Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1956 — Page 1

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FBOBE HODGE CASE AGAIN II I Ft IF.War ■tn. v MH I MAPLE T. HARL (left), director on board of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, and Eugene R. Cover, Chicago chief of F.D.I.C. testify before senate banking committee, investigating million-dollar embezzlement by ex-Illinois auditor Orville E. Hodge. Both men insisted that federal examinations were not of the type that could uncover such a swindle.

Secy. Dulles Urges Patience In Suez Crisis Believes Egypt To Accept Obligations Os Interdependence WASHINGTON (UP) — Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said today he believes Egypt eventually will accept “the obligations of interdependence” if the West exercises patience in the Suez Canal controversy. The secretary said at a news conference he thinks this will happen provided the Western powers retrain from drastic action—such as shooting their way through the canal. If "Egypt does not come to nalize it must accept "obligations of interdependence,” the upshot, Dulles said, will be that confidence in Egypt will be destroyed and its foreign sources of credit will dry up, The United Nations security council takes up the Suez issue later today. In a prepared statement at his news conference Dulles said it is “understandable” that Egypt, which only recently became Independent, should be sensitive on “matters of sovereignty.” He said this must be respected. “But,” Dulles added, "we need not feel frustrated because, if we are patient, yet persistent and resourceful, there is a good chance that Egypt will come freely to recognize the Importance of working with, not working against, the many important countries which use the canal and which want good relations with Egypt.” ; "We believe.” Dulles added, “that the proceedings today being begun in the United Nations security council will help to bring about the Just solution called for by the first article of the U. N. charter.” U. S. officials said earlier that this country is ready to put into effect within a week plans for bypassing the canal if Egypt closes it. Auto Is Wedgedin Pedestrian Bridge CHICAGO (UP) — Philip M. Doyle, 21. told a traffic court judge he tried to drive his car across a pedestrian bridge Tuesday “to see if I could make it.” The Judge learned from police that the car still was wedged tightly in the bridge. He sentence Doyle to five days in Jail for drunken driving and fined him $lO for driving on a sidewalk. Nicaraguan Leader Slightly Improved BALBOB, Canal Zone (UP) — American medical authorities reported Tuesday slight but continued improvement in the condition of Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza. Sonloza was seriously wounded Friday in an attempted assassination. Somoza’s daughter, M rs - Lillian Somoza de Sevilla Sacasa flew in from Washington Tuesday to join her mother. INDIANA WEATHER Fair thia afternoon, tonight and Thursday. Little change in temperatures. Low tonight 4753. High Thursday 78-85. Sunset 6:36 p,m., eunrlee Thuredey 6:38 a.m.

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Senator Kefauver In Indiana Today Hoosiers Will Hear Stevenson Friday INDIANAPOLIS (UP) —The Indiana Democratic party’s efforts to parlay its 1955 mayoralty victories into a statewide ballotbox triumph in November moved into high gear today with the aid of the national ticket nominees. Sen. Estes Kefauver, ruining for vice president; spends three hours in Indianapolis late this afternoon and makes a major speech at Anderson tonight at a Madison county party rally featuring barbecued chicken. Kefauver's visit touched off a big week of campaigning for the Democrats in Hoosierland. On Friday, Adlai Stevenson makes his first 1956 campaign appearance in Indiana. .Stevenson will speak from Monument Circle in the heart of downtown Indianapolis at noon Friday in a re-run, with a different cast of characters, of a lunch-hour appearance by Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the Republicans on Sept. IS. Kefauver flies to the Hoosier capital in midafternoon. He will make several brief appearances at schools and parks in Marion county and stop at a United Auto Workers union hall before heading by automobiles for Anderson. At Anderson, Kefauver will be greeted by most top-drawer Democratic party leaders and candidates, many of whom will spend the day wending their way over a 44-mile railroad route on a train billed as the “Wickard Farm Special." The “Farm Special" was designed to further the candidacy of former agriculture secretary Claude R. Wickard, who is battling Sen. Homer E. Capehart for Capehart’s seat in the senate. Starting at Lebanon this morning, the train chugged across croplands in Boone, Hamilton and Madison counties enroute to join Kefauver at Anderson. Every few miles, the train stopped at towns and crossorads villages and Wickard and other state, congressional and cbunty candidates made speeches from an observation car at the rear. (Continued on Page Rive) Funeral Thursday For B. Fay Roller Former Decatur Man Died Monday Night Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the C. B. Miller and Son funeral home in Spencerville, 0., for B. Fay Roller, 61, Van Wert, 0., attorney and former Decatur resident, who died Monday night at his home near Mendon, 0., after a long illness. Death resulted from a heart ailment. For the last 20 years, Roller had practiced law at Van Wert and prior to that time he practiced law in Decatur. He was born in Willshire, O. and was a veteran of World War I. He was a member of several Ohio bar associations, the Elks and Moose lodges and the American Legion. His wife, Mrs. Frances Roller, survives. Services will be conducted by Rev. Peter Weaver of Spencerville at the funeral home and burial will be in the Wright cemetery near Converse, Ohio. Friends may call at the Spencerville funeral home until time of the services. >.

One-Day Drive For Purchasing Industrial Site Goal Os $42,500 For Next Tuesday Drive In Decatur A financial drive of one day’s duration to raise funds for the purchase of property for an industrial site was announced today following a meeting of committee chairmen Tuesday night at the Chamber of Commerce offices. The day for the drive has been set for next Tuesday. _ A goal of $42,500, the remainder due on the purchase of the Scheiman property on south Thirteenth street, was set by the committee, although it was hoped to raise additional sums for promotional purposes if possible. A plan for the drive was outlined by Fred Haugk, chairman, and Clark Smith, member of the general financial committee. The business houses, industries, firms and other interested parties have been divided into groups aid goals set for each group. It Is planned to serve coffee and doughnuts to the group next Tuesday at 7:30 a. m.. Following this the cards will be distributed at an 8 a. m. meeting and it is * hoped that most of the prospec--1 tive donors can be contacted withr in the next two or three hours. The committees are: I Taverns and restaurants: An--1 drew Appelman and Cletus Miller, co-chairmen; Al Geimer, Robert I Mutschler. Dick Wertzberger and ! George Tricker, members. Doctors: Dr. Harold Zwick, l chairman; Dr. James Burk and 1 Dr. John Terveer, members. Retail merchants: Cliff Brewer and Ferris Bower, co-chairmen; 1 Louis Jacobs, Robert Heller, Rich- > ard Ehinger,, Morris Begun, Dale 1 Morrissey, Hubert Schmitt, Jr., ’ Frank Lybarger, David Kaye, “ George Thomas. Ivan Stucky, Harold Mumma, Earl Caston, Lyle - M alienee, Robert” Tracy,' Carl ■ Mies, JbSse Sutton, Harry James, 1 Elmo Smith, Robert Lane. Ralph t Habegger, James Kane, Lawrence r Anspaugh, Paul Edwards, Roy t Stewart, William Schulte, William * Lose, Art Heimann, Barney Brooks, Jay Markley, Kay Alberf son. William Gass- and Evelyn 1 Kingsley, members. * Non-mercantile business: Char- ‘ les Ehinger and Dick Heller, co- * chairmen; undertakers: Dick ■ Linn, chairman; veterinarians: * Dr. R. E. Allison, chairman; mo- > tels and florists: Tom Lutes. ’ chairman; Otto Beehler and Nor- ■ man Guard, members. 1 Insurance agencies: Carl Braun, chairman; Leland Smith, Harold 1 Niblick and Jack Gordon, mem--1 hers. Food markets: Fred Foos and ■ Don Stover, co-chairmen; Carl ’ Gerber, Harmon Kraft, Charles (Continued on Page Bight) t ' J' ?- j"' 1 ■- ~ 150 Potato Farmers Wives In Protest Demand Increases in Potato Prices. WASHINGTON (UP) — The agriculture department today had a hot potato protest on its doorstep left by more than 150 angry wives of potato farmers. The farm women equipped with pillows and blankets drove up in buses Tuesday, threatening to camp in front of the department until ft meets their demands for moves to boost potato prices. The women apparently were unimpressed by a plea from department officials to give a current federal potato program a chance to work. One of the- women—Mrs. Helen Grazybowski of Bridgehampton, N.Y. — said the present program is “for the birds.” But after the sun went down and the evening became chilly, the women drove away in their buses —at feast until morning. The potato contingent included farm wives from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. They arrived with signs declaring that “picket lines are better than bread lines.” Asst, secretary of agriculture Earl Butz sought to placate the group at a meeting in the department auditorium by pointing to the new potato diversion program announced by the department last Friday. This program is aimed at boosting potato prices by diverting lowgrade spuds off the market. Potato ■growers will be paid by the government to put inferior spuds into starch and feed.

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Ike Accuses Democrats Os I Farm Politics Full Income Parity Outlined In Speech At Peoria Tuesday i PEORIA, 111. (UP) —President > Eisenhower Tuesday night accused the Democrats of “politick- ; ing” with farm problems and outI lined a Republican policy of “full i income parity” which he said . would bring the best agricultural . economic situation “in years.” Mr. Eisenhower's talk before 10,000 persois at the Bradley Uni- . versity fieldhouse, his second in , the Midwest grain belt in five t days, bristled with the sharpest [ criticism of Democrats the President has made publicly since his , 1952 campaign. I Illinois Republican leaders, hailed the televised address as • "straightforward.” The President flew to Peoria from Washington - and returned to the capital imme. > diately after speaking. , "Full income parity is a full , share of our country's good , times,” Mr. Eisenhower said. ? “In a free agriculture, farmers I attain that kind of parity only ip , the market place. That’s what I i spoke for at Kasson four years s ago — the attainment of that full r share for the farmer —the preser--1 ration of a free agriculture. „ > “That’s what I’ve been working -for. I shall keep on working for t it,” he said. > His “Kasson” reference was to . his 1952 campaign speech at Kas- - son, Minn., when, advocating a t Yair share of the national income : for the farmer, he said “a fair - share is not merely 90 percent , of parity—it is full parity.” Later, he and other Republicans said he meant full, or 100 percent , parity, “in the marketplace.” Rel ’publicans said reduction of sur- . pluses by the government would improve the farmers’ position at [ market. I The President accused the Dem-i i ocrats of forcing down farm prices during the Korean war, saying this took “rare talent.” He also blamed them for building great surpluses by “politicking at the farmers’ expense.” Cheered frequently by the crowd, the President said rigid price supports at 90 percent of fixed parity represented “mockery and deceit” for the farmer. He said the decline in farm prices after Wgrld War II stemmed from “political expediency" of the- Democrats; that their program was run by “synthetic farmers behind Washington (Continued on Page Five) Mrs. Geo. Massonne Dies This Morning Funeral Services On Friday Morning Mrs. Grace Massonne, 66, of Decatur, died at 2 o’clock this morning at a Richmond hospital following an illness of five years. She was born in Hartford City, Oct. 10, 1890, a daughter of William and Irene Stump-Foreman, and had lived in Decatur for the past 28 years. Her husband, George Massonne. died in 1950. _ Mrs. Massonne was a member of the Decatur Missionary church. Surviving are a son, William C. Felton of Decatur: one daughter, Mrs. Howard Wolfe of Muncie; nine grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren, and one brother, Harold Worlley of Hartford City. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. Gerald Gerig officiating. Burial will be in the Jefferson cemetery near Upland. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 pm- Thursday until time of the services. »

Russia Turns U. S. Plan To Boomerang Maneuver Concerns State Department WASHINGTON (UP) — Russia has turned a U. S. proposal for controlling atoms-for-peace programs into a possible boomerang against the United States, diplomatic sources disclosed today. The state department was reported concerned that the Soviet maneuver will damage the good—will generated by President Eisenhower’s global plan for putting atomic energy to peaceful uses. The American proposal was put forward in mid-August but has never been made public. Under it, Russia -and the United States would agree on safeguards to guarantee that the nuclear material each is supplying to its foreign friends will not be diverted to military production. The United States is supplying nuclear material to nations under 39 bi — lateral atoms-for-peace agreements. The program is designed to help friendly nations establish their own atomic industries. Russia has a similar program of helping Iron Curtain nations. Diplomata said the United States sent Russia a note about Aug. 16 saying that special steps are needed to make sure the recipient nations do not sneak the nuclear material into weapons production. Russia replied to the American note in a memorandum delivered here Monday. Soviet counselor Sergej Striganov said the memo dealt with peaceful uses of atomic energy but refused to divulge its contents Diplomatic sources disclosed, however, that Russia said she agreed nuclear material should be kept out of military production. But the Soviets were reports to have indicated no special safeguards were needed because they trusted the nations receiving atomic material under the atoms-for-peace programs to live up to their words and use the material only for peaceful purposes. The United States is worried that when the diplomatic exchange is made public Russia will have made it appear that the United States does not trust other nations as the Soviet Union does. This could cut into the goodwill the United States has been building through Mr. Eisenhower’s atoms-of-peace program. Hold Sunday School Parade On Saturday Annual Parade Is Slated In Decatur Decatur’s annual Sunday school parade will be held through the city’s businses district at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The parade will form at the county jail yard and the line of march will start at Five Points, move north on Second stret to Jackson, east to First, north to Marshall, west to Second, and return south on Second street to Five Points. The annual parade, sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur, is held to publicize the work of the Decatur -churches and encourage every one to attend the church of his choice. All churches of the city are invited to participate. This year's theme will emphasize rally day attendance, with many of the churches holding rally day services gunday. The committee in charge of the parade consists of Leonard Soiiday, First Methodist church, and Clifford Hoverman, Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Ail churches planning to participate are asked to notify one of these men not later than Friday. The parade will be formed at' 1:80 o’clock, with the event scheduled at 2 k’clock. o . .

Stevenson In Answer To Ike On Farm Issue Stevenson Scores Administration Os Soil Bank Program JACKSONVILLE. Fla. (tfr) — • Adlai E. Stevenson fired back at • President Eisenhower on the farm > issue today charging there has • been “loose administration” on the ■ soil bank. ’ The Democratic presidential • nominee questioned whether the ’ Republicans are “playing politics” ’ with the soil bank plan, in a speech prepared for delivery in Jackson- ’ Stevenson’s reply to Eisenhower ville. „ followed his attack on the admin- ‘ istration Tuesday night in Miami on the ground that it “chose to appease” Juan Peron, former die- ’ tator of Argentina. He charged that a member of the President's family “assumed special, if informal, responsibility for our relationships with Argentina” and the United States kept an ambassador in Buenos Aires because Peron “liked him.” Stevenson did not give names, but personal agstetant Roger Tubby identified the" family member as Dr. Milton Eisenhower, the President’s brother, and the am--1 bassador as Albert Nufer. • Replying to Mr. Elsenhower’s farm policy speech at Peoria, 111., I Tuesday night, Stevenson said it ' was “noteworthy” for some of its “omissions.” “He proposed no new program ■ for agriculture,” Stevenson said. ’ “He didn’t even mention his sec- ’ retary of agriculture. Does he ' really think he can keep Ezra Ben- ' son secret till November?” ’ Stevenson noted that the President accused Democrats of “playing politics” with, the soil bank ’ plan. The Democratic candidate said he would “remind” the President that Benson had “opposetf the whole idea—until this election , year.” ■ “And is it possible that the President has not heard about the loose administration of the soil bank to pour mopey into the farm belt before eletftion? 4 Stevenson asked. “Or does the President deny that this is playing politics, and with huge sums of the taxpayers’ money?” he said. “It is no secret that the man(Contlntred on ‘Page Five) Heimann Farm Home Is Damaged By Fire Farm Residence Is Damaged Tuesday The second floor of the Ed Heimann home on Decatur route four was badly damaged by fire, smoke and water Tuesday afternoon. The Decatur fire department, called shortly after 12:30 p.m. when the fire was discovered, worked for about two and a half hours to put it out. The fire started In a closet. It completely ruined the clothes stored in the closet and then spread into the bedroom, causing complete damage to that room. The fire also, burned a hole tn the roof of the house. Further damage was caused throughout the upstairs by the water and smoke. The cause of the fire was not determined but' fire chief Cedric Fisher indicated that it might possibly have started in electrical wiring or by matches in the pocket of one of the garments hanging in the closet. None of the Heimann family was injured. Mr. and Mrs. Heimann have five children and the family is being assisted by relatives until the house can be repaired. Mrs. Heimann is the daughter of Frank R. Braun, who died recently.

Milton Eisenhower Defended By Dulles U. S. Relations With Peron Also Defended (UP) — Secretary or state John Poster Dulles today strongly defended President Eisenhower’s brother against Adlai' E. Stevenson’s charges that he placated former dictator Juan Peron of Argentina. Dulles told his news conference that the activities of Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower during a 1953 Latin American mission were highly constructive. At the same time Dulles defended the administration’s overall record on relations with Peron who was ousted as head of the Argentine government and now lives in exile. Stevenson said in a speech in Miami, Fla., Tuesday night that “in Latin America especially,” this country’s foreign policies sometimes have “placated America’s enemies, and advanced their intrigues ...” He cited Peron as a "dlsmhl example” and said a member of President Eisenhower’s “personal family assumed special, if informal, responsibility for our relationships withe Argentina.” The family member was later identified as Milton Eisenhower. ■ miles said Dr. Elsenhower’s re* ’ lations with Latin America had’ ’ been highly constructive and said that he never interfered with state department operations. ’ As for charges the Elsenhower ’ administration appeased Perßn, 1 Dulles made these points: s 1. He said the Peron government in Argentina came into power un--1 der a preceding administration. ■ Dulles added it went out under the Eisenhower administration. ’ 2. He said Peron got loans totaling more than 100 million dollars under the preceding administration. He said it got none under the Eisenhower administration. ‘ 3. Dulles said that Under the ’ previous administration some , American news agencies were denied facilities in Argentina. He said one of the early efforts under (Continued on Page Eight) Moderate Advance Is Urged By Nixon Avoid Extremes On School Segregation EN ROUTE WITH NIXON (UP) —Vice President Richard-M. Nixon said today that “we must have moderate, ’steady, advance in keeping with” the supreme court school segregation decision “but we must avoid extremes on both sides.” Nixon told a news conference at Houston. Tex., that compliance with the controversial decision must, be done not by “revolutionary means but by evolutionary means.' He said “we are not going to solve” the problem of racial discrimination “until a change takes place in basic attitudes — in the hearts of men.” However, the vice president told newsmen, he is “tremendously impressed with what some southern leaders are doing in this field," He also warned that civil rights “must never become a political football.” - 4 tB ■ ’ Nixon said he was feeling much better after a bout with laryngitis and a virus infection and sees no reason why he cannot continue” with the complete schedule of his i 32-state campaign tour. He was ' scheduled for speeches at Spring- ! field, Mo., and Kansas City. Kan., later today. Nixon said he did not mention ' segregation in his first Deep South speech in Houston Tuesday night ' because he wanted to discuss it ! fully in a speech at Louisville, Ky., 1 Thursday. But he answered all questions fired at him by newsmen today. , Nixon’s physician, Dr. Malcolm ' (continued on rage

Arabs Report Heavy Fighting In Retaliation Jordan Source Says 150 Israelis Dead In Counter-Attack JERUSALEM (UP) — Jordans Arab Legion counter-attacked at dawn today against the Israeli army which slashed Into Jordan during the night and killed 50 Jordanians in a retaliatory raid, Arab sources reported. A Jordan military source said Israel lost 150 men in the raid while Jordan’s losses were only 21 defenders. The Arabs reported heavy new fighting soon after an Israeli mill- » tary spokesman announced that Israeli troops avenged a series of Arab Legionnaire attacks by invading Jordan and capturing several frontier positions in hourslong fighting that began at 9 p.m. Israel reported it lost five dead and nine wounded in the first clash. United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold in New fork summoned the Big Four ambassadors and Jordan and Is rael to urgent consultation today en the latest outbreak of border ' fighting. United Nations spokesman Albert Grant reported the Jordanian estimates of casualties in the Israeli attack ranged from 20 to 70 Jordan soldiers killed. Grant said preliminary evidence showed the Israeli forces advanced from three directions on the Jordanian outposts from Batir, Wadi Fukin and Bushan. Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns requested a ceasefire and went to the scene of the outbreak today to help U. N. observers piece together evidence. The Israeli government said the large-scale raid was a lesson to Jordan that attacks on Israel will not be tolerated. Israel pledged border peace if Jordan ceases its attacks, but said.lL could not fait to act in defense of its citizens. Maj. Dan Gov, the chief military spokesman, said the Israeli troops returned to their bases with much booty after overrunning and briefly holding Jordanian positions within sight of the holy city of Jerusalem. He said the Israeli units swept across the frontier midway between Jerusalem and Bethlehem about 9 o’clock Tuesday night, blew up the stone police station at Hussan and besieged and overran several Jordanian army positions. They also destroyed two Jordanian armored cars and overran a company strength 200 men outpost before retiring into Israel, Gov said. - Indications were the attacking Israeli force was at least as large as the battalion of 600 to 1,000 men which carried out a retaliatory raid in the Akaba area early this month, killing some 20 Jordanians. Gov said the raid was in retaliation for Jordanian attacks on Israel Sunday and Monday in which six Israelis were killed. The raid came one day after the United Nations truce team appealed to Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion to halt such retaliatory attacks. Israel said today such pronouncements only encouraged the Arabs. South Bend Boy Is Stricken By Polio SOUTH BEND (UP) — Doctor* reported Tuesday that Donald Barkley. 3-year-old son of the John Barkleys, is suffering from paralytic polio despite the fact he had Salk vaccine inoculations. Donald was admitted to Northern Indiana children’s hospital Sept. 14. Doctors said he had Salk shot last February and June.

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