Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1957 — Page 1

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ALIEN SCOUT HIDES IDENTITY Hm ■■- ■■-.-6 i..;• .■» kPm if; ’ 1 . "v w ir i <’ FjjjN IN TUB CEREMONY at New York surrounding presentation of special citations to the U. S. Boy Scout movement in observance of the Jubilee Year of World Scouting, a lone, 17-year-01d Scout, a former freedom tighter in his native Hungary participated wearing a mask. youth, who masked his identity to prevent reprisals against hi« family still in Hungary, listens attentively as Lord Rowallan (right , chief Scout of the British Empire, makes his presentation address at a Dawn Breakfast. 90th Indiana legislature Opens Today

INDIANAPOLIS W - The 90th session of the Indiana Legislature opened with all except one of its 149 members answering roll call. Sen. John W. VanNess of Valparaiso and Rep. George S. Diner of Indianapolis were reelected to the chief posts of leadership, Van Ness as president pro tern of the Senate and Diener as speaker of the House. Both are Republicans. The only lawmaker absent was Rep. John W. Brentlinger, Terre Haute Democrat, who suffered a heart attack about a week ago and’is in a hospital. ... . Most northern Indiana legislators arrived Wtrly for the Session and thereby escaped having to slide over roads packed with ice and snow from a fan ranging in depth up to nine Inches. Money matters were the big issue as-the session opened for a 61-day run. How to cut a record budget or boost state income to meet it was the weightiest problem. VanNess defeated sen. Warren Martin Clarksville Democrat, for the top post in the Senate in a vote which foUowed party lines. Diener defeated Rep. James Hunter, Lake County, on similar lines. The House was gaveled to order at 11:06 a. m. CDT, and four minutes later the Senate came to order. ■ -— In his acceptance speech, Diener warned House members against sponsoring bills calling for appropriations without suggesting ways to finance the expenditures. Ninety-nine representatives and 50 senators gathered in separate chambers on opposite sides of the grey-domed Statehouse for a long drawn-out biennial sesison stretching daily, except for Sundays and most Saturdays, to March 11. Money problems were the biggest issue facing the lawmakers, the majority of whom have haggled and worried over finances in previous sessions of the General Assembly. The budget to run state government from next July 1 to the middle of 1959 stood at a ponderous 790 million dollars, the highest ever, as the presiding officers rapped their gavels shortly before noon signalling the start of the session. Mayor Cole Speaks At Luncheon Monday Mayor Robert D. Cole will speak at the January luncheon meeting of the Industrial division of the Chamber of Commerce Monday noon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. His topic of discussion will be a report on progress made in solving the electrical power supply problem of Decatur. Frank Nagel Named Allen County Sheriff ’ Allen county commissioners Wednesday appointed Frank Nagel, captain of deputies in the Allen county sheriff’s office, as sheriff for the remaining two-year period. Nagel was appointed to succeed sheriff Harold S. Zeis, who has resigned, effective next Monday, to become superintendent of the Indiana state police.

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i ■ Points To Need Os • Polio Funds Here > Financial Report I Given By Chapter 5 A financial report on the Adams » county polio chapter was released " today by Herman Krueckeberg, , chapter treasurer. The report points up the special need for a successful March of Dimes cam- • paign this year. r The chapter, with a cash bali unpaid bills of 91,467.93 for care ; of polio patients stricken in 1956 and another $145 bill for patients . ance of only $163, is faced with ! stricken before 1956. 1 The chapter started 1956 with a > cash balance of $2,279.37. The - 1956 campaign brought in $3,235.90. Other receipts, including a $750 i cash balance from national headr quarters, brought the total 1956 ! fund up to $6,529.05. However, this amount was com--5 pletely exhausted as the result of r the worst polio year in Adams county since 1949. r The financial report shows that - $4,526.35 was spent on patient care > for 14 cases stricken in 1956. In addition, five cases from previous years still required financial aid • totaling $1,802.16. Other disburse- - ments brought the 1956 total up to , $6,366.05. Because of the unpaid bills 1 amounting to $1,612.93, officials of . die Adams county polio chapter . are hopeful for a very successful • 1957 polio fund drive. . The chapter must collect enough, j not only to meet the 1956 bills, but - also to take care of 1957 bills which will arise from the continued care of 1956 cases and any new cases which might require , financial help. I Financial situations such as this can be eliminated now, but only . when the public is educated to . complete acceptance and use of i the now-proven Salk vaccine. The t public education project being i conducted on a year-round basis > by the polio foundation must also > be financed by proceeds from March of Dimes campaigns throughout the country. County chapter officials, with Mrs. Robert Hess of Decatur as county chairman, emphasize the fact that the 1956 cases will continue to need financial aid in the future. Three of the active cases on the chapter rolls are persons ; who were stricken more than three years ago. One is from 1954 and one is from 1955. 1 No actual goal has been set for this year’s drive but it is obvious, according to chapter officers and campaign chairmen, that the need wil far exceed the amount collected last year, less than $3,300. The 1957 March of Dimes drive in Decatur will feature it sfirst formel project Saturday with the sale of miniature blue crutches in the business district. The sale is to be conducted by representatives from the three Decatur Boy* Scout ; troops. All persons of the county are being urged to contribute generously to the March of Dimes (Continued on Pa— Seven) 14 Pages

New Violence Flares In Bus Fight In South Bombs Damage Four Negro Churches And Homes Os Ministers By AL KUETTNER United Press Staff Correspondent Violence erupted in the bus integration movement with a mass bombing that damaged four Negro churches and the homes of two ministers early today in Montgomery, Ala. Police said members of two . families escaped injury from the blasts that hit fronts of the dwellings while they slept Other explosions damaged churches that had been used for integration rallies. The targets of the predawn bombings included two Negro ministers who were attending a southwide conference of Negroes in Atlanta to map plans for spreading their bus integration movement to other cities. They were the Revs. Ralph D. Abernathy, Baptist minister whose home and church were badly damaged, and the Rev. Hugh J. Fields, also a Baptist minister whose church was wrecked by another blast The bombing followed a sixth gun blast which hit a Montgomery bus late Wednesday in the sixth such shooting since the transit line was integrated by court order last month. Fields’ Bell Street Baptist Church was damaged throughout by a blast Just before 5 a.m. CST while hordes of police were already investigating the earlier bombings in another Negro area. Movement Spreads The flareup of the first wholesale bombing in the regton-wide segregation dispute was timed with a spread of the movement to Atlanta, where Negroes were staging their most ambitious plan to integrate buses. A group of Atlanta members planned to defy local bus segregation tews by riding in front sections of trolleys for a second time later today. The test wax toeing MM during -a two-day curiference of Negro leaden who hope to spread their movement to other Southern cities. Alerts National Guard Gov. Marvin Griffin of Georgia alerted the National Guard to put down any “riots, insurrection or breaches of the peace" that might be stirred up by “outside agitators” in Atlanta. The Rev. William Borders, a Baptist minister, denied his ‘love, (Continued oa Page Seven; Zero Temperature Warning In Slate Colder And Clear Weather Forecast By UNITED PRESS Snow up to nine inches deep fell across northern Indiana today and the weatherman warned a cold wave with zero tempratures will blast its way across Hoosierland by tonight. Goshen reported a 9-inch snow. South Bend had 8 inches, Fort Wayne 5 and other northern areas less or in between. There was light snow downstate but not enough to measure. The mercury will drop near zero throughout the state tonight. Even the Evansville area, the state’s southernmost section, was due o get 5 above zero readings. Highways were slippery over the northern half of the state. State police reports shortly after dawn called toe situation “treacherous” in the Dunes Park area, where 6 to 8 inches of snow covered toe couhtryside and packed snow and ice made driving on highways and streets hazardous. Even the Lafayette, Pendleton, Connersville and Putnamville areas in toe state’s midsection had slick roads. But in the south the situation was about normal. The snow still was falling this morning in some areas. But skies were due to clear later today and Friday will. be mostly fair with temperatures ranging from 20 to 25 at high points. It appeared temperatures will moderate Saturday. The icy temperatures actually began sweeping across upstate areas during the night. By 8:30 a.m. CDT, toe mercury had dropped to 8 above at Goshen and South Bend and 15 at Fort Wayne, although its still was in the 20s downstate. The snow followed mist and steady rain in most areas Wednesday, accounting for up to half an inch or more of precipitation. Temperatures hit highs ranging from 33 at Lafayette to 46 at Evansville Wednesday but began dropping late in the day and set (CouanuM an Pace Seven)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 10, 1957

President Eisenhower Calls For New Measure Os LJnited States Unity -■ - - - - - - - — . . . -- . .. ----- - ;

Dean Acheson ' Opposes New Ike Doctrine Terms Middle East Doctrine Hazardous Course For Nation WASHINGTON (UP) — Democratic foftner Secretary of State Dean Acheson opposed President Eisenhower's Middle East doctrine today as “far too hazardous * course even to be hinted at.” Acheson told toe House Foreign Affairs Committee that Mr. Eisenhower’s request for standby authority to use U.S. military force i against any Communist aggression in toe Middle East “sounds perilously like another approach into toe brink.” Acheson, who was former President Truman’s secretary of state, said Mr. Eisenhower's request was "not only unnecessary but unde- , sirable” and toe authority sought was "shadowy and vague.” He said his analysis ot the President’s request and the explanation given by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles convinced him th* effect would be to grant the President power to use atomic warfare if he felt it was necessary. “This is reckless talk.’ AuMhm said. “Vague pfo-axes which gwt that we might sMjxmM to eMr but the moat vital danger by nuclear retaliation carry a vicious risk, whether believed or not believed, and may cause a fatal miscalculation. “There can be no bluff here.” Acheson recommended that Congress refuse Mr. Eisenhower’s request and approve instead a policy declaration supporting the President in his opposition to Soviet intervention. Former President Truman, ottered earlier to submit in writing (Continued oa Pa*o Bix) James Basham Home After Hospital Stay James Basham, Central Soya employe, who has been hospitalized for more than 20 weeks, at Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne, after suffering an attack of polio, returned to his home here today. The Decatur man will return to Parkview two days each week for therapy treatments under supervision of Donald E. Wasson, nationally known therapist, in bharge of toe Parkview department of physical toeprapy. Campaign Friday In Decafur Fund Drive Solicit Business Houses For Funds Cliff Brewer, chairman of tie retail division of the Greater Decatur fund drive, announced today that a campaign will be made Friday in the business area to finish this portion of the program. His committee met with the general financial committee of toe drive Wednesday night at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce office. , - A taubulation of cash and pledges actually made, revealed that toe fund is now short $5,129 of toe amount needed to purchase the first section of toe Scheiman property. In using toe above figure toe committee did not consider verbal promises which have not actually been translated into money. x - • . It will be necessary to raise a total of $26,500 by toe end of January to make the final pay- , meat on the rear 35 acres of ground. The committee again repeated its belief in the idea that this is toe last large available Industrial site with all utilities and railroad siding within the city limits Older toe present zoning ordinances. Approximately 30 per cent of toe business houses in Decatur have not yet been contacted by the various committees, it wax learned after checking toe cards originally given solidtori.

Worst Storm Hits Area On Wednesday Traffic Hazardous On Slippery Roads Old man winter blew in his worst storm of the season Wednesday, beginning with snow in the after- *■ 'Z'*Z~ tore of snow and rain later fiFthe night to cover streets and roads with a glaze of slipperiness. No major accidents were reported as a result of the snow, which slowed traffic to a crawl, but several motorists slid off highways into ditches. Later, snow which followed the freezing began to drift and many country roads were next to impassable this morning because of drifting, especially on the northsouth roads. The bad conditions of county roads caused many schools of the area to be closed. A report from Fort Wayne indicated that more than 100 area schools did not open this morning because, of Wednesday night’s snowfall. * In Adams county the Decatur schools, Adams. Central and BerneFrench convened for classes today with many of rural students absent. Highway crews are working to clear the highways and (dans continued for the Adams county high school basketball tourney, Which opens tonight at Alams Central Ugh school. Most V the major W ways were cleared by noon but they were still slippery since temperatures stayed well below freezing. * The blanket of ice and snow is expected to remain since temperatures down to zero were forecast for tonight to cancel hope for a quick thaw. Indiana state police issued warnings today that highways are still in dangerous condition all over the northern part of the state. Motorists were urged to postpone long trips and to drive with extreme caution if it was necessary to venture out on the slick highways. Joint PTA Meeting Here Next Thursday Northwest PTA Is Host For Meeting Plans were announced today for a joint meeting of the Northwest elementary and Lincoln ParentTeacher associations Thursday, Jan. 17, at 7:30 p. m. Members of the Northwest elementary P.T.A; usually meet on the second Thursday of the month but the meeting has been postponed to next Thursday. The joint meeting will be at the Northwest school. Miss Louise Brumbaugh, of Fort Wayne, will be moderator for a panel discussion on “Discipline.” Participating in this panel will be a minister, a principal, a teacher, a parent and a student. An audience discussion will follow. Mrs. Charles Long of the Northwest P.T.A. is program chairman. Hospitality chairmen for the meeting are Mr. and Mrs. John Ebersole of the Northwest P.T.A. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Temperature At 103 In Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRESffI — The temperature soared to a high of 103 degrees in Buenos Aire* Wednesday and weathermen said the worst is yet to come. They forecast higher temperatures today and Friday. INDIANA WEATHER Cold wave warning south portion this afternoon and tonight. Clearing this afternoon and tonight except snow flurries near Lake Michigan. Colder with cold wave south sortie*. Low tonight aero to U ahsve. Friday mostly fair. -Not go toM north portion. High Friday mid-Zto. Sunset 5:48 p. m., sanrise Friday 8:08 a. m.

— Ml i 1 Macmillan Is - Appointed To Succeed Eden Harold Macmillan '' ’Appointed Today As New Prime Minister LONDON (UP) - Harold Macmillan was named prime minister to succeed Sir Anthony Eden today. Macmillan, 62-year-old former chancellor of the exchequer and favorite of right wing Conservatives, was asked to form a new government by Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to Buckingham Palace this afternoon. Thus, just about 18 hours after Eden stepped down for reasons of health, the dapper son of an American mother was given the job of restoring Britain’s prestige and economic stability after the Suez debacle. His rise to political prominence came only after World War n. • The jaunty Macmillan was picked over the other favorite contender for the job, R.A. (Rab) Butler, 53, lord privy seal and majority leader of the House of Commons. Right wing Conservatives had opposed Butler <m grounds he was “soft” in dealing With Egypt over the Suez crisis. Brief Palace Announcement Macmillan rode to Buckingham Palace at 2 p.m. (8 a.m. CST) to receive the mandate from the Queen. During the trip he showed his usual lack of formality—he sat up front with his chauffeur. The audience lasted 20 minutes, and a few moments before 2:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CST;, the palace announced briefly: - “The Queen received the Right Honorable Harold Macmillan M.P., in audience this afternoon and offered him the post of prime minister and first lord of the treasury. “Mr. Macmillan accepted Her Majesty's offer and kissed hands upon his appointment.” The decision to name a prime minister belongs to the Queen alone. But usually she picks a man who can muster a majority of the House of Commons. In this case, with the Conservatives holding a 58-seat edge in the House, she chose Macmillan because he seemed able to rally fellow party members behind his policies. Macmillan’s appointment was a victory for the right wing Conservatives, who rejected Butler because of his opposition to the Suez invasion. (Continued on Page Seven) Annual C.C. Dinner Here On January 31 Annual Banquet Is Planned In Decatur Glenn Hill and M. J. Pryor have been named co-chairmen of the annual Decatur Chamber of Commerce dinner, to be held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, Thursday, Jan. 31. Members ot the Rotary and Lions clubs Will attend the dinner in place of their regular meetings. Wives of the members of all three organizations will be’ the special guests of their husbands. It has been announced that accent will be placed on youth in the meeting in keeping with the Greater Decatur drive of the Chamber of Commerce to make this community a better place in the future for its youth. Details about the program have not been coiqgleted although it is planned to have one which will be completely different. There will be ho speeches. Prices for the tickets this year have been reduced to 82 a person and will soon go on sale. During the meeting new directors. of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will be presented, and the new officers, headed by Cliff Brewer, presidfnt-elect, will officially begin their term of office. Retiring directors and officers will also be recognized.

EDEN QUITS mMIF ■ i “- ' Waving jauntily as he left London for a conference with his Queen at Sandringham, Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden upon his return, trod the path of his predecessor and mentor. Sir Winston Churchill, in presenting his resignation to the Sovereign at Buckingham Palace. Sir Anthony’s resignation was accepted in a terse, traditional announcement from the Palace. ; Eden's Resignation ! Welcomed In U.S. ■ Officials Privately Welcome Decision WASHINGTON (UP) — United . States officials today privately welcomed Sir Anthony Eden’s decision to quit as Britain’s prime minister as a step toward restoring U.S.-Britlsh relations to their pre-Suez level. ■ Publicly, there were warm expressions from the White House and the State Department for Eden and concern over his health. But by his resignation, officials said privately, Eden had cleared the way for a strengthening of the Western alliance and a revival of American-British cooperation. President Eisenhower, in a White House statement, did not express the usual “regret” over Eden’s resignation. But the President referred to Eden as "an old and good friend of mine.” He said he had developed a “great respect and admiration” for Eden as a “dedicated leader in the cause of freedom.” The President also said he is sending Eden a personal message. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who had not always seen eye-to-eye with Eden, said “It is a matter of deep regret that Sir Anthony Eden has felt compelled to lay down the arduous duties of his office because of health." The secretary spoke of Eden’s “ability and effective dedication to the cause of freedom in the world and' unity between the free nations, particularly between the United Kingdom and the United States.” Washington anxiously awaited selection of a successor to Eden. Lord Privy Seal R. A. (Rab) Butler and Chancellor of the Exchequer Harold MacMillan, both prominently mentioned as Eden’s successor, are highly-regarded here. Either man would almost certainly be welcomed in the next few months as a White House guest. Noted Chilean Poet Dies This Morning HEMPSTEAD, N. Y. OB — Nobel prize winner Garbriela Mistral, 87, noted Chilean poet, died at Hempstead Hospital today. She had been in a coma for the past seven days. Her death was caused by cancer. Senorita Mistral won the Nobel prize for literature in 1945 and was one of the most outstanding of the Spanish language poets. She had served her country in g diplomatic capcity as consul in Los Angeles and in posts in South America and Europe. She also was a school teacher and sociologist.

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Annual r Slate Os Union Message Today Continue Prosperity Here, Cooperation Os Congress Sought WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower called today for a new measure of American unity and effort to continue prosperity at home and meet the continuing threat of “a strongly armed imperialistic dictatorship” abroad. In his annual State of the Union message,. Mr. Eisenhower asked not only for the cooperation of Congress but “a personal effort of dedication,” by every American to help establish “a secure world order." He said that in such a world the United States can continue to prosper and resources “now dissipated on the armaments of wat” can be released by all nations to help raise the world standard of living. Mr. Eisenhower delivered hl* 3.500-word message in person before a joint session of the House and Senate. On the domestic front, Mr. Eisenhower found America enjoying an “unprecedented peak” of prosperity. But he said there is a continuing threat of inflation which can materially damage the current economy.’ He called on business to avoid “unnecessary price increases” at a time when demand in many areas "presses hard cm short supplies.” He also said that wage increases and other labor benefits should be “reasonably related” to productivity. He said that pay boosts that outrun prices and productivity contribute to inflation. Financial System Inquiry To maintain stable economic growth, Mr. Elsenhower recommended that Congress undertake "a broad national inquiry” into the entire American financial system. In the troubled international field, the President said the existence of “a strongly armed imperialistic dictatorship” — obviously Russia and her satellites—threatened the peace of the world and, consequently, the security of the United States. He repeated his recommendation for ah “open skies” agreement among nations for mutual inspection of. armaments by “unarmed aerial sentinels.” And he again recommended that the United Nations persist toward the goal ot reduced armaments, pledging this country’s continued efforts in this direction. The chief executive delayed until his Jan. 16 budget message the bulk of his detailed legislative recommendations. Today, however, he did include these specific requests: 1. A, school construction bill which should be given “high priority.”, 2. A v four-point civil rights program which he recommended last year, but which did not pass Congress. Change Immigration Laws 3. Prompt action on legislation to “regualize” the status of Hungarian refugees admitted to this country -as parolees. He also said he shortly would send Congress a special message asking for changes in the immigration laws. 4. An appreciable increase in appropriations for the U.S. information agency to strengthen the voice of freedom against Communist propaganda. 5. Congressional authorization of full U.S. participation in the international atomic energy agency. Mr. Eisenhower said that, through future messages from him or department heads, the administration will submit special recommendations for legislation involving a broad range of subjects. These will include federal financial affairs, defense, the administration - of justice, agriculture, “urgently needed” increases in postal rates, domestic and foreign commerce, natural resources, labor, health, atomic energy, public work* and labor-management relations. Mr. Eisenhower’s State of the Union message was a new-style, streamlined document — much (Continued on Page «x>