Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LIU. No. 106.

READY FOR RETURN HOME fflMffirr WWi I 1 1 • ; , < !IO?C. ~.. r - bE KVt .JH . ■Rx Y.' :. s : .. y>' *'BMMKSMm|R tI miidfflffiP lw' WITH THEIR NURSE, Jirapon Karemsak. who brought them from far-off Thailand an “Siamese twins,” Napit (left) and Prissana Polpinyo take cautious steps at Chicago's Home for destitute crippled children at the University of Chicago, where they were separated. Born joined at the chest, the twins were separated on March 29th. and are now healthy, active and alert and, doctors say, ready for’ return to tjjeir home.

Atomic Blast Is Felt 300 Miles Distant I Atomic Bomb Test Jolts Los Angeles Early This Morning 1 DOOM TOWN. Nev. (INS) —A city killer atom bomb hurled its crushing power and searing fireball at Doom Town today with a shockgthat was felt 300 miles away. The big ftomb exploded at 8:10 a. m. (EDT) atop a steel tower only 1,570 yards from the mock American community on the Nevada desert with a kick estimated by atomic scientists at about 35,000 tons of TNT. The shock wave rolled 300 miles west to jolt Los Angeles and raised a huge, dust cloud on Yucoa Flat that hid the fate of Doom Town from observers. c The bomb burst in a deceptively beautiful fireball streaked with purple, blue and red hues. Even to eyes protected by high density goggles that shut out all ordinary light, the flash was blinding to those on News Nob, nearly eight miles away. A few seconds after the fireball began boiling and churning skyward. the shock wave of the burst struck the News Nob observeis like the crash of a large cannon. Observers in trenches only 3,500 yards from the tower said they could not see what happened in the streets and homes of Doom Town because of the impenetrable cloud of dust raised by the xeplosion. They said they felt only a sharp shock and an earthquake like shaking on the ground. A light fixture at the control point, eight miles from the tower, was shattered, and the shock of. the bomb was heard at Calientef Tonopah and Boulder City, Nev., and Inyokern, (Jlalif, There were ‘ 72 major experiments associated with the test. Troops from tanks 3400 yards from the tower said their steel sanctuaries were rocked sharply but not damaged. Dr. Alvin, Graves, scientific advisor to the test director, estimated the power of the bomb at between 30,000 and 35,000 tons of TNT. Thus, the renowned scientist slightly down-graded the terrific power-punch of the bomb that was evaluated at 40,000 tons of TNT before it was fired. It nevertheless gave scientists, military and civil defense participants in the big test, known as "Operation Cue” plenty of research data that will keep them busy for months to come. The “shot" went off precisely on schedule this morning after nine postponements since the originally scheduled firing date of April 26. The spectacle was carried to a nationwide television audience by the NBC and CBS networks via cameras operation from News (Continued on Page Five) 12 Pages

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Separate Craig, Jenner At Dinner Annual Press Club Grid Show Saturday INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Robert Mooney, chairman of the Indianapolis Press Clun gridiron show Saturday night, said today that Senator William E. Jenner and Governor George N. Craig will be "widely separated" at the speakers’ table.• Mooney, an Indianapolis News reporter, said his decision resulted from the bitter verbal blasts exchanged by the two in Washington Tuesday during which Craig called Jenner “a neurotic schoolboy’’ and the senator said the governor is a “monkey.” The gridiron show itself, however, will deal extensively with the constant battle between the Craig and Jenner factions of the Indiana Republican party. In one skit, the contestants are portrayed as hostile tribes of Indians, with Senator Homer E. Capehart traveling back and forth between the two encampments. The governor’s recent fervent attempts to seize the coattails of President Eisenhower and Jenner's attacks on Ike’s foreign policies also will be delineated by the newspaper actors. Craig’s adventures with his toll road program, his tendency to choose American Legion leaders for state jobs and his troubles with his executive secretary, Doxie Moore, likewise will be satirized. There also will be a chapter on the perennial indecision of former Governor Henry F. Schricker about returning to the political wars. Mayor John A. Scott of South Bend, the toastmaster,. also will augment the political heat. And the national tension will be pointed by the two chief speakers, Republican national chairman Leonard W. Hall and Democratic national chairman Paul M. Butler. (Jthers at the speakers' table, who will be introduced with levity by Mayor Scott, an experienced toastmaster, include: Schricker. Capehart, former Governor Ralph F. Gates, now Indiana G.O.P. national committeeman: Lieut. Gov. Harold W. Handley; Lieut. Gen. R. Me C. Pate, assistant commandant of the U. S. marines; Congressman William Bray, Charles Brownson and Earl Wilson; Alvin Cast, GOP state chairman: Charles E. Skillen, Democratic state olis Mayor Alex Clark; Frank Allen, Indiana University director of athletics and Edward (Moose) Krause, who has the same post at the University of Notre Dame; Eugene C. Pulliam, publisher of the Indianapolis Star and the Indianapolis News; Walter Leekrone, publisher of the Indianapolis Times; Hilton UJ. Brown, who at nearly 100, is the oldest active newspaperman in Indianapolis, and Jep Cadou, Jr., Indianapolis Star sports editor and Press Club president.

Senator Morse Urges Control Over Vaccine - , - . » - Most Congressmen Await Report By Pres. Eisenhower WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said today President Eisenhower “owes it to the children” of America to ask congress immediately for federal control over distribution of the Salk vaccine. But the President's assurance that he would do whatever necessary to guarantee anti-polio shots for every child in the U. S. quieted most members of congress who had demanded the government take over allocation of the vaccine. They said they would await Mr. Eisenhower’s promised report on availability of the serum which is being prepared by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of health, education and welfare, before deciding what they think should be done next. Meanwhile, the medical director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said government controls would only “delay and limit” availability of the vaccine. Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, in an address prepared for the American pharmaceutical association meeting in Miami, commented: "There has been and continues to be an orderely process of supplying whatever vaccine is available to susceptible individuals in our population.” Van Riper added: “It is doubtful if a law is needed. Public opinion is already operating strongly against the development of gouging. unfair discrimination or other faulty practices for the distribution of vaccine." But Morse declared: “There is no excuse for the President’s delay in recommending federal distribution of the Salk polio vaccine until such time as there is an ample spw>ly produced fat thf eniirfr population. ■ *-- i I “The feet Is that there is not enough vaccine for the children in the age brackets of five and 12 years who are the most susceptible to polio epidemic this summer.” He said that "the President owes it to the children to urge congress to authorize federal distribution of the short supply of polio vaccine.” Mr. Eisenhower promised Wednesday that if the necessity arises, he would seek authority to buy up all the commercial vaccine required to.assure that-every child (Continued on Page Five) Accidental Death Toll Is Increased State Police Note Jump In Accidents INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — State police today noted a jump in accidental deaths in Indiana during the past 24 hours. Funeral services were held near Mitchell today for Mrs. Bonnie Swartz, 20, of Chicago, who -died of injuries suffered in a four-car crash Sunday at the intersection of Roads 37 and 50 just south of Bedford. Wesley Dancey, 21, of near Hebron, met death in a highway accident a few hours before he was slated to answer a speeding charge in Hobart city court. Dancey lost control of his automobile which ran off a curve on a Lake county road four miles east of Gary. Jack Bolkavatz, a companion, was injured. An insurance salesman's automobile was responsible for the death of Cordelia Pauline Kissick, 18-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Kissick, of Mt. Lawn, near New Castle. Marvin Clark, 27,'the salesman, said he did not see the child as he was driving away from the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walles, of near West wood. There were two accidental deaths in the Madison area. William Williamton, 38, of Clinton, an electric power lineman, was electrocuted while working on a utility pole in Dupont, 12 miles north of Madison. He touched a live wire. John Glenn, two-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Floyd Glenn, of near Madison, met death when a heavy kerosene stove toppled over and crushed him as he played on the front porch of his home. - Also, Michael Pullin, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pullin, of near Rensselaer, drowned in a watering trough.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 5, 1955.

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Senate Passes • Foreign Trade Bill Wednesday House Acts Swiftly - To Send Measure To Joint Conference WASHINGTON (INS) The house acted swiftly today to send the administration’s foreign trade bill to house-senate conferees. Speaker Sam Rayburn (D Tex.), named five house members to confer with senators to iron out differences between the senate and house bills and agree on a compromise measure. The house conferees are: Reps. Jere Cooper (D Tenn.), John Dingell (D Mich.), Wilbur Mills (D Ark.), Thomas Jenkins <R Ohio), and Richard Simpson (R Pa.) Senate finance committee chairman Harry F. Byrd predicted today the house will accept most if not all changes which the senate wrote into the administration’s foreign trade bill. The legislation was approved by the senate late Wednesday night in a form the White House called "satisfactory” to Mr. Eisenhower. The senate action represented a real victory for the President. It his multi reqpest —a three-year extension of the Reciprocal trade act with power for him to cut tariffs up to five per cent each year in exchange for trade concessions by foreign countries. Senate approval of, the bill after only three days of floor consideration was an achievement in itself. Two weeks ago leaders of both parties were talking in terms of “weeks” of debate. Since both house and senate approved a three - year extension, that question will not be in controversy when conferees meet to iron out differences between the two versions. At issue will be senate finance committee amendments which are designed to: 1. Encourage the President to restrict foreign imports, particu(Contlnued on Page Five) Miss Bertha Heller Is Named Chairman Decatur Librarian District Chairman Miss Bertha Hellqr, Decatur librarian, was named chairman for 1955-56 of district number two of the Indiana library association at the close of the meeting held Wednesday at Bluffton. Other new officers include Dale, Updike, Huntington. vice-chairman, and Mrs. Flossie Mavis, Auburn, secretary. The 1956 meeting of the group will be held at Kendallville, accepting the invitation extended by Miss Lucile Williams, librarian at Kendallville public library. Allan McMahon, Lehman book •store, Fort Wayne, prominent in the book and library field, was the principal speaker at Wednesday afternoon’s general meeting of those attending the all day conference, McMahon's subject was “Reaching Readers’* and he explained many problems encountered by the publishers ’ and book sellers in getting their books to the reading public. Several lApresentatives of the state library and Miss Margaret Rufsvold, head of the library of science at Indiana University, attended the meeting. During the morning session, discussion groups, including the librarians and the library trustees, held round-table talks on their problems. Dinner was served at noon at the Bluffton Methodist church auditorium. Moynlng sessions were held at the BlUfftonWells county library and Miss Clara Sturgis, librarian, acted as hostess.

Propose Ouster Os Vietnam's Chief I -- • r — Meetings Are Held On Nation's Crisis SAIGON (INS) — South Vietnam's Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and a ‘‘revolutionary committee” held separate meetings today with representatives from throughout the strife-torn, red-threatened nation. Agence France Presse reported that the committee’s so-called national congress had approved on a show of hands a motion asking the former emperor be deposed and the French expeditionary corps withdrawn. AFP also reported that the assembly meeting with Diem in the Independence Palace broke up angrily- ever the question of ousting Bao Dai. The premier met with the group of representatives from provincial governments, political parties and the army Wednesday to get their opinion on the current crisis. The first speakers accused Bao Dai. who has lived in France for almost a year, of lacking interest in the nation’s problems. Most speakers, however, opposed the outright deposition of the former emperor. They appeared to prefer a plan calling for early elections of a national constituent assembly ' which would . discuss who should head the static tHem has not yet stated hist position on Bao Bai's ouster, but he is under pressure from members of'the committee to take the action. — French and U. 8. circles have expressed fears that the committee is being influenced by members who have past records as Communists and Communists sympathizers. (Continued on Page Five) Five Are Named To Attend Boys State Five Decatur Boys Selected To Attend Paul Edward Faurote and Donald Robert Rumschlag, sponsored by Adams Post number 43, American Legion, Dan ’William Kruckeberg and William Harlow Zwick, sponsored by* Decatur Lions club, and Ralph Benjamin Thomas, sponsored by Bethany Evangelical United Brethren ■ church, will be Decatur representatives at the annual Hoosier Boys State at Indiana University, Bloomington, from June 11 to June 18. Representatives were announe ed today by H- Vernon Aurand. Adams Post chairman of the annual Boys State, which is sponsored by the Indiana department of the Legion. Two alternates, Walter Gene Werst and Harold Melvin Sommer, were also named. Aurand has served as local" chairman for several years. Boys State was started in Indiana in 1937 and has been conducted each year since with the exception of 1945. The event is a, school of government and practical politics and closes with the election of a governor and other state officials. This year’s affair will draw ap--proximately 800 boys from every county in Indiana and the participants will be housed in the men’s quadrangle building on the Indiana University campus. Only boys of leadership ability are accepted at the Boys State and all applicants must be undergraduates. Boys of leader type: able to get along w’ith others; mentally alert;. honest; and with a good personality are considered. A typical daily program starts with a flag raising each morning at 7 o’clock and a full day of program and activities closing at 10:30 o’clock at night, when all boys must be in bed. ’ Each boy who completes the week's conference is awarded a certificate and numerous other special awards also are conferred. Decatur has been represented at almost every Boys State since the beginning. Aurand said.

Concede High Price Support Faces Defeat Democrats Concede Possible Defeat As Measure Nears Vote WASHINGTON (INS) — Key Democrats conceded privately today that the anti-administration bill to restore rigid, high farm price supports faces possible defeat. Their views, based on a survey of the house membership, came as the houss moved toward a final vote on the measure this afternoon. The Democrats saiu J.he survey indicates sentiment for sending the bill back to the house agriculture committee. One prominent Democrat said such action would mean the bill "will be dead" for this year. The key vote will come on a motion to reinstate peanuts in the bill as one of the five basic, commodities which get preferential price support treatment. In a surprise move Wednesday. Republicans and big - city Democrats banded together to exclude peanuts. Agriculture committee chairman /Harold D. Cooley ID Is T - f C,) z and Democratic whip Carl Albert. Okla., said "substantial progress” has been made in winning back Democrats who voted for eliminating peanuts. Neither would predict the outcome, however. If peanuts remain out of the bill, it is certain to be sent back to committee because southern Democrats from peanut - producing areas will be unable to vote for the legislation. Rep. W. R. Poage (D Tex.), acassistant GOP leader Charles Halleck, Ind., of “double crossing’’ both the farmer and the nation’s candy manufacturers. He said that members of a “candy lobby" were sitting in the hous« gallery and have been pressuring members into voting to take peanuts off the basic list. The pending bill would re-estab-lish price supports on the basic commodities at 90 per cent of parity. It would replace the flexible plan enacted last year to make supports between 82 and one-half and 90 per cent of parity. The farm-bloc Democrats said their big - city colleagues walked into a GOP political "trap" when they joined in the move to knock peanuts out of the hill. Fred Bilderback Dies Early This Morning Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Fred Bilderback. 75, retired farmer who resided in Blue Creek township, one mile southwest of Willshire, 0., died at 2:45 o’clock this morning the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been ill since December. He was born in Mercer county, 0., June 10, 1875, a son of John M. and Catharine Casta-Bilder-back. His wife, the former Mary Ellen Bargaheiser, died in 1946. Mr. Bilderback was a member of the Willshire Methodist church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Katharine Davis of Chicago, Ill.; a daughter-in-law. Mrs.. Thelma Bilderback, with whom he lived; nine grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren, andy a sister, Mrs. E. A. Hileman of Rockford, O, Three sisters and two brothers are deceased.’ Funeral services will be conducted at 1;;15 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Willshire Methodist church, the Rev. James Hipkins officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday until time of the services.

Fireworks Company Plant Is Destroyed Damage Estimated Over Half Million HUDSON, O. (INS) —A terrific, gun-powder-fed explosion — believed set off by an arsonist - tipped the Hudson Fireworks Display Co. early today, destroying 15 of 30 buildings and causing damage estimated at more than $500,000. The state fire marshal's office immediately dispatched two arson investigators to the scene. No one was injured in the explosion. Owner Alexander DiMichele told International News Service that damage may reach between $500.000 and $600,000. He said that between 19 ’and 20 tons of fireworks powder went up in the explosion, which brightly illuminated the sky in Summit county. The blast was felt as far away as Canton in Sark county. The plant is located on the south edge of Hudson on Route 91. DiMichele said witnesses reported seeing a man running from the property and speeding away in an automobile shortly before the first blast. A home near the plant suffered extensive damage and the explosion wrecked several thousand dollars worth of antiques in a nearby shop. Many windows were broken in the Hudson area. DiMichele said that the bias* caught the firm at the busiest time of the year. Fireworks displays for Day and the Fourth of July were under construction. The firm, oldest fireworks company in the United States, was not insured, but construction is expected to begin immediately on rebuilding the damaged structures. Fire departments from Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, North Hampton, Northfield and Stow helped bring the blaze under control. In 1945, MiMichele’s son, John, (Continued on Page Five) • y,,.,. Initial Polio Case Reported In State First Case Among Inoculated Youth INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Riley hospital officials today reported the first Indiana case of polio among children inoculated with Salk polio vaccine two weeks ago. The hospital physicians said that William Talkington. of North Vernon, seven-year-old first grade pupil is suffering from a "very mild case of paralytic polio.” He received a shot of vaccine on April 20 during a mass inoculation of first and second grade children in Jennings county. But his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Talkington, said they had complete confidence in the Salk vaccine and would permit William to take the inoculation if they had it to do over again. They also , said they would provide Salk shots for their nine-year-old son, James, as soon as possible. The vaccine was manufactured ; by Eli Lilly & Co., of Indianapolis, and was supplied free by the National Foundation for Infantile Pa- i ralysis. ■ i— Four Burk Sisters, Donate To Center The Misses Betsy, Barbara, Jane < and Kathleen Burk are the latest i contributors to the Decatur Youth , and Community center fund, it was i announced today. The four Decatur young ladies, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. James Burk, contributed SIOO, asking that the money be used in completion of the Youth center section of the building. Other donations of cash and ; furnishings are being made daily to the building. Anyone desiring to make a contribution to the Youth division is asked to communicate with Mrs. Roy Kalver or O. M. MeGeath, director. * ”

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Occupation By Allies Closed After 10 Years British, French Ratification Os Pacts Deposited BONN (INS) — West Germany became a sovereign nation and a full partner of the west today. I And ten yearn after the Nazi Reich crumbled under the crushing ground, air and sea blows of Allied might, the western Allies" operation ended. . The three-powers closed the last chapter of their World War If struggles against Germany when British and French documents ratifying the Paris accords were deposited at Bonn. The U. S. had completed its part Iqst month. Despite the big event. West German celebrating was subdued. The first sovereign session of Bonn parliament opened this afternoon. Members heard the speaker read the proclamation: “The federal republic of Germany is now sovereign. The oc- , cupption is over . . - Government and political leaders reminded the free nation, how- ‘ ever, that millions of their countrymen in East Germany still were under Soviet domination. The ceremony ot depositing the : ratification documents took place at Schaumburg palace and lasted exactly five-and-a-half minutes. The cereriibny opened the way for West Germany’s admission to the North Atlantic treaty organization in a few days. Thus, the nation of 50 million will contribute eventually army, air and naval forces of a half million men to western defense against aggression. An hour earlier the Allied high commission had faded out of existence almost on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Third Reich’s surrender at Reims, .France, May 7, 1945. Almost simultaneously in Brussels, the seven-nation Western European Union under which Germany will' organize a half-million man army came into force. In the chair for the 109th session of the three-power group was France’s Andre Francois-Poncet. The veteran French diplomat declared : "We are laying down our office in complete confidence in the end of direct military administration of Germany by the allies , . . “A new chapter of our relations has now opened." As a final act the three high commissioners signed an- official protocol abolishing the high commission. The proclamation was effective at 7 am. EDT. At that moment, Francois-Pon-cet and British Commissioner Sir Frederick Hoyer-Miller entered the Schaumburg Palace office ot chancellor Konrad Adenauer to deposit their nation’s instruments of ratification of the Paris agreements on the restoration of sovereignty to the federal republic. The U. S. and West Germany already have deposited their documents. From that historic hour —two days short of the tenth anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender —West Germany will be full partner of the west. The final obstacle to today’s diplomatic ceremonies came when the West German eonstitutional court defeated a Socialist attempt to kill the Franco-German agreement on the Europeanization of the coal-rich Saar Valley. French ratification of the Paris agreements was conditional on the completion of the Saar accord. Francois-Poncet and Walter Hallstein, secretary of state in the Bonn foreign office, later will exchange letters implementing the Saar agreement. INDIANA WKATHBR Fair and cooler tonight. Friday sunny and pleasant Low tonight 42-50. High Friday around 75.