Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LIU. No. 88.

RUSH SALK VACCINE INTO USE Op EMHaAM Ipf"* ** e a . F -" ' ■ K I C. D. SMITH, manager of a Chicago pharmaceutical house and his superintendent. William Mitchell (right) check over a 532 pound shipment of the famous Salk polio vaccine which arrived from Detroit for distribution to doctors in the area. The magic vaccine will be distributed in the discretion of executives who are familiar with the type and size of doctors’ practices.

Polio Vaccine Is Offered To Entire World America Offers Its Salk Polio Vaccine For World Benefit WASHINGTON (INS) — America offered its polio vaccine to the world today. President Elsenhower directed secretary of state John Foster Dulles to offer the Salk vaccine formula and the full report on the monumental research project which proved it successful to any country that wants it. The President also directed Dulles to begin an immediate study to determine when the U. S. will have enough of the drug to export and still take care a?. domestic needs. , ' A state department spokesman said that the vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk was taking its place alongside atomic power for peace-as an American gift to help all peoples of the world. He said: "this is similar to the atoms-for-peace plan in that' discoveries of the United States are being offered to mankind for their benefit.” Dulles himself made the announcement Wednesday night of the plan which will give the vaccine secrets to countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain. He said: “At the direction of President Eisenhower I am making arrangements to transmit the Dr. Thomas Francis report provided by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to other interested countries around the world so that they may have the benefit z of this humanitarian research project as well as the information on the Salk formula itself. "Also at the direction of the President I am consulting with the appropriate federal agencies to determine the extent to which the vaccine will be available for export. "I plan to see Mr. Basil O'Connor. president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Thursday afternoon to discuss wiA him this new’ promise of ending this scourge to mankind. ’’ O’Connor is the one-time law partner of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was himself a polio victim. (Roosevelt founded the March of Dimes which provided the money for the National Foundation to conduct its long years of research. There were these other developments: 1. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) announced he is introducing a bill to set up controls over distribution of the vaccine. His measure would place U. S. surgeon general Leonard Scheele in charge of a controls committee which would insure that children between the ages of seven and 12 would have top priority on polio vaccinations. 2. Senate labor - welfare committee chairman Lister Hill (IlAla.) urged that Mr. Eisenhower call an immediate national conference to perfect national safeguards against a "black market” in the vaccine. Welfare secretary Oveta Culp Hobby -told Hill that such a conference might be “very (Continueo on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER

Partly cloudy and cooler tonight. Friday mostly fair and mild. Low tonight 40-48. High Friday mild to upper 60s.

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Await Decisions To Ship Polio Vaccine Changes Proposed In Spacing Shots INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Indiana state health officials and personnel of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis today awaited decisions in New York which will start the long-planned immunization of some 270,000 children in 91 counties. Messages to pharmaceutical houses directing shipment of the Salk vaccine to state health centers for use in the program, involving nine million children nationally, are expected momentarily. In New York, a top level medical committee meeting is in progress. at the NFIP headquarters, and it is believed that the delay in directing shipments of the new vaccine is due tq proposed changjo spacing of .the - . Dr. Jonas Salk. developer of the vaccine, that re-evaluation of the 1954 spring trials indicates two shots should be given two to four weeks apart to be followed by a booster shofWx months to a year later. . The plans previously made by the NFIP were for three shots within a five-week period. Meanwhile, NFIP and Indiana state board of health officials were busy with telephone calls from county groups wishing to know when they will receive their free vaccine. About the only answer they were able to make up to noon today was “Soon." Wayne, Allen, Monroe and Spencer counties, who had hoped to start injections this week, were faced with the need for rescheduling start of the program next week. Most of the remaining counties had allowed sufficient leeway for delays and are not planning to begin Operation Jab until next week. Clay is the only county not taking part in the NFIP program for giving free vaccine shots to first and second graders whose parents (Continued on Pare Eight) Slight Damage Done In Fires Wednesday A fire at the Bag Service at about 5 p. m. .Wednesday caused only slight damage to the roof of the building. The fire .was caused when a barrel containing a trash fire exploded and threw burning rags to the roof. Decatur firemen were called and quickly extinguished the blaze. The firemen were also called to the Laverl Sharp residence at 1039 Master Drive when a refrigerator motor became overheated at, about 10:25- p. m. Damage was very slight. Home Is Gutted By Fire At Noon Today A three-room house at the corner of 10th and Adams streets, the home of John Springer, was completely gutted by fire shortly after noon today. Fire raged through the inside of the small structure after an oil stove blew up- Springer, who lives alone, had just stepped outside when the blast occurred and he was not injured. When firemen arrived the fire had already spread through the house and although they had the fire doused within a half hour nothing was saved. All of the furniture and clothing in t-he house was destroyed by flames. Neither the house nor the furniture was insured.

Evansville Man Confesses To Six Murders Paroled Burglar Is Held For Kentucky, . Indiana Killings EVANSVILLE, Ind. (INS) —A 30y ear-old paroled burglar whom police said has confessed the execution slaying of six persons was arraigifM today on a preliminary charge of first-degree murder. Although Leslie Irvin allegedly confessed the murder of three persons in Indiana he was charged today with the killing of a service station attendant, Whitney W. Kerr. Kentucky authorities said they will prosecute IrVin for the murder of three members of a farm family in the Henderson, Ky., area. State police of Kentucky said Irvin has confessed those slayings, too. He was»arrested last Friday on a tip supplied by two 14-year-old “junior sheriffs” and Evansville police said Irvin admitted the killings following five days of tioningVanderburg county prosecutor Paul Weaver will ask the circuit court today to recall the grand jury so he can present evidence for Indictments in the three IndiUni murders. KVnttuck officials, w4ro claim they have an air-tight case against the suspect, plan to obtain three murder indictments against Irvin and then sek his extradition from Indiana Gov. (George N. Craig. Among the murder victims were an expectant mother in Indiana and three members of a wealthy form family in Kentucky. The confession obtained orally from Irvin Wednesday by Evansville authorities reportedly decribes how each of the suspect’s victims was forced to kneel before the giller. All six were shot fatally in the back of the head while in the kneeling position. - Police said the suspect has refused to sign whitten admissions of the crimes but they said the evidence against him is conclusive. ..., JL .imd-tftOlM billfold found in Irvin’s possession has ■been identified as belonging to one of the victims. Robbery appeared to be the occasion, if not the motive, for all of the killings. Irvin was seized at Yankeetown, Ind., where he was working on a construction job. on the tip of two 14-year-old boys in the sheriff’s junior patrol — William Williams and Dalton Peerman.

The boys noticed a dent in a fender of Irvin’s old sedan and reported to police it fit the description of an auto spotted at the scene of the Kentucky killings. Irvin had the dent straightened out at a garage a day before he was seized. Under questioning, he admitted a series of some 30 burglaries since he was paroled from the Indiana state prison last May. Among the loot in these burglaries were three pistols of the caliber used in the murders. Irvin served nine years in prison for burglary. In his parole report, prison psychiatrists described him (Continuea on rinre Five) Meet Friday Night On Civil Defense Meet Scheduled At Berne Friday Night A meeting of the Adams couAty civil defense organization will take place Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall in Berne. Attending the meeting will be key personnel in the local organizations in the county to send representatives to the meeting. The main point of discussion will he the civil defense test exercise scheduled for June 15 and 16. Adams county will be expected to participate in this test exercise, which is intended as a practice session for civil defense workers. The test exercise also serves to point out the weaknesses in the organization. The June exercise has been named “Operation Alert.” It will be a nationwide test in which it will be assumed that 50 cities will be bombed. Fort Wayne is one of the cities which have been listed as mock targets. Adams county’s role will be that of an auxiliary to Fort Wayne and Allen county. Also on the agenda will be further discussion on how to activate civil defense in this county. While interest in the organization „is growing in Adams county, very little is being done to strengthen it. Any person who is interested In contributing hfs“ effort to the civil defense program is Invited to attend the Friday meeting.

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Report Austrians And Russians In Accord On Austrian State Treaty

Craig Hints At Fund Use For Survey May Use Part Os Emergency Funds To Finance Survey INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Governor George N. Craig hinted Wednesday that he may use part of his emergency fund to finance a survey for the north-side toll road’s new proposed route. This route would be from Hammond to a point east of Indianapolis. Craig, however, expressed confidence that the state finance committee would approve use of state highway funds for the survey, although a majority of the committee has lined up against the suggestion. * The governor also said he is just as strong for a special session of the ‘general assembly to finance his intermediate institution for youthful offenders as he ever was. He added, however, that he would again confer with legislative chieftains, of whom nearly all have opposed an extraordinary session. The governor also announced that supreme court justices George. Henley, of Bloomington, and Isiappointed just a few weeks ago would “resign within the next few weeks.” He said he had decided to name as their successors Norman Arterbum, Vincennes attorney, and state senator Frederick Landis, of Logansport, also a lawyer. The governor also said he would abolish the state department of information, which he created because “it is net serving the purpose for which it was set up." The governor added that the move would save money for the state. Craig also took issue with budget director Don Clark, who estimated that the Indiana surplus would shrink to $4 million at the end of the next biennium. The governor said: “I predict that the surplus will be S4O million or more.” He estimated that to start his institution for youthful offenders, an appropriation from the special session of only $2 million would suffice. The remainder of an estimated $6 million cost could be appropriated at regular sessions of the legislature, he added. Craig said he would leave for Washington on Sunday to talk with experts on juvenile delinquency and to obtain ammunition for a (Continued on Page Five) Probe Extra Price Paid For Launchers House Committee Conducting Probe WASHINGTON (INS) — House investigators seek to determine today why the air force is paytfig over a million dollars more than the navy for "Mighty Mouse” rocket launchers. The armed services investigations subcommittee, headed by Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D La.), was set to ask air force spokes' men for an explanation of its award of a contract to a Los Angeles firm. Special counsel John Courtney said the contract for 100,000 rocket launchers was negotiated with Century Industries, Inc., of Can Pedro, Calif,, instead of being open to competitive bidding. He said the air force ended up paying $36.62 per unit for the disposable launchers or a total of $3,662,000. — The navy, Courtney added, is paying the Radiant Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, $23.95 per unit for virtually the same type of "Mighty Mouse" launcher. He said this contract was the result of competitive bidding.

Protest Russian Kidnaping Policy Stiff Protest Filed In United Nations UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (INS) —Russian policy of kidnaping antiReds in West Germany and Austria has drawn a stiff protest’ to the UN. The protest, lodged by U. S. and international anti-Communist organizations, came on the first anniversary of the abduction of the head of the West Berlin rescue committee. Dr. Alexandr Trushnovich, a leader of anti-Red Russian exiles, was “lured" into the home of a "friend" in the Allied-occupied sector of Berlin on April 13, 1954He was beaten, drugged and whisked away, unconscious, to the Soviet East Berlin, where he was handed over to the Russian secret police. He has not been heard from since his abduction. A The kidnaping was strongly denounced at the time by major free world spokesmen. The Commu - nists in East Germany claimed he had defected voluntarily but never offered any proof. The committee to combat Soviet kidnapings, together with the international league for the rights of man, urged in its protest that the UN focus world-wide attention on the Soviet kidnaping policy and (Tully public -opinion +n behalf of the Red victims. The- two orgenizatione iUso-iiated the following other instances of abductions and violence by Communist agent?: 1. The kidnaping of Valery Tremmel. anti-Communist Russian refugee, by Soviet agents in Linz, Austria U. S. zon?. on June 20, 1954. 2. The attempted assassination by Red agents of Georgi Okolovich, Russian leader, in Frankfurt, West Germany, in February, 1954. The plot was exposed and thwarted by Nikolai Khoklov, the Soviet intelligence officer who had been assigned to murder Qkolovich. Khokhlov now is in the U- S. 3. The reprisal hostage seizure of Khoklov’s wife. Yanina, and their baby, Alexander, by Soviet secret police in Moscow, officially reported to the west in June, 1954. Red China Premier Enroute To Parley Afro-Asian Parley Will Open Monday RANGOON (INS) — Communist Chinese premier Chou' En-Lai arrived in Rangoon today after a week’s trip from Peiping. He was a day late in reaching the Burmese capital, a stoppingoff place en route to the AfroAsian conference in Bandung, Indonesia. which opens Monday. Chou's departure from Peiping last Thursday was announced for the first time today by the Peiping radio. The Red premier’s plane flew to Rangoon from Kunming. Yunnan province, in Southwest China. Newsmen in (Rangoon were not informed of Chou's time of arrival. The entire operation was kept completely secret, presumably because of the Red Chinese fear of injury befalling Chou. A chartered Indian airliner crashed last Monday in the South Chink Sea. killing three of Peiping's lower echelon delegates and eight Communist journalists en route to Jakarta. The Peiping government has charged the crash was caused by sabotage carried out by secret agents of the U.S. and Nationalist Chips. Chou was due in Rangoon Wednesday to begin conversations with Burmese Premier U Nu on the agenda for the Bandung meeting. The two men also were expected to confer with Indian premier Jawaharlal Nehru and Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser. 12 Pages

Edward Corsi Testifies To Senate Group Ousted State Dept. Expert Is Called To Senate Hearing WASHINGTON (INS) — Edward J. Corsi will tell senate Investigators today that he consid,ers the administration's refugee relief program a failure. The Italian-born New Yorker, fighting mad over his ouster as state department immigration expect, gives a senate judiciary subcommittee his side of the hot political battle. He is scheduled/to testify at a (2 p.m. EST) closed hearing. Gen. Joseph M. Swing, immigration and naturalization commissioner, is also scheduled to appear before the senate group, today. Corsi had asked for the fullscale probe of the refugee program including his charge that the state department has failed to carry out its functions in its administration. The first witness Wednesday was state department security chief Scott McLeod, who defended his administration of the program. He insisted: "We feel we are doing a good job. upder ,tbe. cln, cunistarices. of trying to make this rather difficult law work." But, Corsi said in an interview that McLeod's own figures show the program is a failure. He declared, in an indication nr what he was prepared to tell the subcommittee, headed by Sen. William Langer (R-N. D.) " ’■"The point is that after 17 months—nearly half of the threeyear period provided in the law, only 24,810 visas, including those for relatives of Americans, have been issued. Just what percentage is that of the 209,000 over-quota people provided for in the bill? A little voer 10 percent." He continued: "I don’t see why McLeod doesn’t just admit the program is off the rails. There is no reason for him to claim that it’s working. I thought he agreed with me that it isn’t.” He referred to the slightly over 1.000 refugees admitted up to April 1 as "just nothing.” Langer said that the way the probe is "shaping up,” public hearings are likely Friday and added he hopes to conclude the probe this week. The North Dakotan, who called the surprise investigation after it was requested by Sen. Thomas C. Hennings (D-Mo.) said Coral's testimony will determine whether secretary of state John Foster Dulles will be called. (Continued on Page Kight) High School Band Will Give Program Musical Variety Show On April 29 Plans were announced today for a musical variety show which will bfTpresented Friday. April ‘29, ’by the Decatur high school band under the direction of Clint Reed. The program will feature novelty numbers and popular and semiclassical selections. Vocal as well as instrumental music will be included. The program will be similar to that presented last year. Guest star for the concert will be 'Roy Houser, an Indiana University professor who formerly was bassoonist with the Paul Whiteman orchestra. Among the Decatur high students who will present special solo numbers will be Robert Sprague, vocalist. A girls’ quartet will also present selections. Two more donations to the band uniform fund were also announced today. They were $25 from Mr. and Mrs. Robert August of the Family restaurant and $lO from Mr. and Mrs. Ward Calland.

Study Programs For Community Center Recreation Board Asks Preferences Plans are being. made by the city recreation board for an activities program at Decatur's new Youth and Community center, it was learned today. Members of the board are desirous of learning what types of programs and projects adults will be interested in. To date puollc speaking classes among the men, with archery and photography second and third, appear to be the favorites. Women, to date, have "expressed the most interest in parliamentary law, country arts and bridge courses. Other phases of a planned program which have .strong support are dancing, both round and square, hobby programs and bridge parties. Plans also are neing made to organize an adult orchestra provided sufficient interest is shown. Other public participation programs being planned include “How to do it” shows, lectures and clinics. O. M. McGeath, director of the center, said that it was his desire to recommend to the recreation board all types of programs in which there is sufficient interest. Questionnaires have been prepared and will be distributed to the men and women of the area through chibs, lodges, sororities fitid “Obr organizations to ascertain what type of programs will be finally adopted for, the first year’s activities. McGeath said that a similar questionnaire also was being planned for the young people and this will be ready for general distribution in a few days. • Suggestions from any man, woman or child of Decatur will be given consideration by the committee, McGeath stated. Volunteer teachers in the various phases of the program also will be sought. The youth and adult programs will be started early this summer Immediately following formal dedication of the building. Drops Deportation Case Against Woman Clear Grandmother Os Red Party Ties WASHINGTON (INS) — The government today dropped its com troversial deportation case against a 61-year-old Baltimore grandmother and .cleared her of charges of Communist affiliations. The board of immigration appeals. in announcing the decision, ruled that Mrs. Matrona Karpuk told the truth when she denied the charges that she had belonged to the Communist party. The board's action amounted to a rejection of the testimony against the Polish-born woman given by two former Communist party members, Earl Reno and Leonard Patterson. Both men testified that they had seen Mrs. Karpuk in the Communist party’s Baltimore office on party business and connected her with the “Ukranian-Russian” faction of the party. They said she attended "faction” and regular membership meetings. / Mrs. Karuk, who has lived in the Ui S. for 32 years, denied that ' she had ever seen Patterson or Reno or that she had ever gone , to places where they'claimed to have seen her. The board noted that in addition to her denials, her husband, Anton, her son, Anton Karpuk Jr., and her daughter. Mrs. Vera Demiduke, all testified that Mrs. Karpuk was hot a Communist party member and could not have been a member without their knowledge. The board, stating that the testimony of the two ex-Communlst witnesses and the statements of ; Mrs. Karpuk could not be reconciled, ruled in her behalf. i

Report Envoys In Accord On Peace Treaty Austrians Express Hope Treaty To Be Acceptable To West BULLETIN PARIS (INS) —Russia reportedly agreed today to accept the Austrian state treaty draft as drawn up Sept. 6, 1949, but asked for additional guarantees against any further Austrian union with Germany — Agence France Presse quoted diplomatic circles in Moscow as saying Russia is prepared to sign the treaty immediately and to conclude an agreement with the western allies to restore Austrian soereignty. MOSCOW (INS) — Authoritative informants said today that the Austrian delegates to Moscow have concluded an agreement with the Russians on an Austrian state treaty which they hope will be accepted by the United States, Britain and France. Austrian delegation headed by Chancellor Julius Raab fma been negotiating with Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Moltotov and others since Tuesday on a treaty aimed to restore Austrian sovereignty and independence. , Details were not Immediately available on the terms reached by the hegotiators, but Austrian Ambassador Norbert Bischoff told International News Service: "I am absolutely sure that the west will have nothing hgainst the agreement.” Bischoff spoke to this reporter as he left the Sovietskaya HoteL He said that he hoped the Western Allies would accept the agreement “because if the agreement, is in the West's interest.” Raab and the Austrians on their final day of talks met with Molotov and the Russians for 90 minutes this morning at the Kremlin. They finished all but minor adjustments in the wording of a joint communique which will be issued about 7 p.m. (11 a.m. EST.) Although the formal statement may indicate the success of the talks, the details of any agreement will not be made public. Any agreement reached between the two nations on the terms of the treaty to end 10 years of occupation by the Big Four would have to be approved by the western allies. After Wednesday’s session, Molotov himself said that what had been achieved in Moscow with the Austrian delegation would make the ultimate objective more easily obtainable. That “objective” would be a Big Four conference which would finally agree on the long-pending treaty. The U. S., Britain and France have been kept up to date on the negotiations through their diplomatic representatives in Moscow.A further indication that the talks will be successful was seen in the comment Raab by Soviet President Element Voroshilov. The chancellor called on the president to read a menage from the Austrian president asking the Soviet government to release Austrian subjects imprisoned in the (Continues en Pare Eight) Young Democrats To Meet Friday Night Officers for the 1956-54 club year will rbe elected at the meeting of the Adams county Young Democrats which will take place Friday at 8 p. m. in the meeting room of the First Bank of Berne. The program for the evening will feature a discussion of the county council and county commissioners' by Henry Dehner, president of the county council. — All members of the organisation are urged to attend and any person interested in joining Is also invited.

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