Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1955 — Page 1

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FLOOD OF AID FOR FLOW VICTIMS

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WITH A .BRIGHT SUN shining and no further heavy rains foreseen for California's sodden northland, a new flood of food and clothing pours into relief headquarters in many parts of the state. Pictured above, members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at El Segundo handle more than 300 tons of food and clothing collected for the flood sufferers. The Air Force will fly the relief goods to stricken areas. More than >4,000.000 in. cash also has been collected.

Flooded Areas Begin Mammoth Cleanup Tasks Floods Recede From Hard Hit Areas In California, Oregon SAN FRANCISCO (INS) —A mammouth cleanup job gathered momentum in storm-ravaged northern QAlifornia today as flood waters continued to expose an increasingly vast picture of destruction. ' FToous receded from hard hit areas of northern California and southern Oregon after taking a toll of 67 dead or missing and causing property damage estimated at more than >150,060,000. Some officials believe property losses may reach a higher figure when complete reports are in from areas still without normal communications but in no danger of further inundation. The gigantic rehabilitation program, spurred by on-the-spot directions of federal civil defense director Vai Peterson, got under way with sunny skies prevailing and the danger of new floods fading. Peterson commented': -*• “I never try to compare disasters, but this is certainly a very serious one for Yuba City. Marysville and many surrounding communieies. The situation is very, very bad. Up to 50,000 persons flooded ont of homes in California and Oregon were the immediate concern of an army of both professional and volunteer relief workers. In the forefront of the relief operation were the Red Cross and the Salvation Army with the emphasis on shelter, warmth and food for the flood refugees. The Red Cross estimated it would use from >4.000,000*t0 >5,000,000 of Its own disaster funds on relief and rehabilitation alone. The latest weather forecast said there would be no appreciable rain in northern California for at least five days, but one danger spot in the sparsely settled San Joanquin river delta still required vigilance. Emergency' crews worked on Delta island levees after 35,000 sandbags were rushed to strengthen weak spots against the pressure of high tides from San Francisco bay and save farmlands. Two islands known as the Empire tract and Venice, in the delta farming area north of Stockton, were submerged. Seventy - three men worked on the latter island when the levee broke were rescued by army amphibious vehicles and two others by helicopter. Former Araentine Leader In Exile BOGOTA (INS) — Former Argentine foreign minister Jeronimo Remorino was due in Bogota today as a political exile. The cabinet minister under Juan Peron took refuge In the Colombian embassy in Buenos Aires after Peron was overthrown in-Sep-tember. He left Argentina byjjlane Tuesday under a safe conduct pass.

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Highway Death Toll Continues To Grow Two More Indiana Fatalities Tuesday INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indiana highway death' toll continued to spiral high above the total take for 1954. Two more fatal accidents in Del- ' aware county Tuesday night helped boost the totals which state police , said had reached 1,115 dead by 1 midnight Sunday, compared to • 1,029 for the same period a year : ago. ■ Paul Elton, 65, of Muncie, was struck and killed Tuesday night when he stepped in front of a car • driven by Michael D Hopping, 18. I of Selmk, a. pro-med student at II Indiana University home for the . holidays. At Yorktown, Joseph H. Curtis, 79. stepped from the railroad sta- ' j tion where he worked as a mail ■ j messenger and walked into the i path of a New York Central passen- • ger traveling 75 miles and hour. Station Manager R. D. Madill said he had warned Curtis many ■ times against walking in front of • approaching trains. He said he ■ I called to the elderly man but 1 j Curtis apparently didn't hear the : warning. His body was thrown 150 feet. State Police Supt. Frank Jessup said of Indiana’s mounting highway j accident toll: "The great tragedy is that a i majority of these people were killed ! in crashes which should have never i happened." He said records show careless, improper turns, passing on hills and curves and unreasonable causes to the heavy highway toll. But even the figure as of Sunday midnight will have to be altered to include the death of a 72-year-old Hammond pedestrian who died Tuesday of Saturday injuries. Louis Kosich, 72, was injured when he w-as struck by a hit-and-run driver on a street near his home. Lake county also provided another death for this week's toll when Andrew Farmer, 45, of Jackson. Mich., died of injuries suffered when his car collided with a bus near Gary. ( Three Detroit-bound passengers were treated for minor injuries suffered when Farmer’s car ram-1 med the double-decked scenic bus Tuesday. Farmer died later ih a Michigan City hospital. ■ Contest Legality Os Saarland Elections 1 SAARBRUECKEN (INS) —The < pro-German Democratic party , heh'ded by Einrich Schneider announced today it would contest , the legality of the Dec. 18 Saarland elections, “ , Schneider’s group won 12 of the ( 50 seats in the parliamentary elections. Forces wanting to re- ( turn the border territory to West j Germany won a total of 33 seats ( but not enough needed for them to make revisions of the const!- j tution. ' ~ 1 I ' .4. f INDIANA WEATHER Moatly cloudy and warmer ] tonight. Thuraday clcudy, I little change in temperature. Low tonight 28-36. High f Thuraday 40-46 north, 44-52 r aduth. ' x ]

Senators Warn On Reduction For Defenses Senators Os Both Parties Warn On Russia's Claims WASHINGTON (INS) —Senators of both parties warned today against letting Russia’s claim of reduced military spending mislead the U. §. into cutting its own defense budget. Sen. John L. McCellan (D Ark.,) said he is skeptical about the Soviet claim, and Sen Henry C. Dworshak (I) Idaho,) said he would not believe it without "specific tangible proof.’’ Sen. Mike Mansfield (D Mont.), asserted: “We’ll have to wait and see if it’s another promissory note or a fact.” McClellan, who like Dworshak is a member of the senate appropriations committee, said the U. S. “shouldn’t be influenced” by Russia's “purported action” in deciding upon military spending. He added: “I’m very skeptical that there’s any truth in the statement that she (Russia) is reducing military expenditures.” The Kremlin announced two days ago that Russia would cut next year’s arms budget bj- almost 10 per cent and delegates to the Supreme Soviet (parliament) hailed the news Tuesday in Moscow. The administration is expected to ask congress next year for about >35.5 billion, a billion more than it is expectde to spend for defense in the fiscal year ending next June 30. Highest Priority For Atom Weapons Policy Announced By Air Secretary v WASHINGTON (INS)'— A i r force secretary Donald A. Quarles announced today a new “industrial production readiness” policy giving highest priority to atomicarmed missiles and planes. • Quarles said the new policy "recognizes the impact that nuclear w-eapons and long range delivery vehicles have on planning for industrial support of military forces, thus placing greater emphasis on readiness for this type of war.” Inter-continental missiles and long range jet planes will be placed in a “sategory A" for which at least two major production centers will be required, with at least one center in continuous production. Quarles, outlining the policy in a seven-page memorandum, said the system “is designed to achieve delivery of every possible piece of equipment which would be critical during the early weeks of a general war.” 609 Traffic Deaths During Christmas National Council Warns On New Year CHICAGO (INS) —The national safety council predicted today tha : . the New Year's holiday may set another tragic record in the wake of the worst Christmas traffic toll in history. The council said that 420 persons will be'killed in traffic during the three-day New Year's holiday unless there is a sharp, improvement in the driving habits that shocked the nation last weekend. During the 78 hours between 6 p. m. Friday and midnight Monday 609 persons were killed on the nation’s highways. Safety council officials termed it a “black" Christmas. Ned 1 H. Dearborn, council president, said: “The cold figures force us to the conclusion that 420 will die during the New Year’s holiday weekend. “But we hope and believfe that the terrible lesson of the Christmas holiday will be taken to heart by everyone. “Just a little less hurry, just a little more common sense and courtesy could give ‘Happy Ney Year’ some real meaning.” The council’s estimate, based on past experience, covers the period from 6 p. m. Friday to midnight Monday. It is for Immediate traffic deaths only, and does not include delayed deaths, injuries or property damage. .. ' , ■ '' & ' - • ;

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 28,1955.

Eisenhower Flies To Florida For Vacation Before Work Return

g — Von Eichhorn A Candidate For Governor Uniondale Man To Announce Candidacy Early In January Senator Von A. Eichhorn al Uniondale told a United Press representative in Indianapolis today that he will probably announce himself as Democratic candidate for Indiana governor early next year. - Eichhorn, who was in the state house this morning visiting political friends, indicated that if he cannot win the nomination for governor he would be a willing candidate for lieutenant governor but for no lesser office. He has represented Adamy, Blackford and Wells counties in the Indiana senate continuously since the 1939 legislative session. That makes him the oldest veteran lawmaker of the state in terms of service. Now in the middle of a four-year term. Eichhorn said that he might resign his position as senator and recommend that > someone from Blackford county be elected on a short term basis to succeed hitn. Indicating a possible successor he mentioned Mrs. Jack McClintic, a resident of Blackford county and the wife of a school teacher in Delaware county. Eichhorn will be in Indianabolis tomorrow to attend a legislative committee meeting on hifchiVay. problems. In addition to the\state house he also visited Democratic headquarters in the state capital this morning. • ■ Question Contract For Nickel Plant WASHINGTON (INS) — The house government operations subcommittee plans to question general services administrator Edmund Mansure and financier Louis Wolfson about the letter of a contract for expansion of a government owned nickel plant in Cuba. Chairmat} Jack Brooks (DTex.) indicated He has questions to ask about 'several aspects of the contract lettiqg? including why Wolfson’s. firm was first turned down by GSA on a bid to do the construction work and then made a full partner in the project. Soviet Authorities Release Sergeant Released Less Than Day After Arrest BERLIN (INS) — A Brooklyn air force sergeant was released by Soviet authorities Tuesday night less than a day after his arrest in East Ber 1i h7 M/Sgt. Mike Kliman. 46. was turned over to U. S. authorities only three hours after the first inquiries into his whereabouts were made. • An angry spokesman said the quick action was a record for the return of American personnel, and. indicated . the Russians intended to live up to their fourpower agreements in divided Berlin. Kliman was involved in an automobile accident in the Communist sector on Monday night. He was arrested by East German -police and charged with being drunk and having seriously injured an East German. The sergeant w-as being held in administrative custody today while- being questioned about his detention. Kliman told a news conference this morning that be had been well treated by the Soviets. He declined comment on the accident i pending an investigation.

Congressmen Probe Timber Give-Away Secretary McKay To Face Grilling —■ n secretary Douglas McKay faces a WASHINGTON (INS) — Interior grilling by house-senate investiga--1 tors who are probing what one I member termed “the give-away of rich timber.” The charge was made by Rep. t Earl Chudtrff (D Pa.), top-ranking s house member of a joint subcom->-1 mittee headed by Sen. W. Kerr e Scott (D N.C.), Chudoff disclosed e that the group plans to hold heart ings in Washington on Jan. 10. He added: “In all probability, the b secretary of interior will tie rei- quested to appear before the joint b committee to explain the Al S"er- - ena case." ’ An initial nearing was held by I the group in Portland, Ore., Nov. 25. Testimony was taken regarding i. rich timberlands granted Al Serena j Mines, Inc., in the Rogue River r national forest in Oregon. ... wrote a newsman from j his, Philadelphia home: “I am in 3 no position to make a statement at this time” regarding a published r report that Democratic leaders will L demand McKay’s resignation when I congress reconvenes Jan. 3. It has been charged that the Al t Serena Mines firm will make an unusually high profit frotai the sale . of timber on leases granted for mineral development. The comj pany's principal owners are H. P. ( McDonald, Sr., of Trails, Ore., and two sons. 5 » Order Former Bookie " Back To Brooklyn BATON La. (INS) — 1 Former New Yjirk boolfie king Harry Gross extradited back to Brooklyri today 7 to face charges that he attractive divorcee out of >13,850. Governor Robert Kennon of Louisiana announced this morning that he had signed the extradition pa- ’ pers on both Harry Gross and his 29-year-old Ijrother, Jack Gross. Carl Gerber Heads Decalur Retailers Elected Chairman Os Retail Division Carl Gerber was elected chairman of the retail division of the Decatur Chaniber of Commerce for 1956. Robert Tracy will serve as vice-chairman. Harry James is the new secretary and Dale Morrisey was reelected as treasurer. The men were elected by postcard ballot after having been nominated by the retailers at their December luncheon meeting. The nominating committee, consisting of Cal Peterson, Dave Heller, and Harold Niblick, also supervised the counting of the ballots. Gegber, as the retail chairman, is automatically a member of the Decatur Chamber "of Commerce board of directors. He succeeds Louis Jacobs, who served as retail chairman this year. Jacobs and Cliff Brewer were recently elected to three year terms as retail representatives on the board. The retail division has become better organized during the past year. Since August they have been holding monthly luncheon meetings, w-hich have been w-ell attended and which have resulted in improved retailer cooperation. The next meeting is scheduled for January 10 at the 'Decatur Yquth and Community Center. ■ Decatur stores will resum® their regular Thursday afternoon closing tomorrow. Most of them will close at 5:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and closed through Monday, January 2. which is a legal holiday. The new officers will meet soon to plan their major activities and to appoint standing committees for 1956. Retailerg have already deeidi ed to held a spring festival' aggin [ next year. J l? <*

Soviet Budget Is Approved By Red Parliament Soviet Parliament - Approves Russian Budget For 1956 MOSCOW? UNS) —1 h« council of nationalities of the Soviet parliament approved today the Soviet budget for 1956. It provides for 593,000,000,000 rubles in revenues and 507,000,000,000 rubles in expenditures. The official Soviet exchange rate is four rubles to a dollar, but the purchasing power of the ruble 4s considerably less. The budget was Introduced Monday and debated by the deputies Tuesday and today. At the conclusion of finance minister Arseny G. Zverev announced „the government had accepted amendments proposed by the budget commission and approved by the deputies. The deputies then began discussion of exchanges of delegations betweed the Supreme Soviet and the parliaments of other nations. The members of both the council of the nationalities and the council of the union — the two ,of the parliament — as well as foreign observers in Moscow were awaiting keenly the report on their south Asia tour by premier Nikolai A. Bulganin and party first secretary Nikita S. Khrushchev. It was expected later today or Thursday, Army Equipment For , West German Forces BONN (INS) — The U. S. embassy' announced today that substantial quantities of heavy army equipment stockpiled in West Germany now will be available to implement the military assistance pact with the Bonn government. The document ratifying the agreement was deposited at the state department in Washington Tuesday. It means that military weapons and equipment will be available to the West Germans as combat units ’ come into being tinder the plan of eventually forming an army of 500,- ] 000 men. I I 1 Commissioners To ( Meet Next Monday Make Appointments For Year Os 1956 ■ The Adams county board of < commissioners will meet Monday I morning, January 2, for the purpose of making appointments for 1956 and supervising the annual . county home inventory. A member of the hospital board * will be named. Henry Rumple. Jefferson township, is the mem- 1 her whose term expires. To date, ' Rumple is the only candidate for The post. Other county personnel to be named for the year include' a highway superintendent and numerous highway employee and su- . pervisors, a court house custodian v and matron. It is believed likely ( that the board also will act on naming a county attorney. How- f ever, this appointment can be delayed until February 1, under the 11 v statute. Harry Beavers and Henry Rumple have been named to make the county home inventory and they ‘ will be assisted by the three com- p missioners and Frank Kitson, " county auditor, who, by virtue of his office, is secretary of the a board of commissioners. The board will meet Tuesday, b January 3. to take care of routine n matters. The Tuesday meeting S is the first regular meeting of the fi new year. - tl

Israel To Request Egypt Conference Asks UN Secretary To Call Conference JERUSALEM (INS) — Israel announced Tuesday night it intended td ask the UN secretary general to call a conference with Egypt aimed to try to restore peace between the two nations. Israel tried unsuccessfully to convoke a similar conference three years ago with Jordan. A foreign minister spokesman said Palestine truce supervisor Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns had been informed of Israel’s intent to request the conference under a' provision of the 1949 armistice agreement. . The spokesman also reviewed the negotiations between Israeli officials and Burns concerning UJN secretary general Dag Hammarskjold’s recent demands for a cease fire. He said Israel uncpnditlonally accepted Hammarskjold's November plan to bring peace to the El Auja demilitarized zone but described the Egyptian attitude to the plan as “tantamount to rejection.” Variance Granted To Gerber Market Plans Supermarket On Thirteenth Street A variance w'as granted Tuesday night by the board of zoning appeals to Carl Gerber, president of Gerber Supermarket, Inc., giving him the go ahead on his plans tp erect a large supermarket on 13th street, just south of Miller’s motel. The variance permits a setback of 10 feet from the 12th street side of the lot, which extends from 13th to 12th. It also permits Gerber a setback of only one and a half feet from the north side line. The second part of the variance was granted on the condition that Gerber place a com- ‘ presser room in the east side rather than the north side of the building. The variance has the signed approval of all lot owners in the vicinity. At Tuesday’s meeting the board members also accepted the resignation of its current chairman, Sylvan Rupert, who is resigning after serving for eight years. The formal resignation of Robert Anderson was also filed and accepted. Both resignations are effective Jau. 1. The spot vacated by Rupert will be filled with an appoint- , ment by mayor-elect Robert Cole. Anderson’s post will be filled by a board appointee. Other members of the board are Robert Gay, Charles Cloud, Robert Yost and Deane Dorwin. Indiana Fourth In Corn-Crop Values lowa Leads Nation In Corn Production INDIANAPOLIS (INS)—lndiana is fourth ( in the nation in corn-crojj. value for 1955 with a total listed as $345,170,000. lowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Indiana, in that order, lead the nation in corn crop production and value. Indiana farms averaged 49.7 bushels of corn ah acre in 1944-53. The yield jumped to 53.5 bushels , per acre in 1954 and for 1955 It will ring in at 56 bushels. Indiana’s total yield runs to about 270 million bushels this year. Although corn is bringing $1 a ; bushel in many acres, the govern- j ment storage support plan price is $1.60 a bushel which boosts the 1 figure to the total value listed by < the department of agriculture. 1 ■ )

Doctors Order Vacation Trip For President Two-Week Vacation For Sun, Exercise For Chief Executive WASHINGTON (INS) —'President Eisenhower flew to Key West, Fla., today for-a two-week vacation to “try to get some warm sun” prior tVhls return to full official duties. Mr. Eisenhower left Washington National Al®port at 9:15 a. m. EST on his personal plane, Columbine 111, and landed at Key West at 12:48 p. m. today. ■ The Chief Executive was accompanied by his brother, Dr. Milton. Eisenhower, president of Pennsylvania State university, and a small group of White House aides. Two bags of golf clubs were loaded on the plane with tags bearing the name of (White House news secretary James C. Hagerty. However, Hagerty said he "assumed” that some of Mr. Eisenhower's irons were inside the bags. The President is taking the southern vacation on the advice of his physicians who recommended that he spend two weeks in a warmer climate relaxing and getting some limited exei’clse. In addition to Milton Eisenhower and the White House staff, including his personal physician, Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder, the Chief Executive took along an old friend, Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme allied commander in Europe. ■The presence of Milton, President of Pennsylvania State university, hinted that Mr. Eisenhower may also use the two weeks to consider his decision on whether to seek a second term. The President’s youngest brother is his close political adviser and most trusted confidant. Mrs. Eisenhower is remaining in Washington to be with her mother, Mrs. John S. Doud, and her daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. John Eisenhower, who presented the Eisenhotver family with a fourth grandchild last week. The President will stay at the Key West naval base where Truman often sough relaxation from the cares of the White House, but lie will not occupy the same quarters as his Ilemocratic predecessor. He will stay in the spacious frame house where rerecuperated from a stomach ailment in 1949 when he was president of Columbia (Continued On Page Ftve) Assist Taxpayers In Filing Returns Internal Revenue Reverses Stand WASHINGTON (INS) —The internal revenue service has reversed jtself by announcing that it will provide constant assistance for taxpayers in filling out their Income tax returns. Comriiissioner Russell C. Harrington said the present prograin of “special taxpayer assistance days” is “too restrictive” and that taxpayers will also be given instructions on “non-designated” days.. He said taxpayers will be encouraged to seek advice on “assistance days, “but all the help possible” will be rendered on other working days during the filing period which ends April 15. Harrington a Isol disclosed that the service has set up specialized operations in its offices so that taxpayers can get prompt advice. He said the federal agency, ma- 0 jor news service, radio and television hetworks are preparing a nationwide distribution f 4>f materuijjs to aid taxpayers. A booklet, free of charge, will be available to hurrican victims on what taxes are deductible and how to compute and deduct them. * *

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