Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 39.

HEALTHY SMILE o® shbmkt ■■KI I r / r t» I I M <• ■ k> . - ■ *■■ ’j -*. ’■Wil ■ B- BH ■ r 1 'I iL * 11 K’ ' 1 ■ t ■ WOp ' - • - W JISkC ■' 1 ■h, jQH ■t\ ■k \ I ' SuaH ■|Mnn ■ ■ tTF ■mHHHRBBh ffOi v OBVIOUSLY HAPPY with his doctors' medical report. President Elsenhower flashes a healthy smile during a medial presentation ceremony at his office. He presented the Medal of Freedom to Dr. John Von Neumann before leaving the capital for a Georgia vacation.

Ike Shelves Decision To Go Hunting Expect Eisenhower Decision Next Week On Reelection Bid TBpMAgJMUX sa* 4INS)..- — Prsildcnt jßwShhower pttt aside temporarily today the weighty problem of whether to seek a second term and turned his attention again to bagging his limit of wily Georgia quail. His intimates expect Mr. Eisenhower to make up his mind on whether to run for re-election sometime in the next week. The President headed into the fields at 8 a.m. (EBT) armed with a dowle-barrelled .410 guage shogun. He wore ankle-high boots/ a brown suede jacket, khaki slacks, sport shirt, sweater and brown bunting cap. Mr. Eisenhower was uf> at about 6:30 a.m. and beakfdsted on a small steak before starting off on the bunt with Humphrey. The Chief Executive's arrival‘in Georgia Wednesday took on the flavor of a campaign trip as cheering thousands turned out to extend him a warm welcome. Mr. Eisenhower looked more like a candidate than he has at any time since his Sept. 24 heart attack as he bounced to his feet a score of times to acknowledge the cheers with waves and the grin that became his political trademark in 1952. . / U Mr. Eisenhower came back emp-ty-handed from his first quail hunt Wednesday but he planned to make up for that today. He spent two hours riding through,the fields with Humphrey atop a new mule-drawn hunting carriage picking out the best spots for today’s expedition. The party flushed coveys of quail several times, but neither the President nor the secretary was able to bring down a bird — _ They each fired two or, three shots, dismounting from the carriage when the bird rogs running alongside froxe to a point Beaters followed in another hunting wagon and secret service agents trailed the party on horseback. Mr. Eisenhower also brought along his golf clubs and planned to get in within the next day or two, weather permitting, his first holes of golf since his heart attack. When he tires of hunting and golfing, he will work with his oil joints. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS)—The White House today announced a change In selective service requirements that will, In effect, defer young fathers from Induction.It said that President Eisenhower has Issued an executive order providing that non-fath-ers from 19-28 years old will be called before fathers and other persons 26 years old and over.

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World Day Os Prayer Observance Friday Three Services To Be Held In City World Day of Prayer will be observed with three services Friday afternoon and evening in this city. The evening service will be held at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist church, with Mrs. Stuart H. Brightwell presiding. Purpose of the . World Day of Prayer will be out- ( lined 1 and special music will be • provided for the hour's service. The Baptist cnurch will be open all day for anyone desiring a time of silent prayer. .Bells of the First Methodist. Zion Evangelical andi Reformed, and Trinity Evangelical United Brethren churches, will be rung every hour on the hour Friday from 10 a m. to 7 p.m. Children's services will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Missionary church for pupils at the Northwest Elementary school and at the First Baptist church for students of the Lincoln school, junior high and high school. Mrs. Otho Suman and the Church of the Nazarene will be in charge of the service at the Missionary chupch, and Mrs. Brightwell will be in charge of the service at the Baptist church. Special music will be provided at each of the services. Parents are invited to attend these services with their children, and. Cub Scout packs, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are encouraged to attend in groups. Scheduled Vote On Milk Prices Halted Court Injunction Halts Friday Vote INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Setting of minimum milk prices for dairy farmers was in abeyance today because of an Injunction issued by Marlon Superior Judge John L. Niblack. Voting by Adams iconnty dairy farmers on the question of federal price controls on the milk sold in the Indianapolis market which was scheduled for Friday has been postponed according to a telegram received this morning by Leo Seltenright, county agent. The voting was scheduled to be conducted Friday in 13 Indiana cities affecting about 3,50 ff milk producers. A 75 percent majority would be required to permit a milk price order. The price controls are advocated by three dairy associations but a new non-coop group, Dairy Producers, Inc., has been’ organized to fight price controls. The judge issued the injunction and set Feb. 24 as a hearing date on the demand of Cassius M. Bottema, Plalnfiled dairy farmer, to call off Friday's scheduled vote tabulation on a federal milk marketing order for the Indianapolis area. Judge Niblack's action outlawed votes already east by the governing board of two organisations of dairy producers and a referendum being held by a number of their (Continued on- Five)

Order Sweeping Investigation Os Contributions Senate Committee _ Orders Probe Into Influence Angles WASHINGTON (INS) — The senate elections subcommittee today ordered a sweeping investigation into charges that campaign contributions have been made to influence action on legislation in congress. .-.e-i Chairman Albert Gora (D-Tenn.) announced that the three-man elections group unanimously approved the inquiry during a closed door session. The investigation is an outgrowth of another probe by a special senate committee into the |2,500 campaign contribution offered to Sen. Francis Case (R-S. D.) by an oil company lobbyist interested in passage of the natural gas bill. Sen. Thomas C. Hennings (DMo.) said he believed the Gore committee should be permitted to investigate attempts by both sides in the gas bill fight to influence the outcome of the legislation. But senate GOP chairman Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, said he believed the matter should be handled by the special blue • ribbon committee headed by Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) George told newsmen he did not have the time to conduct such an inquiry but Bridges and Sen. Edward J. Thye (R-Minn.) — both members of the George committee — said they felt they should pursue the matter. The special committee has been inquiring into whether any improper attempt had been made to influence the gas bill vote of Sen. Francis Case (R-S. D.) Case rejected a >2.500 campaign contribution from an oil company lawyer interested in the passage of the gas bill. The measure later passed the senate and now awaits presidential action. Marcfi Is Proclaimed As Red Cross Month THOMASVILLE. Ga. (INS) — President Eisenhower today proclaimed March as national Red Cross month and urged Americans to contribute generously to the Red Cross fund driveHis proclamation noted that Red Cross disaster relief funds have been dangerously depleted by "unprecedented demands” in the past year. Truman Criticizes Ike's 1952 Tactics Used Korean Crisis For Political Ends WASHINGTON (INS) — Former President Harry S. Truman charged today that Gen. Eisenhower used the Korean crisis, including peace talks, for “political advantage" during the 1952 election paignTruman singled out for criticism Eisenhower's Detroit speech in which the general said that, if elected, he would go to Korea- He said Eisenhower "must have known that he was weakening our hand in negotiations.” He added: “I could understand certain extreme isolationists using Korea as a political weapon, but I will never understand how a responsible military man, fully familiar with the extreme delicacy of our negotiations to end hostilities, could use this tragedy for polilcal davantage” In another installment of hts memoirs in Life magazine. Truman also gave fhis rundown on the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952; 1. He decided on Jan. 20, 1949. inauguration day, that he would not seek reelection; revealed his secret to his staff in July, 1950, at Key West, Fla., and announced it publicly on March 29, 1952 2. The late U S. Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, whom he regarded as “the most logical and qualified candidate” three times spurned his support for the presidential nomination3 Adlai E. Stevenson could have received three./million more votes against* Mr- Eisenhower if he had accepted Truman’s offer in January, 1952, instead of announcing his candidacy, months later. 4. Vice President Albee W Barkley would have had Truman's backing and “would here been the Democratic nominee,’' if he had not withdrawn when he did and had not made his decision Irrevocable. Barkley quit several days before Stevenson entered the race.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 16, 1956.

_____— — : Williams Asserts He Opposed Decontrol Os Strategic Equipment . . ..

— — Senate Battle On Farm Bill ■ Opens Monday Ike's Request For Dollar Limit Seen Headed For Defeat WASHINGTON (INS) —President Eisenhower’s request for a dollar limit on the amount of price support any single farmer may obtain appeared headed today for a congressional wastebasket Sen. George RTRen (R Vt-K told an interviewer there was “no enthusiasm” for the limitation in the dosed session of the senate agriculture committee, which approved a bill omitting the ceiling. Aiken, top GOP member of the unit and a stanch supporter of the administration's fafin program, said he did not expect any real effort will be made on the senate floor to write in the dollar ceiling on price supportsHe said the President “had a good idea," but he explained that it would be difficult to administer. The senate launches its battle over legislation to raise farm price Monday- Estimates of senators on how long the fight will take range all the way from three days to tUkee weeks. ». - . Regional interests are expected to prolong the debate- Some cotton state senators, including Sen. Richard B. Russell (D Ga ), said they are not satisfied with the cotton provisions. Corn state senators want to strengthen the provisions affecting that cropSen. Bourke B- Hickenlooper (R lowa.) told reporters there is growing support for his amendment to make all corn growers eligible for price supports and soil bank par ticipation by returning to the "historic basis” for allotments, which he said was 56 million acres His amendment would provide also for a referendum this fall in which corn growers would vote on the kind of program they want. Hickenlooper said his proposal would increase the price of corn 20 cents a bushel. This would mean a >SOO million income boost on the basis of the 1955 crop However, expected participation in the soil bank would reduce the 1957 corn crop INDIANA WEATHER Warnings of hazardous driving conditions. Freezing rain in central portion of state today spreading ovpr most of north portion by mid or late afternoon, causing hazardous highway conditions. Rain south and central and rain or snow extreme north tonight and FrL * day. Little change in temperature except a little warmer etreme south Friday. Low tonight 25-32 north, 32-38 south. High Friday 30-35 north, 38-45 south. ... V

Lenten Meditation '“THE FIGHTER” K ' (By Rev. John E. Chambers, Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church) 6-’ "Every man that etriveth in the games exercises self-con-trol in all things—so fight I.” 1 Corinthians 9:25-26 A.S.V.) The apostle Paul in these verses uses the athletic figure to illustrate his point. “Every athlete exercises self-control in all things.” Self-control, discipline, training, rules, rule-book, referees ‘ —these words are not foreign to the Apostle Paul, non are they unfamiliar to us when “King Basketball—Hoosier Hysteria” is at the boiling point. ’ As a Christian fighter and athlete, Paul says “I pommel my body and subdue It.” He is saying “I will practice what I preach.” "I will not lay down the rules for others and then be disqualified myself for the everlasting prize.” If. we will be victorious in the game of life, we must overcome our problems and handicaps rather than allow’ them to overcome ua. It takes self-control and discipline which we do not like, but such a fighting faith will see us through every obstacle in the race ---which we run. — : —- =___<4^—— -—t—Sfe' “Dear Lord, in the battle that goes en through life. I ask but a field that is fair, a chance that is equal with all in the strife, a courage to strive and to dare. If I should win, let it be by the code with my faith and honor held high. If I should lose, let me stand by the road and cheer a» the winners go by.”

Arrest Two Negroes In Student Beating Charge Beating Os Alabama Student TUSCALOOSA. Ala. (INS) ~ Two .Negro brothers, charged with beating “a University of Alabama student in anger over campus rioting against a Negro co-ed, were taken from Tuscaloosa city jail to Eutlaw, Ala., Wednesday night . to guard against any possible lynching attemptThe attack was the first report of physical violence aimed at a white person since the university campus was rocked by three days I of protest riots Feb. 3 to 6 over • the enrollment of 26-year-old Autht erine Lucy, first Negro to be ad- ■ mitted to the school. I Arthur Washington, a soldier on furlough, and his brother, John, ( both in their 20s, were* charged i with dssault with intent to murder 19-year-old sophomore Samuel Pert rin TayiSF Tuesday night. ‘ Police chief W C. Tompkins said ; there was no apparent reason for the attack on the student except , that the two brothers “wanted to ; get even with somebody for the way Miss Lucy was treated.” , Miss Lucy was excluded from . her classes “for her own safety and i the safety of others” following, the ( riots < , Circuit solicitor Olin Zeanah said Taylor swore out the assault with I Intent to riiuide: wan tats Wednesday. The Negroes first were jailed on misdemeanor charges of assault ’ and battery and disorderly con- ( duct. The new charge is a feloqy Zeanah said the two men were ’ transferred from Tuscaloosa to the Greene county jail at Eutlaw. 18 miles away, “to eliminate any possibility of trouble since there is ' considerable tension” in the cam- ’ pus town. He added that unless the two men ask for bond they will be held for action of the county grand jury March 1- A third Jimmy Hall, was ’arrested as a material witness. Taylor said he was seized while walking to a cabinet shop where be once worked. He added he was hustled into a dark alley and, despite his protest that he had nothing to do with the riots, was struck several times He suffered a bruise on the left temple and his coat was torn. All City Vehicles To Be Properly Marked All of Decatur’s municipally owned motor vehicles are being marked “property of city of Decatur,” it was learned today from city officials. For some time, several of the vehicles have been unmarked and have led to rumors that they were being used privately. Officials have announced that in the future all vehicles will be marked at time of purchase. ■ "

Indiana Bank Is Robbed Os .-*jW ? $3,000 Today Two Bandits Loot Manilla Bank, Flee With $3,000 Cash MANILLA, Ind (INS) —Two “sloppily dressed” bandits today held up the Citizens State Bank of Manilla and fled with approximately $3,000 after terrorizing a 70-year-old bank manager and two women employes. Indiana and local police immediately began an air and ground search for the fleeing men W P. Thurston, 70, bank director, cashier and manager, and his wife, age 68, and a second woman teller, Mrs. Mae Addison. 49. were in the small bank when the bandits walked in, one a few seconds after the first. The first gunman, waving his blue steel revolver, shouted: ~ “Hands up, up, up” Thurston said the men, about 30 years old and Slight of build, acted “very nervous”. The second bandit entered with a striped cloth bag, tried to get behind the counter, but couldn’t work a latch- He shoved the bag at Mrs. Addison 1 and ordered her to put all the . bills but jp silver, hi the .bag- ? She put the cash at the counter in the bag, but the men left without touching money in the vault. The Thurstons and Mrs. Addison were ordered to sit on the floor, facing a wall for five minutes One of the bandits waited a short time to see if the order were carried out. The men were in the bank less (Continued on Page Five) Local Lady's Mother Is Taken By Death Mrs- lona Schogham, 79, of five and one-half miles northeast of Bluffton, died at 12:50 p. m- Wednesday at the Wells county hospital. Survivors include four sons, Leonard and Vilas of Fort Wayne, Cecil of Kingsland and Fred of Middlebury; three daughters, Mrs. John Plummer and Mrs- HarryHorner of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Daniel Durbin of Decatur; three sisters and two brothers Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p m- Saturday at the Elzey & Son funeral home In Ossian, with burial in Oak Lawn cemetery, Ossion. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. Five Persons Dead In Explosion. Fire Four Children Are Included In Toll _ ‘DES MOINES (INS 1 —Five persons lost their llves-including four children-in an early morning explosion and a combination recreation center-tavern at the Fort Des Moines housing area just south of Des Moines- . The victims were believed to be Mrs. Margaret Tedrow and her three children 12, 8, and 7, and a neighbor's child, 11-year-old Margaret Hutchinson The Hutchinson girl was visiting the Tedrow family. * Two explosions rocked the club about 3 a. m- The first one blew out the front door and the second leveled the roof. The cause of the explosions was not immediately known Des Moines firemen were unable to answer a call to help fight the blaze because of a two alarm blaze in downtown Des .Moines at the John Deere Plow Co. houseThe three story brick-frame warehouse was used to store farm equipment and parts tot Deere and company. Damage was heavy to both buildings.

Continue Probe 01 Cleveland Blasts ■. j. t ; Public Square AreaRocked, None Hurt CLEVELAND (INS) —The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co- continued its Investigation today into a series of blasts which rocked the public square area but-fortunateiy -caused no injuries. Two 100-pound manhole covers went sailing some 25 feet in the air during the first blast and damaged a parked auto and broke windows. Two women were taken to a hospital to be treated tor shock. The 52-story terminal tower building was evacuated as a precautionary measure when a CEI official said the electricak cable serving the tower’s elevators might failThe explosions unaer me roadway in front of the terminal damaged a cable, but CEI crews repaired it within two hours. Sixteen police cars and a number of fire trucks were rushed to the scene and manhole covers in the area were removed after the first blast so that the smoke from the underground fire could dissipate. The four subsequent blasts were not as seriousAssistant fire chief Ferdinand Boehmer . said an underground short circuit apparently caused the insulation on heavy electric wires to smolder, making a smoke that would burn- , i . An official CEf said the blast was caused by the mechanical failure of a lead sheath that covers underground power lines, but that it is not known what caused the mechanical difficulty. Hirschy To Head Plan Commission Discuss Revamping Zoning Ordinance Kenneth Hirschy, Central Soya employe and leader in the Cereal Workers Union, has been elected president of the Decatur plan commission for 1956-57 at a meeting held by that group this week. Charles Kent, senior partner of Kent Realty and Auction Co., was elected vice-president, and Ralph Roop, city engineer, was reflected secretary of the commission. Hirachy was first appointed to the commission by former Mayor John Stults in 1947 when the commission was first created and has served continuously since. Kent and Roop also have members since the early days of the commission. At the annual reorganization meeting the members discussed the advisability of revamping the zoning ordinance under Decatur's master plan to conform with the growth of the city. . It was informally agreed that Col. Lawrence Sheridan, planning engineer, who compiled the city’s original zoning Ordinance, should be consulted. <: The new president of the group said Wednesday that he believed the board felt several changes in the present ordinance would point to a better and more orderly growth of the city and that he was in hearty favor of recommending some changes. The zoning ordinance, which divides the city into areas for residential, business, commercial and manufacturing, was enacted by the council in 1949. A few minor amendments have beep made. Three Youths Leave For Army Induction Three Adams county young men left Decatur this morning for Indianapolis where they will be inducted in the armed services- The three are John William Burkhart, Robert Eugene Noll and Boyd Levern Nevil. — — 12 Pages I " "■"" """ ♦. ' ■

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Defense Dept. Expert Speaks To Committee Says Step-up In Allied Trade Aids Russia War Output WASHINGTON (INS)—A defense department expert sqid today a recent step-up in allied trade with' Russia may save the Reds three to five years in production of machine tools for war equipment. Testifying before the senate investigations subcommittee, John Williams, of the Pentagon’s office of supply and logistics, said he Advised against "decontrolling” the strategic items in 1954. The senate group is investigating U. S. asquiescence in a 15-nation agreement two years ago to cut almost in half the 450-ltem list of strategic items embargoed or restricted from shipment to the Soviet bloc. Williams appeared after the Pentagon bowed to the subcommittee’s demand for his testimony. Because of indecision by his superiors about how much he-should say, he failed to show up as scheduled Wednesday. Williams said that as an adviser in 1954 he prepared “fact sheets” on machine tools subsequently stricken from the embargo list. He told the senators: “I wouldn’t give permission to ship any machine tool.” Williams stressed: “I doubt very much that there is a single machine tool that is not used in production of war material.” j This, he said, is the primary I if not the sole — purpose of gigantic horizontal boring machines that Britain is sending to Russia. The subcommittee has been told that one such machine has .been sent and five more are on order, each costing between 1200,000 and $500,000. Williams failed to appear as ordered Wednesday because the defense department had not decided whether he could testify in public. He already had appeared at a closed session. But today, however, subcommittee chairman John L. McClellan (D Ark.), said: “I have been assured that the defense department will cooperate right up to the limit of things that will involve national security.” Another witness said Wednesday that Williams opposed a relaxation of controls over such trade with the Soviet bloc in 1954. Ralph Baldenhofer, executive vice president of the Thompson Grinding Machine Co., Springfield. Ohio, told the group that when he was a commerce department expert in 1954 he — as well as Williams — protested the “decontrolling” agreement. A subcommittee investigator said that other officials, at the state department's urging, agreed to remove 200, out of 450 items from an “embargo list,” so that allies could ship strategic items to Russia and continue to receive U. S. aid. Allied nations, under law, automatically lose American aid if they (Continued on Page Five) To Discuss School Problems In Union Taxpeyers of Union township are being invited to attend a special meeting Monday at 8 p. m. at the Luckey school bouse to discuss school problems of the shipThe meeting le being called by a group of persons interested in the school situation. They include Mn and Mrs Leo Workinger, Mrand Mrs. Ed Gerbers, Mr. and Mrs- Richard Miller. Mr. and Mrs- “ Gene Rydell, Mr and Mrs. Melvin Hirschy and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hakes ■ The problem to be discussed is whether or not to keep open the two grade schools of the township, Luckey and Schnepp schools.