Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 158, Decatur, Adams County, 6 July 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 158.

CENTRAL SOYA CO. OFFICIALS

* Itt Jnfl Bud Townsend R. B. Parrott

Eisenhower To Prod Congress On School Aid School Construction "’^su re Defeated ' .. ,“louse Thursday GETTYSBURG. Pa. (UP)—President Eisenhower said today he will keep prodding congress to pass a school aid - bill before it adjourns for the year. j White House press secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen the President will make his feelings known through’ talks with congressional leaders "or through word relayed through our legislative representatives.” The house Thursday defeated a 11.600.000,000 school construction bill by a vote of 224-194. Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for the measure's fate. Steya asked Hagerty if Mr. wer had commented on the bill’s defeat. Hagerty replied: “Yes. He believes, as he has said many times, that the’"Ocfllodl children of our nation need class- - rooms. He has urged congress to pass such a‘ bill. He would continue to urge the congress to pass such a bill before they adjourn.” Thursday’s vote was the nearest the house has ever come to pass ing a general federa" aid to education bill. Shortly before the showdown vote, the house formally approved. 225-192. a redrafted version of an amendment by Rep. Adam C. Powell Jr., Negro Democrat from Harlem, to bar school building funds to states that fail to comply with the supreme court’s 1954 antisegregation decision. The bill in the form in which it was finally defeated would have provided $400,000,000 annually, for four years to assist states in school construction. The money would have been divided on a basis of school age population — „ to $11.30 per pupil per year —‘to be matched 50-50 by state money. The house rejected 261-156. the administration - favored formula which would have divided the money partly on a basis of state “need.” This plan . would have worked to the advantage of the poorer states. • Republicans and Democrats lost no time in exchanging blame for the bill’s defeat. ' Southerners, who had opposed the measure overwhelmingly from the start, were openly gleeful over the outcome. ~ A breakdown of the final vote showed that 119 Republicans and 105 Democrats voted against the bill while 1,19 Democrats and 75 Republicans supported it. Only a handful of southerners had favored the school aid bill in principle. After Powell's amendment was adopted, only one south erner voted for its passage—Rep. Howard H. Baker, a Republican from the largely white east Ten nessee mountain country. The party lineup on passage of the Powell -amendment was 148 (Continued "on Page Five) — .» ■ Scoreboard Fund GOAL —“•* — $2,500.00 aa — $2,000.00 ■ _ $1,500.00 » _ $1,000.00 ■ — $ 500.00 Send your contributions to - Herman Krueckeberg, - at the First State Bank "t

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Central Soya Names Two New Officials Decatur Man Named As Vice President The hoard of directors of Central Soya Company, Inc., has elected B. A. Townsend, Decatur, and Robert B. Parrott, Minneapolis, Minn., as officers of the company. It was announced today by Harold W. McMillen, chairman . of the board. Immediately, B. A. (Bud) Town- ■ send will become viee president and will continue his responsibility for the sales of soybean oil , an nd soybean oil meal. Effective August 1, Robert B. Parrott, for--1 merly manager of the special products division of Cargill. Inc.. (Minneapolis, will join the Central Soya company as vice president and will direct the activities and be responsible tor soybean purchasing and grain merchandising. 1 B. A. Townsend has been associated with Central Soya .company, Fort Wayne, in the commodity division since 1937 and has been cgrrjfiagj.out adminftp -tratfve-duties m every phase of soybean purchasing, meal sales and soybean oil sales for the compehy, He. and*, his wife, Marjorie, and two sons, Al. 12 and Scott, 7,. have been long-time residents of Decatur, and will continue to make their home here. Parrott graduated from North Dakota State College with a B.S. degree in 1935, and that year began his career with Cargill. Inc. From 1935 until the present time he has held positions with Cargill as manager of their elevator operation at Marshall. Minn., as a member an’f then manager of their coarse" grain merchandising department, as manager of their northwest region, and most recently as manager of their special products division. During these years Parrott has had a wide and varied experience ift all phases of the grain business." The Parrott family, including his wife, Paula, and their three sons, Michael 16. Christopher 13, Stephan 8, will establish residence in Fort Wayne as soon as possible after August 1. In making the announcement, McMillen stated, "Due to the increased responsibilities and workload of the commodity and marine division, we feel the strong need for strengthening our organisation in the grain merchandising field. These two outstanding executives reinforce our company in the economic opportunities rowexisting in the industry.” Frantz Appointed To Adams Central Post Named Principal At Adams Central The appointment of Herman E Frants as principal of the Adams Central schools at Monroe by the Adams Central school board was announced today by Hugh Tate assistant superintendent of the school system. Frants, who received his degree from Manchester College at North Manchester, and completed his graduate work at Indiana University, has been principal of the Union Center school in Welle county for the past 17 years. Prior to becoming principal at Union Center, Frantz was a teacher and athletic coach at Liberty Center, also in Wells county, and also served in the nation’s armed forces. He is married and has two children. Frantz,- whose appointment is effective Immediately, succeeds John E. Reed, who resigned a .few weeks ago to. .accept a • position, as principal • • w- _ the rjftffjr school at Rochester. •

Senate Group To Call Twining For Questioning To Question Chief Os Air Force Over Nation Air Power W’ASHINjCITON (UP)—Chairman Richard B. Russell (D-Ga) said today Gen. Nathan F. Twining wit! be called before the senate armed services committee early next week for questioning about bis eight-day Inspection of Russian air I might. Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D.Wash) . indicated the air force chief of staff will be asked to explain how his estimates of compartive U.S.- , Russian air power square with those of defense secretary Charles E. Wilson. Twining Thursday gave a report on his trip to President Eisenhower at the President's Gettysburg, Pa.; farm. Twining said afterwards that the United States is still “out in front” in air-power but has "got to keep working” to stay there. Russia, he said, has a "very competent, well-equipped air force” and the Russian "people are on the mov>.” ~ Russell said arrangements are now being made for Twining to appear before the full armed service committee to give a secret briefing on what he saw in Russia. While Twining will appear before the full committee, his testimony will tie in with an inquiry being made by another ""committee into the air power race. Twining also may be called later before the subcommittee for more detailed questioning. At a news conference after his meeting with the President Thursday, Twining said his trip to the Soviet Union had confirmed his earlier impression that while the United States is -still superior ..in air power, rurs-sia is rapidly vaiehintup. Twining, however, added new r coafusi«B> whether Russian air power already Ts ' ahead of the United States in numbers, This has been labelled by Sn. Stuart Symington (D-Mo), chairman of the senate air power subcommittee, as a point of "direct conflict” between W’ilson and top sir force officers. Twining Thursday said all of the U.S, military services combined bave‘‘about the same” number of planes as Russia but that "they probably are ahead of us in jet aircraft.” The air force chief added, however, “They are not” ahead in “modern” let aircraft. ----- W’ilson, in testifying before the Symington subcommittee earlier this week, had taken issue with previous assertions by Twining that Russia's is “ahead” in "numbers of aircraft and combat units” (Continued on Page Five) Hubert Feasel New Commander Os DAV Annual Election Is Held Here Thursday Hubert L. Feasel, of this city, was elected commander of chapter 91, Disabled American Vpteruns. at the annual election 1 and installation meeting Thursday night at the DAV hall here. ( Feasel and other new officers were installed by .Gerald M. SmitIcy, also of this city, recently elected as state commander of the veterans’ organization. Other new officers are: Mel Tlnkham, senior vice commander; James Heiman, first junior vice commander; Melvin Gallogiy, second junior vice commander; 1 Harold Hitchcock, treasurer; Ed ' gar Yoder, chaplain; Norman Buettner, officer of the day; Vaughn King, sergeant at arms; Dave Smith, one-year trustee; Melvin Gallogly, two-year trustee; Gordon Brodbeek, 'retiring commander, three year trustee: Victor Steiner, adjutant; Al Croy, judge advocate; Gerald M. Sift it- i ley, service officer. 1 ( i Feasel, his wife and three Children, reside at 615 Madison street. He is now completing his i master’s degree at Batt State 1 Teachers College at Muncie. He formerly taught school at Goshen i and Rensselaer and was a mem- i ber of the Ball State faculty thjg j past year. Mi's. Feasel teaches the fourth grade at the Northwest ! elementary school in this city. The new commander, a native of < Decatur. Js a son of Mr. and Mrs. i Heber Feasel of this city. Feasel, after his Installation, ’ stated, “the key of* the' organiza- < tioq is sanice, and ft tjilres Effort 1 to give that service.” ’ i

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 6, 1956.

Eisenhower Discusses Political Intentions With Staff Members

I New Demand On > Ransom Made On Kidnaped Child Person Claiming Ta - Be Kidnaper Calls On Baby's Father WESTBURY, N. Y. (UP) — A person who said he was the kidnaper of month-old Peter Wein berger telephoned the child’s father today and made .new ransom demands, the father, Morris Weinberger, reportedIt was not made known whether the caller was a woman or a man. ’. The demands made also were not made public. But Weinberger said the caller told him: “I’ll be watching the afternoon paper for your reply.” He asked newsmen to print thia reply: “Am ready to meet your demands. Awaiting your call.” The call was the first break in the case since the infant was kidnaped from a covered patio of 1 his parents home about 3 p. m. on the .Fourth of July. . . .... .. . One police officer Wid there had been some suggestion that the kidnaper might be a teen-aged boy or girl. He said that “If may go Into the high schools to check the handwriting on the ransom note with the handwriting of the students.” With each hour fears increased for the life of the infant whose abductor had threatened to kill him if the money were not paid by 10 a. m. Thursday. Unseasonably cold weather and intermittent rain led police to believe the 34-day-old child could , not long survive even if abandoned alive by a panicked abductor. Dummy packages containing part of the $2,000 ransom demanded in a note left by the abductor were placed Thursday In prpmi(Cbntinuea On Page Five) Hail, High Winds Hit Three States Violent Outbreak Os Summer Storms By UNITED PRESS Hail driven ’by high winds poiinded sections of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Thursday night in a violent outbreak of summer thunderstorms. Numerous reports of tornadoes and funnel-shaped clouds flooded the weather bureau's severe weather center in Kansas City, Mo., but nohe were confirmed by weather experts. Winds raging as high as 80 miles per hour tore shingles from houses, uprooted trees and pulled down power lines. Howling winds hit Lake Dallas. Tex., and forced water 100 yards up a hill. Eight boats were damaged outside the offices Os the Hundley Boat Works. 7 The gate force winds kicked up dust, cutting vision throughout western Texas. Forecasters said thg storms were bred by an unstable mass of warm air which has blanketed the southwest for the last five days. Temperatures in the area Thursday ranged above 100 in Oklahoma and some points in Texas. Kansas reported readings in the 90s. The thundershowers brought heavy down pours to scattered spots, sending small creeks over their bapks and flooding streets. Bleak, rainy weather egyered the northeastern states bringing ground fog in Pennsylvania, eaatjern Ohio and western New York. Norfolk, Va.. repotted a. 114 inch rainfall in a six-hour period. Light showers spotted the northern Rockies.-but farther westward sunny weather prevailed. Cooler weather in the Pacific Northwest and in New England contrasted with a warming trend throughout ths Great Lakes regions.' “X — "—

I Plan Entertainment . During 4-H Fair Annual Festival At - Fair On Two Nights j The Adams county 4-H Fair is jkgain sponsortffif an entertainment JtßesttvaJ on the evenings of July Wfl and August 1 at the 4-H fair. bhe program Tuesday evening is Open to groups not representing Wednesday night. August 1, A the 4-H dets will be given. •' The township extension commltl' tee representatives under the chair--8 manship of Mrs. Lorene Fenstermaker and Raymond McAhren are 8 in charge of the festival, according k to Leo N.vSeltenright, county agent. Further regulations are following: 1 frhere is provision for two types, of acts — musical and non-musical. 8 Acts may be from 4 to 8 minutes in length. Aets may consist of any r numbe rof persons bu| they must 6 be residents of Adams county. Prot fessionals are not acceptable. _ Prize money offered will be $25 r to musical and $25 to non-musical acts each night. This will be on the . basis of $9 for first: $7 for second; B $5. for third; $3 for fourth; and $1 for fifth. Anyone interested in entering the B enie^’ a ’^te.enQ«»<sUval <oii-, I tact township extension committee I representatives: They are as sols lows: Preblq, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur .Selking: Root. Hugo Boerger and o Mrs. Omer Merriman; Union, Mr. i- and Mrs. Erwin Fuelling; St. >f Mary’s. Mrs. Gale, Cook and Raymond McAhren; Washington, Mrs. d Dwight Schnepp and Alton Corson; e Kirkland, Harve Haggard; French, II Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moser; Monfl roe. Mr. and Mrs. Edison Lehman; >• Blue Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Edwards; Jefferson, Mrs. Robert e Stuber and Orison Stolz; Wabash. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Kirchhofer; e Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Huser. The township extension repre- ’ sentatives have application blanks. (Continued es Page Eight) Mrs. Roy Renton Dies After Heart Attack Mrs. Roy (Renton, of Dearborn. Mich., died suddenly Thursday of heart attack at her home. - She was_the_fs>rmer man, sister of Gail Baughman of this city. 7 Names Omitted On I Fund Mailing List Urge Contributions For Youth Center i Through an error in checking mailing lists, it was discovered today that numerous Decatur famili ies did not receive a letter from the Decatur Memorial Foundation ten days ago- in the furqi drive for a maximum contribution of $5 a family. The mkjjing list was prepared tj-om the list of all persons who voted in- the last election and several sheets were omitted from the list. Mrs. (Roy Kai ver, chairman of the 150 Decatur women who had charge of the telephone follow-up of the drive, stated that the error was discovered yesterday and that no additional letters are available for the families w'ho were unintentionally missed. Mrs. Kalver joined other Foundation- members in urging that those families who did not receive a letter make a contribution in the next feW days. , The fund is growing each day, Theodore Graliker. treasurer, stated today, and a final figure will be withheld until everyone has had an opportunity to contribute. The response has been very good, J. W. Calland, president of the Foundation said today, and ft is entirely possible that the goal of $2,509 will be-exceeded. ~ The fund' will remain open for several days and all of the local persems who did not reoalre a tetI ter are urged te sead their ceotri-

Foreign Aid Fund Slashed By Committee House Committee i Mokes Drastic Cut In Ike's Program WASHINGTON (UP) —The • house appropriations committee ■ ’oday slashed- President Eisen- ■ hower’s foreign aid program to > nearly $3,400,000,000. ; The figure was a new low In , the battered $4,900,000,000 program’s progress through congress. (, It also was well below the minimum security level set by the , President. , The house-passed foreign aid bill authorizes $3,800,000,000 for fiscal 1957. The senate-passed bill authorizes $4,500000,000. A conference commitee sought, today to reach agreement on a compromise version possibly by Saturday. The appropriations committee, which approves the money to carry out the authorized program, voted to cut a total.of $325,000,000 more* than t he. h '>’.’se. The -cos l -; mittee cut $265,000,000 more in military aid and $60,000,000 in economic aid. The President originally -asked for $4,900,000,000 in military arid . economic aid for the fiscal year which began last Sunday. In the fi.ce of the economy drive in congress, however, he agreed to go ’ along With a $500,000,000 cut. A greater reduction, he said, would [ threaten the Nation’s security. . Nevertheless, the house slashed ' the military aid authorization by $1,000,000,000 and the appropriations committee now has recommended that the actual appropriation be cut by $1,200,000,000.’ The. house cut the economic aid authorization by $109,000,000. The committee recommended a cut of $170,000,000 in the actual appropriation. Will Install K. C. Officers Monday District Deputy To Conduct Installation New officers of the Decatur Knights of Columbus council 864 1 will be installed at the regular 1 meeting Monday at 8:30 p. in. in the K. of C. hall. P. E. Rooney 1 of Fort Wayne, K. of C. district I deputy, will be in charge of the 1 installation. Gerald J. Martin, newly-elected 1 grand knight of the local council. ' has announced his committee ap- 1 pointments for the coming year. < They include? the Rev. Robert < Contant, chaplain: Cletus Rum- ' sehlag and John F. Schurger, lee-’ turers; Edwariji J. Heimann. Catholic activities; Carl A. Braun, membership; Robert Dale Morris- j sey. , publicity; Arthur Heimann, club secretary; Joseph Wolpert ’ dnd Art Braun, newsletter mail- * ing, and Ralph Kreigel, general program chairman. The house Committee for the ‘ year will be composed of Robert 8 Gage. Sr., chairman; Charles ‘ Cook, secretary; and Dick Hess, { Charles Omlor. Ralph Loshe, El- J mer Wendel and Dave. Moore, William Kuhnle will be in charge 1 of athletic activity, assisted by Richard Cbyne and Louis Laur- s an t. * , t Plans were also announced for t the annual stag picnic which will t take place Sunday, July 15, at g Sunset park. Dinner and supper r will be served and entertainment r has b.een planned. s ■ : m.w i.i,.., ~ < INDIANA WEATHER Fair and pleasant tonight . and. Saturday. Low tonight 52- r 60 north. 58-63 south. High p 7 Saturday 80-85 extreme north , to 8649 extreme south. 6un-:-pat 8416 g.m*». sunrise Satur- p day 5:24 a.m.- J

To Fort Wayne v - I. John F. Welch John F Welch To Fori Wayne Plant Local G. E. Manager To Winter Street John -F. Welch, plant manager ’IW the Decatur Geftet&l Electric company for the past five years, has accepted an appointment as manager of manufacturing for the small integral motor department at the General Electric Winter street plant in Fort Wayne. — The announcement of his resignation as Decatur plant manager and his new appointment came jointly from Lisle Hodell, general manager of the general purpose motor department, and Thorn Mayes, S. J. M. general manager. Welch will assume his new duties at the Fort Wayne plant July 16. Welch came to the Decatur G. E. plant -in 1947 as assistant plant manager. He retained that position until May 1, 1951, when he succeeded JB. W. Lankenau as plant manager. Welch attended Antioch College and Purdue University and joined G. E. in May, 1934, on the test engineering program. After completing the test course he was assigned to Nela Park, General Electric company at Cleveland, 0., where he served several years as a field engineer on commercial refrigeration and air conditioning. - He also had the responsibility for the field re-conditioning shops for the specialty appliances sales division. After a brief assignment at Bridgeport, he returned to Cleveland as sales specialist for the Cleveland district of the appliance and merchandise department. He returned to Fort Whyne in 1942 and prior to being assigned to Decatur held various supervisory positions in testing and inspection, including chief inspector of the FHP motor department and chief Inspector of the Fort Wayne works. A well-known member of the Decatur community, Welch is a past president and member of the board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. He helped organize and is a director and active member of the industrial division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. He is a past president and director of the Decatur Rotary dub, a past president and director of the Stratton Place Community Association and a director of the Decatur Youth and Community Center. He is particularly active In school and youth recreational activities, giving of his personal time to coach football to junior teams in the city. He has also gained distinction as a speaker of note In the Decatur area. He is * member of the General Electric’s speaker’s bureau and the G. E. foreman qnd supervisor’s ctub. Mr. and Mrs. Welch and their daughter, Ellen, will continue their residence in Stratton Place for the present. . No announcement has been jnade as to Welch’s successor at plant manager of the Decatur G.E.

No Statement Is Issued On Future Plans I Discusses Second Term Plans First | Time Since Illness GETTYSBURG, Pa. i President Eisenhower, discussed I his second term intentions with his I staff today for the first time since I his illness. | White House press secretary I James C. Hagerty announced that I Mr. Eisenhower discussed both I "personal and general politics” in a conference this morning with , Hagerty and presidential assistant Sherman Adams. But there Was no immediate statement on the big question: Does the President still intend to run for another term in the White House. Hagerty told newsmen that he talked with the chief executive at " the farm. Adams conferred with the President by telephone. Hagerty flatly refused to give ’ any details of-the-political-eendfee—- ’ sations. He said he “wouldn’t • know” whether a further state--1 meat at the President’s second * term Intentions is required. L ."All I’m trying to do is Co keep r you informed of the conversation I have had with the President,” Hagerty said with a face-splitting.. r grin. 8 “When might we expect an an--1 nouncement of these political dis8 cussions?” the reporter asked. 1 “I wouldn’t know," Hagerty said. ’• Hagerty said it “might he" that 8 Mr. Eisenhower would have a news is* conference before he leaves Gettys- ■ burg. 1 Hagerty surprised newsmen by 1 volunteering the information that ' he had talked politics with the 1 President at the farm this morning. Asked to he said, , “I’m not going to." [ The W’hite House aide said he . believed Mr. Eisenhower himself . initiated the conversation on politics. Hagerty said he expects the President to return to tthe White House in Washington "for a few days” before he goes to Panama July * Rain kept the President inside his farm home Thursday for the first time in a week. But during some of the bad weather. th®fcesident put in his longest sesfltfflFof work on government business—9s minutes —since his June 8 illness. Today's forecast for warmer weather and possibly thundershowers was not too encouraging. Mr. Eisenhower planned to see presidential assistant Sherman Adams for about an hour this morning to wind up the week’s work on White House business. Mr. Eisenhower conferred for 80 minutes Thursday with Gen. Nathan F. Twining, air ‘force chief of staff who has just returned from a trip to Russia, to hear Twining’s report on Russian airpower. This meeting, attended by other top defense and White House officials, was followed by 15 more (Continu'd on (five) New Rotary Officers Installed Thursday Recently elected officers of the Decatur Rotary club were installed at a ladies night meeting of the service club, held Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. New officers are: Joe Kaehr, Jr., president; Robert Smith, vice president; Gail GrabHl, secretary; - Homer Arnold, treasurer ; John F. Welch, Dr, iR. E. Allison and M. J. Pryor, retiring president, directors. Rotarians and their ladies were entertained with a fine musical program by Robert Cocherille, of "Fort Wayne, assisted by three vocalist? gad an accompanist. Jacob L. Brann. Huntington, district Rotary governor, was the guest speaker. „ J ■ _ - ■.- V :

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