Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 48.

TO CONDUCT LOBBYING PROBE ’ ' ? ’ ■ '-*'■ ■ I ■MA . •• JSL 1 HERE ARE SIX MEMBERS of the eight man special committee named to conduct an investigation into pressure groups that seeks to influence Congress and government officials. Their selection was announced by Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Seated (1. to ri.) are: Sens. John McClellan (D-Ark.l; Albert Gore (D-Tenn.), and Edward J. Thye tR-Minn.). Standing (1. to rj are: Sens. John Kennedy (D-Mass.); Clinton Anderson (D-New Mexico), and Barry Goldwater , (R-Ariz.). They are shown at the Capitol in Washington.

Seeks Changes For Nation's Election Laws Senate Majority Leader Will Seek Realistic Changes x WASHINGTON (INS) — Senate majority leader Lyndon B. ;Johnson said today he will Insist on a “comprehensive, realistic” revision of federal election laws before congress adjourns this summer. The Texas Democrat told newsmen that he and other leaders are striving for “a bill that will be pretty acceptable to both sides of the alate.” From other sources, it was learned that annate leaders are preparing legislation which would: 1. Boost the current >IO.OOO maximum on what a senate candidate can spend in his campaign to SIOO,000, br 30 cents for each vote casl_J n th® test general election. In Ney York, this would mean each senate candidate could spend $1,500,000 this year. 2. Increase the amount house candidates could spend from $2,500 to $25,000 or 30 cents for each vote cast in the last general election. In either case, the Increase would not take-effect if state laws provide lower maximums. t Each national political committee. meanwhile, would be allowed to spend 20 cents for each vote cast by that party In any of the last three elections — theoretical- . ly boosting from three to about sl2 million the amount that could be spent this year. These features would, ‘supplement what Johnson has said he wants the bill to do: Allow every taxpayer a SIOO deduction for political contributions; require all contributions or expenditures of more than SIOO to be reported to the senate or house clerks and district courts, and allow radio and television networks to provide equal free time to presidential candidates and political parties. Recordings, Photos Permitted In Court ‘ • Ruling Is Issued By Colorado Court DENVER (INS) —The Colorado supreme court today announced that newspaper photographers and radio — television newsmen could take pictures and make recordings in Colorado courtrooms if they obtain permission trom the trial judgeThe high court's order came at the conclusion of a 21-page bill- of - particulars on the decision reached in the recommendation of Justice O. Otto Moore who earlier this month conducted hearings on the photo-recording ban in Colorado courtroomsThe state supreme court, noting that trial proceedings must be conducted with "siting dignity and de- ' corum," in effect left the decision up to the judge in each caseObservers called the precedentsetting ruling a compromise between the news profession and the American bar association's code of ethics. ’ It was under canon 35 of the bar's code of ethics that the photo ban was imposed in Colorado court- ; (Continued es Page Eight)

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Indiana's Rivers Continue To Rise State Flood Menace Is Somewhat Eased INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Fair weather over the week-end relieved Indiana's flood menace somewhat, but rivers and creeks continued to rise today. ( The Wabash river and both forks of White river were above flood stage at numerous points. The Ohio river also continued to rise. A severe wind Saturday had torn five Ohio River barges from their moorings at Yankeetown, two of them sinking. Loss of nearly a million dollars was estimated in the three Indiana tornadoes at Shelbyville, Franklin and Martinsville early Saturday morning. Half a dozen persons were Injured slightly, but there were no deathsThe Indiana weather bureau predicted rain in southern and central areas and snow in the north for today and clearing and colder tonight. Despite the severe weather, the highway death toll was comparatively low. < However, Dayton C. Crisp. 31-year-old television and night club performer of Indianapolis, died when his automobile crashed into a utility pole in Indianapolis. William Orville Morton, H, of Indianapolis, died of injuries suffered in a trafic accident Wednesday night Glenn Morrell Shepard, 30, of Valparaiso, was killed when th? automobile which he was driving skidded on an ice path on Road 8 near Kouts and struck a tree. Shepard's wife, Ruth, 33, and Alton G. Meyer, 39, a Valparaiso attorney, were Injured critically.• State police said high speed apparently caused the death of Dale L. leks, 30, of near Mishawaka, on Road 20 six miles west of LaGrange He lost control of car on a curve and it struck a tractor trailer. Charges Anti-Trust Probe Is Political Probe Launched By House Committee WASHINGTON (INS) — The house judiciary committee launched . an Investigation of the airlines, railroads, television and shipping Industries today amid charges that the inquiry was motivated by politics. Rep Kenneth Keating (R N. Y,) ranking Republican member of the committee, accused chairman Emanuel Cellar (D N. Y,) of launching the anti-trust probe in a ''cavalier fashion” without consulting the GOP; Keating declared: “The unprecedented manner in which these hear T ' ings have been called leads inevitably to a suspicion that the pur l pose is purely political and part’ of a concerted plan. . to throw enough dust in the air to create an impression thata big business fog has enveloped the White House and the administration.” Celler replied that he had brought the investigation up in a closeddoor session of the committee. He also maintained that the investigation “stretches clear across the Truman and Roosevelt adminietratione” as well as the Eisenhower administration.

Rioting Mob Is Quelled At Daytona Beach Riot Five Hours In Amusement Section, Os City In Florida DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (INS) —Law officials at Daytona Beach today sought the ringleaders of a youthful hotrod crowd which staged a wild five-hour rioto in the city’s entertainment section. The demonstration began at 8:30 Saturday night and was not quelled until some five hours later when 85 policemen and 200. national guardsmen with carbines at ready marched on the rock-hurling hot rodders. At least four persons, including one policeman, were injured and 85 of the 700 rioting auto racers fcfrested.’ *' " ' Os the youths arrested, 33 were held at the Volusia county jail at Deland. Numerous others posted bond and were not locked up. Authorities questioned the persons at the Deland jail to find out if any hot-rod leaders were actually responsible for inciting the riot. A spokesman at the jail said about 40 per cent were teen-agers and the rest in their early 20s. City officials were worried about another outbreak at the 160-mile Grand National Circuit stock car race held later in the day but the event was held without incident. It was won by Tim Flock of Savannah, Ga., piloting a 1956 Chrysler. He averaged 89.11 miles per hour over the sand track. The race which climaxed “Speed Week” at Daytona Beach, was called within two laps of the finish because of the incoming tide. The riot was touched off when police prevented "drag car” racing enthusiasts from staging a race on a city street. In drag racing, the driver guns the car from a standing position and his speed is timed at the end of a quarter-mile run. The incensed drag race asts retaliated by slashing the tires on a police car. When a second police car was damaged, the riot moved into high gear. , The racing crowd swarmed over the four block strip where a crowd of •10,000 was seeking entertainment. The mob hurled beer cans and rocks, wrecked furniture and smashed windows as they ignored tear gas and routed city firemen who attempted tQ;.“hose down” the stock car automobile racing, tried dent of the national association for truck. At one point. Bill France, preslunsuccessfully to bring order by pleading to the crowd from a sound crowd. • (Continued on Page Eight) Russian Red Party Leaders Reelected No Change Made In 11 -Member Group LONDON (INS) — The powerful 11-member presidium of the Soviet Union Communist party was reelected 4 today without -change. This means that former premier Georgi Malenkov and foreign minister V. M. Molotov, both of whom had been strongly criticized during the past year, retain their positions of influence. Nikita S. Khrushchev, the dominant figure in the Soviet Union, especially since Malenkov resigned the premiership a year ago, was reelected first secretary of the 'Communist party. The 11-member presidium, toppolitical group in the Soviet Union, was rdelected by the newly-named 133-man central committee which had been chosen at the close of the 20th party congress. The 11-member presidium: First secretary Khrushchev; Soviet president Kliment Voroshilov; premier Nikolai Bulganin; foreign minister Molotov; party aecretariat members Mikhail A. Suslov and Alexei Kirichenko; and deputy premiers Malenkov, Anastas Mikoyan, Lazar Kaganovich, Mikhail Pervukhin and Maxim Saburov. INDIANA WEATHER Cold wave warning southwest half. Snow extreme north this afternoon, locally accumulating 5 to 8 inches near Lake Michigan. Clearing and much colder tonight with cold wave southwest half of state, temperatures falling to 15-20 over state by Tuesday morning. Tuesday fair with high temperature 28-34 north, 34-38 south.

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UN Secretary Denies Mideast On Brink Os War Administration To Explain More On Foreign Policies UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) —U. N. secretary general Dag Hammerskjold flatly challenged today claims that the Middle East is “on the brink of war” and said Arab-Israeli differences can be settled on a negotiated basis. Hammerskjold, who returned Friday from a six-week tour of the Middle East and Asia, told a crowded news conference at UN headquarters:, "I don’t think we are on a brink of war in the Middle East. I flatly refuse to believe it. There 4s new recognition that war is never inevitable.” Hammerskjold urged scrapping o£ the term “brink of war,” claiming it had been misunderstood and misinterpreted too often. He said that as long as “people toy with the idea of war,” the world will always find itself on the edge of conflict. To Testify Today WASHINGTON (INS)—The administration will explain more about its foreign policy todaf amid continuing partisan wrangling over the significance of Soviet moves in Asia and the Middle East. Under secretary of state Herbert Hoover, Jr., and Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, testify this afternoon before the senate foreign relations committee behinnd closed doors> The hearing is a continuation of the committee inquiry Into the U. S. policy towards the tensionridden Middle East and. presumably. will include military details which cannot be explained in a public session. Meanwhile, secretary of state John 'Foster Dulles refused to retreat — In face of sharp Democratic criticism — from his contention that Russian policy - itself may be undergoing a change. Dulles, in a major foreign policy speech before the Philadelphia Evening Forum Sunday, declared that the U. S. does “not assume fatalistically that there can be no evolution within Russia or that Russia’s tulers will always be predatory.” He predicted — following the same kind of argument he used before the senate committee last Friday — that “some day Russia will be governed by men who put the welfare of the Russian people above world conquest” And he added: “It Is our basic policy to seek to advance the coming of that day.” The secretary's argument, first advanced when he told senators that western strength had forced > Moscow to adopt a more moderate policy, was meeting a torrent of Democratic attacks.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Lawrence T. Norris, Union Chapel 8.U.8. Church) “BARGAINS” • - ■■■ V- - -j-- — » —. Isaiah 95:1-5 WS are invited to come and take the benefit of that provision • which the grace of God has made for poor souls in the new covenant, of that which is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and — not only their heritage hereafter, but thdir cup now. Observe, who are invited: Ho. every one. Not the Jews only, to whom first the word of salvation was sent, but the, Gentiles, the poor and the maimed, the halt and blind, are called to the marriage supper.' Yes. in Christ there is enough for all. What is the qualification required in those that shall be welcome? They must thirst. All shall be welcome to gospel grace upon those terms. But, all those who are satisfied with the world and its enjoyments, and seek not. neither thirst after God. or those that depend upon the merits ,of their own works righteousness, and see no need of Christ, have no hope. Yes. thefeJS a bargain for all that will come. “Come ye to the waters. Come without money and without price.” But how? . Dear hearts, Jesus paid the price. He is the one that- says,-Come.

French Cabinet In Emergency Meeting To Discuss Violent Outbreaks In Africa V PARIS (INS) — The French cabinet bolds an emergency meeting today on new outbreaks of vioience* in French North Africa which took at least 90 lives over the weekend. The meeting, presided over by President Rene Coty, was expected to discuss the military situation in the troubled area and the possible sending of reinforcements to Algeria. The French officials also will take over economic, social and political reforms for the territory. At least 83 Algerian nationalists were killed during the weekend as Frenh troops invaded the rebel stronghold in the Constantine department of Algeria. In Morocco, four French troopers were killed by rebels near Fez. Twelve other Frenchmen were wounded in the small-arms duel with a large rebel band. In nearby Taza, a former Caid and his teenaged son were slain. Nationalists threw a hgnd grenade at the Caid and followed it up with : rifle shots. And in the Algerian city of Constantine, some 500 young Frenchmen attacked police. The incident began with thousands of Frechmen attending a . memorial for French soldiers killed in a rebel ambush last week. The service was called to protest the “inadmissable secrecy” which local authorities clamped down the burial of the soldiers. After the memorial ’ended, hundreds of French youth attacked police headquarters, hurling stones and pieces of iron at the police. Teargas was used to clear the streets of demonstrators. Meeting Tuesday On Westinghouse Strike WASHINGTON (INS) —A meeting has been set for Tuesday, between government mediators and Westinghouse President Gwilym A. Price to discuss the “status” of efforts to end the 134-day-old strike of 48.000 company employes. Federal mediation director Joseph Finnegan said Sunday the conference might be “helpful" to his agency's attempts to solve the dispute which centers around a Westinghouse plan sos time studies of the performance of daytime workers. County Roads Are In Bad Condition Lawrence Noli, county highway superintendent, announced today that the county roads of this area are in bad condition as the result of the Friday night rains. He warned motorists to be extremely cautious when using the county roads. Hesitated that there are many holes and washouts throughout the are* and that the highway crews are working to repair them but the job will not be finished until the end of the week ■: , *

News Parley Slated By Ike On Wednesday Belief Grows Ike To Moke Decision Public Wednesday WASHINGTON (INS) *- The White House said today President Eisenhower “in all probability” will hold a news conference Wednesday as belief mounted that he will announce his second term decision at that time. Presidential news secretary James C. Hagerty told reporters that present plans indicate the conference will be held but declined to say whether it would be shifted from the customary 10:30 a.m.(EST) time to an afternoon hour. -—There has been strong speculation that Mr. Eisenhower might reveal his decision after the stock market closing hour, 3:30 p.m„ (EST). The President has expressed concern over the effect his announcement might have on the market, Government officials said Ulr. ■ lEisenhpwer would be less likely to choose a late-afternoon time for his announcement, if he plans to say he is available for the GOP nomination. These spokesmen said the denger to the market would be in a negative decision, which could send stocks plummeting. An affirmative answer would touch off a buying wave but since it would come as no surprise the effect would not be of major proportions. If the President announces his decision at Wednesday’s news conference, he is expected to give a more detailed explanation to the nation the same evening over a nationwide televisionradio broadcast. Even most Democrats in Washington were conceding privately that the chances of the President withdrawing from the race now appear exceedingly small. Presidential associates expect Mr. Eisenhower to qualify his ‘yes'* wdth a frank appraisal of his health, including the possibility that the next few months may still prove the burden of the White House too heavy for his mended heart. 7The President put on a convincing demonstration of his physical stamina during ten days of golfing and quail-hunting in Georgia. His physician. Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, reported that he passed the rigorous physical test without any evidence of fatigue. (Continued on Hags Kight) Drainage Petition Rejected By Court Fred Stoppenhagen Petition Rejected The Fred Stoppenhagen petition for drainage has been turned down in a ruling by Judge Myles PArrish of the Adams circuit court. The objections of remonstrators were sustained by the court. „ j. The remonstrators included August Gallmeier, Hanna Scheuman, Elton J. Rupright and Edwin Reifsteck After hearing the evidence submitted by the petitioner and the remonstrators, the court ruled that the proposed drainage will be practicable to accomplish without an expense exceeding the aggregate benefits. The court further ruled that the proposed work will neither improve public health nor benefit any public highway nor be a public utility. It was also found that the proposed work would not property drain the land “affected. The petitioner has been ordered to dismiss the proceeding* and to pay costs of the action, including surveyor costs totaling $234.80.

Formidable Array Os Defense Weapons Far-Reaching Plans Devised For U. $. WASHINGTON (INS) — Farreaching plans have been devised by the government to protect the U.S. with a curtain of atomic an-ti-aircraft fire that can be maintained by land, sea and air. According to Adm. Lewis L. , Strauss, chairman of the atomic energy commission, the formidable array of defensive weapons to hurl nuclear blasts at would-be at- , tackers will include "everything except hand grenades.” Strauss' statement on the CBSTV program “Face the Nation” Sunday night unveiled a multi-billion-dollar project involving the army, navy and air force. The plan would pledge a major portion of America’s enormous nuclear stockpile to purely defensive purposes. The super anti-aircraft warheads are to be distributed to the army for ground-launched fire, to the navy for ship-borne missiles and to the air force for rockets that will revolutinize anti-bomber defenses. The AEC chairman made the disclosure in describing plans for Hbomb tests to be conducted by the U.S. at Eniwetok in the Pacific this spring.Gen. Earle Partridge, continental air defense commander, said earlier this month that jet fighter planes in the “not distant future” will carry atomic missiles when they go aloft to intercept unidentified aircraft. ’ __ — . Bail-Jumping Red Leader Surrenders - 7; Green Surrenders In Federal Court NEW YORK (INS) —Rirfl-jump-ing Communist party tender Gil Green—a fugitive for almost five years—surrendered today at the federal -court house in New York. Green’s appearance was right on the schedule announced Friday in a letter bearing his name which was mailed to International News Service and other wire servicesThe 49-year-old top Communist, missing since July. 2, 1951, had a “welcome home” party staged fbr him by the party faithful at the eteance to the court house where he was convicted in 1949 of conspiracy to teach /ind advocate the violent overthrow of the government. ' The Illinois Communist party official was kissed and hugged by Claude Lightfoot, his Communist successor as head of the party in Illinois, by John Gates, fellow conspirator and editor of the Daily Worker, and ,»by Ben Davis, just released from prison on the same charge. The gray-haired, hawk-nosed fugitive, asked where he had been hiding out, answered: "I was staying in people’s town, U, S. A., at the corner of Constitution and Bill of Rights streets.” Elwood Pease Dies At Home At Albion / 1 ■ .• ; H Elwood M. Pease, 64, formerly of Fort Wayne, died Saturday afternoon at his home near Albion. Surviving are his wife, Della: two sons. Dale and Glenn, both of Fort Wayne; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Huffman of Fort Wayne; three stepdaughters, Miss Helen Pease of Font Wayne, Miss Dorothy Mom nier of Churubusco and Mrs. Eldor Nern of Decatur; a stepson, Robert Monnier of Fort Wayne, and two sisters, Mrs C. M. Baker of Marshall, Mich., and Mrs. Thomas Bladwin of Grover Hill, O. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m- Tuesday at the ChalfantPerry funeral home at Fort Wayne, the Rev. John F. Warren officiating. Burial will be in Covington memorial gardens. i . . .. . -

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All Men Aboard Bomber Feared Dead In Crash L — _____ > Jet Bomber Crashes House And Explodes Soon After Takeoff BULLETIN DAYTON, O. (INS) — All 11 > men aboard a B-50 four-engine bomber were killed when it crashed into a farm house and exploded today shortly after take-off. Nine of the persons aboard were reported to be military personnel. The other two were 1 civilians. Nine of the bodies have been recovered. ’ DAYTON, 0. (INS)—AII 11 men aboard a B-50 jet bomber were - 1 apparently killed when it crashed into a farm house and exploded 1 1 today shortly after take-off. Wright-Patterson air force base, : where the plane was stationed, said • the bomber was on a’ “routine training flight.” The base said the . plane belonged to the Wright air - development center and.? could 1 have been conducting experiments. The bomber may have been carrying some military scientists, the . base reported. Four of the men aboard were ■ said to be civilians and seven were military personnel. Names were withheld pending notification of next of kin. An eyewitness said he saw the plane “circling very low.” He added that all four engines were operating -when suddenly the plane “plummeted” to earth and exploded. Wright-Patterson said the acci. dent occurred just 12 minutes before noon* shortly after the plane took off. The farm house was not occupied at the time, the air force said. A spokesman at the base said i he did not know if there were any , “big names” In the scientific world ' aboard the craft. ; Charges Quarles Minimizes Danggr Trying To Prepare America For Worst WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D Wash.), said Sunday night that air secretary Donald A. Quarles is trying “to prepare the American people for the worst” — that Russia will have a ballistics missile before the U.S. Jackson charged that the Pentagon official is doing this by “minimizing” the importance of the 1500-mile super-rocket so that the nation won’t be so “concerned” when the Communists announce their achievement. The senator, an outspoken critid of administration military policies, was appointed Saturday to a special armed services subcommittee to probe the nation’s air power and guided missiles program. Appearing on NBC’s televised "Meet the Press,” Jackson warned that Russian gains in missiles development may enable them to use “ballistics blackmail” against the free world. “It could cause our allies to force us to get out of our overseas bases everyplace in the world.” he explained. Jackson, who claims the Rus(Continuea on Pare JPlgbt) American Vice-Consul Killed In Singapore SINGAPORE (INS) — Robert Stevens, American vice-consul in Singapore, was killed Sunday when he fell from the fifth floor of Singapore’s Cathay hotelThe state department skid it had notified Steven’s sister, Mrs. G. Harvey of Malden, Maas., of his death.