX H. Goldschein (right) tells reporters in Washington that he. as prcsecutdrTKa* order* Trom~ Attorney -General Herbert Brownell, Jr., to work with a grand jury investigating alleged corruption in the FHA. 'Che grand jury called Clyde, L. Powell, ousted FHA official.

Recommend Roads Under Federal Rule Continue Parley On Ike's Proposal On Nation's Roads WASHINGTON (INS) — Recommendations were made today that the federal government assume responsibility for 4<kooo miles of interstate trunk highway* and leave the remainder of the nation’s roads under local control. Two organization* suggested the move to a presidential committee as a means of carrying out President Eisenhower’s 10-year, sM>illion - dollar higiiway modernization program. . Backing the proposal were Arthur M. Hill, president of the national aswciatlon of motor bus operator*, and director John V. Lawrence of the American truck associations Ijiwreme said the federal government should assume full financial responsibility for the interstate system and release more than * 100 million dollar* which states use •to match federal aid for these roads. The presidential committee also heard a proposal by the national association of township officials that it set up a federally-financed, locally - administered organization to carry out Mr. Elsenhower’s highway program. Association president H. A. Thomson said local control of such a sweeping program is essential <0 assure the greatest economic benefit. He added: "The finances, we believe, should be directly provided by congress and geared to military need.” Thomson, who is secretary of the Pennsylvania association of township supervisors, said the national organizatiin is not convinced of the need for the full 10-year 50-billion-dollar proposal by the President. Secondary roads would’ Itenefit ■little, he explained, and township officials would object strenuously to heavy expenditures of public: funds for such things as city park-1 ing facilities. Some concentration in the urban highway problem was urged by Russell E. Singer, viee president of the American automobile a* Mxiation. He said 70 percent of all traffic begins or ends in the cities and the needs there cannot be ignored. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, head of the presidentially - named group, said government-backed b o n d a. would be one method to pay the cost of expanded road conetruo tion. The general opinion of experts who appeared at t>he special hearings wait that a new federal financing agency, somewhat like the federal housing administration and recon•*(motion finance corporation, should be created to handle the job. Rolierl M. Relndollar. president of the American road builders’ association, suggested that the proposed new agency would arrange financing necessary to bring highway* up to date while regular federal aid would be continued for current construction needs. President Eisenhower proposed this 10-year 60-billlon-dollar p r o - ■gram a» a joint effort by federal, wta.tr and local government. Pre(Contlnued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy ana warmer tonight and Saturday. Low tonight 48-54. High Saturday 72-n.

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Preble 4-H Team Is Six-State Winner Tops 58 Teams At Farm Progress Show A crowd of 75,000 at the midwestern farm progress shjjpw Thursday near Camden, witnessed the Preble Greenleaf 4-H land judging team defeat 58 other teams from six states to win the Prairie Farmer-WLS trophy for land judging. The Preble team, coached by Cletus Gillman, includes Roger Koeneman, Werner Reifsteck, Robert Bauermelster, and Noel Fenner. There were 232 boys in the contest, which lasted all morning. At the sameLjime, the Preble team won the Indiana state contest, and each team member was awarded a pen and pencil set by the Pennsylvania railroad. The local 4-H team spent a little .over an hour judging the four 15-foot trenches, examining the slope of the land, and making up their minds as to the best use of the land. They amassed a total of 472 points, out of a possible 528, and beat out the second highest team, the Chili, Ind., 4-H team by 10 points. The Palmyra, Ind., FFA team placed third; this team had won the last two state championRoger Koeneman was high point man for the team, and placed second in the six-state affair, with 165 points out of a possible 176. The individual high scorer was from the Palmyra team, and he got two more points than Koeneman. Reifsteck placed fifth in the contest, and Baiiermeister placed seventh. Only the top three members of each Vour-man team are used in'figuring the team scores. The foot-high land judging bee trophy is the second won by the youths in the last two weeks. In the district contest they were also w'lnners, and were awarded a large trophy. Teams from Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin. Illinois. Ohio, and Pennsylvania competed in the contest. year's contest was held in Illinois, and approximately 50.0(A) attended. This included a 1,000 acre display of farm machinery and equipment. The Krick-Tyndall ! tile mill was among the many dealers taking part in the show, which occupied five farms in Carroll county. Many other contests were also held, and broadcast much of the affair. More than 200 planes landed in an adjacent field, bringing flying fanners to the big event. Roger Koeneman, high point man for the Preble team, is a graduate of Concordia high school in Fort Wayne, and is now’ farming in Preble township. He has been a 4-H member for eight years, and Js president-elect of the Adams county rural youth. Werner Reifsteck. eecond highest on the team, is a sophomore at South Side high school in Fort Wayne. Bauermeister Is a sophomore at Hoagland high school, and Noal Fenner is a junior at Com cord la. Late Season Surge Os Polio In State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The 1954 polio total finally passed the 1953 same-period totals in Indiana with a late season surge of 42 new cases. As of Oct. 2, there were 544 cases Including 22 deaths reported to the state board of health's communicable disease division. At the same time last year, there bad been 533 cases including 20 deaths, 12 PAQES~~

Mendes-France May Be Drawn Into Spy Case Three Os Notion's Military Leaders Testify In Case PARIS (INS)—The injection of Premier Pierre Mendes-France’s name directly into the French spy scandal set the political cauldron bubbling more furiously today. Meanwhile, three of the nation’s top military figures’—Marshal Al-phonse-Pierre Juin. Gen. Pierre Koenig and Gen. Jean Geneval — testified in the case. The name of Mendes-France had been mentioned only indirectly until Thursday, when the finger was pointed at hrm for the first- time as intended recipient of defense secrets before he came to power. There was. however, no testimony that the premier ever received the top secret information. Today, the weekly newspaper Express defended the actions of the premier and tils government. The paper accused unidentified political opponents of launching a whispering campaign aimed at creating the impression that interior minister Francois Mitterand was responsible for the leakage of France’s top military secrets to . the Communists. Express is considered the organ ’ of the .present government. It is the first time that the paper had ’ taken such strong note of the rumors and insinuations concerning Mitterand which have appeared in other Paris publication*. ■ Koenig and Geneval are now - members of the rational defense - committee, and Join, the nation’s > only living marshaL served on the • group when the secrets of its May 1 26 meeting were leaked. 1 It was in connection with leaks I from the May 26 meeting that the ■ premier's name was mentioned by Rene Turpin, the arrested former . aide to the defense committee secr retariat; ) He said his fellow employee, ) Roger Labru«.se. told him that the I Information concerning the May ' meeting shouM go to Mendes- , France and other opponents of the : Joseph Laniel regime. Mendes-France at that time was . calling for a negotiated end to the I IndoChina war. Both Turpin and Labrusse eaid they wanted to achieve the same purpose. The insinuation* against Mitterand include the removal of inspector Jeah Dides from hie post as chief of police anti-Communist activities and his subsequent arrest for possession of defense committee minutes. Demand All Details Os Dixon-Yates Pact Monopoly Probers Protest Approval WASHINGTON (INS) — Senate anti-monopoly investigators challenged the atomic energy commission today to make a full public disclosure of all details in their announced approval of the controversial Dixon-Yates power contract. But it wa* airparent that if the AEC responds, it will do so first to the joint atomic energy committee. which begin* public hearings on the Dixon-Yates deal next Wednesday. ~ The anti-monopoly subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee. which called for the detailed explanation, recessed Rs hearings until a week from Monday after its two members protested the AEC approval Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) leading the fight against the contract under which a private utility combine would furnish replacement power to the Tennessee Valley Authority, questioned the ABC's “hatte.” He said ; "The hurry in my opinion ... is the very investigation <Continue* On P«a* Klaht) Wabash Rotarian Is Local Club Speaker S. E. (Bob) Burns, Wabash Rotarian, was the guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Burns, Wabash manager for the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., discussed the rapid growth and benefits of the natural gas industry in recent years. Dale Alber, was chairman of tihe program. Gene Rydell, president, announced that the club will forego its usual weekly meeting next Thursday in order that all meml>ers may attend the annual cityrural fish fry at the high school gym. -

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 8, 1954.

Sen. Capehart Charges Pressure Is Brought In Housing Scandal Probe --rs — X

London Accord? Is Backed By West Germany Massive Majority r In Bundestag For London Agreements BONN (INS) —■ The massive majority in the West German bundestag for approval of the London agreements on rearming the nation demonstrated that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is still the "strong man” of German politics. At the same time Thursday’s, vote underscored one of the major fears of Democratic leaders in Germany and the Allied capitals. What will happen to the new German democracy when the 78-year-old chancellor is no longer in the driver’s seat? There is no immediate concern for the chancellor’s health. Thursday, he demonstrated through a grueling 11-hour debate that he remains the parliament’s most effective speaker. But Adenauer has no crown prince. He runs a strictly one-man show and has since assuming office when the German federal republic was born in 1949. He hold* both the chahcellbrehlp and the ministry of foreign affairs. The considered opinion in Bonn is that Adenauer .now should pick at least someone to groom as his successor to end the fear that his death or incapacitation would mean the end of the policy of integration with the west. If Adenauer were forced by circumstances to step down right now, there are good chances that the London accord would still be pushed through parliament, providing that the French also ratify the rearmament, plans. If French rejection and the chancellor's death or incapacitation coincided, there is a considerable chance that political chaos would result. It was learned reliably that Adenauer has been urged privately to pick himself an "Eden” as a precaution against the disintegration of the governing coalition which is not improbable owing to a spilt with the Free Democrats and between the latter and Adenauer’s Christian Democrats. Big Crowd Attends Marian Year Mass Decatur Residents Help Jam Coliseum The thrilling and impressive Marian Year observance at the Fort Wayne Memorial-Coliseum Thursday night which drew the largest crowd ever to assemble for any event at the coliseum was attended by an estimated 300 Decatur people. The local residents, including 30 Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus and about 80 members of the choir, were among the 13.500 who gathered at the huge coliseum to pay tribute to the Mother of God? Highlights of the evening were the procession of Fourth Degree Knights, altar boys, nurses and clergy; the solemn pontifical high mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Leo A. Pursley, auxiliary bishop of Fort Wayne, and the sermon delivered by the Most Rev. John F. O'Hara, archbishop of Philadelphia. Bishop O’Hara told the vast assembly that this Marian Year was a year of "light dispelling the shadows of death which have settled over the world." He reminded the crowd that through Mary can come the peace which la sought today. He also commented on Mary's role as a teacher given to the world by Jesus Christ on the Cross.

iff ’■ ; ; ; - ; 11 ■■ 11 ■■■■ $7,000 Industry Goal for Community Fund Discuss Pions At Meeting Thursday The induetrial division in the Community Fund drive has accepted a |7,000 goal in the overall sll,665 budget for the Red Feather campaign that will be launched here Tuesday morning. Meeting last evening at Riverview Gardens as guests of Don KOos. representatives of local industries and railroads, discussed plans and strategy in the solicitation of factory employes. Newell Wright, personnel director of Central Soya Co., is chairman of the industrial division. He outlined plans for the campaign. Solicitors are asked to canvass all employes. A minimum of $5 per person, or 10 cents a week on the payroll deduction plan is asked of each person. Other suggestions included a donation equivalent to one-half hour of wages each month, or one day’s pay per vear. A number of industries will cooperate with the payroll deduction plan, Wright stated. General chairman E. W. Lankenau spoke at the meeting and reminded the group that $8,335 of .the $11,665 is earmarked for local youth activities and operation of the Den and later for the Expanded youth center. - -y Attending the meeting besides the chairman were Ray Lettz of the General Electric Co. Earl Fuhrman, manager of the Schafer Co., Dike Eddleman of Central Soya; Grant Bean, Decatur Casting Co., and William Bumgerdner, Erie railroad. The campaign's kick-off breakfast will be Tuesday morning at the Zion Lutheran parish hall. West Monroe St. Volunteer workers will start imniediately to solicit funds for the campaign. Man Involved In Shooting Escapes Overton Escapes Jail In Kentucky 11 Local authorities have been ad- 1 vised that Charles Overton, Pineville, Ky., man Who was Involved ( in the shooting of Jay B. Warren, ; has escaped from the jail at Pineville where he was being held on a charge of armed robbery. Warren, still in the Adams county hospital recovering from gun wounds, was shot Sept, $ at the Oliver Rhymer home near Monroeville and was brought to the local hospital. Overton and a companion, Kenneth Hensley, were implicated in the shooting and later cleared by Warren, who claimed that the shooting was accidental. , Warrants for the arrest of Overton and Hensley were sent by Bell county, Ky., authorities who had been searching for the pair on an armed robbery case. The two were turned over to Kentucky officials after being apprehended at the Adams county hospital. Kentucky officials asked that a watch be kept for Overton in Allen 1 coupty. At the time of his arrest."' Overton had been staying in the; vicinity of Monroeville. ((uutlnued On Paar Right) Hilliard Gates To Speak Here Monday Hillard Gates, well-known sports broadcaster of Fort Wayne radio station WKJG, will address members of the industrial division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce Monday noon. The Monday meeting, a luncheon at the Moose home, will open the 1954-55 season of the organisation, which meets once a month. Charlie Eckman, new coach of the Fort Wayne Zollner Piston professional basketball team, will accompany Gates. The coaches of the two Decatur high schools will 1 'be Invited to attend the luncheon as guests.

President And Party Leaders Talk Strategy Eisenhower Makes Political Talk On TV, Radio Tonight DENVER (INS) — President Elsenhower holds a campaignshaping strategy session with Republican congressional leaders today before delivering another fighting call for election of ■ a GOP congress. The chief executive will make one of his most Important speeches of the campaign tonight over the largest television network ever cleared for a political address. The speech will be carried on TV by the Columbia Broadcasting system beginning at 9:30 p.m. (EST) and on radio by the National Broadcasting company and the Mutual Broadcasting system. The occasion is Republican “precinct day’’ and the President’s address at a GOP rally in Denver will be piped to more than two million party workers attending 20,000 similar rallies across the nation. Vice President ißlchard M. Nixon will also speak on the half-hour program, designed to whip up enthusiasm among the precinct workers who ring the doorbells and do the other campaign choree essential to getting out a big Republican vote in November. The congressional leaders will be presented to the nation-wide radio and television audience to demonstrate the Republican “partnership” between the White House and Capitol Hill which Mr. Eisenhower considers vital for the com-' pletion of his programThey were to meet wit hthe President before tonight’s rally to map strategy for the remainder of the campaign which may make or break Republican chances for holding their slim control over the senate and house of representatives. Some of the leaders may try to persuade the President to step up his role in the campaign, but developments Thursday indicated they will have a tough job on their hands. Mr. Eisenhower added another major speech to his campaign schedule to help out the Rpeublican cause, but stood firm against efforts to get him to barnstorm for individual GOP candidates. Rafes Listed For All Taxing Units Decatur-Root Has Highest Tax Rate Decatur, Root township, has the highest tax rate for 1955 and Union township has the lowest rate per hundred dollars of taxable property, according to the official figures released today by the state tax board to Frank Kitson, county auditor. The Decatur-Root rate is $5.15 and Decatur-Washington is second highest with $5.08. The Union township rate is $2.40. Washington township has the highest township rate with $3.24 and Jefferson is second highest with a $3.22 rate Following are the official rates released today: Blue Creek ... $2.66 French .... 2.96 Hartford .................... 2.78 Jefferson .. 3.22 Kirkland 3.14 Monroe 3.10 Preble .............. 2.46 Root . 2.80 St. Mary’s ......... 2.84 Union - 2.40 Wabash .... ...... 2.84 Washington ’... 3.24 Berne ....................... 4.40 Decatur ? Root 5.15 Decatur ■ Washington 5.08 Geneva ..................... 3.80 Monroe • Monroe 4.29 Monroe - Washington 4.38

To Select Name For Community Center Directors To Meet Wednesday Night Directors of the Decatur Memorial Foundation, Inc., will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the First State Bank to select the official name for Decatur's new community building. The name will be constructed in the facade of the building. Architect L. L. Rado of New' York City, will design the inscription for the building. Choice of a name was not determined when final plans were prepared, the directors deciding to wait until the building was under construction. However, the directors explained that the official name would be limited to a few choices. It has been called Community & Youth Center. Since the building will be dedicated as a memorial to the “men and women from this city who served their country in uniform,” 'this consideration may be incorporated into the name. Names suggested are: Decatur Memorial Building; Decatur Community Building; Decatur Community Center; Decatur Memorial Center; Decatur Community & Youth Center; or a combination along these lines, one of the directors stated. J Progress on the $150,000 building iohtinues. The wood deck roof is completed and workmen have started the pouring of concrete for the finished floor. Masonry work will start on the walls, Robert Yost of the Yost Construction Co., general contractors eaid, and the 225-foot expanse of the building enclosed before bad weather sets in. Completion of the building is scheduled for next spring and dedication as soon as furnishings and equipment are installed. New Albany Mayor Heads State League Named President Os Municipal League INDIANAPOLIS (INS)—The Indiana municipal league, which officially opposed a “home rule” legislative proposal, today was headed by an outspoken critic of state control of municipalities. Mayor C. Pralle Ernie, of New Albany, was elected president of the league in a closing session Thursday at Indianapolis as members adopted 14 resolutions, most dealing with legislative proposals for financial aid to local governments. One, however, concerned the proposed state constitutional amendment which would allow individual cities to chose the form of government citizens desired. The proposal was drafted by the league of women voters and the state Junior Chamber of Commerce. The IML's resolution called for “unalterable opposition” to the home rule amendment proposal. However, the resolution had to be toned down before it was passed by the mayors. Other resolutions of note asked for a share in state cigarette and alcoholic gallonage taxes; an end to state gross Income tax on municipal receipts; permission to inspect automobiles and to levy fines against traffic violators under state traffic laws. Other officers elected were: Indianapolis Mayor Alex M. Clark, first vice-president; Mishawaka Mayor E. Spencer Walton, second vice • president, and Miss Sylvia A. Sapirie, Indianapolis, reelected recording secretary. Named to the executive committee were Mrs. Grace M. Tanner/ Indianapolis city clerk; Mayor John Scott, South Bend; Mayor Ralph Leech, Marion; Mayor Richard Thayer, Columbus; Mayor Andrew M. Mlinar, Kendallville, and H. Gene Huffman, Cambridge City town board president.

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Says Pressure Is Exerted In Scandal Probe Says Efforts Made Against Calling Os Witnesses In Probe —* - r • — WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R Ind.), charged today that “pressure” haa been exerted on him in the past 24 hours not to call witnesses involved in an alleged housing scandal. Ignoring the “pressure,” the senate banking committee chairman summoned two West Virginians who claimed to be the victims of a $5,000 fee • solicitation deal. Capehart also ordered doctors to re-examine one of the two Washington men who allegedly received the money after promising to “deliver” a defense housing project to John H. Hill, a Charleston, W. Va„ builder, and his associate, R. Emerson Carson, an Insurance man. The two Washington men were identified as Marshall Diggs, who did not appear before the banking committee when his name was called, and Richard McCormack, of Arlington, whose doctor claimed he was not healthy enough to testify. Capehart refused to elaborate on the ''pressure” be said has been exerted on him, saying only: “there has been pressure put on me in the last 24 hours not to go into this thing. There’s something queer here.” Capehart ordered another physical examination for McCormack after Dr. Thornton T. Perry, of Chevy Chase, Md., said his pa<l6ol was In a “nervous state" this week. Banking committee counsel William Simon then asked; “Would the fact that he received $27500 and forgot to include it in his income tax return account for his nervousness!” Perry replied: “I suppose that would make anyone nervous.” Capehart directed that McCormack's attorney obtain a doctor to join with a committee - selected physician to re • examine McCormack this afternoon and determine if his health would be jeopardized by testifying. Carson said he and HUI webe told by McCormack and Diggs they could "deliver” a government - insured defense bousing loan for them. Hili, at first reluctant to give details, testified he paid $5,000 buk did not make It clear whether it went to Diggs or McCormack. He said he later sued to recover his . money because he thought he paid for "services I didn't receive,” and got part of the $5,000 back.fi When It became apparent there was some confusion between the a committee and Hill over his executive session testimony. Capehart instructed him to read the trial record and come back this afternoon for further questioning. The committee today also heard two Baltimore builders admit they paid income taxes on only $325,000 of a $1,116,000 windfall profit which they netted on five government - insured housing projects. And a Washington attorney told the housing-scandal investigators that he could not remember how (CoßtlaneS Oa Paqa Right) Mt. Vernori Factory Destroyed By Fire MT. VERNON. Ind., (INS) — Company officials today set loss at $120,000 in the fire which destroyed the Schreiber Cabinet company at Mt. Vernon. The fire raged for three hours Thursday night in the plant which manufactures TV cabinets and tables. Three Mt, Vernon fire track* and two Evansville pumpers finally brought the blase under control.