Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 53.

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CHARLES EVANS WHITTAKER (left) newly appointed U. S. Supreme Court Justice receives a hearty welcome from his family upon his arrival at Kansas City Airport. He is proudly greeted by (left to right) his wife, his son, Dr. Charles Keith Whittaker. Mrs. C. K. Whittaker, and grandson Tommy. Prior to his appointment, Justice Whittaker served for two years as a Federal District Judge, and for the past eight months as a judge on the U. S. Circuit Court of-Appeals (Bth Circuit). President Eisenhower expects quick congressional confirmation of the appointment. _________________

Assembly Puts Most Attention On Minor Bills Legislature Opens Final Full Week Os Biennial Session . INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The Indiana Legislature, with one of its three top issues resolved and a second near solution, opened its final full week of a 61-day biennial session today with attention divided among dozens of comparatively minor bills. The “right to work” bill passed and ready for enactment Tuesday when a three-day waiting period without the governor’s signature ends, lawmakers concentrated on finishing up work on the 769 million dollar biennial budget and bills which will raise taxes to meet the unprecedented expenses. Only the controversial 'time” issue remained almost completely unresolved between proponents of “test" and “slow” time. The budget originally was expected to move out of the Senate today toward a conference committee. But senators this morning seemed reluctant to approve a plan for using an expected general fund surplus for special construction projects without attaching some legislative strings. Delayed Until Tuesday An administration leader said action on the construction bill of the two budget measures probably will be held up until Tuesday while 'a clause is inserted to list the special projects in priority order. He said top priority likely will go to additional money for the Veterans Memorial Fund for school construction use. and to a seaport for Lake Michigan. A Senate-passed bill putting teeth in a law requiring Indiana to stay on Central Standard Time the year around was due for a final showdown in the House. At least. It was on the calendar for third reading. The bill originally called for six months of "fast” and six months of “stow” time but was amended on second reading to eliminate Daylight Saving Time. Meanwhile, the Senate passed and sent to the House by a 47-4 vote a bill raising from 880 to $95 a month the amount of pensions -for school teachers who retired before a social security was Integrated with the teacher retirement The Senate also passed 33-8 and sent to the House a bill limiting parochial school pupils' transportation in public school buses to points within the same township. The present law does not prohibit a bus from picking up a parochial pupil in one township and hauling Pure rift) Additional Report From Polio Fund ' Additional contributions to the 1857 March of Dimes campaign were announced today by Herman H. Krueckeberg, fund treasurer A total of 8252 was brought in through the Decatur polio sweepstakes. Also added recently were 89.04 from Decatur cannisters and the 830 paid by Leo W. Kirsch, who turned in the high bid on the license number J A 1857. Krueckeberg stated that the total to date is 86.459.19 and that this figure is not complete since several township reports have not yet been turned over to the treasurer. He added that these reports and any other contributions by individuals or organizations should be sent immediately so the final report on the Polio fund drive can be completed.

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Retailers Banquet Planned March 12 Kick-Off Banquet On Special Promotions A kick-off banquet opening a year of special promotions planned by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce is slated for Tuesday, March 12, at 6:30 p. m. at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Attending the dinner will be eme ployers and employes of the Def catur retail businesses which will i sponsor the promotional projects s for the coming year. 1 R. P. Mitchell, of St. Mary’s -0., will be principal speaker for - the event, according to an announcement made today by Robi ert Lane, retail division chairman. I Herman Krueckeberg will serve 1 as toastmaster. . e Purpose of the banquet will be 1 to launch the series of promotion- - al events which will be designed 1 to stimulate business in Decatur 0 and acquaint more people with ; Decatur's stores and services. Lane stated that block captains are working today to contact local businesses requesting their financial support of the more than 10 ■ promotions planned. Lane said B that response has been good and * it is expected that most business- ? men will endorse the proposed I projects. The initial project will be the ; annual spring opening, when five clock-radios will be given away. Ralph Habegger will be general 1 chairman of this event, which is f scheduled for March 15 and 16. f A merchants showcase and s chicken barbecue is planned for ! May 15 and 16. with Harry James as general chairman. Participatl ing members wilt have tire oppor- ? Unity of displaying merchandise r in booths at the Community Cen--1 ter. Door prizes will be awarded and most merchants will also ! sponsor their own separate ' awards. The barbecued chicken ' and lunch will be served in boxes ! to visitors at the showcase. During the months of June and r July all participating members d will give tickets for drawings to . be held every other. Saturday. The dates and prizes to be given > away are June 15. trade coupon book; June 19, pony with bridle I and saddle; July 13, one week va- . cation for two. and July 27, color i TV set. Ferd Klenk will be chairt man of this project, A dollar day promotion, with . Barney Brooks as chairman, is t planned for Aug. 7. On Sept. 20 and 21, the annual fall opening I days will be featured under the ! chairmanship of David Kaye. An ■ award planned for that time will > be 8200 worth of credit for fuel. Clarence Ziner will again serve : as general chairman of the annual 1 fish fry and soybean show which • is slated for Thursday, Oct. 24. Planned in conjunction with this will be a “Great Day for the Kiddies" promotion Oct. 24, 25 and 26. Free rides for the children will be featured on Court street. Dick Kershner will be in charge i of this phase of the project. i On Oct. 31 will be the annual i Cailituhmpian parade with bands and costume prizes. Kenneth' i Shannon will be in charge. Louis Jacobs will be general chairman ■ of the Christmas opening, which I is slated for Nov.' 29 and 30. i Christinas promotions include the arrival of Santa Claus Nov. 30; a free train ride for children With Santa, Dec. 7; a free show ; for the children at Adams theater, Dec. 14, and stores open evenings ; beginning Dec. 16. Music by local and area choirs will be broadcast 1 in the shopping area during the week before Christmas. The final event planned is the first 1958 dollar day scheduled for Feb. 5, 1958, with Morris Begun as chairman.

Beck Fails To Hand Over His Fund Records Senate Committee Plans To Resume , Hearings Tuesday WASHINGTON (UP) — Dave Beck, president of the powerful Teamsters Union, has failed thus far to hand over his personal financial records to the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee. This was disclosed today by Robert F. Kennedy, committee counsel, as the committee prepared to resume hearings Tuesday on charges Teamster officials were linked with vice, gambling and political influence on the West Coast, w v Meanwhile the Nd. 2 man in the Teamsters Union, James R. Hoffa, said in Detroit the Senate hearings "have amounted to nothing so far.” He said he has seen nothing in the hearings to “implicate'' Beck or Frank W. Brewster, a Teamster vice president accused of links with racketeers and vice in testimony last week. "All I have seen is that some unreliable witnesses have testified they heard somebody tell somebody, but there’s no real evidence to back anything they’ve said,” said Hoffa, himself a Teamster vice president. Western Teamster officials gave Brewster a vote of confidence Saturday. Committee members . predicted over the weekend their sensationpacked inquiry will lead to legislation to correct alleged union abuses. ’ Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-SD), a member, said, “We have a dozen cases as bad" as the allegations concerning the West Coast Teamsters. Beck, president of the nation’s biggest union, was asked several days ago by committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark) to turn over his “personal financial records” for the past seven years. Beck, now in Europe, said he would have "no objection" to furnishing his records to the committee. However, Kennedy said today no representative of Beck has yet contacted the committee. The union chief is due back from Europe later this month and is scheduled to appear in person be(Cßßtlnnvd on Pn«ce Ftvß) Hospital Profit Is Shown In February Operating Profit Shown For Month A net profit of 8436.27 is shown in the financial statement for the month of February for the Adams county memorial hospital, released today by Thurman Drew, administrator. ® The hospital had an operating cash balance of 833,947.84 at the beginning of the month. Deposits during the month totalled 821,846.01. Bills and payroll totalled $21,409.74 to give an operating cash balance on Feb. 28 of 834,384.11. On Feb. 1 there were 36 adult patients and seven babies in the hospital. During the month, 167 patients were admitted and 49 babies were bom. Two adult patients died and 160 were dismissed. Present at the hospital on Feb. 28 were 41 adult patients and seven babies. The 49 infants included 28 boys and 21 girls. During the month is was necessary to have 34 patients in the halls.

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Tsrael Premier Orders Military Commander To Make Swift Withdrawal

Israel Envoy Will Restate Stand To UN General Assembly J Is Slated To Hear Ambassador Today I UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPK — Israeli Ambassador Abba S.’ Eban the General Assembly today to restate Israel's position on withdrawal from the Gaza JStrip and areas along the Gulf of Aqaba. A spirit of crisis has prevailed since Mrs. Golda Meir, the Israeli foreign minister, first announced withdrawal plans Friday, and the' Arab nations were preparing to demand an immediate vote on sanctions if the pullout is delayed further. Prime Minister David Ben-Gug-ion was meeting today in Jerusalem with his cabinet to make tiie final decision. But Eban, in a television broadcast Sunday (CBS Face The Nation) said he was "a little at a loss to understand the feeling of tension and crisis that exists.” • He repeated Mrs. Meir’s statements there would be “full and prompt” withdrawal provided there would be free navigation ip the Gulf of Aqaba and UN. control of the Gaza Strip. Much U.N. activity depended on developments in Jerusalem where some members of Ben-Gurion’s coalition government were opposed to the pullout. A scheduled conference Sunday between Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Bums, commander of the United Nations Emergency Forces (UNEF) and Maj. Gen. Moshe Dayan, the Israeli chief of staff, was postponed "indefinitely” at Dayan’s request. They had expected to make preliminary plans for the Israeli withdrawal. James Brown Dies At Farm Residence Kirkland Township Farmer Dies Sunday James D. Brown, 78, well known Kirkland township retired farmer, died at 9:40 o’clock Sunday morning at his home, Decatur route four, following a heart attack. He had been in failing health for several years. He was borp in Kirkland township Aug. 11, 1878, a son of Robert and Sophia Good-Brown, and spent his entire life in that township. He was married to Lena Adler Dec. 16, 1903. Mr. Brown taught in public schools of the county for 16 years. He was a member of St. Luke's Evangelical and Feformed church at Honduras, and served as Sunday school teacher and church officer for many years. Surviving are his wife; three sons, William Brown of Monroe, and Robert and Oscar Brown, both of Decatur route four; five grandchildren; one brother, John Brown of Bay City, Mich., and two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Diehl and Mrs. Lucy Miller, both of Decatur. Four brothers and four sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services’ will be conducted at 1:45 p. m. Wednesday at the Black funeral home, and at 2:30 p. m. at the St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed church, the Rev. Lewis Minsterman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time, of the services, _ INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and not ao cold tonight. Tuesday cloudy with no important temperature change. Low tonight 25-30 north, 28-34 south. High Tuesday 32-37 north, 37-42 soutir. Sunset 6:40 p.m., sunrise Tuesday 7:13 a.m.

Plan Strategy For Farm Bill Battle Political Parties Back Rival Plans WASHINGTON (UP) — House Republicans gathered today to map • strategy for a bitter floor fight * expected when debate begins this week on a farm bill to extend soil bank subsidies. Democrats and Republicans are 3 backing rival plans. The Republi--6 can plan would extend last year’s ’• soil acreage plan to corn growers in the staunchly GOP Midwest. The Democratic proposal would broaden the bill to include growers of cotton in the Democratic South and other growers of feed grains. Both sides started preliminary skirmishing Sunday. House Republican Leader Joseph ,W. Martin Jr. (Mass) said Democrats Who have protested the administration’s proposed record peacetime budget want to add 500 million dollars to farm program costs. House Democratic Whip Carl Albert (Okla) conceded the Democratic bill would need some GOP support, but predicted it would get the necessary votes. Floor debate opdns Wednesday with voting expected Thursday or Friday. "This will be the proof of wheth- ‘ er the Republicans want a bill," : Albert said. “If they won't vote for i anything but their own bill and ■ won't support the legislation on the final vote, then It will be obvii ous they are playing politics and > don’t wany any bill.” Republicans have accused Democrats of maneuvering to kill off emergency corn legislation by including it in a far-reaching bill that can’t win congressional approval and wouldn’t be signed into law if it did. Murder Charges On Bedwell Dismissed Immediately Seized On Florida Warrant CHICAGO (W —- Murder charges were dismissed today against Edward L. (Bennie the Dishwasher) Bedwell, but the illiterate Skid Row drifter was immediately arrested on a Florida warrant' of criminal assault. Bedwell confessed, then denied, involvement in the mysterious deaths of Barbara Grimes, 15, and her sister Patricia, 13, whose naked, frozen. bodies were found in a country ditch last January. The youth was freed on $20,000 bond, and today the state dropped murder charges on grounds that there was no evidence to link Bedwell with the slayings. Bedwell beamed as the charges were dismissed, and he received the' congratulations of his attorney, David Bradshaw. He said it was the finest present he had received for his 21st birthday, which he observed Sunday, and that he planned to go home to Paris, Tenn., for about a week before returning here to resume his rteading and writing lessons at the Salvation Army. “I’m real happy to be free,” he said. As he walked from the courtroom, Undersheriff Thomas Brennan served him with the criminal assault charge, charging him with the rape of a 13-year-old girl at an unnamed town in Florida. Deputies immediately hustled Bedwell into a room and slammed

Ike Doctrine Appears Headed > To Senate Okay ! Push Final Debate 1 In Senate On Ike's Middle East Policy s WASHINGTON (UP)—President s Eisenhower’s Middle East . “shield" plan appeared today to I have a clear track and a green ■ light for Senate approval this • week. I Isreal’s announced intention of withdrawing from Egypt and der feat of a major amendment re- . moved the chief remaining obstacles. i A hitch in Israel’s withdrawal ■ plans might cause a slight delay ■ in final passage, now forecast by I Senate leaders for Tuesday night. But there appeared little likeli- • hood even a delay in Israeli withdrawal would block final Senate II approval. Senate Meets Early The Senate met an hour early to push final debate on the meas- ‘ ure, which already has consumed two weeks of debate. No votes ; were expected today. The Senate version of the El- • senhowet Doctrine states it to be 1 U.S. policy to use armed force if 1 President Eisenhower deems it • necessary to combat any Commu--1 nist attack on a Middle East nation seeking American help. This is a modified edition of the f House - passed resolution that ’ would give the President “author- ‘ ity” to use U.S. force if he deems ’ it necessary to help a Middle 1 East nation under Red attack. Mr. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles have agreed not to fight the Senate version. Aid Funds Included However some compromise language may be sought when Sen-ate-House negotiators meet to adjust the differing versions. The President originally asked for clear “authority” to use U.S. force in the Middle East if requested by a mideast nation to combat a Communist attack. Many senators insist he already has such authority. Both the pending Senate and : House-passed versions contain the President’s request for authority to use up to S2OO million alreadyappropriated funds as he sees fit for economic and arms aid to Mideast nations. (CoatißnMl PBKe Five) Charles F. Stuckey Is Taken By Death Local Man's Father Dies Early Sunday Chares F. Stuckey, 77, of Ridge township, Van Wert county, 0., died at 2:30 a m. Sunday at a nursing home in Archbold, 0., following an illness of 18 months. A life long resident of Ridge township, he was a former director and president of Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., a former member of the Ridge township school board, the Farm Bureau and the Grange. He was born in Ridge township Sept. 22, 1879, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas S. Stuckey. His wife, Laura, died in 1952. Mr. Stuckey was a member of the Bethel M. E. chureh. « •

Four-Year-Old Girl | Found Dead In House Death Apparently Due To Starvation BELLMAWR, N.J. (UP)— The apparent starvation death of tour-year-old Mary Jane Barker whose body was found Sunday in the closet of an unfinished house caused conflicting theories among authorities today about her disappearance. J A playmate found Mary Jane's 1 fully clothed body, huddled along- ’ side a puppy, six days after she ‘ disappeared from her home, less 1 than two blocks away. An autopsy showed that the ' blonde, blue-eyed girl had not ’ eaten since leaving her home to ■ go out to play last Monday. She ’ was last seen several hours later playing with the puppy, which bel longed to six-year-old Mary Freitta, who found the body while visiting the new house with an aunt and uncle, the owners. No Marks Os Violence ■| Camden County Coroner Robert J. Blake said there were no lof violence on Mary Jane's body, nor any indications of sexual mo- ' lestation. A spokesman for the coroner's I office expressed the opinion that ( the child had wandered into the closet, become trapped, and then • died of fright and starvation. s But Police Chief Edward Gars rity stressed that his njen had t searched the house at least three times since the child's dlsappear- • ance. Garrity said he was "almost positive” that searchers had B checked the closet. t The police chief said indications • were Mary Jane had only recent--5 ly been placed in the closet. • Although the door was un- • locked, police* said it had only a thumb screw inside, making it : difficult to open — especially for s a child. Puppy Still Alive Suffocation also was advanced ' as a possible cause of death, but ‘ a physician attending the autopsy said he believed Mary Jane died ' from a lack of food. The puppy, which appeared in good condition, was to be examined today to determine when it had last eaten. Neither searchers nor workmen had reported hearing any barking or whining while in the house last week, police said. Discovery of the child’s body (Coßtiaaed oa Pare Five) Three Chicago Girls End Weekend Lark Nationwide Search Called Off Sunday CHICAGO (UP) — The daughter of Rep. Timothy Sheehan (R-Ill.) and two tearful companions arrived home today by plane from a four-day lark in a borrowed car that ended in Greenville, S C. A nationwide search for the girls, Kathleen Sheehan, 16, Virginia Mott, 16 and Julianna Gerrits, 16, was called off Sunday i when the congressman notified police he had received a telegram from his daughter asking for money. Greenville authorities picked up the broke, hungry and homesick girls outside a Western Union office as they awaited a reply to their telegram: The three had been missing since last Wednesday when they

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Orders Troops Withdrawn In 1 Gaza, Aqaba Ben-Gurion Orders Troops Withdrawn ' From Egypt Areas Jerusalem <up> - Premier v ' David Ben-Gurion today ordered ; the Israeli military commander to • make a swift withdrawal from the 1 Gaza and Gulf of Aqaba areas. The order 'allowed a meeting ■ between Maj. Gen. E.L.M. Burns, ■ commander of the United Nations ' Emergency Force, and Maj. Gen. ■ Moshe Dayan, Israeli army chief of staff. The UNEF will take over the regions from the present Israeli occupying forces. Ben-Gurion planned to go before the Knesset (parliament) Tuesday to make the government’s formal ' announcement of the withdrawal. ' He also scheduled another cab- ’ inet meeting after the session between Burns and Dayan. Could Threateq Government ’ The decision came after a harrowing weekend of crisis at home ’ and confusion abroad over Israel’s 1 plans. A cabinet revolt against any withdrawal threatened to topple j the Ben-Gurion government. But ’ hectic transatlantic telephone contives in the United States and a letter from President Eisennower 1 apparently saved the day for BenGurion. Earlier, it had been reported that Israel would postpone its withdrawal decision until 'Tuesday. Ben-Gurion was reported “ext tremely pleased”, with a letter . from President Eisenhower reassuring him on the Israeli position, and it was understood tire 70-year- ■ old premier would demand cabinet approval of the announced with- , drawal. [ • Majority Vote Seen Two parties in Ben-Gurion’s co- » , alition cabinet were expected to vote against Ben-Gurion, but he still was expected to squeeze through with at least a majority of 61 in the 120 seat Knesset. Although Ben-Gurion's position was bolstered by the Eisenhower letter, the Jerusalem Post—-which often reflects govrnment thinking —was sharply critical of the United States. A Post editorial referred to the U.N. statement by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. expressing hope the Gaza question would be settled in line with the 1949 armistice agreement. The agreement gave control of the strip to Egypt, and Israel was violently opposed to it. The Lodge statement touched off a weekend of rebellious political activity with many Israelis voicing fear of further “unpleasant surprises.” Want Free N«vl<ation Israel also had expected Lodge to declare tiie Gulf of Aqaba free to international shipping. The two rebellious parties were the leftist Ahdut Avoda (Unity of Labor) with 10 seats, and the Mapam (United Workers) with nine. However it appeared not all members of the two parties would vote to bring down the government. . Ben-Gurion won a 72* to 29 vote of approval last Monday. Only the small Progressives Party with five seats in Parliament announced jt would support Ben- ♦ Gurion. Even his own Mapai (Israel Labor) Party withheld a formal decision until after today’s cabinet session. The opposition was led by the