Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LIII. No. 65.

ANSWERED A GENERAL DESIRE ’ »<-X> ¥ a « '. s s -I A NEWSMAN makes hasty notes of remarks of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as the latter prepared to embark at Washington National Airport for a visit to Canada. Mr. Dulles said he released the Yalta papers because of a general desire by both political parties in Congress for their publication. In New York later, he said the arguments over the papers would probably continue "through the ages.”

Says Japanese Fall Predicted By MacArthur Asserts MacArthur Told Washington Os Imminent Collapse By CHARLES P. ARNOT (Copyright, 1955, by 1.N.5.) NEW YORK (INS) — The top Intelligence officer of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’# wartime staff turned the confusion of Yalta Into a first-class mystery today with these disclosures: At least two months before the Big Three Yalta conference, MacArthur and his staff concluded correctly that Japan was nearing collapse—and so informed Washington. At least A ttlOpth before Yalta, America’s top command knew that the tottering Japanese had made frantic appeals to Moscow to step in as a “neutral” and end the Pacific War. The authority for this information—Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, USA (Ret.) ' — said the MacArthur staff concluded before Yalta that there was not the slighteast reason for permitting Russia to sneak into the war at the last momyt. “Without Russia, even without the atom bomb, the Japanese were finished,” Willoughby declared. "It waw~OTJy .% uw-yot- of haw soan they would quit.” Why, then, did President Roosevelt make a series of major concessions to premier Josef Stalin to bring the 'Red army into the Japanese war? And why did the combined British and American chiefs of staff tell Roosevelt and prime minister Winston Churchill at Yalta that it would take 18 months after Germany’s defeat to crush the Japanese—even with Russian help? These are twin mysteries which the now-published Yalta conference documents fail to answer. The men who served as MacArthur's intelligence chief for 12 years has this explanation for the Russian enthusiasm to get into the Japanese conflict. "Moscow drew realistic conclusions and smelled ’a cheap victory.” It was a shrewd Soviet maneuver—and to cap it. Stalin won from his conferees at Yalta concessions that established a firm Soviet Communist foothold on the Asian mainland and the doorstep of Japan. 1 I ' As Willoughby reconstructs it, this was the picture: Before going to Yalta, both Stalin and Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov knew that the Japanese were reeling under the impact of America’s round-the-clock bombings and submarine attacks. In January, 1945 — nearly a month before Yalta — the Japanese ambassador to Moscow had been to Molotov pleading for Russia's intervention as a “neutral” to develop a basis for an armistice or peace with the U. S. All of ttxjfc was fngtonfrtffly presumably to Lbndoh ’— through intelligence channels. It also was ikno-wn to the MacArthur staff, although the wartime communications channel between MacArthur and Washington did not always operate both ways. Willoughby said the MacArthur staff could not explain or understand op what the joint chiefs of staff based their estimate of the length of the Japanese war in their report to Roosevelt and Churchill. “We had urged Russian inter(Oeatinued ea Page Kight)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Burglary Charge On Fair Is Dismissed Wells County Takes Fair Into Custody The affidavit in Adams circuit court charging Raymond Fair, 26, of Van Wert, O„ with burglary, was dismissed this morning by prosecuting attorney Lewis L. Smith. Fair and two other men were charged with burglary after they allegedly -entered and ransacked the Arthur Bertsch home in St. Mary's township in January. The others were Robert Grimm, 22, and Charles Johnson, 22, both of Decatur. Prosecutor Smith stated that he made the dismissal of Fair's case because of lack of enough evidence to effect a conviction along with the permanent change of residence of the state's material witness, who has moved to California. The witness was a close relative of one of the three men.' Immediately upon the dismissal of Fair, who has been held in the Adams county jail since his arrest in January, was re-apprehended by Wells county authorities on a charge of burglary. Charges against him and the other two were filed in Wells circuit court as the result of a breakin at the Ivan Frauhiger farm residence on state highway 124 east of Bluffton. — Grimm, who was released on bond several weeks ago from the Adams county jail, was taken to Biufftiw ftftd UaKaUfta-dy .bean. ccm-. victed in the Wells county court. He is now serving a 1 one year sentence at the state penal farm. His sentence, given by Judge Homer Byrd, included a SSO fine. Johnson, the third man who was charged with burglary in both courts, has been out on bond since early in February. The case in Adams circuit court against Grimm and Johnson have not been dis(Contmuea on Page Eight) Employment Boost Noted In Decatur Payroll Increase Is Also Reported Seven Decatur industries ed an increase of 144 persons in employment during February compared with February in 1954, the monthly Chamber of Commerce survey disclosed today. Employment for the seven industries during the last month was 1,333 compared with 1.189 a year ago and 1,300 in January. Industrial payroll for February 1955, totalled $428,769 compared with $363,282 in February 1954 and $393,741 during January. Electric meters in the Decatur area showed an increase totalling 3,842 compared with 3,799 a year ago. Water and gas meters also showed gain as did telephones in operation. There were 60 births and seven deaths compared with 49 births and 13 deaths a year ago. Building permit valuations tsok a. big. jump in February this- year with a total of $354,336 compared witi)_ $25,412 a year ago, This increase was largely because of the permit to construct the new public school in the northwest part of the city. INDIANA WEATHER Fair to partly cloudy. A little colder tonight. Saturday increasing cloudiness with rain by afternoon or night. Low tonight 20-25 north, 25-30 south. High. Saturday? 40-45 north to around 45 south.

Quarrel Over Politics In Market Probe Bitter Political Flares In Senate Hearing WASHINGTON (INS) —A bitter political argument exploded today in the senate banking committee's "friendly” investigation of the stock market boom. Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R Ind.,) interrupted the testimony of General Motors Corporation president Harlow H. Curtice to deliver a stinging attack against committee chairman J William Fulbright (D Ark.) ___ Capehart accused Fulbright of “harassing" both business and the Eisenhower administration with his questions about general economic conditions in the United States. Indiana Republican asserted that the investigation was being used, not to probe the Wall Street boom, but to check President Elsenhower’s economic policies. 'Fulbright told Capehart bluntly that he had no right to “continually criticise" his questioning of witnesses and pointed out that Curtice discussed automotive industry conditions in his prepared testimony. r The Arkansas Democrat asserted: “Your criticism should be confined to an executive closed session of the committee.” The flareup was an extension of the running battle between the two lawmakers which began earlier this week when Capehart charged the hearings helped to cause a sharp drop in stock prices. Fulbright denied the charge but Republican national chairman Leonard W. Hall and senate GOP campaign chairman Barry Goldwater (R Ariz..) have backed Capehart's criticism. * Fulbright said earlier the attacks on his stock market Inquiry indicate GOP leaders "fear that the economy can’t stand •xamin*' tion’’ and Mid he has tried th avoid politics In hearings. In the latest outburst. Capehart sharply attacked Fulbright for asking Curtice about GMC pricing policies, contending it was “far distant” from the stock market study. 'Fulbright retorted: “You start every session with criticism. The people in the audience aren’t interested in what you think of the chairman of this committee.” Capehart insisted he had a right to criticize the questions and Fulbright snapped ’(you have no right to continually Criticize my questions” “I am 100 per cent convinced this investigation is not to investigate the stock market but to harass the Eisenhower administration And harass business in the United States by asking questions not related to the stock market.” Buy New Uniforms For School Band Plan Concert Here Friday, April 29 Hugh J. Andrews, principal of the Decatur high school, announced today that new uniforms have been ordered for the high school band, and are expected to be delivered by the latter part of April. Today’s announcement comes as a culmination of a drive for funds for purchase of the band uniforms, and was made possible through the contributions of individuals, firms and organizations. The uniforms were ordered at a cost of $3,009, and will replace those worn by the band members for the past 12 years. They were ordered from the same company which provided the uniforms 12 years ago. Andrews stated that the band had a fund of $1,274.93 w'hen the drive was started several weeks ago. During that time, the fund received $303.57 as proceeds '’and contributions from the band concert, plus $1,034.90 in donations. These contributions make a total of t 4O In the fund at the present time'and' school officials are hopeful that further donations .will attain the $3,000. total, otherwise the needed balance will be borrowed against future band activities. Andrews expressed the appreciation of the school and band members for the generosity of the public in making purchase of the new uniforms possible. The newly-outfitted band is expected to,make its first public appearance in a band concert Friday night, April 29, details of which will be announced later.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 18, 1955.

West Germany Okays Paris Agreements On Allied Defense System

Undisturbed By Criticism Over Yalta Release U. S. Official? Are Relieved Documents Finally Published WASHINGTON (INS) —- High U. S. offocials were undisturbed today by foreign and domestic criticism of the release of the 10-year-old secrets of the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin conference at Yalta. It appeared that officials were happy that the Yalta papers had at last been disclosed because:* 1. The ’ong era of speculation has ended. 2. The American people and their leaders in congress now have the information necessary for an intelligent appraisal of the present world situation. The papers, with their details of the scope of, and reasons for, voncessions made to bring Soviet Russia into the war against Japan In 1945, were hurriedly released late Wednesday afternoon. This was shortly after it was learned that the New York Times had obtained a copy and planned, to pnbii»!> the mu documents Thursday morning. Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said he ordereddthe release in view of demands from leaders of both pirties in congzess. At the state department the opposition of prime minister Sir Winston Churchill and other Britons to the release of the papers was regarded as unfortunate. However, the prevailing feeling was that this was part of the price that had to be paid to achieve the clear gains administration officials believe they have won through publication. The British press today was still fupiing over release of what British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill told the house of commons was “the American version” of the Yalta papers. The general _ British editorial opinion appeared to be that Dulles had committed a “serious diplomatic blunder” in releasing papers which would give a propaganda advantage ta the Communists and that President Roosevelt was revealed in an unpleasant light as a result of disclosures made in the documents. The release of the paper led to further revelations on the consternation created in the Chinese Nationalist government when Chiang Kai-Shek was told what President Roosevelt had agreed to give Russia in the Far East. The Yalta agreement guranteed the status quo of the Communists Mongolian peoples republic and restored to Russia"? the railroad and seaport rights in Manchuria which she had lost to Japan Tn 1904. It also gave the Soviets the Kurile islands and the southern half of Sakhalin. The agreement said that "the President will take measures” to obtain the concurrence of Chiang Kai-Shek on railroad and port rights for Russia in Manchuria. (Continued on rage Eight)

Len ten Meditation (By Rev. Traverse W. Chandler, First Christian Church) „ “FAITH AS POWER” • f Matthew 17:19-23 mw- -.a*... There no doubt that little faith is the answer to poor accomplishments ‘in living. The scripture lesson Tells' us Jesus was troubled with that problem, for when the disciples asked him why they failed to cast out an evil spirit he.answered, “Because of your unbelief.” Men of sterling honor and loyalty have faltered and broken under the strain of persecution, while those of greater spiritual strength have been carried through their hour of trial. The story / of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego is clearly that of three God fearing young men whose unfailing faith, even in the face of the most inhuman torture, saved them from death. But more than that, ft brought from the soul of their persecutor the. admission that they were the servants of the most high God. 1 May this season of Lent help us find that power of faith which has sustained the faithful, even as it did our Lord when he prayed, “Not my will but thine be done.” I

Formulating Plans For Polk* Vaccine Plan Vaccination On Grade Children Mrs. Glenn Hill, county chairman of volunteers for the polio vaccine project, announced today that plans are being formulated to make the Selk vaccine available to every first 'and second grade pupil in the county. She pointed out that the vaccine will be given only it results of laboratory tests which will be revealed in April are favorable. However, in order to administer the vaccine before the summer polio season, plans must be made in advance. „ ~ The vaccination will be voluntary and each child who receives it must have the consent of his parents, Blanks will be sent home with the children within the next few days, according to Mrs. Hill, who said that they must be signed and returned as soon as possible so that the proper amount of vaccine can be ordered. - Mrs. Hili also stated that, if the vaccine is licensed, volunteers will be needed to help transport supplies, handle the children in the clinics and to work with school officials to expedite the program. f- The actual vaccination of the children will be done by county physicians and nurses under the supervision of Dr. Harold Zwick, who is county medical chairman of the project. The project is sponsored by the national polio foundation and is financed by funds collected during the nationwide annual polio drive. In making these announcements Mrs. Hill said, “Being prepared to face any eventuality is a wise course to follow. Sometimes we may question the value of making advance preparations for an event that may not occUr. but when we W “ “and' health of our children, nobody can challenge our duty to be fully prepared. “Right now tens of thousands of health officials, physicians, school authorities and lay volunteers all over the country are planning and preparing far a vaccine program which may start in April. The word 'may' is the crux of the situation. We still do not know if the Salk polio vaccine, given to 440,000 children last spring, prevents paralytic polio under conditions of natural exposure. We will not know the answer until the scientific evaluation report is issued sometime in April.” i “However, we cannot wait until that late date before making full preparations for the possible vaccination of first and second grade school children throughout the nation. If the vaccine is licensed by the federal government, it should be given before the next polio season starts. “The National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis has taken a calculated financial risk by contracting to purchase a supply of the vaccine to keep production going during the waiting period and thus insure that the vaccine would be on hand immediately after licensing."

House Group Takes Slap Al School Plans Cuts Administration Request For Funds On School Program WASHINGTON (INS) —T h e house appropriations committee took a slap today at President Eisenhower's long-range educational program which calls for state and national conferences on school needs. It cut in half an 'administration request for an additional $200,900 to defray the expense of the program and curtly directed that the work be wound up. The committee said it would grant no further funds for this purpose. Criticism of the program was contained in a report to the house on an appropriation bill providing $2,337,522,261 for the labor department, the department of health, education and welfare, and five other government agencies. The committee cut $94,626,600 from’ administration requests as it approved the second of the government fund bills to come before it this season. The committee criticized the President's program for a White House conference on education and said there has been a tendency to depart from a congressional policy of keeping federal educational responsibilities in the U. S. office Os education. For the same reason, it disallowed entirely an administration request for $120,000 for a ninemember national advisory committee on education which would advise welfare secretary Oveta Culp Hobby on educational needs. It also struck out an administrafor cooperative research in education, another part of the PresiThe White House conference <m dent’s long-range program, education received $900,000 from congress last year, of which $700,educational conferences which will culminate in a national ’conference in Washington this winter. The President, in urging congress last year to establish the White House conference, said it would be part of a long-range plan to enlist citizen action to improve education. — While hacking away at the Pres'oo was to defray the cost of state ident's program, the committee recommended an additional $250,(Contlnuea on Page six)

Plans Dedication Os Center In June Final Construction Plans Are Approved Final construction plans for Decatur's new Youth and Community building were given approval by the board Thursday night and a date for the formal opening ceremonies was tentatively set for early in June. Gerald -Cole was authorized to complete arrangements for the amplifying equipment for the new building and progress in interior work was reported by the building committee and the contractor, Yost Construction Co. > Detailed reports were made by committee chairmen and several individual and group contributions were announced by the various committee*, r 5. • ■ * - Work is progressing on the furnishing of the building and every room will be completely outfitted prior to the formal opening. O. M. McGeath, newly named director of activities, will move his permanent office to the building soon, it was reported. Ward Calland, board chairman, said that the construction schedule was going along as previously promised and that ah early summer dedication would be a reality.

Electrical Speed Timer Is Set Up Three Drivers Are Arrested Thursday k Three drivers were arrested for speeding Thursday as the result of the electrical speed timer which was set up by the sheriffs department with the aid of city and state police in Decatur and Monmouth. The timer, which was purchased recently by the sheriff’s department, is portable and can be set up in a few minutes. It accurately records the speed of the vehicle as it travels through the time zone. Sheriff Merle Aiffolfler stated that wherever it is used portable signs are set up to warn the motorist that speed is electrically timed. Affolder pointed out that the signs themselves serve to slow the trafficHe stated that the timer will be used from time to time in all of the speed zones in the county. He is urging all communities to purchase signs warning motorists that the speed is electrically timed. The purpose of the timer is to prevent serious accidents involving pedestrians. He said that by holding down the speed in these zones, Adams county’s communities will be made safer for their residents. He also announced that since the county now has its own timer it will be possible to visit (hese zones frequently. He warned motorists to pay attention to the speed limits since they will now be more easily enforced. The three who were arrested Thursday during the initial use of the county's timer were Her(Continued pn Page Eight) Watson Maddox Is Council Candidate “ "Seeks Nomination In May Watson Maddox, sales training department of McMillen Feeds, today announced his candidacy for councilman from the fourth district on the Republican ticket. He resides at 618 Washington street. Maddox is a graduate of Illinois college. Jacksonville, and has resided in Decatur since 1938. He is married and Mr. and Mrs. Maddox have two children, Rebecca Jane and Thomas. The candidate is a mem Her of the board of trustees of the First Methodist church and he served for three years as treasurer and commissioner of finance. For 15 years he has been a member of the cottage committee, which committee operates the Methodist church cottage at Lake Webster. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and the Scottish Rite. Maddox is assistant district commissioner of the southern district of Anthony Wayne area. Boy Scouts. He also is committeeman for Cub pack 3062 of Cub Scouts and institutional representative for the local parent-teacher association, Both Mr. and Mrs. Maddox have been active in the parentteacher organization here for several years. Maddox has never held a public office. McGeath Is Speaker At Rotary Meeting O. M. MoGeath, director of Decatur’s Youth and Community Center, which will be open here early next stmrmer«-Wh» the g»e»t gpetker at the Weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening.-- - —”‘- McGeath outlined plans for operation of the center and distributed a questionnaire to the Rotarians to .outline the types of. programs they and their famil&s would prefer having offered. J. Ward Calland, president of the Decatur Memorial Foundation, In charge of the center, was chairman of the program. First nomination of officers for the 195556 Rotary year was made, with the election to be held next Thursday night.

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Upper House Approves Pact Made At Paris No Vote Taken On Agreement Covering The Saar Territory BONN (INS) — The West German upper house approved today ratification of the Paris accords on the entry of a rearmed, soveign West Germany into the allied defense system in Europe. The Bundesrat also approved indirectly the Franco-German agreement on the future status of the Saar terrtiory. Approval of the series of interlocking pacts by the chamber completed parliamentary action on them. They now- go back to the lower house (bundestag) which presents them formally for presidential signature. The bundesrat, which represents the nine federal states, took only an hour and 15 minutes to‘complete the action. The net major European parliamentary hurdle which the pacts must get by before their implementation is next Wednesday's meeting of the French upper house. The bundesrat took no vote on the Franco - German agreement covering the future status of the Saar territory. However, the chamber rejected by a vote of 21 to 17 a Socialist motion to send the Saar pact to a mediation committee which settles differences between tlqp two houses. This was the key vote since it gave implied apprval to the Saar accord, and completed the parliamentary ratification process. The lower house, the budestag, < approved all the Paris accords inFeb. 27. The bundesrat did approve a resolution today stating the Saar agreement did not interfere with the fact the Saar territory belonged to Germany and the Saar people were pert of the Germarf people. A similar motion was passed by the Bundestag. The only other voting figure was a 29-to-9 acceptance of the pact restoring sovereignty and ending the 10-year occupation of West Germany by the U. S., Britain and France. There were no votes on the bills providing for Germany’s entry into the North Atlantic treaty organization and the proposed sevennation Western European Union. There was no opposiion to these measures. The upper house voted after the lower house rejected by an overwhelming vote a last-ditch effort by the Socialists to block ratification. The opposition party had entered a motion to shelve passing the accord's to the bundesrat pending new talks on the future status of the Saar. Economic and political control of that rich borderland valley has_ . been the major point Os dispute between Paris and Bonn. The French government had made Bonn’s approval of the accord on the Saar a condition for final French ratification. - But the budesrat approved a resolution that the Franco-German agreement did not interfere with the fact that the SaaT belonged to Germany and that the Saar people were part of the German people. ' The upper ’irbUse approved- •a- - resolution stating that the “most urgent task of German polfir'achieve by peaceful means the unitj of a free German state.’’ The approval was a major victory forjhe 79-year-o!d West German chancellor who had sought since 1949 to bring the Federal Republic into the western defense system. It was a major* defeat for the Soviet Union which waged an allout campaign aimed at blocking ratification. (Continued on Pago Eight)