Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 21.

CYPRUS: TAKING NO CHANCES I ■ I? A BRITISH TOMMY, taking no chances during continuing violence on Cyprus, searches the violin case of a boy cycling home from a music lesson.

Democrats In Senate Score Dulles' Plans Sen. Morse Urges Complete Review Os Foreign Policy WASHINGTON (INS) — Three Democratic senators served notice today they would never agree to accept any proposal of secretary of state John Foster Dulles to exempt the Israel-Arab dispute from 1956 campaign discussion. Dulles told his weekly news conference Tuesday he hoped to arrange a bipartisan agreement to keep “one or two matters” out of this year's presidential campaign. Other sources said one was the Middle East d,ispute. ... ' Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore.), a senate foreign relations member, called for review of "every phase of American foreign policy.’* Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D Minn.), another foreign relations member and Dulles critic', said he would nbt agree to such an "exemption” — as did Sen. Herbert Lehman (D N.Y.). Morse and Lehman are both candidates for reelection. Their stand reflected continuing Democratic resentment of recent Dulles statements— including both his "brink of war" interview In Life magazine and his Tuesday remarks on bipartisanship. Humphrey told a reporter: “I’m afraid Mr. Dulles is afraid the Democrats will discuss things in the same spirit his party discussed them prior to the Eisenhower election. We have no intention to speak in a spirit of bitterness. It will be discussion in full recognition of the delicate nature of our foreign policy.” Humphrey earlier demanded that Dulles make available to the foreign relations committee a transscript of his Life interview. He said he would join Sen. Mike Mansfield (D Mont.), in a series of senate speeches on what the Minnesotan called “deeply disturbing” aspects of XI. S. policy. Senate foreign relations chairman Walter F. George (D Ga.). said he understood Dulles had made some mention of a desire to avoid bringing the Arab - Israel strife Into the campaign, but declined other comment. ■ Morse said in an interview: “The bungling of of state Dulles has been so detrimental to the international prestige of the U.S. that I think every phase of American foreign policy should be subjected to appraisal and discussion. After all, it is the American people who suffer when foreign policy goes wrong and they are entitled to know the facts about what is going on.” Favor Removal Os Gas Tax On Farms WASHINGTON (INS) — The house ways and means committee has voted to save farmers an estimated sixty million dollars a year by removing the federal tax on gasoline, used for agriculture. The senate had already approved the measure before the bouse group took its action Wednesday. It appeared likely that the lifting of the tax would be the first plart Os President Eisenhower’s farm program to pass through congress. 12 Pages

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Expert Says Letter Written By Irvin Other Sources Doubt Letter Is Authentic PRINCETON. Ind. (INS) — Paul Padgett, Evansville, Ind., handwriting expert, reiterated today his belief that a letter purportedly sent by escaped mass killer Leslie Irvin from Brooklyn, N.Y., was authentic. ♦. 1 Padgett, who has testified at sev--1 oral trials, said that in his opinion > the letter was either written by r Irvin, under sentence of death after ■ confessing six murders, or by a 1 person who knows him and has a sample of his handwriting. The expert asserted that in his ’ opinion “It is a million-to-one ’ chance” that the Brooklyn letter f to Mrs. Ruth Patton. St. Louis ’ waitress, is a hoax. } No official statement has been made eke way or the other by the » FBI or the Indiana slate police, . who have directed the probe aver 5 since Irvin slipped out of the Gibson county jaib at Princeton eight * days ago. usfhg a key made of * cardboard, glue and tinfoil. s They woud say only that the ' search for the handsome killer is 1 continuing and that all efforts ate ' .being made to find him. ' other unofficial sources have doubted that the let- ! ter received by Mrs.. Patton in St. 1 Louis was written by the hunted 1 slayer. These experts claim that 1 Irvin never used the word “Kill" which is contained in the letter, and also that he would not sign 1 himself Leslie Irvin, as this note 5 was signed. 1 Indiana state police spokesmen 1 said that none of their handwriting experts has examined the letter. i Padgett examined a photostatic * copy of the letter to Mrs. Patton 3 at the request of Evansville ehle‘ ' of detectives George Hansch. Irvin, an Evansville. Ind., res 1 ident, was sentenced to die June ‘ 12 for the murder of Wesley Kerr. ’ Evansville filling station operator He also had confessed two other 3 Indiana slayings and three at Hen 5 derson, Ky. 3 All were killed by being shot ’ through the head after being forced to kneel. ' The disputed letter, mailed ’-om * Brooklyn Sunday and written on a ’ brown paper sack, told Mrs. Patton 3 that “I have no intention of klll’nft 1 you, but there are many other ' people that I Intend to kilt.” Mrs. Patton had known Irvtn 5 when she worked as a waitress * In Louisville. Ky., and -said she 3 saw him again after his escape (Cor>tlnu«d on Page Three) Three Muncie Youths I, Killed In Accident ' MUNCIE, Ind. (INS) —Three , Muncie youths were killed today when their car skidded on an icy street and hit a tree while they were being pursued by police. The dead are: « - Charles E. Rhoades, 21; Jack Herbert, 21, and Richard Bayless, J 22. 't V ~ "T" » d* ' . ; Milwaukee Couple i Drowned In Auto ;• MILWAUKEE. Wis. <TNS) —The 3 bodies of a Milwaukee couple have been recovered, from a car on the ‘ bottom of Eagle Lake in Racine t county. j Henry .Sheibrock, 42. and his wife. liene, 27. were found drowned In the sunken auto Wednesday Tire tracks Indicated the auto sank while being driven on the Ice and ice ffehing gear was found in the . car, . 8

No Reply From Eisenhower On Soviet Message Bulganin Message On Promoting Peace Under Close Study WASHINGTON (INS) — The White House, said today it does not know when President Eisenhower might reply to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin’s personal message on "promoting world peace ” Presidential news secretary James C, Hagerty told newsmen be had "no idea” when Mr. Eisenhower might reply. Asked fi there definitely would be a reply, be said: “I’ll wait and see.” Hagerty said there was no agreement with Russia on the release of Bulganin’s letter- He reiterated that the letter would no be made public at this time. The message was under careful study by the President Wnd his top foreign policy advisers who want to make a complete review of the Soviet proposal/ before deciding on an answer. The Soviet proposal was submitted to the President in a personal message, 1 signed by the Soviet premier, and delivered at the Whit House by Russian ambassador Georgi N. Zaroubin. Officials said that the peace ideas now promulgated by Bulganin touched on the question of how tn bring about a workable international disarmament plan to curb hydrogen and atomic weapons and reduce the size of conventional defense forces, and on “other important Soviet — American problems." , Some officials were inclined to regard the new Russian move as a jfalpabie attempt to undercut the highly important strategy talks beween Presiden Eisenhower and British prime minister Sir Anthony Eden opening next Monday in WashingtonAmbassador Zaroubin requested a personal audience wit| Mr- Eisenhower in brder to deliver the letter. It was the first time Zaroubin had made an official call on the President. Contests of the Soviet communication were c a Died te Eden, aboard the Queen Elizabeth en route to the U, S. London reports said the message was discussed by Eden, his top aides and U- S ambassador Winthrop Aldrich at dinner aboard the ship Wednesday night.,„ T Presidential news secretary James C. Hagerty said late Wednesday that he had no idea whetherMr. Eisenhower would decide to make the Bulganin message public. Says Civil Defense Program Inadequate House Committee To Conduct Probe WASHINGTON (INS) — A congressman declared today that the nation’s civil defense program is “completely inadequate for the iiuclear age." House investigators scheduled a complete probe of the operation. The investigation, to be conducted by the house military opera tions subcommittee, is tentatively slated to begin next Tuesday. Rep. R. Walter Riehiman (R N.Y.), a member of -the subcom mi ttee, stated ta*an interview that the current civil defense system would completely break down in case of an atomic or hydrogen bomb attack on the United States. Riehiman declared: “The main objective of the investigation is to build a stronger civil defense program for the age we live in ar.d to give it the same power and stature that military have.” The New Yorker has introduced legislation which would create a department of civil defense in ad(Continued on Page Three) Van Wert Surgeon Dies Unexpectedly - Dr. Roland H; Good, 55. prominent physician and surgeon at Van Wert, O , died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home Tuesday night. Survivors Include his wife. Marguerite: two daughters. MrsElizabeth Louise Pollock of Binghamton, N. Y., and Mrs. Barbara Ann Berlage of Bergenfield, N- J.; a brother, Richard F Good of near Van Wert, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Knoll-Brick-ner-Dldrick funeral home at Van Wert, with burial in Woodland cemetery.

Decdtur, Indiana, Thursday, January 26, 1956.

Eisenhower Proposes Better Health Plans In Congress Message

Davis Defends His Grant Os Mining Rights Under Secretary Os Interior Appears Before Committee WASHINGTON (INS) — Interior under secretary Clarence A, Davis told congressional investigators today that the Al Sarena Mining Co. controversy was a legal—rather than a political — problem. He testified before a senatehouse subcommittee in defense of his recommendation granting mining rights .to a firm which subsequently harvested timber from the land in Oregon’s Rouge River national forest. Davis, who was department solicitor when the grant was made in January, 1954, told the congressional group: “I regret that others have chosen to try this case in the newspapers. and to try it on issues which in large part are quite immaterial to the actual problems Involved.” The Al Sarena grant moved into the spotlight when Democrats con- [ tended it was a prime example of what thpy have called interior secretary 'Douglas McKayS* “give l away" policy in handling natural resources. Davis said It was “unfair" to bring McKay into the controversy. He said the grant for mining was made to the company, headed by H. P. McDonald, on recommendation of assays made under bureau of mines supervision. - The bureau, part of the interior department, had ore samples from the Oregon property assayed by a firm 1H Mobile. Ala. Davis argued that: I—The1 —The bureau of mines was “completely ’ built and staffed by the preceding administration." and 2—The Alabama firm was selected jointly by the Al Sarena Co., and the bureau, as is customary. Critics of the Al Sarena grant have charged that the Alabama assay office was selected although it was not experienced In studying western* ores. Davis said the firm was on the commerce department list as “a recognized assay house," and added: “I felt justified in relying upon the same evidence of reliability on (Continued on Page Three) Election Planned On School Merger Election Planned In Jefferson Twp. Tentative plans are being made for an election in Jefferson township concerning the proposed school consolidation with Wabash township, it was learned today. Probabilities are the election will be held prior to February 15, possibly February 14, it was said. The election will be held in Jefferson township only, according to present plans, and if a majority of the legal voters of the township vote in favor of the merger proposal with Wabash Township, the plan will proceed. It is not likely an election will be necessary in Wabash township because to date no remonstrance has been filed against the proposed merger there. More than 50 freeholders in Jefferson township have signed a remonstrance, thus making an election necessary. Those favoring a merger and those opposed are said to be organising for the election which will determine the issue. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with occasional light snow likely south and central Metlons Friday and in southwest and west central Metlons tonight. Not so cold south portion tonight. LOW tonight 8-1* north; 16-21 south. High Friday 27-32.

— Mothers March On Polio Monday Night. Door To Door Drive Next Monday Night Plans are being completed for * the annual Mothers March on Polio ■ which will be conducted in Decatur Monday at 6 p.m. A large group of volunteer "mothers” will make a door to door canvass of the city soliciting donations to the 1950 ■ March of Dimes fund. All residents of Decatur will be ■ asked to turn on their porch lights ■ between € and 7 p.m. when the ■ volunteers will be calling on them. Each volunteer will be identified with a tag and will carry a can ’ nister to contain the donations. The city has been divided into ’ about 20 districts and a captain ’ has been named for each district, i ” j Mrs. Robert bane “is general chairman of the project. Her district captains include Mrs. Francis Faurote, Mrs. Gerald Martin. Mrs. ' Paul Hakes, Mrs. Carl Stucky, Mrs. Andrew Appelman, Mrs. Donald Harman, Mts. Glenn Mauller. Mrs. Jerome Keller, Mrs. James Elberson, Mrs. Ralph Hobbs, Mrs. Clar- [ ence Ziner, Mrs. George Bair, Mrs. , Max Moser, Mrs. Herb Banning, Mrs. Walter Sommer, Mrs. Vernon ’ Custer, Mrs. Doyle Collier and Mrs. . Rolland Ladd. Each of these will be {insisted by < jMveMl workers. Mrs. stated ( today that there is a need for addF tional volunteers. who > is willing to spend an hour assisting in the March of Dimes is askj ed to contact her. • The three chapters of Beta Sigma Phi sorority are sponsoring the t Mothers March. They are being as sisted by members of other soror- . ities and men’s and women's or- , ganization. Also helping will be a [ group of Decatur Boy Snouts. , The Mothers March is one of the . largest projects in the month long , March of Dimes campaign here. All . proceeds of the march augment . the polio fund being collected in Decatur and Adams county for the national polio foundation. The money finances polio research and ; aid td'Yictlms of the disease. Dr. Salk Honored For Polio Vaccine • ■ Congressional Gold Medal Awarded Salk WASHINGTON (INS) — A congressional gold medal was awarded today to Dr. Jonas Salk for his development of the polio vaccine and President Eisenhower led in tribute to. the young scientist. The medal was presented by health, education, and welfare secretary Marion B. Folsom, who read a message from the President to ‘ Dr. Salk, declaring: 'I “Through dedicated and selfless 1 effort, in the best traditions of 1 medical research. you have brought new hope to mankind in 1 the continuing battle against a 1 dread disease. "The medal authorized by the ’ congress together with the, citation ■ presented last April, gives recognition. on behalf of the American ’ people, to. this great achievement. “I am confident that the entire ’ nation joins me in lasting gratitude and appreciation, and in best ! wishes for many years of gontin- ' ued service." — . 1 "Folsom also read a- telegram ' from Basil O’Connor,; chairman of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis who said: “j need hardly say that this ’ medal is well deserved. Dr. Salk’s 1 work in creating a polio vaccine 1 that will eventually eliminate par--1 alytie polio over the whole world will obviously go down as one of < »the great scientific achievements " In accepting the medal, Salk said his response “to the many warm sentiments that have been shared with me" will be hotter expressed in his efforts to contribute to the health of people throughout the world. Salk compared the development (Continued on Ago Three)

Russian Party Leader Praises Ike's Policies States Conviction Pres. Eisenhower Striving For Peace MOSCOW (INS) — Nikita S. Khrushchev has told a visiting American in Moscow that he is convinced President Eisenhower is striving for peace and does not want., war. : New York attorney Marshal Mac Duffie quoted the Communist party first secretary as telling him Wednesday: “My comrades (premier Nikolai A. .Bulganin, foreign secretary V. M. Molotov, defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov) and I are convinced American leaders—among them President Eisenhower —basically are striving for peace and do not want war." Mac Duffie chatted with Khrushchev for more than three hours Wednesday at his office in the party headquarters. The two have known each other for a decade. The New Yorker told newsmen afterwards that the Burly and outspoken party leader referred to President Eisenhower warmly on several occasions during their , un{ ....... . , Mac Duffie said that in general Khrushchev talked in a conciliatory fashion on the problems of disarmament and avoidance of a new war. The Soviet leader told him that Russia believes “the wave of -relaxation" which followed last summer's Big Four summit conference at Geneva should grow. Khrushchev’s comments were made the same day that a secret and personal message was delivered from premier Bulganin to President Eisenhower. “ The party leader was highly critical, Mac Duffie reported, of secretary of state John Foster Dulles and his now famed "brink of war” interview' with Life magazine. Mac Duffie also asked- Khrushchev about the recently reported statements of Soviet Marshal Vasili’ Chtilkov that the Soviet Union has surpassed the U.S. tn development of thermonuclear, or hydrogeiK weapons. The party secretary said the marshal’s declaration was in answer to statements by Dulles and Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chair(Contfrvued on Page Three) Joel Liechty Dies Wednesday Evening Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Joel Liechty. 71. a resident of Linn Grove since 1928, died at 8 o’clock Wednesday night at the Adams county memorial hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill seven and one-half weeks. He was born in Adams county Feb. 28, 1884, a son of Mathias and Mary Ann Galli-Liechty, .and had been an employe of Meshberger Bros. Stone Co. for many years. Surviving are his wife, the former Lydia Reinhart: four sons. Leonard Liechty of route 2, Deca-., tur, Norman Liechty of near St. Mary’s 0.. Charles Liechty of Santa Monica. Caiif.. and Lloyd Liechty of Pacific Palisades, Calif.: one daughter. Mrs. James Landfair of Union City; one brother. Carl Liechty of Columbus. O.: four sisters. Mrs. Rose Beer.of Berne:"Mrs. Ervin Stucky, Mr§. Charles Christener and Mrs. Lisetta Beer, all of Monroe: 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. r -—- , Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday at • the Apostolic Christian church. The body was removed to the Yager funeral home at Berne, where friends, may. call after J o’clock this evening. ’'■■■ . • • ■ ’■ i ■

Roy Amos Boomed As Governor Candidate State-Wide Rally Scheduled Sunday INDIANAPOLIS (INS)—A statewide rally to “draft” Roy M. Amos, of near Goshen, for the Republican gubernatorial nomination will be held in Indianapolis Sunday afternoon. Amos, a former American Legion state commander and now marshal for the northern Indiana federal court, generally is considered a member of the GOP faction hostile to Governor George N. Craig. He was nominated for marshal by Senators William E. Jenner and Homer E. Capehart, who at that time were battling the governor. The meeting was announced by M. E. Hostetter, of Nappanee, who claimed that Amos has maintained “friendly relations with all the segments of the Republican party and is undoubtedly the only man qualified who owes allegiance to no single group, but merits the support of all of them.” ■ ' ■ Amos is a former president of the Indiana county and township officials association and owns a large farm near Goshen. A rally in his behalf was staged in Bristol. Elkhart county, several weeks ago. There now are three announced GOP aspirants . governor —. state revenue commissioner Frank T. Millie: and Dan Cravens, of Franklin, former member of the Indiana alcoholic beverage commission. both considered as Craigites, and state representative Morrett Monks, of Winchester, a vigorous foe of the governor. Others regarded as likely to enter the contest are Ifteut. Gov. Harqld W. Handley, of LaPorte, and house speaker George Diener, of Indianapolis. L ” California Murder Suspect Convicted Student Convicted Os Murdering Girl OAKLAND, Calif. (INS)—Death in California’s lethal gas chamber is in prospect today for Burton W. Abbott — unless his conviction for the kidnaping and murder of 14year old Stephanie Bryan is reversed. A jury of seven men and five women in Alameda county superior court late Wednesday found the 27-year old former University of California student guilty of firsF degree murder and guilty of kidnaping with bodily harm. The jury which deliberated over a period of seven days failed to recommend leniency on the murder count, making the death penalty mandatory under California law. On the kidnaping count, they epe cifically fixed the punishment as death. Despite the length of the delib-erations,-the jurors — who had heard thg prosecution brand Abbott as a “sexual psychopath” who saved the brassiere and other belongings of his victim as fetishes — apparently had few strenuouj arguments. One juror who chose to remain unnamed said the first ballot was taken Wednesday morning and showed 11 1 for conviction on the murder county. The lone dissenter then came around and thq verdict >was unanimous. On the kidnaping count the first ballot’was also 11-1 for conviction when a different dissenter voted not guilty. Again there was little time lost in taking a second and unanimous ballot. _ Defense attorneys announced that the twin verdicts will be appealed and the “usual motions” — possibly for a new trial — will be made when formal seiitence is pronounced on Abbott at 10 a.m. February 3. At home when she learned of the verdict, Mrs. Charles S. Bryan Jr , mother of the slain girl, said: “Now we can have Steffie back.” She referred to the fact that her (Continued bn Page Three) '* . T 4

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Five-Year Plan To Aid Medical Schools Expand Health Reinsurance Proposal Dropped As Unneeded Now WASHINGTON (INS) —President Elsenhower proposed today that the federal government spend |250 million on a five-year program to help medical schools build new resea ch and teaching facilitiesThe proposal -was included In an administration health program featuring increased federal aid in the laboratory battle against cancer' and’other diseases which each year take a heavy toll of American livesMr. Eisenhower said, in placing the “better health” program before * congress, said there no longer appears to be an urgent need for the health reinsurance plan he has recommended in past years. , Congress has given a cold shoulder to this phase of the Eisenhower medical program, designed to encourage extension of private voluntary health insurance. [ The $259 million requested for medical facilities would be made available on a matching basis to - schools of medicine, osteopathy, public health, dentistry and Other research institutions. Mr- Eisenhower also asked an increase of 28 per cent in direct federal outlays for * medical research, requesting a total of $126.535,900. This figure previously had been listed in the budget. The funds for research would go to the national institutes of health for use on specific projects, including cancer, heart disease, mental illness' and arthritis. Most of the money would be distributed in grants to medical schools, hospitals and private laboratories. The President said there now are indications that private Insurance companies may progress more rapidly in extending health insurance coverage by pooling their risks. Mr- Eisenhower said the administration is considering legislative proposals to permit such pooling. If ibis plan fails to work out, he added, he will again urge enactment of the controversial reinsurance program. The Chief Executive said congress has enacted “enlightened and progressive legislation” in recent years in the unending war against disease ad disability. He declared: “I now urge the congress to give continued support to the quest for better health. The proposals I have submitted call for a proper distribution of responsibility among the many groups which make up’ the health services of the nation — health professions, educational institutions, foundations,’ industry, and all levels of government.” Mr. Eisenhower said the proper . role of the federal government is that of a “partner” who provides assistance without interference in personal, local or state bilitiesThe President recommended a two-year extension of the present federal-state program of aid in constriiotion of hospitals and other medical care facilities. He asked in his budget message for a sl9 million increase in funds to expand this program. Fort Wayne Infants Suffocate Wednesday FORT WAYNE, Ind (INS) —Two. babies died when fire swept their fort Wayne home late Wednesday and two other Infants were revived. The mother. Mrs Alvie Johnson, 22, left the children for a moment while she went to try to borrow money to buy fuel oil for the stove. Inhalator squads were unable to revive Debra Johnson, 11 months old, or Gary. 22 months. However, two other children, RozeM. Tr.;’four years old, and Sherry. 34. months, were saved by oxygenn--'-