Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1956 — Page 1

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. SURVIVED MOUNTAIN PLUNGE X' ■■l'"' THREE SURVIVORS of plunge from ML Hood, Ore., are shown (1. to r.:j Robert A. Brawer, 18, Fair Lawn. N. J., Meredith Stebbins, 16, Wayland, Mass., and Sidney H. Rosenberg, 16, Plainfield. N. J. One of 19 teen-aged mountain climbers was killed when, roped together, they skidded down an Icy slope after two of the party lost their footing.

New H-Bombs Reported Near To Production Rapid Increase in Family Os Nuclear Weapons Disclosed WASHINGTON (UP) — The atomic energy commission indicated today that new and “cleaner” H-bombs are approaching the production stage. The indication, confirmed in official quarters, was contained in a cryptic section on "military application” of the AEC’s 20th semi-an-nual report to congress. The report also noted: Rapid increase'' in the family opment of nucloar missile warof nuclear weapons, further develheads for defense as well as of- » ' fifikse. and new record production of nuclear explosives, fuels, and rate materials The new H-bombs, on which development progress had previously been disclosed, would generate far less radioactivity than the super bombs now in the stockpile. In war they would poison smaller parts of the plinet with deadly .fallout. Such an H-bomb, according to President Eisenhower, would be "more of a military weapon” and less an egent of "mass destruction” than its radiologically dirtier predecessors. In today’s report the AEC said — its weapons laboratories aTTos Alamos. N. M„ and Livermore. Calif., are "working on new principles." It added that its weapon plants are being expanded "to facilitate early production" of new weapons already “conceived in the Livermore laboratory.” “The United States family of weapons in various stages of research, development, and production engineering it?.” the AEC said, “increasing rapidly.” The renart did not specifically mention the "reduced fallout” weapon But an informed official source said scientists are moking toward perfection of "cleaner bomb” designs bas'd on information obtained in the test sones recently concluded at the Eniwetok Bikini proving ground. Other parts of the semi-annual report: Underscored the division in the AEC between the majority headed by chairman Lewis L. Strauss and a one-man minority in the person of commissioner Thomas E. Murray. Murray refused to subscribe to sections of the'report on nuclear reactor development, the civilian atomic power program, and radioactive strontium. Disclosed that the second unclear submarine. the USS Sea Wolf progressing on new atomic engines is nearlv completed, and work is ~ for submarines, aircraft’ carriers, and alrcratt. Reported “notable progress” in the field of nuclear power reactors, with industry ready to spend 210 million dollars on atomic power plants “to-whieh the government will make no financial contribution.” Noted “enthusiastic and widening support” of President Eisenhower’s atoms-for-peacie program "abroad and at home.” This coun(Continued on Page Five) INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy with occasional showers and thundershowers north portion, partly cloudy ~ pnd wa-vn with chance of a few scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight upper 60s north to near 70 south High Wednesday 70s north to upper 80s south. Sunset 7:59 p.m., sunrise Wednesday 9:44 «.m.

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Assails Secrecy On Congressional Trips Charges Extent Os Trips Kept Secret WASHINGTON (UP) — Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R-Mich.) today charged that both the Pentagon and congress are trying to keep secret the extent of congressional overseas Junkets made at taxpayer expense. Hoffman said the defense department has failed to make good on its promise nine months ago to give h’m a complete record of which congressmen and senators and their wives made trips during 1955, which was a record globetrotting season And now. Hoffman told a reporter, .even congressional sources won’t give him the information. “Congress itself is refusing ipformation to one of its members”, he said. The .defense department has given a report to chairman Omar Bur-, leson (D-Tex.) of the house administration committee which is supposed to keep tabs on congression- | Burleson refused » United Press request for the report several weeks ago on the grounds that it would present an “unfair" picture of congressional travel. Records on whaU congressional junkets cost have Jong been withheld from reporters. Hoffman said today that he wrote Burleson on July 11 and again on July 19 for a copy of the report. In each-case, he said, Burleson’s committee staff replied-that the request would be called to Burleson’s attention when he returns from Texas. Hoffman said that as ranking Republican member o fthe house government -operations committee he is entitled to the information. “They want to keep the stuff from coming out,” Hoffman.said. Hoffman, a long-time economy advocate, said “we should have economy in the legislative as well as the executive branch.”' Hoffman would become chairman of the investigating committee it the Republicans win control of the house next year. In that event he said he would see to it that congress puts “its own house in order.” Hodge Is Linked To Reputed Racketeers Grand Jury Studies Evidence On Epping SPRINGFIELD (UP) — State’s Atty. George P. Coutrakon said today he doubted that a grand Jury will be able to return indictments this week against Edward A. Epping, a key figure in the million dollar Hodge scandal. Coutrakon made the statement as the grand jury reconvened in the case and as state investigators turned up evidence linking exjiate auditor Orville E. Hodge to reputed downstate racketeers. Coutrakon said he doubted that the grand jury would be ready to act today on 46 prepared indictments charging Epping with embezzlement, forgery and confidence game tactics in connection with $637,000 in state checks. After today, COurtakon said, there will be no judge available to take the grand jury’s report unless he can make special arrangements for a judge to be present hsre. \ . Circuit Judge DeWitt S. Crow, of Springfield, is on vacation until mid-August. Judge Clem Smith, of Carrollton, who is sitting here today, may not be able to return again this week, Coutrakon said. Coutrakon said he probably would recede the grand Jury after (Continued ®n Page I'W*)

Report Burma Is Invaded By Chinese Reds' Several Hundred Communist Troops Reported In Burma RANGOON, Burma (UP) — Several handled Chinese Communist troops were reported today to have invaded and occupied Burmese territory along 500 miles of the northeastern frontier. The mountainous frontier has been only vaguely mapped for many years and has been the subject of years-long disputes between the two countries. Premier U Ba Swe called a meeting of bis cabinet and the chiefs of the armed services for urgent consultation on the "grave situation resulting from this flagrant violation." The "invasion” of Burma ranges from Putao southwards to Kulong terry on the Salween river. A Burmese spokesman accused the Chinese Communists of blandly ignoring the “five principles of coexistence” which form the basis of friendly .relations between the two governments.’ Burmese sources said the Chinese troops were strung out on a wide arc in the eastern frontier states of Kachin and Wa and penetrated up to 60 miles of Burmese territory. A government source said the Chinese Communists used the pretext that th eborder had not been formally marked. Burmese sources said there was every indication the Chinese planned “permanent occupation” of the territory. There were no reports of fighting. ’ Tokyo wspetefes said news of a Red Chinese invasion of Burma shook Asia six years after the Red invasion of the Republic of Korea. There was speculation the SEATO powers would go to Burma’s aid If asked. Burma is a neutralist nation and is not a member of the SEATO organization but the SEATO powers are interested in maintaining peace throughout the entire area. Members are the United States, Britain. Australia France. New Zealand, Pakistan Philippines and Thailand. Tokyo political observers said the aggressive military move by the Chinese Communist troops was sure to be a blow to Peiping’s prestige in the socalled "neutralist” nations of Asia. First news of the Chinese move indicated the Red troops were following a well-planned "invasion” schedule in moving into the remote and not completely mapped territory. Asserts Navy Ready For Nuclear Attack Naval Staff Chief Gives Testimony WASHINGTON (UP)—Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, chief of naval operations, maintains that in event of a surprise nuclear attack U. S. naval air power alone “may be sufficiently undamaged” to launch a powerful retaliation. Burke said in recent testimony before a congressional committee the navy. "has no desire to preempt” the strategic role of the air force. But he said the navy is “readv and willing to contribute” to a strategic— o’ long-range bomb-ing-attack if called on to do so. ’“lf a general war should start with a surprise atomic attack, naval forces operating well dispersed at sea w'll play an important part in the immediate retaliation,” he said "After the first blows on the principal stationary targets are struck by both sides, our mobile, far-ranging navy alone may remain sufficiently undamaged to carry forward a continuing powerful attack” Burke outlined the role and capabilities of naval air power in secret testimnoy before a senate armed services subcommittee invest!•gating whethe-.the United States is losing air supremacy to Russia. A transcript of his testimony, censored by the defense department, was released Monday night. Burke made claims for naval air power that would be challenged by air force advocates. He said: Navy -.hirs "are more resistant to nuclear damage than most types of stationary above-ground installations. Our new ships will be even more damage resistant.” "Carrier • basod naval air strlk(Continued on Page Eight)

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British Order Certain Naval Moves On Suez Egypt Promises No Interference With Traffic In Canal LONDON (UP) — The BritisM admiralty ordered "certain naval moves” in the Suez crisis today. Egypt, meanwhile, sent diplomatic notes to all nations today promising not to interfere'-with Suez The notes affirmed that Egypt would obey the terms of the 1888 treaty of Constantinople, which declared that all ships — including warships— are entitled to use the canal in war and peace. X.. At the same time, Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden cancelled plans to start his summer vacadon this Friday and called in Sir Gerald Templer, chief of the Imperial general Staff. In a one-sentence announcement the. admiralty gave iiv dication of what moves were ordered. A spokesman told United Press only that the moves were connected with the Middle East. 1 Diplomats believed the moves involved * buildup Os British navitl bt rebirth In the Sues end of the Mediterranean Sea. Shortly before the admiralty announcement, however, the official foreign office spokesman made it plain that Britain was contemplating no action against three Egyptian destroyers now in British ports—two at Portsmouth and one at Malta. He said there were no plans to “frustrate the movement" of the vessels, dshich Britain sold to Egypt last year. The admiralty announcement of “certain naval moves” was not a surprise. It came after five days of nearly continuous conferences by the British service chiefs, which started when Egypt seized the Canal last Thursday. Observers said a naval in the Suez area would oe an obvious prelude to a formal declaration to Egyptian “President Gamal Abdel Nasser that the Western powers are determined to see that the canal is kept open (Continued on Page Eight) ■ ■■■ , . 1 • ’ Annual Pel Parade Here On August 8 Will Award Prizes At Parade Aug. 8 Plans are being completed for the annual pel parade which will be held on the business district streets of Decatur Wednesday morning, Aug. 8. Participants will be asked to be at the jail yard at 9:30 a. m. with an entry blank which will be published in this newspaper later this week. _, , Prizes will be awarded in the following classifications: smallest pct, largest pet, best trick dog, best decorated vehicle and pet, best dressed dog, best dressed cat, pet with longest ears, pet with longest tail and most unusual pet. All youngsters of the area are incited to enter their pet. Following the parade free ice cream will be distributed in front of the Elks home. The ice cream will be donated through the courtesy of Lofton Rich of the Ideal Dairy, W. A. Klepper of Sealtest ice Cream, and Victor Porter of Center Ice Cream. Free balloons will also be given to the children. Judging will be done at the jail ' yard before the parade. Each participant is reminded that the entry blanks will be required by the judges on the morning of the parade. In the event of rain, the parade will take place Thursday morning, Aug. 9, at the same time. ■ The committee in charge of arrangements for the parade .in- , eludes Steve Everhart, Dike Bddlaman, Arthur Burris and Carl l Braun. Sr ' ’’

12 Persons Die In Nursing Home Fire Missouri Nursing Home Is Destroyed t PUXICO, Mo. (UP) — Twelve persons. Including nine between the ages of 72 and 91, burned to death Monday night when Are swept a tbree-story frame nursing home here. One parent, Mrs. Sherry Fredericks, Poplar Bluff, was rescued by a minister and a service station operator. The dead included the operator, of the home, Mrs. Bertha Regan, 55: her 7 year-old grandson, David Johnson, and Lois Rodgers. 30, an invalid who hed entered the home as a patient a few hours before the disaster. The other dead were elderly patients. Mrs. Fredericks was unable to walk and Was carried out a sec-ond-story window by the Rev. R. S Ragsdell. a Methodist minister and Jack Hardy, a filling station ojibrator who saw the’'flames and rushed to the home. x ri . the perfgftf in the house apparently had no chance to escape. He said the flames “shot all ovdr at one time.” ■All equipment of the local volunteer firs department fire trucks from communities as fat.as Poplar Bluff 85 miles away. helped keep the flames from spreading to other buildings. Stoddard county coroner Ray Rainey impaneled a coroner’s jury on the spot to view the bodies at the fune r a! home. Rainey said the inquest would be held later. Cause of the fire wasn’t known, but is was roaring out of control when firemen arrived. Puxico is a town of les? than 1,000 persons near the Missouri “bootheel” in ihe southeast corner of the state near the Tennessee and Arkansas- borders. The dead included Tom GA rd. 83, and Mrs. Paralee Dugger. 85, both of Fisk, Mo.; Mrs. Harriet Shaffer. 88, Malden, Mo.; James F. Stringfellow. 73, and Mrs. Rosa - (Continued on Page Five) 105 Pints Os Blood Given Here Monday Only Five Short Os Announced Quota A total of 105 pints of blood was collected during Monday’s visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile in Decatur. The amount is only five short of the quota set. * Six persons joined the one gallon donor club and three brought their total of blood donated to two gallons. The new cne-gallon donors are Raymond C. Edwards, Joseph Trentaduo. Mrs. Cloyce Crozier, Lloyd Sheets. Two gallon donors Paul Hilyard, Arthur W. Lenz and Mann and Karl Hilty. ” . are Thurman Baker, Wilson J.* Monday’s visit also brought out several naw donors, persons who have never given blood before. They included Howard E. Habegger, Eugene Vetter, Kathryn Yoder, Thtflma Hakes, Robert Meyers, Paul Hilyard,* Mrs. Merle Affolder, Marian Andrews, Roy Stucky, Mrs. Mrs. Simeon Hain, Carolie Nebson, Gretchen Zintsmaster, Karl Scare. Carol Kilver, Wayne Flora. James Merriman and Eva Lenhart. Mrs. Ed Bauer, county chairman of the hlood program, today expressed her appreciation to the new donors; to the police who assisted with parking the mobile unit: to the doctors, nurses and Red Cross volunteers who assisted with the work of scheduling donors and collecting the )>lOod, and to the men who assisted in' loading and~ unloading the mobile unit. She expressed special gratitude to all of the prospective donors who presented themselves at the American Legion home and made it possible to come so near the quota during a time when blood is more difficult to collect.,

Stassen Gives Challenge To Party Leaders Qump-Nixon Drive Renewed; Leave Os Absence Is Granted WASHINGTON (UP) -‘-Harold E. Stagsen today renewed his uump-NiXon drive with a challenge to Republican party leaders to “punish tne if you wish.” Speaking out for the first time since he was given a four-week leave of absence from President Eisenhower's cabinet, Stassen said he had “expected” to bring down the wrath of the GOP organization leaders on his head when he set out to disrupt their “welllaid plans for a cut and dried convention.” He said he is ready to accept political “punishment,” but he will keep on warning his party that Vice President Richard M. Nixon's name "will detract millions iff. vom” ‘from the ‘GOP ®ket this fall. In a speech prepared for delivery before the National Press Club. Stassen said that in all the 'barrage iof high level criticism” which - fellow Republicans have fired at him, “no one has denied" his basic premise that Nixon would be a liability to the ticket if renominated as President Eisenhower’s running mate. Neither, said Stassen, has any , GOP leader denied that Stassen’s choice for vice president, Gov. Christian A". Herter of Massachusetts, is “a man of greater experience and proven ability.’’ Unlike Nixon, he said, Herter is “not a controversial figure and will not detract” from President Eisenhower’s “very broad popularity.” The White House said Stassen’s speech was not submitted to President Eisenhower in advance for approval. Stassen Monday asked, and was granted, a four-week leave of absence without pay from his post as President Eisenhower’s disarmament ' adviser. The leave begins (Cnntlaaek oi Pace Bight) Annual County 4-H Fair Opened Today Parade Tonight Is Opening Highlight The annual Adams county 4-H fair opened today at the 4-H fairgrounds at Monroe for three days of judging and exhibits. Highlight of today's activities will be the grand parade to be staged at 7:15 o'clock. The 4-H brass band, led by Darrell Gehrig, will marrii at the head, and prizes will be awarded to the best decorated float, and also to the best march- 1 ing unit The parade will originate J from tha fairgrounds and will ( march through the downtown Mon- ’ roe area. The dieplays and exhibits are the ' results of projects studied by the 4-H’ers during the past year. Projects entered include home im- . provement, health, handicraft, food ' preservation, food preparation, ( clothing, baking, gardening, demonstrations electricity, farming, cat- . tie, and wildlife and soil conservation, forestry, beer and entomology. | Various activities are planned for the next three days of demonstrat- j ed 4-H achievement, including a ] dress revue to be held Thursday , evening at 7:30, a rabbit show, a poultry show, a pig show, a dairy ( show, and ?. beef calf show. Also established on the fair grounds will boa first aid stand, sponsored by the. Adams county , Red Cross office, a rural youth tent, , a pet and hobby club exhibit, and j a food tent. Immediately following tonigtrt'a parade will be entertainment by ( the Adams county -entertainment , festival.

Dies Toddy I Archbishop Nell Bishop Noll Is Dead After Long Illness* Head Os Fort Wayne Diocese Dies After Extended Illness FORT WAYNE (UP) — Archbishop John Francis Noll, 81, head of the Fort Wayne diocese of the Roman Catholic church and one of the founders of the Legion of Decency which fought obscenities in moving pictures, died today after a two-year illness Archbishop Noll died at 9:15 a.m. CDT in his home with the Most Rev. Leo Pursley, apostolic administrator of the diocese, at his bedside. Archbishop oil was elevated to the high rark in the Roman Catholic hierarchy in 1953. He was bishop of Fort Wayne since May. 1925. ; In 1912, he founded-at Huntington, Ind., a national Cathlic weekly “Our Sunday Visitors”, known as _ the Catholic paper with the. largest circulation in the world. It is distributed at the door of thousands of churches in every state. He helped found the Legion of Decency, which monitored Hollywood productions and sought to purity the movies. The legion was organized by Catholics, but Archbishop Noll once said the church “did not take the initiative in forming it.” “The representatives of the motion picture producers . . . gave the reason why they wanted the Catholic church to form this organization,” be said, “namely, the Catholics, being more than 80 per cent urban, live where the large motion picture houses exist and are their best patrons.’* Archbishop Noll was born in Fort Wayne Jan. 25, 1875, the son of John G. Noll, a Fort Wayne native of London. ’ He attended a parish school and entered St. Lawrence College. Mount Calvary, Wis., and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Cincinnati. He was ordained as a priest in 1898. After serving as an assistant at Elkhart and Logansport: for less than a year, he was made pastor of Ligonier, with Kendallville, toil* > lersburg, Albion and Romer City as missions. ‘ , f ’• ; In February, 1909; he transferred his residence- to Kendallville and became its first resident pastor. In 1902, he was transferred to a pgrrish at Besancon, Allen county, and in 1906 to Hartford City. Archbishop Noll was promoted to St. Mary’s parish in -Huntington in 1910 and was made a demestic predate in 1921. . — ' While at Besancon. Archbishop Noll began a literary career. He wrote “Kind Words From Your Pastor," a treatise which was printed in more than 25 editions. • “Our Sunday Visitor” was founded at Hunting, ton in 1912 and withftt two years attained tbe largest cir(Conunuea on Page rive)

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Joins British And French In Urgent Parley Eisenhower Orders Secretary Os State Into Consultations WASHINGTON (UP)—Secretary of state John Foster Dulles .left by plane for London today to Join British and French leaders in urgent consulations on the Suez Canal crisis. President Eisenhower dispatched Dulles on the sudden trip after a 90-minute White House conference on the Sueg situation. Dulles said he had had “no plan” to make the trip before this morning. The secretary of state refused to say whether he carried any special proposal for coping with Egypt’s seizure of the canal. Deputy undersecretary of state Robert Murphy is already in London conferring with British and French leaders ffii possible*Western moves to counter Egypt’s nationalisation of the vital waterway. Dulles went into conference with Mr. Eisenhower 19 minutes aftet the President returned from a weekend at--his Gettysburg, Pa,, farm. After the meeting, the White House issued this statement: “In view of the importance of the matters being discussed in London between foreign ministers Selwyn Lloyd and Christian Pineau, the 'President has asked secretary Dulles personally to take part in the concluding period of their talks, in which the United States also is represented by the Deputy undersecretary of state (Robert Murphy).” Lloyd is Britain’s foreign secretary and Pineau is French foreign minister. Dulles shrugged off all questions by newsmen as he left the White House by a side exit. He said only that the meeting was concerned with the new Middle East situation resulting from Egypt’s nationalization of the vital canal. Asked if he felt the crisis was serious, Dulles replied that “I .would rather not comment on it.” The President flew to Washington this morning in his light Aero Commander plane, after a weekend at his Gettysburg, Pr., farm. He landed at Washington National Airport at 9:03 a.m. CST. The President arrived at his farm Saturday for a quiet weekend that turned out to be far from it • Both the international turmoil created by Egypt’s seizure of the Suez Cannal and Stassen’s drive to give 'Massachusetts Gov. Christian A. Herter the GOP vice presidential nomination intruded. The President and government officials in the Capitol kept in contact by telephone over developments in the Suez crisis. Stassen flew up tof'a 20-minute meeting with the chief executive Monday to ask for his four-week leave to pursue his “Dump Nixon” campaign. The President granted the leave. But despite the interruptions of official and political business,- Mr.” Eisenhower did Jiave a chance to (OontjnuM on rage Si) Brown Is Reelected As ASC Chairman Oscar Brown of Kirkland township was re-elected county chairman of the Adams county agricultural stabilisation conservation committee at a meeting of township committees this morning at -the county A.S.C. office in Decatur.’ Others elected to serve on ttfe county committee for the coming year were Victor Badtzell Os Washington township, vice-chairman: .Burl Johnson of St. Mary's township, member; Victor Bleeke of Unioa township, first alternate, sad Richard Miller of Preble township, second alternate.