Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LIU. No. 289.

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More Foreign Aid Funds To Be Requested Dulles Says Nation Must Meet Challenge From Soviet Russia CHICAGO (INS) — The Eisenhower administration has served notice that it will request passage of a big foreign aid bit! In 1956.' Secretary of state John Foster Dulles, in a major foreign policy address in Chicago Thursday night, declared the world is witnessing “a new phase of the struggle between international Communism and freedom.” The secretary said the administration expects to ask congress for as much foreign aid money “as we think can usefully be spent and we expect that the congress will, ae in the past, patriotically respond.” Dulles told the Illinois manufacturers association that the U.S. must meet the challenge of the Russians who have newly entered the field of foreign aid. He said: “A grudging response wil Inot be enough. Nor will public money alone provide the answer. An effective response will call for a revival of the crusading spirit of our past.” Dulles cnargea tnat “the Soviet Union, thwarted in its efforts to aggrandize itself by force, coldly and cruelly calculates on how to exploit, for its selfish ends, tfle aspirations, of the peoples of less developed lands.” Dulles emphasized that the United States must make the world realize “that our nation remains steadfast to its historic ideals, and follows its traditional course of sharing the spiritual, intellectual and I material -fruits of our society.” He said this spirit means “helping the captives to become free and helping the free to remain free, not merely in a technical sense, but ftee in the sense of happiness in the spirit of our decgnuine opportunity to -pursue a laration of independence." He added that Americans must never forget that, as Abraham Lincoln pointed out. the declaration was not exclusively for Americans but carried “hope for the world for all future times." Atom Bomb Tests Shown Rotarians Commander T. C. Macklin, commanding officer of the naval reserve training center at Fort Wayne, was the guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Youth and Community CenterThe speaker r showed a highly interesting film on the atom bomb tests held by the United States at Bikini. He was assisted in the showing by Elmo Stough, radioman first class, also of the naval reserve. Lyle Mallonee was chairman of the program.

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Craig Foe To Seek 6.0. P. Nomination Monks Candidate For Governorship INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — State representative. Merrettß. _ Morffak a bitter opponent of Governor Geo. N. Craig, today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Monks, whose home is in Winchester, is serving his fourth term in the general assembly and also has served two terms as Randolph " county clerk. He was a basketball and baseball official for 29 years. Meanwhile, the politicos tried to solve the import of a special visit made to numerous Republican dignitaries Thursday by Mayor John A. Scott- of South Bend and his political mentor Thomas E. Bath, St Joseph county GOP chairman. The two talked with Senator Homer E. ’Capehart, Governor Craig, Lieut. Gov. Harold W. Handley; state revenue commissioner Frank Mills, an announced gubernatorial aspirant; Alvin C. Cast. GOP state chairman and a possible candidate for governor; secretary of state Crawford Parker and state treasurer John Peters Seott. has been mentioned for governor, lieutenant governor and third district congressman. Bath said: ■* “We were received with open arms everywhere and they all seemed interested in Mayor Scott's political future. However, Mayor Scott has received some mighty interesting offers from private industry. He is 39 years old. after all. and must look to the future welfare of his family.” Monks a year ago demanded the resignation of Governor Craig because .of conditions at the state reformatory And in mental health institutions. lowered Draft Call Asked In February Lowest Draft Call Since Korean War WASHINGTON (INS) —The defense department issued the lowest draft call since the Korean war today, asking selective ser vice to induct 6.000 men into the army during February. At the same time, the selective service system was requested to reduce the January drirft... call fro’m 8,000 to 6,000 men. The defense department said "the number of men requested for the army for February, and the reduction for the month of January, is based on maintaining the proved strength after all allowances for enlistments, reenlistments and other personnel gains.” The navy had planned to draft about 10,000 men in February, but said today that its recruiting has improved to a point where no use of draftees will be necessary during that month. Prior to this month, the draft has been running at a ratt! of 20,000 a month—lo,ooo for the army and 10,000 for the navy., The February call brings the total draft since the start of the Korean war to 1,998,430 men.

Velo Threats Admission Os U. N. Members Nationalist China And Soviet Russia Threatening Vetoes UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) — UN security council members consulted urgently today on Nationalist China's attempt to forestall action on the “package" recommendation for admission of IS free world and Communist states. Council president Sir Leslie Monro of New Zealand summoned individual members to point out the crucial situation confronting the 11-nation body qt Saturday’s session and to sound them out on whether a secret meeting is preferable. The security council, in preparin fir its “show down” session in the nine-year membership deadlock. is confronted with a double threat of vetos by both the Nationalist 'Chinese and the Soviet Union on that issue. Soviet delegate V. V. Kuznetsov flatly reitereted that the Soviet Union will veto the “package” unless Outer Mongolia and Albania as well as the other satellites are included in the admission act. In Taipei, a Nationalist spokesman reaffirmed that the Formosa government will veto Outer Mongolia. if necessary, to prevent it from being seated in the UN. The 11-nation council, in a “show-down" meeting Saturday on the new members issue, is scheduled to take up a Canadian resolution calling for admission of 13 free and five Communist states. But Chinese Ambassador Tingfit F. Tsiang submitted 13resolutions recommending only that 11 western nations, plus South Korea and South Vietnam be admitted. He did not recommend seating any Red satellites. This move came amid reports that Generalissimo Chiang KaiShek had„ rejected president Eisenhower’s second plea that Formosa not veto Outer Mongolia's application. . Tsiang's action may compel the council, under its procedural rules, to discuss his resolutions before taking up the Canadian proposal which has received a 52-to-2 vote of approval from the assembly.

Seek Extension Os Polio Vaccine Age State Authorities May Make Request INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Indiana was expected to go on record today with a request to increase the age limit of eligibility for polio vaccine from 10 years to 21. Such a recommendation, if federally approved, would make a total of 1,600,000 persons eligible to obtain Salk polio vaccine in Indiana. Eligibility varies from state to state, but in Indiana children one to 10 and pregnant women may obtain the vaccine, at present. However, Dr. Bertram Groesbeck, director of the Indiana state department of health, explained that there has been a slip between theory and actual practice, with the result that some areas halve a seeming “overage” of the vaccine, which really is still very much in a state of shortage." Dr. Groesbeck said that when the Indiana governor’s committee on polio vaccine meets today, he will ask it to approve a recommendation to federal health authorities that present limitations be eased again so all persons 21 and under may get the vaccine if they wish. He added: “I wouldn’t be surprised if the committee approved my recommendation." The recommendation would have to be approved by the national advisory committee on poliomyelitis before it could become- effective. V / Dr. Groesbeck said failure of many parents of one-to-10 year-olds to take advantage of the vaccine's availability to them has created a situation which may further aggravate the vaccine shortage next spring. He noted that this is not the polio season, and “some folks do not believe in carrying an umbrella when it isn't raining.” Dr. Albert Marshall, director of the health.-4epartment’s bureau of communicable diseases, said that while there actually is a shortage of the vaccine, some druggists and doctors have told him they have the dated vaccine on band and are afraid they can’t utilize it during the winter months.

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Eisenhower To Send Congress Message On Farm Issue Solution

Benson Urges Farmers Hold Down Pig Crop Secretary Benson Pledges Steps To Bolster Hog Price WASHINGTON (INS) — Agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson said today the government will take “every practical step” to bolster hog prices and urged farmers to hold down the size of the 1956 spring pig crop. Benson’s statement came immediately after a two- hour cabinet meeting at President Eisenhower’s Camp David retreat in which solution of the politically-torrid farm issue was the main subject. In a formal statement, Benson said that special programs to expand markets for pork products will be continued and emphasized. The agriculture department alreadyis committed to buy about i7O-mfliion pounds of pork products and lard at a cost of up to 85 million dollars. Benson advised farmers to plan carefully for the 1956 Spring pig crop in order to avoid this yeaFs extremely heavy production which has forced hog prices down this fall. ... Railroad Brakeman Dies Under Train LOGANSPORT, Ind. (INS) — Raymond Shepler, 32, of Logansport, was killed Thursday night when he fell from a box car beneath the wheels of a train being switched in the Pennsylvania railroad yards at Logansport where he worked as a brakeman. Democrat Reporter Undergoes Operation Miss Marlene Laurent, staff reporter of the Daily Democrat, underwent an operation at Adams county memorial hospital this morning. Miss Laurent will be absent from her desk for abotit 10 days, her attending physician said.

Good Fellows Club Is Devoted To Aid Needy

(By A Good Fellow) The Good Fellows club, dedicated to giving assistance, can exist only through the assistance of others. That is a strange fact true of such institutions which devote their time and energy to assisting those in need. The members themselves probably could compile a sizeable list each year of names of families in straitened conditions at this time of year, for the Good Fellow's club is the project of the Delta Theta Tau sorority which has been operating in the city for 34 years, and they know their way around. Still, it is through the cooperation of other organizations and institutions that the Good Fellows function. They receive names from schools, township trustees, the Adams county welfare department, and through anonymous letters de-, scribing families who w’ould appreciate a little extra this year. In each case, the Good Fellows investigate the family, and if they feel that there is a definite legitimate need, they provide every possible assistance. They concentrate primarily on giving clothing and shoes to recipients on the absolute needs of the family. Yet they are pretty liberal in their interpretations of the rules. ■. '' 'these unwritten rules have been compiled by the Good Fellows club over the years to facilitate handling and processing. Some of the original ideas have been discarded recently, but for the most part, the organization still ferrets out families who are a bit up against

i Krick-Tyndall Co. Host For Meeting Annual Meeting In This City Dec. 20 The Krick-Tyndall ’ Co., of this city, will be host Tuesday, Dec. 20. to the annual meeting of the Indiana drainage contractors association, according to an announcement today by Dan H. Tyndall, of the company. The day-long event will open at 9 a. m. <with registration for the more than 2QO drainage contractors expected to attend. The Decatur Youth and Community Center will be headquarters for the event. A tour of the KrickTyndall Co. plant will be made at 10 o-’clock. with buses provided by the local company leaving the Center at that hour. A banquet, furnished by the Krick-Tyndall Co., will .be served at 12 noon at the Center, with Tyndall presiding. Guest speaker will be Dr. Tennyson Geyer, of Findlay, 0., one of the nation’s most popular speakers, and known as "Ohio’s ambassador of good will." The association’s business meeting will be held at 2 p. ni„ with Ro- | bert D. Good, president, in charge. Officers will be elected during this session, and a discussion will be held on future plans and activities of the association. Following the business meeting: Donald R. Sisson, Purdue University extension agricultural engineer, will preside for a discussion period. Speaking w'ill be R. H. Austin, state engineer with the soil conservation service, on “Drain tile testing;” John Carmody, of the farmers home adpiinistration, who will explain credit and loans available- to farmers for. drainage; an agricultural stabilization and conservation committee official will describe the incentive payment program for soil conservation practices in 1956, and Edward E. Carson. Purdue extension agricultural economist, will discuss the agricultural outlook for 1956. -r The. annual meeting will close with a panel discussion period. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued rather cold tonight and Saturday. Some snow flurries extreme north portion. Low tonight 12-20. High Saturday 25- ' 35.

“There are some on the. list, however,,” a member of the club said, “whom we assist each year regardless. These are older people who are given a Christmas basket. For many, it is their Christmas dinner. Other than that, though, we investigate everyone.” i Experience has taught the members a valuable lesson: the'y can generally gauge the amount needed each almost to the penny; they never solicit to provide frills. That's why this year the dub has set its goal at SI,OOO. Up to date we have, collected $176.63, but we are hopeful this will be obtained before Christmas. “It seems we always get a rash of calls the week before Christmas,” one officer of the organization said, “and have to prepare for thal" The club' admits it has made" a couple of errors in the past, but they are errors that are constantly being checked hnd corrected before the next season. "There are times when we don’t feel that some parents deserve our help,” Is a popular club statement, “but. we do try to get to the children.” \ There are other occasions when some persons have obtained aid without actually coming under the club's rules and regulations; a ruse has worked, so to speak. This happens but once. While it some"’times leaves the members a bit non-pleased for the moment, they never allow- the situation to be repeated. n ’

East Germans Taking Over Border Patrol Take Over Control Os Berlin Borders FrowSoviet Troops BERLIN (INS) — The East Ger- ; man Communist government an- : nounced today that its border po- . lice took over control of the state frontiers and borders facing West . Berlin from Soviet troops Dec. 1. This is in line with the East German government’s claim that . it has full sovereignty and that East Berlin itself no longer is un- , der Soviet occupation status. The statement .was issued by East German premier Otto Grotewohl’s office and also published by the East German communist news , agency. The statement said that from Dec. 1 the East Gernian police “were alone and fully competent for the guard and control of state borders and on the outer ring of greater Berlin.” It said that the taking over "of these functions hitherto exercised by troops of the Soviet army has been finished.” ’ American army officials still were pressing for information on "two unidentified American soldiers reportedly arrested in East Berlin early Wednesday. The two soldiers were arrested by East German police and charged with beating up a male German cabaret entertainer in a drunken street brawl.- — Three Naturalized At Fort Wayne Thursday Tom and Michael Ehinger, twin sons 0f.,. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ehinger of Decatur, and George Allen Foos, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Foos, Decatur, route three, became United States citizens Thursday afternoon in a naturalization ceremony held in federal court. Fort WayneThe Ehinger twins and the Foos boy all were born in Canada. Under federal statutes it is necessary to wait two years before final naturalization can be effected. Judge Luther Swygqrt, northern Indiana district federal court presided at the ceremony, which hi alj included naturalization of 38 persons.

Lewfon Will Take Office January 1 County Clerk-Elect To Assume Duties Richard “Dick" Lewton. former Adams county'treasurer and clerkelect of Adams circuit court, is the only elected county official who will assume his duties January 1. teewton was elected r clerk in the 1954 general election, but a newly elected clerk in Adams county has a 14-month waiting period before he takes office. Lewton will succeed Ed F. Jaberg, who has served for two fouryear terms in that office. The retiring clerk has not indicated what he will do, however, it is known that many Adams county political workers are ,exerting pressure on Jaberg to be a candidate for auditor. ' A former school teacher, the clerk has not said whether he plans to return to that profession. Lewton served for four years as county treasurer and in the interim he has been working at his profession as an electrician. There is ope other county office where there is a 14-month waiting period for the successful candidate. That is county treasurer. Other county officials who are elected in a November general election assume their duties the following January 1.

Early Announcement Is Sought From Ike Sen. Knowland Urges Decision On Plans FASHINGTON (INS) —Senate GOP leader William F. Knowland feels that an early 1956 announcement by President Eisenhower that he will not seek re-election could help rather than hurt his legislative program. Friends of the California Republican said today that he rejects the argument of some Republican leaders that |he President must defer revealing his 1956 plans as long as possible. This argument contends that Mr. Eisenhower would weaken his influence in congress by a statement of intent-partlcularly if it is that he will not run. Knowland is reported deadjf to declare his own presidential candidacy if Mr. Eisenhower has not announced his plans by Jan. 23, the deadline for entering the Illinois primary. He is understood to believe that any GOP presidential aspirant is entitled to go ahead in a primary he wishes to enter if the President is still silent by the deadline for filing in that contest. Knowland is said to share the view of Sen. John W. Bricker (R---rO.) who said earlier this week Mr. Eisenhower will not indulge in "trickery” on the 1 timing of his own announcement. Bricker thinks the President probably will run again. Knowland is even more convinced, friends say, that he will not. Hints Are Listed On Christmas Mailing Carriers Deliver Christmas Labels

Leo Kirsch, Decatur postmaster, reporting that the “mail early for Christmas” campaign is really in high gear, today listed some helpful bints on ways to be sure Christmas cards reach their destination before Dec. 25. "When you use three-cent stamps on your Christmas cards, you get first-class mail ..service,” he said, "first-class friends deserve firstclass mail and the use of first-class postage makes it certain that your Christmas cards will be delivered promptly. Also, use of first-class postage insures forwarding service if the addressee has moved or the card will be returned to you if the recipient cannot be' located. “It is perfectly correct and, in fact, advisable, to include your return name and address on each Christmas card envelope. This helps your friends to keep their mailing list up-to-date and insures correction of your list if the card is returned as undeliverable.” The postmaster warned that all Christmas card envelopes larger than 9" by 12” or smaller than 2%” by 4” must be sent by first-class mail because such cards require hand cancellation. i’ostal clerks will also be aided in speeding delivery if cards with local addresses are placed in one bundle and those for out-of-town destinations in another. The Decatur post office last week delivered to each rural patron special identification labels •which read “all sot; out-of-town delivery” and “all for local delivery” and these same labels were delivered today by all city mail carriers. Citizens are asked to use these labels in tying their Christmas cards into bundles. Out-of-town cards should be mailed not later than Dec. 15 and -those for local delivery at least a week before Christmas. Rural carriers • have also distributed to their patrons pamphlets detailing the proper packing and wrapping of parcels for mailing. Mailing of Christmas gifts is urged to be completed this week. Postmaster Kirsch also announced that R. E. Bitemah. inspector, and Ralph Troyer, district manager, of the Fort Wayne district, (Continued On Page Five)

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Broad Program To Alleviate ■'J Farm Distress Plan Is Disclosed After Meeting With Eisenhower Cabinet CAMP DAVID, Md. (INS)—President Elsenhower will send a special message to Congress early in January outlining a “broad program for alleviating distressed farm prices/’ This was disclosed today after a two-hour meeting between the President and his cabinet at Camp David, his mountaintop retreat near Thurmont, Md. Agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson said after the meeting that Mr. Eieenhower’s solution for the farm issue “will be much broader than” the administration's previously outlined six-point plan. The President and his advisers apparently rejected a proposal by Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper (R Iowa), for paying premium prices for sows to reduce pig production. Benson said: “Our hog program is doing fine.” Mr, Eisenhower left immediately after the session for his farm at Gettysburg, Pa., 25 miles away. Solution of the farm problemcertain to be a sizzling issue in next year’s election—was the main subject of a two hour meeting between Mr. Elsenhower and his cabinet at Camp David. Agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson brought a battery of farm experts to the meeting. These included undersecretary True D. Butz and Benson’s assistant, Don Paarlberg. The presence of Kevin McCann, the President's chief speech writer, indicated Mr. Eisenhower Is preparing the special message he will send to congress in January on the farm problem. The message is expected to include Joug range recommendations to back ftp a six-point program of stepped-up immediate aid to farmers which the President and Benson agreed upon at a conference in Denver. A vjtai part of the program will be to pay farmers to remove parts of their land from crop production and put it into forage. This is known as the ‘s'oil-bank” plan and its cost has been estimated at up to 400 million dollars a year. This is among the problems confronting the President and his advisers in their efforts to balance the budget and pave the way for tax cuts in the 1956 election year. Mr. Eisenhower will tell Republican congressional leaders next week that the hoped-for tax cut should be postponed ifit would mean deficit financing or impair U. 8. defenses. This was reported to have been one of the major decisions made by the Chief Executive and his advisers Thursday in an all-day secret policy huddle at Camp David. Informed sources said that the administration will sponsor a tax relief proposal in 1956 only if there is enough increased federal revenue to justify it. Today's cabinet meeting is the final session dn overall administration planning for the coming year. The problems being canvassed include not only the budget, but foreign policy to meet Russia’s new (Continued on rxge Five)

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