Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 100.

GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFULS HERE TUESDAY

T. R. Johnston

Bit r ■ lEfe Von Eichhorn

Adams county residents will have the opportunity to meet the 1956 Democrat candidates for governor pictured above. They will attend a pre-prim ary reception and dinner Tuesday. The reception will be from 3tosp. m. at the American legion Home. The banquet, which will feature a talk by Claude Wickard, Democrat candidate for the IL S. senate, will be at 6:30 p. m. at the Decatur \outh and Community Center. - . __ ...... .1,. - Sheriff Merle Affoider is general chairman of the event. He is being assisted by Democrat precinct vice-committeewomen of the county and other local Democrats. A program of dinner music has been arranged by Mrs. Elmer C. Beer of Berne route one. More than 50 prominent Democrats from an over the state are expected to be present with local Democrat officials, candidates and party members.

Democrats To Center Attack On Eisenhower National Chairman Says Eisenhower's Health Vital Issue By RUTH MONTGOMERY WASHINGTON (INS) —Democratic national chairman Paul M. Butler disclosed today that mrts have decided to center their political attacks on a “part-time president who very definitely may resign” if reelected. "Os course President Eisenhower’s health will be an issue in the coming campaign,” Butler told this correspondent in an exclusive interview. "We don't expect to play it dirty, but we will certainly hammer away at a part-time president — whether the case be excessive vacations, too much golf, or too much illness. Our country's problems arc full-time ones.” Butler said the Democrats wilt "play up" the contrast between an "ailing” president and his opponent by urging the Democratic nominee—whoever he is—to wage an unusually active and vigorous campaign this fall. "The possibility of Ike’s resignation after reelection is a very ' definite one and must be in the thinking of some Republican plan-, Mrs,” he insisted. "We will run a healthy candidate.” ' The South Bend attorney who took over the donkey party fold IS months ago said he has con f-tantly urged that Democratic speakers make Ike —not his cab inet and advisers — their direct target. This strategy was finally accepted by party leaders at the conclave here last weekend. Conceding that the ’SB campaign will be "rugged and quite intense,” Butler said Democrats will ‘‘hold Ike responsible for everything bast that happens and everything good that hasn’t happened.” “We’ll pin the blame squarely on Eisenhower,’-’ he added with quiet satisfaction. “There’s hardly a family in this nation that hasn’t had a relative with a heart attack. They know the danger, and the American people have a right to expect a vigorous ‘father’ as the head of their nation.” Butler, who became a Demo- '> cratic partv worker before he was old enough to vote, personally came out swinging against Ike in today’s interview. “On his performance he deserves very critical And caustic comment,” Bntler said of the chief executive, “but at least we won’t question Ike’s loyalty, like ice President Nixon questioned njwntinuM on Pigt trtCL

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Craig And Handley Exchange Attacks Open Feud Between Top GOP Officials INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Governor George N. Craig and Lieut. Gov. Harold W. Handley slugged it out openly in Indiana's Republican factional battle today. Angry words were exchanged following the disclosure that three anti-Craig state officials have withheld their employes’ contributions to the Republican state committee for several years. The committee is controlled by the Craig forces. All three officials, Handley, secretary of. state Crawford F. Parker end state treasurer John Peters said they had withheld the money because, the .state committee is paying a salary of SBOO a month to William B. O’Connell, Chicago publicity man. Hahdley said: "O'Connell has been othing but a press agent for Craig, and has done nothing but butcher our par- ■ ( y." Governor Craig replied: . “Mr. O’Connell has done a fine job, I know of no one who has deterred the Republican party and the Republican administration as much as Harold Handley. “Handley has deliberately attempted to wreck our party’s pro gram since we moved into the statehouse in January. 1953. both as leader of the state senate and as lieutenant governor. His method has been one of destruction rather than progress.” Indications were that the three officials would continue to with hold the contributions until after the-party reorganization May 16 at which they hope to overturn the governor's control of the organiza tion. Handley said he had instructed his staff to quit contributing to the state central committee ever since O-Connell was hired and had advised them to be prepared to resume contributions "as soon as the present situation is corrected.” He went on to say: “I never felt Mr. O'Connell should be paid by the state committee to do work which the secretary of the state committee has always done. As far as I know, Mr. O’Connell has contributed nothing to the state committee ■ and on the other hand has inspired or written numerous articles (Continued on' Pare Five) INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and windy with showers and thunderstorms tonight. Saturday mostly cloudy with showers, turning much cooler northwest. Low tonight , 50-58 north, 58-64 south. High Saturday around 60 extreme I northwest to around 75 extreme southeast

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Await Removal Os Staff Aide By Russians 1 United States Is Awaiting Removal Os UN Staff Aide > UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) i —The U.S. is awaiting today the > prompt removal by the Soviet UN delegation of a staff aide branded undesirable for helping whisk home five Russian sailors. Authoritative sources said failure by the delegation to comply in due time with the U. S. request soon would be climaxed by deportation of Aleksander K. Guryanov, i one of two expelled Russians. Nikolai- Turkin, the second Russian declared persona non grata by the U.S. after the incident, aci companied the sailors on their return flight to Moscow and will not be granted a re-entry visa. U. S. sources indicated there . would be no reversal of the exi pulsion order despite Soviet proI tests and denials that the sailors ; were "kidnaped" or coerced into returning home after seeking asylum in the U. S. The seamen, who were captured i by Chinese Nationalists in 1954, i claimed at a Moscow news conl ference Thursday that they had asked for political asylum as a ruse to get back to the Soviet Union. The U.S. also charged that Soviet delegate Arkady A. Sobolev acted "improperly" and “abused” his diplomatic position by coni cerning himself with the sailors' return home, but he was not expelled. (Continued on Page Five) i J Luncheon Os City > Retailers Tuesday i ■ . The monthly luncheon meeting of the retail division of the ChamI ber of Commerce Is scheduled for' . next Tuesday noon at the Youth . and Community Center. Carl Geri ber, president, announced today. Plans will be discussed for the anI r.ual spring festival, scheduled for , June 4 to 9. inclusive. Reservations . for the luncheon should be made i with secretary Fred Kolter at the Chamber office, it was announced. Representatives of a television station also have been Invited to attend at the request of some members for information concerning the price of sponsoring spot announcements or a program. President Gerber pointed out that the meetings are not restricted to members, but that all Decatur retailers are invited to attend and express their ideas. ---—-- •

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 27, 1956.

Testifies To Critical Shortage Os Manpower In Nation’s Air Force

Soviet Russia Favors Ban On Mideast Arms I Leaders Declare Russia Welcomes Arms Shipment Ban LONDON (INS) — Russia declared today it would “welcome" a UN ban on arms shipments to the Middle East and said the time has come to junk cold war restrictions. The statements were made by Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin end Communist party boss Nikita Khrushchev at an unprecedented hour-and-20-minute news conference that ended their ten-day visit to Britain. Khrushchev asserted that so long- as other nations are selling arms to the Middle East “we would answer wrongly if we were to say we would not sell arms to states which urge us to do so.” Khrushchev added, though, that "we would welcome” a ban on such shipments and "would be prepared to take part in such undertakings aS would help to bring about peaceful conditions tn the troubled areas of the world.” In an attack on 4 reetrictioeef hindering free Anglo-Soviet tradk, Bulganin declared “such restrictions are a product of the cold war. Times are changing and the time has come to throw on the rubbish heap such restrictions.” The Soviet leaders also said: 1. Primo minister Sir Anthony Eden had accepted their tion to visit Moscow but no date had been set 2. They regretted U.S.-Soviet relations were not better and appealed to Britain to help improve them. 3. They desired to visit the U.S. but had not been invited. 4. Russia is prepared to examine simultaneously the question of reducing conventional armaments and the prohobition of nu clear weapons In an effort to break the disarmament deadlock. Bulganin and Khrushchev left London immediately after, the news conference for Portsmouth to board a Soviet cruiser for home. Bulganin’s lengthy news conference statement covered most (OonunuM on HUrt «x) Gertrude Mitchel Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Funeral services will be held Sunday for Mrs. Gertrude Mitchel, 43, of four miles east of Monroe, who died of a heart attack Thursday morning at a hospital in Richmond. She had been ill for several years. She was born in Clinton county, Ohio, July 7, 1912. a daughter Os William and Julia Boyer-Hawk-ins, but had spent most of her life near Monroe. She was married to Kenneth Mitchel Nov. 1, 1930. Mrs. Mitchel was a member of the Decatur Church, of God. Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Richard Peterson of route 6, Decatur; two grandchildren; four brothers, Emery, Wilbur, and Herbert Hawkins, all of Decatur, and Everett Hawkins i of Fort Wayne, and three sisters, i Mrs. Floyd Morrison of Decatur, i Mrs. Glen Bratthauer of West Unity. 0.. and Mrs. Floyd Mitchel of route six, Decatur. i Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at i the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the Church of God, the Rev. W. H. Kirkpatrick officiati ing. Burial will be in the Decatur , cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. — r_ ■ .

Nixon Announces Decision To Run Nixon To Be Top Campaign Traveler Washington hns) —a gop campaign official declared today that Vice President Richard M. Nixon will be the “No. 1 traveler” of the 1956 Republican campaign. Nixon, -whose decision to accept renomination with President Eisenhower was formalized Thursday, is expected to outdo his own 1952 and 1954 campaign efforts this year. He traveled 52.000 miles through 30 states and delivered 286 speeches as President Eisenhower’s run ning mate in 1952. In the 1954 congressional campaign, Nixon hit as many states in 26,300 miles of travel and delivered 204 speeches. The Republican campaign informant warned against any assumption that the vice president would supersede Mr. Eisenhower as the party’s "No. 1 campaigner" in 1956, because of the President’s heart condition. But he said Nixon “will be the No. 1 traveler.” Senate GOP leader William F. K nowland of California, who will be one of those backing up the uationaj ticket, predicted the campaign will be ’busy and rugged.” Knowland added that Nixon's announcement that he wodld be "hop I td rtfn if nominated. and thfe , statement that he is delighted with the decision, will I now permit Republicans to “close ! ranks." Knowland said they can i now concentrate on electing a GOP ’ congress. Democratic national chairman ' Paul M. Butler quickly made it ‘ clear will be a prime target of the opposition this year. He accused Nixon of placing the “most extreme type of partisanship ahead of the bonds of national unity” in past campaign speeches. Nine Are Killed By Explosion And Fire Virginia Apartment - Building Is Rocked PULASKI, Va. (INS) — Nine persons were killed today in an explosion and fire which rocked a two-story apartment building in Pulaski. Va., today. Sixteen persons were believed to have been in the building at the time of the blast. The building was leveled. Communities near Pulaski, 75 miles southwest of Roanoke, Va., rushed all available fire equipment and policemen to the scene. The explosion and fire apparently began when a restaurant operator entered his first floor place of business and lit a fire in a gas heater. W. J. Mehaffey, the restaurateur, said that when he struck the match - to the gas heater the entire building seemed to explode. Pre-School Roundup Held Here Thursday A total of 187 Decatur hoys and girls received physical examinations Thursday morning at the Lincoln school in the annual preschool roundup sponsored by the Lincoln parent-teacher association. Local physicians and optometrists volunteered their time to give the examinations, Which were available to all youngsters who will be of age to enter kindergarten next fall. Also assisting in the clinic were members of the parent-teacher association, Girl Scouts and several seventh grade students who helped with tiling the Information on each child examined. Mrs. James Burk, general chairman of the project. expressed her appreciation to all of the doctor*, mothers and students who helped to make the roundup a success.

Farm Measure Will Give Ike I Most Features Only Exception Is Advance Payments Under Soil Bank Washington HNS) - House Democrats prepared farm legislation today giving President Eisenhower everything he requested except authority to pay farmers in advance under the soil bank plan. In a sharp reversal of strategy late Thursday, house agriculture committee chairman Harold D. Cooley (D-N.C.) withdrew his Sponsorship of a “Brannan plan” compensatory support system that appearde destined for defeat. The chairman said he would introduce a bill today providing |1 billion, 200 million for a soil bank. $1 million for two surplus disposal operations, and approximately a dozen other features agreed to by the administration. Cooley’s bill, however, would not contain the feature requested by the President when he vetoed the farm bill — authority to pay farmers this fall for cutting back productiop on next year's crop. An eventual floor fight on the pre-payment system appeared cer--1 tain, unless the Democratic rules : committee ...is able to block con- ! sideration of any amendment to ‘ the Cooley bill. Cooley's committee will take up the legislation Monday, and probi ably will vote it out Immediately. Rep. Clifford Hope (iR-Kan.) top Republican on the agriculture committee, announced his support i of the Cooley bill following a onehour conference with the chairman and Rep. W. R. Poage (D-Tex.) Lebanon Expected To Give Assurance BEIRUT. Lebanon (INS) —Lebanese officials were reported ready today to give Dag Hammarskjold assurances the Beirut government would agree to an unconditional cease- fire with Israel. The UN secretary general already has cease-fire commitments .from Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan. ’7,7 * Mrs. Purl Davies Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Hattie R. Davies, 68, wife of Purl E. Davies of Blue Creek township, two miles south and one and one-half miles west of Salem, died at 4:40 p.m. Thursday at the Berne nursing home. She had been in failing health for three years and critically ill for two years. Born in Randolph county Jan. 5. 1888, she was a daughter of Osroe and Florence Judy-De Armond, and was married to Purl E. Davies Nov. 4. 1907. The family lived in Fort Wayne for 40 years, moving to Blue Creek township 10 years ago. Mrs. Davies was a member of the Salem 4 Methodist church. Surviving in addition to her hus hand are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Hine of Gary and Mrs. Dorothy Campbell of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; three grandchildren; one brother, Arthur De Armond of Gas City; one sister, Mrs. Jessie Davis of Fort Wayne, and two half-sisters. Mrs. William Dellinger of Decatur &nd Mrs. Margaret Marbaugh of Fort Wayne. One daughter, one brother, three sisters and one halfbrother are deceased. Funeral services will bq held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Zwick funeral home and at 4 p.m. at the Falem Methodist church, the Rev. Hariey T. Mvis officiating. Burial ■will be th the TricUCr cemetery. Friends may call kt the funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening until time of the services.

Graduate Speaker s % 1 Rev. Karl H. Rest

List Graduates At Adams Central High Annual Graduation Exercises May 15 The Rev. Karl H. A. Rest, noted author, lecturer and Christian educator, and pastor of the Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed church of Manchester. Mich., will deliver the addressjat the Adams ! Central high school commencement Tuesday, May 15. A class of 43 seniors will receive diplomas. They include ' Marilyn Arnold, Kenneth Baumgartner, Marjorie Becher, Dee ' Myron Byerly, Carolyn Chrlstener. Harold Dick, Carol Egley, Jim ’ Fisher. Robert Posnaugh, Paul ' Germann, Jr., .and Merlin Ha- ' begger. Roger Habegger, Mary Haugk. Kaye Hcare, Costa Hike, Sharon Hirschy, Tom Hoffman, Palmer Inniger, Richard Kaehr, William Kershner, Richard Landis Miller, Larry Lautzenheiser, Dianne I.iechty, Gene McKean, Larry Meyer, Jerry Mitchel and Arlen Mitchel. Alan Miller, Lowell Michaels. Nancy Parrish. Mary Jkne Rice, Paul Riley, Gary Ringger, Richard Rowdon, Sonja Schug, Nancy Shoaf, Jerry Sprunger, Karen Snyder, James Taylor, Joyce Tharp, James Weaver, Marvin Zurcher and Patsy Zimmerman. "Where Do We Go from Here?" will be the topic of Rev. Rest’s talk. Rev. Rest has been the author of articles which have appeared in the Journal of Religion, the Christian Century Pulpit, Vital Speeches of the Day and Church Management. He has contributed to one religious encyclopedia, two anthologlies of worship and three books of devotions. He is the author of three books and the editor of a fourth. His latest book is “When Stones Hurt Your Feet.” A frequent lecturer In high school assemblies in the mid-west, lie has also made appearances before a number of teacher’s institutes. He was educated at Elmburst College In Illinois, Eden Theological Seminary in Missouri and Washington University at St. IjOtiis, Mo. He has pursued graduate studies in the University of Berlin. Germany, for two semesters on a fellowship awarded by the institute of international education of New York. ■* ... f Bluffton Juveniles Clear Up Thefts Fifteen Bluffton and Wells county Juveniles have cleared up a long series of thefts and car strippings in Bluffton, Ossian and Decatur, as well as gasoline i hefts from Wells and Adams county farms. Thefts have been going on for five or six months, Bluffton and Welle county authorities report. The boys range in age from 14 to 17. Included in the stealing were a wheel and tire in Decatur. Disposition of the cases is In the hands of Wells county juvenile authorities.

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General LeMay Asks Congress To Boost Pay Asserts Air Force Os United States Steadily Slipping (INS) — Gen. LeMay, chief of the strategic air command, urged congress today to raise the pay of skilled technicians in the air force to end a "critical” shortage of manpower. LeMay told the senate airpower investigating committee that the pay increase and other benefits are needed to make the air force attractive as a professional career for its many specialists. He said Russia has no similar problem and in fact has “a long waiting list” for its air force. He said a Russian air captain's “take home” pay is higher than that of a captain in the U. S. air force. LeMay agreed with a committeeman that since 1951, the U. S. air force has been “steadily slipping.” He said that in the meantime the Russian air force "probably has been improving.” The four-star general declared that “we win never be able to sJ-rike engmy.’> plans call tor unless “we have skilled professional manpower.” Chairman Stuart .Symington (D M0.).1 announced that LeMay will testify Monday “on other serious problems facing SAC —the number and quality of aircraft, the radio of jet tankers to bombers and the adequacy of bases.” Symington said that the questions and answers on problems in these fields will be gone over tn advance by the Pentagon for security reasons but the final decision on the testimony will be LeMay’s. The senator explained the same security problem did not exist on LeMay’s testimony about lack of manpower because “this is no secret from the Russians." LeMay had his personnel chief. Brig. Gen. Horace Wade, pinpoint the manpower problem with the aid ■ of slides. Wade referred to the long time it takes to build big planes and the turnover in air force personnel. He said it takes four years or longer for the big planes to come off the assembly line. He said: “We need to plan for men to maintain the mwhen we get them but we can’t. The people who join today will be civilians when we get the planes unles we modernise our personnel concepts.” Wade said 70 per cent of the men in the strategic air command are non-professionals. He also declared that there has been a 77 per cent increase in bases but only a 30 per eent increase in personnel and this means spreading the manpower resources “very thin.” The open hearing follows three closed sessions in which the subcommittee quizzed LeMay on secret data. The hush-bush hearings included films of secret air work. LeMay ■ refused to tell newsmen in advance of the hearing whether so. The Rev. W. C. Feller was (Continued on Pago Five) Ladies Entertained At Rotary Meeting The Decatur Rotary club entertained their ladies with a varied program at the ' weekly dinner meeting of the service club Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. Interesting book reviews were presented by two Decatur high school students, Miss Shirley Wass reviewing “iWthout Valor," a story of Civil War days, and Paul Schmidt reviewed “The Cry and the Covenant.” a story of medival research. Miss Jane Marks, of the Civic Concert Service, spoke briefly on the membership drive underway by the Civic Music Assn. Mrs. Ferris Bower played organ music during the dinner, and group singing was led by Ernest Atkin-