Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LUI. No. 196.

y , - - “ANY OLD PORT IN A STORM” - l | - • "'~s 1 4';rA-„‘,. u 4— WHILE THE RAMPAGING TORRENTS of rain and river waters Hood Philadelphia and eastern portions of the United States, in one of the worst floods in history, this dog (let), seems to have found a home atop a home, a dog house. Seeking safety from the swirling currents, the canine, like his counterpart, a chicken (right) sought refuge on anything “high and dry” in an area inundated by rains which have caused a state of emergency in many zones.

Historic Atom Conference At Geneva Closes Historic Atoms For Peace Conference Closes At Geneva GENEVA (INS) — The historic atoms for peace conference — at which east and west exchanged many of their most closely guarded nuclear secrets —ended at Geneva today with a Russian sur- j prise. The Soviets announced they would build cyclotrons as well as research reactors in Red China and the European satellites. The cyclotrons will permit the nonRussian Communist nations to pursue JbNr own research and investigations into atomic energy. Pacts signed by the U. S. with 25 free nations call for American construction of research reactors to produce isotopes but include no provision tor particle accelerators. The final session was to close with an address by conference President Dr. Honu Q. Bhaba of India who was expected to announce plans for a second meeting on the peaceful uses of atotoic energy in two or three years. Both the U« S. and (Russia described in detail today the nuclear aid they are giving nations with whom they have signed pacts. Soviet scientist A. N. Lavrishcshev said Red China would receive a reactor about three to five times as powerful as those to be built in Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary and Bul- ” garia. The Soviet satellite program puts Russia in a favorable position to join President Eisenhower’s international pool without making additional contributions or shipping atomic materials across the Iron Curtain. Atomic energy commissioner Willard E. Libby said the aim of the U.S. program is *‘to help other countries proceed, as rapidly as possible, toward economic production of electric power from the atom,” Libby revealed that the so-called “swimming pool” reactor is one of the research types the U.S. will bulid abroad under its aid program. It is estimated that a, “pool” type reactor can he built abroad for about 1800,000. ( Same Dismal Dirge From Weather Man INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The same dismal dirge came from the office of the Indianapolis weather bureau today. The forecast for the week end was mostly fair today tonight and ~ Sunday and continued hot. • Temperatures were in the high nineties in some areas today and there was no sing of relief. 18-Month Sentence For Tax Evasion INDIANA POLIS (INS) —Wayne Miser, Oormer 1 Republican atty judge of Fort Wayne, today faces lg months in prison for income tax evasion. Federal Judge William E. Steckler imposed the sentence on the 49-year-old defendant, who is the father of six daughters. He allegedly reported an earned income of $H3,00 for 1960 when he actually earned $22,268. NOON KDITION

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Proposed Levy In Berne Up Slightly More Proposed Tax Rates Are Listed The city of Berne has a proposed tax rate of $4.43 on each hundred dollars of taxable property compared with a present total rate of $4.40, figures filed with county auditor Frank Kitson reveal. 'The ability of Berne to hold its rate well under that of Decatur, Washington and Root, is credited to both the city corporation and the school consolidation. Both of' these units show reductions over a year ago in requested rates. Berne’s rate is divided as follows: Corporation. $1.09; county, 84 cents; state, 15 cents; library, 19 cents and school, $2.16. Berne’s valuation is placed at $3,850,000. about a third of the appraised valuation of Decatur. The .proposed levy in French township is $3.25 compared with the present rate of $2.96. Jefferson’s proposed rate is set at $3.35 compared with the present $3.22 rate. Hartford has a proposed rate of $3.19 compared with a present rate of $2.78. Blue Greek, which was able to shave considerable from the township and tuition proposed rate of $2.67 compared with a present rate of $2.66. All proposed rates will be presented to the county council, tax adjustment board and state board of tax <h>mmissioners for further study and for possible reductions. Any of (he three groups, by statute, can reduce but not increase a proposed levy. The council will get the budget figures at its September 5 and 6 meeting and the adjustment board will be called prior to the September 29 hearing set by the state board of tax commissioners. Governor Seeks To End Plant Strike Calls Management, Labor To Conference INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Governor George N. Craig was to meet today with representatives of management and labor in the violence pocked Perfect Circle Corporation strike. The governor said he W’as calling the meeting, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m„ in the hope of finding away to end the 26-day-old strike which has hit three cities. Four Perfect Circle plants at Richmond, Hagerstown and New Castle have been the site of clashes between non-strikers and strikers which resulted in a caM from local police for state trooper aid. The Tipton plant is not involved in the present strike. Gov. Craig said he was anxious to get the troopers back on the highways in order to hold down the climbing traffic fatality rate, which alreday has surpassed the 1954" level. Invited to today’s meeting in the gubernatorial office were officials of Perfect Circle, representatives of the United Auto Workers (CIO) and spokesmen from the state police nad the attorney general’s office. The strike began when negotiatinos failed to produce a new contract. One major point of contention was the union, or closed shop provision. During the 26 days of the strike, cars have been overturned, rocks thrown, several persons were beaten, and many windows broken, but no one has been seriously hurt, as yet

United States To Press For Release Os 11 Acknowledge Envoy Reaches Impasse At Geneva Parley WASHINGTON (INS) —lnformed sources said today that despite a stalemate at the Geneva talks the U.S. will continue to press for the release of 41 Americans held captive by Communist China. These sources acknowledged 1 that U. S. Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson has reached an impasse in his discussions with Red China’s envoy Wang Ping Nan. Officials said hopes for liberation seem more remote than when the parley began two weeks ago, but they added that the U.S. intends to keep talking with Red China until the American civilians are freed. Reports that the U.S. was impatient with the delaying tactics of the Peiping government and would call off the meeting were described in Washington as being without foundation. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and secretary of state John Foster Dulles conferred Friday for more than an-hour on foreign affairs, including the Geneva talks. Nixon later told newsmen that U. S. efforts to obtain release of the prisoners “were not very encouraging,” but he said the -government is still hopeful of gaining their freedom. The'early optimism stemmed from Communipt China’s sudden release of 11 U. S. flyers befofb the parley opened. Now, however, some officials believe this was a gesture aiming at wheedling large concessions from the U. S. at Geneva. But the U. S. has insisted on the liberation of the civilians with no strings attached. The U. S. maintains that they have been imprisoned without cause and they should, be freed before other issue's are discussed. Communist China has made twd demands. 1. Permission to question some 5,000 Chinese students who came to the U. S. before the Reds gained power in China, and 2. American recognition of Red jurisdiction over all Chinese Nationals in the U. S. Death Toll Os Five As Train Derailed 60 Others Injured > In Arkansas Wreck MARKED TREE, Ark. (INS) — Five persons were killed and 60 others injured when four cars of the St. Louis-San Francisco railroad's “Kansas City Florida Special” jumped the track. The last four cars of the streamliner leaped the track Friday and smashed into two freight cars standing on a siding at Marked Tree, Ark. The dead were identified as Mrs. Edith Randall Rinker, 25, and her ’lB-month-old son, Glen, of Macon, Ga; Patricia Jane Crawford. 28. Kansas City, Kas., and William Richards, 56, a train chef of Bonner Springs, Kas. One woman was unidentified. The 16-car train had just passed through the 3,000 population community when the crash occurred. O. P. Rainey, the railroad’s traffic manager, said the derailment was caused when a rod or pin at the siding switch snapped, probably from vibration. • Two sleepers, a dining oar and a chair coach gUM ** ttoto the (CoutMOMl-'an r ’'

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Death Toll In East’s Worst Flood Mounting Toward Mark Os 100

Pay Increase 3 Reported For Coal Miners High Placed Source Reports Increase In Pay To Be Announced WASHINGTON (INS) — Reliable sources said a pay raise sot 200,000 soft coal miners — reportedly $2 a day — is expected to be announced today. One high placed report said the miners would receive $1.20, effective Sept. 1, and 80 cents more, effective April 1, 1956, bringing their total basic dally wage to $20.25. Neither United Mine Workers Chief John L. Lewis nor president Harry Moses of the Bituminous Coal Operators’, Association would comment. Lewis and Moses reportedly worked out the agreement. At the UMW offices, there was a terse “no comment.” President Joseph E. Moody of the Southern Coal Producers’ Association was reported to be on vacation. However, there were strong indications, both from union and industry sources in Washington and in the coal fields, that a pay tie. crease would be announced today. One report from West Virginia’ said Lewis has called a meeting of hie 200-man policy committee for an unspecified date. The group usually is summoned to act on wage contracts. The present contract, which runs indefinitely, provides that Lewis can gvie a 60-day notice of its termination. Announcement of a pay raise, however, would be used as a substitute procedure. The proposed wage schedule Is based on the belief that the soft coal industry can not pay the full $2 at the present time. The total increase, however, would put soft coal diggers on a level with steel and auto workers. <a _______ Two Arrests Made * * Following Accident Owner, Driver Fined On Traffic Charges Two arrests were made Friday by the sheriff’s department and state police after an acicdent at a county road intersection one mile east and two miles north of Salem at about 5:45 p. BE Harold Dellinger, 30, of Willshire, 0., was arrested for permitting an unlicensed driver to his car and Earl Brodbeck, Jr., 15, also of Willshire, was charged with driving without a license. The accident incurred when Brodbeck made a( left turn at the intersection and struck a car driven by Mrs. Dwight Purdy, 53, of Midland, Mich. Damage was estimated at $75 to the Purdy car. Dellinger and Brodbeck appeared later in justice of the peace court and each paid fines of $1 and costs. Shortly after the accident another driver was arrested on U.S. 33 enroutd to Decatur for passing on a hill. He was Horace E. Mor timer, 57, of Oscola, who was fined $1 and costs in J. P. court. Also fined in J. P. court Friday was Ervin Martin, 17, of Decatur route five, who was arrested Thursday for operating a vehicle with a beginner’s permit and unaccompanied by a licensed operator. His fine was $1 and costs. A minor accident causing only S2O damage occurred in Decatur Friday at the Winchester street crossing of the Erie railrokd tracks. A car driven by Stanley D. Allison, 18, of Monroeville route two, slowed as he approched the tracks and was hit in the rear by a ear operated by Glen E. ReinBart, 26, of Decatur route four. -fl ■ . _ -——

bf Seven Servicemen Die In Air Crash Hits Mountain And Explodes In Nevada RENO, Nev. (INS)— Two Ohio airmen and three from Pennsylvania were listed today among the seven service men killed when !-their C-47 transport crashed into a mountain southeast of Reno near Hawthorne while on a training mission Friday. Stead air force base officials listed the dead as follows: Maj. Charles F. Dunn, pilot instructor; next of kin —wife. Dorothy, Sparks, Nev.; mother, Lucy L. Dunn, Canton, O. Airman 1-C Frederick H. Johnson, flight mechanic; mother. Sarah Anita Johnson. Cincinnati, O. Capt. Patrick J. McMullan, pilot; wife, Ruth, Reno; mother, Rose McMullen. Pittsburgh. Pa. First Lt. Stanley Abrahamson, co-pilot; mother, Myrtle Abrahamson. Springfield. Pa. First Lt. Eugene T. Kirven, navigator; mother, Martha W. Kirven, Harrisburg. Pa. Capt. Frank L. Burke, navigator instructor; wife, Ruth, Reno; mother, Elerta M. Burke, Las Vegas, Nev. Staff Sgt. Alvin E. Moore, radio operator; mother, .Ella’ Moore, Boonville, Ark. The plane apparently exploded when it hit the mountain, and debris was scattered over a wide area. The C-47 was one of seven on a traiinng mission. The other sTt completed the mission safely. A board of investigation was appointed to determine the cause of the crash. Escapee Captured " By State Trooper ' Kidnaped Woman Jumps From Auto AURORA. Ind. (INS) — An Indiana state trooper today captured a 25-year-old Ohio prison escapee shortly after his kidnap victim courageously jumped from her commandeered ear when it was stopped by a train near Aurora, Ind. Indiana state police saidT that Jack Johnson, 25, an escapee from the London, Ohio prison farm, had kidnaped Mrs. Helen Trainer, 42, from her home at R. R. 1, Charleston, 0., a suburban of Springfield, 0., at gun point Friday night. Johnson, armed with a .22 caliber pistol, allegedly warned the woman’s husband that if he called police he would kill Mrs. Trainer. The escapee forced Mrs. Trainer to drive westward. At the east edge Os Aurora on U. S. 50 this morning, the car had to halt for a passing train. Mrs. Trainer used this opportunity to gamble on escape. She jumped from her car and ran. State police said a family from Milan, Ind., whose name they did not learn, stopped and picked, her up, then notified Indiana trooper Paul Alford, at Aurora. Trooper Alford jumped in his oar and chased after the car containing Johnson. He overtook him four miles west of Aurora, and the escapee surrendered. Johnson was taken to the Dearborn county jail at Lawrenceburg to await extradition to Ohio. Contract Signed For Layoff Pay ELKHART, Ind. (INS) —The first guaranteed layoff pay contract with an Independent manufacturer was signed in Elkhart Friday by the Schult Trailer. Company and Local 693, CIO United Auto Workers. - Raymond H. Berndt CIO regional director, said the contract is basically the same as the General Motors and Ford pattern.

Five Reported Killed In New Morocco Riots I Several Wounded In Fresh Rioting In French Morocco CASABLANCA (INS) — Five persons were reported killed and several wounded today in fresh riots in French Morocco on the second anniversary of the firing of pro-Nationalist Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef. Three of those killed in Arab agitation in the villages of Bonjad and Oued Zem, 160 miles south of Casablanca, were French, Troops of the foreign legion and heavily armed French police kept a close watch on such trouble spots as Kenifra and Casablanca where 24 Arabs were killed Friday. One group of Moroccan youths demanding the return of Ben Youssef, who was deposed Aug. 20, 1953, and sent into exile on the French island of Madagascar, attacked a municipal building in a workers’ district in Casablanca this morning. Police fired on the group. I Foreign legionnaires and 150 I parachute troops ended the riot- '■ ing Friday in Kenifra. But tension remained and more fighting t was feared. The Atlas Mountain • Berbers—foes of the Arab Nationalists and the exiled sultan—were , a source of worry for the French security forces. Their leader, Thami El Glaoui, was credited with helping out the sultan in ; 1953. French resident general Gilbert G rand val returned to the capital of Rabat from Paris. He said he was satisfied with the talks he had with cabinet members on ways to settle the Moroccan crisis in which Nationalists demand the removal of the present sultan, Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa. Under the reputed French plan the sultan might be replaced by a regency council representing all political groups in Morocco. David E. Jones Dies At Ohio City Home Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon David R. Jones, 78, retired farmer and stock buyer, died about noon Friday at his home in Ohio City. O„ following a heart attack. He had been in faUing health since being injured in an auto accident rs months ago. He was born in York township, Van Wert county, 0.. March 23, 1877, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Jones, and lived in Van Wert county his entire life except from 1936 to .1940, when he lived near Monroe. Mr. Jones was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United .Brethren church at Van Wert. Surviving are his wife, Viola; four sons, Donald of Cleveland, 0., Lawrence of Logansport, Glen of Van Wert and Edwin of Ohio City; two daughters, Mrs. Elma Roth of Rockford. 0., and Mrs. Dale Moore of Whittier, Calif.; seven grandchildren; four great-grand-children. and a brother. John A. Jones of Van Wert county. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the CoWan & Son funeral home at Van Wert, the Rev. Ralph W. Faulkner officiating. Burial will be in .Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio City. Friends may call at the . funeral home until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER .Fair, continued hot and humid tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 68-75, high Sunday 93-98.

Strauss To Report On Atom Conference Will Fly To Denver For Report To Ike FRASER, Colo. (INS) - Atomic energy chairman Lewis W. Strauss will fly* to the summer White House in Denver to give President Eisenhower a full first hand report Tuesday on the Geneva atoms for peace conference. Mr. Eisenhower, It was announced, will take Strauss back with him the same day to Washington, where he will confer with secretary of state John Foster Dulles before flying on to Philadelphia for a Wednesday speech. The announcement from the President s Rocky Mountain fishing camp underscored this country’s determination to move as swiftly as possible to follow up the Geneva conference with specific atoms for peace projects, with or without the support of the Soviet Union. Strauss, who headed the U. S. delegation at Geneva, will pause in Washington only long enough to change planes before flying on to Denver Monday. The conference ends today and Strauss will fly back to the United States this weekend. —Mr, Eisenhower "pluns do returnto Denver Sunday or Monday from Byer’s Peak ranch, where he is vacationing with his seven-year-old . grandson, David. Report Employment Higher In Decatur Industrial Payrolls Also Show Increase Industrial employment in seven Decatur manufacturing plants in July totalled 1.545 persons compared with 1,504 in June and 1,376 a year ago. the monthly Chamber of Commerce report reveals. The July, 1955, payroll for these employes totalled 3656,833 compared with $516,342 a year ago. (Electric meters, water meters, gas meters and telephones all showed an increase in total number in use for July of this year compared with July of 1954. Electric meters totalled 3,873 compared with 3,820 a year ago. Water meter total was 2,478 compared with 2,386 a year ago. Gas meters showed a total of 2,263 compared with 2,245 in use in July, 1954. There were 5.944 telephones in operation at the Citizens Telephone Co. compared with 5,789 a .year ag0,........ ...... ....... Births showed a decline. There were 42 in July of this year compared with seven last year. There were only 13 cases of poor relief in July of this year compared with 19 a year ago. Carlpadings, in and out, both fell off this year. In-loadings totalled 619 compared with 1,412 a year ago and out-loads were 882 compared with 1,104 last year. Postal receipts took a jump to $6,977 compared with $5,494 a year ago. Building permits totalled 21 this year and 14 a year ago. Vallies were down, -however, at $67,875 compared with a 1955 value of $72,375. Fort Wayne Crossing Blocked By Wreck FORT WAYNE, Ind. (INS) — Four cars of a Pennsylvania freight train were derailed at the east edge of Fort Wayne Friday afternoon. The accident blocked a crossing but no one was hurt. Elkhart Surgeon Is Sentenced By Judge HAMIMOND, Ind. (INS) —Judge Luther Swygert Friday sentenced a 39 year old Elkhart surgeon to a three year commitment to the federal medical center at Springfield, Mo. Dr. WaMo L. Lehman, the father of three children, was convicted of issuing false prescriptions lo obtain narcotics Tor his own use. ■ ;• •' . ’.. • .■ - —-p--' u ■ •

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Her; Crises Mounting In Four Slates East Coast's Worst / Flood Continues To Claim More Victims (By International News Service) The death toll in the worst flood in east poast history approached the one hundred mark today with the worst still expected in at least four areas. New crises were mounting tn Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania from the raging waters spawned by hurricane Diane. And acute situations were still being met in numerous areas of New York and Massachusetts. Pennsylvania had at- least 41 dead and Connecticut 38 in the mid summer nightmare which has also caused multi-billion dollar property damage. Helicopter crews, using rescue techniques learned in Korea, kept the casualty list down by snatching scores of individuals from trees, rooftops and other places of temporary safety. ” Rhode Island, the last of the New England states to feel the onalaught of the rushing waters, faced the greatest danger today. j A grave threat also was posed by the Connecticut river which is expected to crest at Hartford, Conn., at 30 feet. Flood stage for" the capital city is 16 feet. Stroudsburg, Pa., with 20 dead and “scores missing,” and Waterbury, Conn., with 15 already known drowned, were the hardest hit communities. The disastrous floodwaters of a dozen waterways left in their wake a trail of smashed dams, isolated and evacuated communities, paralyzed communications, washed out bridges and highways. A state of emergency has been proclaimed for parts of Massachusetts. Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The situation in the five hardest hit states was as follows: Pennsylvania—At least 41 were dead and 20 missing, Delaware, Schuylkill, Lehigh and Lackawanna rivers caused the heaviest flood damage in 52 years. Most acute situation at Scranton and Stroudsburg. Connecticut—3B dead. Crest of the Connecticut river expected hourly at Hartford. Gov. Ribicoff wired President Eisenhower “we are faced with a major disaster.” Rhode Island—Up to 10 missing. Woonsocket cut In two by bursting of Horseshoe and Rice City dams. Pawtucket sandbagging banks of Blackstone for expected crest today. Massachusetts — At least 10 dead. Emergency declared in central and western area; first complete rail blockade o's Boston for hours. New York—At least two known dead. Thousands forced to evacuate heavily populated Catskill resort areas near Port Jervis. Military helicopters rescued stranded campers. New Jersey — At least three missing. Greatest havoc along the Delaware river surging 32 feet above normal. Crest expected at Trenton today./ Other deaths were reported in Virginia and Rhode Island. The mid-summer nightmade followed torrential and record breaking rain in most of the affected areas. The initial floods were of a flash nature and are likely to be followed by still more damaging overflowing of banks of larger streams when they receive water from their tributaries. The federal government moved in two ways to aid. The army directed the first and second armies to aid flood stricken areas of Pennsylvania and New England. It also placed the third and fifth armies on alert in the event more help is needed. The small business adminlstra- a tion moved to provide emergency disaster loans to flood - stricken (Continued on Pag* Flva)