Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1955 — Page 8

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Stronger Policy On Formosa Is Urged Report Drafted By Legion Committee INDIANAPOLIS (INS) - The foreign relations committee of the American legion* today drafted a report urging a stronger American policy on Formosa. The report, which will he presented to the Legions national executive committee, Friday, is expected to oppose the surrender of the Quemoy and Matsu Islands to the Communists. Bogers Kelley, of Edinburg. Tex. a state senator who is chairman of the foreign policy committee, said: “We have a situation in which the President says one thing the state department another, the defense department another and the Republicans and Democrats still others." .4* Kelley said his committee also ia considering: Revision of the United Nations charter to give American soldiers overseas the protection of their own constitution and laws instead of being surrendered to foreign governments for trial. Opposition to any steps to transfer the United Nations into a world government Support of the principles of the Bricker amendment to the constitution. Man Is Killed By Runaway Plane COLLEGE PARK. Md. (INS)— A 47-year-old man- was killed Sunday when a wingless, runaway airplane he had been working on tracked him down in his back yard. The victim. Andrew Clinton Sletnp. Jr., was mangled by the propeller when the plane jumped its blocks after the engine started unexpectedly. Slemp’s wife heard the crash as the tricycle-geared craft rammed into the garage. Toledo — Ahout 60 tons of steel are required to construct a modern Pullman railway car except for those models that have bodies made of aluminum. f

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Relations Os 1 U. S. r France At New Crisis Struggle In South Vietnam Poses New Problems To Nations WASHINGTON (INS) — Relations between France and the U.S. reached a new state of crisis today over Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's struggle to retain control of South Vietnam. Diem’s progress in the past few days toward creating a strong central government with broad popular support pleased Washington but it also raised new problems. Foremost among these was how to persuade the French to keep their hands off the situation in Free Vietnam and let the premier consolidate his new strength. U. S. diplomats in Paris and Saigon worked feverishly toward this end but their efforts were tempered by concern that too much pressure might set off a diplomatic explosion in FrancoAmerican relations. They realize that this is no time to permit any such explosion — not with only four days to go before Paris at long last completes formal - action on ratifying the Paris accords for bringing a rearmed West Germany into the Western European Alliances. Actually, the' French have never come out against Diem officially, but premier Edgar Faure said last week that he has shown himself inadequate to rule South Vietnam. French opposition to Diem is based on the fact that he is a Nationalist intent on wiping out French economic privileges in Vietnam as fast as he can. On the other hand, the U. S. considers hitp the best hope of saving his country from the Viet Minh Communists to the north. Not helping the situation were diplomatic reports from Paris representing the French as being unhappy because the U. S. “was taking no stand" in Vietnam. This provoked a near loss of temper among American officials. Newsmen were told promptly that the U. S. is happy about Diem's successes and that the French have done everything possible to cut him_down. Burk Is Appointed As Distributor Here KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Avon Burk, of the Burk Elevator company, of Decatur, has been appointed a distributor of the new liquid protectant (Tekrakote) that has been developed to help prevent wheat infestation. W. C. McCaslin of the Douglas Chemical company here, who made the appointment, said the new product was brought to market after extensive tests conducted over a 4-y>ar period by Donald A. Wilbur and staff in the department of entomology at Kansas State college. Manhattan, Kansas. The wet spray, which is applied at the rate of two gallons to each thousand bushels of wheat, has been rated as being particularly effective against the eadelle beetle, saw-tooth grain beetle, and some of the other grain insects that annually destroy millions of bushels of wheat. AMBASSADORS OF (Continued from Page One) be the guarantee of Austrian neutrality demanded by Russia. The French reportedly are not opposed to such a guarantee but the British and U. S. delegations want more details on the Moscow request because of the commitments by the western partners in other parts of the world. An optimistic atmosphere prevaile for the talks, which may be the most important postwar conference, because signs are steadily increasing that Moscow now means business, x. A planeload of Soviet foreign ministry experts on Austria arrived in Vienna Sunday, indicating to western observers that the Kremlin intends to work out a solution to the treaty without further stalling. U. S. ambassador Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr., injected a note of bright optimism into the picture when he said: ' r ’ “I expect the conference to be a short and successful one. We have much work to 'do but with goodwill on all sides, it can be accomplished in a very short time.” Rescue Stamps RAMEY APR FORCE BASE, Puerto Rico. (INS).— The Republic of Haiti has issued a series of postage stamps commemorating rescue helicopter flights made in that country following the .ravages of Hurricane Hazel, last October. ' ' -- - ix Fairbanks — About 125 million acres of forested land in Alaska is managed and administered by the U.S. land management bureau.

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Winners Named In Share-Fun Contest Beverly Fenstermaker of Geneva and a group of Union township 4-H girls won top honors in the Share-The-Fun contest held last Friday night in Decatur. Beverly is a member of the Wabash Clovewblossom 4-H club and sang a vocal solo "Bless This House." The Union township 4-H'ers presented a comedy dramatization of “Old McDonald’s Farm." Appearing in this act were: Jean, Jane and Loretta Wass, Mary Ann Gerbers. Lucile Knittie, Judy Martin, and Karen Sue Holt. Mrs. Ed Gerbers and Mis. Leo Workinger, 4-H leaders, supervised this act. The alternate placing act was "The Dance of the Two Little'Slippers" by Ellen Kay Lindsey. EKen Kay is a member of the Hartford Happy-Go-Lucky 4-H club and performed a ballet dance. The two top placing acts will appear in the district festival May 10 at Ossian. The contest was sponsored by the Adatqs county rural youth and Raymond Worden, vice-president of the rural youth club, was the announcer. A total of 17 acts were entered in the contest and a large audience was on hand to applaud the performers. Judges for the contest were Legora Markle, Mrs. Ernest Lehman and Herman Sautbine. Mother Os Year On White House Visit Meets Eisenhower And Tours Gardens WASHINGTON (INS) — Mrs. Lavina Christensen Fugal, American Mother of the Year for 1955, achieved two of her fondest wishes today. She met President Eisenhower and toured the White House flower gardens. The 75-year-old mother of eight, whose home is in Pleasant Grove. Utah, found a kindred spirit in Mr. Eisenhower, who chatted nostalgically about his experiences of growing up in a large family. Commenting that he was one of seven boys, the President recalled that his own mother, Ida Stover Eisenhower, was selected as the Kansas State Mother of the Year in 1946 — tire year she died. When Mrs. Fugal. who has 34 grandchildren, remarked that her hobby is flowers, Mr. Eisenhower ordered a special guided tour of the rose garden and the White House grounds for her. If you have sometntng to sell or looms for ent, try a Democ-a" Want Aad. It brings results.

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GUSTAVE DIAZ GONZALES, 35, brought back from Puerto Rico In connection with a triple slaying in Brooklyn, N.Y., stands at the scene of the crime, with handcuffed hands clutching a Bible. A detective watches at the side of a refrigerator into which the bod/of Peter Grancitano, Jr., had been stuffed. Peter’s parents were knifed to death. Asked to swear on the Bible whether he had or had not killed the trio, Gonzales cried: “Don’t make me swear.” Diaz, who had been a boarder in the home of the victims, was held without bail in Brook- , lyn Felony Court for a hearing on May 10. (International Exclusive}

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Plan Sanity Test On Alleged Slayer Evansville Man To Undergo Examination EVANSVILLE. Ind. (INS) —Two psychiatrists were to be named today to test the sanity of the man who admitted turning the Evansville area Into a terror-filled “slaughterhouse.*' Leslie tr»in, .su, youngest of eight children of an Evansville family and the only one to run afoul of therlaaty faces trial on first-degree murder indictments in the "execution" of two persons in Evansville last December. Irvin pleaded not guilty at arraignment last Thursday and was returned to jail without bond. A psychiarict examination was ordered at that time for the man who had been paroled from prison a year ago after serving nine years on a robbery charge. Despite the plea, police said erIler that Irvin had confesed the Dec. 2 slaying of Mrs. Mary Holland, 36, in the restroom of her Evansville liquor store, and the Dec. 33 slaying of Whitney W. Kerr, 29, in the restroom of ‘his Evansville filling station. Both victims were found kneeling! over the toilets and shot through' the head. Irvin told police he had a soft drink with tourists who stopped at Kerr's filling station to ask directions seconds after he had slain the man. The "kV.eeling" murdqr ease cropped up again March 21st when Mrs. Wilhelmina Sailer was handbound ( forced to kneel and shot through the head on her Posey county farm 18 miles west of Evansville. A week later, March 28, the bloodiest chapter in the murders was written on the farm of Goebel Duncan, near Henderson, Ky., 15 miles southwest of Evansville. Irvin told police he shot and killed three members of the Duncan family, fcach had been handbound, forced to kneel and shot through the head. Total loot in the series of robberies amounted to less than SSOO. New Title LONDON (INS) — Britain's navy no longer has stokers. The stoker's title has been changed to “engineering mechanic”. The board of admiralty felt the word “stoker" was hampering recruiting and because, in any case, the Royal Navy has only a handful of coal-fired ships left in service. Trade in a Good Town — Decatu:

Former Appellate Court Judge Killed TIPTON, Ind. (INS) — Former appellate court judge Noel C. Neal died today of injuries suffered when he fell asleep and drove his car into a concrete abutment. The accident occurred on 11. S, 31, one mile south of Ind. 28 at midnight. He died in Tipton county hospital of a crushed chest. Sheriff Pdtfl Grimme said, while, waiting for an ambulance, the 70-year-old Noblesville man told him he fell asleep at the wheel while driving alone. Annual Customer's Drawing Held Here The Decatur Kroger store held its annual customer’s prise party Saturday night and awarded eight prizes to the lucky people whose names were drawn. Mayor John M. Doan did the drawing and the winners were announced by Don Stover, manager of the local store. The winners and their prizes are: Adeline Wagner, 405 Adams street, an electric bean pot; William Bland, Wren, Ohio, a five piece saw set; Mrs. Sylvan Straham. route one. Monroe, Vulcan battery Lantern Tena Chronister, 331 South Third street, a portable Scotch cooler; Frank Baker, 3+2 North; *Eleventh street, Proctor electric iron; Mrs. Jay Markley, 245 Park place. Toastmaster toaster: Albert Baumann, 923 Mercer avenue, indoor-outdoor thermometer; and George Hawkins. 122 North Fifteenth street, the grand prize of a .General Electric home cleaner with ail attachments included. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Fairless Quits As - U. S. Steel Head To Retire Tuesday On 65th Birthday HOBOKEN, N. J. (INS)—Benjamin Fairless, board chairman of U. S. Steel, told stockholders today that he will retire upon reaching his 65th birthday Tuesday. He said that he will continue as a member of the Ixfnrd of directors and member of the finance committee. Fairless, in explaining his decision to abide by a company tradition on retirement stated: ; "I am firmly convinced that there must always be room at the top of the management team for young men with young ideas and a fresh, new outlook upon the problems that our company must face if it is to keep pace with its growing responsibilities ...” He told stockholders that big steel’s business prospects ai“e the brightest in history and that expansion plans are being developed to cover the next 20 years. Fairless said that the equivalent of a new Fairless Works will have to be built every two years if the corporation is to hold its position as the leader'of the booming steel industry. He explained that this does not mean ten such plants must be built from scratch.- Most of the new capacity, he stated, will be added to existing facilities and a great deal of it will come from improved''technology »and better shop practices. The stockholders will discuss the possibility of a two-for-one stock split proposed by the board of directors in January to double the currently authorized 45.000,000 shares. Last Tuesday, IT. S. Steel reported an all-time high for the first auarter when profits of more than 72-million dollars were recorded. Operation Cue Still Waits Good Weather LAS VEGAS. Nev. (INS) —“Operation Cue," the big A-bomb test that has been called oft so many times that it is now being referred to as “Miscue,” is still waiting for good weather. It was postponed for the seventh time Sunday night when the weather experts decided that an unacoeptfable wind pattern would cause an unfavorable fallout. The weather is going to be evaluated again this morning to see whether the test can be scheduled for Tuesday. New York — The curved stereotype plate, essential to modern high-speed printing, appeared for ’ the first time in 1861.

Fort Wayne Man Is Sentenced In Ohio Given Prison Term On Burglary Charge TROY, O. (INS) — Two men were sentenced to 1-15 years in Ohio penitentiary today and sentence was withheld on a third pending a probation report in an 686 burglary of a Troy packing company. Luther Williams, 46, of Dahlgren, 111., and Harold Bryarly, 36, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. were sentenced on their pleas of guilty of burglary. Two other charges were dropped. Common Pleas Judge Robert D. Reigel awaited a probation report from Ft. Wayne before sentencing Dan Watt Gardner, 38, of that city. His attorney asked for probation because Gardner had a clean record -since 1940. The trio tied up a night watchman and escaped with the money from an unlocked safe Feb. 20. but were caught after a chase. ■ If yon have something to sell or rooms for rert, try a Democrat Want Ad It brings results.

BI WILL APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE! To The Voters of Decatur l • I have made an honest effort to See every voter in the city by conducting a house to house canvass. Many of you have pledged me your support and I am very appreciative of it. I pledge if nominated and elected as the Mayor of the City of Decatur, I will do my best to give you an honest, efficient and economical administration. I Thank You . ‘ BOYD RAYER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR Pol. Advt.

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Denver—The highest anto highway in North America is the Mt. Evans road in (Hear Creek county. The road rises to an altitude of 14,260 feet, surveys show.

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