Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LUI. No. 10.

Unveil New Plane. Launcher HL_ Kjaj jig BLASTING into a new era in combat aviation, this F-84-G Thunderjet at Ewards Air Force Base, Calif., is the first piloted plane to be airborne from a zero-length launcher. Platforms mounted on a truck and the principle and equipment used in launching guided missiles may Eliminate need for front-line airstrips. The mobile launcher was* developed by Martin Aircraft Co., at Baltimore, Md.

Highway Bills Flooding Info State Assembly One Measure Would Add 100 To State Policemen Rolls INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The senate toll road battle apparently made Hoosier general assemblymen highway conscious and caused today's flocd of roadway odds* and ends. JI Mrs- Mildred Churilla, East Chicago Democrat, intioduced a measure in the house of representatives calling for funds to hire 100 more Indiana state troopers. |Gov. George N. Craig and his highWay safety experts had requested 200 additional troopers as a means of cutting accidents. 'Phillip C. Johpson, Mooresville Republican who also was chairman of the state traffic safety committee. Introduced a measure to speed traffic and aid in detection of accidents. His bill wouta permit state police jnow limited to warning) to arrest slow drivers. It also would require garage owners now required only to report bullet holes to report any car that looks as though it were involved hi a reportable accident. It is doubtful that a senate bill introduced by Indianapolis Republican Sen. Harold O. Burnett would aid the troopers in tracking wanton, drivers even though it is designed to do away with auto tabs. ■Burnett's measure called for the elimination of the present tabs and plates and the establishment of one license plate 12 X 6.25 inches for the front of the auto to be issued yearly. The ■ law’maker’s thoughts were more on accounting than detection, however, for he said the tab sys'tem fouls up the bookkeeping. He said it is too complicated. His wife is a Marion county auto license branch manager. Another highway measure was a bi-partisan number introduced by Charles F. Rutledge. Elwood Republican, and Arthur S. Wilson. Princeton Democrat. This bill would provide that a truck with an overload be impounded 90 days by the arresting officer and sold at public auction If fines and costs are not paid within 90 days of conviction. The owner would have the right to transfer the cargo. Another bill by Rutledge would provide that a city using parking meters be prohibited from establishing any other restricted parking areas. The Brokeuburr-Eichhorn bill td clip the wings of the Indiana toll road commission today seemed sure to pass the senate. Afterwards, however, there are two formidable hurdles for the measure, passage by the house and action by Governor George N. Craig. The legislation provides for specific approval by the general assembly of all future pay road projects and would limit toll highways to those starting at one state border and ending at another. ' A combination of anti-Craig and Democratic senators seems likely to give the measure SI votes in the upper house, five more than necessary for pasage. Proponents say that have 17 GOP and 14 Democratic tallies for the bill. But the governor's forces seem to be in control of the house, which may defeat the bill. Even if it passes the house, Governor Craig is sure to veto it, and it will be difficult to pass the measure over (Continued on Page Eight)

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Asserts Government Must Pay Road Cost Opened On Highway Plans WASHINGTON (INS) — Louisiana's Governor Robert F. Kennon said today that the federal government “must foot the bill' for President Eisenhower's proposed nationwide Interstate highway system. The chairman of the governor’s conference told the national conference on highway financing that the S.S. constitution clearly states the federal government's obligation to build nationwide roadways. He said that it is the obligation of the individual states only td construct and maintain farm-to-market roads.' Gov. Kennon, wno last month gave the President a report by the governor's conference on their highway views, told federal, state and city highway experts that Uncle Sam not only should bear the full cost of the President's highway plan, but should also continue adequate federal aid for “o‘ur primary, secondary and urban networks with possibly a more substantial portion designated for urban construction.” He said: ■‘‘The federal government must assume the obligation of assuring continuity of our transportation system across the nation, especially where distances are great and papulation is small. “I would say -that the federal government must foot the bill for an interstate system and give aid to other classifications.” Maj Gen. F. D. Merrill, Hampshire highway commissioner, warned the conference that an-' tiquated roads "may burden our country with a price we cannot afford” in national security as well as economic expansion. He told federal, state and city officials gathered for a searching look at the highway problem: "With a 535 billion doilaT economy predicted tor 1965, this means an unprecedented volume of raw materials, workers on the move, and vast increases in tonmiles of industrial goods to be transported on our highways. "This predicted volume of the economy may be possible of attainment only'if our highway problem is solved. "Failure to solve it may burden our country with a price for highway transportation inefficiency which we cannot afford to pay and which may exceed the cost of the necessary expenditures for the solution." “ Merrill was the first of a series of highway experts to address the two-day conference called by the U.S. chamber of commerce. During the day, Gen. Lucius Clay, chairman of the president's advisory committee on a national highway program was scheduled to outline official White House proposals to congress for a 10year highway expansion program (Continues on Six) Frank Swank Dies Suddenly Wednesday Frank Swank, 79, of Bobo, former pipeline worker and fanner, died suddenly at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. He was born in St. Mary’s township May 17, 1875. a son of Solomon and Dorothy Teeple-Swank. Surviving are two brothers, Charles B. Swank of Huntington and E. F. Swank of Miami, Fla., and a sister, Mrs. Charles Samples of Willshire, O. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Zwlck funeral home. Burial will be Mt. Tabor cemetery near Bobo. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. «

U. S. Planes Ready To Fly To Costa Rica Ready For Peaceful Reconnaissance Over Strife-Torn Lands WASHINGTON (INS) — The Organisation of American States officially notified Costa Rica and Nicaragua today that U.S. planes will make “peaceful observation flights” over their territory today. The notification was made by Uruguayan ambassador Jose A. Mora, chairman of the OAS counclL . Honduras, ElSalvador. Guatemala and Panama also were notified that the American planes may fly over their territories in connection with the observation. The 21 American nations Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the flights. While the purpose of the observation was not specifically spelled out. it was felt the action would ten to drive off any foreign aircraft attempting to bomb Costa Rica. The action was authorized at an emergency OAS session in Washington after Costa Rica had called for “immediate military and material aid” to combat an invasion which it- charged originated in Nicaragua. A decision on the Costa Rican request, however, was delayed until the special committee makes its initial • report on the controversy based on its on-the-spot investigation. The five members were due to arrive in San Jose, Costa Rica, early this morning. The planes, including those from the U. S., will be at the committee's disposal. - £ The reconnaissance tnghts over the disturbed area would ostensibly be made for peaceful observation, but it is apparent that they could deter activities by armed foreign aircraft if it became necessary. Meanwhile, Nicaragua — which voted along with the other American nations in favor of the committee and the flying reconnaissance — declared it hqs taken drastic steps to stop any flow of armed men across the border into Costa Rica. Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa read telegrams from his foreign office reporting that Nicaragua’s border command had been ordered to dis arm all men crossing the border, and that foreigners in that country had been warned against interfering with affairs of another republic. Costa Rica served notice that It does not consider the resolution (Continued on Page Eight) Sheriff's Office Is Back In Court House Sheriff Merle Affolder and deputy Charles Arnold mbved their office Wednesday afternoon from the county jail to the county court house. According to Affolder, the move was made to facilitate the sherliitf's work with Adams circuit court. All of the sheriffs records were moved and the two-way radio has been installed. The office, on the second floor of the court house, will be shared with Mrs. Mildred Foley, county attendance officer. The phone number of the office is 3-4142. Anyone wishing 4o contact the sheriff or deputy during the day should call that number rather than the jail.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 13, 1955.

Four-Year Extension Os Draft, Military Pay Boost Proposed

No New Report Os Hostilities In Costa Rica Group Arrives In San Jose To Open ’ Probe Os Attacks SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (INS) — A committee of the Organization of American States arrived in San Jose today to investigate a rebellion which Costa Rica charges was fomented and aided by invaders from neighboring Nicaragua. Simultaneously Costa Rican President Jose Figueres scoffed at Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza’s challenge to him to fight a personal duel on the border. “I will be wflling to meet Somoza in a duel,” Figueres told International News Service, "provided it takes place on the deck of a Russian submarine which I discovered landing arms on the Nicaraguan coast early last year.” No fresh reports of hostilities was reported when the OAS investigating committee arrived by plane at 7 a.m. (8 a.m. EST.) The committee’s initial session was set for 9 a.m. (10 a.m. EST.) The five committeemen ordered to investigate the situation in Costa Rica and Nicaragua by the OAB meeting in Washington are: John C. Dreier, of the United States; Fernando Lobo, Brazil; Luis Quintanilla, Mexico; Jose R. Chiriboga, Ecuador; and Guillermo Enciso-Velloso, of Paraguay. + AU are ambassadors to the OAS group in Washington, to the United States, or both. San Jose again was blacked out Wednesday night as the government said seven of its cities or towns, including the capital, weje bombed or strafed by planes com(Continlued on Page Six) Probe Collision Os Airliner And Plane .. Cincinnati Crash Probe Is Underway CINCINNATI (INS) — The director of the civil, aeronautics authority, W. K. Andrews, arrives in Cincinnati today to head the investigation of the mid-air crash of a TWA plane and a private plane which took 15 lives. A preliminary investigation showed today that the TWA liner was proceeding normally but that the pilot of the DC-3 had not filed a flight plan before taking oft from Battle Creek, Mich. Officials at Cincinnati airport said they did not know the DC-3 was in the area When they gave the passenger plane a take-off signal. The private craft was apparently just beyond the “pattern” where radar at the airport would have picked it up, investigators said. CAA investigators on the scene said it has not yet been determined whether the DC-3, which carried two men, was in violation of CAA regulations. Andrews informed newsmen he would hold a public hearing- assoon as the investigation has proceeded far enough. There were no survivors of the crash to give any indication of what happened. Meanwhile, it was learned that the only woman in the crash, 21-year-old stewardess Patricia A. Stermer of Ypsilanti, Mich., had begun her career as an air hostess only a few' days before. No Insurance CINCINNATI (INS) — A check showed today that none of the 10 passengers aboard the TWA liner which collided in mid-air near Cincinnati with another plane Wednesday had taken out flight insurance. Ironically, three Cleveland men who had paid 25 cents for 15,000 policies from a cola machine had changed plans and taken other flights. ’ „

Five Are Nominated Io Head Retailers To Select Chairman In Ballot By Mail Five Decatur retailers were nominated last night for the position o£ chairman of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce in a meeting of the retailers at the Decatur city hall. Those nominated were: Dick Ehinger, Bill Gass, Carl Gerber, Louis Jacobs, and Jesse Suttbn. Each of the 66 members of the retail division will be sent a post card ballot to vote on chairman. The man receiving the second highest number of votes will serve as vice-chair-man. Other nominations included: secretary. Morris Begun and Mrs. Evelyn Kingsley; treasurer, Dale Morrissey and Kenneth Shannon. The date for Dollar Day was set foi February 9, allowing the Decatur stores to get the jump on the Fort Wayne stores again this year. The spring festival was set for June 13 to 18. with the hope that warmer weather and school vacations would boost attendance and profit. Cliff Brewer, retiring chairman, spoke briefly on the accomplishments of the year. He explained that the spring festival was now the project of the retail division, instead of the Chamber, ahd that this allowed the division to make enough profit so that no additional assessments were necessary. The only regular assessment is that for amateur night prizes. M. J. Pryor, president of the Chamber, spoke briefly, and explained the five-point program for the Chamber for 1955. He pointed out what the industrial development program will mean to the retail division, and called upon them for support in the Chamber’s projects. A lively discussion of retail problems completed the two-hour meeting. — INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair and somewhat colder tonight. Friday partly cloudy and not so cold. Low tonight 5-15. High Friday 2832 north, 32-38 south. Hazardous Driving Conditions In State Three Persons Are Killed Last Night INDIANAPOLIS <INS) — Snowblanketed Indiana is slated for a biting dose of old-fashioned winter weather tonight with temperatures skidding within five degrees of zero. Hazardous driving conditions prevailed. Three persons were killed when their automobiles skidded on icy roads Wednesday evening, and police and safety officials are urging that motorists who must be on the highways take all winter-driving precautions; New snow overnight averaged an inch over the state. At South Bend, in the northern end of Indiana, three inches fell atop an earlier snowfall. In southern Hoosierdom, Evansville had two inches of new snow, capping the remains of a previous five-inch fall. Indianapolis, with one inch of snow, recorded a minimum of 18 early today, which made the capital city One of the colder spots in the state. But more frigi<| readings are yet to come. The forecast for tonight is between five and 15. However, the snow will be ended in all except the northern portion, where continuing snow is likely today and tonight. The fatal accidents attributed to icy highways included one in which a woman motorist was thrown from her skidding auto, then run over by her own vehicle. The victim was Mrs. Meta A. Slebenmark, 55, of New Buffalo, Mich., who was fatally injured in the one-car accident on U. S. 421, five (Continued on Page Eight)

UN Secretary Returns From Peiping Talks Dag Hammarskjold Due To Arrive In New York Tonight UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (INS) — Dag Hammarskjold returns to the UN today from Peiping, where he discussed release of 15 U.S. fliers and other UN personnel held in violation of the Korean truce. The UN secretary-general will arrive in New York late today. His plane from Honolulu landed for a refueling stop aj. Stead Air Force Base north of Reno, Nev., at 8:14 a.m. (EST). ' The MATS plane made a refueling stop of one hour and fortyone minutes at Stead and then left on the approximate nine hour flight to New York’s Idlewild airport. ...S”— : The UN chief did not leave the plane during the Stead stopover. He gave no statement to waiting newsmen. Hammarskjold will confer with U. S. ambassador Henry Cabot Ledge Jr., shortly after his return from his 27-000-mile "mission to Peiping” and his four meetings, with Red China premier Chou EnLai. The UN chief has remained silent about his mission throughput the long journey back to UN headquarters and ia not expected to disclose the results until after his talk with Lodge. The Lodge meeting will be followed by sessions with British delegate Sir Pierson Dixon, French ambassador Henri Hoppenot and possibly other western representatives. The secretary general will give Lodge a personal account of the results of hjs during which he reportedly “made progress” in his efforts to secure release of the imprisoned American fliers and their allied comrades. Lodge may meet Hammarskjold at Idlewild airport if the U. S. ambassador finds time. He is scheduled to attend a meeting of the UN security council on the Egyptian-Israeli dispute over the Suez canal. There is continued belief that Hammarskjold, upon his return, may also meet with secretary of state John Foster Dulles and even President Eisenhower, possibly to relay counter-demands or conditions made by Chou on release of the prisoners. Dimes In Parking Meters For Polio All Dimes Dropped In Meters To Drive Decatur’s parking meters have joined the 1955 March of Dimes campaign against polio, according to an announcement by Mike Pryor, co-chairman of the drive in this city. Mayor John Doan and members of the city* council have agreed to donate all dimes dropped into the meters to the current polio drjve. Pryor pointed put .that a dime does not purchase any time on the meters. Only nickels and pennies can be used for .parking time but persons wishing to contribute to the drive may do so‘by dropping their dimes in the meters. The parking meter project is one of several planned to reach the *3,000 goal set for this drive. The Donut Shop on Monroe street is aiding the drive with a March of Dollars on a mirror. This project started today and all dollar bills contributed by customers will be pasted on a mirror and turned over to the polio fund at the end of the drive.

Naval Officer Home With Adopted Baby Completes Flight Home From Greece PATUXENT, Md. fINS) — Lt. Norman K. (Moose) Donahoe, and the winsome, 17-month-old baby girlhe adopted in Greece arrived in "the U. S. “fit as fiddles” today after an aerial edyfcdSy c,a,n-. tnred ' The strapping, 27-year-old naval officer grinned broadly as he carried baby Roni Marie down the ramp of a military transport plane which touched down at Patuxent Naval Air Station at 8:33 a. m. (EST), compdeitng a nin - stop flight from Shannon, Ireland/ Said Donahoe, before departing for Brooklyn, N. Y„ to present Roni Marie to his wife, Helen: “In spite of all the delays, it was a great trip. The baby was as good as gold. I used more than four dozen disposable diapers, but, shucks, there wasn't anything to it." Roni Mane, wearing a yellow - checked dress, yellow sox;- a yellow cap and white shoes, never blinked her big, brown eyes as a battery of cameramen aimed their lenses and clicked their shutters. Donahoe's trip home began in Athens Jan. 8, and followed a circuitous course. He hitched rides on transport planes that took him to Naples, Port Lyautey, North Africa, and finally to Shannon. The proud foster-papa, who gave up his Christmas leave to make the trip to Greece »Q he could adopt the orphaned tot, received a "well done” from the two Waves Suggests Changes In Juvenile Laws Suggestions Made -By Judge Parrish - Five suggestions toward clarification of the Indiana juvenile laws have been forwarded by Judge Myles F. Parrish, Adams circuit court, to attorney general Edwin K. Steers. Several months ago the Indiana official asked Judge Parrish for suggestions concerning the Indiana statutes. Judge Parrish has been a student of juvenile law since his college days and is regarded as one of the top state authorities on juvenile delinquency. Attorney general Steers has asked several Indiana judges for suggestions to be incorporated into model laws to be presented to the general assembly for consideration. The five suggestions which Judge Parrish has forwarded include: A better definition of the duties of the prosecuting attorney in connection with juvenile laws. A clearer definition of the duties of the judge in connection with the juvenile court. Amendments of the present law to coincide-with criminal codes sb a delinquent can be returned to his home county if he goes to another state. A system whereby the juvenile shall have the right of trial by jury. i ' ~ - .. Amendment so the juvenile delinquent may be tried in the county where the crime is committed, not where the offender is found or resides. Judge Parrish pointed out in his accompanying letter that he believed these gye points.were the most important to be considered in revamping the juvenile statutes. He also listed Instances and actual cases to further strengthen his points. The Adams circuit judge pointed out that his conclusions had been reached after lengthy study of the entire code and also following conferences with others who come in contact with juvenile laws, including the probation officer; county superintendent of schools, attendance officer and prosecuting attorney.

Extension Os Draft Asked By President Extension Os Four Years And Military t y * '■ < C WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower proposed to congress today a four-year extension of the draft, a modified military training program, expanded civilian reserves and military pay boosts averaging nearly seven percent. The President, outlining the sweeping military manpower program in two special messages, declared that the U. S. "must have forces trained for ’every emergen- ( cy should an aggressor be so criminally unwise as tb attempt ’ an atomic attack.” ,He stressed his reserve program by noting that “we cannot possibly keep armed and in uniform the r "total forces that might ultimately be required in all-out war.” * Mr. Eisenhower said: “It ehall always be our objective, in the present world situation, to maintain a military force that we can support for the many years tnat may be necessary to dispel the shadow of Communist threat.” In asking the pay boosts, the President pointed out he was requesting no increase for the first two years of service by enlisted men and the first three years for officers — excluding present draftees. The alm, he added, is to induce men to stay in service after those periods. The messages called for: 1. Extension of the selective service law, now due to expire June 30, because, the President said, "I see no reasonable prospect that the world situation or technological advances in the next four years will render the draft unnecessary.” 2. Approval of the administration’s limited universal training program permitting about IQO.OOO youths aged 17 and 18 each, year to take six months basic trainingand then enter the reserves for nine and one-half years. 3. An extensive overhaul and expansion of the civilian reserves including authorization , for the states to "raise and maintain in time of peace organized militia forces" in addition to the national guard. 4. Military pay and allowance boosts ranging as high as 16 percent and averaging 6.7 percent —- necessary, Mr. Eisenhower declared, because "we are losing too many men trained in leadership and technical skills." 5. An extension of the doctorsdentists draft law, which is now due to expire July 1, for two more years. By that time, the President said, it is expected that the medical needs of the armed forces can be met adequately by other means. / The proposed pay increases, scaled on a “selective" basis to retain skilled men, would cost about 536 million dollars a year. The President asked other improvements in “fringe” benefits expected to bring the total increase to 750 million dollars. Mr. Eisen Hower," In urging" extension of the draft with its present requirement of two years’ service said that “shortening the term of service would seriously damage the combat readiness of our active.. (Continued on Pare Eight) Band Booster Fund Previously Reported $470,47 Dr. H. F. Zwick ,___ 10.00 A Friend :__ 5,00 TOTAL $485.47 Contributions can be made by sending any amount to Band Booster fund, care of Hugh J. Andrews, principal of Decatur high school. All money received will go tpward the purchase of new nutforms for the Decatur high school .baud.

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