Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1955 — Page 1

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IKE PRESIDES AT CAMP CABINET MEET WB i £ 1 |i. • .... \W7mC ijill J ff£ . I { luta^** *«v a^z^ei mH WITH THE PRESIDENT’S work pattern returning more and more to normal, this business-like view comes from Camp David at Thurmont, Md„ as he met with his cabinet. Clockwise around the conference table are: U. N. Ambassador Lodge; Interior Secy. McKay; Treasury Secy. Humphrey; Vice President Nixon; Attorney General Brownell; Commerce Secy. Rabb; Civil Service Commissioner Young: Presidential Assistant Adams; Defense Mobilizer Flemming; Budget Director Hughes; Labor Secy. Mitchell; Postmaster General Summerfield: Secy, of State Dulles; President Eisenhower; Defense Secy. Wilson; Agriculture Secy. Benson and Harold Stassen, Presidential Assistant of Disarmament.

Defends Right Os Criticism Os Policies Senator Humphrey Defends Criticism Os Administration WASHINGTON (INS) —Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D Minn.), today defended the right of Democratic candidates to criticize adminisrration “fulfillment" of foreign policy goals. He aaid blank-check acceptance of everything done by the Republicans would be a "disservice to the country " Humphrey was replying in part to a protest by Sen. Clifford P. Case (R N. J ), that Democratic presidential candidates were "campaigning openly" with “negative” criticism of President Eisenhower’s conduct of foreign policy. Case said in a statement that Mr. Eisenhower's presage abroad "should be strengthened, no: serve as a target of negative criticism alone" Humphrey, a backer of Adlai E. Stevenson for the Democratic presidential nomination, declared that the administration has received bipartisan support but that this “does ' not mean rubber-stampism—that you giverup the right to talk open- ; ly and freely about differences we ' have on the fulfillment of foreign policy." < The Democrat said he though Stevenson was “temperate and constructuve" in his Saturday Chicago speech in which he warned that the nation's security was “deteriorating" under GDP rule. Humphrey said the administration “might have given thought to bipartisanship” in making top diplomatic appointments and recalled a number of Republicans who served under President Truman. The Minnesotan contended that “it’s a matter of demeanor and good manners" when determining what is proper on constructive criticism and what is “destructive.” He added: “I’-m amazed to see the Republican leadership concerned about what our European allies think. They should have thought about that whenthey talked (about 'massive lietalialtion' and when they went contrary to our French and British allies on several Far East questions “ Stevenson, Sen. Estes Kefauver (D Tenn.), and New York Gov. Averell Harriman all’ rapped the GOP foreign policy record in the round of Chicago speeches last Saturday night. Harriman followed this IIP with still sharper criticism in a Seattle address Monday. Case-warned the Democrats that world peace will suffer “if partisanship gets the beiler of responsibility." INDIANA WEATHER Gradually clearing and much colder witji diminishing winds tonight. Thursday fair and cold. Falling temperatures today, low tonight 17-25. High Thursday 30-35. 20 PAGES

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• Bomb Is Found In Girls’ Dormitory Home Made Bomb Is Found By Janitor AMES. la. (INS) — The possibility that an angry boy friend may have planted a home-made dynamite bomb in a girls’ dormitory at lowa State college was investigated by state and local police today. The time-bomb, consisting of five sticks of dynamite with a percussion cap wired to an auto battery and housed in a wooden ammunition box. was found chained to a hallway post at Elm Hall, housing 136 coeds, early Sunday morning. College officials did not notify police authorities of the incident until Tuesday because they considered the bomb a fake. The device included a warning horn, actually an automobile horn, that sounded 20 minutes before the bomb was timed to blow up. Arthur Larson, a janitor who resides at the dormitory, pulled the wires loose. One coed had appropriated a stick of dynamite and taken it to her room as a “harmless' souvenir. State police joined Ames, la., authorities who, with the help of college officials, checked into the j love life of the 136 girls in the twostory brick building. They believe that a disgruntled i boy friend may have set up the device or that a student mechanical genius of unbalanced temperament placed it in the dormitory. How the time-bomb was chained to the hallway post on a stair landing between the first and second floors of Elm Hall remained a mystery. AU doors to the dorinitory reportedly were locked securely after the 10:30 o’clock curfew time. But police said that it is known some girls do get in and out of tile dorms after curfew. One of the coeds told police she passed the spot at 1:45 a.tn. Sunl day and that the bomb was not there then. The horn in the device sounded at 2:20 am., waking Larson and others in the building. H,e ripped out wire connecting the battery to an electric detonator and the five sticks of dynamite. Police chief Orville Erickson said the bomb was competently made. He added that “jerking those wires out could have set it off; it’s lucky that it didn't.” The device was checked for fingerprints. He indicated that if the bomb would have exploded many girls sleeping in rooms nearby might ' have been killed or injured. No Objections To School Bond Issue No objections to the proposed Adams‘Central school $35,000 bond issue w’ere filed at a public hearing on the issue Tuesday at the county court house. The petition for the bond issue has been sent to Indianapolis and it is expected that it will receive, the approval of the full tax board in the next few' days. The proposed issue will be made for the purpose of financing the construction of another unit on the present Adams Central consolidated school building at Monro*.

Baghdad Pact Is Hailed As Hope Os Peace Agreement Reached On Every Issue At Inaugural Meeting BAGHDAD (INS) — The inaugural meeting of the Baghdad pact nations was said today to have made the prospects of an ArabIsraeli settlement brighter than ' they have been for a long tii\e. That prediction came fromvawthoritative British sources as delegates of the five treaty nations—including four Arab states —hailed their success in creating a new defense structure, labeled unofficially the Middle East treaty organization (METO). A key British figure, whose name can not be mentioned, said that on the Arab side at least indications were increasing that the Moslem nations felt the need for a permanent settlement of the ancient dispute. The delegates reported that agreement had been reached on every ispue and that the organizational meetings “had been most successful.” The premiers of four Middle East nations —Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan — and Britain’s foreign secretary announced Tuesday night creation of the permanent council and military and economic committees. . Two Variances Are Granted By Board The Decatur board of zoning appeals at a public hearing Tuesday night granted variances to Ted Sudduth and Fritz Ellsworth and tabled a petition by the local Elks lodge at the lodge's request. Sudduth's petition was for permission to place a house trailer temporarily in a residential area. Ellsworth was granted permission to move his garage. The Elks petition to change their property from residential to commercial was withdrawn. Late Bulletins GETTYSBURG, Pa. (INS) — President Eisenhower today invited GOP national chairman Leonard W. Hall to visit him in Gettysburg next Monday. The announcement, the first disclosing a presidential discussion of politics since Mr. Eisenhower’s heart attack, revived the question of whether the Chief Executive will seek reelection next year. HAMMOND, Ind. (INS) — Two gunmen robbed a bank in Hammond today and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. The pair entered the Woodmar shopping center branch of the Hoosier State Bank. They scooped up their loot and sped away in an auto headed for Illinois, about two miles away. The robbery occurred at about 10:50 a. m. (CBT.)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 23, 1955.

France Makes Strong Appeal For Breaking Disarmament Deadlock

City Appointees Are Announced By Democrats Clark Is Only New Appointee, To Head Street Department Mayor-elect Robert D. Cole.. John DeVoss, city attorney for the new-administration, and all five councilmen-elect met informally Tuesday night and approved numerous departmental heads for their administration. Lester Pettibone was named superintendent of the light and power department. Ralph Roop was named city engineer and water superintendent. James Borders was appointed chief of police. Cedric Fisher was named fire chief. The only new appointment approved at last night’s meeting was that of Bernard Clark, who was named street superintendent effective January 1. Clark served as city chairman 'ih'-etfe successful effort of the Democrats in the November municipal election. He has long been associated in Decatur business enterprises and at present is the owner of several buildings! and homes at Willow Run. at the south edge of Decatur. He also | operates a trailer camp south of Decatur and is owner of a North Second street apartment house. The new councilmen and May-or-elect Cole pointed out in mak-; ing the selection of department! heads that each official would be held individually responsible for j (Continued on raise Six) Drainage Petition Opposed In Court Judge Takes Case Under Advisement Remonstrances against the Fred Stoppenhagen petition for drainage were taken under advisement by Judge Myles Parrish after a hearing Tuesday afternoon in Adams circuit court. Attorneys Hubert McClenahan and Ferd Litterer. who represented the remonstrators, presented arguments that the proposed ditch would benefit only Stoppenhagen and would not be of public utility. They further maintained that the costs assessed to the remonstrators greatly exceeded the benefits to be derived. -McClenahan pointed out to the court that the basis of determining benefits was to compare value of real property before and after the proposed drainage improvement. He claimed that the drain would not raise the value of the property of the remonstrators. Representing Stoppenhagen was attorney Severin Schurger, who argued that the drain would be of public benefit inasmuch as it would provide drainage for the land owned by the remonstrators and also for a county road which was in dangerous condition because of standing water. Schurger also discounted the remonstrators’ claim that costs exceed the benefits. He pointed out that the proposed ditch will be utilized for many years and that over the period of time adequate benefits would be derived to cover the assessments. The Stoppenhagen petition for drainage has been pending since 1953. If the remonstrances are upheld by the court the petitions by law. will be dismissed. The remonstrators in the case are August Gallmeyer. Edwin Reifsteck. Hannah Scheumann and Alton Rupright.

Bids To Education Conclave Rejected Democrats On House , Committee Rebuffed WASHINGTON (INS) — Angry Democrats on the house education committee have rejected White House invitations to observers at next week's national conference on education. They declared it was an “affront” to the committee that they were not asked to come as delegates and participate in the discussions. Among the Democrats announcing their refusal to accept the invitations are Reps' Augustine B. Kelley of Pennsylvania; Frank Thompson of New Jersey andi Cleveland Bailey of West Virginia. A spokesman for Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) indicated that the congresswoman also will boycott the White House session. Thompson said the invitation is “an affront to the committee because we've been asked to attend the conference but told not to open our mouths.'< • President Eisenhower called the I White House meeting to formulate j new policies on America's educa- ■ tional needs. A number of Republicans on the i committee Jiave indicated their j willingness to attend. Chairman Graham A. Barden (D-N. C.) will i be absent because of hearings on ■ minimum wage legislation in Puerto Rico, but*a spokesman for i him said that the only reason he will not attend. Auction School To , >.! Open Here Monday 71st Session Will Open Next Monday The 71st session of the Reppert , auction school in Decatur will open Monday. Nov. 28, for three: weeks of auctioneering instruction, according to an announce-1 ment by Dr. Roland Reppert,; owner of the school. An average class is expected; for this session. Instruction in all phases of .auctioneering will . be offered and the students will participate in several ’practice auctions during the three weeks. : Q R. Chaffee of Towanda, Pa., one of the country’s leading auc- j tioneers, is dean for the school. I which was founded by the late! Col. Fred Reppert. The school is ! recognized nationally as the best i of its kind. Students attend from al) over the nation and from Can- I a da. The regular staff of instructors will return for the coming ses-I sion and a new instructor, Gene ‘ Slagle of Marion, 0., has been added to the faculty. Other instructors include Wai-1 ter Carson of Triumph. Minn.; j Ray Elliott of Portland; George Borum, of Centralia, Ill.: Guy | Johnson of Columbus. ().; Donald Rolfe of Orient. O.; G. L. Pettit cf Bloomfield, la.: Clyde M. Wil-i son of Marion; C. B. Dfake of Decatur. 111.. H. W. Sigrist of Ft. I Wayne; H. B. Sager of Bozeman,; Mtmt r Homer Pollock of Ddlphos. ; O.; Earl Wright of Mount Gilead, i 0.. and Carey E. Jones of Oak Park, 111. . I Jesse Welty Rites Sunday Afternoon Funeral services, for Jesse, Welty, father of the Rev. H. J. Welty of thia city, who died < Monday night at Medford. Ore., will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Duller funeral home in Bluffton. 0., and at 2:30 p. m. at the First Mennonite church in that city. Burial will be in the Ebenezer Mennonite cemetery at Bluffton. The body will arrive in Bluffton Saturday evening.

Ike Continues Recovery From Heart Attack No Complications Are Reported In Medical Checkup GETTYSBURG, Pa. (INS)—President Eisenhower continues “to progress satisfactorily” in his recovery from a heart attack, and no complications have developed. This heartening report on the President’s stale of health came I today from the Chief Executive’s physicians after his weekly medical checkup. Presidential news secretary James Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower will go to Washington on Dec. 10 for a complete monthly checkup at Walter Reed hospital. Mr. Elsenhower may remain at the White House during the week-; end of Dec. 10 to hold a bipartisan meeting with congressional leaders I on Dec. 13. The meeting wou’ ’ Im? a consult-: ation with both Republican and Democratic leaders in congress on ■ foreign policy and proposals to be I ! submitted in l)is state of the union message in January. Presidential assistant Sherman 1 Adams flew up from Washington today to confer with the President i in his office. Mr. Eisenhower is expected to taper off his busy pace, and ohj serve a quiet Thanksgiving at his farm home with the First Lady ; and their grandchildren, David. 7, Barbara Ann, 6, and Susan, 3. Tuesday, Mr- Eisenhower presided over the cabinet for the first time in more than three months Thursday, the President will enjoy the traditional Thanksgiving feast with a close family group. . At the table will be Mrs. Eisenhower their son, Maj. John Eisen- : bower, and daughter-in-law. Bar- . bara, and the grandchildren. The ' Presidertt.’s brother, Dr. Milton | Eisenhower, may also be present. Former Decalur Man Dies Last Evening Clarence L. Macy Dies At Portland Clarence L. Macy. 59, former ; Decatur resident, died about 6 j o'clock Tuesday evening in his j trailer home in the Oakwood j trailer court one mile north of Portland following a heart attack. | He had been in failing health six I months. He was born in Jefferson township and lived in Decatur for ap- ' proximately 15 years, moving i from this city about seven years 1 ago. Mr. Macy was a veteran of ' World War I and a member of I the American Legion post at ; Portland. Surviving are his wife, Mod- ! jeska; his mother, Mrs. Frank ( Wechter of 804 Winchester ; street in this city; two sons, ' Lawrence E. Macy of Muncie and Bruce Macy of Fort Wayne; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Eugene Wechter of Speed; a halfsister, Mrs. C. A. Teeter of Gene va; a fost?r sister, Mrs. Thomas' Rawley of Berne, and a brother, Virgil Macy of Portland. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the Williamson funeral home in Portland, the, Rev. Lawrence Wertz officiating. Burial will be in Green Park cemetery at Portland, with the American Legion conducting military rites. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 o'clock this evening.

Predicts Ike To Seek Re-election Congressman Medic Makes Prediction WASHINGTON (INS) — A physician-member of congress said today he understands medical examinations have shown no permanent damage to President Eisenhower’s heart. Rep. Arthur L. Miller (R-Neb.) who was a practicing physician and surgeon for 16 years, predicted that Mr. Eisenhower will seek re-election. Miiler said that if the diagnosis is borne out, “there is no reason why Mr. Eisenhower cannot, run next year.” The Nebraska congressman added) “Os course, if future examinations show the heart has been damaged, then I'm sure ills doctors will advise him to take it easy in the future. No One then would urge the President "to be' a candidate again. “But if there has been no Tasting damage to the heart —and ev- ' ery indication is that there has not been—then there is no reason i why the President cannot serve another four years in the White House.’’ • > Miller, who does not'now engage in private practice, said in an interview that in his opinion the President could safely resume his i golfing, provided he limited himself to nine holes or so. The GOP legislator noted that j the Presdient suffered his heart ; attack Sept. 24 after playing 27 holes of golf. He commented: “He then had a late snack of hamburger and onions and I wouldn't be surprised if the onions brought on the heart attack.” Telephone School Held Here Tuesday Learn New Methods In Splicing Cable The Decatur Youth and Community Center w r as the s.cene Tuesday of a one-day school for representatives from telephone companies from four states to learn new methods in splicing a newly developed plastic covered telephone ca-, ble. The Citizens Telephone company of this city was the host company for the School and Charles D. Ehinger, president of the local ’ company, was responsible for; bringing the school to Decatur. The school was operated on a two-part basis. The morning session dealt with defining the principles of the new type of splicing as explained by films and various representatives of major manufacturing companies. After a lunch served to all present, the afternoon session was spent in the actual application of the principles learned in the morning as all the representatives of the companies took part in making the splices. The school was conducted byK. C. Gillette.-telephone cable specialist with the Ansonia Wire and Cable Company of Ansonia, Conn. Gillette was aided by representatives Earl Cheever and Ron Giles of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company; R. A. Clark,, Jr., president of the Communications Engineering and Equipment company; and Walter Witte, Robert Carlson and Leonard Tooke of the Cook Electric company of Chicago. The Ansonia Wire and Cable company is the developer of the new plastic covered cable that is • rapidly replacing the old lead covered cable in .the telephone industry: More and more cable is being : used by the industry as the trend i to suburban and rural living in- , creases. ' - The school was conducted on i th’e level and in the language of the layman but the various men present could answer any technion Page Clrhi

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French Leader Makes Appeal Before U. N. Appeals For New East-West Efforts To Break Deadlock UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) —France appealed strongly today for new east-west efforts at breaking the disarmament deadlock on the basis of “conciliatory compromises.” French delegate Jules Moch proposed that the Eisenhower “open skies” plan, the Franco-British proposals on disarmament and the Soviet May 10th armament plan be “synthetized”*' into a broad program for curbing nuclear warfare and the global arms race. Moch spoke in the UN disarmament commission which met under the presidency of Soviet representative A. A. Sobolev. It marked the first time the Big Four powers — /the U.S., Britain, France and Russia —met on the arras stalemate since the unsuccessful Geneva conference. Moch, first speaker in the debate, declared France refuses to accept the current east - west stalemate on disarmament as final. He declared his country “is ready to make such an effort again” toward obtaining global controls of armament including nuclear weapons. Warning that the threat of sneak atomic attack was growing all the time, the French diplomat urged a "synthesis” of all the disarmament programs beginning with Mr. Eisenhower’s plan for mutual air surveys and exchange of military blueprints. He suggested that the problem be attacked in two stages: First, the setting up of safeguards against sudden attack as proposed in the Eisenhower ,j>lan. Secondly, the working out of broad machinery for control of disarmament. Moch concluded by saying that France “remains resolutely optimistic” despite the failure of the Geneva Big Four parley to settle the disarmament problem. By coincidence, as Moch held the spotlight in the UN as the representative of France, diplomatic efforts were resumed in adjoining corridors to facilitate France’s return to the assembly. The Arab-Asian group was scheduled to reconvene with Indian delegate V. K. Krishna Menon on drafting a compromise proposal for shelving debate in the political committee on the Algerian question. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with fresh instructions from President Eisenhower on handling the east-west stalemate on arms limitations, probably will state his views at a later session. Lodge conferred with Mr. Eisenhower and other top U. S. officials Tuesday at Camp David in Maryland’s Catoctin mountains. He will study the French declaration carefully, /before setting forth the U. S. position. British minister of state Anthony Nutting, who returned from London, Tuesday, also will speak later. Soviet delegate A. A. Sobolev may expand on Russia’s rejection at Geneva of~the Eisenhower “open skies” plan. - - ’ 111 " Fight TB ™ CHIWnSJISxGBUTIMGS BSS > ..Buy Christmas Seals..