Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 40

* --«■■■■ , , ■ „ ■■ 1 JOINS HUNT FOR MISSING SON ALFRED R. CLARK (center), of Harvey, 111., joins students and police at Lincoln, Mass., in, a 15-square-mile search of ponds and waterways iif the area where his Massachusetts Institute of Technology student dropped from sight early last Friday morning. The boy failed to return to the campus from a fraternity hazing stunt.

Seek Cause Os Blast Aboard Huge Bomber Four Men Killed, Four Survive Air Crosh On Thursday TRACY. Calif. (INS) — Air force authorities questioned four survivors today in an attempt to determine the cause of the explosion in flight and flaming crash of a huge eight-engine B-52 intercontinental jet bomber. The plane. America’s biggest and most modern atomic-age craft, carried four men to their deaths. This was the first crash of one of the $8,000,000 stratofortresses which are the most powerful weapon of the strategic air command. An internal explosion shattered the big craft Al 5: SO pm. Thursday as it was flying at an altitude of 32,000 feet over Tracy in northern California’s San Joaquin Valley. Flaming wreckage was scattered over a four-mile area, largely farm land. 1 The fuselage and control section landed near the army’s Sharp general depot one and a half miles southeast of Tracy. . Two bodies were found in the control section. Two other bodies were discovered in the tail section which landed about two miles from Sharp. The air force said individual identification was not Immediately established because of the condition of the bodies and listed the * following officially as missing: Col. Patrick D. Fleming,, 38, deputy wing commander and pilot instructor, Castle Gardens, Calif. Maj. Albert K. Brown, 39. instructor pilot, Pittsburgh, Pa. next i ot kin. mother. Minnie. Maj. Edward Stephanski, 35, aircraft commander. Merced. Calif. Capt. James Frederickson, 32. navigator, Atwater, Calif . The four survivors struggled out ot the plane and parachuted to scattered points. They were hospitalized with burns, cuts and bruises. The air force identified the survivors as: Maj. Harold F. Korger, radar observer; Maj. Michael Shay, instructor pilot; Maj. Billy Beardsley, radio operator; and Master Sgt. Willard Lucy, tail gunner. Major Korger was alone in the observer’s compartment when the plane was rocked by the explosion. He reported: “I’m positive we did not hjt anything and nothing struck uk. The explosion was somewhere' in this aircraft I have no way of knowing what happened except that we blew up.” - Club Assembly Held By Decatur Rotary A club assembly was held as the program feature for the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. Roy Kalver was chairman of the program and introduced Robert Ashbancher, who spoke on attendance; Leo Kirsch, who spoke on club fellowship; Gene Rydell, who discussed community service, and the Rev, W. C Feller, who spoke on Rotary history and the purpose of Rotary. Rev. Feller also formally inducted Thomas Allwein. manager of the Decatur plant of the Central Soya Co., into club membership.

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Hopefuls Waif For Decision From ike Feel Chance Better If Ike Runs Again INDIANAPOLIS (INS)—At least three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls are waiting for the “other shoe” to drop in the White House before they announce formally, according to indications today. They are eagerly awaiting the announcement of President Eisenhower about running for a second term. If ike runs again, it may mean 100,000 additional votes for the Indiana gubernatorial nominee, according to one observer. _ . , These candidates hovering on the brink are Lieut. Gov. Harold W. Handley, of LaPorte; house speaker George Diener, of Indianapolis, and Roy Amoe, of Goshen, former American Legion state commander and now federal marshal for the Northern Indiana district, all in varying degrees opposed to the GOP faction of Governor George N. Craig. There are now only three formally. announced GOP aspirants for governor, in contrast to six in the Democratic contest. The announced Republicans are state commissioner of revenue Frank T. Millis, ot Indianapolis, the present front map, and Dan Cravens, of Franklin, former member of the Indiana alcoholic beverage commission, both Craigites, and state representative Merrett R. Monks, of Winchester, a bitter Craig foe. Republican Senator Homer E. Capehart to date is unopposed for renomination and there are no rivals on the horizon. Capehart is campaigning vigorously in all parts of Indiana. Former Mayor John A. Scott of South Bend is being boosted for the governorship title by former secretary of state Thomas Bath, of South Bend, St. Joseph county chairman, but indications are that Scott would settle for the lieutenant governor bid now sought by secretary of state Crawford Parker. Many Republicans arrived in Indianapolis today for conferences prior to the ceremonies formally launching President Eisenhower’s candidacy in Indiana Saturday The ring master will be Governor Craig. Party officials and others Saturday will sign a huge petition entering Ike in the Indiana presidential preferential primary. The GOP state committee will meet at noon at the Claypool Hotel and a ban quet of some 800 persons will be ‘Continues on VMte Elsrhl) Falling Boom Kills Toll Road Workman EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (INS)—A 44-year-old Illinois man was killed when a falling tractor boom struck him as he was working on v Indiana’s east-west toll road. Dead is Harold Osburn, 44, of LaGrange, 111., an employe of the Sheenan Pipe Line Co., of Tulsa, Okla. He was dead on arrival Thursday afternoon at an East Chicago hospital. Woman Is Rescued By Indianapolis Man INDIANAPOLIS (INSF — A 23-year-old Indianapolis man today rescued Miss Mary Singleton, 43, from the near-freezing waters of Fall Creek, after hearing a police radio report that a woman was floating down the creek near his home. - The here was Arthur White, who braved the rain-ewollen waters to pull the woman to Mfety.

Arms Exports To Middle East Ordered Halted Arab Nation Seeks Clarification For Order On Shipment WASHINGTON (INS) —The United States abruptly halted the shipment of 18 new light tanks to Saudi Arabia early today and the Arab nation qqickly sought a clarification of the actiop. On the heels of congressional and Israeli protests over the tank shipment, the state department announced shortly after midnigfct that all arms exports to the Middle East were being temporarily suspended. Saudi Arabian ambassador Abdullah Al-Khayyal promptly scheduled a late afternoon appointment with assistant secretary of state George V. Allen to ask for clarification of the suspension order. At the Saudi Arabian embassy, a spokesman merely said: “We don’t have any official notification of this. I can’t comment until we are informed." The state department, in an extraordinary 12:30 a. m. announcement, said: “All export permits of arms to the Middle East are being temporarily suspended pending further examination.” At the temporary White House at Thomasville, Ga., Presidential news secretary James C. Hagerty summoned a special after-mid-night news conference to make the same report. The tanks —M-41 "Walker Bulldogs;-’ described by the Pentagon as the "world’s best” but intended ‘ only for training purposes” — were being loaded at Brooklyn ( aboard a freighter scheduled to sail today or Saturday. Pickets gathered at the Brooklyn pier Thursday night in protest against the shipment and plans had been launched for a mass demonstration there early today. News of the Washington action sent the pickets home cheering. ■ ■ ■•----■ J There was no immediate explanation of what other permits, if any, are pending for arms shipments to the Middle East besides the tanks for Saudi Arabia. The fact that the tanks were being sold to the Arab nation by the U. S. was revealed only Thursday by the stale department. It touched off an immediate congressional storm. “ The Israeli embassy—which has been trying unsuccessfully for three months to get state department approval to buy arms —led oft the vigorous objections by denouncing the sale to Saudi Arabia as “utterly beyond our comprehension.”. In announcing the tank sale Thursday, the department said it was agreed upon last summer — before an arms purchase deal between Egypt and Communist Czechoslovakia was reported. It said that both Britain and France tConunuea on Page Bight) Rules Westinghouse Strike A Lockout $5 Million Bonanza For W. E. Employes PITTSBURGH (INS) — The Pennsylvania department of labor and industry tossed an estimated $5,000,000 bonanza into the laps of Westinghouse strikers today by ruling that their work stoppage has been a lockoout since Dec. 19. The department ruled therefore that some 23,000 strikers in Pennsylvania may draw up to $35 weekly in unemployment compensation retroactive to Dec. 27. The ruling by state labor secretary John E. Torquato was announced less than 24 hours after the federal mediation and conciliation service dealt itself back into the walkout which became four months old today. Some 44,000 members of the CIOAFL International Union of Electrical Workers struck 30 plants. A week later about 10,000 members of the independent United Electrical Workers struck 10 plants. The eligible Pennsylvania strikers cited by Torquato belong to both unions. " A Westinghouse spokesman contended that Torquato apparently is the victim.of “a misinterpretation of facts.” The spokesman said that Westinghouse did not reject a return to work proposal by Gov. George M. Leader in December, but rejected binding arbitration of the dispute. Under Pennsylvania law, employes involved in labor disputes (Oontipuse on Page Bigot)

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Ike Plays Golf | For First Time Since Attack President Says He Little Frightened After Golf Round THOMASVILLE, Ga. (INS) — President Eisenhower played golf today for the first time since his heart attack, and said “I’m a little frightened, not only of the strokes, but also I’m a little frightened of myself.” , The President made his remark , in serious vein, but gave no Indi-, cation of what he meant by being "frightened.” News secretary James C- Hagerty said what the President meant by "frightened" was “he was a little shy. of getting under the ball with his woods on the fairway. That’s what he meant- He was topl ping a lot of them.” When Hagerty was asked whether the President was apprehen- • sive about his health condition, Hagerty said; “Oh, no! He was I talking about his golf game ” i Commenting on the President’s ’ remarks, his personal physician, i Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder, who i went around the nine holes with Mr. Eisenhower, said: - "Remember, this was the * time the President has taken a ■ full swing at.a.brfll since Septemi ber. He looked fine to me. After you haven’t played a while you ' are afraid you are going to pull your arms out of the socket when you take a full swing. a/‘A man who has a heart attack takes longer getting over the psychological injury than getting over the physical injury. "Os course, the President is a little concerned ” The President shot a 47 on the par 36 nine holes. The President used a golf cart, playing the nine holes In 90 minutes, on a misty morning that sometimes almost approached a drizzle.. He appeared a bit tired as he finished the rounds, but seemed in good spirits. Mr. Eisenhower started out the round intending to play only nine holes. At the end, he turned to his companions and said: “I think I had better quit. It was wonderfully good to have a 1 (Continued cs Page Bight) Man Is Convicted On Manslaughter Charge INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Dwight L. Geisendorff, 25, faces a state reformatory sentence of two to 21 years for manslaughter in the World War Memorial Plaza. He allegedly shot and killed Richard Sneed, 36-year-old state prison parolee. The defendant maintained Sneed had tried to rob him of $3. However, the state pointed out that two of the four bullets that entered Sneed's body were in his back. i ■ •

Lenten Meditation o (By Rev. Ralph R. Johnson, Monroe Methodist Church) “ON ENDURING HARDNESS” “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” II Timothy 2:3. Read II Timothy 2:1-13. The Apostle Paul is admonishing the young preacher with the same words as he would a soldier in the service of his country. He will be in the conflict. The way will not be easy, he need not expect it to be. He must therefore learn to expect hardships and difficulties and not be overcome by them. To the Christian is not promised "flowry beds of ease” nor smooth sailing along the voyage of life. Jesus invitation was and is today, “If any"“man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." It will not always be easy to bear your cross.' It will not'be easy to do the right when the crowd chooses to do wrong. If we are to be victorious, if we are to be faithful unto Him. we will need the endurance of a soldier. The strength of endurance can come to ue only as we look unto Him. as we reed His Word and pray. Thia should be our lenten occupation—'to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ," that we may be strengthened in the inner man to “endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” * ,

[Peru Cracks Down Against Opposition President Is Faced With Armed Revolt ' LIMA (INS)—The government M President Manuel A. Odria, faced with an armed revolt in ! Trans-Andean Peru, cracked down today on its political opposition. . Police arrested Pedro Rossello, leader of the coalition Nacional, the political bloc which the government charged was implicated in the uprising at Iquitos on the Amazon River. The coalition has denied any connection with the army insurgents led by Brig. Gen. Marcial Merino Pereira. Also jailed was the leader of 1 the small socialist party, Sen. Luciano Castillo. A pre-dawn police raid resulted in the closing of the morning paper La Prensa. Police used tear gas to force their way into the offices of the paper, which is a coalition supporter. La Prensa’s director. Pedro Beltan. was arrested along with a number of his staff. The afternoon paper Ultima Hora and the international edition of the New York Times are published in the La Prensa plant. It was not immediately clear what arrangements would be made to have them published elsewhere. The national radio called on the armed forces night kio remain eajsan and* loyaJ- The broadcast also announced that Merino had been dismissed. The nation was under a state of siege imposed Thursday after the uprising on the other side of the Andes from Lima became known in the capital. The siege state amounts to a modified form Os martial law and provides for the suspension of the constitutional guarantees of habeas corpus and the need for a search warrant. Press censorship was imposed and public gatherings banned. The “suversive action," as the government termed it, was centered at Iquitos, where Merino Pereira has his headquarters as com(Continued on Page Bight) Girl Injured When Vehicles Collide 2 Carolyn Schultz, 14 - year -old daughter of Mrs- Esther Braun, susj tained head injuries in an accident ( Thursday at 5:15 p. tn. a mile west and a mile south of Decatur. She was a passenger in a car driven by Mrs. Ed Heiman of Decatur route four. The car collided with a truck driven by Sylvester Sell, 20, of Decatur route two. The collisiqn occurred at an unmarked county road intersection. The Schultz girl was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital where she is being held for observation. She sustained cuts on her face and other head injuries. Damage was estimated ad S3OO to the automobile and SIOO to the truck- Investigating officers were deputy sheriff Roger Singleton and state trooper Al Coppes

Says Hundreds Victimized By Lavrenti Beria Statin Era Lashed By Soviet Leaders At Red Congress MOSCOW (INS) — A provincial communist leader said today that “hundreds of innocent people" were “victims" of the late Soviet security boss, Lavrenti P. Beria. The charge was made by Vasily Mazhavanadse, who was pre-' siding over today's session ot the 20th congress ot the Boviet Communist party. Mazhavandse is first secretary of the communist party ot Georgia. The latter was the birthplace of both the executed Beria and the late soviet premier Joseph Stalin. _ The era of Stalin, which ended with his death in 1953, was attacked Thursday by two powerful Soviet leaders. They said that the current “collective leadership" was a vast improvement over the one-man rule exercised by Stalin. Still to be heard from was Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin. He was expected to report, perhaps later today, on the sixth Soviet five-year plan which goes into operation in the spring. This morning — the fourth day of the 20th congress — opened with continued discussion of last Tuesday's report by party first secretary Nikita S. Khrushchev. French Communist leader Maurice Thorez and Italian red chief Palmiro Togliatti spoke to the some 1,609 delegates in the Great Hall of the Kremlin palace. They are among the foreign party leaders attending the meeting first since the 1952 congress five months before Stalin died. At Thursday’s session, deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan and party theoretician Mikhail A. Suslov delivered the moat blistering attacks yet heard on the cult of the all-wise leader which they said developed in Russia between the death ot Lenin and the inauguration of “collective leadership" in the spring of 1954. The two—both members of the all-powerful presidium of the party’s central committee -n thus added their weight to the "back to Leninism” rally cry of this congress. (Ooatinuse on Page eight) Schools Are Closed By Thick Ice Glaze Traffic Slowed To Crawl By Weather A thick glaze of ice, built up after several hours of freezing rain Thursday night, closed schools in the county, put street and highway crews to work and slowed traffic to a crawl. All of the schools In the county with is the exception of the Decatur public and parochial schools were closed today since driving conditions for the buses were so hazardous. The county roads of the area were particularly dangerous this morning. Highway crews were kept busy sanding down extremely slippery intersections and members ot the city’s street department under street commissioner Bernard Clark were also Working to clear off Decatur streets. The ice glaze which coated trees, utility wires and automobiles as well as streets and sidewalks began to loosen and melt as temperatures started to rise about mid morning. Higher temperatures are expected to melt most of the ice before the end of the day. No damage to telephqge lines was reported by Citizens Telephone company and damage to city power lines was not extensive. Cautious driving on the part Os motorists paid off and no accidents due to slippery streets or roads were reported.

Hospital Petition Presented Auditor Petitions Signed By 4,160 Freeholders John DeVoss, attorney, and C. E. Peterson, president of the board of trustees of Adams county memorial hospital, this afternoon turned over the supporting petitions signed by 4,160 freehold : era, for a bond issue to make improvements at the hospital to Frank Kitson, Adams county auditor. it is incumbent on the auditor to check every signature and strike out those signatures of non-freeholders, in accordance with the statute governing hospital bond issues. The petition then will be in form to accompany n request of the hospital board to the commissioners and county council for permission to issue bonds not to exceed 1450,000 for the improvement program proposed at the hospital. Signatures were obtained under the leadership of Mrs. Roy Kalver, chairman for Decatur, and O. W. P. Macklin, chairman for the 12 townships outside Decatur. After the two county governmental bodies have acted on the request, there is a 30-day period in which a remonstrance can be presented. According to the statute, a remonstrance must have the signatures of one more freeholder than the supporting k,, ‘-r- 'a 1 nuhix-’• •»tr, There has been no indication to date that there will be a remonstrance. Auditor Kitson said that it would take his office several days to check each signature. Generally there Is an approximate two percent shrinkage of names. This would leave the petition favoring the proposal with about 4,000 names. - New Draff Policy Announced By Ike May Give Aid To Training Program WASHINGTON (INS) r- Defense officials said today that Pfesident Eisenhower’s new draft policy may give the six-month modified universal training program enough of a boost to bring in the,needed 100,000 volunteers a year. The officials conceded, however, that a teen-age youth will still have a good chance of avoiding peace-time military service if he chooses riot to volunteer for the six-month training or for any other program open to him. The new policy was laid down Thursday In a White House order that said "hereafter, young nonfathers will be .called before fathers and persons 26 years of age and over.” In effect, the order reversed the priority system in selective service. \ Until now, draft eligibles in the upper levels of the 18 and onehalf to 26 age groups have been called first, and in recent years the draft has seldom gone below the age of 20. Under the new rule, men between 48 and one-half and 20 will be the most likely to be drafted. Implying that the likelihood of early draft will stimulate enlistments in the six-month training which is for youths between 17 and 18 and one-half, the White House announcement said: “The new order of call-up will have the additional effect of making younger men more conscious of their military obligation and of the advantages of early completion of military service," ’ INDIANA WEATHER Rain or snow north and rain south tonight and Saturday. Thunderstorms likely tonight extreme south. Little change In temperature. Low tonight 25-30 ’extreme north to around 40’s extreme south. High Saturday ranging from 30-38 north portion to low 50s extreme south.

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Natural Gas Bill Vetoed By President Assails Alleged Attempts Made To Influence Senate THOMASVILLE. Ga. (INS) — President Eisenhower today vetoed the natural gas bill, storm center of a senate investigation into a 32,500 “campaign contribution." The rresldent disapproved the measure in one of the strongest statements he has issued while in office. He said that the alleged attempts to Influence congressional votes on the measure were: "... So arrogant and so much in defiance of acceptable standards of propriety as to risk creating doubt among the American people concerning the integrity of governmental processes.” The Presidenf’d? veto message and his own news secretary made it clear the President had vetoed* the bill specifically because of the* 32,500 “campaign” contribution by the representative of an oil company interested in passage of the bill. Charges Pressure WASHINGTON (INS) — A new case ot possible "improper pressure” in favorW Are natural gas bill was reported today by Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D-N. Y.) who leveled the charge against a machinery firm. In disclosing the matter, Lehman became the first senator to respond 4o an appeal from Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) for any and all information relating to “{improper pressure*’ on the gas measure. George, chairman, of a special blue-ribbon senate committee, is winding up an investigation into the 32.500 campaign contribution offered Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.) by a lawyer favoring the gas bill. The senate created the committee to find out whether oil company lawyer John M. Neff attempted to influence Case’s vote on the measure in offering the money which was rejected by Case. A committee report on the probe is expected next week. Lehman said in a statement that he was turning over his information to the senate elections sabcommittee which plans a sweeping inquiry into campaign contributions and efforts to influence legislation after the George committee its work. The New. York Democrat related that during the fight over the gas bill he received letters for and against the measure but said some support for the bill came from “working men and women ... who . . . stood only to lose by the passage of this legislation.” Saying he was puzzled by this, Lehman reported that he looked into the matter and found that “at least one company, a manufacturer of machinery, had been putting the pressure on its employee th put the pressure on some of us in the senate to vote for the bill.’’ He said: "Each employe of this company received a letter from Management. This letter bore the scare words, ’your job is at stake,’ and proceeded to tell the worker why he ought to favor the HarrteFulbright (gas) bill." Enclosed with the letter, he said, was a post card addressed to Lehman urging the senator to vote (Continued on F*a<e Eight) Highway Worker Is Crushed By Tractor BLOOMFIELD, Ind. (INS)—Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at Scotland for Greene county highway worker who was crushed fatally beneath a tractor that overturned on Road 58 near the U. S. naval ammunition depot at Crane Thursday. The victim, Clyde Bucher, 50. of Bloomfield, wee driving a tractor. He’lest control of it when it was going ddww a hill.