Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1956 — Page 1

Vol. UV. No. 102.

FOUR MARINES DIE IN DOUBLE CRASH Wv ' . *« g J E|S|jßw < f ■ .■ i MMMMI STREWN WRECKAGE of two F-36 jeti bear mute testimony to a mid-air crash, killing four marines, which occurred while coming in for a landing at Mojave (Calif.) Marine Corps auxiliary * station. One plane got into trouble, the pilot of the other plane drew near to help, and a downdraft smashed the two together, hurling both to’ the ground.

Soviet Leaders Repeat Wish Os Good Relations Top Soviet Officials Return Home After Visit To England MOSCOW (INS) — Russia's top leaders, returning home from a London peace mission, exhibited bruised feelings today anti repeated their wish for improved relations with Britain and the United States. Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist party secretary Nikita Khrushchev both rapped British Laborites for sharp quisling — "about alleged imprisoned Social Democrats,” as Khrushchev put it. “They kncv.’, and all the world knows,” Khrushchev told thousands at Moscow airport, “that we are trying to rectify our mistakes." Khrushchev added that past faults were being corrected In the U.S.S.R., and the ‘eastern peoples', democracies,” but the British Laborites, he said, must fear ‘t‘he unity of workers” in the East. Soviet plane designer Andrei N. Tupolev commented that the trip to Britain had shown Soviet technicians that Russia did not lag behind the West and far exceeded the Western powers in rate of development. Soviet atomic scientist Igor Kun chatov, who also was in the return ing party, said new installations in Britain revealed a high develop inent of science. Russia, he claimed, was ahead of Britain in most fields of science and technology though in some spheres British physicists and chemists had achieved better re suits. No hard and fast agreements were reached in the British-Soviet talks that ended last week. But the Soviet Union leaders pledged themselves to use restraint in supplying arms to Middle Eastern lands, to do their “utmost” to end the armaments race in all parts of the world, and to prevent Increased Arab-Israeli tension. Bulganin and Khrushchev both stressed the Soviet “policy of peace" in dealing with all nations. The main criticism the two lead ers made was of the British Laborite leaders. Bulganin said: 7 "Strange O ft may seem the only organization which tried to spoil our visit was the Labor party Its executive committee met the rebuff it deserved.” British Laborite leaders last Monday night asked the Soviet leaders to free hundreds of Social Democrats imprisoned in Russia and Eastern Europe, and to ease anti-Semitism. Soviet Communist party boss Nikita Khrushchev angrily rejected the request of Social Democrats, calling them enemies of the people. He dismissed as nonsense the charge of anti-Semitism. In his speech to the crowd at Moscow airport Nikita Khrushchev blamed “certain influential circles in the United States” for obstacles preventing an end to the Cold war. But Khrushchev also said: “The Soviet government is in favor of establishing good relations with the (Continued on Page Five) M> ... - ... INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy north, cloudy central and south portions, continued cool tonight. Tuesday mostly cloudy and not quits so cool, scattered showers likely extreme southwest portion. Low tonight 32-38 north, 37-44 south. High Tuesday 50-55.

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Indiana Areas His By Heavy Downpour .Highway Death Toll Is Lower Than Usual INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — ‘lndiana's week-end highway death toll was smaller than usual, despite heavy rains and windstorms. The downpours were heavy in northern Indiana, with 4.75 inches at Warsaw and 4.72 inches at Rochester, where basements were flooded. A number of roads in that vicinity were blocked by the waters. Winter wheat was endangered near Rochester. Lightning started several fires in Rochester, including one that severely damaged the home of Ernest Bonine, cashier of the First National Bank. Beredith Bosworth, 16, of Atlanta, was injured fatally in a twocar accident on Road 19 two miles south of Tipton. He was a passenger in an automobile driven by Joseph A. Gaiser, 13, of Atlanta, which collided with a car driven by Ralph L. Carter, 28, of Tipton. Richard LeMasters. 78, of Terre Haute, died in St. Anthony's hospital in Terre Haute of injuries suffered when struck by an automobile on Road 40 one-half mile west of Terre Haute. Maris Zaranski, 58, of Chicago, was killed in a two-car crash on Road 6 just east of its intersection with Road 31,. Death came to Louis Joseph Kalmar. 61, of South Bend, on the Kokomo Road 31 bypass one mile south of Road 35. He lost control of his car when one of its front wheels hit soft mud on a berm. Donald J. Smith, 48, hf Springfield, 111., died when his automobile skidded into the path of a car driven by Seldon Lockard, 68, of Brookville, on Road 252 just east of Brookville. Mrs. Archie Cochran, 42, of Muskegon, Mich., died of injuries suffered when an automobile driven by her husband crashed through a crossing gate into a freight train St Granger, 15 miles north of South Bend. Work-Play Record Set By Eisenhower Leads Presidents In Vacation Days (INS) — Presi lent Eisenhower has taken more .han twice as many work-and-play vacation days off each year than any modern president — although President Roosevelt holds the record for the most per year time away from Washington. A tabulation of Presidential travels contained in a copyrighted article in U. S. News and World Re port showed also today that Mr. Eisenhower holds the record in annual travel for all presidents, with an average of 32,897 miles a year. The breakdown showed that President Eisenhower during his term of office has averaged 29 trips a year — official and unofficial — and has averaged 87 days a year on work-and-play vacations. Harry S. Truman, who travelled 29,784 miles a year, averaged 23 trips each 12 months in the White House, and took an average of 40 days each year for vacations. In total time spent away from Washington on trips and vacations, Roosevelt had the highest average — 136 days a year, excluding 29 days of convalescence for a respiratory ailment at Georgetown, 8. C., in 1944. Mr. Eisenhower has spent 124 days each year away from the White House — excluding 31 days (Oontmuea on Page Elgttt)

House Group Studies Farm Legislation House Committee Seeking Solution To Bill Stalemate BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS) —The house agriculture committee today approved new farm legislation granting President Eisenhower everything he requested except authority to make soil bank payments to farmers before the November election. WASHINGTON (INS) —The house agriculture committee hoped today to find a legislative way out of the electlon-year farm stalemate. Two bills were slated to come before the committee in a closeddoor session, but a top Democratic spokesman said there may be no ne wfarm legislation unless corn belt Republicans agree to a compromise, i Rep. W. R, Poage (D-Tex.) No. 2 Democrat on the committee, sharply criticized midwestern congressmen, whom be said refuse to support any legislation that “is not written by the President.” One of the two bills would grant the administration everything it has asked in the way of farm legislation. except authorttr to pay farmers this fall for cutting back 1957 crops. The main feature of the bill is a 31 billion, 200 million soil bank. This bill was introduced by committee chairman Harold D. Cooley (D-N.C.) And last week had the support of Rep. Clifford Hope (R-Kansas) top GOP member of the committee. A second bill, authored by Pcage. would provide compensatory federal payments to farmers to make up the difference between 90 percent of parity and the flexible price supports level, which this year ranges from 82’4 to 86 percent of parity. Five basic commodities—corn. wheat, cotton, rtce and peanuts—would be affected by thia proposal. The GOP delegation in the house and a large number of Democrats, however, oppose the Poage plan. Quash Motion Taken Under Advisement Arguments Presented On Defense Motion A motion to quash the kidnaping count on the affidavit against Charles William Ostrander, 37, of Bluffton, was submitted in Adams circuit court this morning and Judge Myles Parrish, after hearing the argument of the defense and the state, took the matter under advisement. Ostrander is charged with the kidnaping,robbery and rape of a young Decatur couple on the night of April 12. G. Remy Bierly, courtappointed counsel for Ostrander, last week filed the motion to quash the kidnaping count. Bierly argued that the affidavit did not specifically state from where the couple were kidnaped and that the state should expressly show the place. He also stated that the state failed to show intent to commit a felony in the kidnaping count. “ Prosecutig., attorney Lewis L. Smith answered the defense by stating that past cases hold that the phrase “place of residence" which is- contained in the Ostrander affidavit is construed as any place where the person has a legal right to be and that any place in the county could be called the young couple’s place of residence. He also argued that the allegation that Ostrander carried off and kidnaped the couple shows intent. Prosecutor Smith added, however, that the state wishes to avoid an improper charge against the defendant and will abide by the sound judgement of the court. A motion to quash in a criminal case is similar to a motion to make more specific in a civil case. If the court sustains the motion of the defense, the state will re-phrase the kidnaping count in a new affidavit. Ostrander was remanded to the county jail pending the court's ruling on the motto to quash. The charge of kidnaping carries a mandatory life sentence upon conviction. The Bluffton man is also charged fn the same affidavit with robbery and rape. Those carry sentences of 10 to 25 years and two to 21 years respectively. <Oontlnue« on Page Bight)

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Eisenhower Warns Cut In Foreign Aid Funds To Endanger Security

Israel Accuses Egyptians For New Incidents Two Israelis Are Reported Killed In Border Incidents JERUSALEM (INS) — Israel accused Egypt today of responsibility for the death of two Israelis in two border incidents. Two other Israelis were seriously wounded. A foreign ministry spokesman said the “deliberate planning and execution” of soldiers and a farm settlement guard occurred Sunday despite the new April 18 ceasefire agreement. The spokesman stated that the incidents “raise the question whether any reliance whatever can be placed on Egyptian assurances to the United Nations secretary general,” Dag Hammarskjold. He said one soldier was killed and two seriously wounded whin their automobile struck a land mine near Nir Ylts-Haq, which is near the southern end of the Gaga strip. He said the mine was plant, ed either late Saturday or earljf Sunday. The other Israeli killed was a settlement guard at Nahal Oz who was said to be trying to prevent Ar<# infiltrators from reaping the settlement's wheat. His body, which the spokesman said was mutilated, was returned by Egyptian officials Sunday afternoon. The spokesman said that “the perpetrators of this vile act were protected by Egyptian troops." The Israeli statement came only hours before Hammarskjold was expected in Israel on the last leg of his Middle East peace mission. He was flying from Cairo, where he reportedly obtained agreement Sunday night from Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser to basic plans for cementing the shaky cease-fire. Israeli foreign minister Moshe Sharett had sent an urgent message to the UN leader Sunday protesting “renewed Egyptian acts of aggression." Indonesian Leader Will Visit Stales President Sukarno Will Arrive May 16 WASHINGTON (INS) — President Sukarno of Indonesia will arrive in Washington May 16 on a two and one-half week visit to the United States. The Indonesian chief of state will remain in the U.S. capital through May 19, staying at Blair House as a guest of President Elsenhower. Sukarno and his party plan to spend another two weeks touring the U.S. after their Washington stay. Details of the visit were announced today by the White House. President Eisenhower i» sending his personal plane, Columbine Hl. to Honolulu to pick up Dr. Sukarno and his party. Mr. Eisenhower's Invitation to the Indonesian leader to visit this country was extended by secretary of state John Foster Dulles when he visited Indonesia in March. < Clean-up Week Will Open Here Tuesday This is the annua] spring cleamup week in Decatur, with residents urged to join in cleaning up their homes ad yards. City trucks will pick up rubbish from containers placed in alleys according to the foltorwlng schedule: Tuesday, fire ward 4, north of Monroe street and west of Fifth; Wednesday, fire ward 1, north of Monroe and east of Fifth; Thursday, fire ward 2. south of Monroe and ©f Fifth; Friday, fire ward 3, south of Monroe and west of Fifth.

Civic Music Drive Nels 904 Members Plan Five Concerts Here During Season A total of 904 persons, 170 of them students, joined the Adams county civic music association during last week’s membership , campaign which officially ended Saturday evening. The success of ttje drive has made possible a five-concert series extending from October, 1956, through April, 1957, The talent committee, using the talent preference ballots as the basis of their choices, has booked the Indianapolis Symphony, Claramae Turner, Ferrante and Teicher. the Engelkinder and the Eger players for the initial season of the concerts here. Exact dates of these concerts will be arranged and announced later but it was stated that the bookings have been confirmed by the Civic Concert Service with which the local association is affiliated. ;'•'< The Indianapolis Symphony orchestra, under the baton of Dr. Fabien Sevitzky, has achieved prominence as one of America's outstanding symphonic organisations. It has been named aS one o f the top ten symphonies in the United States by music critic Deems Taylor. 1 Claramae Turner, Outstanding contralto, has sung wkh the Metropolitan four seasons and the San Francisco opera 10 seasons. A star of the new film “Carousel,” she has been a guest artist with all of the 'major symphonies. She presents concerts in more than 60 cities annually and records for I RCA Victor, Columbia, Mercury end Capitol Records. Ferrente and Teicher are duopianists Who have made six sensatidnally successful coast-to-ccast tours. Their concert presentations have been described as featuring amazing tone, precise execution, vivid imagination and unquenchable life and fire. The Engelkinder is a unique family Including the parents and seven children ranging from five to 18 years of age. From the Austrian Alps, their programs feature singing folk and art songs and playing a total of 40 instruments. This is their first season in America. The Eger players feature the French horn pf Joseph Eger, accompanied with piano, violin and cello. Their concerts have been warmly praised by music critics all over the country. (Continued os Pare Kight) Nixon Assailed By Democrat Chairman Debauches Entire Political System WASHINGTON (INS) — Democratic chairman Paul M. Butler charges that Vice President Richard M. Nixon will hurt Republican chances this fall because his campaigning lacks “a sense of sportsmanship and decency.” Butler bitterly added that Nixon, who announced last week his willingness to' be President Eisenhower’s running mate again, “demeans and debauches the entire American political system.” Appearing bn NBC’s televised "Meet The Press” Sunday night, the Democratic chairman declared: “I think the American people have a sense of decency that Mr. Nixon has not displayed in"hls conduct tn campaigning for public office.” Sen. Everett Dirksen (R 111.1, however, asserted that Nixon’s decision to accept the vice presidential nomination “assures a Republican victory all over, the country.” Interviewed on ABC’s "College Press Conference,” Dirksen said he would like Nixon to campaign tor him in Illinois and landed the vice president as a "great American.”

Short-Lived Cuban Revolt Is Smashed Former President Is Arrested After ...i. Revolt Is Quelled HAVANA (INS) —A SO-day suspension of constitutional rights was ordered by the Cuban government today following a usuccessful revolt. An army spokesman said “more than ten civilians" were killed and three soldiers wvunded in a rebel attack of a key army base at the transportation center of Matanzas Sunday noon. The arrest of former Cuban Pres. Carlos Prio Socarras was announced after the short-lived revolt was crushed. 7?- ■ Army chief Gen. Francisco Tabernllla said Prio was taken into custody “as a measure of security and guarantee for Prio himself.” The cabinet decided to suspend cofistittftionpl rights during an emergency meeting Sunday night following the bloodiest of a number of recent uprisings against lhe regime of Pres. Fulgencia Batisj ta. The president Went to Camp ColuWHa outside the Capital after learning at, the Matanzas attack while sailing along the Pinar Del Rio coast. ■ He said there were'three insurrectionist groups inciting the attacks, which he termed criminally regrettable; "Six truckloads of heavily-armed civilians launched the attack op the Matanzas army base, which resulted iu a three-hour pitched battle. One of the revolutionaries killed was identified as Reinol Garcia, described by authorities as a Heirtenant of rebel chieftain Aureliano Sanchez Arango. Some sources also said he belonged to groups friendly to Prio. In Havana, machinegun nests were set up temporarily at the presidential palace and traffic was /e-routed to other streets. Heavilyarmed men patrolled the streets. Batista succeeded Prio in a military coup on March 10, 1952. Prio lived in exile in the U. S. for some time hut returned to Cuba last year with a promise not to engage in any subversive activities. Congressman Pleads Tax Evasion Guilt Massachusetts Solon Given Jail Sentence BOSTON (INS) — U. S. R»p. Thomas J. Lane (D) of Lawrence, Mass., today pleaded guilty to willful evasion of federal income tax payments and was sentenced to four months in jail and fined 310,Otfff. . „ , The unexpected plea came after federal judge Charles E. Wyzanski "Jr., refused Lane’s offer to plead nolo contendre to the charge which involved 335,542 in unpaid taxes. The sentence Monday. Lane was freed in the same bail set when he first was arrested. The delay in execution of the sentence was to permit Lane to clean up his personal affairs, the court explained. The congressman’s attorney, C. Keefe Hurley, in a lengthy plea to Judge Wyzanski. said that there was no criminal intent on Lane’s part to defraud the government, “although you may find gross negligence." When Hurley argued that the charges brought against Lane may have been based on political motives, federal attorney Anthony . Julian protested. But Judge Wyzanski, ruling that "nothing is going- to be excluded in this case Hurley to continue. (Oontmuea on Page JCignt)

High Court Reverses Appeal Court Ruling Reverses Finding On Anti-Red Law WASHINGTON (INS) — T h e supreme co'urt today reversed an appeal court ruling that the antiCommuuist internal security act of 1950 is constitutional. However, the 6 to 3 decision did not hold that the law, passed over President Truman’s veto, is un? constitutional. Instead, the supreme court sent the case back to the subversive activities control board to decide whether three witnesses who testified against the Communist party before the board had given “tainted evidence.” The three were Harvey Matusow, the late Paul Crouch and Manning Johnson, all admitted former reds who have figured frequently in congressional investigations and court trials. The subversive activities control board ruled on April 20, 1953, after a lengthy hearing, that the Communist party is a subversive organization dominated by the Kremlin. The court of appeals upheld this ruling, 2 to 1. on April 23, 1954. Under the internal security act. a subversive organization must register with the government and file full financial data. The law is a major weapon in the government's war on the Communist party. The Communist party argues that the act is unconstitutional on grounds that it violates freedom of speech. Winter Pays Return Visit To Midwest Near Blizzard Hits In Several States CHICAGO (INS) — Winter! paid a return visit to the nlidwest this weekend, while the east enjoyed summer weather. A near blizzard dumped up to 15 inches of snow Sunday on the Dakotas, Nebraska, lowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and northern Michigan. The 15-inch snowfall occurred in Windom and Luverne in Minnesota In Wisconsin, Wausau and Shawnee were buried under 10 inches of snow. Pickstown, S. D., had six inches while Spencer, la., reported 5 inches and up to 4 inches was reported in Nebraska. -- At the same time scattered tor nadoes hit Oklahoma and Kansas and 18 inches of hail fell in an area south of Oklahoma City. Heavy rains drenched Arkansas, Missouri. Indiana, Illinois. Ohio and Michigan. The rains caused floods which, drove 15 families from their home in the southeast section of Gary, Ind., and blocked highways in the Detroit area. South Bend, Ind., got 2.05 inches of rain, Peoria, 111., 2.18 and Toledo, 0., 2.34, Temperatures fell throughout the area to as low as 11 above zero at Rapid City, 3.D. Meanwhile, the mercury .pose- to. 74 degrees in New York City. Today, a few light snow flurries continued to fall in the upper Great Lakes region and there were some scattered light showers in Michigan and northern Ohio. t !i - Below freezing temperatures were recorded from Montana to the upper Great Lakes region. • Some early morning temperatures were Boston 45, Miami 77, Detroit 37. Springfield 40. Indianapolis 42, Lallas 60, Denver 43, Los Angeles 59 and Seattle 48. John Rash, 94, a resident of the Bobo community most of his life, died about 11 a.m. today at the home of a son, Philip Rash, near Portland. The body was returned to the Black funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

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Reduction Is Seen Threat To Security Congress Warned By Eisenhower On Foreign Aid Funds WASHINGTON (INS) —President Elsenhower warned congress today tjiat any great reduction or interference in his 4.9 billion dollar foreign aid program would “gravely endanger the security of the Un- _*,< ited States.” — The President’s warning was given the senate foreign relations committee by secretary of state John Foster Dulles, who also said Mr. Elsenhower endorsed the idea of an outside review of the aid program. The White House promptly announced that Mr. Eisenhower has Invited top Democratic and Republican foreign policy leaders in congress to a conference at 5:30 p.m. (EDT) today. Dulles was also to attend the meeting. Invited to the White House session were chairman Walter F. George (D Ga.,) of the senate foreign relations' committee; chairman James P. Richards (D S. C.,1 of the house foreign affairs comi mlttee; Sen. H. Alexander Smith . (R N. J.,) and Rep. Robert Chipert field (R Ill.) The White House would only say that the conference concerned ••matters affecting the foreign policy of the United States." Dulles said the President regards the assistance program as “vitally important to our people,” and “an indispensable part of our national effort.” He added: “To have this program appreciably reduced, interferred with, or put in jeopardy would greatly endanger the security of the United States. That Is the considered judgment of the President and all his advisers who are charged with safeguarding our national security. I urge, therefore, that the requested authorization be granted.” Dulles made no reference in his prepared statement to the forthcoming NATO council meeting in Paris at which he plana to submit proposals for expanding the economic and political functions of the military defense alliance. Senate foreign relations chairma Walter F. George (D Ga..) said today he did not believe NATO could be turned into an “economic agency.” George is opposed to the administration’s request for a tenyear commitment on foreign aid projects. Dulles said the foreign aid program is “part of a national insurance policy which we take out against a serious and evident threat from the Soviet Communists,” Dulles declared that the Soviet "new look” is "encouraging” in putting less emphasis on violence and that the "danger of general war seems somewhat less," . Hut he stressed that the danger of violence has receded because the mutual security program, backed by U. S. striking power, “makes it unprofitable for the Soviets to foliotv their old policies of violence.” Dulles told his news conference last week that the time had come to broaden the purpose of the North Atlantic treaty organization by carrying it beyond its original on Pace Kight) Decatur Lions Club Meets This Evening The Decatur Lions club will hold its weekly dinner meeting at 8:80 o'clock this evening at the Youth and Community Center. Guest speaker will he Dr. Ray Stingely, of this city, who will present the “St. Joseph Story” in modern language. All club members are asked to be present, and those Who have not received their circus tickets to date may obtain them tonight.