Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LUI. No. 110.

N. Y. BUILDING CRASH TRAPS 50 , k ' ...,sW : fIH fl \V~ .■ ls‘ IK3 I A.I - .JT IfemH 8 k "WSt^Bßr T^rr , V'*’ r ' I Jwj MSB CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, using acetylene torches, picks and ■novels, dig for imprisoned fellow-workers in rubble of the cob lapsed 700-cubic foot concrete and steel floor of New York’s new Coliseum. The second floor of the huge building, under construction at busy Columbus Circle in downtown Manhattan, dropped suddenly and caught an estimated 50 workmen in the tangled wreckage.

Begih Test Os Polio Vaccine On Wednesday Lot-By-Lot Tests To Open Wednesday In Detroit Plant WASHINGTON (INS)—The government announced today that its lot-by-lot tests of manufacturers’ supplies of Salk polio vaccine will begin Wednesday in Detroit. The public health service said that a scientific team will leave Washington today for the ParkeDavis Company's laboratories in Detroit to begin the first phase of the government’s “reappraisal." The announcement came as surgeon general Leonard A. Scheele reemphasised that the Salk vaccine “is very safe and we can give immunity to our children.” He called it a “wonderful vaccine." Scheele, interviewed on the NBCTV show "Today.” said that the double checks on the Vaccine are being made to insure that the final product will be as perfect as possible. * The surgeon general said that lots of the from at least one company should be released for public use by the end of the week. Parke-Davis was the first firm to begin producing the Salk vaccine. Government scientists will visit plants of the other producers in the order of their entrance into the production field. In that order, the firms are: Eli Lilly, Indianapolis; Wyeth Laboratories, Marietta, Pa.; Pitman-More. Zionville, Ind., and Sharpe and Dohine. Philadelphia. Health officials explained that time-consuming new tests of the vaccine probably will not be necessary. They declared that their “reapi)raisal” should cause little, if any. delay in future output. This element of time is a vital one, since the polio season is rapid ly drawing closer throughout the nation. Another aspect of the situation—the question of whether the federal government should take over dis tribution of the vaccine—was likely to come up at today’s White House meeting between President Eisen hower and Republican congression al leadens. But most eyes were focused on the more pressing problem of when the U. S. would okay continuation of the nation’s mass inoculation programs with the Salk vaccine. In urging a suspension of all injections until the public health service can recheck vaccine in the hands of manufacturers, surgeon general. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele predicted Sunday that some vaccine would be cleared for use later this week. Officials asked to explain Scheele's confidence said the team of scientists who will soon begin their lot-by-lot check of manufacturers’ supplies will concentrate on testing and production procedures. In other words, their job will NQT be to examine every batch of the product to make sure it meets all specifications. Rather, they will see to it that the maker himself (Continued on Page Eight)

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Man Is Missing In Building Collapse New York Coliseum Unded /Construction NEW YORK (INS) — Rescuers dug through the night seeking a worker missing in the collapse of the main exhibition hall floor of the S3O million New York Coliseum now under construction. Miraculously, except for the missing man, only 40 of the 1,000 workmen on the job were hurt — none critically — when laborers, timbers, concrete forms and steel jacks were hurled to the main street floor 22 feet below. The missing worker was identified as Joseph Lombardo. Some 300 police, fire and construction workers clawed through the debris during the night with the strings of bulbs and searchlights lighting up the tangled mass of wreckage from Monday's collapse at Columbus Circle. , Hundreds of pounds of sugar were spread over the freshly pour(Gontinued on Page Five) Balanced Budget, Lower Taxes Seen Budget Director Sees Improvement WASHINGTON (INS) —Budget director Rowland Hughes declared today that a balanced federal budget and some lower tax rates are just around the corner. However, he did not predict how long it would take to make the turn. Hughes said the answer to the "$64 billion" question of whether and when the budget can be balanced is that “it can be-and in the near future.” He said the "when” depends primarily on public support for government economies and on the global situation. The budget bureau chief declared: "We . . . fully recognize that our budget forecasts can be altered by changes, particularly in international conditions. "However, barring such basic changes, the anticipated combination of reduced expenditures and increasing revenues should make possible both a balanced budget and some lower tax rates in the near future.” He emphasized in remarks prepared for delivery before the Republican women’s national conference that "additional tax cuts will be possible only when justified by lower expenditures or -by revenue increases resulting from at nation's economic growth.” Calvin Elzey Rites Wednesday Afternoon Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Thoma funeral home, Bluffton, at 2 o’clock for Calvin M. Elzey, 79, former Adams county resident, who died at the Wells county hospital Monday following an Illness of three weeks. The deceased had resided in Bluffton for many years. Surviving is a brother, Jesse V. Elzey, Kingsland. His wife, Anna, died in .1949, Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.

Dulles Warns Os Buildup By Reds In China Highly Disturbing Communist Buildup Opposite Formosa - PARIS (INS) — U. S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned today of a “highly disturbing” Chinese Communist military buildup which might lead to Red control of the air over Formosa strait within the next few weeks. He told a secret NATO cpuncil session meeting in Paris that the present Red air build-up with a large complex of air bases in the hinterland indicated the possibility of major operations against the Chinese Nationalist bastion of Formosa. Dulles took strong issue with European allied criticism of American aFr Eastern policy, saying that if the allies would help shoulder some of the defense burden in the Far East they would have a better idea of the grave dangers to th free world there. In a major speech Dulles stressed that the United States is committed by treaty to defend Formosa and the Pescadores — not the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu. He said there was no question of the United States defending Quemoy and Matsu except if the Chinese Reds made “combined attacks" on those coastal islands and Formosa. "If there were such combined attacks,” he said, “the United States would not stand idly by." President Eisenhower told a news conference May 4 that the test of Chinese Red intentions in an assault on Quemoy or Matsu would be the size of the military buildup on the mainland opposite Formosa. If the Reds gathered strength “far in excess” of what was needed to subdue the smaller coastal islands, he said, the United States would be justified in assuming that Fortnosa was the target. He carefully did not say whgt the U. S. reaction might be once such an assumption was made. Dulles tbld the NATO ministers that American policy toward Red China had been wrongly interpreted and he stressed that the United States does not intend to pursue an aggressive policy. Dulles said that Chinese Communist leaders however were (Continued on Page Eight) Plan Mental Health Fund Raising Drive Fund Committee Is Named By Chairman E. W. Baumgartner, Berne banker, today announced plans for a fund raising campaign in Adams county for the Indiana mental health association. The Berne banker was appointed recently as fund chairman by former (Governor Henry F. Schricker, state fund chairman. The fund committee is composed of Baumgartner as chairman; Eli Stucky, vice chairman; Frederick Liechty, treasurer, and Simon Schwartz of the Berne Witness as publicity director. Ralph Habegger has been named rural chairman for Decatur rural route patrons; Mrs. Ralph Johnson has been named chairman for Monroe and the Monroe rural route patrons; Ell Stuckey is chairman at Geneva; Herman Bixler will have charge of Geneva rural route solicitation and Leonard Kingsley will be chairman of Berne rural routes. Baumgartner will serve also as Berne city -chairman. The state association is making an effort to raise $300,000 for the mental health program. Eight points are being stressed in the campaign. They include remembering 3,500 forgotten patients; getting sick people out of jail; getting Christmas gifts for patients; helping discharged patients make a new start; encouraging and financing research; educating the public, and helping the legislators in a search for facts. / Chairman Baumgartner pointed out that there would be no drive for funds in Decatur because the county mental health association is a member of the Community fund and get a certain amount of money each year from this fund. The permanent county organisation is cooperating with the fund group in,the drive. These officers Include: i Mrs. Clarence .Mitchel, chairman; Leo Kirsch, secretary; Mrs. Ralph Johnson, publicity chairman; Mrs. Forest Tucker, legislative chairman. and the Rev. Edgar Schmidt, board member.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 10, 1955.

West Powers Propose Big Four Conference On Europe’s Problems

Eisenhower Is Agreeable To Big Four Meet Willing To Attend Top Level Meeting If Feasible, Useful BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower declared today he stands ready to meet with “anyone, anywhere” as long as there is the slightest chance of furthering the cause of peace. He made the statement in a speech to Republican women shortly after the White House announced he Is willing to participate in a Big Four conference if such a meeting seems “feasible and useful." WASHINGTON (INS) — The White House said today that President Eisenhower is willing to attend a Big Four meeting at the chiefs of state level if it seems “feasible and useful.” Secretary of John Foster Dulles, It was announced, has full power to arrange for such a conference on behalf of the President And is fully familiar with his views on the subject White Hpuse news secretary James C. Hagerty issued this twosentence statement in response to numerous queries on reports from Paris that Mr. Eisenhower had indicated he would participate in a Big Four parley with Soviet premier Bulganin under certain conditions. “The President has always stated that such a meeting was a possibility. « "Os course the secretary of state is fully familiar with the President's views and if it seems feasible and useful that sych a meeting be held, the secretary has full power to arrange for it on behalf of the President.” Hagerty declined to elaborate on the statement execept to note that Mr. Eisenhower has said on numerous occasions he would go any place in the world to advance the (Contltruwa on Page Eight) Lisi Articles Still Needed For Center Articles Needed At Community Center O. M. McGeath. director of Decatur’s new Youth and Community center, today released a list of articles still neded to completely furnish and equip the new building. Donations from individuals and organizations hgve been received almost daily and the director hopes that many items still on the list of needs will be contributed by local citizens. Mrs. Roy Kalver also announced today that Psi lota Xi sorority had contributed $25 in cash to be used in purchasing furnishings for the Youth center. Following Js a list of equipment still needed in all departments of the center: Movie projector (16 mm sound), movie screen, portable dark room, shop equipment, mechanical drawing equipment, theatrical make-up kit, portable sewing machine, costumes (period outfits), five horsepower electric motor, oil paint kits, rug hook frames, weaving looms, golf driving net, phonograph records, books, magazine subscriptions, table games, vases and bowls for flower arrangements,electric tools, radio equipment and leather and metal working tools. The director has asked that any person or organization who desires to donate any of the listed articles communicate either with him or with Mrs. Kalver. It is hoped by the committe Jn charge that all of the needs will be filled prior to the opening of the building in June. . ... - *-•

Sheppard Plea For New Trial Rejected Appeals Court Next Move For Sheppard CLEVELAND (INS) The court of appeals appeared today as the next battlefield in the bld by Dr. Sam Sheppard to upset a seconddegree murder conviction and win freedom from a life sentence. The handsome osteopath lost another round in his fight to escape the Ohio penitentiary late Monday when Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Edward Blythin turned down a motion for a new trial in a tersely-worded, 16-page opinion attacking Dr. Sam's claim of new evidence. In giving a flat “no” to a new trial motion, the judge charged that the defense’s affadavit was loaded with "criticisms, conjectures and conclusions.” The defense’ claim that there was now new evidence not brought out at the lengthy trial last fall ! which ended in Dr. Sam’s convic- - tion, was based on a post-trial in- - vestigation by Dr. Paul Kirk, a > prominent West Coast criminolol gist. Dr. Kirk claimed that his invesr tigation showed that a left-handed I, sex-killer was responsible for the - bludgeon death of Marilyn Shept pard last July 4. He said an exams ination of the blood Spattered murder bedroom and the finding of • r large blood spot on a closet door h substantiated Dr, Sam's claim 3 that a “bushy-haired” intruder i was responsible for the crime, i- Chief defense counsel William i J. Corrigan said Judge Blythin’s ,r 4. (Continued on Page Eight) Boy Scout Camporee • Slated May 21-22 Site Near Geneva Is [ Scene Os Camporee Plans are underway for the couni ty Boy Scout Camporee which will ; take place near Geneva Saturday - and Sunday, May 21 and 22. One of r the purposes of the local camporee i is to train the Scouts for the area camporee in June. The actual camp site is just off state road 116 three-fourths of a mile east of Geneva. Registration, inspection and instructions will be at the Geneva school playground from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Saturday. The Scouts will hike to the camp site and then erect tents and make other camping preparations. Saturday afternoon will feature an advancement program conducted by • unit leaders, junior leaders and advance Explorer Scouts. Another highlight of the camporee will be a nature scavenger hunt and campfire program Saturday night. 1 Lowell Smith will be in charge of ’ this program. The camporee will also include inspection, drills and dress parade. It will conclude Sunday with a ! parent’s carry-in dinner at 12:15 p.m. Police and fire patrols during the camporee will be handled by the advanced Explorer Scouts. General chairman for the eVent is Glenn Ellis of Decatur, who is ; camping and activities chairman for Adams county. Assisting him are unit leaders of the county troops and posts and Adams county Scout committeemen. Ellis has stated, “Our county is ’ gaining quite a reputation in Scouting circles that we are one of the real live wire participants ’ in all area Scouting events and activities. In order to continue this reputation and to make a good , showing at the area camporee in June, we have planned (his county camporee.” INDIANA WEATHER - Partly cloudy and cooler north portion, mostly cloudy and cooler south portion tonight. Scattered thundershowi era extreme west early this evening. Wednesday partly cloudy, cooler south portion. Low tonight 40-45 north, 45-52 south. High Wednesday 60-65. ‘ — „

Two Nigs Are Shot Down By U. S. Airmen Planes Clash Over International Area Near North Korea TOKYO (INS) — American Sabrejets shot down two Communist MIO-15 jets today and probably destroyed a third Red plane in a clash over international water* off North Korea. U. S. Far East air forces headquarters announced that the air duel broke out when eight Sabrejets, on a routine patrol mission, were attacked by 12 to 16 Communist fighters. The air force said all the Sabrejets returned safely to their fifth air force bases in South Korea. This was the third clash involving MIGS and Sabrejets within the past 16 months in the Yellow Sea area off North Korea. In the two previous battles American planes shot down three MIOs. The air force said the MIGs opened fire first in today’s clash and the American planes returned the fire. • Two Communist pilots were seen bailing out of their planes after they were hit and a third plane was observed diving straight down and trailing smoke. The air force announcement of the clash said: • WThe Communist planes initiated the attack approximately fifty miles southwest of Sinuiju.” The three U.S. airmen who scored hits on the Red planes were identified as :Capt R. V. Fulton, Bernardsville, N. J.; Lt. B. C. Phythyon, Wadsworth, O.; and Lt. J. E. Mclnerney, Garden City, N. Y. 7 A fifth air force spokesman said it was “most unlikely” that newsmen would be allowed to see the American airmen and question them about the air clash. The air force said the Sabrejets were all assigned to the 35th squadron of the eighth fighterbomber wing of the fifth air force and "were on a patrol mission off the coast of North Korea when the attack occurrde." In the same general area over the Yellow Sea, 12 Sabrejets clashed with eight MIGs last Feb. 5 and two MIGs were shot down. The (Continued on Page Eight) Frank Chronister Is Taken By Death Funeral Services To Be Wednesday Frank C. Chronister, 65, of Willshire, 0., died at 12:30 p. m. Monday at the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient for the past two weeks. He served as a foreman at the Decatur Casting Co. until 1938, when he became a foreman at the Dayton Malleable Co. until his retirement in 1952. Since that time he had served as a school bus driver in Willshire. Born in Decatur Dec. 16, 1889, he was the son of Isaac and Sarah Ellen Deßolt-Chsonlster, and was married to Edna Weimer Dec. 29, 1917. Mrs. Chronister died Oct. 14, 1964. Mr. Chronister was a veteran -of World War I and served with the U. S. forces in France. Surviving are one brother, O. C. Chronister of Decatur, and four sisters, Mrs. Jess Leßrun of South Whitley, Mirs. George Cecil of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Ray Languell of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Vida Lammert of pecatur. One brother preceded him tn death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Zwlck funeral home, the Rev. James Hipkins officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Two More Inoculated Children Have Polio Cases Reported In City Os Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (INS) — Two suburban Philadelphia pupils who received the Salk anti-polio vaccine in different schools were revealed today to' have developed infantil paralysis. The children are in isolation in Delaware county hospital, Drexel Hill. The Upper Darby board of health reported both cases have been definitely diagnosed as polio. Vaccine administered in the school program in Pennsylvania has been manufactured by Wyeth Laboratories. Inc., of Philadelphia. The victims were identified as Carol Scally, seven, daughter of a Westbrook Park osteopath, and James R. Boice, seven, of Darby. Carol, a first grade pupil at Holy Cross parochial school, Springfield, received her Salk Injection April 27; James, a second grader at Walnut Street school, was inoculated May 4. Both children became sick on Sunday. Physicians said the girl’s case is the more serious, diagnosed as bulbar-spinal type of polio. She i was reported paralysed In the left 1 arm. The boy’s case was diagnosl ed as the spinal type, and reported to be nonparalytic. » Previously, there were six cases i of polio reported this year in Del--1 aware county, but none of the pat tlents had received Balt infections. - t t / Underwater Atomic Blast Is Scheduled May Clear Way For New Weapons Series WASHINGTON (ENS) —An underwater atomic explosion scheduled within the next few days off the U. S. west coast was expected today to clear the way for a new series of nuclear weapons. This new array of missiles designed to explode beneath the ocean's surface will be built primarily to defend America’s coasts against submarine attack. But they could also blast surface fleets out of the water. Officials pointed out that the world’s first underwater atomic explosion at Bikini in 1946 sank six surface ships as well as three submarines. Pressure measurements showed that the 1946 blast would hate been fata) to submarines several hundred yards from the detonation. The forthcoming test will mark the second underwater atomic explosion ever set off by the U. S., and the first test it has conducted since Wbrld War M outside the atomic energy commission’s proving grounds at BntwetokBikini and in Nevada. In announcing the test late Monday, the defense department and the AEG gave assurances that the explosion will occur several hundred miles from land and "completely clear of fishing grounds and shipping lanes.” Local Man's Brother Dies Monday Night Arthur M. Friend, 56, Auburn-, route three, a brother of Royal Friend of this city, died Monday night after suffering a heart attack while conducting a memorial service at the Grange hall, south of Garrett. He was head of the DeKalb county Grange and also a member ot the Farm Bureau, Masonic lodge and Methodist church. Surviving are the widow, Bernice: three daughters, Mt*. Robert Wible, Fort Wayne, Mrs. J. C. Fisher, Avilla and Ruth Ann, at home; three sons, Donald, Auburn, and Larry and Paul, at home. His father, Charles Friend, Fort Wayne, and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Lee, Huntington, and Mrs. Paul Goble, Columbia City, also survive in addition to the brother, Royal. Funeral arrangements have not been learned. The body is at the Gerig funeral home in Auburn.

U. S., Britain And France To Propose Parley Parley To Include Chiefs Os State Os Big Four Countries BULLETIN PARIS (IN8) — Agence France Presse reported from Moscow today that the western power* have handed a note to the Soviet government proposing a top-level Big Four conference. PARTS (ENS) —The U. S„ Britain and France within the next 24 hours will formally invite Russia to attend a Big Four conference on Europe this summer which would include a meeting ot the chiefs of state. This was learned today from highly authoritative sources, who said secretary of state John Fos- , ter Dulles had received authorUat tian from President Eisenhower to i proceed on this basis. > The western invitation win propose the four-power foreign ministers shall meet first for a few day* to discuss an agenda for the , conference. . President Eisenhower, Soviet . premier Nikolai Bulganin, prime . minister Sir Anthony Eden and premier Edgar Fture would then under this plan appear on the scene and confer tor lee* than a week. The purpose of toe top level talks would be to consider the proposed agenda tor the foreign ministers conference and to give guidance to the latter. At the conclusion or the chiefs of state meeting the minisera would continue with their conference. This plan represents a compromise between the original British proposal for a meeting "at the summit” first, and Dulles’ position that such a conference should be preceded by the ministers meeting. Mr. Eisenhower’s willingness to attend a top-level meeting would remain conditional on the foreign ministers reaching an agreement in principle on the agenda for the ‘chiefs of state parley. The allied note to the Soviet Union also was expected to suggest a private meeting of the foreign ministers In Vienna on Saturday to agree on a date and place for the proposed conference. Interlaken or some other Swiss city was said to be under consideratiom July was mentioned as the most likely time for the meeting*. The four foreign ministers were scheduled to meet in Vienna thia Saturday and Sunday to sign an Austrian state treaty. In Washington, officials said one of the topics Dulles wanted to discuss at the meeting was limitation of armed forces in both east and west The Soviet Union was reported by reliable sources to be willing to attend a Big Four meeting this summer. Dulles was informed of this since hi* arrival in Paris. Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin gave such assurances to French ambassador Louie Joxe. However, when the two men talked the question of a top-level parley had not yet qome up. Therefore, it was not known whether Bulganin was prepared to accept the proposal. But the ambassador's* report on his talk with the Kremlin premier was understood to have encouraged the western ministers to move ahead with their proposaL Lift Restrictions On , Hospital Visits Thurman Drew, administrator of .he Adams county memorial hospital, announced today that it is permiseable tor people to visit patient* at the hospital now. The overcrowded condition, which existed for over a week and caused a temporary ‘no visitors’ rule has been relieved with the dismissal of several patients. .

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