Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1957 — Page 6

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Surveys Livestock Losses In Blizzard Doubt Appreciable Meat Price Increase By UNITED PRESS Livestock deaths in this week’s western blizzard ranged from light to heavy, but the overall loss probably will not be enough to cause an appreciable increase in meat prices. That was indicated today in a United Press survey of states hit hardest by the paralyzing snowstorm. , .• Although most officials said it was still too early for an accurate survey of damage to livestock, the general concensus was that losses were not severe enough to affect market prices. Ranchers in Colorado and the Texas Panhandle appeared to have suffered the heaviest losses. Texas Panhandle stockmen said a preliminary survey of their I ranges indicated cattle deaths may reach 20 per cent. At least 750 cattle died on three ranches and another 300 were missing on two others. Little Effect on Supply Deaths of dairy cows may reach the thousands in the Panhandle, but a thorough count is not expected for at least two or three more days. County agents said the blizzard also left little moisture since most of the snow was swept from flat ground into cuts and arroyos. Despite the losses, Charles Stewart, manager of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn., said he believed the blizzard would have little effect on overall supply or prices. Some indiviudal ranchers Were ' I L -L.l

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i I reported to have suffered heavy ; losses in Colorado and New Mexii co, but no estimates were immediiately available. Brett Gray of |he i Record Stockman newspaper in ■ Denver said on the basis of reports i he has received, th6 cattle loss apI pears heavy. Officials of the Colorado Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said it was too early to tell whether the storm would influence meat supplies and prices, but they said at the moment it seemed doubtful. In Kansas, Roy Freeland, state agricultural secretary, said he doubted if the Kansas lass would make much of a dent in costs. He said he did not believe cattle deaths would be heavy since many herds were op feed lots because of the drought. Calf Loss in Nebraska There was one report oL2OO-head of cattle dead in Kansas, but information trickled In slowly because many areas still are snowbound and without communications. K.D. Blood, statistician of the I U.S. Agricultural Department Marketing Service in Oklahoma City said Oklahoma's 'overall loss in proportion to the state's cattle supply shouldn’t be very large.” “For one thing," Blood said, "the storm covered only six or seven counties in Oklahoma, whereas it hit harder in other states. Also, the short duration was in our favor. The moisture from the snow will be of much value in improving grass and the stock water situation.” In Nebraska, Hart Jorgenson, director of the Omaha Livestock Foundation, said the storm effect was “rather negligible.” “I see no effect in cattle prices due to storm losses in coming months,” Jorgenson said. “There may have been some calf loss in die ranch epuntry but this loss

would not become apparent until ■ next year and probably will never ■ be clearly indicated by prices.” ■ A spokesman for a major Kansas i meat packer said he did not • believe there will be any immedi- ■ ate effect on the market, but the storm might cause a slight fluctua- ' tion later because most of the dead cattle are calves. However, he added, "the value of the moisture will overrun all losses in livestock and property damage." Dated Instructors To Benefit Grades Thjge Elkhart y. Teachers Charged ELKHART, Ind. (UP) - Seven Elkhart University coeds said they dated faculty members to "benefit their scholastic efforts at the university." police said*Tuesday. The girls, 18 and 19 years old, said they went drinking with three faculty members. Police said Hugh A. Woosley. 40. Frank Shultz Jr., 28, and Robert Zimmerman. 32, all of Elkhart, would be arraigned Monday in City Court on one charge each of furnishing intoxicating liquor to minors. The men were released on S3OO bond and the girls were released without charge. The university has about 2001 students. Its classrooms are in' business buildings. The school offers courses in business and for dental and medical technicians. It was formerly Elkhart Business University. j, ■ ’ ’ ■ • z Trade in a good town\— Decatur , —...- *■

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More Corn Belt Land , May Go In Soil Bank Rich Corn Land May Go Into Soil Bank WASHINGTON <UP> —'Agriculture Department officials said today that nearly 2’i million extra acres of rich corn belt land may go into the soil bank if Congress approves a proposed boost in the 1957 corn acreage allotments. The Senate Agriculture CommitI tee Monday approved a bill raising the planting allotment from 37.3 million acres to 51 million acres. The department has not formally endorsed the bill, although it closely resembles measures the administration backed only a few weeks ago. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said Tuesday he did not know yet whether the Senate bill “would give us more o rless corn.” He also said he may ask Congress | later this year to consider giving farmers greater production freedom with increased flexibility of price supports. Other officials pointed out that while the bill may result in pulling more corn acreage into the soil bank in some sections, it might permit increased planting in others. Avoid “Windfall” Payments Soil bank payments are made to farmers who agree to plant less , than their individual farm allotments. Under the 37.3 million aCIT allotment farmers have already 1 agreed tq put nearly 4.5 million acres in the soil bank and applications are pending covering an additional one million acres or more. Most of this acreage, however, is in lower-yielding sections of the 24-state "commercial" corn planting area. Planting controls affqct only the commercial area. Officials said today that if the allotment is increased, they will adopt new soil bank regulations for corn. These regulations would be designed to avoid "windfall” soil bank payments to growers already in the program and channel most additional payments to highyield areas like lowa and Illinois. The new rules would include soil bank priorities for growers who want to cut corn planting below the new, higher allotments. First priority would go to growers already in the soil bank, allowing them to increase their “deposit” to an acreage totalling 15 per cent of their new allotment. The Second Priority This would cover a relatively small acreage, Agriculture Department experts said. It was considered necessary because the Senate bill would require “commercial” area farmers who want price support on corn to deposit in the soil bank ’-an acreage equal to IS per cent of their planting allotment. Second priority would go to farmers who did not sign soil bank contracts before March 8, when the original 1957 sign-up closed. This is aimed at the heart of the ■ corn belt, where the sign-up was small, officials said. Department experts estimated payments under the Senate bill would reach SIOO million, bringing

I total corn payments for 1957 to $.300 million. Most of the new SIOO i million payments would go to pay for up to 2 to 2% million acres of corn left unplanted in the highyielding heart of the cornbelt, these experts estimated. No Early Prospect Os Spring Weather Scattered Frost Is Predicted Tonight By UNITED PRESS The weather bureau took its three-times-a-week peek into the future today and saw no prospect of springlike temperatures in Indiana in the next few days. The five-day outlook called for temperatures averaging near normal to about three degrees below normal highs of 50 to 61 and lows of 31 to 37. “Only small day-to-day changes in temperature,” the outlook said for the period Thursday through next Monday. Precipitation will average near .30 of an inch north and near onehalf inch south as rain about Friday and Sunday. Meanwhile, light drizzle and snow fell this morning in some state areas, and gloomy conditions that have prevailed for days continued. Temperatures hit peaks ranging from 34 at Fort Wayne to 48 at Evansville Tuesday, then dropped ,to lows of 30 at South Bend to 37 at Evansville early this morning. Today's highs will range in the 40s. Scattered frost was expected tonight with temperatures falling just below freezing throughout Hoosierland. • Thursday highs will range from 44 north to 55 south, and the outlook for Friday was cloudy with rain likely. Defense Motion For New Trial Denied LAPORTE, Ind. (UP)—LaPorte Circuit Judge John J. Davis Tuesday denied a defense motion for a new trial for Mrs. Nancy Mitchell. 41, Westville, now serving a life term in Indiana Women’s Prison for murder. SYRIAN (Cwtlnur* frees O»e> indicated it would demand the withdrawal of the international force because it would hamper Israeli’s defense of its borders against Arab marauders. GOV. HANDLEY (Cootlneral from Peel the state general fund -surplus when he leaves office. The fund stood at SBO million before former Gov. George Craig’s administration, and was expected to be down to S3B million at the end of the current biennium June 30. “I won’t be leaving the State of Indiana in the same shape I got it,” quipped Handley.

Showdown Vole On Fairbanks Control Bitter Proxy Fight To Control Company CHICAGO (UP> — The opposing forces of Robert H. Morse Jr. and Leopold Silberstein met today for a showdown vote on who will control 127-year-old Fairbanks, Morse and <lo. The bitter proxy fight, one of the most dramatic* in this era of industrial mergers, reached its climax at the annual shareholders meeting. But the outcome may not be know until Thursday or later because of the intervention of Federal Judge J. Sam Perry. The battle pitted Morse, president of the firm, and his father, chairman of the board, against Silberstein and his associates in Penn-Texas Corp. - The stakes were large. Fairbanks, Morse is a major manufacturer of diesel engines, scales and heavy industrial equipment. Penn-Texas is a holding company with diversified and far flung interests ranging from mining to shipping. Silberstein, a controversial figure in finance, has been called a “genius” and a “raider." Under his leadership Penn-Texas in six years has grown from a coal company in dubious financial health to an industrial empire comprising 15 diversified interests. Acquisition of Fairbanks, Morse would make it one of the nation’s largest corporate enterprises. Silberstein was confident he had the proxies to win this prize, but there was a good possibility that the issue might be settled in court. Fairbanks, Morse filed suit in Federal Court last week to enjoin Silberstein and hisassociates from casting their votes at today’s shareholders’ meeting. The suit charged that much of ■ their stock was obtained in an “illegal conspiracy.” Perry late Tuesday ordered the shareholders’ meeting held as scheduled this morning.* But he ordered the ballots and proxies impounded without tabulation and delivered to the clerk of the court. He also ruled that both sides could have access to the ballots starting Thursday, at which time an informal count could be made. But the final decision on which votes are valid may not come un- j til the lawsuit has been decided. Judging Contest Is Held Tuesday • Adams Central And Geneva Teams Tied Adams Central and Geneva tied for top honors in the Adams county crops judging contest held Tuesday at Berne high school, according to an announcement made today by william Joumay and Martin Watson, who were in charge of the contest. The Adams Cemral team, coached by Watson, includes Phil Moser. Richard Hirschy, Palmer Urick and Tony Sharp. The Geneva team is coached by Kenneth Van Emon and includes Steve Bauman, Art Schindler, Ivan Nevil and Jerry Hofsteter. These teams will compete in the district contest in Allen county April 27. High individual scorers in the local contest included Phil Moser, Adams Central, 745: Steve Bauman, Geneva. 745; Richard Hirschy, Adams Central, 740: Art Schindler, Geneva, 735; Jim Fuhrman, Monmouth, 730; Kenneth Van Emon, Bprne, 730 Ivan Roth, Decatur, 730; Rex Allison, Decatur, 725; Terry Jones, Berne, 720, and Gerald Haugk, Monmouth, 715. A total of 73 boys participated in the contest. Egg, Poultry Judging Held in conjunction with the crops contest Tuesday at Berne was the poultry and egg judging contest, which was won by the Adams Central team. Berne-French placed second in the contest, which is sponsored by the Adams county 4-H and Future Farmers of America. The Adams Central team composed of Don Ray, Jerry Gerber, Wayne Byerly and Jan Smith, is coached by Martin Watson. Eugene Sprunger is the coach for the Berne team, which included John Hartmah, Lynn Lehman, Bill Hartman and Wayne Amstutz. These teams will also participate in the district event April 27. ..High individual scorers among the 43 participants wtere Don Ray, Adams Central, 830; Jerry Gerber, Adams Central, 825; John Hartman, Berne, 805; Jan Smith, Adams, 795; Wayne Byerly, Adams Central, 795; Richard Kaehr, Adams Central, 790; Bill Lehman, Geneva, 785; Clair Inniger, Adams Central, 760; Loren Habegger, Adams Central, 757; Bill Hartman, Berne, 755; and Lynn Lehman, Berne, 755. MERCURY (Conlleeed from P«K« Onr> sylvania and New York. Showers were predicted for Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, but fair skies were forecast elsewhere in the West. Warmer temperatures were expected from Kansas and Texas east to Illinois and across the Gulf states. Trade in a good town — Decatur

Report Infant Born With Case Os Mumps OAKLAND CITY, Ind. (IP) — A doctor who presided' at the birth of a baby to Mrs. Virginia Warren, wife of an Oakland City college student, said the child was born with a case of taumps. Hie physician said he diagnosed an ailment of Mrs. Warren as mumps shortly before the baby arrived. AFL-CIO Officials Studying Beck Case Several Criticize Teamster President WASHINGTON <UP) — Several members of the AFL-CIO high command today sharply criticized Teamster President Dave Beck for loosing a flood of Fifth Amendment pleas rather than answer the questions of Senate investigators. But most willing to comment said they would wait until the AFL-CIO Executive Council's extraordinary meeting Friday before taking a stand. ' The council was certain to have before it a demand that it punish Beck by attempting to break his power as head of the nation’s biggest labor union. That could start a monumental struggle within organized labor. Beck's use of the Fifth Amendment Tuesday before the Senate Rackets Committee apparently flouted the AFL-CIO Executive Council's code of ethics. The code states that a union official who invokes the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination is unfit to hold office and should be ousted. Beck voted agginst the ban when the council passed it. The council, at Friday’s meeting, is expected to consider two moves: —Recommending ouster of Beck from the 28-member council itself. —Calling on the Teamsters to clean house by ousting Beck and other officials or face being kicked out of the AFL-CIO. Family Os 10 Is Homeless In Fire FRANKFORf. Ind. (UP) — Mr, and Mrs. Scott Johnson and their | eight children were homeless toi day as the result of a fire which destroyed their home near Burlington Tuesday. Firemen from three communities fought the blaze which was blamed on defective wiring. State Traffic Toll Reported Mounting INDIANAPOLIS (UP) —lndiana State Police provisional statistics showed today that the 1957 traffic death toll is creeping slowly toward 1956 levels. The deaths through last Sunday nidnight totaled 203, compared with 226 for the corresponding date last year. But 40 deaths have been recorded in the last two weeks, compared with 28 in the same period of 1956.

FOR ABSOLUTE TOPS IN LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. CALL or SEE COWENS INSURANCE AGENCY L. A. COWENS t JIM COWENS 209 Court St. Phone 3-3601 Decatur, Ind. Public Auction I ' ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY THE OSCAR MYERS ESTATE 50 — ACRE FARM — 50 MARCH 30, 1967, 1:30 P.M. LOCATION—7 Miles East of Decatur, Indiana on No. 224 to state line, then 2>£ miles South; or 1 mile West of Wren, Ohio to state line then mile North. This 50 acre farm lays level and is good producing sod. It has a 42x28 barn on a cement foundation and is good except the roof which needs fixing, 40x20 chicken house; 6x28x18 corn crib. The farm lays 40 and 10 acres side by side and the 10 acres is a fine orchard which could be a fine producer for you with a little trimming and cleaning. The 40 acres is all farm land except about 5 acres of timber in one corner of the farm. We will sell as one unit or as a 40 and a 10, to suit the purchasers. For further information and inspection please contact the auctioneers. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 1947 International KB 6 Semi with 2-18 foot steel floor trailers; Meyers sprayer with 300 gal. tank; Mack refrigerator truck; John Deere A tractor? John Deere 2 bottom 12 in. plow; Wheel slip scoop; Wooden wagon; Log chain; Grindstone; Roof ladder; Iron windows; Large bench vise; Warm Morning stove; 28-8 Ft. 2x4; 14 - 16 Ft. 2x4; 16 Cider barrels; 4 Gal. lime sulphur; Jacks. Garden tools; a lot of iron; 400 BU. POPCORN that has been tested and will pop; Tools, and other miscellaneous articles. TERMS—ReaI Estate 20% Cash on day of sale, balance upon delivery of deed and abstract. . IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. Personal Property—Cash. ROBERT S. ANDERSON, Gerald Strickler, D. S. Blair—Auctioneers. Pauline Haugk, Clerk Administrator of the Estate C. W. Kent, Sales Mgr. of Oscar Myers, deceased. Voglewede & Anderson, Lawyers Sale Conducted by The Kent Realty & Auction Co. Decatur, Indiana Phone 3-3390 „ Not responsible for accidents 6-20-23-27

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$85,000 (Ceettneeo >■»« o»«> during a recess, in today's session, that Shefferman also made purchases for William Green, late AFL president, “and many others. ... because he was able to buy at discounts.” —The reading by Shefferman of a long list of items he bought for the Becks and his frank puzzlement over some of them such as “kneedrawers" and “a watch for golf dubs.” In his talk with reporters Beck said he had not yet received an invitation to attend a meeting of the AFL-CIO executive council called for Friday to consider his use of the Fifth Amendment before the Senate committee. Beck also said he did not know whether he would attend the meeting. Need Better Bookkeeping He said, however, he had been hearing from "thousands and thousands of Teamster Union members” and that rank and file reactions supported him “500 to 1.” Beck said there had been three meetings of “big Teamster locals in the past 10 days representing 22,000 members. “The vote supporting me was unanimous.” Beck said. Beck told newsmen he is for "the most stringent accounting" of union money and welfare and pension funds. But he conceded that the Teamsters Union bookkeeping “could be improved.” RED CROSS ICootlweal neo township, $10; Decatur business,- $15125, and Mrs. Glen Workinger, Monroe township, sl4. SENATORS (Cotittr*"»d from «ina) chief of staff, received a deserved promotion. Under committee procedures, the nominations will not be acted on for seven days in order to give senators a chance to raise any objections. Russell said he knew of none in prospect. Trade in a good town — Decatur You don’t nood to pay B | 1250 to 1300 for g loflenthe worid'slargeat-selling, || finest-quaiity hearing aids— < liny, light, inconspicuous—at I $65 to *165! Eyeglass* and at- i the-ear model*. Come in, aee*sg them— today! -LaMaa M* aaokas la HIM a ■rit* *a aradaas laatara a-aiiaMa aal* Ikraasli « aw maSMiia aaMakM.« aotnao. jd HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. ’"’ '"'“y - ■