Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1955 — Page 1

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SIGNS OF NEW BERLIN BLOCKADE

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FOLLOWING LAST WEEK’S refusal by the East German Communist regime to renew yearly permits for West German barges to pass through the Soviet occupied zone, signs of a possible new blockade of Berlin appeared. These buoys, which will be placed in the channel to keep West German barges from straying intd the Communist zone in event of blockade, are tied to a barge which marks the border. West Berlin receives some 1.500,000 tons of supplies via barge through the Communist zone. - . - L. * - -*■

Ike Discloses Foreign Policy For Next Year To Stress Economic Aspects, Counteract Russian Propaganda WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower unveiled for congressional leaders today a 1956 foreign policy with emphasis on counteracting stepped-up Soviet activity in the fields of foreign aid and cold war propaganda. The Chief Executive met for nearly three hours with the Democratic and Republican leaders of congress, his first such session with them since last July. Mr. Eisenhower personally outlined a plan for expanding the U.S. overseas information progrant "to present America’s proposals for peace to all the people of the world.” Secretary of state John Foster Dulles gave a detailed briefing on the current international picture, aud defense secretary Charles E. Wilson discussed the military program for the coming year. _______ Dulles said "special emphasis” in 1956 will be placed on the economic aspects of foreign policy. A White faouse statement issued after the meeting said this phase of foreign policy will be stressed “in view of the stepped-up Soviet campaign in this field in southeast Asia and the Middle East.” The. statement did not say whether the administration would seek to increase foreign aid for this area of the world, however. The 12 Democratic senators and congressmen who sat in on the bipartisan session with 11 Republican legislators agreed to the formal statement, but let the White House do the talking. The President, adding a personal note to the formal statement, declared at the conclusion of the briefing: “I want to give my thanks and my very real gratitude to the leaders on both sides of the aisle in the senate and the house of representatives for the very great contribution they have made and are making to true bipartisanship." The Democratic leaders, most of whom had not seen Mr. Eisenhower since his heart attack, came awaystating that they were impressed by his vigor and physical condition. Today's conference at the White House which followed a Monday briefing for Republican leaders on the domestic phases of the President’s program, lasted two hours and 40 minutes. It covered foreign affairs, the defense budget, foreign aid, disarmament proposals, the overseas information program and foreign trade. Wilson's oneting stressed “the force levels which must be maintained to protect the nation .against attack and to assure the maintenance of peace in this atomic age.” The White House statement said the purpose of the meeting was to ’ve the congressional leaders a chance to voice “observations and suggestions” on the program, which wil be placed before congres in the state of the union message early next month. 1 ' Q INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Wednesday mostly cloudy, turning colder north and west portions with snow flurries most of north portion. Low tonight 26-32. High Wednesdsy 34-44 north, 44-50 south. r

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Roger Branigin To ,*> s' * Seek Nomination < Seeks Democratic Governor Nomination INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Roger D. Branigin. of Lafayette, former Indiana state bar association president, soon will join a fellow townsman in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Byanigin told friends today that his formal announcement will come soon after Christmas. The writer also learned that another Lafayette Democratic possibility for governor, Thomas Johnston. Purdue University publicity director, has just about decided to make the race. Johnston said he has had several inquiries concerning his candidacy and "it now looks very much like I’ll be in this thing." Johnston denied reports he planned to remov«4iis name from consideration. Branigin. who heads a leading Lafayette law firm, will resign numerous directorships of corporations. retire temporarily from his legal business .and_ concentrate on his candidacy. Branigin and state senator Matthew Welsh, of Vincennes, generally are regarded as the. strongest aspirants for the Democratic state house title. Branigin, who is 53 years old, was born in Franklin and in 1923 received his AB degree from Franklin College, of which he is a trustee. He also obtained an LLB degree from Harvard law school in 1926. From 1932 until 1934. Branigin was general counsel for the Federal Land Bank and from 1934 until 1938 general counsel for the Farm Credit Administration, both in Louisville. Ky. Branigin is a vigorour public speaker and one of the ablest toastmasters in the nation. He has been toastmaster at dinners of the Indiana Society of Chicago and the-Indianapolis Press Club gridiron banquets times. Nelson Grills. Marion county Democratic chairman, tossed his hat into the gubernatorial ring last week. Others mentioned for the Democratic governor bid are Mayor Ralph Tucker of Terre Haute; state senator Warren W. Martin, of Clarksville, his party’s senate floor leader, and B. Howard Caughran, of Indianapolis, former federal district attorney. Word also circulated that former state representative J. Ralph Thompson; Seymour dairy products manufacturer and farmer, soon. will announce for <the Democratic bid for lieutenant goverpor. The Branigin candidacy may damage the chances of former secretary of agriculture Claude Wickard, of Camden, for the Democratic senatorial nomination for geographical reasons. Both men live in the second congressional district. Other possibilities for the senatorial title are Marshall Hanley, of Muncie, former federal district attorney, and Clarence McCormick. of Vincennes, former assistant secretary of agriculture. Party leaders today also discussed running former Governor Henry F. Schricker for President in Jhe Indiana presidential preferential primary as a favorite-spn candidate to forestall a battle royal among Adlai E. Stevenson, Senator Estes Kefauver, Governor Averell Harriman and Governor Frank Lausche in this state. Most Hoosier leaders seejn to fgavor Stevenson, as they did in 1952.

Half Billion To Hospitals <a And Colleges Huge Philanthropic Grant Is Announced By Ford Foundation > NEW YORK (INS) — The Ford Foundation, in the largest single ■ philanthropic gift in history, an- ■ nounced Monday night SSOO million ■ in grants to the nation’s private'y- ’ supported schools and hospitals. ' Thirty-thfee colleges and universities in Ohio will share about a $lO I million slice of the melon. The grants, announced by Henry 1 Ford 11, chairman of the foundai tion’s board of trustees, will be handed out over the next 18 ntentbs to 4,157 institutions as follows: $2lO million to help raise salaries of teachers in 615 privately-support-ed four - year liberal arts and science colleges and universities in 43 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This is In addition to SSO million appropriated last March. S2OO million to 3.500 orivatelysupported hospitals to help them improve and extend their overcrowded facilities. S9O million for privately-support-ed medical schools to help strengthen their costly instruction and maintain high standards of U. S. medical training. The new grants far surpassed the $350 million previously disbursed by the Ford Foundation in its 19-year history. The schools getting the top 15 grants are: New York university, $5 million? Harvard university. $4,510,000; the University of Chicago, $4,324,200; Yale university, $4 million; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. $3,386,200; Princeton university. $3,320,400; Syracuse university. $3,177,900; Columbia university, $3,115,500: University of Pennsylvania. $2,742,800; Notre Dame, $2,630.300; Duke university, $2,380,300;. Stanford university, $2,334.400; Dartmouth college, $2,079,500; Washington university of St. Louis. $2,009,800, and Northwestern university $1,958,200. Indiana Grants INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Eighteen Indiana colleges and 54 hospitals of the state are included among the 4.157 institutions sharing in SSOO million in grants to be distributed- during the next 18 months by the Ford Foundation. The University of Notre Dame will receive the largest grant to go to an Indiana institution—s2,630,300. Purdue and Indiana were not included because they are statesupported. Other Indiana colleges to get Ford grants are: ("Continued On Page Five) Hugh Englte Rites Held Here Today James Engle, with the’ U. S. marines in Okinawa; son of the late Hugh Engle, fatally hurt Sunday morning in an • automobile mishap here, will be permitted to come to . Decatur at once. . The information was given to the Engle family this morning through the American Red Cross. Engle will leave on the first available airplane, the (Red Cross representative said, and should arrive here Thursday or Friday. A member of the Engle family said tha't funeral services, scheduled for today, Would be held but that burial would be delayed until the son arrives here.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 13, 1955.

Dixon-Yates Syndicate Sues Government For Contract Repudiation

Dr. Otto John Returns To West Berlin Former Security ' Chief Returns To West Germany Today BONN (INS) —West Germany announced today that Dr. Otto John — Bonn security chief until his defection to the Communists in July, 1954 — has “fled” East Germany and returned to the West. John repbrted to Wekt Berlin ate thorities Monday and was flown I immediately to West Germany. A government spokesman in Bonn said John had “put himself under the protection” of the federal republic police. He currently is being interrogated by the federal supreme court. John’s exact whereabouts were not revealed. An allied informant, who conferred, with John recently in East Berlin, said the former Bonn ’ FBl’’ head had been planning his “redefection” for "several months.” The source added: “John had been extremely unhappy, completely disillusioned, and drank heavily.” John also was kept under virtually constant surveillance while in the Soviet zone. • The news of his “redefection” was received with surprise, but also with caution since there was some fear he might be returning as an agent of “confusion.” John’s original disappearance in East Berlin near 11 months ago had caused a sensation. He slipped behind the Iron Curtain on July 20 in the company of a (Continues on Pare fllrUt) Annual Christmas Program At School Annual High School Program On Sunday The annual Decatur high school Christmas program. sponsored jointly by the music, speech and art departments of the school, will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, it was announced today by school authorities. The annual presentation is open to the public and no admission will be charged. The program will be given in the Decatur high school gymnasium. Following is the complete program: Medley of Yuletide Carols. Brass ensemble. Candle-light processional, high school choir. “The Pageant of the Holy Nativity” I The Promise. II The Annunciation 111 The Angel and the Shepherds IV The Three Kings V The Hioly Family. The Christmas story will be presented in pantomime, music and narration. The cast follows: Mary, Shirley Wass Joseph, Tom Aurand Angel, Tom Grimm Flower Angels: Linda Norris. Susan Heller, Emily Swearingen, Susan Custer. Joann Jones, Kathy Cole, Janalee Smith, Rosie Conrad. Small Angels: Kathleen Burk, Becky Mauller. Wise Men: David Eichenauer, Jack Macklin, David Butcher. Shepherds': John Hebble. Norman Bassett, Jim Baumgartner. Glen Reckeweg. Reader: Bill Zwick. .High school choir (65 voices) Soloists: Betfiy Embler, Mara Dee Striker, Mary Rentz, Stanley Kirkpatrick. Accompanist: Sylvia Mazelin. Faculty supervision for the production is in charge of Helen Haubold, Kathryn Kauffman. Roberta Chronister, Deane Dorwin, Clint Reed, Lowell Smith and Amos Ketchum.

Program Proposed To Assist Farmers Seven-Point Plan By Farm Bureau Leader CHICAGO (INS) — The president of the nation's largest farm organization proposed a sevenpoint program today to alleviate th® critical cost-price squeeze of farmers. Charles B. Shuman, president of I the 1,600,000 - member American Farm Bureau Federation, put forth his program at the 37th annual AFBF meeting in Chicago being attended by 5,000 members from every state and ( Puerto Rico. The plan closely parallels the six-point program of agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson which , President Eisenhower has enthus- ’ iastically endorsed and will preI sent to congress in his state of the union message in January. Its main features are: 1. A decrease in production; 2. Elimina- , tion of government-held surpluses and 3. Expansion of markets. There is no specific recommendation for a “soil-bank” plan which is an essential feature of Benson’s program. However, Shuman endorsed . the soil-bank idea so long as it has "as its main purpose the adjustment downward of our total garieultural production plant and elimination of the need for acreage allotments or quotas for specific crops." The influential farm leader stressed the need to follow natural economic law of supply - and - demand, fix farm prices and resolve the problem of declining farm income, instead of government pricefixing. He said no act of congress in the past 25 years has resulted in a significant increase in farm income as compared to total national income, and added: “Farming would be more prosperous and stable if prices and production were determined by economic law rather than political action." Other points in Shuman’s plan (Continued On Page Five) Settle Damage Suit Without Jury Trial Case Scheduled For Today Is Settled The 125,000 damage suit of Earl Noble vs Carl Wappelport, venued here from Jay circuit court and scheduled to start in Adams circuit court before Judge Myles F. Parrish today, was called off late Monday. It is understood that an agreement has been reached by the litigants and that the plaintiff will move to dismiss the action today or Wednesday. The demand for >25,000 for alleged personal injuries, was the result of an automobile mishap , which occurred in Jay county near i the Ohio,line September 26, 1952. : -Noble sustained serious injuries' and alleged in his complaint that he was confined to his home for several weeks. The cause was venued here several months ago. Jenkins and Fiely, Portland attorneys. and Custer and Smith of Decatur, represented the plaintiff, and Smith and Fraser of Portland and DeVoss. Smith and Macklin of Decatur represented the defendant. Attorneys for the plaintiff and defendant met Monday and after a conference, Adams circuit court personnel was notified that the settlement had been reached. Amount of the settlement was not made public. The petit jury had been called for 9 o'clock this but jurors were notified Monday night that it would not be necessary for them to appear. i BULLETIN NEW DELHI (INS)—The Soviet Union and India-called today for admission of Communist China to the United Nations and transfer of Nationalist to the Peiping regime.

Russia Drops Ultimatum To U. N. Council Drops Ultimatum To Security Group On 18 Admissions 1 UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) 1 — Russia dropped its ultimatum ' to the security council, today on ' the admission of 18 nations and ’ cleared the way for an early vote on the “package,” which includes » Outer Mongolia. 5 Soviet delegate A. A. Sobolev 1 said he would forego his previous demand that the security council ' .vote first on Albania and Outer i Mongolia and that the assembly immediately follow suit. Sobolev warned, however, that " “all or none” of the I'B applicants ' —w’hich include five red satellites —must be given entry or face a ' Soviet veto. ' The Soviet retreat from the ,ultimatum returned the whole “showdown” issue in the council to Na- ’ tionalist China, which has threatened to veto the Soviet satellite of Outer Mongolia. Bobolev threw down the ultimatum on Saturday after the council failed in an all-day session to reach a vote in the face of a complicated procedural wrangle. Intense diplomatic efforts to induce Sobolev to withdraw his ultimatum marked the past 24 hours. These attempts included private talks among Canadian minister Paul Martin, British ambassador Sir Pierson Dixon and Russia’s V. V. Kuznetsov. As the council met for the second to deal with what Nationalist Chinese Ambassador Tingfu F. Tsiang branded ’“Soviet blackmail” and “unconditional UN surrender,” there was no substantial assurance the 18 applicants would escape either a Soviet or Formosa veto. A major attempt to, cancel the Soviet ultimatum Monday backfired. The 52 nations which voted in the assembly for the "package” deal were summoned into private session by Martin, jointly with the leaders of the Latin American and Afro-Asian blocs. The group discussed without avail, ways of getting around the Soviet ultimatum- a step w-hich irked U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Jr. 4 Lodge, who had abstained on the (Contlnuea on rare Eight) " • Take Applications For Special License Take Requests For Special Numbers Applications for special autoi mobile license numbers for 1956 i are being accepted at the Decatur branch of the auto license bureau, Mrs. Dale Death, manager. announced today. General applications will be accepted starting early in Janu- ' ary and motorists have until the last day of February to get their new plates. Requests for special numbers will be processed as they are received, Mrs. Death said. A joint statement was issued by Mrs. Death and county treasurer Waldo Neal to the effect that no license would be issued uness the applicant presents his tax receipt or a red stamped form from the treasurer that no taxes were ow’ing. The state law provides that no license can be issued unless the applicant presents either his tax receipt or a statement from the treasurer that no taxes are owing. There will be only one auto license plate X or 1956 and the number must be attached to the rear of the vehicle. In 1957, automobile license plates will be uniform in size throughout the United States. . / ’’ "■

Distribute Checks ■ To Taxing Units ’ Semi-Annual Fund Distribution Made Frank Kitson, Adams county auditor, Monday afternoon delivered checks to all county taxing units in the- semi-annual distribution Os funds for operation of the various uCits of government 'Total amount was >695,061.26. This is the final of two distributions , made annually, Kitson reported. [ Recipient of the largest amount [ of mqney from the county was ) I the Decatur school city with a | i check ..for ">123,159.06, and the City of Decatur received a total , of >74,312.54. i Following is a complete list of I checks and amounts: - Preble township, >20,623.79; r Root township, >28,903.33; St. Mary’s township. >18,363.07; Unt ion township. >14.664.24; Wabash 3 township, >30,319.40; Washington 5 township, >1.592.85; Decatur j school city. >123,159.46: Blue Creek township, >13,385.80; French township, >833.96; Hartford township, >17,076.02; Jefferson township, >16,855.68; Kirkland township, >1,019.28; Monroe township. >1,273.14; Berne-French school, >55,412.15; Adams Central Consolidated school, >91,370.22; city of Decatur, >74,312.54; city of Berne, >22,545.17; town of Geneva, >4,512.51; town of Monroe, >1,936.30; Decatur public library,' >7,597.90; Berne public library, >3,401.78; Geneva public library, >919.82; treasurer, -state of Indiana, >3l,* 569.85; Adams county hospital, >5,740.26; welfare department, >21,075.65. Explanation of why some townships received more money than others was the fact that townships which did not operate .-achools drew only for township purposes, while those operating schools drew for both school and township operations. Weekly Meeting Is Held By Lions Club Annual Christmas Party Next Monday * A technicolor movie of the 1955 Indianapolis 500-mile auto race was shown at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Lions club Monday evening at the Youth and Community« Center. Deane Dorwin was chairman of the program. Special guests included Philip Deßolt, Bill Zwick, John Dorwin and Dan Krueckeberg, Decatur high school students. Safety patrol rain coats and hoods, purchased by the club for the school patrol boys at the Decatur Catholic school and the Northwest elementary school, were displayed to the members, also similar outfits purchased by the Lincoln PT A for patrol boys at that school. During a board meeting following the regular meeting, directors voted donations to the Community Fund, the Good Fellows club, the Indiana state cancer coptrol project, the Indiana Lions clubs leader dog fund. Transfer of M. C. Sieling from the McMillen Lions club to the local club was approved. The board also voted to suspend meetings scheduled for Dee. 26 and Jan. 2 because of the holidays The annual Lions club Christmas party for the youngsters will be held next Monday at 6:30 n.m. at the Zion Lutheran parish hall, when Santa Claus will be present to distribute treats. This will be strictly a father and children’s affair, and registration to date indicate a big turnout. Associated Churches Will Meet Thursday A meeting of the Associated Churches of Decatur will be held at 7:45 o’clock Thursday evening at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church.

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Sues Federal Government For $3.5 Millions Says Repudiation Os Contract Based On Mistakes Os Fact WASHINGTON (INS) —The Dixon-Yates syndicate sued the government for >3,534,778 today and charg&d that U. S. repudia- ’ tion ofjiis controversial private power contract was based on “Important mistakes of fact.” The suit was fileu in the name of the Mississippi Valley Generating Co., which was organized by the Dixon-Yates combine to . build a power plant to replace - energy formerly supplied by the i Tennessee Valley Authority, i The • legislation demanded re- ’ payment of money spent by par- > ticipants in the project prior to the government’s decision to call ■ off the contract. . The plaintiffs alleged in the ac- ’ tion' filed in the U. S. court of ! claims that the >lO7 million contract was in force "for more than six months and during that time we proceeded with the performance of our obligations . . Further, the suit charged: “The decision of the government to repudiate its contract presumably was based upon a legal opinion which rests upon important mistakes of fact, and we disagree with its conclusions.” The atomic energy commission ruled Nov. 23 that the contract was invalid because of a “conflict of interest." The AEC said that Adolphe Wenzeli, senior vice president of New York’s first Boston banking firm, acted as a consultant to the U. S. budget bureau and as an adviser to the Dixon-Yates group simultaneously tn violation of the “conflict of interest” laws. Dixon-Yates filed a 100-page brief with its petition. The brief did not outline the group’s argument, but presented a copy of the contract and a detailed list of the expenses that have been incurred under it. Included in the total was a claim for >589,430 by Ebasco Services, Inc., for services as the prospective management firm in the controversial undertaking which President Eisenhower ordered "discontinued. ■ — j Other damages claimed included >1,208.743 to reimburse the Westinghouse Electric Corp. New Relaxation Os Credit Restrictions WASHINGTON (INS) — 3 In a new relaxation of credit restrictions. the government has an estimated one billion dollars available in additional money to spur home mortgage financing in 1956, __— The Federal Home Loan Bank board adapted a new policy of “standby credit” designed to soften curbs imposed last year. Under the new policy, the board may loan to each of its member savings and loan associations an amount equal to five per cent of its deposits, provided total advances dcFnot exceed 10 per cent of the lOfesil —H.lp Fight TB—. *_Buy Christmas Seahx Decafur Stores Open Evenings ' i ' 1 * *- * Christmas Shoppers