Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 133.

VOTE IN CALIFORNIA PRIMARY e3ILI" ------' ' j-.dr jffl £ wJ .(■! J _■> i ' I ft 1 j mW W illlt ■<2l CALIFORNIA’S GOVERNOR Goodwin Knight and Mrs. Knight are among the first to cast their ballots in comparatively light voting in Tuesday’s primary election. The presidential aspirations of former Illinois Governor Adlai E. Stevenson and Kentucky Senator Estes Kefauver were expected to hinge on results of Democratic balloting in the primary.

Asks Congress Back Foreign Aid Program Eisenhower Warns Os Importance Os Request For Aid WASHINGTON (UP)—President Elsenhower said today that if congress cuts his foreign aid program heavily it will have to supply more billions in arms for America to defend itself. Mr. Eisennower made tMW stateopened debate on whether to order a |l,100,00».00b cut in the administration’s controversial $4,900,000,00 aid request. The President told his news conference congress should support the full program cheerfully and adequately. It would be a tragedy, he said, (or it to be parsimonious on an issue so important to the security of the nation and the entire free world. The house foreign affairs committee recently recommended a cut of $1,10,000,000 in the aid request. Mr.' Eisenhower pleaded against the full reduction in unusual meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders at the White House Tuesday night. The appeals brought a quick response from house Democratic and Republican leaders. They agreed to fight for a compromise $4,400,000.000 aid program *— $500,000,00 short of the President’s original request but $600,000,000 more than the foreign affairs committee recommended. The chances of restoring all of the proposed $(,100,000,000 aid cut appeared slim as the house began debate today. House GOP Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. said “We’re going to make a good fight for it.” House Democratic leader John W. McCormack said he would support a move to restore 600 million dollars. The house called the aid measure up for debate this afternoon with voting scheduled to start Thursday. On the eve of the debate President Eisenhower, at a bipartisan meeting with house leaders late Tuesday,. warned-that the $1,100,000,000 cut made by the house foreign affairs committee would seriously endanger national security. His plea was bolstered by secretary of state John Foster Dulles and Adm. Arthur W. Radford. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, who also attended the White House conference. Some house members, however, planned to press for even bigger cuts’ and to offer amendments to halt aid to Yugoslavia, Egypt and India. Some of the moves appeared to have strong support. McCormack told a reporter that some of the committee cuts should be restored “in our own national interest.” Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas said he agreed with Mr. Elsenhower that the cuts were too steep Rayburn predicted that the house would reject a- strong move to halt aid to Yugoslavia.

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City Council Meets In Regular Session Parking Ordinance Passedf By Council An ordinance prohibiting parking on the west side of Ninth street from Nuttman to Dayton avenue was adopted by the city council Tuesday night on recommendation of the board of works and police chief James Borders. Parking on the street which runs past the General Electric plant causes traffic congestion. A petition was filed with the city council last night by the trustees of the Decatur Elks lodge to amend the zoning ordinance. The petition seeks to change- the property owned by the Elks lodge from R-2 residential to C-l neighborhood shopping. The petition was referred to the planning commission. A report from the electric light committee approving the request for an alley light behind the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church was accepted by the council. Lester Pettibone, superintendent of the city light and power department, tiled a report stating the three 330 KPA transformers now used to send power to Monroe. the Krick-Tyndall company and several business houses on 13th street is overloaded. Pettibone stated in his report that at peak periods the transformers carry a 16 percent overload. He suggested installing tnree 500 KPA transformers. The matter was referred to the board of works. A petition for a light at the intersection of the alley on Meibers street between Fifth and Walnut strees was referred to the electric light committee and an agreement cn a rural line extension between the city and Wayne and Betty Yake was accepted and approved. The council during last night’s meeting also approved the temporary appointment of Grover Odle to the Decatur police force made by the board of works, and accepted the certificate of appointment of Lloyd A. Cowens to the city board of recreation for a tour-year term made by Mayor Robert Cole. A letter from Pennsylvania railroad officials was read indicating that the request for repair of crossings has been received and that the repair will begin as soon as weather permits. Announcement was made that budgets for 1957 must be completed by the first of August and a suggestion wgs made that all department heads prepare their budgets by July ; • John Baumann appeared before the council with a petition signed by several others protesting the location of a city dump in the south part of the city. It waa previously requested by Cal Yost that the city fill a hole on his property but Yost, who also attended last night's meeting, indicated that he had not intended that it become a city dump. The petition was made • matter of record. Yost stated that he intends to tin the hole but that he has no intention of doing anything that will cause a devaluation of (Continued On Fa*s five)

Ike Declares Russia Still Dictatorship Asserts New Rulers Continue To Follow Dictator Methods WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower said today that Russia’s new rulers continue to follow dictatorial methods despite their extreme attacks on the late Josef Stalin. Speaking in measured tones, Mr. Eisenhower said the new Soviet rulers have made no effort to change their dictatorial methods. In the President's view, they merely are saying that the wrong individual was in power. Mr. Eisenhower also said he believes that Yugoslav Marshal Tito got a big welcome in Moscow because of his success in defying the Stalin regime in 1948. He said Moscow had to make big concessions to Tito and these concessions might tempi other Red satellites to emulate Tito’s defiance. In other news conference comments the President: 1. Made another plea against heavy cuts in his foreign aid program. He said that unless congress supports the administration's $4,900,000,000 program adequately and cheerfully, this nation faces the prospect of spending additional billions on more weapons for itself. 2. Disclosed that the United States is re-evaluating its policy toward Marshal Tito and his Yugoslav Communist regime. The President would not say, however, that the United States should cut off foreign aid to Yugoslavia now that Tito is becoming friendly with Moscow again. The United States must do whatever serves its best 1 interests in this situation. 3. He disclosed that secretary of state John Foster Dulles will 1 speak Saturday at lowa Stale Col- ' lege. Ames, in an effort to etch in . sipple tpjjn tor. the American peothe foreign aid program. pie the basic considerations behind 1 4. He said he did not believe it proper for him to interfere in the J Wisconsin Republican primary staunch administration foreign policy supporter, has been encoun- ’ tering difficulty. He said Wiley agreed with this position. 5. Said that Russia’s invitation to Gen. Nathan F. Twining, air ; force chief of staff, would be re- ’ ciprocated with the same courtesies if high Russian officers wish ‘ to come to this country. The President was asked whether his old friend. Soviet armed forces chief . Georgi Zhukov, might be Invited to come to the United States. The President said that he did not know that any Invitations would be extended. But he - said that if Twining’s opposite number wished to come he would be welcome and extended the same kind of courteMr. Eisenhower set. forth his sies extended to Twining. views on Russian dictatorial meth(Continued on Page Five) Portland Girl Wins In Amateur Contest Older Contestants To Compete Tonight Diana Sue Gillespie, of Portend, who presented an acrobatic exhibition, won first prise in Tuesday night’s 12 yeirs of age or younger. Second place was won by Kenny Wagner of Decatur with an accordion solo. Ten other acts were entered in last night’s contest, Which is sponsored each year during the spring festival by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The contest was introduced last night by Robert Tracy, retail division chairman. Paul Schmidt of Decatur high school served as master of ceremonies. The piano was donated through the courtesy of the Decatur X>* ic house and the tent was donated by the Fort Wayne Tent and Awning Co, Judges were Mrs. Dan Tyndall, Jim Webb and Gene Chronister. The concluding .night of the amateur show will be this evening beginning, at 7 o’clock at the court house ramp. Contestants over 12 years ot age wfU* compete for two prizes.. The spring festival featuring rides, concessions, games and free note will continue through Saturday on the downtaw# streets of Deoatur. A special children’! »*■ tineq to scheduled tte JJgturday afternoon when youtstep will e®joy the rides at reduced prices.

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Steel Industry And Union In Contract Talk Seek New Agreement To Avoid Crippling Strike In Industry NEW YORK (UP)—Representatives of €50,000 steel workers am| the multi-billion dollar steel industry matched wits in contract talks today to produce a new labor agreement that would avoid a crippling steel strike. The current contract between the United Steelworkers of America and 172 steel companies expires at midnight June 30. If a new one isn’t negotiated b ythat time there could be a strike. After talking for several days on the situation in Pittsburgh, both management and the union negotiators decided to move the parley to New York. In an effort to reach a peaceful settlement before the strike deadline, the USW and the world's three biggest steelmakers met In unprecedented joint contract talks ' on neural ground hr. Union negotiations with the other 169 companies are on a standby basis pending oatoomw o/ talks with U.S. Steel, Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel corporations.' These three giants accounts for more than half of all steel pro- . duced wr-thte Each side, represented by four negotiators, apparently disregarded a strike threat. They met amid a “peaches and cream” atmosphere, said a steel man. The meeting was a continuation of several held last week in Pittsburgh, the heart of the steel industry. Negotiators' came to New York in the hope that "neutral ground” would be conducive to a speedy settlement of union demand!. Contract talks were held against a backdrop of, booming steel production and record high sales and (Continued on Fags Five) Concordia Chorus Here Next Sunday One Os Foremost Male Choral Groups When the Concordia Seminary Lutheran Hour Chorus of St. Louis, Mo., gives a concert in Decatur Youth and Community Center Sunday at 1:30 p.m. music lovers will have an opportunity to bear one of the nation's foremost male choral groups. The chorus frequency sings on the Mutual network broadcasts of the Lutheran Hour in whose behalf the present 4-550-mile concert tour is being made. Under the student direction of George Rattelmuller, Browns Valley, Minn., the chorus is making the tour under the auspicies of the Lutheran Hour. John Puelle of Queens Village, New York, also a student, is the tour manager. The Lutheran Hour, the world’s most wide-spread broadcast, is now heard in 54 languages, over more than 1250 staitons, and in 63 countries and territories. The program is sponsored by the Lutheran lawmen’s league, an organization of ’more than 85,000 Lutheran laymen in the United States and Canada. . This year’s concert tour will include 13 states and Washington. D. C., a total of 30 appearances in all. There are no admission charges. A free-will offering will be taken at the concert. INDIANA WEATHER F|to and continued warm to- . day, tonight and Thursday, Low tonight 55-62. High Thyra- . .day 55. Sunaet 1:10 p.m., aun-. -< rise Thursday 5:17 a.m.

Bus Segregation Banned In Alabama Federal Court Panel Holds Ban Is Invalid, XTIiANTA (UP) — Segregated bus seating, banned in Montgomery, Ala., by a federal court decision and boycotted in Tallahassee, Fla., came udder fire today in Memphis, Tenn. • | The National Assn, for the Advancement of. Colored People filed suit at Memphis Tuesday, attacking constitutionality of state laws requiring bus segregation and urging a speedy hearing before a three-judge federal court panel. Montgomery's and the state of Alabama’s laws requiring Negroes and whites to sit apart was declared unconstitutional Tuesday in a 2-1 decision. There was no sign, however, of an immediate ending of the sixmonth Negro boycott of Montgomery’s city tranMt system. Boycotting Negroes in Montgomery and at Tallahassee, where buses have been shunned for 10 days, hailed the Montgomery court decision as a “victory” and an “heartening news.” But some white leaders were jqst as adamant in their stand against desegregation. “We will use every legal re- | Source at our command to prevent the serious consequences that would follow its (the decision's) enforcement,” said C. C. Owen, president of the Alabama public service commission. foTfbWffi the supreme court’s ruling oh desegregation in schools in holding that the “separate but equal” doctrine was invalid. The decision also declared that bus segregatibn violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th amendment. Three Banks Robbed In Midwest Tuesday Nearly $30,000 Loot In Three Robberies CHICAGO (UP)-Federal agents today began the task of tracking down bandits who robbed three Midwest banks of nearly $30,000 in 24 hours. Two of the robberies Tuesday were, carried out by lone gunmen. The third was a lightning raid by four robbers on a Chicago bank. An apologetic bandit tied up four employes and a customer in the State Bank of Triumph, 111., before driving off with an estimated $20,000, every cent the bank had in cash. The other one-man holdup was carried out in Milo, -lowa, where a bandit drew a gun from his shirt and helped . himself to about $1,400. The Chicago robbers wore masks from stockings, and carted away at least $13,666, in grape baskets. They forced customers and employes, including a vice president of the bank, to the floor while they hurriendiy scooped up the bills. They worked so fast they scattered several thousand dollars on the floor in their race for the door. The Chicago gunmen cursed their holdup victims as they looted the Mount Greenwood State Bank. They contrasted sharply with the Triumph bandit. Employes said he carried on a genial conversation for 15 minutes, commenting on the pleasant* weather and saing he was “sorry” to rob them. The lowa holdup of the People's Trust and Savings Branch Bank was carried out by an unmasked man who first asked to cash some checks. Bank manager John Greubel. aloab in the bank, alerted sheriff's deputies is the bandit drove awiy. Roadblocks WAre thrown up ■around th* ,town, and a new patrol airplane was called into use.

Allied Agents Work Hard To Obtain Speech Tough Intelligence Effort To Obtain Khrushchev Copy WASHINGTON (UP) — The state department obtained a copy of Nikita Khrushchev’s speech denouncing Stalin only after a gigantic behind-the-scenes intelligence effort by Allied agents, it ’ was disclosed today. The department made pnblic the text of the speech on Monday, givi ing the world for the first time nearly complete details of Khrushchev’s bitter attack against the former Russian dictator. Even the Russian embassy in Washington has shown interest in the state department's version of the Khrushchev talk. On at least three occasions since the text was released, Russians have called at the department to get copies. Presumably, the Russians are sending the text back to Moscow by cable or diplomatic pouch to determine how much the United States fottnd out about the oncesecret talk. . ’ ' • ■ It took U.S. agents approximately 11 weeks to come up with its not-quite-complete vengion. Khrushchev made the speech in secret to a Feb. 24-25 meeting of 1,400 party faithful In Moscow. The text tar wtfr atstrtbtf t?d w wwr foFm to otfier party leaders inside Russia, and later to Red leaders overseas. The state department, it was revealed, first heard reports of the “secret” Khrushchev speech in a message received in mid-afternoon on March 12 from an American embassy overseas. Newsmen first learned about the speech a few days later. Immediately, United States and Allied Intelligence agencies undertook to get the text of the speech The speech wag of great importance because it signalled an about-face in the world Communist movement to deify Stalin. Communist security held until sometime in early May when a copy was slipped into Allied hands, apparently in Poland. A less Important > series of excerpts had become available earlier through Yugoslav channels. President Eisenhower, secretary of state John Foster Dulles, and other top officials and Russian exSwimming Pool To Open Here Friday Lists Hours, Rules At Municipal Pool • - ■ Decatur’s municipal swimming pool will open for the summer seasbn Friday,afternoon, weather permitting. Hubert Zerkel, Jr., pool supervisor, stated today that pool regulations will be the same this year as in previous years. Pool hours this year will be 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. All 'swimmers will be required to take a shower before entering the pool. Children must pdss a 50-yard swimming test before they are permuted to go beyond the rope. Running and tag games are prohibited. Only one person at a time may be on the diving board and no pushing of any kind will be tolerated. Parents are advised that children under six years of age should be accompanied by an adult or a responsible older child. Children should not stay in the pool more than an Sour at a tune, in order to avoid chilling and fatigue. Money and Other valuables should not be left in the dressing rooms.

Lions Speaker - -.. Mr Clarence L. Sturm, international director of Lions clubs and Manawa, Wis., wholesale food executive, will be the principal speaker at the 30th birthday party being held by Decatur Lions club next Sunday evening at the Youth and Community Center. In addition to the speaker, several other state and internaional officers will be on hand for the party. Lions Anniversary Observance Sunday Lions Club Marks * 30th Anniversary Final arrangements hMte been, made for tire SOttt birthday celebration of Decatur Lions club Sunday afternoon at S:3O o’clock at Decatur Youth and Community Center, it was announced today „ fwxSAhandJßax -BsUa.. co-chairmen of the ewent. *.-■ — - Clarence L. Sturm, international director of the organization, Manawa, Wis., well known midwestern wholesale foods executive, will be the principal speaker. Sturm has held numerous international and state offices in the Lions club and he was a charter member of the Manawa club.' He will be introduced at the birthday dinner by William Dyk, Fort Wayne, who will serve as toastmaster at the event. Frank. Lybarger, president of the Decatur club, will serve as chairman of the reception committee. Herman Krueckeberg of the local club and head of the ticket committee said that indications are more than 200 will attend the birthday party. In addition to Lions club members, their wives and sweethearts,, men and women of the Decatur Rotary club also have been invited to take part. Several state and international officers of Lions also have accepted invitations. The Indiana Lions club 55-piece band, Including members from all parts of the state, will furnish the music for the party. The band also will give a concert prior to the evening dinner. In addition to observing the 30th anniversary of the Decatur club, two charter members also will be honored at the dinner. They are Harry Knpap, Decatur gasoline and* oil dealer, and Dr. N. A. Bixler, optometrist. (Continued on Page Five) ■ ■ Ban Use Os Road 27 To Spring Festival The Decatur spring festival committee, today received a telegram from the state highway commissi o n stating that "the co mmission woulc not grant permission for the blocking off of U. S. highway number 27,” starting June 4 for the spring festival. The telegram apparently was in answer to a letter of some time ago asking for permission to block off U. S. highway 33 this week for the .purpose of holding the current spring festival. ~ “Someone in the department delayed answer of the letter until today and then in the telegraphic reply erred in naming the correct number of the highway, banning the blocking of U. S. 27. Committee members immediately replied stating that they bad no intention of blocking U. 8. 27 and would abide by the state board’s decision as far as that highway was concerned.

Stunning Win Is Scored In Primary Vote Kefauver Refuses To Quit Race For Party Nomination SAN FRANCISCO (UP) — Sen. Estes Kefauvtr conceded defeat today to Adlai Stevenson in California’s winner-take-all primary . but refused to quit the race for [ the Democratic presidential nom- . inatioh. Kefauver gracefully sent his . congratulation to Stevenson before » half of the vote in the crucial prii mary had been tabulated but said . later he would fight until the last * convention vote had been counted, i Stevenson's campaign managers claimed the overwhelming triumph assured his nomination at the Chicago convention next August aud his chief California spokesman predicted he will win in November. Returns from 16,016 of the state's-24,144 precincts gave Stevenson 621,019, Kefauver 376,354. President Eisenhower, unopposed on the GOP ticket, polled 611,944. Stevenson pocketed 68 full conl vention votes, Utting his national - total to against ill tar ’ Ke- . fauver after his victories in Mon* t tana and South Dakota. r In scoring his stunning victory, r Stevenson crossed all Unes in Cali* , . AesL.. tha. last, of the year. - . .„ [ He captured six strong Negro precincts in San Francisco by t margins as great as 20 to 1,, even , though Kefauver had accused Ste- ’ venson of talking out of both sides of his mouth on the segregation issue. Stevenson outpolled Kefauver in the rich Inlanfi farm areas where the homespun senator, from Tennessee had carried on a handshaking campaign. Even thg old folks, whom Kb* ’ fauver accused Stevenson of betraying in Illinois, voted in favor , of Stevenson. , The labor vote also was cap- , tured by Stevenson. , Stevenson’s campaign manager in California, Atty. Geh. Edmund G. Brown, was so elated over the outcome that he went to Kefauver’s headquarters in Los Angeles and suggested that he abandon his fight and jump on the Stevenson bandwagon. But Kefauver politely rejected the bid and said he would remain in the race. “I still feel I have a good chance for it,” Kefauver said. Since no write-in votes are permitted in California, there was no chance for rank-ln-file Democrats to express their sentiments about Mr. Truman, or Gov. Averell Harriman of New York or Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri, who has been mentioned as a dark horse. In the other primaries: IOWA: The biggest Democratic lowa primary turnout in 22 years had party leaders hoping for a repeat of ex-president Truman’s corn belt victory of 1948, Final returns in Monday’s primary showed 115,000 Democrats, about 25,000 more than expected, voted in Herschell C. Loveless's winning battle over attorney Lawrence Plumriier for ’ the governorship nomination. No presidential candidates were involved in the primary. MONTANA: Kefauver was a shoo-in for Montana’s 16 convention votes. Early returns gave the senator a 30 to 1 margin over Stevenson and more than 200 to 1 over Harriman, both of WfeOgl !*• celved only write-in votes. SOUTH DAKOTA: Kefauver, running unopposed, picked up South Dakota’s eight convention votes. A hard-fought senatorial race produced the largest Democratic primary vote in 16 years. NEW YORK: Stevenson got at least two and possibly four fullvote delegates to the Democratic national convention and may get more when 24 delegates at large (tfentinuee ea rage Vive) r ( -

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