Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LUI. No. 102.

PROMOTIONS AT CENTRAL SOYA CO. 11 K *4 iIH wUT ■ Bn Krh -JI Newell Wright C. I. Finlayson Tom Allwein

Vietnam Army Drives Deeper Against Rebels Premier Continues To Defy Orders Os Chief Os State Dai SAIGON (INS) — South Vietnamese troops drove deeper into southern Saigon today against Binh Xuyen rebel forces in Premier Ngo Dinh Diem’s deficance of Chief of State Bao Dai. Only scattered gunfire marked the third day of a battle in which unofficial estimates put the death toll at 500 and the wounded at more than 1,000. The political cleavage between the American-backed Roman Catholic Premier Diem and Bao Dai widened. Bao Dai, former emperor who is staying on the French Riviera, for “the second and last time" ordered Diem to report to him in Cannes. Supporters of the premier met in Saigon town hall and declared that they “deposed" Bao Dai, whom they called a “puppet of French colonialists.'* Approximately 200 of these supporters met and announced they had formed a new political group called “the Democratic revolutionaries." This is believed to be the first step towards formation of a republic should army regulars loyal to Diem triumph in the battle against the private armies such as that of the Binh Xuyen. Speakers denounced the Frenchinstalled Bao Dai as a man who is conducting “a dissolute life" far from his home soil. They called him a person who has no right to order the harassed Diem to turn over his army control to Gen. Nguyen Van Vy, inspector general of the regulars and an opponent of Diem. General Vy issued a message Ao the Vietnamese army today saying: “1 am your commander-in-chief and I will lead you on the road to honor and dignity with discipline." Some regular army officers have gone over to Vy’s side. But in the confused situation it seemed that Diem still wielded the stronger hand in the battle against Bao Dai, Vy. and the Binh Xuyen political grouping of former river pirates. The Vietnamese regulars Friday knocked off five "Binh Xuyen strongholds and the rebels withdrew to the southern part of Cholon, the Chinese quarter in Saigon, a city with an over all population of 2,000,000. Gen. Paul Ely, French high commissioner and commander-in-chief, today ordered strong reinforcements including elite parachute troops, to defend the European sector. They moved into the position at dusk after Vietnamese regulars loyal to Diem began forming up. opposite the French positions — not necessarily to fight the French but to bottle up the Binh Xuyen command posts in the European sector. BULLETIN TAIPEI (INS)— The Chinese Nationalist air force announced rocket-firing Nationalist planes today sank two Chinese Communist gunboats and four armed Junks near Wuyu island, eight miles west of Quemoy. The rocket firing planes roared to the attack after Nationalist fighter planes sighted four gunboats and eight motorized junks near Redheld Wuyu. _ NOON EDITION

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Central Soya Makes Personnel Changes Promotions Listed In Plant Managers A production manager and two new plant managers for the Central Soya Company, Inc., were named today by D. W. McMillen, Jr., president. The new production manager is C. I. Finlayson, former manager of the company's plant at Decatur. The new manager of the,Decatur plant will be Tom Allwein. who previously managed the company's plant at Gibson City. 111. The new manager of the Gibson City plant will be Newell Wright, who has held positions of maintenance superintendent and personnel director of the Decatur plant. All promotions are effective May 1. Finlayson, a graduate of Northwestern University, joined Central Soya in 1936 and has been manager of the Decatur plant since 1945. In his new capacity he will have com-pany-wide responsibilities for all phases of manufacturing, engineering, and quality control. Allwein, who attended DePauw University, also, joined Central Soya in 1936, and has been plant manager at Gibson City since 1943. He is the son of Mrs. Frace Allwein of this city. Wright is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and has been with Central Soya since 1953. Strike Threatened By Gary Teachers Threaten To Strike For Salary Increase GARY, Ind. (INS) — The Gary school board today considered a threat of Gary school teachers to strike Tuesday morning unless they receive a salary increase of $450 a year. Miss Margaret Labb, president of Local 4, AFL Americap Federation of Teachers, said teachers at a meeting Friday night voted unanimously to walk out unless their salary demand was granted. She said 480 of Gary’s 600 teachers are members of the local. The school board Friday had offered a $225 yearly increase to teachers with five years of service in Gary and S2OO to the remainder. Present salaries range from $3,650 for beginning teachers to $5,650 for those of 17 years’ experience who have bachelors’ degrees. Teachers with. masters’ degrees re(iContlnued on Page Six) Benjamin Winans I Dies In Montana Word has bean received here of the death April 20 at Livingston, Montana of Benjamin Aaron Winans, S 3, former Decatur school teacher. Mr. Winans went west in 1 11MJ1, but often returned to Adams county, where he had taught in Decatur, Geneva and Berne. He was born in Pleasant Mills August 4, 1871. His wife, Emma E. Fuhrman Winans, died in 1945. He retired from the teaching profession in 1945 but retained his residence in Montana. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery at Livingston. Court House Clock Strikes And Strikes If your head was ringing early this morning, don't be too quick to blame your high blood pressure-it may have been the court house clock. It seems as though Decatur's Big Ben had a 1 temperamental streak last night. About 12:15 a. m. the local timepiece decided to strike and strike it did. Ir\. fact it struck! continuously until Jesse Button, local jeweler and caretaker of the tempermental tick tock, could get down and turn off the chimes at about 12:30.

May Send Army, Marine Forces Info Formosa American Military Commanders Urging Buildup Os Forces WASHINGTON (INS) — The U. S. is expected to decide shortly whether to send marine and army ground forces to bolster defenses on Formosa. Pentagon officials revealed Friday night that active consideration is being given to an “urgent request” made by American military commanders in the Far East to “beef up" U. S. forces on Formosa. No decision has yet been made. There were indications that marine units may be moved from seventh fleet ships to Formosa to relieve Chinese Nationalist troops which would then be used to bolster the defenses of Quemoy and Matsu Islands. I t was understood, however, that the proposed shift is no indication that the U.S. has reached any decision defending the beleaguered offshore groups. The plan also provides that a large number of U. S. jet planes would be stationed on Formosa to offset the massive buildup of Communist airpower on the Chinese mainland. Army anti-aircraft units now in the U. S. would be sent to Formosa to protect the airfields and the marine posts manned by Americans. (.Continued on Page Six) Gronchi Is Elected President Os Italy Huge Majority Is Voted To Gronchi ROME (INS) — Italy's new an-ti-fascist president Giovanni Gronchi was pictured today as a "friend” of both the Communists and Socialists. The 67-year-old president of the chamber of deputies was elected president Friday, • receiving an overwhelming majority of 658 votes. Christian Democrats believe they can “control" their left-wing president, but the big question was still how Gronchi would influence the political scene. He had been solidly opposed to the moderate progressive government of Amlntore Fanfani, which was succeeded last year by outgoing Premier Mario Scelba. Scelba is expected to be renamed premier by the new president. He automatically resigned after the election of Gronchi. Fanfani, who is secretary general of the Christian Democrats, just before Gronchi was assured of election, visited the new- president and proposed the party officially announce his candidacy to eliminate any Communist-Socialist tag from his election. Immediately after this move, Gronchi got far more than the vote he needed. Mt Vernon Citizens Favor Time Change MT. VERNON, Ind. (INS) — Residents of the Mt. Vernon area voted narrowly in favor of following Evansville into the ranks of the daylight time cities. A poll conducted by the Mt. Vernon Democrat, which ended Friday night, showed 1,118 persons returning ballots to the newspaper favored the change while 1,083 opposed. . Mayor Paul Hironimus said he will submit the results to city council for action.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 30, 1955.

Accuses Red China Os Subjecting 25 Million Under Ab jest Slavery

Geneva Child Is Killed By Father's Car Three-Year-Old Girl Killed Last Evening Near Geneva Home Wendy Doherty, three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Doherty, Geneva, was fatally injured at 5:15 o’clock Friday evening when her father backed the family automobile away from an angle parking place in front of the Doherty home. The girl was behind the automobile and she was dragged under the car as it backed away. __ ~ ' The father stopped his car as soon as he heard the child scream and the injured girl was rushed to the Jay county hospital at Portland, where she was dead on arrival. She suffered a basal skull fracture. Doherty, an employe at International Harvester Co., Fort Wayne, told investigating officers that he thought the child was inside the house. He said he was backing the car away to go to a nearby filling station to get gasoline. Surviving Wendy in addition to the HMHtg are two brothers. Larry Lee and Michael, and four sisters, Carol Diane, Sandra Sue, Kandy Kay and Vickey Vee, all at home; the paternal grandfather, Don Doherty of Geneva, and the maternal grandparents. Mr. and. Mrs. Don Davidson, Geneva. The mother is the former Mary Davidson. Wendy was born in Geneva, October 20, 1951. The body was removed to.the Hardy and Hardy funeral home in Geneva. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the funeral home and burial will be in Westlawn cemetery. The Rev. Roger Lautzenheiser will have charge of the services. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock tonight. Hope To Fire Atom Test Blast Sunday LAS VEGAS, Nev. (INS) —The ranks of observers for "Operation Cue" were dwindling rapidly otday as scientists checked the weather to learn whether they can fire the big atomic detonation, already delayed for five days, before dawn Sunday. An atomic scientists met with their weather experts on the nuclear firing range 75 miles north of Las Vegas, weary civil defense observers were streaming out of the gambling resort despairing of seeing the bomb go off over Doom Town. Indian Diplomat To Confer On Formosa Chou Asks Diplomat Be Sent To Peiping NEW DELHI (INS) — Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru said today that Red Chinese premier Chou En-Lai asked that a top Indian diplomat be sent to Peiping to help solve the Formosa crisis. Nehru, in an address to the lower house of the Indian parliament, said he gladly agreed with Chou’s request that V. K. Krishna Menon, India’s ambassador to the United Nations, go to the Chinese capital. The Indian prime minister dedared: “We have increasingly felt that efforts to bridge the bulf are Im-, perative in view of the gravity of the Formosa crisis and the grim alternative that faces us if there are to be no negotiations.” Last Saturday, Chou offered to negotiate directly with the U. S. on Formosa but said such talks (Coatmuem on rags Six)

California Delays Polio Vaccination Programs Suspended For At Least Week BERKELEY, Calif. (INS) — The polio vaccination program in California was suspended for at least a week today pending further information on cases of infection after inoculation. The state board of health and the state polio advisory board at a special meeting in Berkeley Friday night recommended that the program be halted regardless of the brand of vaccine used. Following a long debate among physicians behind closed doors, Dr. Malcolm H. Merrill, state health directors, announced: “We i recommend that all polio vaccine injections be delayed at least one week in order to receive further advice from the national technical advisory committee to the department of welfare, and to permit further clarification of the present problem.” The special meeting to discuss the vaccination program was called after 28 cases of polio developed throughout the nation among children inoculated with the new Salk vaecine. AH except one case involved vaceine produced by the Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley. The exception involved a Georgia child inoculated with vaccine produced by the Ely Lilly & Co. of Indianapolis, Ind. Details Os Einstein Will Are Revealed Executor Reveals Wish Os No Shrine PRINCETON, N. J. (INS)—Two sons, a stepdaughter and a loyal housekeeper • secretary are the principal beneficiaries from the estate of Dr. Albert Einstein. Some of the details of the famed scientist's will were made public Friday by Dr. Otto Nathan, his executor, in a tiny classroom at the institute for advanced study where the internationally-acclaim-ed mathematician once held seminars. Dr. Einstein willed $20,000 taxfree legacies to Miss Helen Dukas, his long-time secretary-house-keeper, and his stepdaughter, Margot Einstein, 47, owner of his home in Princeton. The two women also during their lifetime will receive fees from published and unpublished works. The two sons. Eduard, 45, of Zurich, and Hans Albert, 51, a professor at the University of California at Berkley will get SIO,OOO each. . Dr. Nathan said the estate also contained manuscripts of unknown value and told newsmen Einstein made an oral wish to be forgotten in death. He disclosed that he and Einstein’s family had forced a temporary halt to research on the theoretical physician’s brain because they were “shocked" by the “notoriety” surrounding the work. Dr. Nathan said the scientific study is now under way again at Princeton hispital following an "express and emphatic proviso” by officials that they would proceed in strictest secrecy. Nathan, an economist at New York University and a personal friend of Einstein, who died on April 18 at the age of 76, voiced the late professor's wish that no shrines be built to his memory. “If Albert Einstein opposed one thing, it was to have a shrine attached to his name,” he said. “He never was able to enjoy apy privacy during his life. He never enjoyed being a public figure.” The men who shared Einstein’s close friendship for 23 years fold a small group ot newamen assembled in the tree-shaped institute that the professor who rewrote the/physical laws of the universe didn’t think much of his accomplishments.

Two Senators Back Head Os South Vietnam Support Backing Os State Department For Premier Diem WASHINGTON (INS) — Two senators have thrown their support behind the state department's backing of South Vietnam’s controversial Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. Diem, has become the target of strong French criticism. Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D Minn.), called Diem “the best hope that we have in South Vietnam.” He said any comments about the leadership in the war-torn country should be aimed at Bao Dai. the chief of state now residing on the French Riviera. Sen. Mike Mansfield (D Mont.), demanded that the U. S. cut off all aid to South Vietnam if the “racketeers revolt” waged by the rebel Binh Xuyen forces overthrows the Diem government. There was a possibility that the question of aid to Vietnam and other Far Eastern areas might be touched on when President Eisenhower confers with top GOP and Democratic leaders at 8: SO a.m. (&DT) Tuesday.- « Chairman Walter F, George (D Ga.), of the senate foreign relations committee, said, however, that he understood the meeting would deal with the liquidation of the foreign operations administration. The FOA will become part of the state department on June 30. Its chief, Harold E. Stassen, has already been named “ambassador of peace" to studying methods of easing world tensions. Public Library To Be Closed Wednesday The Decatur public library will be closed all day Wednesday, May 4, it was announced today. Staff members will attend the district meeting at Bluffton. Regular hours will be resumed again Thursday, Miss Bertha Heller, librarian, announced. Alfred Krummen Dies Early This Morning Local Grocer Dies Unexpectedly Today Alfred Krummen, 64, co-owner of the Sanitary market on Mercer avenue since 1952. died suddenly at 5 o'clock this morning at his home. 748 Mercer avenue. Although he bad been in ailing health for eight years, his death was unexpected and followed a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Bluffton, 0., Jan. 11. 1891, a son of John and Mary Jabaz Krummen. and was married to Nellie Captain Aug. 17, 1912. A former resident of Wells county, he moved to Decatur in 1944. Mr. Krummen was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Vera Campbell of Gulnare, Colo., and Mrs. Mary Della Cochran of Decatur;- two sons, ArHn Krummen of Linn Grove, la., and Charles A. Krummen of Wichita, Kan.; 10 grandchildren, and six sisters, Mrs. Robert Pike. Mrs. Ida Miles, Mrs. Walter Blair and Mrs. Lulu Sommer, all of Louisville, Ky., Mrs. J. W. Porter of Lexington. Ky„ and Mrs. Mary Dierche of Covington, Ky. Three brothers and two sisters are deceased. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending word from the children. • P '

Two Events Planned Tuesday, June 21 Luncheon, Dance At Community Center Two events are being planned for Tuesday, June 21. at the Decatur Youth and Community center as part of the week of dedication observance, it was announced today by Glenn Hill, general chairman for the week of activities. A Chamber of Commerce luncheon will be held Tuesday noon and a public dance, with a name band to furnish the music, will be held Tuesday night. M. J. Pryor, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will act as chairman of the Tuesday noon affair and Mrs. Roy Kalver will serve as chairman of the Tuesday night dance. * Both local people have accepted the assignments and wiH name their committees to assist them immediately. The luncheon, tickets for which will be available from Chamber members, will not be limited to the membership. The. luncheon will be a public affair, it was pointed out, and the Chamber is the sponsoring group. Program details will be worked out as soon as Pryor names his full committee. Mrs. Kalver plans to invite the Decatur sororities to assist in sponsoring the public dance and her committee will be composed of members of the various groups. Tickets will be sold for this affair and a welt known orchestra will be secured for the evening. Details will be announced later by Mrs. Kalver and her committee. Hill said today that the balance of his committee chairmen would be announced Monday and Tuesday and he would immediately call a' meeting of all chairmen. County Leaders Os PTA Meet May 12 Conference Planned At Adams Central An information conference for new officers and chairmen of par-ent-teacher organizations in the county has been planned for Thursday evening, May 12, at Adams Central school. The P. T. A. groups from all schools in the county are invited to attend the conference, which will give instructions on bettering their organizations. The meeting will open with registration from 7 to 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Robert Rice and Mrs. Oscar Bleberich will be in charge of registration. At 7:30 p. m. Raymond MeAhren will give the invocation. Greetings will be extended by Mrs. Herbert C. Braun, president of the Adams county P. T. A. council, and John Reed, principal of Adajps Central school. The first informative session at p. m. will be presented by Clarence Biedenweg, state recreation chairman, who will discuss "Recreation in your IP. T. A." He will be followed by Mrs. George Gruenewald, vice-president of region four, who will talk on "The Pt T. A. House.” At 8:16 p. m. Mrs. Wallace Beer, state chairman of the National Parent Teacher magazine, will talk on “Selling the National Parent Teacher Magazine.” "The exceptional child” will be the suljjelt of a talk by Miss Louise Brumbaugh, state chairman of the exceptional child committee. The talks will conclude at 9 p. m. after a speech by Mrs. Robert Meshberger, district director of four-B. The subject of her talk will be “Important Business —the P. T. A.” Conference groups will be conducted from 9 to 10 p. m. These groups and their leaders will include program, Mrs. George Grunewald and Biedenweg; presidents and officers, Mrs. Wallace Beer; by-laws, Mrs. Meghberger, and pubjliotatkons. Miss Brumbaugh amd Mrs. Rice. A report of the registration for the conference will be given just before the adjournment at 10 p. m.

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Nationalists Make Charges Before U. N. Submits Documents To United Nations On Abject Slavery UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (INS) —Nationalist China accused Red China in the United Nations today of holding 25 million slave laborers under conditions “more vicious” than in Russia. Ambassador Tingfu F. Tsiang. Free China’s representative to UN, submitted 96 pages of documented evidence supporting the charges and called on the global body to act “without delay” to compel the Peiping regime to free the workers. ' Tsiang said the Communist Chinese engaged in wholesale arrests to force millions of Chinese on the mainland into compulsory labor projects. -In one of the most shocking compilations of slave labor yet received by UN, the data offered evidence that the millions of slaves are toiling under the whiplash of their red taskmasters from Siberia to Tibet in the following categories: . ■ ■ - 1. One million Nationalist troops captured by the reds during the campaigns fought between the armies of Mao Tse-Tung and Chiang Kai-Shek.— 2. People who were seized in recent years as “counter-revolu-tionaries’* — 1,560,000. 3. Massed roundup arrests staged on various pretexts to force industrial, agricultural and construction speedups and to compel obedience to the Communist regime — approximately 11,000,000. 4. Victims of disasters, such as floods and earthquakes — 3,000,000. 5. Civilians recruited (by coercion and propaganda) for slave labor projects — 8,000,000, 6. Slave laborers sent abroad to the Soviet Union — 1,500,000. Tsiang warned in the document that all persons on the Chinese mainland resisting communism and the Peiping rulers have been “earmarked for elimination.” He urged the UN "without delay” to take the following action: 1. Establish a permanent body to study the forced labor problem in Red China and “consider appropriate measures” to eliminate the system. 2. To include in the proposed UN convention against slavery the tuestion of the slave workers "together with provisions for their strict prohibition by the United Nations.”. . - -•* - Former Congressman - Heads Foreign Aid WASHINGTON (INS) — John B. Hollister, former congressman and law partner of the late Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Ohlo) was named today to head the foreign aid program. The ‘White House announced Hollister’s nomination by President Eisenhower. He will direct the state department agency which will take over chief responsibility for foreign aid operations, I • One Change Is Made In Election Board Changes in the Republican elec tion board for precinct 2-A in Decatur have been announced by Cal E. Peterson, member of the board of election commissioners. The changes were made necessary due to the accident of Mrs. Cordelia Townsen, who was scheduled to be a judge. Mrs. Lawrence Norris has been appointed judge and Mrs. Paul Edwards, clerk. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and pleasant tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 42sp, high Sunday 70-76.