Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 66.

PRIME MINISTERS MEET ■f ; • i ■ ' I KI -c® V vi -< B ’’l ARRIVING FOR A TOUR of India, Josef Cyrankiewicz, Prime Minister of Poland is greeted at New Delhi’s Palam Airport by Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru.

Pastor Blasts Bank Bandit To Death In Duel Avenges Murder Os State Trooper Pal 'By Killing Bandit.. SELLERSBURG. Ind. (UP)—A Methodist pastor avenged the murder of his state trooper friend Monday afternoon by ’ blasting a bank bandit to death in a gun duel. The Rev. Robert W. Gingery, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church in New Albany, Ind., shot and killed William Hassett,- 25, ville, Ky., at a police blockade near here. , Hassett moments before had shot and killed state police Sgt. Marvin Walts, 47, who had stopped the bandit for questioning in the $1,655 robbery of the Sellersburg, Ind., State Bank. Gingery, 37, whose steely calm broke down shortly after the shooting, was give sedation and placed under a doctor's care today. Carried Two Guns The minister said Walts, a close friend and parishioner, had stopped a car carrying a man who answered the bank bandit’s description. Walts radioed headquarters with the information. a -'■n-t time later,’ Gingery reported over the police radio: —a.vin has been shot and I have killed the batik robber.” Walts was killed with a bullet in the head when he approached Hassett’s car to question the bandit. Hassett jumped out, grabbed Walts’ service revolver and advanced toward Gingery with guns in both hands. Gingery picked up a sawed-off shotgun, kept loaded on the front seat of the officer’s squad car, and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. The clergyman, although unfamiliar with guns, realized the safety catch must be locked and fumbled with the gun until he found it. Shoots Through Window - While the minister was trying to release the safety catch, the robber crept to the back of the car and fired at Gingery. The minister whirled around in the front seat and shot through the back window. Hassett fell with a blast in the chest. Gingery said Walts, a 20-year state police veteran who was due to retire next year, had joined his congregation two years ago and was a deeply religious man. Walts had made it a habit to invite the pastor out for lunch and a ride in his car on the anniversary of joining the church, .Gingery said. Monday was the second anniversary date. The shooting occurred only about 10 minutes after Hassett had held up five women employes in the Sellersburg bank. He scooped up about $1,655 and fled in a car. The loot was recovered. Friend of State Senator Walts, a former school principal, was riding in his car nearby with Gingery when he heard the alarm over the police radio. When Walts was shot, he was awaiting the arrival of another trooper who had been sent from ,Continued on Page Eight* INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and colder tonight. Wednesday generally fair and warmer. Low tonight 25-32 north, and 30s south. High Wednesday 42-52. Sunset 6:56 p. m„ sunrise Wednesday 6:4$ a. m.

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— ——, ■— t . .. Red Cross Campaign Is Reported Lagging Urges Solicitors Complete Reports The Red Cross 1957 fund drive report released today by Carl A. Braun, general chairman of the campaign, showed a total of $2,110.03 collected to date. This amount is more than $9,000 short of the $11,500 goal set for this campaign. Braun again issued an appeal to all solicitors to complete their reports as soon as possible. He also urged the general public to cooperate in the fund drive which makes possible the Red Cross servicer including emergency aid, /’tester relief, the blood program and the first aid program. _ Recent reports from cafhpaign workers and other donations include Obed Steffen, French township. $8.50; Mrs. M. Schieferstein, Decatur residential, $14.25; Mrs. Wilbur Blakey, Union township. $7.01. Harold Shoemaker, Hartford township, $6; Amos Neuenschwander, $3; Noah Neuenschwander, Monroe township, $7; Mrs. E. Geisel, French township, $8; Knights of Columbus, $10; Mrs. Charles Miller, Decatur residential, $27; Mrs. F. Geimer, Union township, $2.75; Decatur Business and Professional Women’s club, $lO. Ohio Oil company, S3O; Zion Lutheran Missionary, $10; Mrs. Eugene Durkin, Decatur residential, $10.50; Mrs. Rose Tanvas, Decatur residential, $7.75; Mrs. Pete Reynolds, Decatur residential, $10; E. Meyers, Preble township, $8; Mrs. Oscar Geisel, Washington township, $22; Mrs. C. Decatur residential, CoßtinueU ob Page Eight £ Annual Easter Seal Campaign Underway County Society To Mail Seal Letters Within the next few days, residents of Adams county will receive letters from the Adams county society for crippled children and adults, according to an announcement made by Deane T. Dorwin, president of the local society. A sheet of assorted Easter seals consisting of two sizes and designs, as well as a "We Have Given” sticker for contributors to display, are included in the appealing messengers for crippled children and adults. The sticker, which appears in the center of the sheet, is a duplication of the billboard and posters which will be used in promoting the campaign, which officially opened Friday and will extend throughout Easter Sunday. It shows an inviting boy with a crutch asking contributors to "Give—Easter Seals.” ' Contributors are urged to help promote the campaign by displaying the sticker on windows and doors when they have mailed their Easter seal contributions. Larger size seals are specially for use as stickers on packages and gifts. Approximately 90 percent of the funds which will be raised in the annual drive will finance services within the state.. The remainder will go to help support a national program of service, education and research.

See Possible Billion Cui In Defense Budget Defense Secretary To Be Questioned On Possible Cuts WASHINGTON (UP) —lnformed sources said today the Pentagon may be able to shavq several hundred million dollars—but not several billions—from his budget under pressure from the congressional economy drive. The sources made the statement after Chairman Clarence Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee and Chairman George Mahon of the House Military. Appropriations subcommittee raised the possibility of a $3.5 billion cut. The sources said officials see no chance of a multi-billion dollar cut in the Pentagon’s proposed S3B- - budget now before Congress. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson was certain to be questioned on the congressional economy drive at a news conference this afternoon. He has not been talking like a man who believed his S3B-billion plan for the year starting next July 1 could be reduced much. He already has predicted that defense budgets will have to increase in future years. Other defense officials said that cuts of one, two or even three per cent might be feasible. That would be roughly from $350-million to upwards of sl-billion. Military sources said any deeper cuts would change the shape and quality of the American defense effort. They would reduce military effectiveness in some areas, possibly cause military manpower cuts, slow down military construction projects and bring reduced employment to sorpe defense plants. Moreover, they probably would mean that certain projects would be merely postponed and have to be undertaken in later years. Civic Music Group Arranges Program Five Concerts Are Set For Next Year A series of five outstanding concerts has been planned for members of the Adams county civic music association for the 1957-58 season. By popular request of many of the association members, the Indianapolis Symphony will be returned. The concert presented by the symphony during this season was one of the highlights of the series. Os special interest to local residents will be the appearance of James Pease, internationally acclaimed bass-baritone. He is a .relative of Hugh Andrews, principal of Decatur high school. He has sung leading roles in many of the top opera houses, has been soloist with major symphonies both here and abroad and has recorded tor RCA Victor records. Also to be presented during the next concert season will be the Vienna Choir Boys, one of the world’s best known and most bo loved choral group. The other two concerts of the series will be presented by Nelson and Neal, an outstanding husband and wife piano team, and Benno Rabinof, noted violinist who will perform to the accompaniment of his wife, who is an accomplished concert pianist. The selections for next year’s concert series were made by a talent committee composed of members of the association’s board of directors. Dates for the concerts have not yet been established. The five high quality concerts were made possible by the success of the association’s second membership drive which was conducted last week. Memberships are now closed and will not be available again until next year's membership week. Only members ,of the association may attend the concerts. Bomb Threat Call Grounds Airliners - ''T '• INDIANAPOLIS (W — An Eastern Airlines reservation clerk at Weir Cook Airport was startled late Monday when a anonymous voice on the telephone warned “I want to advise you that there is a bomb on your airplane.” Eastern officials immediately ordered all of their planes grounded and a search was made from tip to tail of all planes. Luggage of passengers also was checked. No bomb was found and officials concluded the mysterious call was a hoax.

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Egypt Gives Assurance No Present Plans For Using Troops in Gaza

: ’Summerfield : Backs Higher Postal Rales Postmaster General 4. Says Higher Rates Vital To Revenue L 1 WASHINGTON (UP) — Poi- ‘ master General Arthur E. Summerfield said today that Congress * must vote higher postal rates or ! “nullify” much of its effort to cut 1 President Eisenhower’s $71.8 billion budget. Summerfield said the Budget ' Bureau counted on “sizable in--1 creases in postal rates” in esti--1 mating the government’s revenue for fiscal 1958. Summerfield was the first witness at House Post Office Com- , mittee hearings on the adminis- , tration’s bill to increase postal rates $462 million in fiscal 1958. Chairman Tom Murray (D-Tenn» j agreed that the rate bill "is just i as important a part of the fiscal program of the Congress as any [ cut of a comparable amount we [ can make.” ( Murray said postal rates “should not be made a,political football,-* but should be put on a "fair and equitable basis.” Summerfield called the postal service "a staggering drain on the federal budget.” He said its deficits since 1945 total about $5 billion. That amount, he said, would mean 145,000 school classrooms, or 51,000 miles of new highway or add more than 700 long range jet bombing planes for the Air Force. Summerfield paid tribute to • newspapers for "unselfishly” sup- : porting- rate increases "despite the ) fact that their rates of postage would be substantially increased. » He said newspaper editorials have favored rate hikes “by,a margin . of 5 to 1.” The administration is again ask- [ ing Congress to boost the cost of , mailing a first class letter from 3 to 4 cents. A trial balloon for a 5-cent letter rate failed to get off J the ground. Other proposed increases are: Postcards—From 2 to 3 cents each. Air mail letters—From 6 to 7 ’ cents an ounce. Second class mail (newspapers i and magazines) — Four annual : hikes of 15 per cent each. Third class mail (advertising matter)—From 2 to 3 cents for the i first 2 ounces, with a corresponding percentage hike on additional ounces. Books—From 8 to 10 cents on the first pound and from 4 to 5 cents . on each additional pound. ; Controlled circulation publications—From 10 to 12 cents a pound. 1 ... - Indianapolis Child Dies Os Injuries INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Rickey ’ L. Fields, 4, Indianapolis, died toi day in a hospital two days after , he wai hit by a motorcycle driven . by 15-year-old Elvin A. Montgomery, Indianapolis. • The young cyclist was arrested on charges of reckless driving and , having no operator’s license.

Lenten Meditation ' * ■ “GOD-POJVER” “Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power.”—Col. 1:11. Eugene Ayres, a research scientist, estimates that the energy of the sun is four billion billion billion horsepower hours per year. Only a small part of this falls on the earth. And half of that goes back out into space. Even so, the amount we retain is about five million horsepower per square mile per day. This is as much energy as human beings use, from all sources, in a year. If we tried to replace this energy with all earthly energy sources, we could do so for only three days. Thus man, with all his genius, is dependent on power beyond himself in the physical world. It is so also in the world of the spirit. Our own human powers are .so very small compared with the unbelievable resources of the infinite God. This boundless God-power is ours for the asking. Yet we insist on fretting and stumbling along in our own feebleness. We are so weak when we could be so strong. We tap this divine energy through Christ. In Him we overcome our human frailty and are upborne by the mighty powers of eternity.

I Parting Shot From I Winter In Midwest Five-State Area Is Blanketed By Snow By UNITED PRESS Winter fired a snow-laden parting shot at the Midwest today, blanketing a five-state area with as much as 16 inches of snow. • Although spring is only a day away, residents of Sioux Falls, S. D., dug out from under a 16-inch snowfall. A foot of snow piled up at Richland Center, Wis., Monday night and more than a half foot buried sections of Nebraska, northern lowa and southern Minnesota, At least 13 gfeaths were blamed on the rain and snow storm which swept from Texas to the Great Lakes. Five persons were killed in Texas, three in. traffic and two by drowning, and five persons died near Carmel, Ind., when a sports car skidded on a rain-slicked highway into another car. Three traffic fatalities blamed on the storm occurred in Nebraska. The storm was welcome to farmers in drought-stricken sections of South Dakota, Nebraska and lowa, however, bringing needed moisture for spring crops. A gentle rain soaked southern lowa Monday, but turned to snow in the north. About 100 schools in a nine-county area of northwestern lowa were closed because of the snow and two games of the state high school basketban tdirnament were postponed. Highway workers said snow drifted back onto the roads behind snow plows. Highway crews in southern Minnesota had difficulty making headway through the wet, packed snow but most roads were reported open. Capital Airlines cancelled its flights in Milwaukee for a time Monday, and the city was put on "snow alert.” The snowfall also postponed the start of Marquette University’s spring football practice. Northern Illinois and Indiana were soaked with up to a half inch of rain during a six-hour period Monday night Rain and drizzle also was reported through the Ohio Valley and south to the Atlantic Coast. Generally fair weather prevailed in the West except for rain along the southern California coast. . Weathermen said snow flurries will continue today in the Great Lakes region, and rtiore rain is seen for the upper Ohio Valley and the middle Atlantic coast. Strike Authorization Is Sought By Union CHICAGO (UP) — Union officials at International Harvester’s Tractor Works’ here will seek strike authorization from their international union in a grievance dispute, it was announced today. Peter Neputy, president of Local 1301, United Auto Workers, said employes voted 1,752-156 in favor of a walkout in balloting Monday. UAW Local 1308 at Harvester’s McCormick Works previously approved a strike on similar issues.} Neputy said the disputes involve new job classifications and piece work rates for some employes.

Brewster In Testimony To Senate Group Senate Committee 1 Reveals SIOO,OOO Into Special Fund ' WASHINGTON (UP)—The Sen--1 ate Labor Rackets Committee said , today nearly SIOO,OOO was withdrawn from Seattle Teamsters Union local for a “special fund” which docs not exist. But West Coast Teamsters boss Frank W. Brewster swore the fund did exist once. He said it was used for political contributions. Asked whether $4,000 of it was used as a down payment on his house, he said he could not remember. • Brewster, president of the 11state Western Conference of the giant Teamsters Union, was indicted Monday on charges of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions last January before another Senate committee. He was being quizzed today by the new Senate Rackets Committee to pave the way for later questioning of Teamsters President Dave Beck. He Couldn’t Remember Before turning to the “special ' fund” the committee questioned » Brewster about his horse racing ■ aefivltieL-He tesJtlhed; - <• —The union spent $2,670 In 1954 ; and 1955 for boxes at California . racetracks. ' - —He hired the horse trainer at . his "Needmore Stables,” Mel Ei- ■ sen, as a $l5O-a-week union organizer in the Los Angeles area. —He could not remember why he spent $750 in union money on one occasion for his jockey, Richard Cavallero, and Eisen. —The committee’s picture of his use of union money “isn’t good.” —He would hire an auditor to figure out what he owes the union and will pay the money back. Was Political Fund Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy said $99,999.65 was drawn from Seattle’s big Teamster Local 174 from June, 1950 to November, 1953. Brewster said he was secre-tary-treasurer of the local at the time. , Kennedy said the checks were made out to “Local 174 Special Fund” in the Seattle First National Bank. • “We have checked and found there is no special fund,” Kennedy said.’ 11 Brewster said there was such a special fund for 10 years before 1953. “It was a political fund, to be spent on candidates that Claude O'Reilly was in favor of, with approval of the executive board,’’ the Teamster leader saidFarm Achievement Banquet Tonight Annual Banquet To Be Staged Tonight Award winners in eight projects will be recognized tonight during the 35th annual farmers achievement banquet at the Adams Central gym, beginning at 6:30 p. m. The program, in addition to the presentation and awards, will feature the invocation by the Rev. Willis Gierhart, dinner music by Mrs. Ferris Bower of the Decatur Music House, group singing led by Ward Houser, and entertainment to be presented by Harry Mazelin and Jim Moser and the Raiidenbush quartet of Blue Creek township. Awards and recognitions will be announced by Elmer Baumgartner, of Berne, who will serve as master of ceremonies. Awards to be presented include the winners of the Adams county home demonstration association competition, the crops project committee, the D.H.I.A. project work, the dairy project committee, the swine project committee, the beef project committee, the poultry project committee and the sheep project committee.

Vera Cruz School Work Is Explained Opportunity School Explained To Lions The Vera Cruz opportunity school, for children who have never been aide to accomplish what was expected of them in public schools, was explained Monday night to the Decatur Lions club. Mrs. Max Fosnough, president of the school board; Mrs. Leßoy I Wibel, treasurer, of Wells county, . and Mrs. Homer Ginter, vice-pres-ident, and Mrs. Sam Farlow, member of the board, of Adams county, explained the school’s purpose, history, and operation with words and slides. There are two types of classes held at the school, which now has 31 pupils, eight of them from Adams county. One group is composed of those who have never been in a public school, and the other of those who have not been able to keep up with their age group. The classes are based on the mental advancement of the pupil rather than on cronological age. Mothers of some of the exceptional pupils, as the students are ’ called, gathered together in November of 1954 in Wells county to discuss the matter with the Wells I county superintendent of schools, I Lloyd Lieurance. The trustee of ! Harrison township, Wells county, offered them an abandoned school I in his township at Vera Crtiz. i The mothers pitched in, and in two months, by January 3, 1955, t they had cleaned up the school ’ and had it ready for operation. ’ The school business was new for them, and they had many problems. The main problem was the 1 lack of state support for funds. In two years the ladies have raised Coatlaa«4 Paze Blcht Employment Drops Here In February Payroll Also Drops During Past Month * Industrial employment in Decatur totalled 1,474 during the month of February, a decrease from the 1,607 of January and the 1,509 of the same month a year ago. The decrease is shown in the monthly business barometer of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The industrial payroll during February was $494,879. A year ago it totalled $488,200 and in January it was $531,717. The report shows 3,940 electric meters, two more than the previous month; 2,506, water meters, the same as in January; 2,354 gas meters, three less than a month before, and 6,114 telephones, an increase of two over the previous month. According to the Chamber report the number of poor relief cases, the number of persons aided and the total cost went up over the previous month and were also higher than during the same month in 1956. The 28 during February, 1957, included aid to 96 persons at a cost of $1,703. A year ago the poor relief cost $729 during the month of February. In January, 1957, $1,064 was spent in direct poor relief. The report showed 49 births and eight deaths occurring in Decatur during February. A year ago 56 births and 12 deaths were reported. Last month there were 62 births and 12 deaths. Carloadings in and out of the city totalled 2,062 during the month. This amount was slightly ; higher than the 1,953 of the month < before and also higher than the ] 1,521 reported a year ago. Railway ■ express shipments totalling 953 were an increase over January , but were about 100 less than Feb- ■ ruary, 1956. Pasta! receipts amounting to $7,- j 482 were below the January total , of $7,948 but higher than the $6,746 of a year ago. — | During , February five building ( permits with a total value of $23,- ; 932 were issued. In January the j four permits issued had a value ■ of $75,000, In February, 1956 ( seven building permits at a total j value of $47,000 were issued.

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Assures U.S. No Intention Os Troop Use Israeli Sources Report New Minor Violence At Border By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent Egypt has assured the United States that it has no present plans to send troops into the Gaza Strip, along whose borders Israeli sources reported new minor violence today. Cairo dispatches also reported that Egypt has assured the United Nations it has no intention of pushing the U.N. Emergency Foree out of the disputed strip. At the same time, Cairo has outlined its views on future Egyptian operation of the Suez Canal in a memorandum handed to representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, India and the U.N. The three moves eased the tension in the Mideast, where officials feared the minor Gaza border incidents might mushroom into major trouble. The Egyptian position on the future operation of the Suez Canal was kept secret, although Egypt ■ already has announced that all . tolls must be paid to Egypt and I not shared with any Internatiflfeal agency as suggested by the West. ’ ‘ i The new Egyptian memorandum , is believed to re-emphasize this I stand. Israel said a farm tractor was ' blown up by a mine at the border settlement of Nahal Oz and that three more plastic mines were wound in the vicinity. They apparently were laid by Fedayeen commandos since tracks led to the Gaza border. Thieves also penetrated 20 yards inside the Israeli frontier and stole grain from a .border farm. The Egyptian move into Gaza was nearing completion, and Cairo Radio reported the U.N. Emergency Force was moving its headquarters out of the trip. More Ships fa Canal Indian Minister V.K. Krishm Menon arrived in Cairo today for talks with President Gamal Abdel Nasser. He warned that no peaceful settlement could ever be reached with threats to use force. The Egyptian Suez Canal Authority announced in Suez that ships of 1,000 tons could be allowed to transit the canal starting today. Previously the canal was opened to 500-ton ships — small harbor craft and coastal boats. The canal itself is to be opened by April 10 to major shipping. Israeli Premier David BenGurion said return of Egypt to the Gaza Strip meant the search for a Middle East peace is “being almost wilfully thrown away.” .In an interview with United Press correspondent Eliav Simon in Jerusalem he also renewed Israel’s demand for passage through the Suez Canal and said Israel would defend fully its rights to passage through the Gulf of Aqaba. Ben-Gurion renewed previous offers to sit down with Arab leaders and discuss a peace treaty or a non-aggression pact but told them firmly “We are here to stay.” “Go Slow,” Says U.B. UN. Secretary - General Dag Hammarskjold planned to leave New York by plane this afternoon for Cairo in an effort to head off the new threat of a clash between Israel and Egypt. Hammarskjold discussed the Mideast situation for two hours Monday night with Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir who warned - that Israel “cannot agree to a belligerent Egypt coming back” to ' the Gaza Strip. Mrs. Meir who talked Monday with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Washington, said “it was assumed by us, and supported by others, that the U.N. should be in control of Gaza.” * ’ A Cairo dispatch said U.S. Ambassador Raymond Hare bad called on Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi three times in the past two days, urging Egypt to “go slow" lest its rapid takeover of the Gaza Strip touch off new fighting. (Coatiaata aa Pa*« F»v*»