Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. N 0.54.

A "FRUITFUL” DISCUSSION Bl" CALLING ON Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano (left) discusses German reunification, his country's support for NATO and other subjects. Brentano called his conference “harmonious” and “fruitful.",

Ike Asks For . 'W. More Aid For ' Drought Areas Congress Approval Asked For Expanded Drought Aid Plans WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisenhower asked Congress today to approve an expanded drought relief program with states required to pay 25 per cent of the cost. Under the President's program states also would be responsible for administering disaster relief to provide “necessary local guidance —and supervision." In a special message to Congress Mr Eisenhower asked for authority to expand existing drought and other disaster relief programs. The President gave no estimate of the cost of the new program, either to the federal government or to the states. Accompanying his message was a letter to the President from Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson proposing new drought and other disaster relief measures, based on the report of the special drought conference at Wichita, Kan., Jan. 14-16. The report also was included. « States Assume Share Mr. Eisenhower "strongly” urged “prompt consideration and adoption” of Benson’s legislative proposals. * He said he drew two particular conclusions from the* report: “...That administration of emergency disaster programs must be kept clpse to the local people." “... That state and local governments should assume a greater part in alleviating human distress and hardships and in meeting other local needs in times of disaster, calling on the federal government O-1- ♦-> supplement their own resources.” Be ison’s letter said federal legislation will be offered "requiring a minimum of 25 per cent state contribution in certain future emergency agricultural programs for disaster relief.” Such state participation would apply particularly to the government emergency feed grain and hay programs. Under these, the federal government now pays $7.50 a ton toward the cost of hay and $1.50 a hundred pounds toward the cost of feed grain for disasterstricken farmers. Extend Loan Program The states now pay 1 per cent or less of the cost of these relief programs, Benson pointed out that most state legislatures now are in session “so that needed state legislation could be considered.” The grazing program as outlined by Benson would be part of the existing and long popular agrocultural conservation program. He said added legislation will be, needed to make payments to farmers and ranchers in particular areas and under special circumstances such as disastrous drought conditions. . , x Benson said the administration also will ask for legislation to extend for three -years its authority to make special livestock loans in drought areas and to broaden the purposes for which such loans may „ be made. Repayments would be scheduled over a longer period than now authorized. He said additional emergency funds' will be sought for grasshopper control in where drought has increased the hazard from this pest. INDIANA WEATHER Some cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with scattered rain likely extreme south tonight. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 25-32 north, 32-38 south. High Wednesday 35-45 north, 42-50 south. Sunset 6:41 p.m., sunrise Wednesday 7:12 a.m.

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Average Income Os Fanner Decreases Total Is Increased, But Average Lower WASHINGTON (UP)-The Agriculture Department said today farmers’ spendable income in 1956 rose to an estimated $11,836,000,000 —ssoo million more than in 1955. < But because of a slightly rising farm population the spendable income of each man, woman, and child from farm sources averaged $599—57 less than in 1955. Spendable income — technically' realized net income—is the amount available for spending after the farmer has paid all his production i expenses. It does not include any ' adjustment for the val u e of changes in crop and livestock in- , ventories. Soil bank and wool incentive I program payments accounted for about S3OO million of the increase . in realized net income. The remaining S2OO million reflected int creased cash receipts from farm marketings which were only partly ; offset by higher production ex- , penses. There was a net liquidation of I 'about $250 million of inventories in . livestock and crops, especially 1 cattle. In 1955, there was a net , accumulation of $340 million in in- > ventories. Net income of farm operators safter adjustment for inventory change was $11.6 billion in 1956 compared with $11.7 billion I in 1955. The 1956 realized net income of sll.B’ billion in terms of buying power was only 3 per cent above 1955 because last year's dollar was ' worth only about 99 cents in terms of the 1955 dollar. This decline in the value of farm dollars reflected the fact that prices of non-agricul-ture goods and services increased more than farm prices last year. In its final report on 1956 farm ' income, the department said the total income of the farm population amounted to $19.8 billion, 1 per cent above 1955. This included $11.6 billion after adjustment for inventory change, $1.7 billion in farm wages, and $6.5 billion of income from non-farm sources. Using the total income from both farm and non-farm sources as a base, the per capita income of the farm population was SBB9, up 1 per cent from the SBBI average of 1955. Last year was the first time time since 1951 that per capita income did not decline. The per capita income of the non-farm population increased 4 per cent in 1956—up $75 from $1,935 in 1955 to $2,010 in 1956. Fort Wayne Child Is Killed By Auto— FORT WAYNE, Ind. (IP) — Mark N. Senseny, 7, Fort Wayne, was killed Monday night when he ran in front of an automobile while chasing a kite in a vacant lot near hi» home. Phillip J. Wilson, 21, Fort Wayne, told police he was not aware he had struck the child until another driver saw the body on the bumper of his car and stopped him a few yards from the scene of the accident. Contingent Sent By Selective Service Eight Adams county young men were sent to Indianapolis this morning by the selective service board. Two of the men, John William Kipfer and Joseph Carl Costello, were sent for active induction into the nation’s armed forces. Two were sent for physical examinations prior to induction. They were Glen Allan Bauman and Richard Hubert Reidenbach. The other four, classified 1-0 (conscientious objectors), Sent for physical e»ams, were Stanley Keith Sprunger, Joe L. Hilty, William D. Neuenschwander and Menno H. Schwartz.

House Passes Three Bills To Adjust Taxes Repeal 14 Cents Os Indiana Property Tax Os 15 Cents INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The Indiana House passed by overwhelming margins and sent to the Senate Monday night three more administration bills to adjust the state's tax and revenue adjustment program to finance a record biennial budget Three bills encompassing repeal of 14 cents of the 15-cent state property tax were passed by margins of 83-7, 82-4 and 80-3. The House previously had sent to the Senate, which now is working on them, bills to raise the gross income tax rate 50 per cent and to provide the withholding method for collecting the gross tax by employers of four or more persons. Another tax increase measure, raising the state gasoline tax from four to six cents a gallon, has passed both houses. It is the only tak measure which has completed its course through the Legislature. ” In other night action the House Judiciary Committee “A” voted 8-4 to recommend passage of a bill to ban the use of union dues for political purposes. BUI Is Recommitted The bill previously came out of committee but was recommitted for further committee study after 'several representatives said they believed it would interfere with an individual’s right to contribute to political campaigns. Republicans beat down two attempts to stop on second reading a Senate bill which wobld back up a state attorney general’s ruling that workers could not receive full state unemployment compensation in addition to private unemployment benefits in labor-management contracts. In other action late in the day: ■Hie Senate defeated 34-11 a bill • to pbrmit the sale of package beer in the “immediate viefnity" of a ; city or town instead of Just within ' municipal limits. The Senate defeated 34-10 an amendment to a House "anti- ' quickie marriage” bill which Coatinaed oa Paare Kight City To Observe Girl Seoul Week Plan Local Events March 10 To 17 National Girl Scout Week will be celebrated March 10 to 17 and the Girl Scout and Brownie organizations of Decatur will participate in local events comemorating the 45th anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouts. Theme of this year’s observance is “Girl Scouting—A Family Affair.’’ This theme, will be emphasized in several projects planned throughout the week. Troop 11, under the leadership of Mrs. Gerald Rumple and Mrs. Robert Rumple, Will arrange a window display at the Niblick store and troop 20, under Mrs. Don Beeryand Mrs. Sol Lord? will have charge of a display at the Kiddie Shop. . . . Annual Girl Scout Sunday, which opens the observance next Sunday, will be observed with group worship at three Decatur churches. Worship centers will be Zion Lutheran Church at 10:30 a. m. with Mrs. Herman Lankenau in charge; St. Mary's Catholic Church at 9 a. m., with Mrs. Wilbur Reynolds in charge, and Trinity Evangelical United Brethren > church on Ninth street, -with Mrs. Don Cochran in charge. Decatur's Girl Scouts and Brow- , nies who will attend the services , in groups are asked to meet at 10:45 in the Zion Lutheran parish , hall; at 8:45 a. m. in the back , vestibule of St. Mary’s church, , or at 9:50 a. m. in the basement of Trinity E. U- B. church. Also .planned during Girl Scout ] week is the delivery of Girl Scout , cookies ordered by Decatur residents several weeks ago. The climax of the week’s ob- , servance will be the annual Juli- i ette Lowe program Sunday, ( March 17, at 1:30 p. m. at the ( Decatur Youth and Community i Center.' * 1 Mrs. Burdette Custer is general 1 chairman*of this program, which i features participation by.all local Brownies and Girl Scouts. An in- ] vitation has been extended to all ( parents and adults who are inter- 1 ested in Girl Shouting. i Planned in conjunction with the Juliette Lowe program is a handi- 1 craft and troop activities display 1 in the Girl Scout room at the center, under the direction of Mrs. i W. H. Stiverson and Mrs. Dayton | Swickard.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tues day, March 5, 1957

Israeli Showdown Qn Withdrawal Os Troops Delayed By Ben-Gurion ■ - ■ — ■

Eisenhower Is Committed To Support Israel Israel Sources Say Moral Committment By Ike To Israel UNITED NATIONS, N. Y„ (IP) President Eisenhower has made a “moral commitment” to back the guarantees Israel demanded for its withdrawal from the Gaza and Aqaba Strips, Israeli sources said today. The sources said the President’s personal letter to Premier David Ben-Gurion last weekend was the major factor leading to Israeli’s withdrawal orders. “Even now, Israel is performing an act of faith in withdrawing," one source said. “It has been influenced, above all other factors, by President Eisenhower’s assurance to Mr. BenGurion of support for the expectations set out in Mrs. (Israeli Foreign Minister Golda) Metros speech to the General Assembly on March 1.” Israel demanded frqgdom of passage for its ships through the Qfilf of Aqaba, whose entrance lies between Saudi- Arabia and E«yW and UN responsibility for the Faza Strip until a “definitive settlement” in reached. “Israel has a moral commitment from President Eisenhower to regard Israel's expectations as reasonable and to insure, that they shall not be in vain,” an Israeli source said. Mrs. Meir and Secretary - General Dag Hammprskjold both reported to the assembly late Monday “full agreement” on technical details for the withdrawal in negotiations between the Israeli and UN troop commanders in Egypt. The assembly is in adjournment until later this week — probably Thursday — when Hammarskjold will make a report on the progress of the withdrawal operation. Evansville Child Drowned In Creek EVANSVILLE (IP) — Steven Ellis, 7, Evansville, was found drowned in Pigeon Creek Sunday, a day after he disappeared from his home pulling a coaster wagon he had borrowed from a playmate. Firemen dragged the creek and several lagoons near the boy’s home before they found the body. Decatur Lions Hear Oratorical Winners Miss Ellen Welch, Paul Schmidt Speak Mis Ellen Welch, winner of the local Rotary speech contest, and Paul Schmidt, winner of the county American Legion oratorical contest, addressed the Decatur Lions club Monday evening. Miss Welch is the former authoress of the school reporter column of the Decatur Daily Democrat, editor of this year’s Ravelings, a member of the staff of the Jacket Journal, and a senior at Decatur high school. She spoke on youth’s part in winning world peace. Schmidt is a Decatur high school cheer leader, member of the golf club, choir, and vice-president of the senior class. His speech covered the constitution. He will take part in the district Legion contest Friday night. Schmidt gave a brief extemporaneous talk on article I, section VIII of the Constitution. Introduced as guests were the Rev. Pauj Schmidt, of Lafayette, grandfather of the speaker. Two new Lions, Russell Owens and Harry James, were introduced. Stanley Alger, son of high school teacher Merritt Alger, introduced the speakers. Lions were urged to attend the charter night at'the Pleasant Millai gym of the new Pleasant Mills Lions clulJ March 14. •

Ex-Truman Officials Seeking New Trial Claim Trial Judge Was Not Competent BULLETIN ST. LOUIS (UP) — Two high Truman administration officials were sentenced today to serve two years in prison and fined $2,500 each for conspiracy to fix a tax ease. , ‘ ST. LOUIS (UP)—Two Truman • administration officials convicted ‘ of conspiracy to defraud the gov--1 ernment sought a new trial today 1 on the ground that trial Judge 1 Rubey M. Hulen was not in proper mental and physical condition to > hear the case. I The motions, toy attorneys for ! Matthew J. Connelly and T. Lamar > Caudle, were filed at the close of Federal District Court here Mon- ; day. The defendants were sched- ’ uled for sentencing today. Connelly, White House appoint- > ment secretary to former Presi- \ dent Truman, and Caudle, fired in . 1951 as head of the Justice Depart- . ment’s tax division, were convicted last June of conspiring to fix a tax , case. ' Federal Judge Gunnar T. Bord- ' bye of Minneapolis, Minn., assigned to the case after Hulen died i of a self-inflicted bullet wound, re- ’ jected the defendants- motions for • a new trial qnlylast month. _ • " The latest ihotions were .accom--1 panled by affidavits from Dr. Wil- • liam Kuntz, gerontologist and personal friend of Hulen, and Dr. ■ James Haddock, a psychiatrist. • Kuntz’ affidavit said that six > days before Hulen’s death last r July, the jurist “made a statei ment to me that Connelly was a glad-hander and a greeter, and did . nothing more than I would have . done in his situation.” The affidavit also quoted Hulen [ as saying that Caudle was only careless in carrying out his duty. The affidavit by Haddock said he had been tfteating the late jurist for some time. He quoted Hulen ’ as saying after the trial that “I have these two poor devils on my hands to deal with.” Haddock said he suggested shock therapy for Hulen’s “severe melancholia,” but the judge refused for fear it would damage his mind. Caudle and Connelly were con(Continned OB Pa«e Five) Road Improvements Sought From Board Three Groups Make Requests Monday Three groups from threp townships appeared before the county commissioners Monday at their regular session to request road improvements. A group from Monroe township requested action on a petition filed some'time ago to blacktop two miles of county road 16% in that township. A French township delegation requested attention -en a previous petition to blacktop a mile of county road 15 and another group from Root township appeared to request repair of the road known as the “Christen Road.” In other business Monday, the commissioners allowed claims and studied proposals on the building of a new county garage. Preliminary plans for the proposed building have been presented and will be' given to Walter Gilliom, engineer, for detailed studv The garage will be built on county property near the Adams county memorial hospital, which has been re-zoned to permit the erection of the garage. The commissioners agreed that the old county highway garage, located at the corner of First and Jackson will be sold and proceeds will be used to help finance construction of the new building. Also approved by the commissioners Monday was a proposed study and survey of insurance policies on county buildings for the purpose of re-adjustment. The study will possibly lead to the addition of new insurance for ade-| quate coverage of county buildings.

Dulles Hails Israel's Plan Os Withdrawal 1 Lauds Decision As Move To Stability 11 For Middle East WASHINGTON (UP)-Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today J hailed Israel’s decision to with- , draw troops from the Gaza and j Aqaba areas as a move toward a “more stable, more tranquil,” . ’ Middle East. ’ Dulles also said Egypt appears , to have been dragging its feet on ] reopening the Suez Canal until it 1 , was assured Israeli troops actually would pull out of the Gaza and ; Aqaba areas. He said he hopes the Egyptian , foot-dragging will end. Dulles declined to say how soon he expects the last Israeli soldier , ‘ to be out of Egypt. But he said i information available to him shows ; Israel is undertaking a reasonably expeditious withdrawal. He said he believes the Suez Canal can be reopened to shipping i in about 10 days if clearance work is now pressed vigorously. Dulles opened his weekly news conference with a prepared state- - . O MSSft . “We brtieve...that the decision will prove to have been a wise one from the standpoint not only of Israel but of all the nations concerned,” Dulles said. “It should, as President Eisenhower said, make it possible to bring about conditions in the area more stable,. more tranquil, and more conducive to the general welfare than those which existed heretofore.” Dulles added that “once again it has been demonstrated that free world nations have a decent respect for the opinions of mankind.” Dulles said the United States has no reason to believe that there will be any discrimination against Israeli, British or French ships which try to go through the Suez Canal once it is opened. As for the Straits of Tiran which lie between Egypt and Saudi Arabia and lead into the Gulf of Aqaba, Dulles said he believes Egypt has no right to close the straits to any vessel. Dulles also: —Said the United States is satisfied that British nuclear tests at Christmas Island in the Pacific will not endanger the Hawaiian Islands. —Disclosed that the administration is searching for a Way to let reporters go to Red China without dropping an overall U.S. ban against American travel on the Communist Chinese mainland. So far, a formula has not been worked Ollt. . — ■ , —Said the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization nations are concerned about Indonesia which is (Coatlnued «■ Pa« Five) Local Lady's Mother Dies At Zanesville Jennie Tomlinso’n Is Taken By Death Mrs. Jennie Caley Tomlinson 74, of Zanesville, died at 2:15 o clock Monday afternoon in that town following a heart attack. She *nade l>er home with a brother, Earl Caley, of Zanesville. Mrs. Tomlinson was a member of the Uniontown Church of Christ. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Lloud Bowman of Decatur and Mrs. Carl Timme of Fort Wyane; one son, William G. Tomlinson of Fort Wayne; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and five . other brothers, Fred and Lester Caley of Markle, Grover Caley of | Zanesville, Homer Caley of Huntington, and Dewey Caley of Fort Wayne. * Funeral services will be held at i 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Elzey ( home for funerals, Waynedale, the < Rev. S. Wayne Piety officiating. 1 Burial will be in Prairie Grove 1 cemetery. Friends may call at the i home after 7 o'clock this evening < until time of the services.

Arab Opposition Hardens In Crisis Fears Conditions With Withdrawal CAIRO, Egypt (UP)— Arab opposition hardened today against giving Israel freedom of shipping in the Gulf of Aqaba and against using United Nations troops in the Gaza Strip. The opening shot in the .new fight was fired by Ahmed El Shukeiri, assistant secretary general of the Arab League, in talks with U.S. Ambassador Raymond Hare. . However, no major action was expected until Israel completes its withdrawal from the Egyptian-ad-ministered Gaza Strip and Sharm El Sheikh, an Egyptian fortress on the Gulf of Aqaba. Shukeiri, speaking on behalf of Egypt and eight other Arab members of the league, told Hare in talks Monday the Arab world fears there have been “conditions” attached to the Israeli withdrawal. But his statements made it clear the Arab countries will demand the UN Emergency Forces be deployed only along the truce demarcation lines without assuming any functions inside the Gaza or Aqaba areas. Western diplomatic sources reported from El Qantara in the Suez Canal Zone that Egypt is expected go-ahead for final clearance of the canal as soon as Israeli forces complete their withdrawal. Hie United Nations salvage fleet has finished clearing the waterway’s main channel except for the last two obstacles—the <ship Edgar Bonnet and the Abukir, both sunk in the channel. Civic Music Group Concert On Tonight Male Quartet Will Appear At Center The Men of Song, a male quartet, will present a concert for members of the Adams county civic music association at 8 o’clock this evening at the Decatur Youth' and Community Center. Doors will open at 7 p. m. and members of the association will be given the opportunity before and after the concert to renew the memberships for the 1957-58 concert season. Originally scheduled for tonight was a concert by the Engelkinder, an Austrian family, which was forced to cancel a United States tour because of an automobile accident. The quartet which appears tonight has been on the concert stage for seven years. Rated as one of the best groups of its kind in the U. S., the quartet has appeared frequently on radio and television and has recorded extensively for three major recording companies. Their program will include special arrangements of several types of vocal music. The concert comes during preparation week of the association’s annual membership campaign. This year’s members will have the opportunity to renew their memberships until Friday. Any not renewed on that day will be sold during the open membership drive, which begins Monday. Membership headquarters have been established at the Community Center in Decatur and at the Berne Witness in Berne. Telephone numbers of the headquarters are 3-3116 in Decatar and 2-2141 in Berne. Any person who is interested in (Coßtinea bb Pa*e Five) Muncie Councilmen Pass Up Time Issue MUNCIE (W — Muncie’s City Council faced a hassle over a resolution calling for a return to Central Standard lime but decided at a meeting Monday night to delay action on the chance the Indiana Legislature, now is session, would settle the statewide controversy over “fast” and "slow” time.

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Premier Seeks To Keep Hold On Government Government Shaky Over Withdrawal Plans From Egypt . JERUSALEM, Israel (UP) — Premier David Ben-Gurion today postponed a showdown in parliament over his troop withdrawal policies in order to make a lastminute effort to hold his shaky coalition government together. Ben-Gurion, faced by political revolt and the threat of violence by the opposition Herat (freedom) Party, moved up today’s scheduled parliament session three hours while he held emergency conferences with party leaders. He had scheduled a parliament session for Monday, but was forced to postpone it when the rift widened in his cabinet. Today political leaders thought he had patched it up enough to win a vote of confidence, but opposition to the withdrawal grew and he asked for more time. Negotiations Wasted? Feelings on the projected withdrawal from the Gulf of Aqabn and the Gaza Strip cut .across, party lines in the Knesset (parliament? aMrttaay deputies were reported; to:Relieve sfeto feast four months of negotiations had been wasted. The deputies said Israel’s bargaining power would have been much more greater if it had held (onto the Sinai Desert positions it captured less than 10 miles from the Suez Canal where the Israeli Army advanced in the first days of the October invasion. A cabinet meeting called to approve the premier’s withdrawal statement before its delivery also was postponed from the afternoon to the evening as Ben-Gurion struggled to pull the rebellious cabinet members back into line. The crisis was precipitated when members of the left.- wing Mapam and Ahdut Avoda parties said they would not vote with the government on two censure motions by the opposition, condemning his policy of withdrawing. Unless he can persuade them to reverse their decision, the two dissident parties could cause his government to fall. Students Demonstrate Ben-Gurioq was quoted as telling the political leaders that if the Egyptians returned to the Gaza Strip “we have it in our power to send them back into their territory in one day.” But the opposition to Israel’s withdrawal increased by the hour, and huge anti - withdrawal demonstrations were Ailed for today. Supporters of the Herut Party announced they would march on parliament after a mass rally in a public square near the building. Supporters of Ben-Gurion’s Mapai labor party rallied their members to block the Herut march. Manj' in Jerusalem feared a repitition of the Herat’s violent assault on the Knesset (parliament) in 1952 during a debate on German reparations when the Herut Party opposed negotiations with West Germany. Rioting broke out in Jerusalem Monday when 250 students tried to march on parliament. The demonstration was broken up by clubswinging police who arrested 10 of the demonstrators. Today's demonstration. involving two political parties, could be bloodier. Seeks Coalition Unity Ben-Gurion conferred Monday night with other party leaders in his latest move to keep his coalition together. As-he did so, Israeli military forces prepared for a three-week-long withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a quicker one from Sharm El Sheikh on the Gulf of Aqaba: Reliable sources said he called in leaders of the left-wing Adhuf Avoda (unity of labor) and Mapam (united workers), both members of his coalition, end convinced them they should not oppose the withdrawal decision. Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, commander of the United Nations (CobUbb«4 M Pa«« Fir*)