Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 121.

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THE SUITOR she refused to marry brought death to 18-year-old Eord College co-ed Diane Rider (left) of Detroit when Henry H. Gales (right) 28, fired three bullets into her and then turned the gun on himself. The girl’s mother. Mrs. Dorothy Rider, said Diane had rejected repeated proposals by Gales.

Conferees In Agreement On Farm Measure Compromise Bill . . Approved Today By Congress Conferees WASHINGTON (INS) —Housesenate conferees agreed unanimously today on a compromise farm bill which calls on the administration to put the *1.2 billion seoll bank into efect this year. Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) the administration's farm spokesman in the senate, said he believes agriculture secretary Esra Taft Benson, will recommend that President Eisenhower sign the measure. Benson had asked th rat the saoil bank w be made effective until this fall’s planting. The senate went along with him but voted to have the bank fir operation this year only to the extent Benson deemed practical. The conferees decided to make the soil bank effective immediately but softened this action by declaring in a report that Benson “cannot be expected to acomplish the Impossible" or to "secure all of the beneficial resulas hoped for from the soil bank i n 1956,” Democrats had evpressed fear that if Benson were given complete discretion, soil bank payments would go out this fall to congressional districts where the GOP was threatened with defeat in the elections. The new farm agreement retains the compromise on feed grains voted by the senate which is acceptable to the administration. It gives oats, barley, rye and grain sorghums a six per cent increase in price supports this year -which is less than the house voted-but omits acreage restrictions and controls which Benson protested. The bill replaces the farm measure with high mandatory price (Continued On Pace Five) Mrs. Mary H. Archer Dies At Fart Wayne Mrs. Mary Hendricks Archer, 64 a native and former resident of Decatur, died Monday at her home in Fort Wayne after an Jllness of five months. A retired General Electric employe, Mrs. Archer attended member of the Women of the Moose and the Royal Neighbors in Decatur. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Webster, at home; three grandchildren, and q, brother, William Hendricks of Esrcondio, Calif. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the C. M. Sloan & Sons funeral home, with burial in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. Each Primary Vote Cost County $1.61 Total cost of the Democratic and Republican primary elections in Decatur last May 4 as reported today by auditor Frank Kitsdn. was *7,421.11 or approximately *1.61 per vote cast. This includes the entire cost of the two elections, printing of ballots, wages of election boards and members of the election commission, legal advertising and feeding the official workers. If all registered voters of both parties had cast a vote, the cost would have been about 55 cents per vote. AH bills have bean received. audited, and allowed, the auditor reported. -

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Finance Report On Community Center Slight Operating Deficit Is Shown Operation of the Decatur Youth and Community Center since its opening last June and without taking into consideration the midsummer draw of tax monies assigned to the Center, shows a deficit of *1,128.67, according to figures revealed by Glen Ellis, treasurer of the city recreation board, and O. M. McGeath, Center director. The financial reports were made in a joint meeting Monday night of the recreation board and the Decatur Memorial foundation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kalver. The former board has charge of the actual operation of the building and the foundation is the group which raised funds to construct the building. The latter acts as an advisory committee. Total income at the building including tax money, a sustaining fund from the Decatur Community Fund, rentals and food services was *30,431.82. Expenditures at the building included *15,288.91 for salaries and *16,271.58 for ill other expenses. The operating loss has been cut materially in the last three months since food charges per meal was increased by the board. Rentals of rooms in the buildings for commercial and industrial organizations also have been increased but local clubs, sororities and civic organizations still have use of the* facilities at a small nominal fee to cover actual expenses. The figure reported for salaries includes all part time help in the kitchen and youth section of the building as well as the salary paid the director, janitors and snack bar operator. Consensus of opinion following the reading of the reports was that operation of the building on a near breaking-even scale was excellent A kitchen inventory sightly more in value than the dencit would actually show the Center’s operation in the black. The two boards also discussed the 1957 budget and the actual estimates of next year's operation will be set up at a separate meeting of the recreation board, prior to the deadline in July for filing proposed budgets of governmental units. > The deed for the building was given to the city by the foundation last June at the dedication ceremony with a specific proviston HTKe"’cRF «O®»ctl ever decided against operation of the building as a Youth and Community Center, it would be leased back to the foundation at a cost of *1 a year. At the present time there is a five cent per one hundred dollar tax on the city’s appraised valuation allocated to the Center, which nets about *5.500 a year. It was pointed out in the report that numerous expense items, which were large during the first year of operation, could be eliminated. There also is an expense item of four months salary for the director, carried over before opening of the Center. He started work of organizing in February prior to the Jutje, 1955, dedication. Members of the recreation board (Continued On Page Five) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon or evening. Turning cooler north and ceiy ‘ tral tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and much cooler north, partly cloudy and a little cooler south. Low tonight 50-58 rtorth, 58-68 south. High ‘ Wednesday W-ti north, 72-80 south.

Dulles Denies Stassen Told Os Army Cut Expresses Regrets On Recognition By Egypt Os Red China J WASHINGTON (INS) — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles expressed regret today at Egypt’s recognition of Red China and indicated the U. S. would refuse to participate with Russia in financing the proposed high Aswan Dam. Dulles also told his news conference that Russian Communist party boss Nikita S. Khrushchev did not tell Harold E. Stassen in advance of Soviet plans to reduce their armed forces by 1.2 million men. Asked directly whether Khrushchev lied when he claimed he .had told Stassen es the impending manpower reduction, Dulles said he thought his statement was clear. He said he had checked with Stassen, President Eisenhower’s disarmament adviser, and Stassen told him his conclusion that the Russians intended to reduce military manpower was based on deduction and not disclosure. Dulles refused to discuss the question of whether he agreed with Stassen that the Russian reduction is an initiative in the direction the U. S. would like the Soviets to move., But he said that there is no reason to believe the big reduction in Russian manpower will result in any decrease of their military power. Dulles said that the U.*S. regrets Egyptian recognition of Communist China but expressed doubts that this recognition would improve appreciably Red China’s chances of getting into the United Nations. On the direction question of whether the U. S. would join Russia in financing the *1.3 billion Aswan Dam. Dulles said he did not think this country would find It profitable or desirable be-work coGfitttttWtf #ftfi (fie Soviet Union on such a specific project. However, he said, this did not mean that the U. S. would bar general economic aid to any nation just because it also accepted general aid from the Soviet Union. _ Dulles predicted that the UN general assembly will be asked next fall to pass a new resolution aimed at increasing the chances of peace in the Middle East. He said that when this resolution, now under discussion by security council members in New York, is presented it will provide the test of the sincerity of Russian promises to cooperate with the UN in working for a Middle (ContiituM on Pare Five) Parties Planned For Decatur Graduates Honor Graduates Os Both High Schools Following the custom of recent years in Decatur, the members of the graduating classes of the two local high schools will be entertained by Decatur organizations with all night parties following their commencements . . n Seniors of Decatur high school will graduate Thursday and graduation for Decatur Catholic school seniors will be Friday, June 1. dances immediately following the graduation ceremonies and the parties are slated to begin after the dances. The four sororities of the city —Tri Kappa, Psi lota Xi, Delta Theta Tau and Beta Sigma Phi—will have charge of a buffet luncheon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center after the dances for each school. The seniors will be chaperoned at the center until 2 a.m. Then they will be guests of Roy Kalver at the Adams, theater, where they will see a private showing of the movie “Court Jester." The movie to be shown for Catholic high school graduates will >be announced later. • After the movie the Decatur Lions club will take charge of concluding the all night party with entertainment and a breakfast at the American Legion home, which is being made available through the courtesy of local post 43. All members of the senior classes and their dates will be invited to attend the night-long round of activities. The parties were started several years ago and have proved to be popular with the young people. Over 100 are expected td attend the TI.H.S. party Friday- morning.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 22, 1956.

Secretary Os Defense Is Seeking To Quash Ar my-Air Force Feud

Cairo Radio Hints Peace Is Possible First Indication Egypt Willing To Settle Differences JERUSALEM (INS) —The first indications that Egypt might be willing to settle its differences with Israel by compromise rather than war were being studied today by cautious Israeli officials. A Hebrew language broadcast by Cairo radio Monday night hinted for the first time that peace is possible between Israel and the Arab states. The surprise broadcast followed by only a few hours the publication in Cairo of an offer from Israeli premier David Ben-Guri-on to meet Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser for plain talking without conditions anywhere, anytime. A foreign ministry official said hopefully that Nasser may have adopted a "new look” policy toward Israel. The radio broadcast said war was one of two possible ways the Arab states could realize their aspirations, adding: "But Egypt, fortified bx tha ass cent arms deal with Czechoslovakia, prefers a reasonable, civilized solution ... a compromise in which each side is willing to make concessions. “The Arabs should forego fantastic claims impossible to obtain while the Jews should display more flexibility toward a satisfactory compromise." Efforts Blocked CAIRO (INS)—United Nations efforts to bolster the Middle East cease-fire were blocked today when Egypt refused a face-to-face meeting with the Israeli members of the mixed commission. The Egyptians advised Maj. Gen. E.L.M. Burns, chief UN truce supervisor, they would attend no commission meeting until Israel withdrew its soldiers from the fx>-called El Auja demilitarized zone east of the Gaza Strip. El Euja, a 56-square mile triangle, was supposed to be “completely demilitarized” under terms of the 1949 armistice. Burns was attempting to set up a commission meeting to obtain agreement on details of the ceasefire arranged last month by UN secretary general Dag Hammar(Contlnued on Pago Five) Hearing June 14 On City's Water Rates State Commission Will Hold Hearing Decatur city officials have received notice that the Indiana public service commission will bold a hearing Thursday afternoon, June 14, at the commission rooms in the state house, Indianapolis, on a petition for a review of rates and charges of the Decatur water department. The petition was sent to the commission some time ago, after superintendent Ralph Roop asked the council to consider such action. Supporting Roop's request was a financial report showing that the water department was operating at a loss. Rather than ask for a specific increase, the state body was asked to review the financial set-up of the local utility and set fair rates and charges. This procedure was approved by the council. The state bearing on the matter will be held on the afternoon of June 14 at room 401, state house, Indianapolis starting at 2 o’clock, daylight saving time. It is believer likely that after the bearing, the state body will take the tattre matter under advisement before a final answer is given. /-■

Russia Gives Jet Plaue To Nasser Twin-Jet Airplane To Egypt's Premier CAIRO (INS) — Soviet-built MIG jets, piloted by Egyptian airmen, roared past overhead today as Russia presented premier Gamal Abdel Nasser with a twin-jet airplane “just like Bulganin and Khrushchev’s.” Nasser accepted the gift, an Ilyushin-14 which seats 40 persons and is capable of a 50-mile-per--hour speed, in a brief but impressive ceremony at Almaza military airport. Soviet ambassador Evgeni D. Kisselev represented the Kremlin. Meanwhile, Egypt’s top policy Strategists began a ful-scale review of the deteriorating relations between this country and the United States. The staging of the Ilyushin presentation, reminiscent of a Hollywood premiere, symbolized the strengthened bonds between Egypt and the Soviet Union. Nasser’s public relations department proudly advertised Moscow’s gift as “exactly the same kind of plane that carries Bulganin and /Khrushchev on their comings and goings." The crucial review of AmericanEgyptian relations will center around ambassador Ahmed Hussein, who flew in from Washington Monday tot t#o weeks of 'urgent consultations.” On the basis of Hussein’s reports, Nasser is expected to determine whether Egypt will go all the way toward closing the door (Continued en Page Five) _

Ralph Thomas Awarded Tri Kappa Scholarship Ralph Thomas, soh qf the Rev, and Mrs. Benjamin Thomas, has been named recipient of the annual scholarship awarded by Tri Kappa sorority to a Decatur boy or girl for further education. The scholarship is a *loff cash gift which is 'to be used at any institution of high learning. Themes, a senior at Decatur high school, won the award on the basis of examinations in competition with 15 students from the two Decatur high schools. Bible SchoobWill Open Here Monday 10 Local Churches To Sponsor Schools - . .-itNext Monday, May 28. ten daily vacation Bible schools will open in as many churches of the Associated Churches of Decatur. These are for all children, ages 4-14 years. Classes are arranged for kindergarten, primary, junior and intermediate boys and girls. “The activities of the school are so interesting that the children are eager to come,” leaders said. The courses this summer center about the Bible. Games, songs, research. visits, drama, stories, and craft will all play a part in the curriculum. Each church is having its own school again this year. The children from other churches are welcome to attend the school nearest them if they desire. The daily sessions will continue for two weeks and offer opportunity for Christian training. The children work and play together in a Christian family. All parents are urged to enroll their children in some school. Even though the children attend no Sunday school now, they are welcome to opme to one of the following vacation Bible schools: The Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, Presbyterian church, Church of God, Missionary church, Nazarene church. Baptist church, Methodist church. Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church. Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, and Bethany Evangelical United -Brethren church. >

Red Passport Conspiracy To Undergo Probe House Committee Planning Hearings Opening Wednesday WASHINGTON (INS) — Chairman Francis E. Walter (D Pa.), announced today the house un-Amer-ican activities committee will open hearings Wednesday into the “skillfully organized Communist passport conspiracy.” Walter said that the passport conspiracy enables Communist party members and fellow travelers “to travel abroad in the service of the Soviet propaganda and subversion.” Slated to testify Wednesday is Willard Uphaus, director of the World Fellowship and executive secretary of the U. S. sponsoring committee of the allegedly redorganized Vienna peace conference of 1952. Also listed as a witness is William Wallace, an undercover agent who was a member of the national board of the United Electrical/ Radio and Machine Workers es America. Walter said: “The committee, has owirnsa passport appneation| in which travelers have concealed* their real destination. The methods used to secure passports, in many instances which have come to the attention of the committee, involve fraud; if not perjury.” PTA Scholarships Are Awarded Two Girls The annual scholarships of the Lincoln school parent-teacher association have been awarded to Miss Janet Sue Lane and Miss Judith Lee Locke, both members of this year's graduating class at the Decatur high school. Announcement of the awards was made by John L, DeVoss, chairman of the PTA scholarship committee. The scholarships are presented to students who agree to prepare for elementary teaching. Miss Lane, daughter of Mr. apil Mrs. Robert Lane, and Miss Locke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Locke, 'will both attend Ball State Teachers College at Muncie next fall. Annual Graduation Exercises Thursday 75th Commencement Os Decatur School The Decatur high school commencement exercises Thursday night will be the seventw-fitth and tribute will be renderoE“”ro the first graduating class in the year 1881. The roster that year included the following seven students: Rufus K. Allison. Maggie E. Studebaker, Fannie Dorwin, Carrie Blackburn, Anna M. Fitzgerald. Emily S. Numbers and Kate Numbers. Os the original seven to be graduated, two are living. They are Miss Emily Numbers, Austin, Texas and Mrs. Fannie Dorwin Dugan (Mrs. C- A: Dugan), Decatur. Mrs. Dugan will represent the first graduating class at the Thursday night ceremony. A suitable tribute in words will be -rendered to the first class and Mrs. Dugan will receive a corsage as the class representative. An appropriate letter will be sent to Miss Numbers, other surviving member. The first commencement exercise ever held in Decatur for Decatur high school was held at the court house in the .spring of 1881. All seven of the graduating members of the class received academic diplomas.

Urge Investigation Os Role Os Lawyer Pressure Campaign Laid To Chotiner WASHINGTON (INS)—A house anti-monopoly subcommittee has been urged to investigate the role played by Los Angeles attorney Murray Chotiner in conducting an alleged “pressure campaign” to win congressional and White House support for North American Airlines. - Alexander G. Hardy, vice president of the National Airlines, also asserted that Gen. Omar Bradley and Sen, Joseph O’Mahoney were Involved tn the campaign. Hardy urged the group, headed by Rep. Emanuel Cellar (D N.Y.), to investigate Chotiner’s aleged role in blue printing a master plan, which he said has permitted North American “to take several million dollars out of their illegal operations.” He cited a letter written by North American, a non-scheduled air line, to President Eisenhower a few weeks ago, listing Chotiner as its legal and public relations representative. . The senate permanent investigations subcommittee recently investigated the activities of Chotiner, who directed Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s political earnBot 1950 and 1952. The senmp quizzed Chotiner when found he represented a “blacklisted” uniform maker. Hardy contended that Chotiner composed form letters which were distributed to North American passengers showing them how to seek congressional support for the nonscheduled air line in its legal bout with the civil aeronautics board. The CAB has accused North American of violating the law in Its operations, and the case is now pending in court. (Continued on Fare Five) Plan Speech Clinics In Decatur, Berne Three Therapists Hired By Society Final plans for the speech clinics to be conducted in Decatur and Berne beginning June 18 were made Monday evening at a meeting of the Adams county society for crippled children and adults. The meeting was conducted in the annex of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. It was announced that the society has. pmpjoyed jhree trained therapist* to work with the handicapped children in both the Berne and Decatur clinics, which will begin with testing to take place June 14 and 15. The two therapists from last year, Miss Margaret Harris, and Miss Donna Timmons of Kokomo, have again been employed for the clinic, as has been Miss Carol Kalver, of Decatur. One of the three will take care of the Berne clinic, according to the enrollment. During the meeting, the board authorized the purchase of a message repeater for use in the clinics, and also possible further use in the schools of the county next fall. Those parents who still desire to enroll their children in either of the planned clinics are asked to contact Miss Gwen Hllyard at the Daily Democrat office. During the next week, the day and the hpur of the actual testing will be sent to each parent who has enrolled a child. The final report on the recent Easter Seal drive has not been made complete because It is understood that there are several incoming contributions still to be made. Those present at the meeting were Deane Dorwin, society president. G. M, GrabiTl, the Rev. W. C. Feller, Miss Elizabeth Scott, and Miss Marie- Felber. Next meeting date has been set for June 25, following the first week of the speech clinic.

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Senate Airing Is Likely On Policy Battle Military Leaders Warned By Defense Secretary Wilson tense secretary Charles E. Wilson warned at the White House today that it will be ‘‘dangerous” for the next military leader who “sticks his head up” in the armyair force feud. The cabinet member, who reported to President Eisenhower cn efforts to quash the dispute, told newsmen the Chief Executive is “a bit unhappy about the fact that we don’t seem to be getting along better in the services.” Meanwhile, despite Wilson's efforts to head off a congressional probe of the. controversy by banning “promotional activities” by I the services, a senate airing of • the policy battle was strongly in- • dicated. i Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) intimated that his air power in- . vestigating subcommittee will . delve into the whole field of inter- . servce bickering at hearings this t week. Sen. Dennis Chaves (D-N.M.) , said his military appropriations , subcommittee also has decided • “to fcive («« W bi'ass of an three services in here and ask . them why they are bickering." ( Wilson, after his report to the President, was asked whether the thought he could “remedy” the situation. He replied: “Yes, sir.” And reiterated his contention that there is no need for a congressional investigation. As to the service chief, Wilson declared: “We’ll see who sticks their head up next I think it | might be a little dangerous.” Symington, in a statement, pointed out that his investigation already has been expanded to cover navy air power and the positions of the army, navy and air force in the missiles field. He said Gen. Earle Partridge, chief of the air defense command, will testify publicly Thursday. The senator and other members of congress indicated that basic differences between the services are in for further airing. Symington noted that what started out to be a probe of, air force strength has been broadened at the request of GOP senators to include the navy's air power. Wilson, at a news conference (Continued on Page Four) Late Bulletins WASHINGTON (INS) — The house post office committee stamped final approval today on legislation to boost first class and air mail rates by one cent an ounce. However, house leaders have not decided whether to place the controversial bill on the "must” list for consideration during the waning weeks of the present session. WASHINGTON (INS) — The Senate finance committee voted today to put the proposed S3B billion, 14-year highway program on a “pay-aa-you-bulld” basis as advocated by treasury secretary George M. Humphrey. The senate committee also decided to lower the special tax rate voted by the house on heavy trucks and vehiclee using the highways. WASHINGTON (IN8) — The house foreign affairs committee tentatively cut $1 billion today from President Eisenhewer’s request for new foreign aid funds. - Members disclosed the action to newsmen after a closed-door meeting of the committee to consider the administration’s 54./ billion aid program for the fiscal year beginning July 1.