Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1955 — Page 1

01. LIU. No. 58.

SET NEW JET RECORD

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' LESS THAN FOUR HOURS after this little F-84F fighterbomber was airborne at Los Angeles, it had flashed across Floyd Bennet Field in New York with an unofficial transcontinental jet record safely tucked away. Eight of the planes left Los Angeles in the nonstop speed attempt, and three of them lowered the record across the nation, with the best. tin\e set by Lt. Col. Robert R. Scott of Des Moines. lowa, in 3 hours, 46 minutes, 33 3/6 seconds. . —- ■ .;■ r,;.., -..i, — , ......

Red Attack On Matsu Island Is Predicted American Planners Convinced Chinese Reds Will Attack WASHINGTON (INS) —American strategic planners are convinced Red China will attack the Nationalist outpost of Matsu within a few weeks. " U. S. diplomatic and military strategists are making all their plans from this basic assumption. President Eisenhower still'has not decided whether the U.S. will • help Chiang Kai-Shek defend the island group which partially blocks access to the Communist river port of Foochow. But it is recognized that the imminent aesaul texpected on the Matsu group carries with it dire threats of the kind of general war against China which secretary of state John Fester Dulles warned may develop. The secretary attempted to persuade Red China that the U.S. is determined to use its overwhelming force already amassed in the Pacific to stop aggression. Dulles said that if this determation is “manifest,” he believes peace and freedom will prevail. But in the same speech he also said “the Chinese Communists seem to be determined to try Vo conquer Formosa." Certain points of American policy on Formosa were made clear by the secretary’s speech and by explanations given by other officials. One of the important things ’ clarified Was that the U.S. is calling the turn on allied policy in the Far East. While the secretary was still preparing the speech, he learned of the compromise plan proposed by British foreign" secretary Sir Anthony Eden. The Eden plan Iras for the Nationalists to evacuate Matsu and Quemoy, for a de facto cease-fire, for negotiations on the future status of Formosa, and then for talks about United Nations membership for Red China. m addition to Eden’s proposal, there were arguments behind the scenes in the state department about the tough wording of the Dulles talk. Some officials counseled a more moderate approach but the secretary overruled them on grounds the time had come to give ißed China a detailed warning of consequences of further aggression. These, he said, would be general war—with Red China attacked from Korea, Formosa and Southeast Asia. But the secretary did not say that an attack on Matsu or Quemoy would necessarily be considered new aggression which would bring U.S. sea and air forces into action. . Dulles also made it clear the U.S. will not buy peace at any price, and that if the U.S. can do anything about it, “there will always be a Free China." BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS) — " " The. senate government operproved President Elsenhower’s appointment of Joseph E. iftigmTc "W’'ergy commissioner, as comp-troller-general. The vote was 7 to 3. Three Democrats voted against Campbell, a New York accountant and former treasurer of Columbia sity12 Pages *1 ■

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Hoosiers To Vole On Time Question Many Measures Are Signd By Governor INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Governor George N. Craig today signed bills providing for a 1956 referendum on daylight saving time and denying tavern permits to persons taking out federal gambling stamps. The governor also signed a measure which gives cities and towns substantial relief. It transfers half of the liquor gallonage tax to municipalities. It will amount to approximately $3,500,000 a year. Other important measures which the governor approved would: Penalize “slow-poke" automobile drivers. Stipulate only one license plate on a car. The plate would be of standard size and would be on the rear of the automobile. Recodify mine safety laws, adding many regulations approved by the mine operators and the United Mine Workers. Facilitate the licensing of chiropractors. Place control of parolees under the state department of correction instead of the state welfare department, as at present. Hike the pay of teachers. Those with four to fiye years training would receive $520 more and those who two years' training an additional SI,OOO. Raise the cost of notary fees for automobile and drivers” licenses from 25 to 50 cents. Appropriate SIO,OOO for a memorial to Wilbur Wright in Henry cbunty. Craig also signed resolutions memorializing congress to repeal the two-cent gasoline tax and creating commissions to survey county roads and juvenile delinquency. Another resolution commends Senator Homer E. Capehart (R---of Indiana) and the senate banking and currency committee for their widely publicized investigation of federal housing administration scandals. Among other measures signed by the governor were these provisions : Provide additional per diem pay for county officials, deputy sheriffs, county commissioners and county councilmen. Increase pay of township advisory board members. Set pay of state election board members and board clerk. Permit county assessors and surveyors to name deputies. Increase from $lO to $25 the amount cities and towns must-pay eacjti year to voluntary firemen as a clothing allowance. Makes it a misdemeanor to mistreat, abuse, neglect or traffic in inmates of mental institutions, w-ith a maximum penalty set at $1,006' fine and six months imprisonment. V _ Prevent children from being expelled from a public school without written consent from the judge of whatever court has juvenile jurisdiction. Provide that school bus contract negotiations begin no later than May 1, and allow township trustees to negotiate contracts for any length of time, up to four years. Z g Strange Circumstance In Airplane Crash MEXICO CITY (INS) —The grim task of identifying the charred bodies of 26 persons killed in a Maxican plane crash may be completed today. A spokesman for Mexican Airlines said that there 'were "some strange circumstances’’ surrounding the crash into £ mountain peak Tuesday. He pointed out that weather and visibility were perfect at the time. ’ a . . ■' • • ’ ’■ > '. . * '

Ike Renews Aid Pledge For Europe Pledge Sufficient Military Strength In Western Europe WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower pledged today to maintain sufficient military for- , ces in Western Surope to bear the United States’ “fair share” of defense against Communist attack if the Paris accords are ratified. The President gave the renewed assurance to the prime ministers of the Western European Union to carry out a promise made by secretary of state John Foster Dulles when the Paris agreements were signed last fall. The pledges Mr. Eisenhower made today were designed to encourage speedy ratification of the accords for the defense of Western Europe. They followed the same general pattern of the assurances given last April in an effort by the United States to insure speedy approval of the European defense community. —— —<—_. The President again promised that the U. S. will share information on the use of "new weapons and techniques”—a reference to atomic weapons — wherever authorized by congress. He also declared that the U.S. will regard any action from whatever quarter which threatens the Western European Union as a threat to the parties to the North Atlantio treaty. Mr. Eisenhower also implied that the U. S. will continue to remain in NATO for the foreseeable future. He said that for this country to withdraw from NATO “would appear quite contrary to our security interests" once the Paris agreements have given Western Europe a “solid core of unity.” The President said it will be U.S. policy to continue to maintain in Europe, including Germany. such units of American armed forces as may be “necessary and appropriate” to contribute <jur “fair share" of the forces needed for the joint defense of the North Atlantic area while a threat to that area exists. Strategic Materials Acquired By Barter WASHINGTON (INS) —More than 18 million dollars worth of strategic materials have been acquired since last summer under banter programs by which this country is disposing of some of its surplus tarm commodities abroad. Eisenhower Locked Out Os Own Office WASHINGTON (INS) —Presi- . dent Eisenhower got locked out of his own office today. The Chief Executive was returning to his office after greeting a group of atomic scientists from 19 friendly countries when he encountered the locked door. He shook the door impatiently and then pressed the buzzer before a secret service guard inside rushed to his aid. I Committee Voles Gojack In Contempt Citation Voted By House Committee WASHINGTON (INS) — The house un-American activities committee Wednesday voted a contempt of congress citation against mfdwestern labor leader John T. Gojack who refused to say whether he has ever been a Communist. The committee’s action followed a recommendation made last week by a subcommittee that Gojack. district nine president and international vice president of the Independent United Electrical Workers Union, be cited for contempt Gojack invoked the first amendment to the constitution in declining to dfscuss alleged Communist affiliations and associations, and committee members held that this constitutional provision is not JSPIiW for .refusing, to testify. Gojack, wto lives in Fort .Wayne. Ind., maintanjed that the committee tlnvestlKaUon at.him -a>nd-»k)a union had no legislative purpose. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Friday. Not so warm extreme north Friday. Low tonight 4350 north, 50-58 south. High Friday ranging from 45-55 extreme north to 68-74 extreme south. *> . I • ■ ■

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 10, 1955.

Secretary Os Treasury Assails New Tax Slash Proposal Os Democrats

Commission To Proceed With Toll Road Plan Resurvey Ordered For Northt-South Route In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indiana toll road commission lost no time today in proceeding with plans to construct one, and) possibly two more pay - as • you - go routes. Decisive action by the commission has been in abeyance ever since a pre-legislative agreement with Indiana lawmakers last October. At tnat tune <.he commission agreed to delay construction of an already - surveyed and approved north-south toll road at the request of the Indiana legislative advisory commission. But today, with the 89th Indiana general assembly newly past history, Albert J. Wedeking, executive director of the toll road commission, announced that a resurvey has been ordered of the north-south route to determine the feasibility of a different southern terminal than previously scheduled. The first survey had approved a route from Hammond to Lizton on Ind. 136, and the need of state highway improvement of Ind. 136 was a bitter item- in the long general assembly argument over toll roads. Suggested by some of the lawmakers was a route terminus passing north and east of Indianapolis - at»d connecting with U. S, 40 somewhere between Indianapolis and Greenfield. Wedeking was authorized by the commission to make arrangements with the three engineering firms which made the previous study and see what they thought of this change. The resurvey is expected to cost about $300,000 of the half-million-doliar fund granted .the commission by the lawmakers for auch surveys. Also in the offing is joint action with Illinois to authorize a feasibility survey of a Cincinnati to-Sl. Louis toll road. Chios’ portion of such a project was deemed so short that’ its own highway staff could handle the xiuckeye state’s survey. The three firms with whom' Wedeking is to confer are the J. E. Greiner Company, Baltimore; Wilbur Smith & Associates. New Haven. Conn., and Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall & MacDonald, of New York City. The first is a group of civil engineering eottfttfttants and the latter two are.traffic engineers. At the time the Indiana toll road commission agreed to delay the $l7B-milllan north-south road project. Dr. Dillion Geiger, chair? man. declared: “The advisory commission must now accept full responsibility for any increased bond interest rate, increased construction cost and loss of traffic safety advantages which delay of the north-south toll road may incur.”

Lenten Meditation ON CHEATING YOURSELF

It is requires in stewards, that a map be found faithful. —1 Corinthians 4:2. , & a familiar story about- :? carpenter Who 4 n fSiHd-, ing a house for ascertain rich man the carpenter used shoddy materials And. wdffcmanstup. this trijjerywould ’ never be found out because the owner was away at the time. And he would make a nice extra profit for himself. Hut when the owner returned, he gave the house to the carpenter who had built it! So it was that the disapj&inted carpenter had been cheating no one but hftnself! f Life is like that. We get from it what we give to it. When we choose to give shoddy work and cheap material®, we need not besurprised to get shabby and unhappy lives in return, when we fail God in the trusts of lira, we find bitterness and failure in the end. God provides all we need and gives us the freedom to build as we will. He wants us to have all we can take. We have only ourselves to blame when we take so little. - - ■ 1 . j L_.. f' " '.* ■. ' ; .ft ~ : j ,. ■

10 Puerto Ricans Convicted By Jury 10 Convicted On Conspiracy Charge NEW YORK (INS) — Ten Puerto Rican Nationalists were convicted today for seditious conspiracy. A New York federal jury acquitted an 11th defendant. District Judge John F. X. Mci Gohey set March 31 for sentenc- > tag. ; ; i Those convicted face up to six ■ years' imprisonment or $5,000 » fines or both. They were held In $20,000 bail pending sentencing. The verdict was announced aft- . er the jury had deliberated for . almost 16 hours. The trial started Feb. 7. The convictions brought to 27 , the’ number of Nationalist party ( members who have been convicted I or have pleaded guilty to seditious . conspiracy in the past six months. The latest group had been charged with trying to bring about the “political independece of Puer--1 to Rico from the U. S. by force and violence and armed revolu- ' tion." Testimony linked the Nationalist party with the 1950 attempt to 1 assassinate former President Harry S. Truman and the March 1, I 1954 shooting of five congressmen in the house of representatives. i • . ' —— f 11 Soviet Editors Will Visit States Announcement Made By Justice Dept. WASHINGTON (INS)—The justice department announced today that 11 Russians described as “editors of student and youth organizations" will be permitted to visit -the United States on a study and Inspection tour. The announcement was made by attorney general Herbert Brownelb Jr., who said that the Russians will be permitted to stay in this country up to 30 days. Brownell said the temporary entry visas were granted “at the request of the department of state." The state department, it was learned, recommended use of a provision of the MCCarran-Walter immigration law which permits Communists to visit the, .United ' States If tneir entry is in the “national interest.” Brownell said that the 11, described as “editors of students and youth publications of the Soviet Union" will visit various colleges in this country. He said arrangements for the visits will be made by the institute of international education in New York City. Rep, Francis E. Walter (D Pa.), chairman of the house un-Ameri-can activities committee and coauthor of the act, said he has consistently favored the policy of admitting Soviet students. However, he said he was "disturbed" about the possibility of some incident arising which would involve demonstrations against the visitors.

Five Decafur Persons Hurt This Morning Five Injured When Two Autos Crash Into Parked Truck Five Decatur residents were c injured at about 5:30 a7 iff. today j when two automobiles crashed j into the rear end of a truck which was stalled on U. S. highway 27 . five miles south of Fort Wayne. The truck, which had stopped I on the highway after two tire bursts, was loaded with bombs. . Fortunately no fire resulted from ‘ the accfdent so the bombs did not I explode. ( The first half of the accident occurred when Harry A. Spencer, i 53, who was driving north, saw L the stalled truck,, skidded about . 112 feet and hit the right rear of > the truck. The Spencer car . glanced off and went into the right ditch. Donald A. Rum- . schlag, 26, was a passenger in the , car. Following the Spencer vehicle , was a car driven by Glen A. Casi tie, 46, who did not see the truck ahead and rammed into the rear end. With him were Harriet Minch, 29. and Joseph Braun. 25. All five are residents of Decatur and were on their way to work in Fort Wayne. They were taken to the Fort Wayne Luth-' eran hospital. Spencer suffered lacerations in the face, left eye and throat and factored ribs and concussion. JRunischlag sustained lacerations to the left ear and a fractured ’ right arm. , Castle received a possible fractured right knee cap. Miss Minch j suffered a fractured right ankle, f concussions and a lacerated head and left knee. Braun sustained y contusions to the left knee and right foot. .. ~ The driver of' the truck, Oscar ! B. Inskeep of near East Moline, 111., was not injured. Both automobiles were almost ? total losses from thd * accident. ", The damage to the truck was es--3 timated at only 310 or sls. State 3 police investigated the wreck. r .. „ I t ' Three Jets Break West-East Record Transcontinental Record Shattered—i WASHINGTON (INS)—The air force sees a possibility today that' , jet fighters now coming into service may be able to beat the sun across the continent. - ’ The feat would involve an east- ( west flight in less than three - hours —the time difference between the two coasts —and an av- - erage speed of about 850 miles an » hour. The air force said planes such as the F-101 “Voodoo,” the first production models of which are now being received, may be capable of this. An air force spokesman said there is no question but that fighters in the new supersonic “Century” series —"Century” because their numbers are in the 100’s—can greatly lower the westeast transcontinental record of less than four hours set by three F-84F jets Wednesday. IMwloMnance data on ■ riew’pianes ts’lnainiT secnS? but certain conclusions can be drawn fttfib the “UVailaJiie ffrtotmat ion. * ■ The fastest time for the flight from Los Angeles to New York Wednesday was 3 hours, 46 minutes and 58 seconds, an average of about 650 miles an hour. This was made in a “Thunderstreak,” the swept-wing version of the Republic Thunderjet, powered by an engine that develops 7,200-pounds of thrust. • - •- . , ■.• - *»•- • ■ -t— •

Describe Matusow As Petty Chiseler Publisher Invokes Fifth Amendment WASHINGTON (INS) — Harvey M. Matusow was described to senate investigators today as a “cheap and sordid petty chiseler” who used his role as an anti Communist witness to gain publicity and money. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Edmiston, of Waynesville. O„ former FBI undercover agents in the Communist party, gave that characterization of him to the senate internal security subcommittee. The subcommittee is investigating Satusow’s claims in his book' “False Witness,” and in recent sworn testimony, that he lied under oath in the past about accused Communists. Following the Edmistons to the stand, Angus Cameron, one of Matusow’s publishers, invoked the fifth amendment and refused to tell the subcommittee whether he is or was a Communist. The same was done Monday by Albert E. Kahn, co-member of Cameron's New York publishing firm. .. The. testified that they befriended Matusow in 1951 when he was a staff segreant at WrightPatterson air force base, Dayton, and he told them he wanted to make amends for haying been a Communist in the four preceding years. Edmiston flatly denied Matusow's charge that he was an “habitual drunkard.” Matusow had said he broke off from the Edmistons for that reason, but Mrs. Edmiston declared: “He didn’t break with us. We kicked him out. We didn't want him to have anything to do with us.” . ..Edmiston said he is a reporter for the <Middletown~(oKlo)~T6urnHr and his wife, Martha, said she is public relations director for the Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation in Middletown. Harve Stevens Dies Today At Lafayette Funeral Services Here On Saturday William (Harve) Stevens. 65, native of Adams county and former Decatur resident, died suddenly of a heart attack at 9 o’clock this morning at the state soldiers* home in Lafayette, where he had resided for several •years. He was born in Adams county July 24, 1889, a son of Aaron and Jennie Summers-Stevens. Mr. Stevens was employed as an electrician in Decatur for a. number of years, and later was an employe of the state highway department at Indianapolis and a hotel clerk in Indianapolis. A veteran of World War I, he was a member of Adams Post 43, American Legioh, and the Elks lodge in this city. Surviving are a brother, Elwood Stevens of Sturgis, Mich., and a sister, Mrs. Clarence O. Davison of Anderson. One brother and one sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Black funeral home in this city, the Rev. John E. Chambers officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, with the American Legion conducting military rites. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7.p. mi. Friday. Blame Strong Winds F4r Death Os Man < MT. VERNON.. Ind. (INS) — Strong winds were Warned today for a freak accident which cost the life of a Mt. Vernon roofing repairman. Dead is Cecil Rhoades, 50, who was knocked from the roof of an apartment building Wednesday when a gust of wind whipped a spread-out roll of roofing and toppled Rhodes to his death, 20 feet below.

Democrats In Senate Favor New Tax Plan Humphrey Assails Proposal To Repeal Big Business Aid WASHINGTON (INS) — Treasury secretary George M. Humphrey today branded the new senate Democratic tax proposal "just as irresponsible. just as political and just as bad in every way” as the S2O tax cut plan approved by the house. The cabinet officer heatedly told the house ways and means committee that the proposal to repeal two sections aiding business and corporation stockholders would “send us back on the road to doom and gloom.” He referred to sections of last year's giant revenue revision act that allow business more rapid reductions for depreciation of plant and equipment and that cut taxes on dividend income Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland of California, also came out flatly against the ' senate Democratic plan which would give each taxpayer a S2O tax credit, plnw $lO for each dependent. Meanwhile, house spehker Sam Rayburn (D Tex.), told pewsmen he would “certainly give serious consideration” to passage of the proposed compromise ottered in the senate. Democrats To Bat WASHINGTON (INS) — Democrats go to bat on the senate floor today-torn newtax-reHef-ptatt.-Although the party’s fiscal lead- , ers oppose the proposal to balance a S2O tax reduction for low income groups by extending and revising other taxes, many Democrats see the plan as a strong point in the party’s tax stand for 1956. Sen. Harry F, Byrd (D Va.), chairman of the senate finance ™ committee, predicted the substitute for the reduction already passed by the house would not pass the senate. Sen. Walter F. George (D Ga.), ranking Democrat on the finance ■ committee and senior majority ex- ' pert on taxes, said he could not ’ support the plan, GOP leaders re- ' served comment. ' Byrd planned to open debate on ' the pending tax bill today and * urge extension of the corporation — and excise rates which drop on April 1 unless continued. Senate Democratic leaders went a long step beyond this by proposing that these taxes be extended 27 months, instead of 12. to help pay the cost of giving most taxpayers ,a S2O tax credit, plus $lO for each dependent. The house bill provided S2O tax credit for every person. ■ ---i ---4-4 Byrd labelled as "ridiculous and factitious" the Democratic leadership's claim that it would pick , up three and one-half billion dol- . lars in added revenue by extending corporate and excise rates an i extra 15 months. -™ And he rejected their claim of ■ another saving of one billion dol--1 lars to be recovered through cor- ■ rection of a business “windfall ■ eror In last year’s tax law. Byrd • said this money had not yet been ■ lost and will not be lost because ’ the house is starting action today > to correct the mistake. Band. Booster f und -w- : --.Si'7’~- .. , Previously Repprted Donut Shop Discussion , - Group (additttmal) $:00' ■ TOTAL ...... $1272.47 Contributions can be made by > sending any amount to Band i Booster fund, care of Hugh J. Anr drews, principal of Decatur high l school. All money received will - go toward the purchase of new t uniforms for the Decatur high school band. I

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