Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LIII. No. 24.

NAVY TELLS OF ARMS PLANS APPEARING BEFORE the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, Navy Secretary Charts Thomas is Hanked by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. R. B. Carpey (left) and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Lemuel Sheppard. Thomas spoke of “much more advanced” engines than those in the atomic submarine Nautilus which will be placed in larger ships in “the not too distant future" and told of Navy plans to build one atomic-powered submarine each year.

Molotov Says China Crisis Peace Threat

By KINGSBURY SMITH I.N.S. European General Manager (Copyright 1955 by 1. N. S.) MOSCOW (INS) —Soviet deputy Premier and foreign minister V. M. Molotov told William Randolph Hearst, Jr., today that the situation in the Formosan area constitutes a threat to peace and indicated that the Soviet government might be willing to ask Communist China to agree to a temporary cease-fire. Melotov made this important statement in the course of an 80minute exclusive interview with the American publisher and this correspondent in his office in the Kremlin. said: "The Soviet Union Is interested in reducing international tension everywhere.” He added. “Everything that com tributes to that end will find port on the part of the Soviet Union.” It was pointed out to Molotov that the immediate and acute problemjp the Formosan area seemed to be to prevent the existing situation from developing into an, extended conflict. Molotov was asked whether, if no agreement could be reached next week at the U. N. security council .meeting for a permanent cease-fire between the Chinese Communist and Chinese Nationalist Forces, what would be the attitude of the Soviet government to the possibility of a temporary cease-fire to facilitate the withdrawal of Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang KahShekfs forces, from those islands close to the mainland which now are under attack. It was explained to Molotov that this might avert heavy casualties which would be bound to be suffered by both sides if an attempt were made to take those islands by force. It was also stated that it might avert the danger of an extension of the conflict. Molotov replied: “I can provide a short reply to that question. If Chiang Kai-Shek should desire to withdraw his forces from any Islands hardly anyond would try to prevent him from doing so.’ We asked whether that meant that Molotov thought the Communist Chinese forces on the mainland would not attack a withdrawal or ships which might facilitate a withdrawal. Molotov said, “I am not authorized to' speak for the Chinese Peoples’ Republics. That question should be asked of them.” We inquired whether Soyiet government would be prepared to ask the Chinese government that question. Molotov, gazing intently at us, said: “Is the government of the United States asking us to do that?” Hearst quickly answered: “We are not speaking for the American government In any way. We are simply journalists.” Molotov then said. “I am taking (Oonllnhied on Page Six) MARCH OF DIMES Previously Reported $472.69 Lincoln School —— 207.09 Catholic School 112.76 Decatur High School —45.08 Coin Containers . 47.69 •Woman’s Club 10.00 Olive Rebekah Lodge 3.60 Mothers’ March 1242.11 TOTAL .... ....$2142.21

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1 Question Women In Rubenstein's Life — Check 2,000 Names In Six Black Books NEW YORK (INS)—A beautiful blonde singer was questioned closely today by police as they doggedly checked some 2,000 names in six .“black books" owned by strangled draft-dodger Serge Rubinstein. Betty Reed, a tall platinum blonde soprano, was the latest in a steady parade of- mink-clad “dream girls” to be quizzed by authorities about the life and 8 loves of the 46-year-old Russianborn financier. Miss Reed, a frequent date of Rubinstein's the past three years, reportedly was asked whether she could confirm the rumor that she was “very,much in love” with the millionaire “wizard of Wall Street.” Unofficial sources stubbornly insisted that blonde hairs had been found under Serge’s fingernails but the district attorney's office pointed out that even if the report were true they would neither confirm nor. deny it. The consistently gorgeous women friends of Rubinstein proved as they entered the precinct house for questioning that Serge’s taste in women was as varied as his complex background They were: Blonde and willowy Betty Reed; luscious brunette secretary . Patricia Wray, 24, who said she was “in love” with Rubinstein; Dorothea McCarthy, 22, a tall, slender brunette model; Pat Sinnott, 25, a curvaceous - redhead with angelic features; auburn-haired and minkadorned Barbara Gaylord Cook, about 28, an actress “at liberty” and described as the “most gorgeous” of. the group, and Estelle Gardner, 26, brunette model and one time Broadway actress. One detective admitted that a quick solution of the crime was not expected when he said: “We could give you a hundred motives and a hundred suspects. Rubinstein sure made plenty of enemies, any one of whom might have killed him.” In questioning Friday, Miss Wray admitted receiving six phone calls from Rubinstein while he was dating Miss Gardner shortly before he was strangled. Mis/wray said the calls got her out of bed and that she was “too exhausted” to understand them. The brunette, Miss Gardner, told police Rubinstein had accompanied her through the double pteel-barred doors of his mansion after a night-cap early Thursday and had escorted her to a taxi. -■ Serge was found dead by his butler about 8:30 a. m., bound hand and foot and with layers of adhesive tape wrapped around his throat. Meanwhile, the FBI, at the request of New York authorities, asked Scotland Yard to check the background of a $6,000,000 financial poup Sergfe reportedly pulled off with the aid of associates he later froze out. NOON EDITION

China Planes Blast Hard At Red Shipping Troop Transports Reported Damaged By Plane Attacks TAIPEH (INS)—Chinese Nationalist warplanes blasted Communist shipping with renewed fury today in attacks aimed at thwarting any Red invasion of the Tachen islands. - Nationalist pilots reported they “damaged badly” six troop transports in waters near the Tachens which are scheduled to be evacuated shortly by Nationalist troops under President Eisenhower's redeployment plan. •'* ' 1 Nationalist intelligence sources said four Red army divisions, probably about 40,000 men, were, massed at mainland points only 18 miles from the Tachens. These potential invasion troops are part of a 400,000-man army menacing Formosa and other Nationalist islands along the south China coast. Nationalist and American military commanders were awaiting a green light for the evacuatiin of some 10,000 troops from the Tachens, 200 miles north of Formosa, under the Eisenhower plan for defense of the Chiang Kai-Shek republic. The way was cleared for the evacuation when the U. S. senate approved a Formosa “fight if we must" resolution Friday. , Warships of the U. S. seventh fleet—including four big aircraft carriers—and planes of the For-mosa-based U. S. air force 18th fighter-bomber wing were ready to go into action at a moment’s notice to protect the pullback of Nationalist troops from the Tachens to Formosa and outlying islands. Congressional approval of the President's Formosa defense plan —including evacuation of the Tachens—was received with gratification in official Taipeh circles. The Nationalists stepped up their air strikes against the Reds in an apparent wave of enthusiasm and with renewed determination to break up any further Red amphibious moves off the China coast. The Nationalist planes this morning blasted Red ships in the vicinity of the Tachens and near Yichangshan island which the Reds captured in an amphibious assault last week. The six Red ships crippled by Nationalist bombs totaled 15,000 tons of shipping. Other Nationalist planes flew over the China mainland and dropped tons of rice and propaganda leaflets in five provinces. The Nationalist transports unloaded their cargoes by parachute on Fukien, Chekiang, Kaingsi, Kunan and Hupei provinces where the people have been suffering from a rice shortage because of floods. All the Nationalist planes returned safely to their Formosa bases. In the Tachen islands, other Nationalist planes watqhed over the evacuation of civilians which was begun earlier thia week. A second batch of women and children — military dependents — left the main Tachen island under cover of darkness before dawn this morning and was due at the north Formosa port of Keelung this afternoon. -

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 29, 1955.

President Eisenhower Signs Resolution For Defense Os Formosa

Right To Work Bill Fought By Labor Leaders Organized Labor Fights Measure In General Assembly INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Organized labor today readied its supreme effort in the general assembly which was in week-end recess today. The Indiana State Federation of Labor has invited all state lawmakers to attend a dinner at the Claypool Hotel Tuesday night at which the big pitch for union legislation will be made. One of the main union efforts will be directed against the socalled “right to work” bill introduced in the senate by Republican Senator T. Volney Carter, of Seymour. The measure provides that the right of a person to work shall not be denied or abridged because of membership or non-member-ship in a labor union. It also prohibits the closed shop, nullifies the 1933 state anti-injunc-tion law, stops the check-off of union dues and paves the way for law suits against unions, according to spokesmen for organized labor. The labontes are working also for increased jobless insurance, workmen's compensation and occupational disease compensation benefits but are awaiting the appearance of administration bills.

Governor George N. Craig has proposed the increased payments. Other pending bills favored are those for equal pay for women with men, the fair employment practices bill “with teeth” and repeal of the utilities compulsory arbitration law. The unionists likewise are bitterly attacking the three percent sales tax bill and the measure for withholding the gross income tax from pay envelopes. 4 Indications are that the death knell for the Malone senate skipelection bill was sounded when the GOP state committee late Friday adopted a resolution opposing it. Mayor Vernon Anderson of Hammond, a committee member, who offered the motion, said: "Good government is always good politics, and separate city elections produce good government at the local level. The Republican party will invariably come out on top in separate elec(Continued on Page Five) Forecast Cold Wave Continues In State No Break Foreseen By Weather Bureau INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Current weather trends in Indiana indicate that the groundhog will need a power drill to chip his way out of Indiana’s frozen terra flrma. The thermometer was stepladdered the length of the state in early morning lows all below zero beginning with four below at Evansville and stepping down while stepping up to minus seven at Indianapolis, eight at Lafayette, nine at Fort Wayne and a frigid 10 at South Bend. Snow is expected late tonight over most of Indiana and weathermen see no hope for a break in the cold snap for the next three days at least. - v An extended forecast calls tor snow again late Sunday or Monday and around the middle of next week. Temperatures during the period are expected to average 13 to 18 degrees below normal highs 33-48, and lows of 17-28. State officials warned motorists that hazardous driving conditions exist on many major highways and practically all secondary roads are extremely slick and dangerous.

Thomas Briede Is " Critically Injured Decatur Young Man Injured Last Night Thomas J. Briede, 23-year-old Decatur resident, is still in critical condition at the Fort Wayne Lutheran hospital as the result of an accident Friday at 8:50 pm. in Fort Wayne. Briede, who is suffering from a possible skull fracture, fracture of the upper right leg and severe lacerations of the face and scalp, was reported slightly improved this morning. The accident occurred when Briede sideswiped an automobile driven by Edward L. Heidenreich, 20, of Fort Wayne, and then crashed head-on into a car driven by James J. Saybolt. 37, also of Fort Wayne. It happened just inside the Fort Wayne city limits on U.S. ,27. Saybolt was also injured in the accident, sustaining severe cuts and possible rib fractures. His condition is -not serious, according to Lutheran hospital attaches. All three cars were badly damaged. The one side of the Heidenreich car was destroyed and after the impact it spun completely around and came to a stop off the highway. Briede’s head and one arm broke out the windshield of his car. i Briede was southbound at tha time of the The other two car* were travelling north. The cars which struck head-op capie to a stop in the northbound lane. Fort Wayne police are continuing the investigation today. Briede is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Briede, 509 W. Jefferson street. - School Emergency Bill To Be Pushed Construction Bill Termed Emergency WASHINGTON (INS) — Senate Labor Committee Chairman Lister Hill (D Ala.), said today he will seek passage of an emergency waiting for President Eisenhower's recommendations, due Feb. 15. school construction bill without HUI said: “It is my hope that we can go right ahead and push a bill out of committee in the next few days. I hope we can get it up on the floor and we could have it passed by Feb. 15. The emergency is too serious for any further delay.” Hill said that only one more day of hearings is scheduled although they could run over if the committee did not finish with witnesses? — 4 1 ——: . Republican committeemen protested that the unit should wait for Mr. Eisenhower’s school message, They claimed privately that Democrats are seeking speed because they want the credit for actton to relieve the classroom shortage. Sen. Barry Coldwater (R Ariz.), a labor committeeman said: “It is peculiar that Democrats are in such a rush now when last year we had an identical bill before us and it was not acted on favorably because of the Democrats. We ought to delay until we hear what the President has to say.” Hill denied that Democrats held up the school bill last year. He pointed out that the legislation did not reach the senate calendar until the closing days of the session. He said no action was taken because the house committee had not even held hearings. Sen. James Murray (D Mont.), said the President’s recommendations could be treated as amendments on the floor if the legislation has not been passed by the time Mr. Eisenhower's school message is received. Both Hill and Murray stressed that the program they seek to speed is an emergency one, while, they said, the President’s message is expected to deal with the long(Contlnuvu on rag« Five)

Report China Reds Reject Cease - Fire Red Newspapers In Moscow And Peiping In Blast At Plans LONDON, (INS) — The British foreign office withheld comment today on reports that Red China would reject a Formosa cease-fire while Communist newspapers in Moscow and Peiping labeled the idea “unacceptable.’’ Observers noted that the newspapers made no mention of the Red attitude toward a possible invitation to discuss the suggestion at the UN and that, while attacking the truce idea, were careful to link it with “U. S. occupation of Formosa." This was taken as an indication that the Reds might accept a UN invitation and also might seek to use the suggestion of a cease-fire to pry American forces out of the Formosa area. Britain presumably will continue to apply behind-the-scenes diplomatic pressure on Russia and Red China this weekend despite the prompt and bitter Communist reaction to the suggestion of a truce. The outbursts came only a few hours after British envoys in Moscow and Peiping informed the Reds ♦hat Britain, the U. s. and New Zealand will ask the UN security council Monday to invite representatives of the Peiping regime tp New York for a discussion of the Formosa crisis. The Peiping Daily, organ of the Red Chinese government, called a cease - fire “absolutely unacceptable” and added that it “would mean betrayal of the interests of the Chinese people." In Moscow, the Communist party newspaper Pravda rejected the (Continued on Page Six) Premier Os Denmark Dies Unexpectedly Heart Attack Fatal To Danish Premier STOCKHOLM (INS) — Danish Premier Hans Hedtoft died unexpectedly today at —st Stockholm hotel where he was attending a meeting of the Nordic council. The 51-year-old premier's death was attributed to a heart attack. Hedtoft rose steadily in Danish politics from 1922, when he became a secretary of the Social Democratic Youth League, to 1947, when he became premier for the first time. His career was interrupted only by the war, when he was pushed out of the post of chairman of the Social Democratic party by German occupation authorities. He yielded the premiership in 1950, but stepped back into the post again in 1953 to succeed Moderate Liberal Erik Eriksen. Last November Hedtoft, together with premier Oscar Torp of Norway and Tage Erlanger of Sweden, visited the United States and lunched with President Eisenhower at the White House. Their trip was made partly to inaugurate the new Copenhagen to Los Angeles trans-artlc air route and partly to confer with Mr. Eisenhower on Scandinavian affairs. At that time Hedtoft and his colleagues reportedly advised the President that efforts to keep the Russians from buying ships in the west would merely drive the Soviets to order vessels from satellite nations and tie these nations more closely to the Communist empire. “ •' ' INDIANA WEATHER Snow flurries and continued 1 quite cold tonight. Sunday partly cloudy with snow flurries diminishing. Low tonight five below to five above. High Sunday 15-24.

Mothers March Is *. ? ; Polio Fund Boost More Than $1,200 Is Donated FridayThe Decatur Mothers March on Polio Friday night added 11,242.21 to the March of Dimes campaign in this community, it was announced today by Herman Krueckeberg, fund treasurer. Over 95 mothers, men and Boy Scouts knocked on Decatur doors Friday night to solicit donations to the polio fund which finances research and relief. The money collected in the march brings the Decaf n r tofp 1 to $2,141.12 which is more than SBSO short of the $3,000 goal. Lyle Mallonee, general chairman of the drive, pointed out that it is still possible for Decatur to reach its , goal since the results of several projects have not yet been turned in to the treasurer. Mallonee and hts co-chairman, Mike Pryor, extended thanks to Beta Sigma Phi sorority for sponsoring the successful mothers march, to Mrs. Robert Lane who organized it and to all of those who went from door to door in spite of the cold weather. Returns not yet reported include the benefit dance Thursday, the March of Dollars on the mirrors at the Donut shop and Holthouse drug store, cannister col(ContimiM on .Fake Six) Elizabeth Hendrick;

Dies Last Evening 7= Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hendricks, 87, prominent Monroe lady, and a resident of Adams county most of her life, died at 7 o’clock Friday evening at her home in Monroe following an illness of two weeks of complications. She was born in Ohio May 2, 1867, a daughter of Harold and Catherine Kirby-Thompson, but had lived in this county most of her life. She was married to James A. Hendricks, who preceded her in death July 15, 1953. Mr. Hendricks, prominent Adams county resident was a former county commissioner and county highway superintendent. Mrs. Hendricks was a member of the Monroe Methodist church, the W.S.C.S. of the church, and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the Better Homes club. Surviving are two sons, Clyde W. Hendricks of Mt. Etna and Howard G. Hendricks of Monroe; six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. One son preceded her In death. Mrs. Hendricks was the last surviving member of her family. * Funeral services will be conducted at l:3ff‘p.m. Monday at the Gillig & Doan funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Monroe Methodist church, the Rev. (Ralph Johnson officiating. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after

7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. Democrat's Recorder First With Accident The Decatur Daily Democrat's telephone news service over 3-2171 "scooped” the Fort Wayne radio and TV stations last night on the Thomas Briede accident, thanks to the alertness of Charles Mowery, of Decatur, who reported seeing a wrecked Decatur station wagon just south of Fort Wayne as he came home last evening. A check with the Fort Wayne police showed that the car was that of Briede, who had been taken to the hospital. The message wks originally on the tape recorder before the police car returned from the accident. More than 1,200 calls were received by the tape recorder last night, and several times all ten circuits were in use. ’

To Back U. N. In Efforts To End Hostility Ike Authorized To Use Armed Forces If Found Necessary WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower today signed the resolution for defense of Formosa and declared that the U. S. is ready to support United Nations effort "to end the present hostility” between the Chines Reds and Nationalists. The President signed the resolution at 8:41 a. m. (EST) in the White House conference room in the presence of congressional leaders who guided the measure to overwhelming ■ approval in house and senate. He usea 14 pens in signing the document, and handed them to the various congressional leaders. The resolution authorizes Mr. Eisenhower to use American armed forces, as he deems necessary, “for the specific purpose of securing and protecting Formosa and the Pescadores against armed attack." It also authorizes him to secure and protect "related” positions now in friendly and to take “such other measures as he judges I to be required or appropriate." f l ' TWs «Iftte“fffretad' ia

. * uio go lutcrpictßu tu ciHTair tnau the President could order U. 8. forces—if necessary—to breakup Red invasion forces concentrated on the mainland. After signing the resolution, the President said: “I am deeply gratified at the almost unanimous vote in the congress of the' United States on this joint resolution. To the members of the congress and to their leaders with me here today I wish publicly to thank them for their great patriotic service. “By their vote the American people through their elected representatives have made it clear to the world that we are united here at home in our determination to help a brave ally and to resist Communist armed aggression. “By so asserting this belief we are taking a step to preserve the peace in the Formosa area. "We are ready to support a United Natrons effort to end the present hostility in the area, but we also are united in our determination to defend an area vital to the security of the United States and the free world.” Mrs. Eisenhower watched the ceremony from the sidelines. She had said that she attended such occasions "only by invitation,” and added: “My husband invited me.” Among those present at the signing ceremony were vice president Richard M. Nixon, secretary of state John Foster Dulles, senate GOP leader William F. Knowland, Calif., house GOP leader Joseph W. Martin Jr., Mass., senate foreign relations chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga.), Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.) top Republican on the foreign relations committee and Sen. Styles

Bridges (R-N. H.) ranking Republican on the appropriations committee. The resolution was approved by the house, 409 to 3, and passed by the senate Friday night, 85 to 3. Mr. Eisenhower signed the measure prior to his departure for a weekend in Augusta. Ga. (Contlnfcied on Page Six) Band Booster Fund Previously Reported 1794.47 (Ruth Toj»upend (Band membew 3?. .... 5.00 TOTAL >799.47 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 « toward the purchase of new uniforms for the Decatur high school band.

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