Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1956 — Page 1

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Ike Confers With Benson On Farm Bill Farm Bill Approved By Conferees From Senate And House . WASHINGTON (INS) -President Eisenhower confers with agriculture secretary Eta Taft Benson today on whether he should sign or veto the three-billion dollar farm bill approved by a sen-ate-house conference. ■, Benson's name was added io the President’s list immediately after the conferees reached a final agreement late Friday on the election-y«ar measure. '»• controversial bill calls for restoration of 90 percent price suiiHrtf .fISW cr'SR imt otfter features which the administration opposes. Benson has said he would recommend a veto, if these provisions were retained. But the bill also sets up the soil bank which the President had requested. It is designed to reduce production, cut surpluses, and raise farm prices. Mr. Eisenhower indicated at his news conference Wednesday that he might sign the measure when he said “I have never been one to say . . . you must hold up good things in order to attain perfection." Some lawmakers thought he was setting the stage for a compromise which Democrats expect Republicans will seek when the bill comes up for a vote in the house, probably Wednesday. The conference bill would add an estimated 11,007.500.000 to farm income through increased price supports on corn, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum grains, cotton, 'dairy products, peanuts nnd rice used for domestic consumption. The bill provides for np to |l,200.000,000 in payments to farmers for cutting production under the soil bank. However, it Is questionable whether the pay-off will go this high in 1956 because it is late in the planting season. The soil bank would be volun4ary as Mr. Eisenhdwer asked except that corn and small grain growers would have to participate in order to get price supports. The bill authorizes 500 milliop dollars for support of prices on beef, pork and other perishables through government purchase programs. There is an additional 200 million dollar authorization for dis(Oontlnued on Page Bix) Darrel Kreischer Is Governor Os Moose Darrel Kreischer was named governor of the Decatur Moose lodge at the annual election this week. Other officers are Oral Fulton, junior governor; Leßoy Hoagland, prelate: Robert Gerber, treasurer: Wayne Peterson, trustee for three years. Holdover trustees are Kenneth Friedt and Frank Ross, and E. J. Worthman continues as secretary. A fish fry was held following ths meeting, which was well attended. A banquet-honoring all past governors, officers and old timers will be held April 19, with the deadline for reservations April 17. A class enrollment will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, April 29, with the local degree staff and drill team conducting the ritualistic ceremony for the class of 11 NOON EDITION

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United States Seeks To Avert Conflict Entire Diplomatic Resources In Use WASHINGTON (INS) —The U. S. threw its full diplomatic resources today behind attempts to avert war in the strife-torn Middle East. Moving on two fronts..the U. S. sought to head off a possible conflict in the area and to strengthen free world defenses south of the Soviet border. Coincident with the departure of United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold for the Middle East, the U. S. gave full backing to the cease-fire proposal of Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, chief of the UN truce team in the ArabIsraeli sector. ~ ' 9 The U. S. also threw greater moral support behind the Baghdad pact, despite the fact that this country has no futenrinn ®f becoming a member soon. This development emerged with the disclosure that deputy under secretary of state Loy ,W. Henderson, a former ambassador to Iran, will attend the Baghdad pact council ipeeting April 16-20 in Tehran. The ’ defensive alliance, composed of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. covers the perimeter between Soviet Russia and the Arab world. Two Colleges Are Censured By Profs Cite Violation Os Academic Freedom ST. LOUIS (INS)—The American association of university professors, which censured two schools for violations of academic freedom, acts today on a recommendation to censure six other institutions. The censure was voted Friday night against St. Louis University where Dr. Philip A, Tumulty, head of the internal medicine department, was ousted in Augsut, 1954, and the North Dakota Agricultural College, where four faculty members were dismissed. The association, which represents 38,000 college and university professors, will decide what action is to be taken against the six schools which dismissed instructors for citing the fifth amendment, refusing to sign loyalty oaths, or admitting Communist party membership. The institutions are Ohio State, Rutgers. Temple, California. University of Oklahoma, and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Investigators have softened their recommendations to censure California, Oklahoma, Ohio and Temple by reporting that they have shown substantial progress In academic freedom. Meanwhile, Russell Sullivan, University of Illinois law professor and chairman of the special investigating committee, announced that five other institutions soon will be investigated. They are Michigan, New York University. Vermont. University of Kansas 'City and Reed College. ’ Two colleges—Evansville, Ind. and Middle Tennessee —on the censure list since the 1940 s were given clean slates, INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and cooler tonight. Sunday fair and warmer In the afternoon. Low tonight 25-30. High Sunday 52-58.

UN Secretary To Meet With Pope Monday Dramatic Move For Spiritual Support To Prevent Warfare LONDON (INS) —United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold conferred briefly with Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd today on the first leg of his urgent peace mission to the turbulent Middle East - . Hammarskjold lunched With Lloyd at the “very important persons” room in London airport, then resumed his journey to Rome. At Rome, the secretary general wlHhave a special audience, which ■IP requested.. with Pope Pins XII. The US’eWet tooled pow-i erful spiritual support behind his mission to prevent a full-scale war between Israel and the Arab states. Lloyd gave Hammarskjold the latest information on the Middle East to reach the British government an dexplained Britain's views ment and explained Britain’s views The meeting between Hammarskjold and the Pope probably will take place Monday after the secretary general holds an important conference with UN truce chief Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, who is flying to Rome from Palestine. Hammarskjold left New York’s Idlewild airport'Friday night after a final exchange of communications with Burns on the latter’s cease-fire efforts in the outbreak of artillery duels between Egypt and Israel in the bloody Gaza strip. He will visit Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Hammarskjold’s main objective in his face-to-face talks with Arab and Israeli leaders is to secure strict enforcement Os the Palestine armistice agreements. He is to report back to the security council within 30 days but may stay longer abroad if necessary to restore order. Teen-age Dance At Center Tonight A teen-age dance will be held from 8 to 11 o’clock tonight at the Youth and Community Center, and all teen-agers of the city and community are invited to attend. It will be a record hop and admission will be only 10 cents per person. High Speed Blamed For Fatal Accident Spectacular Crash Causes Two Deaths MADISON. Ind. (INS) — A spectacular flaming, cartwheeling crash at 90-miles an hour killed two persons and injured three others today In Madison. Dead in the accident were Donald Paul. 21. the driver, and Faye Roberts, 23, both of Madison. Injured were Walter Chadwell, 22, his wife, Alma, 19, both of Madison, and Elmo Clubb, 17, of Brooksbnrg. «”, • Madison police said the car was traveling west on Ind. 56 when it tried to turn onto a side street tn the city of Madison at 90 miles an hour. The car went out of control, strucka tree, cartwheeled through the air onto a terrace six feet above the street level, skidded over two lawns and burst Into flames. The ftrg was extinguished immediately and no one was burned,, ' .., r _ --t\

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Egypt Charges Israel With Breaking Os UN Truce Over Gaza Strip

Cease-Fire In Gaza Strip Is Broken Again Minor Exchanges By Israeli, Egyptian t Soldiers Reported JERUSALEM (INS)—The United Nations cease-fire in the Gaza strip was broken again today when; Israeli and Egyptian soldiers engaged in at least two small arms duels. 4 ■» UN truce observer Albert Grand said the reported exchanges of fire were of “no importance.” He said UN truce chief E.L.M. Burns would fly to Rome Sunday . to meet with UN secretary gen- . eral Dag Hammarskjold “if the , situation remains as quiet as it is , this morning.” / ■ > Burns was originally scheduled i to leave for Rome Friday but postponed his flight when the ceasefire imposed Thursday night was breached by a one-hour artillery ’ duel. - ' . I 1 Israeli- officials apparently took a graver view of the new fighting than did Grand. 1 They complained to the mixed • armistice commission and called 4 for an emergency meeting to dts--1 cuss an nicident near Kissufim. p A military spokesman said Egyp- ■ tian automatic weapons opened ! fire on an Israeli outpost near ’ Kissufim. Later if was announced ’ there also was an exchange of > small arms fire near Erez on the 1 Gaza border. j—— - In Cairo, an army spokesman I said a four-hour gun duel was torched off when Israelis fired on an Egyptian outpost near Belt Ha--1 noun in the Gaza strip. The new shooting in the Gaza strip made it four days in a row that Egyptians and Israelis have fired on each other. A ten-hour artillery duel on Thursday was the worst outbreak in the area in 14 months. Israel reported two other incidents on her frontiers with Syria and Jordan. An army spokesman said Israeli fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fired upon from the Syrian shore this morning and forced to abandon their nets. An Israeli watchman at Naharayim, south of the Sea of Galilee, was shot at by a Jordanian policeman. Annual Daily Club Banquet Held Here Annual Banquet Is Held Last Evening Prof. Norman Lindquist, head of the dairy production department of Purdue university, was speaker for the annual 4-H dairy club banqiiet Friday evening at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Everett Rice, toastmaster for the event, was introduced by Roy Price, chairman of the 4-H dairy calf club committee. The invocation was given by E. W. Baumgartner of the First Bank of Berne. Gerald Vizard, vice president of the First State Bank of Decatur, represented the sponsors. . James Kirchhofer, a member of the dairy club, expressed the appreciation of the club members for the assistance received. An award given by the Pet Milk company for the outstanding 4-H dairy club member went to Sally Beer. Jerry Price and David Beer received awards from McMillen Feed Mills for taking top' places on the feeding, program. Also awarded were four door prizes, two from Jack Gordon of Western Auto to Esther Brehm and David Beer and two from the Curtiss Gandy company to Nancy Jo Ltecbty and Bill Lybarger. Special music for the banquet (Continues on rage ■«) '

■ Work On Super Rocket Fuel Frozen Chemicals Free Great Power ' WASHINGTON (INS) —Government scientists have revealed they are working on a new super-power-lut rocket fuel using frozen chemi1 cals that unleash tremendous power when heated. The scientists working on basis research at the national bureau of standards said they have frozen—- • at 450 degrees below zero — atoms and molecules that usually exist only momentarily in the flames of hot gases. After an instant, these particles — called “free radicals” — normally unite with other atoms to form a new and more stable molecule, releasing enormous power as they combine. In a limited sense, this is somewhat similar to the fusion principle behind the hydrogen bomb. The scientists hope they can store the “free radicals” and use them later as a super rocket fuel. They believe they can edvelop such fuels from hydrogen, which combines light weight with great power, or from nitrogen, which is heavier but has even greater energy. Malenkov Winds Up Visit To Britain Ex-Russian Premier k Pleased With Visit LONDON (INS) — A thoroughly pleased-wlth-himself Georgi Malenkov Gew home from London to Moscow today., in a sleek Soviet jet airliner. The demoted premier who now controls Russia’s vast electric power industry ended hirf three-and-a-half week totir of Britain in the same manner that he conducted it — with smiles for all and expressions of Soviet goodwill for Britain. , Before leaving London airport at 9:18 a.m. aboard the jet TU-104 which can make the trip to Moscow in less than four hours, Malenkov invited newsman inside the plane for a quick look around. He shook hands with each newsman. Wearing a big red carnation In his buttonhole and a colorful “gold star of socialist labor,” the beaming Malenkov posed continuously for photographers. Malenkov said his trip had been “very fruitful — may the friendship of our two countries grow to promote peace between- all countries." As he stood on the steps of the plane waving goodbye, he called “Gooodbye, dear friends.” Referring to Soviet premier Nikofirst secretary NskHe Khrushchev who will visit Britain later this month, Malenkov said: ‘JLh.gyfi.jniuch to tell them and it is all good.” Other members of the Russian delegation of electrical engineers will remain in London until Saturday then fly so Paris for two days before returning to Moscow. Since his arrival last Mar. 15 on his first visit to a non-Communist country, Malenkov has traveled 2,000 mjles in England and Scotland and seen nine power stations, including the atomic energy research establishment at Harwell and two large engineering works. But Malenkov was interested in much more than technical matters. Everywhere he traveled the perpetually smiling roly-poly Russian stressed the friendship theme between Britain and Russia and Russia and the world. He emphasized peaceful coexistence and peaceful competition, cooed at babies, signed autographs, kissed pretty girls and cracked an unending series of jokes. Observers credited him with one of the slickest, smoothest propaganda jobs ever seen in Britain. British officials were uncertain about the effects of the Russian’s tour but the Communist point of view was headlined in the London (Continued on Page 0U)

County Council Approves Bond Issue Request Approves Hospital Bond Issue Today In Special Meet ~ The seven-member county council gave its stamp of approval to the $450,000 bond issue request to finance improvement tor the Adams county memorial hospital this morning on the second day ot a special session. No one appeared before the council during its two-day session to file objections to the proposed bond issue. Taxpayers of the county still have the opportunity to file a remonstrance against the bond issue with the county auditor. but such a remonstrance is not expected. All that remains before the actual work begins on the hospital is the hearing by the state board of tax commissioners in the office of the county auditor. The date and time for this hearing will be advertised by county auditor Frank Kitson. General obligation bonds totalling $450,000 will be issued for the purpose of financing the hospital improvement. These bonds will bear Interest not to exceed three percent per year. The exact rate will be determined by bidding. The bonds will be payable over a period of 20 years from the date of issuance.’ The debt will be rer tired by payments of SIO,OOO on - July 1, 1955, SIO,OOO on Jan. 1 and > July 1 of 1958 to 1967 inclusive, t and $12,000 on Jan. 1 and July 1 of 1968 to 1977 inclusive. ' The net assessed valuation of ■ taxable property in Adams county ad shown by 1955 assessments i is $42,520,900 and the outstanding debt of the county, excluding the hospital bonds, is $12,000. Legal notices of the petition for end the determination to issue the general obligation bonds will appear in the pecatur Dally Democrat Monday April 9, and Monday, April 16. The approval of the county council is another big step toward the badly needed hospital improvement. The project to realize the improvement began with a resolution by the’ hospital board of trustese headed by Cal E. Peterson. Assisted by Thurman Drew, hospital administrator; John L. DeVoss, hospital attorney, and Mrs. Roy Kalver and O. W. P. Macklin, chairman of the drive to secure signatures for the petition. (Continued on rage Six) Elwood Stevens Dies At Michigan Home Former Decatur Man Dies Last Evening Elwood Stevens, 73, former De* catur resident died at 6:30 o'clock Friday evening at' his home in Sturgis, Mich., following an illness of ntne years? He was a retired electrical contractor and , moved to Sturgis 33 years ago. He was born in Adams county June 27, 1882, a son of Aaron and Jennie Sommers-Stevens, and was married to Winifred Russell, Oct. 5, 1902, in this city. Mrs. Stevens preceded her husband in death. Surviving are four sons, Hugh Stevens of Eugene, Ors., Dale, Lloyd and Elwood Stevens, Jr., all of Sturgis; one daughter, Mrs.Jtuth Ammer of Sturgis: three grandchildren, and one sister, tyrs. Zelrna Davisson of Anderson. One son and one daughter are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at the Moon funeral home tn Sturgis. The body will be brought to this city for burial in the Decatur cemetery, with the funeral cortege expected to arrive here about 4 p.m.

Three Airmen KfltJl In Transport Crash Other Crewmen Are Seriously Injured TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (INS) — An air force board of investigation set to work today to try to determine the cense of the flaming crash of a huge C-124 Globemaster transport in which three men were killed. Three airmen were killed and 1 the remaining four members of ; the crew were seriously hurt when , the four-engine plane stalled at I an altitude of one hundred feet and plunged to earth just after taking off from Travis Air Force , Base northeast of San Francisco , Friday afternoon. The plane was on a routine ‘ maintenance check flight when it took off. It broke into three sections as it crashed and burst into flames. J Ambulances and fire* trucks rushed to the wreckage just off the southwest side of the runway. The survivors were pulled quick- [ ly from the debris and the flames , were extinguished in short order. The plane was based at Travis , which is the principal terminal ot . the Military Air Transportation Service (MATS) on the West Coast. » r —-— • ! Hassle Over Clerk • In Dearborn County I Two Persons Claim i County Clerk Post ’’ LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (INS)— Nobody has stolen the wedding . belt, but couples may have trouble getting married legally in Dearborn ’ county until a hot controversy is settled. ’ At the moment, two persons are claiming to be Dearborn counfr p clerk. One is Mrs. Inez . Kajfen- , berger, Aurroa Democrat, uiwly widowed by the death of the former clerk, and the other is Hubert F. Miller, Lawrenceburg Republican Dearborn county commissioners . had named Mrs. Waffenberger to complete the term of her husband's office shortly after his death of a week ago. The commissioner include two Democrats and one Republican. But Governor George N. Craig, citing a former Democratic attorney general’s decision that vacancies in the clerk’s office should be filled by appointment of the governor, named Miller to the job. Mrs. Kaffenberger has possession of the records and seals, and won’t let Miller have them. Miller has the commission from the governor, which Mrs. Kaffdhberger lacks. Miller obtained an attorney, but the logical place for starting the suit is in Dearborn county, and the gubernatorially-named clerk is stymied by the fact he can’t file with Mrs. Kaffenberger without acknowledging she is' the clerk. Governor George N. Craig, who is scheduled to return home this week end from a New York trip, is expected to give the matter his attention immediately. Attorney general Edwin K. Seers pointed to i 1951 opinion ot the late J. Emmett McManamon, then attorney general, that the clerk is a part of he state judicial system and vacancies should be filled by the governor, pending selection of a successor by voters at the next general election. Seven Persons Die In Truck-Tractor Crash NORMAL, 111. (INS) —Seven persons were killed Friday and six seriously injured—all of one Mexican family—when their truck collided with a farm’tractor near Normal and burned. Sheriff’? deputies said 13 members of the Mendoza family were riding in ,a truck from McAllen, Tex., to accept work on the farm ot R K. Fuller'near Princeton, QI.

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Arab League Nations Meet On Aggression Thousands Os Arab Refugees Pressing For Drastic Action CAIRO (INS) — Egypt charged Israel today with breaking the UN truce in the Gaza strip and starting a gun duel that lasted four hours. A military spokesman in Cairo said the Israelis fired on an outpost near Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip. He said there were no reports of casualties. An Israeli military spokesman accused the Egyptians of firing the first shots with automatic weapons near Kissufim. Israel also reported incidents on her borders with Syria and Jordan. It was the fourth consecutive day that Israelis and Egyptians have fought in the Gaza area. i The new incident was reported as the foreign ministers of the Arab League nations were preparing to meet at Cairo to discuss Israel's “wanton aggression” in the Gaza strip. Pressure for drastic action dfcaflfrtmel was being applied by the thousands of angry Arab refugees tn the Gaza which has been the scene of Egyptian-Israeli artillery duels for the past two days. Neither Egypt nor the Arab League were expected, however, to act in any way but verbally in view of the extraordinary peace efforts being made by the United Nations. UN secretary general Dag Ham- , marskjold was on his way from ’ New York to begin a 30-day fact ( finding tour of the entire Arab-Is- ( raeli area. 0 Responsible observers believed , Hammarskjold’s “peace mission” . would bring a return of calm to the Gaza strip which saw its worst , fighting in 14 months on ,Thursday . and Friday. But it was feared andther outbreak such as Thursday’s ten-hour battle in which 61 Arab civilians were killed and 93 wounded might ignite the whole Middle East regardless of Hammarskjold’s mission. - —--- ------- ' — An Israeli military spokesman disclosed that the UN cease-fire engineered Thursday night had been broken for the third time in two days when Israeli and Egyptian troops fired on one another this morning near Kisspfim in the Gaza strip. The Gaza strip, a sliver of Egyptian • controlled land between the Mediterranean sea and Israel, is crammed with 215,000 Arab refugees and 160,000 original inhabitants, three-fourths of whom are unemployed. How near they are to the break- " ing point was shown Friday when Egyptian soldiers and armored cars had to be rushed into action to keep some of them from storming the headquarters of the UN truce team in the town of Gaza. Egyptian and Israeli officials have been charging each other with aggression and deliberate shelling of civilians. Correspondents have • not been permitted to visit the Gaza strip (Continued on rare Six) Monday Deadline For Voter Registration Monday is the final dhy for voter registration before the May primary elections, according to a reminder issued today by county clerk Richard Lewton. All persons who are not registered. who have moved to a new precinct or who have changed . their name must contact the clerk’s office no later than Monday in order to be eligible to vote in the primary election. Lewton stated’ that, tor the convenience of those who wish to register, the office will remain open until 9 p.m. Monday. He stated that registration during the past few weeks has been light ’