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CALLED TO TESTIFY before the senate armed services subcommittee, top defense and atomic officials chat with chairman Sen. Estes Kefauver (left), D-Tenn., before their appearance as witnesses. The three, who discussed effects of radioactive fall-out in the event of atomic warfare are (from left) civil defense director Vai Peterson, atomic energy commissioner Willard F. Libby and mobilization director Arthur Flemming. -— - — ———

Cites Urgency Os Combatting Reds In Asia Communist Effort To Undermine Free Nations Is Cited BANGKOK (INS) — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles emphasized in Bangkok today U. S. determination to oppose Communism and her sincere desire to defend Southeast Asia against Red aggression. , Dulles stressed these points at a secret council session on the opening day of the council meeting of the Southeast Asia collective defense treaty (SEATO.) Dulles' remarks followed the emphasis placed by the delegates of the eight SEATO nations on the urgency to combat Asian Communism. Australian external affairs minister Richard G. Casey sounded the keynote by warning that the Communist effort “to undermine the free countries of Asia” must be countered “far more effectively than in the past.” At the same time, Casey rammed home Australia's dissatisfaction wltE~BfTta!n/ which has rec 7 ognized Red China and carries on extensive trade with the Chinese Communists. The initial session of the threeday conference in the gilded throne room where the Thai national assembly meets in Bangkok lasted an hour. The council then went into secret session where secretary of state John Foster Dulles gave a 40-minute outline of American strategy against Asian Commun ism. /• • Dulles took the floor immediately after the session started and appeared anxious to make Amer ica's anti-Red determination clear. He stressed that Korea, Japan and Formosa were vitally important areas, although outside SEATO. He warned, however, that SEATO was only part of the total so curity structure in the far-flung commitments of the U, S. Presumably, Dulles presented America’s views with respect to “three-prong retaliation” in which South Korea and Nationalist Chi na would join the U. S. in retaliatory moves against the Chinese Reds should they launch a new attack in Southeast Asia. Dulles went to great pains in reviewing his Formosa position but did not ask formal recognition Os the problem because it is outside SEATO jurisdiction. A reliable source also said Dulles emphasized America's sincere desire to defen<l_§.au,UigAst, Asia but reported that the U. S. would not commit a standing army in the area, although she would “rotate” mobile air and naval forces. The Formosa problem was be ing discussed privately by the foreign. ministers and might overshadow the conference itself, which, is' limited in Hs current discussions. . The Bangkok conference is aimed at setting up defense jnachinery for the member states of the SEATO pact—the U. S., Britain. France, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand — and to find ways to halt Comunist subversion. The delegates drove past thousands of flag-waving children to the meeting hall, where Prince Wan Waithayakon, Thai foreign minister, who was elected chair(Contlnued on Page Six) • • .1 ■ •

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TELL FALL-OUT PROTECTION PLANS

Contracts Awarded By Commissioners No Decision Mode On Tractor Bids County commissioners at the regular meeting this week awarded a contract for coal to Burk Elevator Co. for sl3 a ton and a contract for fertilizer to Richard Martin for $43.70 per ton. No decision on the seven bids for tractors was reached. The tractor bid will be awarded this afternoon at a special meeting. Six bids were received on the fertilizer and two on the coal. Ervin Werling, representative of the Civilian Building and Supply of Fort x Wayne, appeared at the meeting to discuss cost of a steel building for the highway department. A petition filed some time ago to close an unimproved road in Jefferson township was discussed and was taken under advisement by the commissioners. Corvin Newcommer presented a petition to stone another road in Jefferson township. Link Road Program To Evacuation Plans Urge Attention To Highway Networks WASHINGTON (INS) — The life and death needs of civil defense and President Eisenhower’s road-building program were linked today by a Democratic senator who urged special attention for a network of “evacuation” highways. Sen. Henry... „M. Jackson (DWash.) described as “the nation's number one” civil defense problem the evacuation of big cities during an atomic war. He said the answer may be found in plans now pending in congress for a vast boost in highway construction. Jackson’s emphasis on evacuationof target areas —rather than construction of bomb shelters in the cities—was endorsed by federal civil defense chief Vai Peterson and atomic energy commissioner Willard F. Libby. , And Mr. Eisenhower, in submitting his 101 billion dollar, 10-year highway program to congress, warned that the nation’s present road system Would create “deadly congestion” in an atomic attack. The chief executive said: “In case of an atomic attack on our key cities, the rohd net must permit quick evacuation of target areas, mobilization of defense forces and maintenance of every essential economic function. But the present system in critical areas would be the breeder of a deadly congestion within hours of an at(Continued on Page Five) Farm Achievement Banquet March 14 March 14 was chosen as the date for the annual farmers achievement banquet in a meeting of extension pro>cf..j.'hairmen on Monday evening, -The hanqueit will, be’ held at the Adams Central School at 6:30 p. m. The dinner will be served by the Adams Central P. T?A. Tickets are priced at $1.50 and will go on sale soon. Harold Schwartz, Mionroe township, is ticket salesmen chairman. Awards will be made to the 5acre corn club members and recognition will be given to the winners in D. H. I. A. work, sheep, beef, home demonstration work, poultry, and all extension projects.

Faure Favors Armament In Cabinet Bid — —^4 —— - *-■' r —, —— French To Vote Today On New Government Try BULLETIN PARIS (INS) — Agence France Prease said tonight that Edgar Faure has been approved as France's new premier by the National Assembly, on the basis of unofficial reports. PARIS (INS) — Premier-Desig-nate Edgar Faure told the French National assembly today that he would seek early ratification of the Paris agreements if his cabinet wins approval. The 47-year old Radical Socialist moderate added that he also would support the admission of West Germany into the western community of nations. “This is their real price,” Faure told the assembly, “ft is worth the sacrifice that we consent.” After hearing Faure’s program, the National assembly recessed until 4:30 p. m. (10:30 a. m. EST). A vote was expected shortly thereafter. The Paris accords, providing for an armed West Germany, already have been indorsed by the assembly but await ratification by the Council of the Republic, the upper house of the French parliament. Faure also pledged “irrevocable fidelity” to the Atlantic Alliance (Continued on Page Eight) Two Army Officers Assaulted By Reds Incident Os Last Fall Is Revealed BERLIN (INS) —The United States army disclosed today that two armed Soviet soldiers assaulted two American officers, commandeered an Army sedan and smashed it into a tree last Sept. 23 within the Soviet zone. The Americans-who were not members of a military liaison mission which was accredited in the Red army zone and were on a routine mission 40 miles north of Berlin when the incident occurred. According to the announcement, the American officers had stopped their car to pour gasoline into the tank from a can. A Soviet sergeant armed with a tommygun and a Soviet private armed with a rifle sprang from nearby bushes and told the Americans they were not allowed on that side of the road. The American tried to explain, but the Russians pointed their guns at the Americans and ordered them into the car, which the Soviet private drove. The car suddenly smashed into a tree and in the following eoflfusion, took the tommygun 'from the -sergeant, who fled into the fields with the private. Damage to the car was estimated at s3oq. The Americans drove to the nearest Soviet Army headquarters but the Soviets refused to accept their credentials and held them from early afternoon until next morning. , ' The United States protested strongly but the Soviets refused to accept responsibility or pay damages.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 23, 1955.

State Home Rule Bill Beaten By House Vote At Protracted Session

St Johns Minister Dies Early Today Rev. Schwehn Is Heart Victim Rev. W. G. Schwehn, 64. pastor of St. Johns Lutheran church for the past five years died suddenly at 2:45 o’clock this morning at the St. Johns parsonage, seven miles north of Decatur on U. S. highway' .27 \ ——........, Rev. Schwehn had not been ill and his death came as a shock to his family and many friends In the community. He was born May 10, 1890 at Fort Wayne, a son of Conrad J. and Wilhelmina Gellaf Schwehn. Rev. Schwehn attended Trinity Lutheran school in Fort Wayne and in 1904 he entered Concordia college. After graduating from that college, he' entered Concordia seminary at St. Louis, Mo., from which school he was graduated three years later. His first church assignment was at Grace Lutheran church in Concord, N. C. Following three years as a minister in North Carolina, he became an instructor at Immanuel college, Greensboro, N. C. and then superintendent of the southeastern field of negro missions. In 1921 Rev. Schwehn became pastor of the mother of Missouri Synod Lutherism m Philadelphia. In De accepted a call to St. Johns at Hannibol, Mo. where he served for 26 years. In October 1950 Rev. Schwenhn came to St. Johns north of Decatur, which pastorate he occupied at the time of his death. Surviving are the widow, Lydia M. Schwehn and the following children: Rev. Hartwig M. Schwehn of Hannibol, Mo.; Carl J. Schwehn. Jefferson City, Mo.; Mrs. Russell Fort Wayne; Walter G. Jr.. Mary and Martha home. Two brothers Carl H. of Milwaukee, Wis. and Edwin J., Norfolk, Va., a sister Mrs. George Kirkup, Fort Wayne and an aunt Mrs. Mary Rodewald, Fort Wayne also survive. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral ’home after 7 o’clock this evening. The body will be taken to the St. Johns church Thursday noon and will lie in state until time for the funeral Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Services will also be held Saturday at Hannibol, Mo. at St. Johns church in that city and burial will be at Hannibal in Grandview burial park ’ " ■ , The family requests that flowers be omitted, but memorial bequests may be made to St. Johns building fund. Memorial services also will be held Sunday at St. Johns Lutheran church. BULLETIN Sectional Tourney Score First Game Berne 47, Hartford 43 (final)

Lenten Meditation OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED (By Rev. William C. Feller, Zion Evangelical & Reformed Church) “If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed* . . . nothing shall be impossible unto you.” Matthew 17:20. Lent 1955 begins today. May we begin it in the spirit of the above theme and text. Men of research in-the fields and piedicine have found unlimited opportunities ahead of them through,faith, ’ -Their.' * faith, compared torthe almost tainous tasks and challenges that-lay ahead, seemed ' grain of mustard seed. But their faith plus work accomplished that which a few- decades ago was deemed impossible. v In the realm of religion there are unlimited opportunities for us in this Lenten season—if we have faith—and will work. Opportunities for spiritual enrichment: for the deepening of the spiritual life; for growth in our knowledge and understanding of Christ’s way of life; for growth in our own personal prayer life; for personal evangelism, each Christian seeking to win the unchurched; for growth in church attendance; and innumerable others. Let us make the most of the opportunities and strengthen our faith through prayer, Bible reading, meditation, church attendance and faithful Christian service. And may the crucified Christ, who gave His life for us. become more dear to us this Lenten season. .

Nationalists Keep Up Raids On Red Ships j Report Damaging Two More Vessels In Aerial Attacks ! TAI?EH (INS) -Chinese Na tionalist planes continued their j damaging smashes at Red shipping f for the sixth day today and reports ed hitting two more Communist ships in predawn raids. The Nationalist air force said P4Y bombers, on routine patroj ■f near the Taishan islands, 100 miles » northwest of Formosa, “probably” i sank one Red ship Mnd damaged 1 another. No details were given as j to the type of ships hit. 1 The Nationalists have claimed a 1 total of at least 56 Red ships of various sizes sunk or crippled in heavy air-sea action beginning last 3 Friday. (Nationalist planes caught a big 3 flotilla of Red junks near Nanchi ’ island Tuesday and reported sinking or damaging at least ten Red ” vessels including one 700-ton gun- ® boat. A _ There was much speculation about the intent of the Red fleet J which was said to number about j' 200 motorized junks along with escorting gunboats. A Nationalist military spokesj man said he did not think the . Reds had planned to land on Nanj chi which is the northernmost out-, post of the Chiang Kai-Shek government I'2o miles north of Fori mosa. > Nationalist sources said the Reds are apparently building up garrif sons on island outposts near Nanchi with the future aim of taking j the - Island? 1 ~ The United States, which origi- ' nated the; idea of pulling back * from the Tachens in a tightening ’ of Nationalist defense lines, has *■ never expressed any policy regarding defense of Nanchi. • _ ±_ ———. Monday Is Deadline I For License Plates * i - Owner of motor vehicles were [ warned today that the deadline for . purchasing 1955 license tabs is [ Feb. 28, next Monday. The state license bureau report- , ed that sales are still lagging and a tremendous rush is expected I during the last few days. It was pointed out that in the original instruction owners were told • to place the 1955 tabs on the rear ■ plate. This instruction overlooked i the problem of tractor-trailer vehi icles. For these only, the tabs wil’ be -placed on the front plate. All others will still be put on the rear plate. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight. Mostly cloudy with some light snow Thursday. High today 38, low tonight 25, high Thursday 38.

BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS)—The navy discounted today a report forwarded by the coast guard that two unidentified submarines were sighted Tuesday . three to five miles off NAG’s Head, N.C. A navy spokesman said the report, which sent a plane from Norfolk, Va., and a blimp from Weeksville, N. C., to investigate, was based on the sighting of objects that were “not submarines.” World Prayer Day Service On Friday To Hold Service At Christian Church The program was announced today for Decatur's observance of the. World Day of Prayer, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the First Christian church. The observance, which is worldwide, is sponsored locally by the council of church women. The offering received at the service will be sent to the national council of churches to be used in the division of foreign missions and the division of home missions. In the foreign field, it will be used for education of Christian -women leaders in interdenominational colleges in the Orient and in Africa, for Christian literature for women and children around the world, and for worn foreign students in the United States. In the home missions field, projects which are supported mainly by these offerings will be continued. These are - with the American Indians, low income farm communities, and agricultural migrants. Men and women of the communi ity are urged to set aside a part • of Friday for prayer, worshipping ■ individually in the First Christian > church during the day, and attending the evening service. The program follows: : Choral call to -worship — First I Methodist church choir. ' Opening — Mrs. Lowell Smith, ’ president. Hymn — “Praise To The Lord.” Meditation on “Adoration," followed by prayer by Mrs. Virgil Sexton. Scripture, John 15:1-12 >— Mrs. Virgil Sexton. Selection by choir. Meditation on “Penitence and Thanksgiving," followed by prayer by Mrs. J. F. Sanmann. Offering—Mrs. Lowell Smith. Hymn—“l Need Thee Every Hour.” Meditation on "Intercession and Dedication,” followed by prayer by Mrs. Merritt Alger. Hymn — "The Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended.’’ Benediction — Rev. Traverse Chandler. Mrs. Goldie Roth Dies This Morning Death Follows ‘ Illness Os Year Mrs. Goldie Roth, 80, died at 5:30 o’clock this morning at the Berne nursing home following an illness of more than a year’s duration. Mrs. Roth was a daughter of Mr. and Mrz. M: C. McKinney. She was born in Clinton county, Sept. 29, 1874 but had resided in Decatur for many years. Mrs. Roth was a member of the First Christian church here. " Surviving are the husband Otto K. Roth, a son, Erwin W. St-eelc, Fort \Vayne; -a grandson, Robert Steele, stationed in Germany with the U. S.’ Army; a brother- W. W. McKinney, Bradenton, Fla., and three sisters, Mrs. J. A. .Beery, Decatur, Mrs. Beatrice Hawkins, Marion and Mrs. R. B. Myers, Kokomo. Friends may call at the Zwick Funeral home after 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be made at Decatur cemetery. Rev. Traverse Chandler, pastor of First Christian church will officiate.

Kennedy Defeated In Chicago Primary Democrat Machine Beats Incumbent CHICAGO (INK) — It will be Richard J, Daley, a lifelong Democrat, versus Robert ®. Merriam, a Democrat - turned - Republican, in Chicago’s mayoralty election April 5. Daley, - chairman of tho Cook county Democratic committee and presently county clerk, won the Democratic nomination In Tuesday’s unusually quiet primary election by some 100,006 votes over incumbent Mayor Martin H. Kennelly. Merriam, 36-year-old reformer aiderman, swamped his two “token" opponents on the Republican side, polling better than 80 percent of the vote. Daley’s nomination was a victory for the powerful Democratic machine, which had the support of such Democrats as Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Paul Douglas (D---111.) The rotund, 52-year-old lawyerpolitician was "drafted” as the organization candidate by the party slate-making committee which he appointed. Kennelly, bidding for a third term, charged he was “dumped” by the party bosses because he refused to “play politics tn the administration of the city’s affairs,” and based his campaign rib the assertion that Daley’s election would mean “government by party bosses." The mayor's campaign was successful to a degree. Daley, despite his powerful support, failed to garner a majority of the votes in the four-way election. But a relatively light turnout of voters,, and lack of organized precinct-level backing, killed Kennelly’s chances nf being the firat person to beat the Democratic machine since 1936. Ike In Blast At Democrats On Tax Cuts Angry Accusation At Democrats On Tax Cut Proposal WASHINGTON (INS) — Prest- , dent Eisenhower angrily accused j Democrats today of scaling a new < height of fiscal irresponsibility with their proposals for a S2O-per- | person cut in income taxes. The Chief Executive threw his j full personal prestige behind th# ( GOP effort to defeat the tax cut , proposal at his weekly news con- , ference. ( His jaw squared and his eyes , flashing, he frequently pounded the table and raised his voice as , he ripped into the opposition party on the issue. Mr. Eisenhower said supporters , of the tax cut have not had the , courage to introduce it in a sep- , arate bill where it could stand or ‘ fall on its own merits, but have tied it to the administration’s pro- , posal to postpone reductions in , corporation and excise levies. The Democratic move, he declared, would return the nation to deficit spending .which he described as the most insidious thing that can hapipen to a free economy. Hammering his fist on the table, Mr. Eisenhower declared th<y, we simply cannot tills kinder, thing in responsible government' The President's views constituf- ■ ed a personal appeal to the natiqn for the White House was expected to release newsreel films of his remarks for use on television and in theaters throughout the country. J Mr. Eisenhower hinted that he 1 would veto the tax cut proposal if ' it reached him in its present form, 1 although this would mean reject- 1 ing also the bill to extend present 1 (Continues on Page Eight) 1

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Amendment To Constitution Loses In House Municipal League Brings Pressure To Aid In Defeat INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The house, at a protracted session early today, defeated the home rule amendment to the Indiana - constitution by a vote of 62 to 33. Both house and senate held • night sessions and the house meeting continued into the wee hours today. Th home rule amendment had won an easy 38-to-10 victory in the senate several weeks ago. but , many house votes were changed by pressure from the Indiana municipal league and the organized police and firemen. The chief backers of the measure were the Indiana League of Women Voters and the Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce. There was bitter debate tor several hours on the bill which would have permitted cities and towns to choose their own form of government and to reform personnel systems within the governments. Republican Representative Grattan H. Downey, of Indianapolis, said: “The pressure against thia amendment comes from the Indiana municipal league, a selfish special Interest group, which fears the day their dirty linen will be washed and hung out for all to see." Activities of the women in behalf of the measures were derided by Democratic Representative Joseph E. Klen who read a letter from a Lake county husband saying his wife had not been home since she joined the League of Women Voters to battle for the home rule amendment. And Republican Representative W. O. Hughes said the women should help purify politics by working under the present municipal form of government. But Republican Representative Harriet C. Stout, of Indianapolis, replied; “Members of the League do work at elections. It’s all right for the women to work for your elections though, isn't it? It’s all right if they leave their children and go out and campaign for you!" The house, 59 to 34, defeated an attempt to keep taverns in five large counties open until 1 a. m. The counties are Marion, Allen. Lake, St. Joseph and Vanderburgh. Klen and Representative Otto Pozgay, South Bend Democrat, said the bill was needed for late shift workers who now go to neighboring states for their “night caps” because of present midnight closing. But Republican Representative Laurence D. Baker, of Kendallville, replied: “You’re promoting local option by this bill. You're permitting one county to be wet an hour later than its neighboring counties. When the taverns In my county. Noble, are closed at midnight, you'll be sending the. cars aching over into Alien county where the — closing hour will be 1 a. m." The Hasbrook-Martin bill severely penalizing professional gamblers passed second reading (Continued on Page .Sight) Band Booster Fund Previously Repffifted SSTtitf, Albert Sellemeyer Memorial ‘ (Faculty and students of • Decatur public schools)-*. 50.00 TOTAL ... $1021.4? 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.