Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 85.

DUST BRINGS NIGHT TO DALLAS DAY . ’ . ' \ ■■ ' * / *"' a - T <■ ' .. < ■ ' • «<.. J «« dr.'ll ■ I BJ* - amlmL. . , A PALL OF DUST swirling out of the Texas Panhandle turns day into twilight, obscuring lower levels and almost blotting from sight one of Dallas’ highest buildings. It was the longest dust-blackout in years. ■ , %

Dulles Sounds Out Reaction To Troop Use Holds Long Parley With Congressional Leaders On Crisis WASHINGTON (INS) —Secretary of state John Foster Dulles today sounded out congressional leaers about a possible later request for authority to send American troops into the Middle East. Dulles and some of his top assistants met for an hour and a half at the state department with 14 Democratic and Republican leaders ot he house and senate. ' ’ After the iSjeeting, chairman Walter F. George (D Ga), of the senate foreign relations commit tee, said “there was no request for any legislative action.” Mass.,) said there was a discussion of possible legislative action but no “present” request. House speaker Sam Rayburn (D Tex.), a stStemer.t saying that "the\wcretary had us down here to brief us on the Middle East situation.” Rayburn refused to amplify the statement. House GOP whip Leslie Arends (R Ill.), said there was no request for approval “of anything.” The legislators were called Into an emergency meeting with Dulles ‘ after President Elsenhower declared the U. S. will go to the aid of any victim of aggression in the Middle East. The congressman, questfone by newsmen in the diplomatic lounge of the state department, confined their replies largely to generalities. ' " House Republican leader Joseph Martin Jr., Mass., said: “There is no particular pressing emergency that we know about but when nations are shaking fists at each other an emergency can arise.” Matrin said the meeting was “on aiT informative basis.” Dulles was fiankeU by his chief advisers on Middle East problems, including assistant secretary of State George V. Allen. Counselor Douglas MacArthur 11, Foreign Aid Chief John 8., Hollister, and special assistanLßoderic O'Connor. The cabinet member sought bipartison support for the firm Middle East policy spelled out in a statement issued by Mr. Eisenhower at his southern vacation headquarters. The decision to issue the statement was made by Mr. Elseuhower and Dulles at a White House conference Monday morning just before the President left for a golfing holiday at Augusta, Ga. Mr. Eisenhower drafted the warning en route to Augusta where, his nfews secretary, James C. Hagerty. made it public. Hagerty said he issued the statement with the “full approval” of the President. It pledged the "fullest measure" of support to the peace mission of United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold. It said that the US. "will observe its commitments within constitutional means to Oppose any aggression in the area.” And then the statemen declared • "The United States is likewise determined to support and assist any — nation which might be subjected to such aggression. The United States is confident that other nations will act similarly in the cause of peace.” (Continued on rags Sin

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Discuss Decafur's Electric Problems Pettibone Speaks At Luncheon Monday What is being done about the electrical power situation in Decatur and how it will affect the tax rate was the subject of discussion at the luncheon meeting of the industrial division of the Chamber of Commerce Monday noon at the De- • catur Youth and Community Center. L. C. Pettibone, superintendent of the light and power department of the city, addressed the members of the industrial division and assisted other administration officials in answering the questions of the i group. ........ .. 1 In his report, Pettibone described the obsolete equipment at the seam plant ori Third street and its maxi- ' mum production. He stated that the ' total generating capacity of the steam plant is 7,000 kilowats. The diesel plant generating capa- , city is 3.810 kw. to give the city a total maximum of 10,810 kw. Pettibone added that the maximum de mand is 8,400 kw. but that if the i largest generating unit was out of service the city would be unable to meet the maximum demand. He continued that the city is on standby for Central Soya company and if that company would ask for pow er during a peak demand period when one ot the units was not gen erating the deficiency would be even more severe. Pettibone also described another problem existing In the power department. He said that the total condensing water capacity ot the city is 10,740 gallons per minute. The total required by the city is 10.700 which leaves only a slim 40 gallon surplus. It was explained that for the purpose of correcting thia situation the city administration is now studying the three alternatives available to them. These include additional diesel equipment, addi tional steam power generation or purchased power from a private utility company. The cost of production per kilowat hour at the steam plant is 010312 and at the diesel plant If is .013011. Indiana-Michigan rates vary on demand but would be from :0092 to .0095. -• The gross income ofThe power department, according to Ed Kauff man, city auditor who also attended the“meeting? in 1955 was $698,465.99. The net was $55,758.31. Os "the amount spent by the department. $51,822.39 was for operating expenses and the other was for indebtedness. The department is still owing $772,000. It was pointed out that over a period of years the department has made a substantial profit which was used for new equipment and the rapid expansion of lines. In the report to the industrial s group it was stated that 6,014,000 kw. were used by city residential and 4.410.020 kw. were, used by the rural residential consumers. The city street lights used 510.278 kw. The question was asked that in view of the fact that purchased power is cheaper, what are the objections to purchasing the power? Pettibone stated that he has talked to many local people who are opposed to buying power but that (Oontlnned nn Pave Six) ' * 1 y*INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy, occasional rain tonight ending during Wednesday. Little change In tampered ture. Low tonight $4-39 north, 38-42 south. High Wednsaday 45-52. —

Launch Inquiry Into Marines Forced March Six Recruits Died During Forced March Late Sunday Night PARRIS ISLAND, S. C. (INS) — A formal inquiry opened today into the night-time forced march, ordered "by a marine corps drill sergeant at Parris Island, during which six recruits died. Five bodies were recovered from the swamplands near the base Monday. An intensive search for the sixth. Thomas Curtis Hardeman of Vidalia, was to be resumed at noon, the next Jew tide. The 75-man platoon of “boots,” led by staff sergeant Matthew C. M. of Worcester, Mas., lost its way in the darkness Sunday, floundering in waist-deep water of the marshlands. Panic struck as some ot the men went under water, and it took nearly an hour for the surviving members of the platoon to extricate themselves. Marine authorities said about 25 to 30 witnesses would be heard by the court of inquiry. Survivors indicated they were not aware of any special punishment in connection with the “death march” that had begun on a note Os laughter. Richard W. Asker, 17, of Utica. N. Y.. explained: “We were all sitting around the barracks. The lights were on. Then the instructor said we were all going out in the boondecks. “We thought he was kidding because we were all laughing.” He was not, however, the platoon formed outside the barracks and set off in the darkness through a field. Asker continued: "We didn’t know there was any water until we went over a knoll and into it. An undercurrent seemed to catch a couple of men and then the panic started. The men began hollering." Gen. Randolph McCall Pate, commandant of the corps, iiew from Washington to Parris Island Monday for a personal investigation' of the tragedy. With him is the marine corps inspector general. Brig. Gen.| Carson A. Roberts. S Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon of Worcester, Mass., the drill sergeant, w’as taken into custody following disclosure of the alleged punishment hike. A court of inquiry will begin hearings on the reason why the march was ordered for the platoon of 75 recruits. The men. who were in service only a month, were marched into a swamp about a mile from the huge marine training base on the Atlantic coast, abou' 35 airline miles northeast of Savannah, Ga. The marine corps said Sgt, MeKeotf took his platoon on the march about 9 o’clock Sunday night to the lunhabitalted marsh and swamp area. ' The report of a preliminary investigation said: “Not completely familiar with the terrain, the drill instructor led his men into the swamp and into a stream. With no lights and in the ensuing confusion, the missing men were lost in the darkness. • "As soon as the drill instructor determined that some of his men were missing, a search was started that lasted through Sunday night and all day Monday. The bodies of (CoatmuM on Fn«s Bight)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMB COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 10, 1956.

UN Secretary Appeals To Israel, Egypt For End To Border Scraps

Israel, Egypt Trade Vitriolic Charges In UN Two Nations Charge Attempts To Wreck , Secretary Mission BULLETIN j UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (INS) — Israel notified the United Nations security council today it reserves full “freedom of action" to deal with Egyptian attacks unless Egypt pledges to avoid use of force. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) —lsrael accused Egypt in the UN today of unleashing a murderous wave of aggression against the Israel state and seriously threatening the Middle East with war. Egypt at the same time charged that Israeli policy is based on “aggression” and that it has "massacred” Arab men, women and children “without any consideration for law and tradition.” The two Middle East rivals traded charges in communications to the security council accusing each other of attempting to wreck secretary general Dag HammarskJoUTs peace mission to the troubled region. - T — Hammarskjold flew to Tel Aviv from Beirut, Lebanon, today for urgent conferences with UN truce chief Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Canada on the Arab-Israeli crisis. He had arrived* in Beirut from Rome where he received Pope Pius Xll’s blessing for his peace mission. z UN diplomats, aghast at the vitriolic charges in the Arab-Israeli communications, meanwhile hailed President Eisenhower’s action in serving notice that the U. S. will aid any victim of aggression in the Middle East. The President's declaration was seen as a powerful boost to Hammarskjold in his peace making efforts and as a deterrent to the unleashing of full scale war. The Israeli and Egyptian protests were delivered almost simultaneously to U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, council president for April- — The 11-nation body is not expected to meet on the crisis, however, until after Hammarskjold j-eports on his troubleshooting efforts. Eight-Cent Bridge Levy Is Proposed Levy To Bring No Increase In Taxes A proposal to establish an eightcent bridge levy for Adams county was made during a special session of the county commissioners Monday aCThe county court house. It was explained that the proposed levy would not cause a raise in taxation since it will only separate the existing bridge fund from the general fund. This is proposed so that funds left at the end of the year will not revert to the general fund but will remain in the special bridge fund. Last year about $30,008 was raised in the general fund for bridge expenditures. Under the new system the sum may be slighfly higher but the real purpose of the levy will be to establish a special bridge fund so that all money ap-. propriated for bridge improvement will be used for that purpose. A hearing for taxpayers will be held May 7 in the office of county auditor Frank Kit son. A group of Root township residents appeared before the commissioners Monday to seek the widening of the Bingen road In that township. They agreed to give a 50 foot right of way for the purpose of widening the road. The matter was taken under advisement by the commissioners. (Contlnu«4 on Pag* Five)

UE Local Approves Contract With G. E. Agreement Ratified By Unanimous Vote By unanimous vote in two meetings Monday, the national agreement between the independent United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America and the General Electric company was ratified by members of U. E. local [924, which represents the employes of the local General Electric plant. * The agreement which was ratified was that worked out last week in New York between the company and the union. ,Vernon “Spec” Hebble, president of local 924, attended the New York negotiation sessions. The. new contract provides for wage increases of from 414 to 17 cents and is retroactive to April 2, 1956. U.E. had delayed accepting the contract because they refused to accept several contract changes proposed by the company with the wage increases and other benefits. According to a union spokesman, these demands which were dropped by the company included a demand for a management rights clause which the union contended would all but destroy collective bargaining. > > The union spokesman pointed , put that the company also demanded the right to set piece work prices by a new system called the motion time study abolishing the old time study method. It was stated that this was dropped in addition to the company’s demand for compulsory overtime. Lou./Kimmel of Fort Wayne, international representative in U.E., attended the two meetings Monday. He stated thht the new’ agreement was reached with the company only after the conclusion of a long strike by Westinghouse workers who were striking in protest of essentially the same demands. Some of the features of the new (Coat'nuad >n Page bight) Nationwide Civil Defense Exercise CD Exercise Set For July 20 To 26 WASHINGTON (INS) Plans were announced today for a nationwide civil defense exercise July 20-26 to cope with the type of problems that would arise from a nuclear attack on the United States. For he first time, military forces will participate along with civil defense, and govern men t officials President Elsenhower will lead an evacuation of Washington officials to relocation centers assigned to federal agencies having essential wartime functions. The third annual exercise will be carried out jointly by the federal civil defense administration, the office of defense mobilization and the defense department. Today’s announcement by tbe ODM said that Canada has indicated It will participate in the mock attack upon continental America. Theoretically, 76 areas Os the continental its territories and possessions will be subject to nuclear attack in a five - hour period. These include 63 centers of population, nine air bases and four tnstaHations of the atomie energy commission. The ODM said the sizes of the mock-bombs, their delivery methods and timing will be widely varied for the simulated attack. Bombs will be presumed to range from 20,000 tons to five million tons of TNT equivalent. Five bombs will be assumed delivered by missiles from submarines, and all Others wil be assumed to come from aircraft. Fifty-two areas wil be assumed hit by single bombs, and 4 areas by two to five bombs in a single attack. One of the 24—San Fran- . (Continueo oa Tag* Six) I

Ike In Close j Tab On Crisis In Middle East Confers By Phone • With Dulles Over Middle East Issue AUGUSTA, Ga. (INS) —President Eisenhower, keeping almost a minute-bytminute eye on the perilous Mid-East situation, conferred by telephone with secretary of state Dulles early today. The Chief Executive, who Monday issued a stern warning to potential aggressors in the Middle East and then scheduled a major foreign policy address to the nation, talked with Dulles from his vacation office at the Augusta national golf club. Mr. Eisenhower was up early and at his desk by 7:45 a. m. He signed 11 bills before getting out his clubs. The President’s speech will .be delivered before the annual meeting of the American society of newspaper editors in Washington April 21, after - his return from Georgia. It will be his first major foreign policy speech in nine months since bis report to the American people on the Big Four Geneva Conferenc last July. Mr. Eisenhower is expected to spell out the principles guiding the administration in its efforts to keep the Middle East powderkeg from exploding into war. He serve blunt notices Monday that the U. S. stands ready to aid any victim of aggression in the area which poses the gravest threat to the peace of the world. Official sources sal the statement was esgned to dramatise this country’s determination to oppose gagression byeither Egypt or Israel in the border squabble which has erupted in repeated violence. The President plans to spend the next week golfing and relaxing at the exclusive club which is his favorite retreat from the pressures of the White House. He got in 18 holes of glof after his arrival Monday, playing in a foursome with Ed Dudley, the club professional. Maj. John Eisenhower, the Pres* ident’s son, plans to join his par(Continuea On Page Five) Louise Scheiman Dies Early Today Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs. Louise Scheiman, 78, lifelong resident of Root township, died at 12:15 o’clock this morning < at her home five files northwest i of Decatur. Death was attributed j to complications. ■She was born in Root township < Nov. 1, 1877, a. daughter of Charles i and Sophia Doehrman-Hockmeyer, i and was married in 1902 to Char- ' les Scheiman. Her husband pre- ( ceded her in death Oct. 16. 1916. I Mrs. Scheiman was a member i of St. John’s Lutheran church. t Surviving are two daughters, f Mrs. Walter Schlaudroff of Fort t Wayne and Mrs. Lydia Hoile of Root township; one sqn, Lawrence Scheiman of Root township: three . grandchildren; one brother. Wil- ■ liarn HockemeyerStaplehoret, j Neb., and five sister*, Mrs. Minnie Reiter. Mrs. Sophia ■ Lepper,. Mrs. William Wiehe. Mrs. Henry Kiess t and Mrs. Fred Rebber, all of Fort i Wayne. One son and two brothers r are deceased. I Funeral services will be con- t ducted at 1:36 p. m.Friday at the 1 Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. i at St. John’s Lutheran church, the t Rev. Edwin A.' H. Jacobs offictat- s ing Burial will be in the church j cemetery. t F.riends may call at the funeral < home after 7 p. m. Wednesday un- , j til time of the services. i — — _ .. ~j'-, •’ • ■

Dies Monday K-* it Jy Feed L. Litterer

Ford L. Litterer Is Taken By Death Prominent Attorney Dies At Home Here Ferd Lynn Litterer, 78, prominent Decatur attorney and a former city attorney, died at 3:45 o’clock Monday afternoon at his home, 821 Ncuthj Fifth street. Mr, Litterer had been serwuslyi ill since March 20, up to which time he continued in active practice of his profession. The veteran attorney came to Decatur in 1904. forming a law partnership with the late Judge J. Fred Fruchte, following their graduation from Indianapolis Law School. The men continued their partnership until Mr. Fruchte was elected judge of the Adams circuit court. Mr. Litterer taught school for four years after graduation from the Madison high school, and then graduated from Hanover College. He then attended the Indianapolis Law'School, being admitted to the practice of law in 1904. Mr. Litterer served as Decatur city attorney under the administration of Mayor Forrest Elzey. He was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, school for 40 years. He was a mem serving as a teacher in the Sunday her of the Adams county bar association, the Indiana ber association. the Masonic lodge and Phi Delta Theta fraternity. z Born in Madison Dec. 13. 1877, he was a son of John and Margaret Van Huren-Littferer. He was married July 16, 1912, to Lucy Fruchte, who died June 8, 1913. He later married Lettie Wetter May 1, 1923. Surviving are the widow; one son. Lewis Litterer of Indianapolis, and two grandchildren. Two brothers preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the service. The casket will not be opened at the church. The family requested omission of floWlffs. but friends may make memorial gifts to the Fort Wayne children's home. Place Restrictions On Hospital Visits Thurman Drew, administrator of the Adams county memorial hospital, stated today that it is again necessary to restrict visitors to the hospital because of crowded conditions. Only members of the immediate families will be permitted to visit patients at the hospital until the crowded conditions are alleviated, he said. Patients have been placed in the halls of the first and third floors and in the snnroom because no rooms are available. The visitors ban will be lifted as soon as possible, he added.

Issues Appeal For Half To _ Border Fights Dag Hammarskjold Is Battling Time On Peace Mission TEL (INS) — Dag Ham-. , marskjold, lattling against time in his peace mission to the Middle East, appealed to Israel and Egypt today to cease the border attacks which may lead to a full-scale Arab-Israeli war. The United Nations secretary general flew from Rome t oßeirnt this morning, spent four hours in conference there, then came to Tel Aviv for talks with Israeli leaders. He was to go on to Cairo later in the day for conferences with Egyptian Premier Gamal Qbdel Nasser. The urgent need for a cease-fire on the Arab-Israeli frontiers was stressed by Hammarskjold in his luncheon talk with Israeli forejgn minister Moshe Sharett and*in a telegraphed message to Nakser. ~ But there was no immediate evidence of a letup in the fighting. Israeli claimed another Egyptian r irregular was killed this morning * in the Lachish area. This, Israel 1 said, raised to a total of 11 the r .number of Arab “commandos” to 5 ba killed on Israeli soil l» the past, 4 six days. Five others reportedly 1 had been captured. ’ While Hammarskjold was en ’ route to Beirut, the Egyptian Fe- * deyeen irregulars invaded Israel 1 fro ntthe Gaia Strip. Israel said the 3 raid was "apparently Egypt’s reply 3 to Burns’ appeal to the Egyptians 3 to halt all hostile acts.’’ Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, the r Canadian who heads the UN truce , supervisory commission, has made , four separate appeals to Egyptian foreign minister Mahmoud Fawzy f to end the Fedayeen incursions. ’ The Fedayeen “suicide squads" are not members of the Egyptian armed forces. Burns met Hammarskjold shortly after he arrived from Beirut. After Hammarskjold ended the meeting with Sharett and other top Israelis he and Burns were to fly to Cairo aboard a special all-white UN plane. Truce supervision headquarters in Jerusalem had not received up to late Monday night any reply from Cairo to an urgent request from Burns that all hostile activities against Israel be halted. Hammarskjold was met at Lydda airport by Burns and. three highranking members of the Israeli foreign ministry. After talking briefly at the airport, the party drove to Tel Aviv’s luxury Dan hotel, where Hammacskjold will remain in constant conference until he takes off for Cairo. The U. N. chief went into confer-., ence with Bums and his aides soon after arriving at the hotel. He was to meet with Israeli officials at lunch.* Israeli leaders pointed out that Israel’s viesw about the Gaza strip situation, where the new fighting has been centered, and the Egyp(UoaunuM on r-ase six) Porch Light Drive Here Tonight For High School* Revue Members of he junior class of the > Decatur high school, in attempting to stimulate sales of tickets for the school revue, "Flying High.” have asked prospecive ticket purchasers’ to turn on lhetr ■ porch lights at 7 o'clock this evening. Committees hive been set up by the juniors to canvass the entire city this evening to provide door-to-door service for those persons , who wish to purchase tcikets. Tickets for adults are priced at . 50 cents and tor Children are 25 . cents. The revue will be presented I at the school auditorium at "two . performances. Friday afternoon , and night, “Please .turn on those ( lights” was the plea made by ticket workers today.

Five Cents