Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1955 — Page 1

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“Nothin* Ta Fear Except Guilt”

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ELDER STATESMAN Bernard Baruch (upper left) sits at House unAmerican activities hearing in New York, with Chairman Francis Walter (D), Pennsylvania, in foreground questioning, Lee Hays, portly member of The Weavers quartet. Hays took refuge in the fifth amendment. Said Baruch, “Any person who hasn't got anything to fear can answer anything. A man or woman in the United States has nothing to fear except guilt.

Actor Balks At Questions Os Committee Refuses To Answer Questions On Red Party Affiliation NEW YORK (INS) -A Broadway actor balked — as had all but one earlier witness — at answearing questions on Communism today before the bouse un-Amer-ican activities committee. The group pplanned to wind up the New York phase today of its inquiry into communism and communist influences in the theater. Brooklyn-born Alan Manson. 35. who played a year and a half in "Call Me Mister” invoked the first, fifth and the ninth amendments to the constitution in refusing o answer questions on communist affiliation. The ninth amendment deals with preservation of the rights' of people. 'Wednesday, the 12th witness before the committee — Canadianborn George Hall -*? was the first to cooperate. The 34-year-old naturalized citizen told his entire story, fingered eight one time associates and criticized who preceded him as “cowardly, selfish, politically naive and childish.” - —■ • The actor said he joined-the Com- 1 rnunist party in July or August, IMS, while in the Broadway hit “Call Me Mister.” He testified that another actor in the production, Alan Manson, and assistant stage manager David Kanter were his party contacts at the time. Hall’s hour of responsive testimony prompted praise from the committee and spontaneous applause from spectators. The cooperative spirit ended quickly when Hall was followed on the stand by attractive Madeline Lee who created the role of “Miss Blue" on the “Amos n Andy" radio program. She became the most talkatlye and obstreperous of 15 “un friendly" witnesses who have been called. Before leaving the stand she invoked four constitutional amendments-more than any pre vious witness-and was accused of ” contempt. Joshua Shelley, one of the theatrical jpersonalities n anted by Hall, was the fourth witness Wednesday. The 26-year-01d New Yorker, who is currently appearing in "Phoenix 55," declined to confirm or deny the charges against him and said he would not answer any questions about his personal beliefs or afiliations. Indiana's Heat Wave Again In Full Sway INDIANAPOLIS (INS’) —The heat wave was in full sway in Indiana today. It was hot and humid over the state following the respite of more than a week. The Indianapolis weather bureau predicted continued quite warm today arjd Friday with temperatures today running as high as 95 degrees. The low tonight will range from 66 to 72, according to the prediction.

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Polio Incidence Is Increased In Nation 26 Per Cent Boost Over Previous Week WASHINGTON (INS) — The government reported today there were 1,781 cases of polio in the U.S. last week, an increase of 26 percent over the previous week. The public health service added that last week’s figure was “only six percent below the number for the same week last year.” At the same time, the PHS said that, as of Aug. 10, there were 300 cases of polio among persons who revived Salk vaccinations. Os theis*. l»i were paralytic and 142 nOnpa ralytle. Altogether this year, polio has struck 9,720 persons, compared, with 12,695 up to this point in 1954. Since the beginning of the current “disease year” on April 1, there ijave been 8,657 polio cases, compared with 11,142 during the corresponding period of 1954. I-ast week’s 26 percent increase over the 1,412 of the previous seven days was felt in all sections of the country except the west south central and the mountain states. The PHS reported a rise of approximately 30 percent in the New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central and the West North Central divisions, ( The ' service added: “Although Massachusetts reported a 30 percent increase in cases for the current, as compared with the pre- , vfcus week, the state department of public health reported little extension of the disease, the 411 cases occurring principally in communities which had been involved in previous week.” Boston suffered 114 case® during the week ending Aug. 13, compared with 84 during the week ending Aug. 6. Downturn In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Indiana state health officials watched closely today as the number of polio cases took a slight downturn during the past week. The 27 additional cases, -announced today and covering illnesses reported during the previous week brings the 1955 total to, 142. On the previous weekly report, there had been 29 new cases. The downturn may be only temporary but it was cheering to health officials who have predicted fewer cases this year than last. At the same time in 1954, there were 184 case®, and seven deaths; in 1953 there were 234 cases and 18 deaths. No new deaths were recorded for 1955, with the fatalities remaining at three. 2 - Elkhart county, with four new cases, was the hardest hit during the past week. Its total now is 10. Grant county reported three new cases also bringing its total to 10. Lake county, with the largest number of cases — 19 — listed one new case. Forty four Indiana counties have not recorded a poHo—ease up to the present report. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly 'fair tonight and Friday. Continued quite warm Friday. Low tonight6s-72. High Friday 9-96, 12 Pages

Flood Threats From Diane As Wind Weakens West Virginia And Virginia Hard Hit By Heavy Rainfall WASHINGTON (INS) — Tropical storm Diane swamped Virginia and West Virginia with flood threatening rain today as she Limped northward, her winds growing weaker all the time. The weather bureau reported that Diane was about 60 .> miles west southwest of Washington at 8 a.m. (EDT), when some flooding had already been reported in northwestern Virginia and north eastern West Virginia. But the storm’s peak winds—well over hurricane force when Diane crashed the Carolina coast line Wednesday morning — were down to between 25 and 30 miles an hour, with gusts reaching 40 miles an hour within 200 miles to the east The heaviest rains from Diane were recorded in eastern North Carolina and In central and northwestern Virginia. • , The weather bureau reported 4.15 Inches fell on Raleigh, N.C., 4.40 Inches on Blackstone, Va, 4.48 inches on Gordonsville, Va„ and 4.28 on Richmond. The Potomac’s tides ran about four feet above normal this morning, and the water threatened to overrun low lying lands in the Washington area. It was still raining in the capital at 8 a.m. (EDT), when early one inch had already * fallen. • At that time the weather bu1 reau said Diane was moving northward at 10 or 12 miles an hour with her winds “diminishing slow- ’ ]y.” 1 A spokesman commented that ’ “there’s nothing left to it—a little wind, a little rain.” He said there was no informa--1 tiou yet on a new low pressure ’ area in the hurricane breeding , ground of the South Atlantic. The ' low was reported by ships in the area. Such a low pressure spot I could but does not necessarily indicate a new hurricane forming. ; cessor, Connie, were blamed Wednesday for an estimated total of 27 million dollars worth of crop and * property damage in North Caro--1 lina and South Carolina when they (Continued on Face Five) < Auction Graduate . Exercises Friday 63 Students To Be Graduated Friday The graduation or 63 students from the Reppert school of auctioneering will take place Friday . at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, starting with a banquet at 11 a. m. Diplomas will be awarded by Dr. Roland Reppert, owner and manager of the school which was founded by his father, the late Col. Fred Reppert. Quentin R. Chaffee, dean of th a school, will give the main address for the commencement of the 70th session of the school. Other instructors of the school will also speak. The 63 students for this session come from 23 states and one province of Canada. Largest group from a. single state are the ten students who reside in Indiana. Ohio is second with eight and Michigan follows with five. There are four each from Nebraska and North Carolina. _Tbe class tor this \ session har been a comparatively young group. Twelve of the group are under 20, with a 15-year-old boy as the youngest student. A large percentage of the class is under 40. The Friday graduation will mark the end of three weeks Intensive training and practice in one of the best auction schools in the coun- . try. In addition to their regular daily classes, the students haye participated in several auctions to give them actual experience. The major auction was the sale co-sponsor-ed by the school and the ladies of St Mary’s parish. This took place Saturday Afternoon , and Wednesday night. The student auctioneers also traveled to, Qrabill to conduct an for the Grabill Chamber of Commerce. They also participated in an auction at Portland and conducted a general farm sale during their regular class hours. The names of students receiving diplomas will be listed in the Friday edition of the Decatur Daily Democrat.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 18, 1955.

Unarmed U. S Plane Shot Down In Flames J) By Red Ground Troops

U. S. Resumes Effort To Find Many Missing New Quest Touched By Reports Given By I Returned Prisoners i WASHINGTON (INS) - The U. S. renewed efforts today to I penetrate the mystery of the disappearance of nearly 2,000 Ameri- ’ cans behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains during the past ten years. The latest quest was touched off . by reports from German and Aus- ’ trian prisoners of war, recently ( released after a decade in Russian ( prison camps, that a long missing U. 3. flyer is being held by the Communits. ’ The air force officer, Lt. William G. Baumeister Jr., was shot down in November, 1944, in Burma on a World War II mission. He . was piloting a P-38 fighter. Defense department efforts to determine the flyer’s fate have proved inconclusive up to now. No word had been received of him 8 during the past 11 years until the new group of released POWs, returning to Germany and Austria. 8 gave what officials hope may s proye to be an important clue. # Some of the 250 Germans and s Austrians reported they met a 1 number of Americans in Russian ‘‘ prison camps, including a U. S. officer known as “William” or just ■ “Billy.” ' One of the Autrians told U. S. 1 authorities the American’s last ” name was Baumeister. ' The U. S. has conducted a careful investigation of the Austrian’s I report, but a state department spokesman reported today that the clue had proved fruitless. Every time Russia has released a new group of POWs in the last few years, additional stories have come from the prisoners of Americans they had known in camps . behind'the Iron Curtain. Many Os these reports, tediously tracked down, have proved false. . However, in the past two years, ’ five Americans haVe been plucked r from Soviet prison camps as a result of the stories told by Dutch, ’ German, Austrian and French; POWs. Rules Huge Cheese Deal Unauthorized I I Cheese Processors Netted Two Million WASHINGTON (INS) -The ag--1 riculture department Is studying to- ’ day a ruling by the comptroller ' general that a price support deal 1 in millions of pounds of cheese was “unauthorized and improper.” 1 Comptroller gene ra 1 Joseph Campbell said paper transactions 1 by the Commodity Credit Corp, in March and April of 1954 involving 1 86,600,000 pounds of cheese did not legally constitute purchases under the terms of the price support law. The ruling was made public Wednesday by Rep. L. H. Foun- ■ tain (D N. C.,) chairman of a ’ house subcommittee which inves--1 tigated the cheese deal. His subcommittee heard testimony that the CCC bought the cheese ‘ in March for 37 cents a pound ’ from dairy companies, held it in 1 the companies’ warehouses, and ’ then resold it to the same firms ’ for 34 cents a pound. ■ The transactions reportedly net- ’ ted large cheese processors two ’ million dollars. — — The agriculture department said ' the purchase was made to prevent 1 i disastrous drop in dairy prices at the time the department was ’ lowering price supports on dairy 1 products. - 1 It said, the cheese was kept in • the companies' warehouses to save ; the cost of packaging, moving and ’ storing the product. ... Fountain said the transactions (Oonunuoa on Fage Five) . ■» (J-

Plan Reorganizing Os School System Divide Junior And Senior High Schools « The Decatur public school board has approved a reorganization plan for the Decatur school system. which eventually will divide the junior and senior high schools into separate units, it was announced today. The plan is in keeping with the recommendations made by the Indiana University survey group which was here several months ago. The plan also has been tentatively approved by the state board of education and the north central association of colleges and secondary schools. Presently the Decatur school system operates on a 6-6 plan. The Lincoln school is commissioned to operate from kindergarten to and including the sixth grade and Decatur junior-senior high school is commissioned to provide for the seventh and eighth grades and the four years of high school. The new plan, which will become partly effective in September, calls for a commission for Decatur high school of four grades, ninth to twelfth, inclusive; Lincoln school, kindergarten to and including the eighth grade, and Northwest Elementary school, kindergarten to and including the KiMh grade. l During the coming school year, i which starts in September, the! ■ seventh and eighth grades will op- . erate under the Lincoln school » commission, but certain sections . of these grades will continue to . be housed in the high school building this year. One seventh grade unit and two eighth grade seci lions will remain this term In the ; high school. High school teachers . will continue in the departmental plan as in the past, it was an- ; nounced. Two seventh grade sections will be transferred immediately to the Lincoln building, but will continue to use the high school shop and home economics facilities. The plan calls for the moving of all seventh and eighth grade classes to Lincoln building for the 1956-57 school term. After the complete transfer in another year, tire high school ibuilding will be used exclusively for senior high school students. The transition will be gradual, it was pointed out, (Continued on rage Five) September 29 Final Tax Rate Hearings State Hearing Set For September 29 The Indiana board of tax commissioners has set September 29 as the hearing date for the pro- . posed tax rates tn the w!qu& tax-, ing units of Adams county, Frank Kltson, auditor, announced today. The hearing, which is the final one in the series held prior to setting the tax rate of the township, city, and county, will be held in the auditor’s office at the court house and will be presided over by representatives of the state tax board. Prior to that time, the county council and tax adjustment board must act on the proposals. The state board -representatives have the final word in establishing the official rate. Any of the groups can reduce the proposals, but none can increase any of the proposed rates, it was pointed out. As it stands at present the 1956 rate for Decatur, both Root and Washington townships; wtlT be hi ore ’tli ah $5 25 on the hundred dollars of taxable property. If the rate remains as tentatively set it will be the highest rate ever set in the hlitory of Adams county. The county council will meet SeptenxJjer 5 and 6 to pass on the proposals and then the budgets will be eent to the county tax adjustment board. After that the matter will be In the hands of the state board representatives. |

2,Oft) Koreans 1 In Anti - Reds 1 Demonstration < Follows Violence » At Barrier Manned j By American Troops ‘ SEOUL (INS) — Two thousand Koreans staged an anti-Communist t demonstration in the streets of Se- r oul today in the wake of new vio- < lence involving Korean rioters and f American troops at Inchon. < The violence erupted at 5 a.m. s when 200 Korean tried to storm 1 through an American manned bar- < ricade protecting the gateway to < the living quarters of neutral na- < tion's truce inspectors on Wolmi Is- < land in Inchon harbor. Gls hurled tear gas shells anti i sprayed the Koreans with streams i from fire hoses to force them I back. , 4 The marching demonstrators in t Seoul—mostly students and labor 1 unionists —tramped past the Unit- i ed States embassy despite the urg- i ings of President Syngman Rhee to stay away from all foreign em- i bassies and legations. They carried banners denounc- , ing Communist Czech and Polish memliers of the truce teams a* '“spies” and demanding that they get out of Korea forthwith." 1 They shouted in unison: “Let's get the Communist espionage agents out of Korea.” The dash at Inchon took place At the barricade on the shoreside end of (i long diuseway which con--1 nects Wolmi island with the mainland. - After the Koreans hacked away under the barrage of tear gas and firehose streams, Capt. Joseph E. Steelman, the Inchon provost marshal, announced, “We are not letting them get to the gate. We held them back with water hoses and tear gas. We are keeping a layer of gas in front of (Continued on Page Jrsve) Damage Caused By Big Pipeline Fire Fire Last Evening West Os Uniondale Erie railroad detectives and ] state police are investigating a < huge pipeline fire which burned j out signal equipment of the rail- j road and threatened two residenc- , es one mile west of Uniondale < Wednesday night. ~ The crude oil pipeline, which parallels the railroad tracks near U. S. highway 224, burst into flam- c es about 9:15 p.m. s Ray Campbell, 55, whose home j was threatened by the fire, suf- f, sered a heart attack while watch- a ing -the f lames and was taken to a the Wells county hospital at Bluff- c ton. The wind, however, kept blow- n ing the flames away from the g Campbell home and another near- j by residence. j ,The intense heat warped rails on the north side of the Erie right of way beyond use. The flames , g cut a swath of several hundred c feet in the comniunciations sys- a tern forcing suspension of traffic B out of Huntington until the flames j wjre brought under control and <j damage temporarily repaired. The rails burned out of service carried e Chicago-bound traffic. The pipeline is gowned by the g Buckeye Pipeline Co. j B Woman Killed When Thrown From Buggy I * SHIPSHEWANNA, Ind. (INS)— 1 The first horse and buggy fatal i accident in Indiana for many years 1 occurred near Shipshewanna Wed- I nesday. Susan Wickey, 55, of near LaOrange, died of a skull fracture j soon after she was thrown from I a buggy when a horse suddenly v broke and ran more than 300 i yards before stopping. i She was alone in the buggy. «

Decatur Retailers Plan Activities Extensive Program Is Outlined Here Members of the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce have planned an extensive .program for Decatur shoppers, Louis Jacobs, chairman of that division of the Chamber, announced today. The annual fish fry, which for the last several years has been a sell-out, will be held this year on October 13. Merchants and their families will pay $2 a ticket for the event and all guest tickets will sell for $1.50. This 50 cent differential always has been charged, Jacobs pointed out, to defrify the cost of entertainment at the dinner. Clarence Ziner has been named chairman. Clif Brewer, chairman of the annual Callithumpian parade, announced that that event will be held this year on Monday night, October 31. Usual prizes will be awarded to the masked paraders, but the window painting contest will be eliminated this year, it was announced. Jack Gordon, chairman of the Christmas opening program, said that the official holiday season opening was set for Friday, November 25. Kenneth Shannon, Robert Lane" and . 3ehyrar|z were added to (he Christmas opening commitee by chairman Gordon. A parade with the arrival of Sunta Claus and including bands and floats will be staged in the annual holiday season opener. The retail division has set the second Tuesday of each month as the date for a meeting and each meeting will be In the form of a luncheon at the Youth and Community Center. Faculty Announced For Adams Central Several Changes In Teaching Staff The teaching staff for the Adams Central school at Monroe haa been announced by school officials. Four new teachers have been added to the faculty of the school, which will open Aug. 30. John O. Reed will return as principal of the school. New teachers are Gordon Neuenschwander, Berne, English and social science; Mary Ellis, Bluffton, home economics; Don Gerig, Berne, music director, and Jay Johnson, Bryant route 2, sixth grade. The complete-faculty follows: John O. Heed, principal and social studies; Martin Watson, high school vocational agriculture; Mary Ellis, home economics; Don Arnold, eoaeh, physical education and commerce; John Fruth, assist- i ant "c3ach7 physical education and commerce; Lucile Beavers, mathematics, English and biology; Imogene Beihold, English, library; , Harvey Haggard, social studies; Earl Montague, science, mathematics; Doyle Collier, industrial arts; , Gordon Neuenschwander, English, • social science; Donavan Gerig, chorus, band; Marcia ißuddick, art; Leroy Cable, driver training, ( mathematics, physical education; j Robert Brown, social studies; ( Thomas Adler, mathematics, English; Thelma Hendricks, physical | education, English. Grade 6. Leo Strahm, Jay John- . son; grade 5, Kenneth Watkins, Elmer -Ehrsam; grade 4, Delores Byerly, Phyllis Welches; grade 3, Veda Crist, Harriett Mills; grade 2, Frances Beaty, Mary Egley; grade 1. Naomi Griffiths, Martha Habegger. 15-Year-Old Boy Is Killed By Tractor MUNCIE, Ind. (INS) — Fifteen-year-old David Stultz, of near Muneie, met death Wednesday when a farm tractor he was driving plunged off a Delaware county road into a 15-foot ditch and turned over on him.

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Plane Downed By Red Troops In Truce Zone UN Lodges Strong Protest With Reds Over Latest Action SEOUL (INS) —The United Nations command reported today that an unarmed American piano with two men aboard was -shot down in flames over Koreas truco zone by Communist "trigger-hap-py gunmen.” The UN lodged a strongly worded protest with the Reds and described the incident as a “barbarous" act unworthy of a civilized nation. The fate of the two Americans aboard the T-6 training plane was not immediately known but it was feared they had perjshed. A Republic of Korea oficer said frontline ROK troops, guarding the demarcation line, watched the plane crash and saw it burst into flames after being hit by ground fire from Communist soldiers. It was said that the ROK troop* saw no evidence that the two Americans were able to get out of the plane. The ROK report also said “a> fusillade of shots” was heard from the area whefe the plane plunged to earth. V. 8. fifth air force headquarters this morning called off a search for the plane which was t downed Wednesday afternoon. The air force also said that a C-47 search plane was fired on ' and hit in the left wing by Communist ground fire. The search plane returned safely to its base. The UN protest was transmitted in a note to the reds from Maj. Gen. Harlan C. Parks, senior UN member of the joint military armistice commission. The note recalled that there have been nine previous incidents of a similar nature in which the Communists have damaged three planes and have killed two allied i airmen. A UN announcement said the shooting down of the plane wias "another barbarous act” by the communist and a “violation of the spirit of the armistice agreement and of the rules of conduct observed by all civilized nations." The UN said the plane, manned by a pilot and an observer, was hit by ground fire while flying over Korea’s demilitarized zone which separates the North and South. The letter admitted the plane “inadvertently intruded over the demilitarized zone” but added: “Despite these facts, your trigger happy gunmen without warning or without waiting to ascertain if the aircraft would positively in- _ without provocation.” The note accused the comrnu-” nist of 53 air intrusions since the July 1053 armistice and pointed out “in all of these cases our side gave your aircraft pilots the benefit of the doubt that the intrusion was inadverent and in no singlo instance” were they fired on. 'The letter said the shooting down of the training plane was the latest in “a long list of inhumane atrocities.” It demanded that the two Americans “be returned immediately to the United Nations command control” and asked that the bom(Continued on Page hive) BULLETIN Mrs. Thomas Kane, 74, formerly of Decatur, died unexpectedly -of w heart attack shortly after noon today at her ‘ home in West Lafayette. The former Miss Jessie Magley, she was society editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat for a number of years before her marriage. Survivors include her husband, throe daughters, one son, and a -brother, Harold Magley of Angola. Funeral ar* rangements have not been completed. **— ■f ; .