Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1955 — Page 1

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LIFE CONTINUES in an almost normal pattern in Southbridge, Mass., as Kenneth Blanchard sits in the barber’s chair of Albert who moved out into the sun to carry on his business. His shop, like most of Southbridge, was nearly washed away during the recent floods which crippled the eastern portion of the United States.

New Hurricane Edith On Way Toward Coast Not Regarded As Dangerous As Her Sisters MIAMI, Fla. (INS) —Mushrooming hurricane Edith aimed her 80 mph winds at the mainland today as she moved out of the South Atlantic along the same general pathfollowed by her death dealing sister storms, Connie and Diane. In its latest advisory, the Miami Weather Bureau placed the center of the storm about 970 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N. C. This position is about midway between the points where Diane was located on Aug. 13 and where Connie was churfting on Aug. 6. Chief hurricane forecaster Gordon Dunn pointed out, however, that this does uot necessarily mean that Edith will strike the same areas visited -by Diane and Connie. Edith presently is following a wesf northwest and northwest course and is traveling at about 12 mph. No land areas are in danger but shipping in her path has been urged to exercise? caution. Meanwhile, an area of suspicion being watched in the Gulf of Mexico is putting forth only scattered squalls. The Weather Bureau said the area shows no sings of developing into a tropical storm at present. Sees Unification Os Germany Soon U.S. Sees Unity Within Two Years WASHINGTON (OINS) — The United States expects reunification of Germany in two years. Top policy makers are convinced that the East German communist state can be liquadated peacefully and the country reunited within that time. This was revealed to Internation al News Service today in a high level review of the results of the “summit talks” of chiefs of government in Geneva in July and the prospects for the foreign ministers conference in October. Lt was disclosed that in Geneva last month. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles bluntly warned the Russians they will be judged by three yardsticks. The yardsticks were the same points President Eisenhower made publicly Wednesday in Philadelphia when he said there can be no true peace until: 1. Germany is reunited. 2. The captive peoples of the East European satellites are given freedom. 3. Soviet Russia calls off the subversive agents of international communism who are now at work (Continued on Page Eight)

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'Operation Noah' Is On In Full Force Federal Units Are Aiding Rebuilding WASHINGTON (INS) — “Operation Noah” —the rebuilding of flood ravaged areas of the Northeastern U.S. “bigger and better” — was well underway today. Lt. Gen. g. D. Sturgis, chief of the Army Engineers, estimated damage at one bfttton, «W million dollars. The Engineer Corps is handling the six state mop up job in the wake of last week end’s disaster. Sturgis added, however, that no one knows how much rehabilitation and new building in the wanted out area w'ill actually cost. The Army engineers labeled their task, "Operation Noah.” Sturgis, on his return from a personal inspection of the area, said: “This is one of the biggest toughest rehabilitation jobs since the one Noah faced after the great flood of biblical days.” To aid in the gigantic relief program, President Eisenhower ordered a loan program for defense industries which must be reconstructed or repaired. The President approved the program-under which S9OO million will be available for loans-at the Summer WMte House in Denver. Defense Mobilization Director Arthur S. Fleming put the plan into effect. Flemming also made such firms eligible for rapid tax write off benefits on expenditures for repair or rebuilding. As a third, step the ODM chief authorized the Defense and Commerce Departments to lease idle government owned machine tools and production equipment to de(Ccaunued on Pare Eight) County Council To Pass On Requests Appropriations Total Over $45,000 Requests for additional appropriations from county officials and various county departments totalling $45,288.75 have been filed for determination by the County Council September 6 and 7, it was announced today. The requests in legal form appear in today’s Daily Democrat. -There also is a request to turn back into the general fund an amount totalling $2,802.26 from the surveyor’s office and the county health department. Adams county has not had a county health nurse for several months since the resignation of Miss Marie Felber. Almost all of the requests are statutory. There, are no requests for salary increases. One request of the hospital board is for $lO,000 for nurses and aids salaries is actually a transfer from the operating balance and the $15,000 request by the highway department is actually a request for consent to spend. '

Reds May Gel Farm Surplus Benson Hints Products Would Be Limited To Perishable Goods WASHINGTON (INS) —Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson indicated today the administration may approve the sale of surplus perishable farm commodities to Russia if private traders ask for export licenses. Benson was asked at a news conference whether, in view of the easing of tensions since the Big Four conference at Geneva, there has been any revival of earlier proposals to trade surpluses with the Communist bloc. ’/ He replied: "I'm inclined to feel that if applications were made for licenses to export surplus perishable commodities, there would be no objection.” He qualified this by saying such a program would have to dovetail with overall national policy. The secretary added that there is nothing to stop any private trader from submitting such an application. He expensed 'Belief that the Commerce Department, which has jurisdiction in this field, "would look with favor” upon it. Asked to specify what commodities fats and oUs. He pointed out that with large hog and soy bean crops ahead, there may be substantial build ups of soybean oil and lard. He did not mention butter, of which thft U. S. already has a surplus. U.S. Solon Talks With Russ Deputy Suspicion Rules, Ellender States (Editor's Noto: —“Veteran Senator Allen J. Ellender “talked turkey” Thursday in Moscow to the acting bead of th* Soviet government — Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan. In the following article, the Louisiana Democrat relates what he told the Kremlin chief in presenting the views of many Americans toward Russia during a private interview and what Mikoyan replied.” By SEN. ALLEN J. ELLENDER Written expressly for LN.S. - MOSCOW (INS) — I talked for nearly two hours Thursday with the top member of the Kremlin hierarchy now in Moscow—Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan —about ways to improve relations between our two countries. Mikoyan is acting head of the Soviet government while Premier Nikolai Bulganin Is vacationing at his summer home On the Black Sea. At a private interview in his Kremlin office, Mikoyan told me the Soviet government and people would like to forget the harsh (Continuea on Page Two) Father Loses Suit To Regain Custody Children Remain In Care Os Relatives Abraham and Rachel Lehman of Berne were awarded custody of the three minor children of Thomas Lehman; Abraham's brother, in a ruling by Judge Myles Parrish in the Adams circuit court Thursday afternoon. The children are Kathleen, 6; Angela. 7. and John, 9. They have lived with their aunt and uncle since the death of their mother several years ago. The father of the children has now re-married and earlier this summer he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to regain custoday of the children. Two days of testimony brought out the fact that the children’s father had placed the children in his brother’s home soon after the death of their mother. He later moved away but left the children with their aunt and uncle, contributing only slightly to their support. Judge Parrish, in making the ruling, stated that he was concerned with the welfare of the children involved and that it was apparent that the children would be well provided for by their foster parents whom they refer to as mother and father. In further ruling on the case. Judge Parrish granted the children's natural father the right to visit them at any reasonable time and place.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 26, 1955.

Addition Os Rooms Is / r - ■ ■ r *■ Proposed For County Hospital In Decatur

G.E.-I.U.E. Sign Work Conlrad For Five Years Workers Agree In Heavy Voting At G.E. Factories The G.E.-I.U.E. conference board overwhelmingly accepted a historymaking five year agreement with the General Electric company in New York Thursday. The negotiating committee of the International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers, affiliated With C. 1.0., reached an agreement on Aug. 11 with General Electric on a general wage increase for this year and the next four years plus a revised pension, insurance and contract agreement. The negotiating committee accepted the offer subject to ratification of the G.E.-I.U.E. conference board Like offers >ere made simultanLike offers were made simultaneously to the independent U.E. and some 90 other unions representing G.E. employes throughout the country. U.A.W.-C.1.0, headed by Walter Ruether and representing about 5,200 employes and many of the other nifrons have also indicated acceptance of the G.E. offer. UX. which how represents the Decatur G.E. employes has turned down the offer and passed up the Aug. 15 effective date. The package offer, if accepted by U.E., would have meant an increase In job rates ranging from 23 and a half cents to 51 and a half cents per hour over the next four years for Decatur employes. in addition to the substantial wage increases, the offer turned down by U.E. included a one-way cost-of-living arrangement to add to this rates with a rise in the cost of living index. The offer provided for an immediate additional increase in take-, home pay by reducing by one percent, contributions of employes to the pension fund and a further one percent reduction three years (Continued on Page Eight) Flood Relief Fund Here Is Only $54 Quota For County Is Raised To S6OO Needs continue to grow in the eastern f]ood disaster area according to a telegram received here from E. Rolland Harriman, national Red Cross chairman. The estimated number of families, according to Harriman, who are looking to Red Cross for . assistance exceeds 10,000 and continues to mount. To give adequate help will require funds in excess of $8,009,000. The original Adams county quota of $535 for the disaster fund has now been raised to S6OO. In his telegram Harriman expressed the hope that every effort would be made to have it substantially over-subscribed. Red Cross women here, assisted by Girl Scouts, will have boxes for collections set up in the First State Bank all day Friday and Saturday. They will also be at the Adams Theater Friday evening and all day Saturday. Boxes are being distributed today at Monroe, Berne, Geneva, Linn Grove and Pleasant Mills, according to Mrs. Wanda M. Oelberg,- executive secretary of the local Red Cross. The fund now totals $54 with $32 previously reported, $5 from Hugo Boerger, $2 from Mrs. A. Gutowitz, $5 from N. A. Bixler, $5 from Frank Kitson and $5 from Mrs. Blanch Kerns. WEATHER Fair and a little warmer this afternoon and tonight. Saturday turning hoL High today 90, tow tonight 66, high Saturday 93.

J Lower Federal Tax •Rate Seen In 1956 | Door Left Open For Reductions ” WASHINGTON (l-NS) —Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey left the door open today for Conegress to cut income taxes next year if a balanced budget is in Bight. He and Budget Director, Rowland Hughes said they both believe that such a balance can be achieved . within the next 10 months. The two administration financial leaders made the statements in discussing new estimates of government income and spending for ■ the current fiscal year. ■ > " . The report said the government expects to take in $62,100,000,000 before next June 30 and spend $63,382,000,000 for a dificit of sl,732,000,000. Humphrey and Hughes pointed out that government expenditures 1 need to be cut only three per cent mor to balance the budget. They need to be cut only three per cent more to balance the budget. They were confident that this amount of ' new economies could be found by diligent search through the government. Their optimism made chahces much brighter for a cut in income taxes during the next session of ■ Congress. 4L. legislators are anxious to do ' seme tax trimming In 1956 because of: the fall persidential and con- } gressional campaigns. The two’ parties differ only on how the cuts ’ should be made. t There was little doubt that the j slashes would be made in income } taxes since that is politically the most elective and because the ad- ] ministration wishes to keep busiI ness taxes at close to present levr els to hold back inflationary presI sures. t Humphrey’ told the newsmen that the administration will favor re- . duction of levies as soon as “we . can look down the road and see .’ money that will be available.” i - > 1 Former Decatur Nun Heads New Community Glendale, O. —The first mother general of the Glenmary Sisters, a community of religious affilated with the Home Missioners of America, is Mother Mary Catherine Rumschlag, a native of Decatur. She wa*s elected at the sisterhood's first general chapter here, Archbishop Karl J. Alter Os Cincinnati presided. Mother Mary Catherine is one of the 15 children —-four of them in religious life—of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rumschlag of Decatur. She , joined the Glenmary community ■ in 1944 and in 1953 Archbishop ■ Alter appointed her to serve as mother general until the first geni eral chapter. Rev. Garl R. Shaw Reassigned Here Minister Is Returned To Pleasant Valley ißev. Garl R Shaw, pastor of Pleasant Valley Wesleyan Methodist church of Adams county, was reassigned to the local church at ■ a recent meeting of the annual Indiana conference of that denomination held at Fairmount. Rev. Shaw will start his fifth year as pastor of the Pleasant Valley congregation. During the last ' four years, both the church and parsonage have been remodeled ' and modernized. New Sunday School rooms have been added in the basement of the Church and membership has grown, according to the annual report. The Shaw family resides in the parsonage, which is near the Church. ,

Registration Os Public School Students Sei Two Buildings To Be Used For All Pupil Enrollments Registration plans for all public school students of Decatur were announced today by principals Hugh Andrews. Decatur high school, Bryce Thomas, Lincoln school and Hubert Zerkel, Northwest Elementary school. The high school and eighth grade registrations, which will be made at Decatur high school are as follows: Monday, August 29, seniors; Tuesday, August 30, juniors; Wed: nesday, August 31, sophomores; Thursday, September 1, freshmen; Friday morning September 2 at 9 o'clock, eighth grade. High school students have all day on the designated days to register but all eighth grade pupils are requested to be at the high school building promptly at 9 o'clock in the morning on their registration day. The office of Principal Andrews in Decatur high school will be open each day from 9 o’clock 1n the morning until 3:30 o’clock in the afternocn. Locker keys w’ll be distributed and the boon rental ro>m will be open so that all those renting books may get the proper ones. Registration for all othe: pupils of the two schools wilt ba made at Lincoln school. Grade pupils are asked to report at Lincoln school auditorium at their designated time to obtain book lists and room assignments. Here is a schedule by grades: Monday morning, August 29 at 9 o’clock, sixth grade; Monday afternoon, August 29 at one o’clock, fifth grade. Tuesday morning, August 30 at 9 o’clock, fourth grade; Tuesday afternoon. August 30 at one o’clock, third grade. Wednesday morning, August 31 at 9 o’clock, second grade’ Wednesday afternoon. August 31. at one o'clock, first grade. Parents of all kindergarten boys are asked to register for their children Thursday morning September 1 between 9 o'cloca and 11 o’clock. Parents of girls of kindergarten age are asked to register their children Thursday afternoon, September 1 between 1 o’clock and 3 o’clock. All seventh grade pupils will register Friday afternoon September 3 at 1 o’clock. Parents of kindergarten children are asked to bring their $2.00 registration fee and also their Children’s birth certificates. Those who already have presented birth certificates do not need to return them for registration. Children are not required to accompany their parents for kindergarten registration. Court Os Honor Is Open To Prospects Any boy wishing to be a Boy Scout is asked to bring his parents to a court of honor, which will by troop 63 at the American Legion home tonight at 8 Registration for troop members will be held and parents ■are invited. v Five Speeders Mix With Electric Timer Five more speeders were slowed down by the police departments electric timer on Thirteenth street yesterday. Those arrested were SChris Lehman, Berne, Indiana; W. Wayne Prillman, Care, Michigan; Gaylord H. Spears, Fort Wayne; Virgil C. Morningstar- route six, Decatur; and Donald W. Hirschy of Decatur. The first three offenders paid fines of one dollar and costs amounting to $15.75 and the other two will appear in court at a later date.

Pastor Is Returned

If ' A Rev. Paul D. Parker The Rev. Paul D. Parker has been returned for a third year as pastor of the Nuttman Avenue United Brethren In Christ church of Decatur. The assignmeht was made by the Alglaize annual conference held at Rockford, 0., recently. The Rev. Mr. Parker resides in the newly built parsonage on Nuttman Avenue, which was an achievement of the local congregation during the past year.

No Objections Are Filed On Budget School Board Sends Budget To Council No objections to the proposed budget of Decatur school system were voiced at the special meeting of the Decatur school board held Thursday night at Decatur high school. The meeting was held in compliance with the statute and the proposed budget now goes to the Adams county council and then to the tax adjustment board. Final approval rests with the state board of tax commissioners and the final hearing is set for September 29 in the office of auditor Frank Kitson. " The school board also authorized legal advertisement for bids for the purchase of 25,000 gallons of fuel Oil to be used in the heating plant of the Northwest Elementary school. Bids on the fuel oil will be received Tuesday September 6 in the office ol Superintendent W. Guy Brown. TV Networks Urged To Cut Down Crime No Direct Link Is Found By Probers WASHINGTON (INS) investigators urged today that television networks and stations tone down crime and violence shows, A Senate subcommittee headed by Sen. (F Tenn.,) said such action would avoid a risk of leading some children into crime. ... However, the Investigators reported it could find no proof that TV thrillers actually contribute to delinquency. But the group said there is a "calculated risk.” The* subcommittee argued that such programs could -be “potentially” more harmful than similar fare in movies, on radio broadcasts or in domic books. In an interim report based on hearings on New York and Washington, the subcommittee explained that a child has television available “at a flick of a knob.” “ The group said that, in contrast, a youngster has to spend time and money to go to a theater or a newsstand. Kefauver’s subcommittee proposed that a presidential commission be established to study effects of all mass communieatiois a adit ot juvenile minds. They said that “listening councils” also might be set up by local citizens' groups to pass on TV programs.

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Hospital Board Asks Funds To Plan Expansion Ask For $2,500 To Moke Survey And Devise Plan The board of trustees of Adams county Memorial hospital has asked the County Council for an appropriation of $2,500 for the purpose of making a study and compiling plans for the addition of about: 12 to 15 rooms to the present building. The request for the appropriation, to be taken from the operating balance of the hospital fund, appears in legal form in today’s Daily Democrat. The plan to build an addition to the hospital was decided by a unanimous affirmative vote of the board and each member felt that a small fund was needed so members could visit nearby hospitals and inspect recent additions to thpse buildings, before plans are actually made. The present membership of the hospital board of trustees includes Cal E. Peterson, president; Dee Fryback, secretary; Wilbert Nussbaum and Henry Rumple. Board members said that they would seek suggestions from Adams couwCy citizens in all pans of the county, before making definite plans for the addition and also would seek aid from medical groups and state officials. No request will be made for a bond issue until final plans are adopted, it was pointed out The present work will be entirely preliminary :and several meetings will be necessary to work out a definite plan, president Peterson said. Patients are housed double in single rooms and in the balls about half of the time with the present facilities, it was pointed out and many patrons have voluntarily suggested additions to the building. • Board members said there would be no elaborate plans, but that they would exert every effort to gather sufficient information and suggestions to make the local hospital one of the finest county hospitals in the state. Members of the board have contacted numerous civic groups and service organizations in all parts of the county and have invited them to take part in the hospital improvement program. Many have signified their willingness to cooperate in the movement. Decatur Rotarians Host Golf Match 108 Attend Dinner Thursday Evening Rotarians from Berne and Bluffton were guests of the Decatur Rotary club for a golf tourney Thursday afternoon and 108 attended the dinner held Thursday night at the Youth and Community center. Don Myers, manager of the Fort Wayne Coliseum was the guest speaker and the visitor outlined the various activities planned for the War Memorial building during the coming months. The speaker also related many of the managerial problems confronting the boss of such a large building. In the golf tourney held during the afternoon at Decatur golf club, low score prize winners included: Joe Kaehr, Decatur, 41; Mart Neuenschwander, Berne, 44 and John Flannigan, Bluffton, '45. High score award went to Roman Llechty of Berne. Ed Reynolds, 82year-old Bluffton Rotarian received an award for* being the oldest golfer to take part in the tourney. He said that he seldom missed a day playing the Bluffton course.