Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1955 — Page 1

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G.O.P. Plans To Answer Foreign Policy Attacks Nixon Visits With Dulles, Ducks Any Press Interviews WASHINGTON (INS) — The ad- . ministration was reported today lining np arguments for a campaign hitting back at Democratic attacks on U. S. foreign policy. Speculation on Republican plans increased following a visit by Vice President Richard M. Nixon with secretary of state John Foster Dulles at the state department late Wednesday. The two men conferred for 45 minutes. Then Nixon ducked out via a back entrance, thus avoiding reporters waiting to speak to him. There was no official report on what they discussed. Observers believed that the vice president was picking up ammunition to fire back at the Democratic critics. Chief of these are Adlai E. Stev-' enson, announced candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, and Gov. Averell Harriman of New York, who is considered to be seeking the nomination even though he hasn’t said so. The two men — with Harriman the more outspoken—have labeled the Dulles foreign policy a failure. The secretary of state and Nixon, in the 1952 campaign, spearheaded Republicans attacks on the Roose velt Truman foreign policy. Dulles has urged no partisan debate on international issues, and said he will not campaign in 1956. But the secretary, at ’bls news conference Tuesday, gave a broad hint that the administration is not going to sit idly back and take the Democratic knocks. He said: “I think there are plenty of people in the country who will rise up to answer what they believe to be unfounded attacks ... I would not want to designate them — it is not my function to designate them. But if you are afraid there aren't any such people, I think 1 can probably allay your fears.” Five Youths Leave For Army Induction Five Adams county young men left this morning for Indianapolis for induction into the armed forces. They were Delbert Henry Witte, Donald Richard Bleeke, Robert Lindell Ross, Darrell Leon Burgess and Arthur Jackie Daniels. According to an announf'ement from the selective service board, Norman Richard Eckrote failed to report for induction due to the fact that he failed to supply the local board with his current address. The law requires that young men keep in touch with their local board, notifying in writing of any change of address and notifying in writing of any fact which might change draft classification. Each registrant should keep his file up to date by informing the board of any change of occupation, marriage or births. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy, tome snow flurries mostly north portion tonight and Friday. Somewhat colder tonight. Low tonight 18-25. High Friday near 25 north, 25-32 south.

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Charges On Lamb Examiner For FCC Releases Findings WASHINGTON (INS) — A 'federal communication commission examiner has urged dismissal of all pro-communist charges raised by the government against pub-lisher-broadcaster Edward Lamb, of Toledo. Ohio. Examiner Herbert Sharfman declared Wednesday that the FCC should rene w the license for Lamb’s television station WICU at Erie, Pa. Sharfman declared after presiding over eight months of hearings that there was no evidence to “compel a finding" that Lamb knowingly associated with communist organizations or falsely denied red links to the FCC. The examiner said: “It is concluded that Lamb possesses the qualifications necessary for a broadcasting station licensee that grant of the application would be in the public interest, convenience and necessity.” Lamb, a wealthy Toledo lawyer, owns radio, TV and publishing .properties in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. He has strenuously denied all pro-communist charges raised against him. Sharfman agreed with Lamb in a 139-page decision summarizing one and a half million words of testimony for and against Lamb. Sharfman's recommendation is subject to approval of the FCC itself. If the commission does not act. approval is automatic after 40 days. The FCC proceedings against Lamb began in 1953 when the renewal of his license for TV station WICU was held up pending study of allegations against him. This year. Sharfman presided over a hearing which included testimony from 32 witnesses. / Sharfman declared: “Looking at Lamb's conduct in (Continued on Bfttre Five) Jury Trial Is Set Here December 13 Additional Names Drawn For Jury In preparation for a jury trial in Adams circuit court, several’ additional names for the petit jury of the November term were drawn Wednesday by the jury commissioners. Scheduled for trial by jury Dec. 13 is the complaint for personal injury and property damages filed by Earl L. Noble against Carl C. Wappelhorst and venued from Jay county. The plaintiff seeks $25,000 for damages resulting in an automobile accident in Jay county. JenkinsandFielyandCuster and Smith law firms represent the plaintiff. The defendant is represented by Smith and Frazer law firm and John L. DeVoss. The additional members of the petit jury include Walter Neuerge. Preble; Homer Lewis. Union; Clarence F. Morgan. Decatur-Wash-ington: Robert Lehman. Jefferson: Homer Landis. Washington; Robert Hanni, Geneva: Carl C. Fuelling. Root: Elmer Beineke, Preble; Bob Haecker. Berne; Wilmer Steffen. French; Ivan Booher, Geneva; Claude Monee Jr., Hartford; Bill Mowery, Kirkland; Everett S. Rice. Monroe: Duane Harmon. Monroe; Ben Gerke. Root, and Hershel Nash, Decatur. *■'

Stevenson In Endorsement Os Labor Merger declares Some GOP Leaders Stirring Up Class Conflict NEW YORK (IJSS)— Adlai Stevenson declared today that some Republican leaders are guilty of “hate mongering” and of stirring up “class conflict” by accusing the new unified labor movement of setting up a monopoly and trying to ’ Take'oveFfhefederal government? Stevenson spoke before the first convention of the new AFL-CIO, created by merger of the two big labor organizations last week. Leaders of the merged federations, meanwhile, strove to wind up the convention and adjourn by nightfall. ’The former Illinois governor. Democratic standard-bearer in 1952 and candidate for the 1956 presidential nomination said Republican leaders who are sounding warnings about the increased power of labor are playing "a distressing and dangerous brand of politics." He strongly endorsed the merger, and said: “It remains basically important that labor's relationship to the rest of society be faced soberly, not as an excuse for arousing passions and fears, but as an opportunity for increasing"democracy's strength to its maximum.” American Legion national commander J. Addington Wagner, another speaker, insisted that the U. S. should cut off aid to India and other nations “which would profit from the cold war by carrying water on both shoulders.” He declared the U. S. should “stop trying to buy friendship with money" and said: “We encourage neutralism, as it is sometimes called, by making free - handed grants to countries which have no genuine friendship for us, and which cooperate with our enemies even while accepting our assistance.” Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, president of the national council of churches, acclaimed the AFL-CIO merger as a step in strengthening basic American freedoms. Bank Employes Foil Attempt At Holdup Amboy Bank Bandit Foiled Wednesday PERU, Ind. (INS) — A baffled would-have-been bank bandit was sought today after employes of the Farmers State Bank at nearby Amboy succeeded in their risky defiance of his gun-enforced demands. Thfe man, who wore a pink false nose that kept coming loose, entered the bank at closing time and pulled a gun on Paul Norris, the cashier. Although Norris had been shot in the leg in a previous holdup of the bank, he just sat still and did not attempt to carry out the order to hand over the money. Two other employes, who were working behind a bulletproof window counting money also defied the gun-wielding false-nose bandit. Miss Kathryn Lindley, who had been held hostage by a bandit in the previous holdup in 1927, reached for a telephone, and the man turned ahff'ran. Miss Lindley ran after him with a revolver, but turned back when she discovered the weapon", kept in the bank, was not loaded. Police took up the chase, but lost the fleeing man some 15 miles southeast of Peru. The man was described as about 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, and wearing a brown felt (Continued oa Pa«« Five) .... Restrictions Lifted On Hospital Visits Officials of the Adams county memorial hospital today lifted resmctioiis against visits to patients in the 'institution. The restrictions were imposed several days ago because of crowded conditions at the hospital. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS) — General Motors Corp, gave congress today a point-by point denial of charges of dealer-domination and declared it doesn’t want control of its business In the . hands of “some bureaucrat” . Spokesmen for the big aute cited records of fat profits by dealers and ex-dealers who have testified that GM sales policies have been unfair.

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Eisenhower Attempts To Trim 1956 Budget To Provide Tax Cuts

U. N. Assembly Slated To Vole t On Admissions > Committee Okays Seating Eighteen At Current Session UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) —The UN assembly was expected to call today for admission of 13 free world states and five Soviet t satellites, including Outer Mont golia. i The assenioiy meets to act on a ( recommendation, approved by the r special political committee Wedi nesday night, that would seat the 18 during the current session, . which ends Dec. 16 — The recommendation was passed , by the committee by a vote of 52 t to 2, with five abstentions. Nationj alist China and Cuba voted against the measure* sponsored by Canada and 27 other states. The U. S., France. Belgium, Israel and Greece abstained. The security council is expected to meet later this week or next Monday !to consider the proposal ’ after its anticipated approval by ( the general assembly. The 18 states proposed for adr mission are Austria, Italy, Fin- ’ land, Ireland, Japan, Ceylon, Cambodia, Jordan. Libya, Laos, Nepal, Portugal, Spain and Communist i Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, (Romania and Outer Mongolia. The recommendation does not list the 18 by name, referring simply to “the pending applications for membership of all those 18 countries about which no problem of unification arises.” The wording covers the 13 free nations and the five satellites but excludes South Korea. Vietnam and all of which are divided. r Cuba had proposed addition of South Korea and the Vietnam Republic to the 18 but withdrew the motion.-Germany was not included in the Cuban amendment because it has not applied for UN membership. Some of the 13 nations, such as Italy and Austria, have been vetoed repeatedly by Russia in retaliation for UN refusal th admit the satellites. Russia now maintains it will support all the 13—-provided its own candidates also are admitted. Nationalist China, however, has refused to go along with the “package deal" and has said it will veto Outer Mongolia. The Soviets insist that all 18, including Mongolia, must be admitted. or none at all. In view of the Soviet and Nationalist veto threats, the 11 secur(Contlnued on Page .Five) County Buildings Inspected By Jury Annual Inspection Made By Grand Jury Members of the November term grand jury made the annual inspection of county buildings Tuesday and Wednesday. The inspection tour included the court house, jail and county home. Proceedings .of the grand jury are kept secret and decisions are announced ,in a-report which has not yet been filed. Prosecuting attorney Lewis Lutz Smith accompanied the jury members on their tour of inspection. The jury includes Ivan Heare of Kirkland township, foreman, and Russell Miller of Decatur-Washing-ton; John Burger of Union, Paul F. Bleeke of Root. Ross W. McKean of Decatur-Washington and John V. Heller of Preble. Court reporter Romaine Raudebush was named to serve as secretary for the group and Tice Baker was appointed grand jury baliff. The current jury ia subject to call at any time during the November term of court which will end in January.

Wisconsin Bandit Suspect Arrested Wisconsin Bank Is Robbed Os $74,293 CHICAGO (INS) — An ex-con-vict answering the general description of the robber who fled with $74,293 from a Lake Geneva. Wis., bank was questioned today by Chicago police. The suspect, Donald J. Kramer, 32. was captured Wednesday night after an auto chase on the south side. He told police he had been in Lake Geneva Wednesday. Further questioning was delayed until Kramer became sober. A gunman, wearing a Holloween “horror mask" locked eight employes ofe’the First National Bank in a vault Wednesday and then forced the bank vice president. George -Allen, to ope n a vault from which he took the loot. Kramer was disarmed of two guns by policeman Hank Davis. 30, after he was curbed in a stolen auto. Davis said Kramer offered him SI,OOO to let him free, saying: “I don’t want to go to jail. I’m too hot to go to jail.” Also seized in the car was Kramer's wife, Patricia, 28. She carried a switchblade knife in her purse and a small knife in her coat pocket. Both Kramer and his wife had been drinking heavily. Police said an early corpparison fits Kramer as the “smh.ll man with the deep voice” who]held up the Wisconsin bank. \ 698 Gifts Donated To Mental Patients Cash Donations Are Added To Gift Total The drive in Adams county for Christmas gifts to be distributed among patients in Indiana’s mental hospitals brought in a total of 698 gifts in addition to cash donations, according to a -report by Mrs. Lowell Harper, county chairman of the drive. Mrs. Harper stated that the money will be used to purchase a portable record player for the recreation ropm of the hospital at Richmond. Organizations and individuals from all parts of the county contributed to the Christmas gift drive, which is an annual project ot the Indiana association for mental health. It was noted that -Decatur and Preble contributions showed a sharp increase oved the amount year. Mrs. Clarence Mitchel, chaThnan of the Adams county chapter, of the association. and Mrs. Harper expressed appreciation to all the workers and donors who helped make the drive a success. A note of special thanks was expressed for the staffs of two collection stations. Miss Gloria Koenemann and Miss Sally McCullough were in charge of collections at the county extension office and Betty Walters and Freda WilUamsdn had charge of collections at the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. office.A large group of wpmen assisted with the packing and recording of the gifts at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Wednesday. 1 ■ , Jncludad-in,, .this,. . were. Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Nevin Miller of Monmouth. Mrs. Floyd .Mitchell of Decatur, Mrs. Howard Habegger of Monroe, Mrs. Martin Steiner of Mpnroe, Mrs. Luther Yager (Continued on Page Five) Good Fellows Fund Previously Reported .—..5155.00 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. - 10.00 Nelle E. Winnes 2.00 A Friend —--. T 3.00 Change in Boxes .... 1.63 Catholic Ladies of Columbia 5.00 Total .... $176.63 16 Pages

Naval Patrol Plane Crashes, 10 Men Aboard Three Men Rescued, Launch Wide Search For Seven Missing PEARL HARBOR (INS) — A U. S. Navy Neptune P2V patrol plane with a crew of 10 aboard crashed in the Pacific 26 miles east of Kauai in the Hawaiian islands Wednesday night. The suomanne rsashew picked up three men. a short time later and then joined with other subs in a search for the seven missing men. Included among those rescued was Lt. K. C. Guedel, the pilot, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester C. Guedel of 207 E. Second St., Dover. Ohio. Two other Hawaii-based planes w-ere reported missing after they failed to return to their base at Kaneohe on Oahu island Wednesday night. Guedel’s plane, attached to the Barbers Point patrol squadron six, was operating with seven sub-, marines in training exercises about 60 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor. One of the survivors reported it hit the water at 8:33 p. m., apparently because of engine trouble. This was the eighth military' plane mishap in Hawaiian waters in the past two weeks. Marine planes were involved in the earlier mishaps which left one man dead and two missing. Craigville Parsonage Is Damaged By Fire The parsonage of the Evangelical United Brethren church in Craigville was badly damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon., The Bluffton and Preblq fire departments were called to fight the blaze. The house is the residence of the E. U. B. pastor, the Rev. F. H. Pslugh and his family No estimate of the damage was available and the cause of the fire is unknown. 'The blaze was discovered at about 2 p. m. Damage was confined to the second floor of the home. It was learned that the damage was covered at least partially by insurance. Mrs. Icie Walters Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Afternoonr-' w Mrs. Icie E. Walters, 71, died suddenly at 11:45 o’clock Wednesday night at her home in Washington township, three 'miles south and one-half mile west of DecatuL She had been in poor health for several years but death was unexpected. She was born in Pike, West Va., Oct. 10,1884, a daughter of Joseph and Isabelle Kemp-Edwards, and was married to Barton P. Walters Jan. 27. 1914. They lived in Oklahoma frorik 1914 until 1931, when they moved’to a farm south of Decatur. Mrs. Walters was a member at the Church of Christ at Pike,_West Va. Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter. Mrs. Leo Workinger r>f Decatur-; three, grandehildren; a niece, Mrs. Dwight Roth of Hoagland, and three sisters. Mrs. Lottie Mahaney, Mrs. Lula Merrills and Miss Epha Edwards, all of Parkersburg. West Va. One brother and six sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick, funeral home, the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the fnneral home after 7 o’clock this evening.

Favor Gaitskell As British Labor Head Favored For Post Resigned By Attlee LONDON (INS) — The consensus of British political and press opinion today was that virtually nothing can stop Hugh Gaitskell from stepping into the leadership of the British Labor party. The post became vacant for the first time in 20 years when Clement R. Attlee resigned Wednesday and accepted elevation to the peerage as an earl. A former chancellor of exchequer. pro-American Gaitskell has the support of the British trade unions, backbone of the national party. And at 49, he has the advantage of youth over his two main adver-saries—the-long-time--deputy leader Herbert Morrison, 67, and the vltriolis left-winger Aneurin Bevan, who is 58. The authoritative Daily Telegraph said that if more time had been allowed for the election, outside pressure might have developed and made the outcome of the race less certain. But nominations for the leadership were opened immediately after Attlee’s resignation and will close Friday. )f only one ballot is necessary to give the needed majority, the results will be known by-uiext Wednesday. If Gaitskell were to fall short of the majority, Bevan might play a more important role. The Telegraph noted the stock of the fiery Welshman recently has risen and he presumably could swing his followers into backing the middle-ot the-road Morrison against Gaitskell, who represents the conservative wing of the party. In the months since Labor’s defeat last May in the general elections. Gaitskell had been hard at work trying to overcome an impression of aloofness and shyness. He had been demonstrating his wit and personal charm around the country and has attracted many new supporters. He has been the candidate of that. faction of the party which held it was time for “youth” to take over from “age.” The conservative Daily Express said the “Socialist party was about to undergo its biggest face-lifting operation." And the Daily Mail, another conservative paper, noted that Attlee’s speech, in which he announced his resignation, had made it evident he had been “forced out of a job he was prepared to carry on.” But the former prime minister in a message published in the Laborite Daily Herald said he thought it particularly important that “younger people should apply their minds, because it is their (Continued on Five)

Multi-Jet Attack Seaplane Explodes Four Are Missing On Experimental Flight WASHINGTON (INS) — Navy salvage experts probed in Chesapeake Bay today for the wreckage Os the navy’s first multi-jet attack seaplane which exploded with four men aboard during an experimental flight Wednesday. The navy identified the four men ■try; M aurfce~ Berntram? 35;"Towwii. Md.. a Glenn L. Martin Co, test pilot; Herbert Scudder, 39, Chase, Md„ a Martin flight engineer; James Hentschel, 29, Baltimore, a Martin flight engineer; and Lt. Commander Victor Utgoff. 38, Patuxent River naval air test command branch head. The body of one man was recovered but not immediately . identified. All four men are listed as missing. The P6M Seamaster, a 600-mile-an-hour jet attack bomber, reportedly capable of carrying an atomic bomb, was built last July by the Martin Co. It was designed primarily for mine laying and photoreconnaissance.

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Confers With Top Advisers On New Budget Humphrey Foresees Possible Balanced " Budget Next June CAMP DAVID, Md. (INS) —President Eisenhower met with his top advisers today in an attempt to trim next year’s federal budget so that tax cuts can be made. The Chief Executive was confronted by the problem of balancing the budget for the fiscal year starting next July 1 in the face of rising defense costs and pressure within the administration for hiked Meeting with Jhe President at Camp David, his mountain retreat near Thurmont, Md„ were secretary of state John Foster Dulles, defense secretary Charles E. Wilson, treasury secretary George .M. Humphrey and budget director Rowland Hughes. Humphrey told newsmen that he believes the budget for the current fiscal year ending next June 30 will be balanced. Asked whether a tax cut will be possible next year, he replied: “I think I have gone a long ways ■out on the limb .already, don’t you.” Humphrey then teas asked: “Can you say anything about taxes now ?” He responded: “No, not now. I imagine the President will be saying something about it in his state of the union message.” Humphrey said the administration cannot trim defense spending heavily in the face of Russia’s cold war offensive. He skid: “It’s quite important, 'HHw defense; We ean’t let anything happen to that.” The President conferred for an hour with the key advisers to nail down next year’s budget in final form before submitting it privately next Monday to GOP congressional leaders at the White House. informed by defense chiefs that defense costs for the 1957 fiscal year probably will exceed the current spending of $34.5 billion by at least a half biPion dollars. The hike in defense estimates is attributed to rising costs of steel, labor and a big pay increase granted to the armed forces this year. At the same time, defense emphasis is being placed on “heavy hardware” — air power, intercontinental missiles, more modern and bigger atomic and hydrogen bombs, and naval building. / The President summoned his key advisers to Camp David suddenly Wednesday night for a discussion prior to a regularly scheduled allday national security council meeting. Mr. Eisenhower conferred first with Wilson, Humphrey and Hughes. He then went into a private discussion with Dulles, which Was jOISMTStir by Humphrey. Today’s meetings at the presidential mountain retreat are by far the longest series of discussions Mr. Eisenhower has held since he suffered his heart attack in Denver on Sept. 24. The chief executive planned to return to Gettysburg late today, and. motor back to Camp David Friday for a cabinet meeting, scheduled for 9 a. m. —■ On Saturday,, ths > President wil 1 (Continued On Page Five)

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