Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1955 — Page 1

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MOTHER COLLAPSES AFTER VIEWING SLAIN CHILD Ms' v ' 0 .• i V -dffl* ->v T<CJr*W ■k mMBI w.' ’ V UH r " • ’ IBF B :: ''^ ; ■ kkWllil 1 vfe K r J»jjj M !.'fc l^^gb”' * a A HEARTBROKEN MOTHER, Mrs. Lucy Manzo (right), collapses in hysterical grief on the arms of t two Chicago policemen after viewing the broken body of her 8-year-old daughter, Mary (left), criminally assaulted and slain by an unknown assailant. The body of the child, missing since Monday when she vanished while on an errand to & neighborhood store, was found by a street-cleaning crew beneath an underpass on Chicago’s south side.

House Group Studies Ike bSchool Plans - House Committee Pions To Vote On Controversial Bill WASHINGTON (INS) — The fate of President Eisenhower’s school aid program rested with the house education committee toj- day as it prepared to begin voting ofithe highly controversial issue. The 30 - member committee is not expected tp reach a final decision until next week. What it , does will probably determine whether congress will act this session on the education program, which Mr. Eisenhower has called “must" legislation. In the past, the house committee has refused to base any federal aid to school bills, even after they were approved by the senate. Thia year, the committee Is faded. with two major problems. First, it must decide what type of federal assistance to approve—if any. Then, it must determine . whether to bar U. S. aid to states .'- or school districts which segregate white and negro students. Some members believe the committee will adopt an anti-segrega-tion amendment. In that event, it was considered doubtful that the rules, committee would clear the legislation to the floor. The education committee is considering a bill approved by a nine member subcommittee headed by Rep. Augustine Kelley (D-Pa.) which embodies some of the President's recommendations plus some offered by Reps. Carroll Kearns (R-Pa.) and Cleveland Bailey (D-W, V.). This measure provides threle methods by which states could obtain federal assistance in constructing schools. It authorizes the federal government to grant state 400 million dollars annually for four years for school building purposes. Each state would have to match the federal money fit receives on an equal basis. The twx> other forms'of assist-, ance are variations of the President's recommendations. Proposes Bonus For Military Service Senator Proposes Enlistment Bonus (INS) — Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Gaj) proposed a S4OO enlistment bonus today to help strengthen the army and marine corps combat units of the ready reserve. The senate armed services committee chairman said men with at least 18 months of military service would be eligible for the bonus. He estimated it would cost 160 million dollars over three years. Russell offered the bonus plan as a major amendment to President Eisenhower’s military reserve program for establishing a trained reserve of two million. 900 thousand, men by 1960. The senator invited the Pentagon to give its views on the bonus idea Monday. As the house-passed bill now stands, draftees and enlistees who /yntered the armed services after J July 27. 1953,. would be x compelled to go into the reserves following their (active duty. Altogether, their total military obligation would last six years.

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U. S. Employment Hits Record High Joint Report From Government Today WASHINGTON (INS) — More Americans had jobs in June than ever before in the nation’s history and total employment moved above the 64 million mark, A joint report issued today by the labor and commerce departments also said that a rise of 200,in the number of unemployed between May and June “was one of the smallest increases for this time of year in the post-war period.” _ „ Officials said the new employment record of 64,016,000 resulted from seasonable expansions in most activities and a larger than usual pick up in manufacturing. The previous record high for Job holders was 63,700,000 reached in August, 1953. y- The increase in employment between May and June amounted to 1.300,000. It was pointed out that employment has now climbed four million from the winter low and the latest total repersents about one million more than the normal spring expansion. Total unemployment in early June was listed at 2,700,000 per-, sons, compared with 3,347,000 a year earlier. « The two departments said that a continued decline in unemployment among adult workers partly offset the addition of almost 400,000 young job seekers entering the labor market for the first time. Continuation Os Hot Weather Predicted Thundershowers To Continue In State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Scattered thundershowers, such as one which was accompanied by death dealing lightning Thursday, are expected to harass the state today and possibly Saturday and Sunday. The outlook for the next five days, as viewed by the U. S. weather bureau, is for a continue tion of hot weather, interspersed with thundershowers. Meanwhile, Purdue University -crop experts predicted that above normal temperatures can be expected for the northern two thirds of Indiana for the next 30 days. The Purdue rejwrt forecasts normal rainfall for the entire state in July, With a possible-slighting of the southern area. The 30 day long range look noted that only two inches of rain may fall in southern Indiana if a dry area from the southern United States overlaps the lower part of Hoosierland. For the north and central portions, three and one half inches are expected |in July. The five day weather forecast predicts temperatures two to four degrees above the. normal maximums of 87-90 and minimums of 62-66. A slight cooling trend is expected Sunday with rainfall averaging a fourth to three fourths inch Saturday and Sunday, and possibly early, next week. [ - , A thundershower, accompanied by lightning, brought death to 19yeanpld David* Daniel Hines, of. Martin. when he was struck by a bolt Thursday afternoon. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, 4 continued warm and* humid tonight and Saturday, with scattered thundershowers. Low tonight 7276. High Saturday 90-95.

House Group Voles Gul In Foreign Aid 20 Per Cent Slash In Foreign Budget By House Committee WASHINGTON (INS) —The house appropriations committee whacked almost 628 million dollars off President Eisenhower’s foreign aid budget today for a cut of nearly 20 percent. — The committee approved only $2,638,741,750 of the $3,266,641,750 which Mr.JElsenhower proposed to, spend on military and economic assistance to the free world dur- ' ing the 1956 fiscal year which began July L. At the same time, the committee bawled out the defense liepart merit for trying to use up millions of dollars in previously appropriated money in the closing days of the 1955 fiscal year last month. Such funds, if not yet obligated to be spent at the end of a fiscal year, must be appropriated again by congress before the government ian actually spend them. The committee i'said ft had a written understanding with Penta-1 gon officials that 420 million dollars fn unused money from previous years wopld not be obligated through last. minute contracts. Nevertheless, the committee said, the defense department obligated 951 million dollars in late I June—compared with a rate of 200 million dollars a month during the previous li months? The house group said it is “seriously concerned” with the administration’s practice of rushing contracts through in the closing days of a fiscal year in order to avoid a congressional review of the funds. Protest Jailing Os Mother For Debt Allege Failure To Pay School Rental EVANSVILLE, Ind. (INS) — An Evansville mother of five children allegedly imprisoned for debt was the object of a growing legal con-, troversy in Vanderburgh county. Mrs. Charles Evans was committed to jail when she was unable to post SIOO bond following her arrest for child neglect, under a statute which orders .the parent to - "provide proper education.” Her “failure" stemmed from ' non-payment of $3.50 public school book rental charge for the 23 days her son was in school last year. She said she could not afford to 1 pay, the rental. . Vanderburgh county prosecutor 1 Paul Wever assumed full respon- ' sibility for the arrests of eight ' persons, seven of whom paid the ‘ rentals and were released, Mrs. Evans imprisonment, and issuance of “threats” to 65 parents. Wever said he suggested use of the “child neglect” gimmick to obtain rentals when county school superintendent Elder J. Eberhart asked for advice. However, Eberhart said he had no idea the warrants would, lead to arrests and certainly not to Imprisonment. Eberhart said the schools system charges parents one fourth the cost of books for a school year, pro-rated. He said he has had trouble collecting rentals. State legal officials charged Mrs. (Oontmuefl on Pace Eight)

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 8, 1955.

300,000 Doses Os Salk Polio Vaccine Released To Inoculation Program ——. * uk** 1 A*.

South Korean Leader Urges Freeing China Urges U. S. Support Two-Front Assault Against Mainland

SEOUL (INS) —South Korean foreign minister Y. T. Pyun urged the U. 3. today to support a two front attack to liberate the Chinese mainland from communism as the long range’hope for The ROK foreign minister, in an exclusive interview with Jtional Newts Service, said the Nationalist Chinese and South Korean armies “would be glad to do the job,” Pyun said the U, S. should not .declare war. just support the two staunchly anticommunist nations with arms and equipment in their attacks. The foreign minister contended that “Russia “will not do anything.” He said this was because Russia “knows the industrialization of the Soviet Union would be wiped out within two days by American atom I? bomb retaliation if she in-; tervened.” “Continental China must rf&t remain Communist,” the statesman said. “If it cannot be recovered f see no hojie for Asia or the world. The long range view would be gloomy.” Pyun said Red China “will be the dominant Communist power" once she completes her industrialization —even more powerful than the Soviet UniSn. “China will be the greatest possible threat to the world when fully industrialized,” he warned. The ROK foreign minister urged that South Korea be supported" in a drive northward to the Yalu while Nationalist Chinese, forces, make a beachhead landing in South ...China,Once Nationalist Chinese troops take a beachhead and keep widening it, the ROK diplomaTpredicted, the Chinese people would probably rise against their Cominunist masters. Pyun warned against losing this hope for “liberating" China by agreeing*!© a neutralization of the Formosa Straits area. He warned! neutralization there would lead to a Red attack in South Korea by a Communiat regime, once rid of the threat of attack on two fronts. ■ Favor Tax Increase ; For Highway Plans ; 12 Billion Dollars For Highway Aid WASHINGTON (INS7 ~ A joint ' subcommittee tentatively voted to- c day. to increase taxes on gaso- c line, trucks, diesel fuel and heavy ( tires and tubes to pay for an ex- 1 panded federal highway aid pro- ' gram. ■ The public works unit immediately sought the endorsement of 1 the administration and house ( leaders for its package bill. The ' increased taxes would add an estimated 12 billion dollars to federal 1 revenue during the 14 years they ’ would be in effect, beginning July 1 1, 1956; 1 The proposal would: t 1. Increase the tax on a gallon . of gasoline from two to three cents. I 2. Increase the excise tax on 1 trucks from eight to 10 per cent. 3. Boost the tax on heavy tires and inner tubes from five to 15 < cents a pound. < 4. Raise the Tax on diesel fuel i from two to six_conts a gallon.— J 5. Impose a tax of seven and one ( half cents a “pound on the manufacturers’ price for famel - back, s which is used In retreading tires. <

BULLETIN Production at the Decatur General Electric company came to a virtual halt today as all employes of both local pfexts “ntc sent home early this afternoon because of what the company termed “an illegal work stoppage/’ According to an unofficial report, a sit-down strike was staged by the approximately Zar persons on the tying line. i Through the same unofficial source it was learned that the stoppage was caused by a grievance over piece rates. The stoppage was not authorized by the union and it started after * negotiations were unsuccessful, it was reported. All of the employes who were sent home this afternoon were told to report back to work Saturday morning. No other official comments on the production halt wtre available from either the company or union officials. 1 Eden Outlines Policies For Big Four Meet > • ' Details Three Top Policy Principles For Geneva Parley LONDON (INS) —(Prime minister. Sir Anthony Eden outlined night the three broad policy prmeiples Which will guide the British delegation he will lead to the Geneva Big Four meeting. He also sought to reassure Russia about her fears of a united and rearmed Germany and indicated he might propose that ' she join the west in a voluntary limitation of armaments sijnilar to that under the Western European Union (WEU). Speaking at a dinner of the English speaking union honoring him and Lady Eden, the prime minister said there “were two principles from which the government was not prepared to depart.” They are: 1. The United Kingdom will not be parted from the United States. 2. Britain will not permit the breakup of the North Atlantic treaty WMajiizationr The thjrd principle’ for which Britain will work. Eden said, was the unification', of (Germany. He added emphatically, however, as a condition for negotiation on this point: “The neutralization of Germany will not do.” , The eontejHs of Eden's address confirmed reports Britain Would carry the ball for the west on,: the German problem when the? Big Four chiefs of state meet /n the Swiss city the week of July 18. i-Eden (leelared-i /•—_ “The/problem of Europe is the problem of Germany. As long, as Germany is divided Europe is divided. - , .“There must lie free elections throughout the whole country and when the elections are over it wifi be for a united Germany to determine her own future. . President To Spend Weekend On Farm WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower plans to fly to Gettysburg, Ph;? tiffs afternoon to spend the weekend on his newly, -furnished farm on the edge of the Civil War battlefield. The Chief Executive;, will probably return to Washington Sunday evening or Monday morning.

Coast Guard Ends Hunt For Phantom Ship Distress Calls Are branded Hoax. , ~ The coast titcaned off today after 31 hours its search for a. phantom fishing vessel that supposedly sank and burned off the New Jersey coast with 21 persons aboard early Thursday. In halting the dramatic air-sea search that began with the first distress call at 2:15 a.m., EDT, Thursday, Capt. Julius Jaycott, coast guard chief of operations for the district, ruled officially that the distress calls were "a hoax.” ——-— The weird sea drama, which in the official view has now been labelled as someone’s grim idea of a joke, may not have seen its last, chapter should the sender or senders of the fake calls for help be found. “Those responsible," the coast guard said, “will be liable to the most severe penalties.” It was pointed out that sailors and airmen of the eoast guard, as well as men of the ~U. S. nayy and civil air patrol crews who joined in the night and day hunt had risked their lives to go to the rescue. V First suspicion that the distress calls from a fishing vessel which was identified as the “Blue Star” were a hoax began to grow about ' an hour and a half after the first appeal for help. This was at 3:40 a.m., when the sender advised that a submarine was surfacing to pick up survivors in the water and that the undersea craft was “not an American submarine.” Wavy and coast guard authori- ' ties promptly announced that ’ there were no foreign submarines in the vicinity. Scene of the supj posed ship fire and sinking was given as approximately 55 miles south southeast of New York harbor. The voice calling radio messages from the mysterious “Blue (Continued on Fare Eight) Mrs. Eisenhower To Accompany President Accompanies Ike To Big Four's Meeting WASHINGTON (INS) — The i White House said today that Mrs, i Eisenhower will accompany President Eisenhower to the Big Four i conference at Geneva. | 1 News secretary James C. Hag : 1 erty said tentative plans call for < the President and first lady to 1 leave Washington aboard the presidential plane, “Columbine III”, ‘ next Friday at 10:30 p.m. (EDT) and arrive in Geneva on the following day at 4 p.m. (EDT). Arrangements have been made for Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower to stay at a. villa outside of Geneva c during the conference. They prob- 1 ably Will be there about a week. f Meanwhile. Hagerty himself is ' leaving Washington today for Gen- { eva and will arrive there tomorrow. He is going in advance of £ tho, conference to make mechanical arrangements for the Ameri- . can news coverage of the U.S. delegation. Experts Confer - I PARIS (INS) — Diplomatic ex- ' perts of the Western Big Three met J in Paris today to coordinate their various studies of the major eastwest problems which will be discussed at the Geneva meeting i with the Soviet Union. * Their first meeting this morning 1 was to arrange for the first full ( discussion set for this afternoon. c Jacob D. Beam, of the state department’s policy planning board, (Continued <.= Page Bight)

Minnesota Child Is Killed By Tornado - Seven Others Hurt In Storm Thursday MARSHALL, Minn., (INS) — A tornado which struck 10 miles west of Marshall, Minn., killed a three-year-old boy when it carried the child a quarter of a mile and At least seven other persons were injured by the twister Thursday and eight farm buildings were destroyed. Winds and hail accompanying the tornado did heavy crop damage to the area. ' The child killed was Clifford Larson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlow Larson, a farm couple. Five other children, four from the Larson family, were hospitalized. High winds and torrential rains in the backlash of the twister struck the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, causing flash floods. A small twister also was reported at Coon Rapids. Two houses were flattened, but no one was Injured. Hits Nebraska LOUP CITY,* Neb. (INS) — A small tornado tore the room from one home, smashed windows and downed trees and power lines early today at Loup City. Sherman county Sheriff Earl Hancock said there were no injuries or deaths. The twister roared Into the community of 1,800 without warning. , It was accompanied by hail and nearly an inch of rain. i 1 — — Rich Uranium find Slaked In Ontario Termed Second Best Assay Yet Found u AKRON, O. (INS)—A super rich uranium find, termed "the second" best assay yet found in the world” has been staked out by a 48-year-old mother and two of her friends near Bancroft, Ont. The story of the Canadian uranium deposit was told in Akron today by Mrs. Dorothy Madigan of nearby Silver Lake. She related that the discovery was made early last month in an abandoned fieldspar mine in bush country. The location of the find is 40 miles northeast of Bancroft. Mrs. Madigan said her part in the find was “minor” and that two men she has known 20 years through her vacationing in Canada actually located the uranium. The men. Harvey Adams and Dr. C. J. Whytock, both of Sharbdt Lake, Ont., asked Mrs. Madigan to bring a geiger counter to verify the find. She said the prospecting was the firgt she had ever done. Arriving at the mine several tftfys later, she related, her geiger counter began ticking away “like mad." Mrs. Madigan said she filed 16 claims in the strike area. Then she sent ore samples to a Toronto geological firm and to the atomic energy commission in Washington. When she returned home, she contacted the Piketon AEC plant in southern Ohio regarding the results of the test. George Reynolds, deputy plant general manager, contacted her minutes later and excitedly told her: “The strike is the second best assay yet found in the world.” The same day the AEC in Washington contacted her and said it (Continued on Page Elgin) Logger Is First To Swim Tough Strait VICTORIA, B. C. (INS) -t Bert Thomas, determined Tacoma logger, became the first person to swim the 18-mile strait of Juan De Fuca crossing between Port Angeles, Wash., and Victoria today. Thomas made the difficult crossing in 11 hours, 17 minutes and 30 seconds. It was his fifth attempt V '. 3 •

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First Released By Government Since June 6 Research Program Is Established To Improve Vaccine WASHINGTON (INS) —The govern merit today released 300.000 doses of Salk polio vaccine for immediate use in the mass inoculation program. At same, time, the publie - health service set up a unique research program aimed at the “further improvement” of the Salk stots. Ui S. surgeon genera] Leonard A. Scheele said the vaccine produced by Wyeth laboratories was the first released since June 6. The shots were “re-tested” under strict new safety standards that went into effect May 25. Scheele also announced hat six government scientists have been assigned to visit and consult with every manufacturer of the polio vaccine to provide “closer liaison” between the industry and the pub lie health service. Their first trips will be made “within two weeks.” The surgeon general said the re- ■ search project “will undoubtedly uncover new scientific intorma- ■ tton" that WiH not only result in ■ an Improved vaccine, but also will 1 aid the long range development of similar types of Inoculations for colds, measles, and other virus dieeases. Scheele’s release of the new vac-cine-will have little real effect on the mass inoculation program which has been limping along for weeks. Some scarcity of vaccine was expected when the new safety standards were set up. Meanwhile, a bill providing federal funds to assure Salk vaccine ( to every child and pregnant wor man in the U. S.4s expected-to be- . approved today by the house commerce committee. ( The measure, sponsored by com(Continued on Page Eight) ; Fort Wayne Woman Is Accident Victim AUBURN, Ind. (INS) — Mrs. Minnie L. Wittig, 64, of Fort Wayne, died late Thursday of injuries suffered in a two car crash at the junction of Ind. 1 and Ind. 8 east of Auburn. Mrs. Wittig was injured early in the day. She died in St. Joseph hospital at Fort Wayne eight hours later. Her husband, George Henry Wittig, 69, was injured. Bluffton Minister Speaks At Rotary * Dr. Arthur W. Raabe, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Bluffton, was the guest speaker to Decatur Rotarians who met for the first time in the Youth and Community Center for their weekly dinner meeting Thursday evening. _ Dr. Raabe's topic was “nags.” He stated that the American flag is the second oldest unchanged flag, only Denmark being older, tie also discussed European ftagß, . their heraldry, origination, and also * those in the western hemisphere. The speaker displayed the various flags as they were discussed. Olarenefe Ziner was chairman of the program. Columbia City Editor Dies Late Thursday COLUMBI A CITY, Ind, “(INS). — John Q. Adams, 6i2. editor and publisher of the Columbia City Post and Commercial Mail, died late Thursday of a perforated duodenal Ulcer. •■? The Columbia City native had been editor and publisher of the daily newspaper since 1951. He had been news editor before becoming publisher and once served as the Columbia City correspondent" for the Indianapolis Star. — , , .;‘ ■ -