Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 65.

■ NOW THEN, LET’S SEE HERE — s ... Y JB THE NATIONAL EASTER SEAL CHILO, 4 year-old Clgra Jo Proudfoot of Miami, Fla., waits expectantly as President Eisenhower hunts through his open desk drawer for something to give her at the White House. The President had just purchased $5 worth of Easter Seals from Clara Jo. As a bonus he carrie up with a silver dollar, a British shilling, a ballpoint pen, a rubber band, and a penknife for Clara Jo’s 9-year-old brother Carl. Items in the drawer include a penknife on a sheet of cleansing tissue, a tube of vaseline, a box containing a razor, several bottles of pills, and a rubber ball. In his band be holds a box containing a cigaret lighter.

Israel Plans New Effort To Obtain Arms Israel Expected To Charge Arab States Planning Invasion Z WASHINGTON UNS) —lsrael Is expected to tell secretary of state Jphn Poster DuHei J«t week that th* Arabs are prepamg to in vade Israel At the same time, Arab diplomats are expected to deny the charge and tell the state department that they believe they are being maligned in the American prepa. Israeli circles said ambassador Ebba Eban will make a “supreme and ultimate” effort to persuade Dulles to approve the sale of 64 million dollars wors of American arms to Israel. Eban will tell Dulles that during the three weeks the secretary was touring Asia the danger of war in the Middle Eas increased alarmingly. He. will tell Dulles that the meeting of the Arab "big three." Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia, was followed by a series of moves Israel considers aminous. In the Israeli view these include the incidents along the Israel-Jor-dan frontier which was quiet for two years, the continued Arab delay in acting on the Eric Johnston plan for development of the Jordan river and the ouster of LA. Gen. Bagot Glubb, British commander of the Arab Legion in Jordan. Eban will also charge that Egypt is receiving Russian arms from Czechoslovakia at an alarming rate and is utilizing them rapidly. Another charge Eban will mak a is that Egypt and Syria are massing large numbers of troops and tanks near the Israeli frontier. Israeli circles have been heartened by what they consider a favor able turn in the editorial opinion of newspapers in the U.S. and other Western countries. Arab Diplomats agree that the press has become increasingly favorable to the Israelis and the Arabs are disturbed. • — Warmer Weather Is Week-end Forecast INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Snow fell again in Indiana today, but the Indianapolis Weather Bureau predicted It would melt during the afternoon except in the extreme northwest portion of the state. The Indiana highway department reported main roads clear but warned of slippery spots in northern Indiana. v The forecast was for warmer Weather Sunday and Monday with spring coming Tuesday in traditional balmy fashion. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and a little warmer tonight Sunday partly cloudy and mild. Low tonight SO-35. High Sunday 48-55.

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—I M>T — ' Stevenson, Kefauver Stumping Minnesota Both Scheduled To Speak At Morehead MOREHEAD. Minn. (INS)—Adlal E. Stevenson and Sen. Estes Kefauver (D Tenn.), may run head on into each other to dramatize their Minnesota presidential primary contest when their campaign paths cross in Moorhead today. The 1952 Democratic pyesidentlal nominee from Illinois and the Tennesseean-, .who Jost out to hhp four years ago both ware to speak in this northwest border community this afternoon. A minor hassle has developed over whether Kefauver may share the same platform with Stevenson at the Greater Moorhead day celebration. What startea as a cinch for Stevenson has apparently developed Into a race ip which Kefauver might score an upset by winning more than just a couple of district delegates. Stevenson was flying north this morning from Rochester after two days Os intensive stumping during which he ripped into the Eisenhower administration farm program. Meanwhile. Kefauver centered his attack on the GOP administration’s school program by charging that it “hasn’t built one little red schoolhouse despite talking three and a half years about a school program.” May Enter Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (INS)—Supporters of Senator Estes Kefauver learned today that he probably will decide in California Thursday whether to enter Indiana’s presidential primary on May 8. F. Joseph Dortohue. the Tennessee senator's national campaign manager, said the decision depends upon a creditable showing by Kefauver in the Minnesota primary Tuesday and upon whether Kefauver has enough time and energy to campaign strenuously in Indiana, _2 .. __ After conferring in Washington with Lake county prosecutor Metro M. Holovachka, who brought with him Kefauver petitions with 3.861 names. Donohue said: “Senator Kefauver does not want to enter Indiana unless he has time to campaign personally. He believes the voters are entitled to see him and hear him. He does not believe this should be delegated to someone else. He has shown a continuing interest in the Indiana primary.”. The deadline for filing in Indiana is March 29. 112 Are Killed By Lebanon Earthquake BEIRUT, Lebanon (INS) — Earthquakes killed at least 112 persons In Lebanon Friday night. Another slight shock this morning kept the people jittery as rescue workers dug into collapsed old buildings. A number of villages virtually were wiped out. Ths public health ministry appealed for blood donors. Beirut radio announced three days of national mourning and broadcast an appeal for help.

20 Killed By Severe Storm In Northeast Crippling Blizzard Moves Out To Sea Off New England BOSTON (INS) — Four U. S. navy destroyer-type ships were blown aground today by the worst eastern blizzard of the winter, which left 20 persons dead before blowing out over the Atlantic off the New England coast. The storm hit four days before the first day of spring. , ' In addition to the four grounded ships, a navy tug which went to their aid was also aground. The navy public information office at Newport, R. 1., said the personnel aboard all the ships was in no danger. The snow, sleet and freezing tain which struck the Middle Atlantic and New England states let up at dawn. But more snow was forecast later for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Freezing temperatures and high winds also were predicted for the northern group of states. In the New York area, snow and sleet piled up to a depth of seven inches in some areas. Traffic was snarled and highways left in a slick condition. ~ tSeven Inches of snow fell in eastern Massachusetts but the winds, which at times were clocked as high as 83 miles an hour by the Boston Weather Bureau, piled drifts up to eight feet ip some places. — - Tidal waves cascaded into shoreline sections that never were touched before —particularly on the island of Nantucket. Motor traffic, particularly in city ’ streets, was virtually at a stand- ‘ still. Private cars, trucks and empty buses were abandoned in drifts tn many sections, preventing snow 1 plows from getting through. At Scituate, Mass., on Boston’s South Shore, coast guardsmen rig- ’ ged a breeches buoy line aftet : grounded Italian grain freighter Etrusco, hard and fast some yards off shore. The coast guard 1 said all the crew of 30 would be 1 brought off without any anticipated 1 difficulty. Another ship, the tanker Sylvia with 13 aboard, was adrift south of Long Island. The vessel lost her rudder In Friday’s high seas. Cutters from New London, Conn., and Sandy Hook, N. J., were unable to reach her side because of the wind and seas. Maine counted seven dead. Massachusetts and Connecticut four each. New Jersey two and one died in New York City. Five of the dead were in a rural section of Westbrook, Me., where firemen could not negotiate the blizzard to reach the Pride's Corner home of Larry Andrews, 38. Feared dead in the ruins were Andrews, his wife, Vivian, 35; a son, Richard, 10; and a daughter. Barbara, 13. and the latter’s visit(Continued On Page Five) - Bloody Battling In Revolt In Algeria Warning Issued By French Army Head PARIS (INS) —French army minister Max Lejeune warned today that if his country were driven from North Africa she would be unable to carry out her Atlantic Pact obligations. However, Legeune was quick to point out that he did not believe France ever would face such a “dilemma.” Franch took steps this week aimed at eliminating any possibility of being driven from North Africa. The bloodiest battle in Algeria’s 17-month-old revolt took place Friday and Thursday as France cracked down on nationalist violence in North Africa. French officials said jets, tanks and troops killed at least 147 Algerian and Tunisian rebels in the biggest French operation of the campaign to crush the rebellion. The officials said 107 Algerians, including two chiefs, and 40 Tunisians were killed. A curfew was clamped on Aleiers and the surrounding territory to run from midnight to five in the morning, local Legeune,... meanwhile, crtticiaed America’s "long silence** on the North African situation and said he expects Washington to make an “unequtvocar declaration of hie solidarity with France on the Algerian crisis.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 17, 1956.

Unconfirmed Reports Assert Thousands Os Russians In Protest

Dulles Assures South Korea 01 Continued Aid Says United States To Help Repel Any Future Aggression SEOUL (INS)— Republic of Korea military leaders today asked U.S. Secretary of State John Fosfei Dulles to “nullify” the 1953 armisS tice with the communists. ROK sources said "a strong bid” for junking the truce pact made during a forty-five minute meeting with the American secretary who arrived in Seoul this morning. ROK defense minister Sohn Won Yil who presented a five-page memorandum or ROK reasons for ending the armistice said Dulles promised to “fully consider” the problem. Dulles himself refused to make any public comment on the matter. Before he met with defense officials, Dulles conferred with President Syngman Rhee and other ROK leaders including General Lee Hyung Keun, chairman of the ROK joint chiefs of staff. General Lee told newsmen Dulles .gad. Rjuse dUcussad “a subjects Oitaing the program.” Dulles flew to the South Korea capital from Taipei where he conferred with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and other Chinese Nationalist statesmen. After an exchange of greetings with officials who met him at the airport, Dulles told an assembled throng: “Today we meet as allies who with resolution- born of past comradeship in arms have committed our combined strength to resist here any future Communist aggression." — More than 200,000 Koreans lined the streets behind the airfield as Dulles was driven to the American embassy. An estimated 15,090 students and monks staged a noisy demonstration in front of Rhee's mansion as the aged president 'arrived with Dulles. The demonstrators called on Rhee to run for a third term. The president has turned down the nomination of his Liberal party for re-election but has indicated he will go along with a "people’s draft.” Just a few hours before Dulles’ arrival, the Korean Republic, a government-sponsored newspaper, (Continued on Page Five)

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. W.C. Feller. Zion Evangelical ft Reformed Church) LIVING IN TWO WORLDS ' . ' . * ■ U 37 “The care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word.” Matthew 13:22. To live in two worlds at once is an experience in the common life of people, that is not so remote or incredible as we might think. A young person is away at school, hundreds of miles, perhaps, from home, taking an active part in all the affairs of the campus. These activities seem to absorb all the student’s time and energy, and a casual observer might suppose that college life is the whole of the student’s life. If that were true, why, then, is the dafly mail so eagerly awaited, and why do certain letters cause the face to glow with happiness? Why are the days until the next holiday season so carefully counted? Absorbed as the student may seem to be in the college world, he or she is also living in another , world, the "world of home, of memories, of hopes and tender affections. Though life .In that world is hidden from college mates. It greatly influences the college life of most students. Tn still another sense we live in two worlds. We live in the world of men, the world of human desires and strivings, of temptation and sin. At the same time we live in another world, a world visible only.to the eves of faith, the world of spiritual realities, of love and hope and fellowship with God. The cares and pursuits, pleasures and passions pf this world seek to grdw at the expense of the spiritual and if permitted to continue will crowd it out and choke it to death. How often do we see people with large spiritual possibilities permitting material and evil things to clutter up their lives and crowd out the highest and best Too busy for the things of God, and-the things of God slip from thetr grasp. Though we live In the world, we must live for eternal things, lifting up our heads and hearts to the call of the spirit of God and having in us the mind of Christ and living In his strength.

Hospital Petition To Commissioners Auditor Completes Check Os Petition Uounty auditor Frank Kitson announced today that he would present the sustaining petition of Adams county citizens favoring the Adams county memorial hospital improvement bond issue to the county commissioners next Monday. A complete check of the more than 4,000 signatures has revealed that 3,780 signatures are bona-fide eudvAlT have been removed as cither non-property owners or irregular signatures. While the total number of signers to be presented will fall slightly short of the estimated 4,000 signatures, the work of volunteers in getting support for the proposed bond issue is by far the most successful effort of its kind ever attempted in the county. It has taken about two weeks for the auditor to complete the checking task. ’ He also will present the 417 signatures removed from the petitions with an explanation of why each signer’s name was not counted. Originally it was agreed that if there, were 3.500 signers, the petition would have sufficient strength that it would be almost impossible to obtain a remonstrance with enough' force .to ■ hold up To date there have been no indications that any remonstrance would b® circulated. The resolution of the board of trustees of the hospital along with the sup(Contlnuaa on Peg* Six) Jack Holthouse Is Reported Improved Louis A. (Jack) Holthouse, of Decatur route five, who was injured in a head on collision early Friday morning on U. S. highway 224 east of Decatur, is reported in good condition aX the Adams county memorial hospital. He sustained a slight injury to his hip hut it was not fractured as was originally thought. Two others taken to the hospital as the result of the same accident, David Linnimeier and Frank Sudduth, both of Decatur, have been dismissed from the hospital. Roger Sipe of Decatur, who broke his right leg and arm in the accident is still a patient at the hospital and Van Nelson, of Willshire, 0., is being treated at the Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne. NOON EDITION

Senate's Farm Bill Is Termed Too Complicated Former Agriculture Secretary Asserts Confusion Likely WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D-N. M.) said today that the senate farm bill is 1 “getting more and more like a Christmas tree — something on it for everyone."- - The former agriculture secretary said the bill is so complicated there is fear it will lead to a "lot of confusion." Anderson disclosed there is some talk that farmers might be better off with a completely flexible price support program or straight 90 per cent supports rather than with the mixed formula the senate has so far approved. Anderson was a leading advocate of flexible price supports which the senate adopted in a vic--1 tory for the Eisenhower administration. However, the senate sub- ‘ sequjently accepted a dual parity ’ system which raises the supports. 1 This Democratic victory, which 1 Anderson resisted, marred the ear- • Her triumph of flexible advocates. > th* >' two-way plan will add one bfllion dollars to the dtrtrt of the govern- “ ment’s farm price support pro- - gram. f Under the dual system voted by the senate, either an old or modernized parity formula will be used — whichever is higher. Parity is designed to reflect a balance between the prices farmers receive and those they pay for goods. f Anderson indicated that a last- . minute upset is always possible. He recalled that in 1949 the house was on the verge of approving the Brannan farm plan when Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.)—then a member of the house—arose and said in effect, “to heck with it, let’s go back to 90 per cent supports.” And, Anderson added, “they did." Bachelor Farmer Is Brutally Murdered Randolph County Farmer Murdered WINCHESTER, Ind. (INS) — Police tried today to pick up the cold trail of the murderer who bludgeoned an 83-year-old bachelor farmer to death in his home 10 miles southwest of Winchester. Wilson A. Starbuck, who had been dead since Thursday night, was found beside his blood-soaked bed. A German luger he kept on a chair next to his bed was missing. Sheriff Perry Jennings, of Randolph county, said there were no signs of a struggle in the house and there was no evidence of 3 break-in at the Unionport home. Starbuck, who was reputed to have kept money in the two-room house adjacent to a large farm he owned, dipd bf a blow to the left temple that caved in that side of his head. Mrs. Bertha McCormick, who operates a nearby grocery store, investigated when Starbuck failed to make his daily purchase. She saw the blood-soaked bed and the sheriff broke in and found the body. Westinghouse Strike Negotiations Resume WASHINGTON (INS) -Negotiations in the 153-dey-oM Westinghouse corp, strike will be resumed today amid hopes that some proggress will be made this weekend. Continuing their sessions, federal mediators will meet at 10 a. m. with representatives of the company and the International Union of Elecricai Workers, CIO-AFL.

Eisenhower's Farm Policies Assailed •. Depression On Farm And Smaller Towns .MELLOTT, Ind. (INS) — Eisenhower farm policies have caused a depression for both farmers and small town residents, according to former secretary of agriculture Claude (R. Wickard, who addressed a Fountain county Democratic rally at Mellott Friday night. Wickard, a candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination, said: “Farmers here and elsewhere are in a real stew. May I add that the business men, the professional people and other persons in small towns are in a real stew too. “We are harder bit here in the heart of the corn belt than has been generally realized. My information comes from implement production credit managers, grain elevator officials, income tax experts and others who deal with the farmers. A lot of people are astonished and scared. They wonder what has caused their business to disappear. They wonder why farmers are not paying their bills. They wonder why farmers are asking for an extension of credit on crops not even planted.'* Wickard said he had been informed that 9,000 persons are on relief feeding in Evansville and = IhattherearaXpns of unemployment offices iff otheV Hoosier cities. He said: “We are sitting on an economic powder keg and this farm depression could easily light and fuse.” Funeral Sunday For Mrs. Albert Minger Funeral services for Mrs. Albert Minger, who died Thursday night, will be held at 2 pm. Sunday at the Hardy & Hardy funeral home at Geneva, With burial in the Albersoncemetery. Survivors include the husband; four daughters, Mrs. Forrest Beer of Geneva, Mrs. Amos Neuenschwander of Berne, Mrs. Charles Chrisman of Decatur and Mrs. Robert Manning of New Corydon; IS grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Sprunger of Berne, Mrs. W. A. Bugh of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. George Shoner of Linton, and three brothers, Earl Ack rote of Pampa, Tex., Joe Eckrote of New Castle, and William Eckrote of Kilgore, Tex. Roy Howell Again Huntingion Mayor Final Decision Up To Supreme Court HUNTINCTON, Ind. (INS) — The game of musical chairs for the right to serve as mayor of Huntington continued today with Democrat Roy Howell now in office. The latest move came when circuit Judge J. Burr Glenn unseated Republican DeVon G. Blackburn, whom he had seated, until the Indiana supreme court rules in the case. ' Howell was declared winner by 47 votes last November. A recount showed he won by 15. Blackburn filed a contest suit and Judge Gleen ruled Blackburn won by one vote. 'Blackburn was sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1. However, Howell appealed to the supreme court and Glenn held that since Howell has a recount commission certificate he was entitled to "possession but not the title” of he mayor's ofice unfl the high court rules. y... Howell immediately summoned the department heads he had appointed and filed Feb. I although he had to replace his police chief designate Joseph Petrueelle with Wallace Smith since Petrueelle has resigned to enter business.

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Stage Protests for Attacks On Josef Stalin Protest Kremlin Attacks Made On Stalin's Policy LONDON (INS) — Russian troops reportedly were called out in the Soviet republic of Georgia last week when hundreds of thousands of persons staged a violent demonstration against recent . Kremlin attacks on Joseph Stalin. Unconfirmed reports reaching Vienna and other Western capitals said the crowds torn down portraits of some of Russia’s new leaders including Communist party boss Nikita Ghrushchev "‘ • Sources in Vienna, who usually are well-informed on events inside Russia, described the mass protest as “the biggest spontaneous demonstration in Russia in more than 30 years.” I A foreign office spokesman said _ the British- embassy in Moscow I was "aware of rumors circulating in Russia” about the reported speech of Khrushchev that allegedly touched oft the demonstrations. Khrushchev was reported to .. have claimed in. g .secret speech _ inuhfst jrertf congress th Moscow that Stalin used murder and terror to keep control. The British spokesman added that the foreign office received a general report—presumably from . the Moscow embassy — “corresponding in some respects —to press reports” about the Khrushchev speech. The demonstrations in Georgia. Stalin’s home republic, were said to have centered in Tiflas, the capital, on March 8, three days after the third anniversary of Stalin’s death. ‘ The protest marchers were said to have blocked the streets of Tiflis, occupied the buildings of the local party Central Committee and carried banners praising the late premier, who as a youth led a secret Marxist group at a Russian Othodox seminary in Georgia. Reports leaking through the Iron Curtain said Tiflis police refused to take any action against the demonstrators and the troops had orders not to open fire. There were no reports of bloodshed or repressive measures. Some substantiation of the report was seen in the disclosure in Copenhagen that Danish premier Hans Hanken was stopped from visiting Tiflis the day of the protests. — Soviet authorities altered bis plans at the last minute, giving as their reason “bad weather,” and re-routed Hansen and his party to Stalingrad, instead. Copenhagen reports said after visiting Stalingrad on the eighth the Danes were told on the ninth that weather conditions still prevented landing at Tiflis airport. So the Danes went to Baku before returning to Moscow. Communist party boss Nikita Khrushchev led the parade In attacking Stalin during the 20th congress of the Soviet Communist party last month. Khrushchev bitterly assailed “the cult of personality” which he said developed during Stalin’s long tenure as undisputed boss of the Soviet Union. Berne Blood Quota Is Exceeded Friday A total of 122 pints of blood, about 20 more than the quota, was collected Friday at Berne with the visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile. Four persons who donated became two gallon donors Friday. They include Chester Fields of Geneva, Frank Sardella of Decatur, Gerald Schultz of Decatur and Noel Agier of Berne. The Rev. Ord Gehman became a one-gallon donor. 1