Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1955 — Page 1

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Crewmen Live In Atom Age On Nautilus Submarine Skipper Tells Os Life On Atom-Powered Sub -COTON. Conn. (INS) —Life aboard the nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus "-as described today as an atomic age “world in miniature." Everything is done by plentiful electricity generated from the a|om. The 300-foot vessel's accomodations are splendid from a submatiner’r pof»t of view. Each of the 100 crewmen has an individual bunk with au'lndividual ventilator and his own reading light. There is a juke box with a selector controlling 50 records, ratelevision, a tape recorder and a mess hall that seats 32 and has tables that break down to aait a total of 54 for movies. There are three electric ranges for cooking. The electricity operates machinery to provide perfect air conditioning. One man said that after 16 hours beneath the surface, when the air of any other submarine would have made the crew loggy, that of the Nautilus was still as fresh as when the vessel mergedComdr. Eugene P. Wilkinson, skipper of the Nautilus, made clear at a news conference Wednesday that the submarine’s atomic power plant also generates enough electricity to operate auxiliary motors. The main power of the revolutionary submarine is a direct application of steam, created by the heat of an atomic chain reaction, to turbines that turn the two shafts leading to the vessels twin propellor screws. But Wilkinson said that when engine trouble developed as the Nautilus first put to sea he switched to electric motors-a comparatively Jow power method of propulsion which the atomic submarines describe as “reactor creep.” Wilkinson further explained that he considered he was still on atomic power, since the electricity he was using was generated from steam which in turn was created by the atomic reactor. This means that the Nautilus has two sets of auxiliary motors - the electric for use of the basic atomic plant is still operating, and a set of diesel engines for use if the entire nuclear setup should break down. The skipper said “electrical fires” broke out in the “snorkel control panel" and "engine room electrical panel” when the Nautilus dove beneath the surface for the first time. He said th J e were due to faulty wiring which Was “quickly corrected." Wilkinsdn. describing the sea trials in which the Nautilus has now steamed a total of 3,660 miles has submerged for 9-2 hours, *said the diesels ’have been tested but he has never yet had occasion to use them for power. The Nautilus' initial trouble, which shut down a turbine turning one of the propellors, occurred when the vessel first left its dock on Jan. 17. Although the fact was unknown at the time, Wilkinson revealed that his ship was using electric (Contlmued on Page Six) 14 - PAGES

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Kelly And Brando Given Top Oscars On The Waterfront Yegr's Top Picture HOLLYWOOD (INS) — Blueblooded Grace Kelly and hot-blood-ed Marlon Brando —two stars who have openly shunned Hollywood—copped the academy awards Wednesday night in a ceremony nearly stripped of sentiment. Lovely Miss Kelly wept gently as she crooked the golden “Oscar” in her arm. And Brando tugged shyly at his soft as he remarked his statuette was "heavier . . . than I thought." But Hollywood, often accused of voting in its Oscar winners on friendship instead of talent, proved that this 27th annual academy award show was strictly business. A snowy, minked and tailed audience at the Hollywood Pantages Theater screamed appreciatively at the announcement, yet many could not withhold disappointment at the defeat of the sentimental favorites, their “own" Judy Garland and Bing Crosby. Miss Garland, mother of a 30hour son at the time of the Oscar shindig, made no comment from her bed at nearby Cedars of Lebanon hospital. Crosby, amiably in evidence, cranked Brando's hand. “On the Waterfront,” the tense film in which Brando played his winning performance, swept eight awards inciting best motion picture of 1954. Eva Marie Saint, Brando’s delicate blonde co-per-former in the movie, was named best supporting actre'ss. She appeared before television cameras in New York wearing a brocade maternity suit. "I may have my baby right here,” she stammered. Silky-haired Grace Kelly, the socialite from Philadelphia who portrayed a shabby alcoholic's wife in "The Country Girl” to win her Oscar, is known throughout Hollywood for her reticence. She was even quieter than usual as she was led backstage to blink and duck gracefully in an explo(Contlnuen on rage Five) To Arraign Two For Burglary April 6 Johnson And Fair In Bluffton Court Charles Johnson. 22. of Decatur, and Raymond Fair. 26. of Van Wert. “0., appeared before Judge Homer Byrd in Wells circuit court this morning to face arraignment on charges of burglary arising from a breakin at a Wells county farm home. The arraignment was continued to Wednesday, April 6, at 1 p. m. when a pauper attorney will be appointed for Fair. Judge Byrd ruled that Johnson must hire his own attorney or his bond will be raised and he will be brought back to the Wells county jail. The Decatur man is now out on bond. Charges of burglary were also placed against Johnson, Fair and Robert Grimm of Decatur route six, in Adams circuit court. The case against Fair was dismissed here but the other two cases still stand. Grimm has since been convicted of burglary in Wells circuit court and ‘ is now serving a one year sentence at, the state farm at Putnamville. He was fined SSO at the time of his conviction.

United Front Os Sects In Vietnam Split One Group Agrees To Serve Premier Os Free Vietnam SAIGON (INS)-— The “united front” of three politico-religious sects opposing Vietnam’s Premier Ngo Dinh Diem split today. The commander-in-chief of the private army of the Cao Dai group announced that in the future his 25,000 men would serve the Amer-ican-backed Roman Catholic premier. At the same time, however, the headquarters of the Binh Xuyen political sect announced that it would start a blockade of the capital at 5 a.m. EST. The Binh Xuyen is the strongest of the three sects and is led by a former river pirate. Gen. Le Van Vien. The third sect, an off-shoot of Buddhism, is the Hoa Hao under Gen. Ba Cut, a veteran of years of guerrilla fighting. The breakup of the “united front” was not entirely unexpected since the “pope" of the Cao Daists, Pham Cong Tac, had indicated his disapproval of the Binh Xuyen’s use of force in Saigon Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Fighting between the sect and national armies left 26 persons dead. Cao Daist Gen. Nguyen Thanh Phuong told a news conference that the sects must not “meddle" in politics. He added that he personally was giving Diem his full support. The position of the Hoa Hao was not known immediately. Two days ago the front called on Diem to resign. Wednesday, they appealed by cable to Vietnam chief of state Bao Dai in France to return and throw Diem out of office. French authorings in the city arranged an uneasy truce between the government and the Binh Xuyen after Thursday morning’s bloodshed. However, sect troops were dug in at their headquirters in the Chinese quarter of the city, Cholon, where most of the fighting took place. Diem called for calm and order and warned the pinh Xuyen not to resort to violence again. But the threat of further fighting was still present. The sects’ “united front" was formed after the premier cut off subsidies for their private armies. His goal was the integration of the private forces into the national army. K. C. Council Will Mark Jubilee Year 50th Anniversary Jubilee April 24 The Knights of Columbus, Decatur council 864, which was instituted here Feb- 26, 1905, will mark the 50th year golden jubilee with an elaborate celebration Sunday, April 24. Arrangements for the celebration are being handled by members of the past grand knights club, with William Lose Jr. and Severin Schurger serving as generaLchairmen. '' The, jubilee day will open with a solemn high mass to be celebrated by the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz. He will be assisted by the Rev. Robert Contant, current chaplain of the Decatur K. of C.. and the Rev. Robert Hoevel and the Rev- Ignatius Vichuras, former chaplains. All members of the local lodge and guests will attend the mass. Fourth Degree Knights will be in full dress. They will meet at the K. OfC. hall at 7 a. m. and march to the church. Following the mass, the first degree will be conferred on about 55 candidates for membership. The afternoon will feature the exemplification of the second and third degrees. Three Fort Wayne staffs will confer the degrees. They are Cletus Junk and staff, Harold Cotterl and staff and John Logan and staff. The ladles of out-of-town guests, guests of honor and degree candidates will be entertained during the afternoon with a reception beginning at 2 p. m. at the Elks home. Wives of the past grand knights will be hostesses. Highlight ot the jubile program will be the banquet which will take place at 7 p. m. at Decatur ICaftholic high school. John T. Rocap, supreme director, will be main speaker for the banquet. Also on the jubilee agenda is an experience night fer members only Monday, April 25. The anni(Continued on Fags Five)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 31, 1955.

Senate Committee In . - J* Approval Os Accords For Rearming Germany

Senale Seeks Explanation Os Yalta Release Senate Committee To Ask Dulles To ¥ Explain Release WASHINGTON (INS) — The senate foreign relations committee voted unanimously today to ask secretary of state Dulles for an explanation of circumstances surrounding release of the Yalta papers. Chairman Walter F. George (D Ga.), stressed that the action would “not be an investigation." George said the “study" will revolve around the propriety of releasing the informal notes, the reasons for their being made public and the timing of the release. Meanwhile, a senate Republican policy committee report on the “highlights of the Yalta papers" accuses the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt of a "sell out” of Asia and Poland. The GOP document —a 51-page mimeographed report — also charges Roosevelt with making “deceitful proposals and comments to Stalin behind Mr. Churchill's back.” The report, based on the official report of the World War 11 conference between Roosevelt. Soviet premier Josef Stalin and British prime minister Winston Churchill, was prepared by the committee staff at the direction of chairman Styles Bridges (R N.H.) It is designed for use of GOP senators and was released late Wednesday. The report contains this note: “Neither the members of the Republican policy cortimittee nor other Republican senators are responsible for the statements herein contained, except such as they are willing to endorse and make their own." Last week. President Eisenhower said he opposed use of the Yalta papers for political advantage. In another development, the “the papers did not have any security was violated in the “leak” of the documents to the New York Times two weeks ago. Assistant secretary Thurston B. Morton said in a letter to Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D Minn.), that ‘t’he papers did not have any security classification” and he insisted their release had beneficial results. Humphrey, however, shot back a letter demanding to know who. if anyqne, authorixed “advance re"lease” to the Times and, if it was unauthorized, who released them and “what is being done about it.” Humphrey made public both letters. The Morton letter was in reply to one made public last week by Humphrey in which the Senator asked the state department to’investigate the “apparently unauthorized leak.” In his letter to Humphrey, Morton said publication of the papers “had no consequences because of overtaking events" and even was a factor in French and German ratification of the Paris accords to rearm Western Germany.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Paul D. Parker, Nuttman Avenue United Brethren in Christ) FOOD FOR THE SPIRIT ■* ■ Psalm 90: 14-17 This Psalm is known as, “A prayer of Moses the man of God." The first part of the Psalm is spent in meditation upon the eternity and immutability of God. Byway of contrast Moses reflects upon his own mortality. He compares man as the grass which groweth up in the morning and in the evening it is cut down and withereth. Through these reflections the lawgiver is led to petition God to enable his people to take to heart the lessons which the brevity of life should teach. The major burden of the prayer was for God to change Hit method of dealing with them. "O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days where-in thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil." Even the hand of affliction can be food for the soil when it leads us to seek the mercy of God.

Ex-Convict Admits Indianapolis Attack Faces Quizzing On Kneeling Murders ■CHICAGO (INS) —A Boston exconvict seized In Chicago in all Indianapolis assault case was to Ibe questioned today about six “kneeling" murders in Indiana and Kentucky. The suspect was identified as Paul Wolcott Savery, 33. He was arrested Wednesday night at the home of a woman friend in Chicago in connection with the robbery and vicious assault of Mrs. Elizabeth Kroetz at Indianapolis March 21. Police said he admitted the Indianapolis crime but steadfastly denied the sadistic kneeling slayings, including the execution of three members of a northern Kentucky farm family Monday. He was quoted as saying: “I never carry a gun and I’m willing to take a lie test to prove I had nothing to do with the murders.” Police said the savagery of Indianapolis crime and the fact that Savery was believed to have been in the vicinity at the time of the Kentucky slayings, indicated lie may be linked to the murders. Three members of the well-to-do Duncan, family were found shot to death with their hands tied behind their hacks at their farm near ttehdetsoti, Ky., across the Dhio river from Evansville, Ind. * Kentucky authorities airrested three men Wednesday at the funeral of the victims as suspectsThey said one of the men carried a .32 caliber pistol, the type weapon used in the killings. Their identities were not disclosed. Victims of the “kneeling” slayer were GobeT B. Duncan, 60, prominent farmer whose brother is a magistrate at Henderson; his son, Raymond, 19, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mabel Elizabeth Duncan, 19, wife of another son. ■The elder Duncan’s wife also was bound and shot in the head. She has been unconscious in the Henderson hospital since the shooting and physicians 'said she may be blind if she survives. Three other similar killings in nearby southern Indiana were attributed to the same maniac. A man and woman were murdered separately at Evansville and a woman was executed at Mt- Vernon. Authorities also had suspected that the assault on Mrs. Kroetz, which Savery admitted, was the work of the same person Police said Savery told them he invaded her home and - bashed her on the head with a skillet and vase, then stabbed her with a screwdriver and gagged her with a belt from his trench coat before robbing her. Held In Kentucky HENDERSON, Ky. (INS) <-A man arested when he snickered as he passed the caskets was questioned today in the "execution” of three 'members of a Henderson, Ky„ family. At the same time, Mrs. Mamie Duncan, 49, who survived a bullet ■wound in the head, such as killed her husband, son and daughter-ih-Jaw, regained Cohscibusness and was to be questioned. James Thomas Phillips. 33, of (Continued on Page Six)

Senate Heads And Ike Hold Parley Today Sen. George Says Eisenhower Right On Formosa Stand WASHINGTON (INS) —Senate foreign relations chairman Walter F. George declared today that President Eisenhower is right in not making any immediate decision on whether to defend Quemoy and Matsu islands. The Georgia Democrat joins other senate Democratic and Republican leaders today at a second White House luncheon conference on foreign policy. President Eisenhower was quoted as telling house leaders at the first of the bipartisan meetings that the U. S. decision on defense of Quemoy and Matsu depends on the “nature and strength" of the Red attack on the Chinese Nationalist islands. George, commenting on the President’s stand concerning the Chin*.offshore islands, said: “I think he is right” But the veteran Democrat added that he thought the President would have to make definite commitments “some tinea.” George also agiMsd WMB Mr Eisenhower in urging lens speculation on the outlook for war but said: "You can’t keep people from speculating, especially when high officials put out ■tatemente.” This was a reference to the series of “informed" reports from various administration sources in recent days, starting with an estimate by Adm. Robert B. Carney, chieTof naval operations, that a Communist attack on the QuemoyMatsu area might come around April 15. The President at his Wednesday news conference rapped Carney with these words: “I do not believe that the peace of the world, the tranquility of the world, is being served at this moment by talking too much in terms of speculation about such things." tn endorsing the President’s reluctance to be pushed into any immediate decision on the island (Continued on Fare Five) Marfin Reppert Dies Wednesday Evening Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Martin Reppert, 79, a retired farmer living at Magley, died at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday evening at the Adams county memorial ■hospital following a week's illness. He was born in Preble township Oct. 12, 1876, a son of Peter and Lisette Beineke-Reppert, and lived in Preble township Until retiring from his farm in 1941. He was married Nov. 4, 1904, to Martha Kreutzman, who preceded him In death Dec. 9, 1948. Mr. Reppert was a member of the Magley Evangelical and Reformed church. There are no immediate survivors. A son, Milton (Reppert, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1940, and two brothers also preceded in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home and at 1:30 p.m. at the Magley Evangelical and Reformed church, the Rev. H. E. Settlage officiating. Burial will be*in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. i INDIANA WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer tonight followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms Friday. Mild Friday except turning cooler southwest and extreme west in afternoon. Low tonight 42-48. High Friday 62-66 north, 66-72 south.

All Signs Point To Polio Fight Gains No Foundation For Reports Os Success NEW YORK (INS) — All signs point today to important great gains in the fight against infantile paralysis through immunization. The nation’s top polio ties, however, all said that reports saying Salk vaccine tested last year proved “100 per cent effective" were unfounded. Dr. Thomas M. Rivers, director of the Rockefeller institute of medical research and chairman of the vaccine committee of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, stated: "None of us knows the answer yet, least of all me. Ancl I was one of the original backers for the Salk vaccine to be given anationwide test." One published report said that not one of the 400,000 children injected with the Salk vaccine last year had later contracted polio. Countering the ”100 per cent effective" report was word from New Orleans and-Oklahoma that polio had developed 1n several children who received the vaccine. Dr. John P. Fox, head of Tulane university’s epidemiology department, said at New Orleans that "nobody expected the. vaccine to be 100 per cegt.” Dp. Jonas E. Salk, University of Pittsburgh scientist who developed the vaccine, "has not seen the Francis report himself," declared a spokesman for the university’s medical center. “Personally," he added. "I don't believe the information was gotten from the Francis report.” Basil O’Connor, president of the national foundation, said in a statement that nobody but Francis knows the extent of the effectiveness of Salk vaccine. Decatur Unit Host To Auxiliary Meet Junior Legion To Host District Meet The fifth annual district conference of the American Legion junior auxiliary will be held at the Moose home in this city Saturday, with the junior auxiliary of Adams Post 43 as host. Approximately 200 girls from the various units of the fourth district are expected to attend. Registration for the conference will be from 9 to 10 o’clock Saturday morning, with the business meeting opening at 10 a.m. Different units presiding at the conference will include; president, Churubusco; vice president, Butler; secretary, New Haven; treasurer, Berne; chaplain, Woodburn; historian, LaGrange; sergeant at arms, Leo; ushers, Decatur.

Miss Marilyn Braun, president of the local unit, will extend the welcome to all the juniors and guests. Miss Kay Borman will then introduce .Mrs. Janet Hoey, de-, partment president, and Mrs. Della Kryder, district president. Miss Barbara Fortner and Mrs. Golda Jones will provide music for the meeting and the afternoon entertainment. Following the noon luncheon, which will be served by the Women of the Moose, entertainment will be presented by each unit, in the form of a talent contest in two age groups. Prior to the contest, there will be a tiny tot parade consisting of girls up to six years (Continued on Page Five) BULLETIN WASHINGTON (IN8)-<rhe defense department anonunced today that the army will draft 10,000 men during May — an increase of 2,000 over the draft call for April. The monthly rate of inductions, however, will remain at less than half the level that - prevailed before the draft was drastically cut back early this year.

London - Paris Pact Approved By Committee Ratification From ” / Full Senate Likely Before Week's End W!A9HLNGTON (INS) — The senate foreign relations committee approved today the London - Paris agreements to make West Germany a sovereign nation and a rearmed member of the Atlantic defense setup. (Ratification by the full senatepossibly before the week's endwill remove a hurdle to a “Big Four" or “Big Five" conference which senators hope can be held this summer or fall. The United States iff the last to act on the agreement terminating the occupation of West Germany and granting it Independence 10 years after the end of World War II- .............. 'Britain, France and West Germany already have approved this pact. A state department spokesman said that West Germany will become a sovereign nation automatically with the deposit of the “iiwtruments of ratification" at Bonn. A- second pact, which makes West Germany the lath member of the North Atlantic defense organisation, has yet to be approved by Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Their consent Is considered routine. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D Minn.,) said he will put a provision in the committee's report to nail down the right of the allies to have some check on eventual negotia Hons for the unification of all Germany. Secretary of state John Foster Dulles testified that West Germany wants the allies to have this right because it knows East Germany will have the Kremlin at its side in any unification discussions.

Wesfern Ministers Will Meet In Paris

Likely To Discuss Four Power Parley PARIS (INS) — The foreign ministers of the U. S., Britain and France are expected to discuss in Parts in May- the possibility of four power talks with the Soviet Union. Diplomatic sources in the French capital said today that the western ’ ‘ministers would meet during the Atlantic council session which probably will Re Meld sometime during the month after ne\t. The council meeting will be devoted to West Germany’s admission to the North Atlantic treaty organisation. Officials hope the ratification procedure will be completed by that time in all 14-mem-ber nations. Diplomatic officials said that no . stpes regarding the meeting of the three allied ministers had been taken yet beyond preliminary diplo- * matlc consultations. These talks . concerned the appointment of a working group which will prepare (Continued on Page Flys) '’ J* ■ .—» -• ■ Retail Store Hours • During Holy Week 1 Retail store hours in Decatur > during Holy Week will be unchang- ’ ed from previous years, according 1 to an announcement today by the executive committee of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce. All stores will close on Good Friday, April 8, between noon and 3 p.m. so that owners and clerks may attend the various Good Friday services. Most stores will remain open Thursday afternoon of Holy Week. According to a decision made some time ago by the retail division, whenever a holiday occurs during the latter part of the week, the stores are open on Thursday afternoon during that ’ week.

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