Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LIII. No. 53.

RUIN FOLLOWS ISRAELI-ARAB CLASH jfeT-fr JMB- - j 4 j| '■ 1 V > .a« »- . ”»wßk . 5 "*r jv* zysy -* > i t tr ''■* 7,- >»•« <>- r ’ ' , "* l !l^ w i 'JdSSfMk® • AFTER TWO DAYS of rioting and burning following a dash between Egyptian and Israeli soldiers which brought deaths to both sides, the toWn of Gaza presented a war-devastated appearance with houses wrecked and burning piles of debris. Egypt charges 39 soldiers died in the clash, and Arab refugees piled in the squalor of the narrow Gaza strip since 1949, charged a lack of safety measures against Israeli raids. ,

Reds In Push On Island In Matsu Group Nationalists Say 7 Reds Driven Back In Kaoteng Attack TAIPEI (INS) — The Chinese Nationalist defense ministry announced that more than 40 Chinese Communist gunboats and armed junks attacked Kaoteng island in the Matsu group late today. A Nationalist communique said "the enemy was driven back toward after a 20minute “pitched battle.” Kaoteng lies three miles north of Matsu proper and about 100 miles northwest of Formosa. The Nationalists said the attack was under cover of a thick fog shortly after 4 p.m. (3 a.m. EST). It was not apparent whether the Reds sought to seize the island which is part of the group in the northernmost outpost of oFrmcsa. The Nationalists said the Reds made a similar attack on Kaoteng last January 23 but were driven off. The attack on Kaoteng was reported as top Chinese and American military men conferred in Taipei on implementation of the U. S.Nationalist mutual defense treaty which went into effect Thursday. Part of the military discussions were concerned with defense of the Matsus and the Quemoys due west of Formosa. The Nationalists said communist artillery fired eight rounds on Quemoy this afternoon about the same time as the Kaoteng attack. Discussions centered on means of tightening up the joint Formosa defense network and speeding military supplies to the Chiang KaiShek bastion. Representing the United States were Adm. Robert Caraey, chief of naval operations. Vice Adm. Felix Stump. Pacific fleet commander, Vice Adm. Alfred Pride, seventh fleet commander, and Vsj. Gen. William Chase, head of the military assistance advisory group. The military men were fresh from a briefing on diplomatic angles of U. S. assistance to Secretary of state John Foster Dulles conferred with them Thursday during a six-hour stay in Taipei. > The Nationalists announced, meanwhile, that the Kuomintang ruling party will oppose any For-’ inosa cease-fire plan. The Kuomintang central com-' mlttee concluded a three-day cau-, cus Thursday and recommended a continued fight against the Communists. rejecting the principle of a cease-fire. At the closing session. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Sheg hinted that Nationalist forces will defend the offshore islands of Quemcy and Matsu to the bitter end. There was no military action reported along the China coast this morning in the wake of a brief Communist shelling of Quemoy Thursday. ttli Nationalistß; however...sent a lone plape to drop several thou(Continued on Page Five) Atomic Test Site Idle Again Today LAS VEGAS. Nev. (INS) —The atomic test site north of Las Vegas remained idle again today because of unfavorable weather that has blocked the "big shot" the atomic energy commission has been trying to fire since the middle of last month. / _

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60,000 Narcotics Addicts In Nation Spend 219 Million Dollars Each Year WASHINGTON (INS) *- Narcotics commissioner H. J. Anslinger reports that 60,000 addicts spend 219 million dollars a year in the U. S. for illegal drugs. The head of the federal narcotics bureau declared that in contrast to this the legitimate narcotics industry — restricted largely to the filling of doctors’ prescriptions -* amounts to only ten million dollars annually. Anslinger said the 60.000 addicts spend about 600 thousand dollars each day for their supply. The average addict, spends $lO a day for heroin, the most widely used drug. The commissioner told a house appropriations subcommittee, in testimony made public today, that if it were not for federal and state legislation and international controls, “we should probably have a million addicts easily." He said that on a per capita basis, drug addicition has fallen off in the past 40 years because narcotics can now be dispensed legally only by prescription in contrast to former times when they could be purchased across the counter as “cough remedies." Years ago, he revealed, many (Continued on rage Eight) Weather Contrasts Throughout Nation Weather At Wide Variance In U. S. By International News Service The roar of the March lion resounded through the nation today as a wave of cold air from Canada clashed head-on with warm moist aid from the Gulf of Mexico. The storms born of this battle of the elements brought these widely varying weather reports Thursday: Hail stones the size of golf balls crashed down on the Chicago area, causing window damage to many buildings. The mercury soared to 60 degrees at Dayton, O. .Cold wave warnings were flashed in the northern plains. And four inches of snow blanketed Seattle, Wash. Today, it was much warmer in the Ohio Valley and the lower Great Lakes region with temperatures up five to 24 degrees, but there were thunderstorms and heavy rain throughout the area. In the southern states from coast to coast, the weather was less violent and even extremely mild for this time of the year east of the Rockies. Brownsville, Tex. basked in 73 degrees of warmth and Little Rock, Ark., enjoyed a 70 reading. But over the northern plains, the northern rockies and in Washington state, there was snow, strong winds and falling temperatures. The icebox of the country was Cutbank, Mont., wiht 12 below'. ... ... ■ ~ " INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, showers and thunderstorms south and central and occasional drizzle extreme north tonight. Saturday rain south and occasional drizzle north. Colder except near northern border tonight and Saturday. Low tonight ranging from 33-38 extreme northwest to 50-55 ■ extreme south. High Saturday ranging from 38-42 extreme north to 54-58 extreme south.

U. S. Impatient Over Failure To Release Fliers Losing Patience With UN Efforts To Gain Freedom WASHINGTON (INS) — The U. S. government is getting ready to give up on United Nations eL forts to free 15 American airmen imprisoned in Red China unless there are some results soon. This was disclosed by a wellinformed official today who said the U. S. would then take over the job to get the fliers out. The problem of the airmen has received the personal study of the highest members of the government, this official added, including President Eisenhower. The state department declined to put any deadline on when the U. S. would take over the campaign to get the fliers released. An official did say, however, “the way things are going. It won’t be long.” Possible steps the U. S. government might take if it did decide to take over the job of trying to get the men free include: 1. Direct negotiations with the Reds at Geneva. This channel was set up following the Far Eastern conference last summer and has been used 11 times so far by the U. S. in talks to free civilians held by the Chinese Communists. These conversations have had some success inthat 18 civilians have been released since last June. There are still 41 in prison behind the bamboo curtain. 2. Asking a third party outside the UN to negotiate for the men. This agent could be Britain, India or Burma, all of whom maintain diplomatic relations with Red China, and all of whom have indicated their willingness to act as mediators. Ike Offers Surplus Food To Albanians Friendship Gesture For Needy Peoples WASHINGTON (INS) — Presi dent Eisenhower, in another ges ture of friendship to needy peoples behind the Iron Curtain, offered $850,000 worth of surplus foods to day to communist-led Albania. The ofter was made through the league of Red Cross societies, which supervised distribution of IPmillion dollars In U. S. food surpluses to Danube river flood victims in eastern Europe, including several Iron Curtain countries. Mr. Eisenhower noted in a state ment that Albania has not produced enough food to support its population for a number of years. lie said the offer of food from government-owned surpluses was intended to assisj. in relieving the shortage oLtood in AtoatfWL. Which becomes particularly acute in the late winter and early spring. Mr. Eisenhower pointed to the “long standing” friendship between the people of the United States and Albania, and observed that many Albanians have settled in this country. Each of the food packages would be stamped with the emblem of the foreign operations administration and a label in Albanian, reading “Donated by the people of the United States of America.”

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 4, 1955.

Deadlock Over Budget Brings Up Threat Os Special Session Call

Another Heavy Rainfall Here Thursday Night County Garage Is Damaged By Fire Early This Morning Mother nature dumped another 2.3 inches of rain, on Decatur Thursday night, causing an already swollen river to rise to 19.6 feet, 4.6 above the flood stage. The heavy rains were a repeat of last Monday when Decatur basements and streets were flooded. Residents of this community had to contend with the same flood conditions last night. While there was no wind damage from last night’s storm, lightning struck at least three times in the community. During the first phase of the storm at about 8 p. m. the police and fire sirens were set off by lightning. The police siren is still out of commission today. The lightning struck a wire near the fire siren and followed through to set it off. The siren itself, however, was not damaged. Worst damage from the lightning was at the county garage on First street, where the entire upstairs office was burnt out at about 2 a. tn, The tire department was called and the firemen prevented the blaze from spreading but all of the furniture in the office was destroyed by the blaze. Damage was estimated at SIO,OOB. The county commissioners and members of the highway department expressed appreciation to the fire and police departments and to the unidentified person who reported the fire. Frank Singleton, highway superintendent, said that the other departments are to be commended for their -work in confining the blaze to the office, thus saving the equipment which is needed today. Singleton stated that the rains caused several washouts and many roads, especially in the north pari of the county, were still impassible today. The county department is busy working on these roads. It was stated that a delay dt five minutes would have caused total destruction. *The storm which hit Decatur was a general one which lashed most of its fury in Fort Wayne and north of Decatur and was also felt south of here. Berne reported 1.11 inches of rainfall in addition to heavy hail. Apparently no damage was caused by wind or lightning but there was some flooding in that community. According to an unofficial report, rain was heavier In Monroe thair in Decatur. The Yellow Creek west of-hfonroe near Coppess Corners Was out of its banks for the first time that Monroe residents can recall. The flooded creek swept across U. S. highway 27. Water was still so deep across the highway this (Continued on Page Eight)

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Herald J. Welty, Decatur Missionary Church) UNANSWERED PRAYER Scripture Reading Psalm 145:17-21 x The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him: He also will hear their cry. and save them. vs. 18,19. - - ’ Wbe»„We consud&»Mbe subteet of ’Unanswered Prayer” wW are compelled to ask, "Are all prayers ’fealljr prayers'? •' I am persuaded that many are not really prayers before God,: Too often they are merely uttering so many words in a mechanical way following a certain form. It has become a vain repitition of words. We need not expect God to answer these kinds of prayers. Relationship* with God is another important factor when we consider prayer. He says He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him, and He preserveth all them that love Him. The Psalmist also said, “If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me.” Many have unanswered prayer because they are not walking in complete obedience to the Lord. Their love and affections have been placed upon earthly things rather than on the spiritual. If yours are all unanswered prayers give yourself this examination.. Am I really praying? Do I have a holy fear and reverence for God? Is my love for Him genuine? Do I regard iniquity in my heart? Am I praying according to His will?

Democratic Solons Deny Move Walkout Several Measures Are Passed By House INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Democrats denied that their actions Thursday in the house of representatives chambers constitued a walkout. The ire of the 37-Democrat delegation was aroused when repeated efforts to increase the amount of workmen's compensation were tabled without discussion. and then a freshman Republican legislator tossed salt in the wounds by accusing them of political chauvinism. The threat of a noontime walkout was met when speaker George Diener rapped for an early noon recess, and then a 45-minute delay occurred when a Democratic afternoon caucus extended until 2:45 p. m. The results of the caucus became apparent when Diener called back the workmen’s compensation bill, passed on to third reading in the morning at a time when Linfon Democrat William H. Herring was waving a sixth proposed amendment. Democrats said Diener agreed to send a state trooper after the bill, which already had gone to the printers. Herring's amend* ment proposed that a weekly maximum unemployment benefit of $32.50 for 25 weeks be set, but this failed, as had the five liberalizing Democratic amendment efforts in the morning. The bill, as it went to the printer was still reading a maximum of S3O for 20 weeks. This is $3 per week more than the present maximum. But Rep. James S. Hunter, East Chicago Democrat, sounded a warning that all is not forgiven. He said, in answer to a query about a walkout: “It is our privilege to do so. We can go to caucus anytime we feel things are not in the best interests of the people of Indiana." However, the representatives dealt more kindly with their future compeers. They passed a bill Thursday night to raise salaries of general assembly members to SI,BOO annually, from the present $1,200. The bill, which now goes to the governor, cannot take effect until 1957 because state law forbids an assembly from raising the salaries of its own members. But the 89th lawmakers have bright hopes of getting an extra $6lO this term, via the per diem route. Such a bill is awaiting gubernatorial approval. The house, in afterhoiJh and night sessions, passed a number of measures, including: To authorize five thainhrg centers as a supplement to the Indiana state school for the deaf. Author Betty Malinka said tentative plans are to locate these day schools for deaf and near deaf children in Indianapolis, Muncie, ort Wayne, South Bend and Ev(Continued on Page Five)

House Group Okays, Postal Pay Increase Will Give 518,000 Postal Employees 7 Percent Increase WASHINGTON (INS) — The house past office. committee today approved legislation giving 518,000 postal employees a pay raise averaging about seven per cent. The measure would put an ad-ministration-requested reclassification of postal employees into effect as soon as President Eisenhower signs the legislation. Committee members estimated the cost of the pay raise would be about 150 million dollars a year with most of the benefit going to 90 per cent of the employees who are in the five lowest pay grades. Chief feature of the reclassification was the creating of a new salary grade that would include the 350,000 clerks, carriers and motor vehicle operators. Their pay would go up in $l2O steps from $3,840 to $4,360 a year. The legislation was reported to be acceptable to the administration. The post office department originally had suggested a five per cent temporary increase with reclassification to take effect in about six months. Decatur Youth Hurt As Auto Overturns Tony Custer Hurt Early This Morning Tony Custer, 19, of Decatur, was injured in an accident at 1:15 a. m. today when he lost control of his car enroute to Decatur on U. S. highway 33. The accident occurred on the curve near the Decatur drive-in theater. Custer hit a light pole and the car rolled over. A passenger, William Lichtle, 19, of route four, sustained a minor cut on his left cheek. Custer was taken to Adams county memorial hospital with a scalp wound and a possible shoulder injury. Five stitches were taken in the head cut and X-rays were to be taken this morning of the shoulder. About SIOOO damage was caused to the automobile and damage to the pole was estimated at S2OO. Sheriff Merle Affolder investigated. •_ Truck Overturns Brake failure caused a truck loaded with fresh beef quarters to run off into a ditch 75 feet south of the Lob Creek bridge oh U. S. 27 near Geneva at 8 p. m. Thursday. The truck was driven by George S. Beznowski. 25, of Milwaukee, Wise. Beznowski was traveling north. Traffic at the bridge had stopped to allow approaching traffic through. The truck driver could not stop so he headed for the ditch to avoid hitting the car ahead of him. Damage to a guard rail was estimated at $25. The truck damage could not be estimated until it could be pulled out of the ditch today. Workers spent several hours transferring the meat to another truck. Investigation was made by deputy sheriff Charles Arnold; stpteMrooper Walt Schindler and. Geneva marshal Preston Pyle. "**' - ; 1 — BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS)—Secretary of state John Foster Dulles will report to the nation Tuesday night on his trip to the Far East. The state department said Dulles will make an address over major radio and television networks. No hour has been set for the broadcast yet.

Street Fair Bill Passed By Senate Stand Is Reversed ‘J By State Senators ‘ INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indiana state senate changed its mind Thursday and decided that cities and towns could hold longestablished street fairs, which necessitate a detour In state highway traffic. The senate had failed to pass a measure allowing deviation in a state law banning such blockage. The bill was the outgrowth of a hassle last year over the Bluffton street fair. But late Thursday, the senators recalled the street fair bill and passed it, 30-8. The senators were thoughtful of the cities and towns, too in another measure to give them a share of the alcohol gallonage tax. The measure, already approved by the house, gives municipalities onehalf the tax, which totals sl4 million per biennium. The senate also okayed a bill to let cities and counties destroy records having no official or historical value. Also approved by the upper body was a weak fair employment practices act, minus teeth but containing a $20,000 educational allotment. The bill goes to the house, and time is short. The slow-drlvers bitt, source of much controversy, passed the senate after qauch argument over its possible transgression of individual rights. It already has passed the house. It permits arrest of a driver for going so slow he creates a traffic hazard. A bill for a bipartisan law enforcement division within the state conservation department passed unanimously. The state personnel act repealer also was passed by the senate. Excluded from merit provisions are all employes except state police, conservation officers and highway technicians. A pay raise for townships of smaller counties also was approved, ranging from $1,150 in tenth class to $5,000 in first and second class townships. Whiting would be designated a fourth class city under another senate-passed bill.

Adult 4-H Training School Held Here Hold Noon Luncheon With Rotary Club Adult 4-H leaders from, three counties and members of the Decatur Rotary club heard a talk by J. E. Hartzler of Goshen at a noon luncheon Thursday held in connection with the district 4-H leaders training conference. The conference here was one of several being sponsored throughout the state by the Rotary organization and Purdue University. Hartzler. who is a Rotarian at Goshen, spoke on the “Human Enigma.” Hartzler, in an interesting and witty talk, pointed out that one can predict an eclipse of the sun hundreds of years before it happens but not what a 12-year-old boy will do in the next 10 minutes. He stated that from the day a person is born he is a bundle of puzzles and contradictions. A human being, he continued, is the greatest thing God created. He stated that a man is more tb»». an animalhe js a person with V mind, heart and Will in addition to the physical body. He concluded that every one can better himself by following three rules —"Know Thyself,” “Be Thyself” and "Give Thyself.” ” ' ; The luncheon was held at the Zion Reformed and Evangelical church and was arranged by the Rotary club with Leo W. Kirsch in charge. Louis Jacobs, past president of the club, introduced the speakers and welcomed the adult leaders. (Continues on Page Two)

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Impasse Over | Stale Budget Raises Threat Two Amendments To Cripple Toll Roads In Senate INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The possibility of a special session hung like a Damoclean sword today over the 89th Indiana general assembly. The threat is to the progress of the $672 million budget now under consideration by a joint house-senate committee and concerns two toll road-crippling amendments tacked onto the allimportant money bills in the sen’ate. Sen. Roy Conrad, Governor George N. Craig’s floor leader, made it clear that if the anti-toll road forces don’t give in, neither will the pro-toll readers. Such an impasse would mean no budget, and since the state can’t operate without money, a special session would be required. Conrad commented that if Lieutenant Governor Harold Handley insisted on deadlocking the budget over the toll road issue, Gov. Craig would not hesitate to call a special session, presumably to begin where legislative proceedings of the 89th are legally required to halt —Monday midnight. A subcommittee composed of the joint house-senate budget conferees and other leaders of both bodies was assigned the task of ironing out one of the controversial toll road provisions. This is the one which prohibits the state highway department from building any feeder roads to connect with a toll road. That amendment was designed by antiCraig legislators, including both Democrats and Republicans allied with U. S. Senator William E. Jenner, to kill a planned Ham-mond-Lizton toll road. The membership of the joint budget committee itself is believed divided two-two over toll roads, but there was some hope the larger subcommittee could work out a compromise. One possible solution reported under discussion would be to continue the north-south toll road until it connects with one or more freeways capable of dispersing the traffic.’ One plan understood to have been advanced was to swing the south end of the road to pass north and east of Indianspoils, bisecting U. S. 52, U. S. 421, U. S. 31, Ind. 67 and connecting with U. S. 40. The subcommittee emerged from a consultation late Thursday in Gov. Craig’s office, it planned to consult various experts today and at best could not give a report before tonight. The second toll road rider slowing down the budget bill is one eliminating a half-million-dollar appropriation for making surveys of future toll roads. The two men named to the joint budget committee by Handley both are anti-toll road men. They are Senators Albert Wesselman, Evansville Republican; and Warren W. ~ Martin, Jr.. Clarksville Democrat. House speaker George Diener named men known to feel kindly about toll road development — Reps. Laurence Baker. Kendallville Republican, and Walter Maehllng, Terre Haute Democrat. While the budget-toll road im(Continues on Page Eight) ' * Band’ Booster Fund BAND BOOSTER FUND Previously Reported $1146.47 Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Hocker .. 5,00 TOTAL -81161.47 Contributions can be madb 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. v