Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1954 — Page 1

Vol. LU. No. 280.

Winners Os 4-H Club Awards Ek r ’’"i jHMMBk if THE 33rd NATIONAL 4-H CLUB CONGRESS, convening in Chicago in conjunction with the 55th International Livestock Exposition, awarded four scholarships of S3OO each to the two highest ranking boys and girls in the nation. Three of the winners are shown preparing to display the club banner from the hotel in which they are staying. In the group (1. to r.) are: Grace M. Stannard, Cherry Valley, N. Y.; Ralph E. Lamar, Southampton. N. Y„ andxLeo Denese Corriveau, Millersburg, Mich. The other winner (not shown) is Duane Goodenough, Three Oaks, Mich. Looking on is Edawrd Fohs Wilson, who presented the 4-H Club awards.

Allies Reject Russia's Bid To Conference U. S., Britain And France Reject Bid ' To European Parley WASHINGTON (INS) — The U. S.. Britain and Fiance today rejected Russia's invitation for an tall-EMr.ppeon cci-lective security l conference and ccunteied with a five-point plan of their own. Identical netes delivered to the Soviet foreign office in Moscowtold the Russians that there could be no Big Pour or all European conference until three conditions are met. / The three powers said there could be no conference until (lure is an agreement to sign an Austrian state treaty, until the Russians clarify their stand . elections to unify Germany, and until after the western nations have ratified the Paris agreements to rearm West Germany. Once these three conditions are met, the notes said, a Big Four meeting cau be held. Under the western proposal, an alLEuropeau conference could be held after the Big Four meeting was concluded.’ ~ • The long, detailed.answer to the Soviet notes of Oct. 23 and NovL 13’ in which the Russians ffrst proposed a Big Four meeting and then called for an all-European meeting, carefully analyzed the conflicting i>os.itlons o{ the East and West- .......... The American note said “the United States government is disappointed to find that, except for a suggestion for the hurried convocation of a European conference on Nov. 29, neither of the Soviet notes contains any new proposal, whether on Germany. Austria or European security, which has not already been considered by the western powers i.t the Berlin conference." The not pointed out that the Nov. 13 Soviet proposal “openly and explicitly” tried to block ratification of the Paris agreements, and added: ‘The United States government dies not believe that the cause of European security can be served ’by the desetruction of defensive associations between states inspired by the ideal of a common civilization." The U. S. said that the Soviet plan for a gathering of all Communist and non-Cammunlst states of Europe into a general collective security system was “a deceptive facade.” The note pointed out that the west has been forced to take steps to defend itself because “since the end of the war rearmament In the countries of 'he Soviet bloc, including the Sovi?t zone bloc,. in- . ' 4 On Page Elnht)

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Declines Comment On China Rejection President Declines I Present Comment AUGUSTA, Ga. (INS) — The I White House declined all comment 1 today on Red China’s rejection of a U.S. protest over the jailing of 13 Americans on spy charges. Presidential secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen he has talkI ed with secretary of state John Foster Dulles who will deliver a major foreign policy speech this evening over radio and television networks. But Hagerty again declined to say in advance whether Dulles will deal in his address with the Chinese situation, and specifically with a proposal by Ben. William F. Knowland (R Calif.), for a complete naval blockade of Chinese Copmjunist. ports- : r *- On Saturday, the senate GOP leader called for such a blockade if Peiping rejected the American protest. Hagerty said the President talked with Dules about the speech , before Mr. Eisenhower left Wash- ] ington last Wednesday for a golfing holiday in Augusta, but that was before the arrest of the 13 was made public. The presidential secretary said he himself had been in touch with Dulles since that time and that he will talk to the cabinet member again In advance of the speech. Scout Honor Court Is Held Recently Honor Court Held ‘ For Rotary Troop Members of Boy Scout troop number 61, sponsored by the Decatur Rotary club, were honored in a recent court of honor held at Decatur high school, with 17 Scouts and their parents attending. Presentation of badges was made by W. Guy Brown, superintendent of Decatur schools, and presentation of the outstanding Scout statue was made by Newell ’ Wright, troop Scoutmaster. Secbnd class badges were awarded to Denny Mertz and Leroy Ratliff. First class badges went to Nick Conrad and Jack Dailey. Merit, badges were awarded to Roger I Bieberich, Nick Conrad and Jack Dailey. The outstanding Scout statue ' was presented to Roger Bieberich, based on his participation in I Scouting events and his advancement in rank. : Recent troop awards were displayed for the parents. These In(Contlnued On Page Hight) South Bend Tribune I Editor Dies Today SOUTH BEND, Ind,’(lNS) — Frederick A.. Miller, president and editor of the South Bend Tribune, died today at the age of 86. The veteran publisher became ill Saturday and was taken to South Tend. Memorial hospital where he diedINDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair and colder tonight except some cloudiness In the extreme north and a few snow flurries near Lake Michigan. * Tuesday Increasing cloudiness followsd by rain or snow south portion. Low tonight 22-25. High Tuesday 30-37.

Knowland Says 26 Americans Held In China Gives Senate Names Os 26 Civilians As Held By Red China WASHINGTON (INS) — GOP leader William F. Knowland gave the senate today the names of 26 American civilians held in Communist China and declared “all are entitled to protection of their government.” The California Republican, who has called for a “tight blockade" of Red China to force release of imprisoned U. S. nations, said the 26 are in addition to the two civilians sentenced last week along with 11 American airmen by the Peiping regime. He said he obtained the names from the state department. Knowland told reporters in advance of his senate speech: “I think we’re going to have Co do something more than spnd a note through ourselves or the United Nations, Communist China paid no the resolution of the UN c/lllng On them to stop the .war ijr Korea. “If a note of this government, they will not pay more attention to a note from the UN that is worded In a little different language.” Knowland told the senate that many of the U. S. civilians “never even had the semblance of a trial." He said it is unknown how many American soldiers listed as "missing in action” may be in Communist prisonrs and asked the senate : "What are we going to do about it? What is the free world going to do about it? I don’t believe the Communists will be Impressed by just another note.” Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson, Tex., questioned about Knowland's blockade propoa al,, said he assumes that “if the President has any action in connection with foreign or military policy he thinks desirable or heces sary he will bring to* ouf at tention.’’ Johnson noted that President Eisenhower has said he wants a “true and genuine bipartisanship’ and said he therefore assumes any compelling step will be brought to the attention of the senate. The Texan added: “I don't want to dash into anything without consulting the joint chiefs of staff and the commander-in-chief himself." Knowland pointed out that some of the 26 Americans, none of which carried addresses in his list, were announced in 1951 when he obtained an earlier list from the state department. He explained that of the 32 civilians listed as prisoners in 1951, 15 have been reported released and two “died as the result of mistreatment in prison:’’ Knowland said that in addition to the 15 this left in prison; 19 more were "thrown in jail” by the (Continued on Page Five) Rev. Leo Faurote Is Taken By Death Services Tuesday For Decatur Native Funeral services will be held Tuesday for the Ijlev. D. Leo Faurote, 71, a native of Decatur, who died unexpectedly Friday evening at St. Joseph's Convent at Tipton, where he had been chap lain for a number of years. Death was believed caused by a heart attack. * • - He was a son of Frank and Sarah Brandyberry-Faurote, and attended St. Joseph's Colleeg, Rensselaer, and St. Mary’s Seminary at Cin cinnati. Rev. Faurote was ordained to the priesthood June 27, 1914, by Bishop Herman J. Alerdlng. He had served parishes at Avilla, Wanatah before becoming chaplain at Tipton. He served as an army chaplain during World War I. Surviving are four brothers, William apd Henry Faurote of Decatur, and Joseph -and Simeon Faurote, both of Fort Wayne;' three sisters. Mrs. Fred Wagner and Mrs, Alfred Rauch, both of Decatur, and Miss Anna Faurote of Fort Wayne: two foster brothers, Michael and John Faurote, both of Fort Wayne, and a foster sistpr, Mrs William Holland of Fort Wayne. A brother, Samuel, and a sister. Harriett, are deceased. Services will be conducted at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the St. Joseph's Convent In Tipton, with Bishop John C. Bennett of the Lafayette diocese, officiating. Burial will be In the Catholic cemetery at Fort Wayne.

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McCarthy Asks Debate Ended On Wednesday, Vote On Censure Move

Five Men Die In Crash Os B-25 Bomber Sixth Is Critically Injured In Crash Near To Airport * WASHINGTON (INS) — Five men were killed and a sixth critically Injured early today in the crash of a B-25 bomber on a wooded hilltop a mile and a half west of Friendship Airport, between Baltimore and Washington. Listed as “missing” by Andrews air force base pending identification of the injured survivor were the pilot, Maj. Wayne G. Shearer, 30, and the chief engineer, Airman 1C Robert H. Brown, 22. Shearer's permanent address is Cornelius, Ore. Brown's home address is 71, South Lane Aye., Youngstown. Ohio. His Washington home is 3403 15th St., S.E. He has a wife, Mrs. Louise Brown. Names of the other four victims were withheld. The wreckage of the bomber was sighted at 9 a.m. EST by a search plane and ground rescue crews reached the crash scene about an hour latef. The-injured man was rushed to a hospital. Maryland state police said the doomed aircraft apparently ran out of fuel while the pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing at Friendship. The survivor, who was found in the crumpled rear Section of the plane, was removed from the wreckage and carried via stretcher to a field nearby, where he was placed aboard a helicopter and flown to a military hospital. Two bodies had been catapulted from the plane and* three were inside the fuselage. ~ The bomber cut a swath 100 yards long and 45 feet wide through a grove of small trees on the hilltop. Good Fellows Fund Delta Theta Tau Sorority S.IOO Fred E. Kolter ......... 5 TOTAL $lO5

Good Fellows Club Is Planning Aid To Needy

(BY A GOOD FELLOW) It is the Monday after Thanksgiving and Christmas is almost a month away—plenty of time in which to shop for those Christmas gifts. But for the members of Delta Theta Tau sorority, who have been getting things organized for their Good Fellows club, it means that time is growing short. The Good Fellows club, organized by the Delta in 1917, has brightened many a family's home at Christmas time through years of continuous interest in the underprivileged. The club, which had a small beginning, has grown until now the Delta help from 80 to 90 families each Christmas. . Preparations for the project begin in the early part of November with the appointment of a general chairman whose job it is to start the ball roiling. Mrs. Cliff Brewbr is this year’s chairman. In accepting this task she took upon herself a big headache and hard, unpaid work. Mrs. Brewer then appointed a committee of five chairmen. They Include Agnes Arnold, food chairman; Louetta Smith, clothing; Mary Lou York, tops; Mary Ann Laurent, publicity, and Rosemary Spangler, club r To the food chairman falls the job of purchasing and soliciting food for the food baskets and see ing that the food is divided according to the size of the family who

Prominent Atomic Scientist Is Dead Dr. Enrico Fermi Dies Early Sunday CHICAGO (INS) — Dr. Enrico Fermi, 53, Nobel prize winning physicist and widely acclaimed as "yehitect of the atomic age,” will be buried today in Chicago. The atomic pioneer died early Sunday of cancer of the stomach,a disease medical science was striving to conquer with new radioactive techniques made possible by the genius of the self-ex-iled Italian scientist. Fermi will be buried in Oakwood cemetery with only members of his immediate family attending. Memorial services by the University of Chicago, where Fermi was distinguished service professor of physics in the university’s institute for nuclear studies, have been set for 2 p.m. Friday in Rockefeller chapel. Soon after Fermi's death was announced, leaders of science and government poured condolences upon the family of the scientist who 12 years ago this week achieved man’s first controlled release of atomic energy. With the initial nuclear reaction on Dec. 2, 1942, in the atomic pile constructed at the University of .Chicago, the gtomic agg opened and the principle of the atomic and later (Jje hydrogeb bomb was established. Atomic energy commission chief Lewis L. Strauss said of Fermi: “It was largely as a result of Fermi's work that the United States was able to embark on its atomic energy program, and it was due to his great theoretical and experimental contribution that our country enjoys its present international position in the field.” Only two weeks ago, Fermi was awarded a $25,000 prize from the atomic energy commission for his on the atomic bomb — the first such authorized by the atomic energy law passed this year. Announcement of the award reportedly was advanced because of the critical nature of Fermi's illness which was known among his colleagues. He underwent an exploratory operation Oct. 9 after he returned ill from a visit to Italy. The operation disclosed the advanced cancer. (Continued on Page Five)

receives it. The clothing chairman chooses the right sizes for the recipients and attempts to get the most clothing for the least money. Selecting the toys is one of the thrilling jobs especially with the thought of a little girl and the doll she wouldn’t get without the help of a Good Fellow. ' The publicity chairman explains the progress of the project to the general public and invites them to share in the work. Food, toys and clothing are paid for by tne Good Fellows fund which is separate from the sorority’s treasury. After committees are selected a meeting is held to start the project. Every member of the sorority takes part in the Good Fellows club even though they are not assigned to a special committee. Schools, organizations, -township trustees, the welfare department and others are contacted to discover the names of families who, because of sickness or other hardship will have a meager Christmas. Elderly people whose pensions allow only the barest necessities are also sought. Anyone who knows of someone who is in need is asked to contact Mrs. Brewer, whose phone number is 3-2276. The list each year Is There are no holdovers from the previous year’s list. As ths list is compiled, the names are divided among sorority members for investigation. An Im(Contlnusd on Page Eight)

Dulles Gives Major Policy Talk Tonight Chicago Speech To Be Broadcast And Telecast To Nation WASHINGTON (INS)*— Secretary of state John Foster Dulles makes a major foreign policy addres at 10:30 p.m. EST. tonight amid nationwide indignation over Red ChMa's jailing of 13 Americans. ‘ Dulles may provide a hint on how far the U. S. is willing to go to win freedom for the men sentenced to long prison terms on trumped up spy pharges. The secretary's talk from Chicago will be broadcast and telecast nationally. Os the group of prisoners, 11 are American airmen and two are civilians. All were seized during the Korean war. ■ The state department dispatched a vigorous demand for release “forthwith" of the prisoners but Red China summarily rejected it. The protest was made to the .Peiping regime through the British government which maintains diplomatic relations with Red China. The reply came via Peiping radio. which declared Sunday: “We will not cringe before the threats Os aggressors.” The state department has said it will take other steps to tyr to force the Chinese to release the 13 but, there have been no indlca.tions what they are. President Eisenhower declared last week that the U. S. would seek to gain their freedom by all possible peaceful means. Since then, there has been a growing demand for more drastic measures. Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland called for a blockade of the 3,000-mile China coastline in retaliation. He added that he did not believe a blockade would bring on all-out war. President Eisenhower, who returns to Washington late today from a golfing Vacation at Augusta, Ga„ refused to comment on the Knowland proposal. Presidential news secretary James C. Hagerty said the Dulles speech "had been planned for a week"-r-an4, therefore, is not in uny sense an answer to'Knowland. John Moser Dies Suddenly Sunday Funeral Services To Be Wednesday John X. Moser, 78, retired furniture factory employe, died at 5:10 o’clock Sunday evening at the Wells county hospital in Bluffton following a heart attack suffered as he was returning with a son, Freddie J. Moser and the latter'a family from a visit in Wells county. He was born in Bern, Switzerland. but had resided in the Berne community for 72 years. He made his home with the son two and one-half miles west of Berne. ’ Mr. Moser was a member of the Evangelical Mennonlte church, west of Berne. Surviving in addition to the son are two other sone. Vilas S. Moser of Decatur route 3, and Nelson A Moser of Berne; a daughter, Mrs. Russell Myers of Berne; 12 grand children; four great-grandchildren; a brother. Otto Moser of Bluffton route 4, and three sisters, Miss Anna Moser of Geneva, Miss Katie Moser of near Bluffton, and Mrs. Maryanna Walchle of Berne. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Evangelical Mennonlte church, the Rev. E. 0. Steiner officiating, assisted by the Rev. C. A. Schmid. Burial will be in the Evangelical Mennonlte cemetery. Friends may call at the Yager funeral home at Berne after 7 p. m. Monday.

Lions Speaker *1 " \J ■ •<■■ ■"’ I 1 ■ ' 4 I IB* j aL ‘ / > HHMkU-rtJWwWwEWi Noted humorist Ted Harp, of Sidney, will be the ladies night speaker at the Decatur Lions club Tuesday night at the Knights of Pythias home, Roy L- Price, program chairman for the evening, said today. Four Persons Die In Plane Crash Sunday Ohio Family Killed Sunday Near Wabash WABASH. Ind. (INS) An Ohio manufacturer, his wife and, two daughters wdre killed when* thetr private tttgle - engine airplane crashed near Wabash during a rainstorm Sunday. Wabash county coroner L. W. Yoder identified the victims as Harry Markiewicz, 40, Columbus. 0., his wife, Josephine, 38, and their daughters Elaine, 15, and June 12. Markiewicz was secretary-treas-urer of the Midwest Machine Works in Columbus. Authorities believe that the crash might have been caused by poor visibility-as flew in a rainy overcast. The single-engined four-place plane came down in a densely wooded area and was completely destroyed. — The inaiana state patrol was notified of the crash by Mrs. Elmer Stevens, the wife of a farmer who lives near the crash site. She told them: “I heard a bussing overhead, and then the clanking of a plane's engine. Then there was a terrible crash.” The family had flown to Mosinee, Wis. last Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with friends and was due to return to Columbus Sunday. The light plane, which crashed after engine trouble developed, had stopped at Rochester last Thursday when gas line trouble occurred en route to Mosinee, according to state police. At that time. Markiewicz told Rochester airport attendants of several near-accidents from engine troubles on the flight from Columbus, according to the officers.

Visit Applicant For County Agent Post The special committee of five chosen Friday njght to Interview an applicant for the position of Adams county agent, made a special trip today to talk tis an assistant county agent recommended ,y iPurdue university. Members of the committee include Ben Mazeiin, Hugo Boeger, Roy L. Price. Mrs. Theron Fenstermaker, and Mrs. Robert Stuber. BULLETIN SALEM, Mass. (INB)—Mrs. Larraine Clark, 29-year-old Amesbury widow, today entered a surprise plea of guilty to murder in the second degree In the slaying of her husband, Melvin W. Clark Jr., 31, on their Lake Attltash cottage last April. r The comely widow entered her surprise plea four minutes after she entered the courtroom for the start of her trial /on a charge of first degree murder.

Senator Asks Early End To Senate Debate Senate Reconvenes To Debate Censure Os Sen. McCarthy WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen, Joseph R. McCarthy asked the senate today to halt its censure debate at 3 p.m. EST Wednesday and begin voting at that time. Before entering the senate chamber shortly after the senate reconvened at noon, McCarthy told newsmen that he would be making a statement but he would not divulge Its contents. At the opening of debate, Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D Colo.), asserted that charges against the Wisconsin Republican are backed fully by the evidence. Johnson, vice-chairman of the select committee which recommended censure on two counts, told his colleagues there is ample evidence that McCarthy “has violated both senate custom and decorum” and that he ‘s’hamefully treated" Brig, Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker. The Coloradan’s statement'came in a speech prepared for delivery, as ..Sen, Wallace F. Bonnett (R Utah),, waited to introduce a new count ao««sing McCarthy of imProp«f coHtnants about the censure committee and its chairman, Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R Utah!. It was also reported that the Watkins committee itself would urge modification of one of the other censure counts, the one alleging that McCarthy, as chairman of the permanent investigations subcommittee, had "abused” Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker. • / The six-member group proposed censure on grounds that: I—the1 —the Wisconsin Senator was in. “contempt" of a subcommittee which investigated his finances in 1052 and denounced its members, particularly Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson (R N.J.); and 2—“ abused” Zwicker in questioning him in a closed session early this year. Bennett, on the CBS radlo-TV “Face the Nation”, said he understood the Watkins committee will propose elimination of language criticizing McCarthy for hamper ing relations between the executive and legislative branches of government. He said the change would not modify criticism of alleged abuse of Zwicker “as a person,” but would take out “more or less generalized language affecting the relationship between the two branches of government.” The Zwicker incident occurred when the Wisconsin, senator was asking about the promotion and honorable discharge of Maj, Irving Peresa, former army dentist described by McCarthy as a "fifth amendment Communist.”

Auction Students Welcomed To City School Winter Term Opened Here Today Students of the Reppert school of auctioneering, which opened today for the three week winter session. were welcomed this afternoon by members of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and Mayor John Doan. The Chamber board of directors and the school faculty met for lunch this noon at the Fairway restaurant and Chamber members were at the school this afternoon. Clarence Ziner, in the absence of president Ron Parrish, .introduced members of the Chamber to the student auctioneers. A brief welcome was given by Mayor John Doan. Students received from the Chamber, pocket cards of identification. Also a part of the project is a welcome sign stretched across (Contlaued on Page Six)

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