Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1955 — Page 1

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GIVES LABOR PLEA FOR PEACE *>fe ' c « s 3 . HL •* > . JKK& bwi ■n FOLLOWING New York Governor Averell Harriman to the rostrum tor an address to the second session of the newly-joined AFL-CIO in New York, Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell (left) is greeted by George Meany, new president of the huge labor organization. Mitchell departed from his prepared speech to indicate he felt Harriman was hindering President Eisenhower’s efforts for world peace after the New York Governor had attacked the administration’s foreign policy. He called for cooperation of the union organization with the President in the latter's "intense desire for peace.”

Attlee Quits As Leader Os British Labor Resigns As Leader. For Labor Party Under Pressure LONDON (INS) — Former prime minister Clement (Clem) Richard Attlee resigned today as leader of the British Labor party opposition in the house of commons. He is expected to be offered an earldom which will give him a seat in the house of lords. The veteran pipe-smoking Socialist, who will be 78 years old Jan. 3. did not hide the fact he quit under pressure. He told party members that since the last elections he had been ' approached frequently by prominent party members talking of his impending resignation. "That certainly does not help the party," he was quoted as saying, when he said he was quitting immediately. Attlee met with the party’s “shadow cabinet" and then a jammed session of Laborite parliament members. His resignation meant that the party’s 274 parliament members finally will have a chance to cast formal ballots in a youth-versus-age struggle which has been sim- ' mering in the party since labor’s resounding May 26 defeat at the hands of prime minister,Sir Anthony Eden’s Conservatives. Hugh Gaitskell. 49, party treasurer and chancellor of the exchequer in the last labor government —and regarded as the most proAmerican of the Labor leaders — is given a good chance of becoming the new party leader. Had Attlee resigned when he reputedly wished to do after the spring elections, Herbert Morrison. who will be fiS next month, likely would have been his successor. Morrison is a former deputy premier and foreign secretary. But a realignment since has brought Gaitskell to the fore with powerful union support. A third candidate for the helm is Aneurin Bevan, 58. left-wing faction leader and bitter critic of American policies. His chances aye regarded as slight. Nominations for the leadership will begin immediately but must be completed by Dec. 9. Results j of the balloting will be known Dec. . 14 unless a second ballot is necessary. Attlee has been a member of commons since 4922 and headed' the British government in the six critical years immediately after World War 11. Virtually all the members of the parliamentary labor party were present at the meeting. An appeal had been circulated for- a "good attendance”, after reports of Attlee’s resignation spread throughout the city Tuesday night and this morning. Attlee, neatly dressed as always, seemed a sad, small figure as he walked the long corridor to the room where he quit the leadership he had held for a party record of 20 years. 12 Pages

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Councilmen Accept Diesel Plant Report Diesel Generator Plant Completed Formal written reports showing completion of the city’s diesel engine generator plant on Dayton street wbre filed and accepted by the city council at Tuesday night s meeting at the city hall. The reports were filed by L. C. Pettibone, superintendent of the power department; the General . Electric company, which is correcting a fault in the generator rotor; the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton company, which installed the generator. and Emery, Marker and Campbell, consulting engineers. The main thought in these re- • ports , was that the plant is now completed, with two minor exceptions which are to be corrected, and that it has been operating successfully. According to Pettibone’s report, the construction began early in - 1953 andon Oct. 6. 1953, underwent its first trial run. He pointed . out that at first the generator plant caused excessive noise and vibration but this was corrected by the Lima! 0., company. A gear driven lubricating oil pump at the plant was also unsatisfactory and the city held-up final i payment and acceptance until this I could be replaced. i| Pettibone stated that, a motor i driven pump was installed at the I company’s expense and has been operating successfully for two months. One of the minor adjustments still to be made is the in- . stallation of three protective disj connecting fuses in the pump. These have been ordered from the i Westinghouse company but be- ■ cause of the strike, have not yet been delivered. The Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Co. will install them as soon as they are available and substitutes are being used in the meantime. The other adjustment is a crack i in the soldering of the generator rotor. .Letters from the General Electric company indicates that this fault will be repaired but that ! the work is progressing slowly I because it can only be done during I the hours when the plant is not in i operation. Pettibone further stated that at one time while the plant was in ; the hands of company representa- ! lives the engine became overhead ! ed. This was possible because an i alarm system had not yet been in- ■ stalled. His report shows that a ‘ series of minor failures in some of i the equipment was taken care of i by the company. Other reports filed with the city council showed that since it first went into city operation in November. 1953. the plant has produced 39.15 percent of the power used by the city of Decatur. The other 60.85 percent was produced in the steam plant on Third street. In 1953. the diesel power was on the, line 201.42 hours producing 81.900 kilowatt hours; in 1954, 2,830.92 hours producing 7,045,400 kilowatt hours, and in 1955 to djite. 4.839.66 hours producing 12,576,400 kilowatt hours. During 1955 the plant has carried an average of 2,824 kilowatt hours per hour.The plant is not operated on Sundays or holidays and until te(Oontlnueo on Sight) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy through Thursday, colder Thursday. Low tonight 24-33, High Thursday SO--38. ■ ' '•'o

Says Harriman Nominated By Tammany Hall Eisenhower's News Secretary Assails Averell Harriman GETTYSBURG, Pa. (INS) — President Eisenhower's news secretary charged today that New York Governor Averell Harriman has permitted Tammany Hall to "nominate” him for president. James C. Hagerty, .the White House aide, made the charge in rebuttal to Harriman’s attack on the Eisenhower administration Tuesday in a speech tb the AFL-CIO. convention. Hagerty said that Harriman, without announcing for the Democratic presidential nomination hhnself, has let Tammany Hall leader Carmen De Sapio annonnce for him. He declared that this was a "surprising” political situation, and one without precedent ip American history. Hagerty was asked if he would like to comment on the Harriman charges that Eisenhower aides have plotted to weaken labor and strip it of its political rights. He replied: "Well. yes. I think I will. For a man that isn’t a candidate, it seems to me fairly surprising that he allows himself to be put in a candidate's position by a leader of Tammany Hall. “That's the first time I've heard. as far as I know, in the history of the country, of letting Tammany Hall nominate somebody as a candidate for the presidency.” Hagerty was asked: “Are those your views or the views of the President?” He replied: “I was asked my opinion and I expressed it.” Fort Wayne Man Is Killed This Morning FORT WAYNE. Ind. (INS)—A 24-year old son? of a prominent Fort Wayne attorney was killed early today when his car hit a bridge abutment, on U. S. 30 about 13 miles east of Fort Wayne. Killed instantly was Robert C. Buhler. 24. son of Robert Buhler. 14th Anniversary Os Pearl Harbor Attack Sneak Attack From Japanese In 1941 WASHINGTON (INS) —Fourteen years ago today, the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into a war that cost nearly half a million American lives and sharply altered the course of history. On that “day of infamy”, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it, the city of Washington reacted first with shock and then with a sort of dedicated fury to its ■new role as the capital cf a free world at war against totalitarian forces. Dec. 7, 1941, was a moderately cold, partly cloudy, late autumn Sunday. The low’ temperature was 30 degrees, the high, 43. A biting wind w’hipped around the White House. The Sunday morning newspapers called the situation in the Far Ea»t “critical.” But there was no prediction, no warning, as far as the public was aware, that Jap- ! anese aircraft were about to gut the U. S. Pacific fleet at its Pearl Harbor station. The attack by 100 planes and a suicide flotilla, of midget submarines occurred at 7:55 a. m., Hawaiian time, 1:25 p. m. in Wash-j ingtoh. The fateful word was given to the American people by the late Stephen Early, then White House news secretary. In a conference telephone call from his home to International News Service and the other w’ire services, Early issued this terse bulletin: Pearl Harbor from the air and all■ Pearl Harbor from the air and all j naval and military activities on the 1 island of Oahu, the principal Am-j erclan base in the Hawaiian islands. A second air attack is repor: ed.,This one has been on air and naval bases at Manila.” That was at 2:22 p. m. EST. The old journalistic cliche, “all hell broke loose,” was never truer than it was that Sunday afternoon.

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20 Germans Killed By Tremendous Explosion In Apartment House _ ' I : ''

_ i Seek Showdown On Deadlock On U. N. Members Security Council Meeting Is Sought To Break Deadlock UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) — move to force a “showdown” meeting of the security council over the membership deadlock gained ground in the U. N. today. Britain, Canada, India and other supporters of the Canadian proposal to admit 18 free world and ■ communist states pressed efforts for a council session Friday on the problem. The big five powers in the 11nation group still sought a vetoless solution of the issue in view of Nationalist China’s threat to veto Outer Mongolia and Russia’s warning it will block entry of 13 free nations unless her Asian satellite is admitted. The U. S. at the same time, was reported reluctant to hold a council session without definite prospects of a solution of the nineyear deadlock. Some delegates said they doubted the Soviet Union would jeopardize the Communist parties in Italy. Japan, and the other free c ountries seeking admission by vetoing those states. New diplomatic moves, meanwhile, were under way toward breaking the stalemate between the Philippines and Yugoslavia in their batlte for the 1956-57 vacancy (Continued on rare Flva) 1 / Local Mans Father Dies At Bellevue, 0. Fred Sieger, 82, father of Leon : Sieger of this city, died Tuesday I ' morning at his home in Bellevue. ' O„ following a short illness of | pneumonia. Surviving in addition ’ to the son are his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Melvin Collins and , Mrs. Ralph Kauble, all of "Bellevue, i Mr. Sieger had visited in De- i catur on numerous occasions. Fun-, eral services will be conducted at ■ 2 p. m. Friday at the Foos funeral j home in Bellevue. State Highway Man | ls Struck By Car Jessie Springer Injured Tuesday Jessie Springer, 71, of Gwynneville, an employe of the state highway department, was injured | in an unusual accident at about noon Tuesday on U. S. highway j ■ 27 four miles north of Decdtur, I I where he was working. Springer, who was on foot on' the highway, was struck by a car | driven by Clarence Getting. 30, of Decatur route one. Seconds before, Getting’s vision was obscured by a spray of fresh cement i which covered his windshield. Springer was boring holes every ' 500 yards along the highway to test the surface thickness. Fresh cement was poured in each hole .after the test was made. As he was working on one of j these test borings, a passing truck i 500 yards south of him splashed the liquid cement on the windj shield of the Getting car. Oeti ting immediately reduced his I speed but could not see Springer 1 to avoid hitting him. ‘ Springer is reported in fair i condition at the Adams county j memorial hospital. He sustained two broken legs and back injuries from the impact of the car. The accident was investigated bv sheriff Merle Affolder and state troopers Ted Bieberstein and Cpl. George Coon.

it— Dr. James Burk On J i• City School Board Physician Named By Council Last Night The appointment of Dr. James Burk to the Decatur public school board was approved by the city council at the regular meeting Tuesday night at the city hall. Dr. Burk was the only person to file an application to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Harry O. Irwin. Irwin has resigned because he has moved • out of the city limits. Dr. Burk was also named to fill ■ Irwin,’s post on the city recreation • board. This term runs to June. 1959. At least one member of the ; recreation board must.be a member of the city school board. Other appointments by Mayor x John Doan. apftroved by the emmcil last night,' were Mrs. G. L. ■ Brayton, who was named to another four year term on the public library board, and Deane Dorwin and Charles Kent, who were appointed to the city plan commission for four-year terms, Dorwin's is a re-appointment. He has been serving on the plan commission since the resignation of Clarence Ziner. A petition by residents on Parkview drive in the Parkview third addition for street lights was referred to the electric Ityzht comM mjttee. ALso referred tojthis com intttee were petitions dpr rural line extensions by William Kohne in Washington township and by Don Grote in Union township. The council approved an agreement between the city and Alvin Hawkins for a rural line extension and another rural line agreement with Harry O. Irwin. i The council accepted the recommendation of the city plant commission that the Parkview third addition dedication and plat be accepted by the city. A resolution approving the plat and dedi- ! cation was adopted.’ The addition lies just west of Mercer avenue .in the south part of the city. It I includes 13 lots and has been | classified residential. Vincennes Attorney May Ask Nomination Boom Matthew Welsh —-ForDemocratßace INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The Democratic gubernatorial picture was changed substantially today when state senator Matthew Welsh. of_Vincennes, told friends that he may be a candidate. Welsh, a former federal district attorney, a month age/said—he ■ would not run because of the physical condition of his parents i which necessitated his taking | charge of their business interests. Asked today about this situation. i Welsh siad: ““Things are much better than they were in that respect.” Welsh said that many friends had exerted pressure on him since he indicated he would not throw his hat into the._ri.ng. formidable seventh district organization had been created for him and could be' back into action immediately, It was learned. Observers said that Welsh's probable comeback may be an after-“ math of th? sweeping- Democratic ! victories in the’ municipal elec-' tions last month which indicated : that the 1956 Democratic gubernatorial bid might mean something. Revival of -the Welsh boom placed the leading reluctant dragon of the Indiana Democratic party on the hot seat. He is Roger Branigin, I of Lafayette, who for a, decade | has toyed with rhe thought of runring for governor,, this year most of all. Branigin. a former president of the'lndiana state; bar association,. has vexed his -supporters by (Continued on rage Sight)

President And Top Economic Advisers Meet To Prepare Report To Congressmen On Nation's Economy GETTYSBURG, Pa. (INS) — President Eisenhower met with his top economic advisers today to review the nation’s economy and prepare a report to congress on the subject. Dr. Arthur F. Burns, chairman of the council of economic advisers. and Gabriel Hauge, presidential econotnic adviser, conferred with Mr, Eisenhower at the tern"pwafy'lVhite House in Gettysburg. — Their conversation was expected to hinge on statistics placing U. 8. business at a record peak and forecasting even greater prosperity in 1957, Continuing a trend of getting to his office earlier each day, Mr. Eisenhower arrived at 8:40 a. m„ (EST) and Burfls and Hauge joined him five minutes later. The Optimism of Burns and Hauge on the economic outlook is the core of the special economic message Mr. Eisenhower will send to congress in January. Their report will be a cheering one to the Chief Executive who is hoping for a balanced budget that may make possible some further reductions in taxes. Mr. Eisenhower has ruled out any tax cuts in 1956. if they would mean a further deficit or impair the nation's defense program. But. if a high peak of national prosperity results in tax collections, higher • than anticipated, some further tax reductions for the benefit of the “little fellow" would meet the president's approval. The forecast Burns and Hauge (Continued on Page Five) Program Is Listed For Music Festival - - y- — —' County Festival To Be Held Thursday I The-i>regram for the atrnual rouni ly music festival of the Adams I county schools has been announ- ; ced. The festival will be presented ; Thursday at 8 p. m. in the Adams' Central gymnasium. Participating will be the com-j | bined choruses and bands of Adams ! Central, Geneva, Hartford, Jeffer-; ! son, Monmouth and Pleasant Mills; : high schools. Dr. Merton Utgaard,' director of bands at Ball State; Teachers College, will be guest con-! ductor. Music instructors who are in ■ charge of arrangements for the i program are Donavon Gerig of AdI ams Central, Peter A- Figert of i Genevt, Thomas Hinkle of Hart- : ford, Edward Heimann of Jeffer■i son, Darrell iGerig of Monmouth and Helen Ehrsam of Pleasant | Mills. The numbers to be presented by the combined chorus are “Climbing Up the’ 1 Mountain” arranged by Smith, “Give Me Your Tired, Your| Poor" by Berlin-Ringwald, ‘‘Stouthearted Men" by Romberg-Scot-son. “Carol of the Bells" arranged ' !by Wilhouskey; “Serenade” from | Student Prince by Romberg-Scot-I son, and "Battle Hymn of Ahe Re-[ ! public” arranged by Ringwa'id. The band selections will include, “Little Champ" by Mesang, “The’ i Rosary" by Mevin-Walters, ‘‘HomI age to Youth" by Olivadoti. “Trombrero” by Cofiel with a trombone trio featuring Dan Craig, Allen Sprunger and Jerry Moser. “Themes from the Nutcracker Suite” arranged by Johnson, and “Christmas Greetings March" by Walters.

Spring Festival To Be Continued Here Decatur Retailers To Sponsor Festival A spring festival will aga*in be held in Decatur in 1956, according to a decision reached Tuesday noon at the December meeting of the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Committees are to be named as soon as new officers are elected, and* every effort will be made to insure a successful event. A favorable financial statement was presented to the meeting by Fred Kolter, Chamber executive secretary. Besides the investment of well over a thousand dollars in new silverware for use at the annual fish fry, and in many new p 4 test re Christmas decorai ions' which should last for many years, an increased bank balance was also shown. Ballots will be mailed to retailers later this week. A slate of officers was presented by the nominating committee consisting of CaT Peterson, Harold Niblick, and Dave Heller, and approved by the group. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes will become retail chairman for the year. Second high man will be vice chairman. The chairman serves on the board of directors of the Chamber itself. Seperate nominess are listed for secretary and for treasurer. Retailers are asked to return the ballots promptly. Decatur stores wilt be open again on Thursday afternoon of this week. Beginning next Monday, December 12, most stores will remain open each evening until 9 o'clock. Stores will close at 5:20 p. m. Christmas eve and New Year’s Eve, and remain closed Monday, Dec. 36 and'*Monday, Jan. 2, which are legal holidays since the holllidays fall on Sundays this year. Regular thursday afternoon closing will be resumed immediately after Christmas. Retail chairman Louts Jacobs expressed his thanks to the group for their cooperation during the past year. Monthly luncheon meetings have been held since August and there has been increased interest and actlvLty in retail affaire since they began. The next meeting ’.will be held January 10 at the Decatur Youth and Community Center,' with the newly elected . chairman-Ht -elHtrgfr. - r .. ■ i ~v _ ■ Employment Shows Seasonal Decline Still Record Level For November Jobs I WASHINGTON (INS) — The I government reported today that i total U.S. employment declined seasonally during November, but still was at a record level for the month. Unemployment increased during the month, reversing a month-to-month downward trend ’Sfhce last February. In mid-Novtember there were 64,-1 807,000 job holders, or 354,000 fewer | than a month earlier, and 2,398,000jobless workers, or 267,000 more' than in mid-October. In" a joint report, the Commerce and Labor departments said: "Employment rose sharply Over the month in automobile manufacturing and there was the custom- ■ ary pre-Christmas pickup in trade. ■ These monthly gains, however,! i were more than offset by large i j seasonal cutbacks in agriculture, I construction and food processing.” 1 Despite the overall decline, total! civilian employment was • some • three million higher than in November. 1954, and the report said non-agricultural employment showed better than seasonal gains from October to November.

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New Apartment In Frankfurt Hit By Blast Bomb-Like Blast Destroys Building Early This Morning FRANKFURT (INS)—-An estimated 20 Germans were killed this morning when a tremendous bomblike explosion destroyed a three-story apartment htftse in downtown Frankfurt. By mid-afternoon police had recovered 15 bodies and seven Other persons who were hospitalized with serious injuries. -- They estimated that a total of 32 persons were in the new apartment building when the explosion occurred. Among those presumed dead were the architect-owner and his family. Police headquarters said the cause of the explosion stilt -was “ undetermined late today. They did not discount the possibility of a private criminal act being responsible but said any political motives were unlikely since among the dead were only two foreigners, two Hungarians without any significant political background. The latest theory is that stored gasoline or kerosene in the basement caused the blast. Eyewitnesses reportedly saw a darting flame coming from a cellar window. Police also discussed the possibility of an old World War II dud bomb coming alive since the area was heavily bombed during the war. A neighbor described the explosion as “like a bomb going off." Twelve families lived in the apartment building. Pedestrians were passing by on the way to work when the blast occurred shortly after 8 a. m. (2 a. in. EST). The explosion was believed to have been caused by a gas main leak. Debris from the building, only recently completed, was scattered over a half-mile area. A general alert brought police and fire units from all over the West German city on the main river. U. S. army engineers were among the earliest arrivals at the disaster scene and joined in the efforts to dig possible survivors out of the rubble. Jobless Pay Claims Increase In State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The Indiana employment security division 'today reported last week's claims topped the week-hefore figure by 3,800. Director William C. Stalnaker said the totals amounted to 24,480 brought on in part by claims which could not be filed the week before because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Stalnaker said weather also - contributed to the increase which was about half the 42,529 claims I filed for the,, same w-eek a year j ’ | Help Fisht TB —. ..Buy Christmas Ssabw