Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 50.

HEAR DULLES’ APPEAL ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR Abba Eban and Israeli Foreign Minister. Golda Meir, talk to newsmen at the State Department in Washington after their 35-minute conference with Secretary of State Dulles. In the course of the conference, Mr. Dulles renewed his appeal to Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and the Gulf of Aqaba area in order to avoid possible further U. N. action.

Indiana House Approves Hike In Gross Tax 50 Per Cent Boost, Withholding Feature Approved By House INDIANAPOLIS W — The heart of Governor Handley's revenue program to meet a record state budget the next two years had the endorsement today of, the Indiana House. / The entire House met Wednesday night as one big committee and voted 58 to 35 to approve a 50 per cent increase in the gross income tax rate—a move which, if advanced eventually into law. would cost the “average” Hoosier taxpayer S2O a year more than he now pays. The House also oxayed Handley’s recommendation of the payroll withholding method of collecting the gross income tax, and a 25 per cent decrease in the tax rate for retailers. Actually, the House gave Handley a more stringent withholding tax plan than he asked for. Originally, the governor asked for witholding by employers of 10 or more persons. Last week, he changed it to seven or more. The House approved a plan to make tax collectors of employers with four or more employes. Demos Solidly Against Democrats voted solidly against the program after deciding at a long cacucus to resist the Republican majority move. Only Rep. John W. Brentlinger (D-Terre Haute) among the 24 minority members failed to cast a vote. On the other hand, 12 Republicans deserted their majority colleagues to cast their ballots with the Democrats. They were Reps. Berning, Brayton, Combs, Davidson, FisHering, Hines, McDonald, Schmidt, Sullivan, West, Wright and Yager. When the House gets through with the bill, it will move into the Senate for another showdown before reaching Handley’S desk for the last step in a solution of the state's financial woes. Rep. Walter Maehling (D-Terr • Haute) carried the ball for the minority in opposing the bill. He said the Democrats felt it was unfair to raise taxes for the masses and lower them for the retailers. "You don’t get out of financial difficulties by giving money away,” Maehling said. “But that • is exactly what we are doing in this amendment. We are reducing the tax of the retailer and passing it on especially to the 63 per cent of gross income taxpayers earning salaries and wages.” The bin raises the tax rate on salaries and wages from one per cent to one and one-half per cent. It .raises the tax on farmers manufactures and wholesalers from one-fourth of one per cent to three-eighths of one per cent. It lowers the tax on retailers from one-half of one per cent to three-eighths of one per cent. Observers estimated the increase will raise about 84 million dollars additional revenue the next two years, hiking income from the gross tax to about 350 million dollars during the period.

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Crippled Airliner - Is landed Safely Circles Cities For Hours Wednesday DETROIT (UP)— A crippled airliner carrying 26 anxious persons circled wearily over two cities for hours Wednesday before its crew fixed a frozen nose wheel with orange juice and coffee and brought the big ship in for a perfect Tending Capt. William Richey,' 38, Minneapolis, set the *Capital Airlines Constellation down at Willow Run Airport with only a few slight bumps./ Emergency Equipment Beady Ambulances and fire and police rescue squads, which waited tensely for the large plane to come in, sped out to the taxiing craft but were not needed. None of the 21 passengers and five crew members was injured. Many of the passengers came out of the plane smiling and were quickly hustled off to a lounge in the airport terminal. The crew remained aboard the ship to confer with Capital officials. Richey, a Capital pilot for 11 years, said the plane’s,nose wheel froze shortly after, the four-en-gined ship took off from Gen. Mitchell Field at Milwaukee with 15 . passengers bound for Detroit and the rest for Philadelphia. Ralph Reid, Capital’s director of engineering, blamed the trouble on a “hydraulic leak.” No Panic Aboard Edward Langenfield, New Holstein, Wis., a passenger, said Richey told the passengers of the situation almost as soon as he learned of it. Langenfield said there was no panic aboard the crippled plane although most of the passengers were “anxious.” Richey brought the plane in shortly after his ship rendezvoused with a Viscount airliner carrying a team of experts from Washington who radioed instructions to the stricken ship. Reid, who was aboard the Vis(ContinuM on Page Six) Indianapolis Child Is Killed By Auto INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Ronald Jackson, 6, Indianapolis died Wednesday night in General Hospital lorn injuries sustained when he t as hit by an automobile Tuesday. Witnesses told police the boy darted from behind a parked car into the path of an automobile driven by Elmer H. Vahle, 51, Indianapolis. Arthur Denig Dies Wednesday Afternoon Arthur Denig* 62, of Convoy, 0., and an employe of the General Electric Co. in Decatur, died at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday in the Van Wert county hospital. He had been ill eight weeks. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; a brother, W. G. Denig of near Convoy, and two sisters, Mrs. Cora Redlinger of Convoy, and Mrs. Nellie Crites of near Van Wert. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the H. D. Smith funeral home in Convoy, the Rev. Guv M. Lubolb officiating. Burial will be ip the Convoy IOOF cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. 14 Page*

Report Israel Is Agreed To Leaving Egypt High Sources Claim Historic Agreement Made For Formula WASHINGTON (UP)— Israeli and American officials meet here today to put the final touches on a historic agreement for Israel to withdraw its troops from Egyptian territory. High diplomatic authorities said Wednesday night that Israel had agreed with the United States and France on a formula for Israeli troop withdrawal that the Jewish nation feels will protect its borders and shipping. Details of the -agreement were not disclosed. Formal announcement of the -historic accord was expected “this week end” — possibly Friday — either at the United Nations in New York or here. Actual Israeli troop withdrawals from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba coast regions of Egypt are expected to begin soon after the announcement, diplomatic sources said. Eban Bees Break Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban, whose constant shuttling back and forth between Israel, New York and Washington helped forge the accord, told the United Press: "I think we’ve broken through.” Diplomats said further discussions between Israeli and U.S. officials today are necessary to “tie up loose ends” and put the agreement in “proper, legal language.” If Israel does withdraw from remaining Egyptian territory it will be credited as a victory for American diplomacy. President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles have devoted much of their time recently to forging a compromise that would induce Israel to pull out. Congressional leaders of both parties also will claim a share of the credit, for insisting the administration withhold support for punilomatic negotiation open. French Give Assistance French Premier Guy Mollet and Foreign Minister Christian Pineau, here for official conferences with Mr. Eisenhower and Dulles, also joined in the final negotiations that led to the troop withdrawal accord. While -terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed, it was assumed they include some elaboration of this country’s offer to support freedom of navigation in the Gulf of Aqaba, and to push within the United Nations for guarantees against Egyptian raids on Israel from the Gaza Strip. A U.S. “middle way” resolution calling on the United Nations to take over the Gaza and Aqaba areas after Israel pulls out has been held up at U.N. headquarters awaiting developments here. It is possible the resolution, without the threat of sanctions it reportedly contained, may be the vehicle for giving Israel the guarantees it seeks after the Israelis agree to quit Egypt. Early Solution Seen Israel has insisted it would not pull out of Egypt until given firm assurances Egypt would not be able to resume commando attacks Continued on Pane El«ht Two Persons Hurt In Auto Accident Bank Cashier Has Shoulder Broken Two persons sustained injuries In a tyro-car collision at the corner of Monroe and Second streets Wednesday at 5:25 p.m. Taken to the Adams county memorial hospital for treatment were Herman Krueckeberg. of 328 Limberlost Trail, and James Arnold Dyer, 13, pf 510 Cleveland street. Krueckeberg, cashier of the First State Bank, suffered a broken left shoulder and the Dyer boy sustained bruised knees and the loss of some teeth. Both were treated and released. Drivers of the vehicles involved were Louis C. Rastetter, 46, of Fort Wayne, with whom Krueckeberg was riding, and Edgar Ben Dyer. 36, of 510 Cleveland street, driver of the car in which the boy was a passenger. Rastetter was following another car which turned south off Monroe street onto Second street. The Fort Wayne man went straight on the green arrow, which permits only a right turn and was hit by the Dyer car. which was going north on Second street. Damage was estimated at S3OO to the Rastetter car and S6OO to the Dyer vehicle. Rastetter was charged with running a red light. He will appear in justice of the peace court Saturday night.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 28, 1957.

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1 , Indonesia Is Tense Following Night Os Terror • Religious Parties Are United Against y Sukarno's Efforts JAKARTA, Indonesia (UP) - Indonesia’s religious parties united ; today to reject President Sukarno’s 1 efforts to abandon the Western ■ democratic system and install a ' “guided democracy" with Commit- , nist participation. An estimated 100,000 Communists and left-wing sympathizers gathered outside the presidential 1 palace to shout their approval of ’ Sukarno’s “new stj'le” government. but soldiers with fixed bayonets and armored cars prevented incidents. Jhe city was tenge after a night , of terror in which Red squads of ' veterans roamed the streets, firing , into the air and “kidnaping” a ; number at persons. Foreigners remained at borne today and foreign j embassies expressed concern lest f violence erupt. The nation’s political leaders de- • livered their views to Sukarno at - his palace, each political party - sending la-a grcni> of Ibree daL gates to state their views. Pally leaders said' he would study the 1 proposals and that the parties , would meet again next week, i Political observers said it was too > early to state that the religious > parties had won a victory—the next I move is still up to Sukarno.. Observers feared political crisis t and chaos would continue in search : for a compromise to placate both • Reds and anti-Communist Moslem • and Christian parties. Others said i Sukarno had staked his reputation i on winning support for his plan and might be reluctant to comproi mise. Many saw today’s developments , as an “hour of decision” for Indo- > nesia, with the Communists mounting all of their strength to crash into the government with Sukarno's blessing. Some anti-Red countries of Asia expressed concern. The leaders of the Communist and Nationalist parties announced to the cheering crowd outside the presidential palace they wholeheartedly supported the Sukarno plan. They were given thunderous cheers. The Sukarno plan calls for a cabinet that would include all 27 Indonesian political parties, including the Communists who pulled §ix million votes but are not now represented. There also would be a national council under Sukarno which would give “advice” to the Continued on Pn*e El*ht Michael A. Thatcher Dies This Morning Six-Week-Old Boy / i Dies At Hospital Michael Alan Thatcher, six-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Thatcher, of two miles south of Middlebury, 0.,. died at 7:45 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. The infant had been ill since Monday. The boy was born in Decatur Jan. 19, the son of Noel E. and Barbara A. Black-Thatcher. The father is employed at the Farmers Grain & Feed at Willshire, O. Surviving in addition to the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Black, Decatur, and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Thatcher, Ohio City route 2; great-grand-mothers, Mrs. Kate Carmean, Ohio City, and Mrs. Otis Miller, Marion, 0., and a great-grandfather, Terry Thatcher, Van Wert county. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Wood Chape! Evangelical United Brethren church, the Rev. Albert N. Straley officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio, City. The body was removed to > the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 7 o'clock this evening.

Hundreds Fleeing Northwest Floods Five Feet Os Water Covering One Town By UNITED PRESS Flooding rivers, fed with melted snow, forced hundreds from their homes in the Northwest, and dangerously high rivers threatened to spill over their banks in other parts of the nation today. The Red Cross rushed bedding, food, milk and other necessities for some 300 residents of Wisconcreek, Wash., who spent the night in schools, churches and homes of nearby farmers after the town was covered with up to five feet of water. Although the waters of Crab Creek had receded slightly, the Weather Bureau warned that expected temperatures in the 60s today could cause a fresh deluge. The Oregon, Big Wood and Snake rivers were on the verse of overflowing in Idaho, and National pare of' sandbagging operations. Guardsmen were alerted to prepare for sandbagging operations. Torrents of melted snow also drained into Oregon streams, overflowing farmland. -— Scattered light flooding also continued along the coastal drainage of Oregon and northern California. The Meramec River in Missouri was expected to surge one to six «?et Aver flood stage within the next few days and the Kaskasia River in Illinois was expected to crest four feet over flood level. Heavy rains in the Ohio River tributaries in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio produced some minor overflows in the Wabash and Scioto river basins. Lowland flooding also occurred along the Neuse Rivet in North Carolina and on the middle and lower reaches of the James (('•■tinned on Pace Five) Gene Baxter Named Academy Alternate Decatur Senior Is Adair Appointee Gene Edward Baxter, Decatur high school senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baxter, 312 Line street, has been nominated as first alternate for a vacancy at the West Point Academy. Appointments of fourth district candidates for 1957 to the service academies were announced today by E. Ross Adair, Fort Wayne, fourth district congressman. Adair named David Merrill Fisher, Jr., Fort Wayne, as the principal candidate for West Point. Edward Collins Rahe, Fort Wayne, was named second alternate, and Otto Franklin Schug, Berne, was named third alternate. Congressman Adali* nominated the following principal and alternate candidates to the two vacancies at the Naval Academy: William C. Rothert, 308 East Suttenfield street. Fort Wayne, principal; David Earl Walton, Garrett, first alternate; Thomas Kenny Woodka, 351 West Woodland Avenue, Fort Wayne, second alternate; Fredrick Perry Browser, RR N. 2, Shipshewana, third alternate; Charles B. Poston, 337 North Cornell Circle, Fort Wayne, fourth alternate, and Robert L. Thompson, Pleasant Lake, fifth alternate. Gary Fredrick Bowser. 508 North Main, Auburn, principal; J. Richard Greider, 3300 Lower Huntington Road, Fort Wayne, first alternate; Rudolf Karl Stegelmann, RR No. 4, Angola, second alternate; Robert Paul Connors, 422 Eben Street, New Haven, third alternate; Johnnie Weilbaker, Ashley, fourth alternate; and Robert C. Hostler, Jr., RR No. 2, Kendallville, fifth alternate. Before admission to the service academies, the appointees still have to pass physical and scholastic entrance examinations. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and a little -■ warmer tonight, and Friday. Low tonight 25-32. High Friday 40-48. Sunset 8:37 p. m., sunrise Friday 7:18 a. m.

Ike, Mollet Agree On Hope Os Settlement l Agree Solution To Mid-East Possible By Peaceful Means WASHINGTON (IP) — President \ Eisenhower and French Premier Guy Mollet agreed today that a' : solution to the Middle East prob- ; lem can be achieved by peaceful i means. ■ Mr. Eisenhower and the French i , premier issued a joint communi- I que as Mollet concluded his Wash- 1 , ington visit and left for New York. ' Because of the Middle East negotiations in the United Nations 1 remain in a fluid state, the two i leaders took a somewhat general- 1 ized stand on the problem. The I communique said: “With reference to the Middle East, they stated their common ( 1 conviction that solutions to the problems of the area can be achieved by peaceful means, in ■ conformity with the principles of ■ justice and international law.” They reaffirmed their belief in I the free use of the Suez Canal in • accordance with the treaty of 1888. 6 They also reiterated their sup--1 port of the requirements unani- ’ mously adopted by the United Na- • tions Security Council and ac- ’ cepted by Egypt last October, 1 calling for free and open transit through the canal without discrim- • ination and the insulation of canal ’ operations from “the politics Os ‘ any country.” • Other points in the communique: —They pledged continued support for the early reunification of Germany by means of free elections. , —They agreed that European de- ] sense forces should be maintained with conventional armaments and "modern weapons” at such levels and balance ."as to discourage any aggression against the territories (Coatinaed •■ Pace Five) National 4-H Club Week Opens Saturday Indiana Will Seek 87,000-Member Goal i National 4-H club week, March ( 2-9, will give Indiana youth added ‘ incentive to push toward their goal ( ‘ of 87,000 members in 1957. ( Harold B. Taylor, state club f : leader at Purdue University, re- ( 1 ports that 1956 Indiana rfiember- ‘ ship was 82,758 - 999 more than 1 the 1955 total. Club members and leaders again 1 will stress the theme, “Improving ( • Family and Community Living,” ■ during the national observance. . Purposes and objectives :of 4-H will be emphasized through news stories, radio and television programs, store window I displays and at community meetI ings. —- • Indiana 4-H club members will ’ ; be able to choose from among 37 ’ • projects this year. Membership 1 i is open to any boy or girl between 1 , the ages of 10 and .21 and enroll- . ment cards may be obtained from 1 local club leaders or from the J ; county extension office. During 1956, Hoosier club mem- < bers enrolled in 68,270 agricultural 1 projects and 106,469 home ec- < ’ onofnics projects. * ’ The most popular agricultural projects were garden, 7,311 en- ; rollment; electric 7,008; forestry, 1 1 6,844; Wildlife, 6,717; swine 6,187; ■ corn 5,325; beef, 4,415; dairy, 4351, | and tractor, 3,536. , * The most popular home economics projects were baking with 1 ' 34,466 enrollments, clothing with J 28,513 and food preparation with i ■17.266. Taylor said more local leaders t are needed in addition to new 1 members During 1956 more than 1,500 men and 2,700 women serv- s ed as volunteer leaders in Indi- i ana’s 3,277 clubs. They were as- f sisted by 10,590 boys and girls i who served as junior leaders. ;

Injunction Issued On Milk Strikers Farmer Opposition Voiced To Strike NEW YORK (UP)- Farmer opposition and an anti-picketing injunction may force the collapse today of a three-state milk strike. A temporary injunction was issued late Wednesday prohibiting New Jersey farmers from interfering with milk shipments and from picketing creameries. The injunction, signed by Judge Mark A. Sullivan Jr. in state Superior Court in Newark, was issued against the Tri-State Master Dairy Farmers Guild which started the boycott Sunday to back their demands for a guaranteed price of $5.75 a hundredweight for raw milk. Representatives of some 1,500 strikers in western New York said they would abandon the boycott today because of increased police guards for milk trucks. The 23.000-member Dairymen*! League Cooperative Assn, and the 11,000-member Eastern Milk 'Producers Cooperative issued statements denouncing the boycott as a means to obtaining higher milk prices. In Albany, leaders of the Dairy Farmers of America called on farmers to refrain from the boycott after meeting with New York Agriculture Commissioner Daniel J; ©marr";• -• The New York milk market administrator’s office reported that 15 per cent, or more than one million gallons, of the normal milk supply had been wholly or partially withheld from the New York metropolitan area since-the strike began. More than 45,000 farmers in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania supply milk to the areas 12 million consumers. • In spite of the boycott, major distributors reported they had enough milk on hand to adequately meet consumers demands. Deed Turned Over To Industrial Site Climax To Industiy Financial Campaign The deed to about 32 acres of land at the southwest limits of the city was turned over to the Chamber of Commerce this morning, climaxing a financial drive of several months. The land, purchased at a cost ; of $26,500, was the Scheimann property, which is considered an ideal 1 industrial site. Acquiring the land ' is a part of a general industrial promotion project of the Chamber 1 of Commerce to’ bring new industry to the city. , The drive, although sponsored by the Chamber, was supported by ] most local businesses and many j individuals and was also endorsed by the city administration. The industrial promotion com- < mittee of the Chamber will con- j tinue working to bring a new in- ] dustry to the city. The land pur- ( chased this morning will be offer- ] ed to an industry which chooses j Decatur as the location of a new ] plant site. i Representing the Scheimann interests this morning were Fred 1 A. Scheimann, Arthur Suttles and 1 attorney Lewis L. Smith. The i Chamber was represented by Cliff 1 Brewer, president; Fred Kolter, executive secretary, and attorney Severin H. Schurger. j — i Wells County Infant Is Accident Victim BLUFFTON, Ind. <W — Cindy 1 Louise Buckland; 18. months, R.R. ( 3, Bluffton, was killed Wednesday j night when an automobile driven ( by her mother left a county road . and ran oved a fence, driving a ( fence post through the windshield. ( The post fractured the baby’s skull. Her mother, Shirley Ann, ran a quarter of a mile to a j farmhouse with the baby in her ], arms and then collasped, state i police said.

Gambler Tells Committee Os Oregon Racket Used Picket Lines Seeking Monopoly On Pinball Machines WASHINGTON (UP) - Racketeers backed by the Teamsterrf Unionised picket lines to toy to monopolize Oregon pinball machines and sew up profits of $250,000 a year, a gambler testified today. James B. Elkins, Portland, Ore., gambler and racketeer, told the Senate Labor Rackets Committee that Teamsters Union business agents would insist that owners of taverns £nd othdr pinball '‘locations” use only machines bearing the stamp of the Teamsters. If they refused, the unicm threw picket lines around their places, cutting off deliveries and hurting their trade. Invokes sth Amendment There were these other developments: —Earlier, Portland City Commissioner Stanley W. Earl testified the Teamsters fought his reelection because he rejected its demand that he vote to legalize Dinball maehtoea. Earl said Clyde vrosoy, Teamsters r fqr Oregon, warned him “that I eihter supported pinballs or I would have political opposition." —Frank Malloy, Portland Teamsters’ Union official accused of closing down the Mt. Hood Case because it was using non-union pinball machines, invoked the Fifth Amendment. Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark) described Malloy as the “strong arm” man for the union. McClellan instructed committee counsel "to have the staff immediately prepare a resolution of contempt” against Malloy. Elkins, a veteran of the pinball business, testified that a machine in a good location could take in as much as S2OO a day. He said there were nearly 2,000 machines in Portland. They had been outlawed but were still operating while the law was contested in court. Frank W. Brewster, president of the Western Conference and vice president of the Teamsters Union, was “invited” by the committee today to hear more charges against him by Elkins. Elkins testified Wednesday that Brewster threatened him with sudden death. Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy said in case. Brewster—a Teamster Union vice president and head of its powerful Western Conference—declined today’s invitation the committee has subpenaed him to appear Monday. Forced Payoffs Elkins told the committee Wednesday that Brewster’s friends made—<nd d r o p p e d—plans to move into prostitution and punch board rackets in Portland. The somber looking racketeer testified that he was asked to pay $2,000 a month in graft to Portland Dist Atty. William M. Langley, and that Teamster official Clyde C. Crosby persuaded the Portland City Council to legalize possession of punchboards. He said Langley was elected with Teamster support. He also said Brewster promised him he would find himself wearing “concrete boots” in a convenient lake if he embarrassed “my boys”—Crosby and Langley. Says Elkina Boss Crosby, a union organizer, circulated to reporters a statement that he said he wants to read to the committee. It charged Elkins with trying to “make crooks and racketeers out of Teamster officials.” It said the Teamsters had tried to “end Mr. Elkins’ stranglehold on the city.” Then, in some of the gaudiest congressional testimony to years, Elkins and Ann Thompson, a .middle aged Seattle bawdy house “madam", gave conflicting accounts of efforts to set up a string of “call houses” in Portland. Elkins said Seattle racketeers Thomas E. Maloney and Joseph P. McLaughlin—alias Joe McKinleybrought Miss Thompson to Portland to set up the bawdy houses, Ceatlamd •■ Pa*e

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