Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 74.

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UN Secretary Returns With Egypt Answer Refuses Statement On Result Os Talks With Egypt's Leader By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold returned to New York today with Egypt’s answer to the future of the Suez Canal and the U.N. Emergency Force in the Middle East. Egypt announced officially today the canal would be reopened to traffic “around April 10” but there were growing indications the reopening would be on a provisional basis till its future is settled. The status of the UNEF was in doubt. Egypt has made no move to oust it from the Gaza Strip or areas along the Gulf of Aqaba.-but President Gamal Abdel Nasser has signed no formal agreement apparently because of Israeli refusal to permit the troops on the Israeli side of the border. Hammarskjold, who said he would have no statement on arrival, was stern-faced and adamant in his refusal to brief reporters on his six days of talks with Nasser and other Egyptian officials. —- He said he had gone to Cairo sos “informal exploratory talks,” that he had “had such talks” and “I felt that the most practical thing was to continue these same talks in New York." Border Is Quiet “I hope my talks in Cairo have been useful, and I hope that the forthcoming talks here in New York will be useful,” he said. He waved off newsmen who sought to question him. Hammarskjold reports to the seven-nation advisory committee on the canal this afternoon. Israel was making no formal statements pending a formal report on the Hammarskjold mission, but was holding to its demands for free passage through the Suez Canal as well as the Gulf of Aqaba and asking that the border along the Gaza Strip be quiet. There were no reports of border Incidents today. In Haifa military authorities ended a 24-hour air raid precaution drill today during which mock bombings theoretically brought to a standstill the electric and water supplies of Israel’s . ..main. port... Lester B. Pearson, Canadian ■— minister of external affairs, gave the Israel position his., support in a statement in Commons Wednesday in Ottawa. He insisted the canal must be freely open to ships of all nations, including Israel. Blame U.S. Slowness Pearson also noted that a U.N. resolution provided for deployment of UNEF on "both sides of the demarcation line,” although Israel has stated flatly it would oppose such a move. Israel itself was expressing concern over the slowness of the United States in resuming aid to Israel and in lifting a travel ban. - Government sources expressed feir the United States might use this to “pressure” Israel into accepting UNEF troops. Jerusalem dispatches also expressed concern at what officials described as apparent inaction o» the part of the United States in \ helping ease Mideast tensions, Government officials and the Jerusalem Post, which often reflects government thinking, complained that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles defended Israel’s position that Egypt has no right to continue its state of belligerency but had done nothing about it. The Post also suggested that American “pussy-footing” on Mideast problems meant the United States would prefer sending the (Continued on Pace Fire)

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More Cattle Losses Reported In Plains . Force Some Small Ranchers To Quit By UNITED PRESS Reports of cattle losses in the blizzard-swept Great Plains mounted today, and observers said some small ranchers probably will be forced to quit. Lat information from Colorado and New Mexico indicated extremely heavy losses, and in Texas it was estimated that up to 3,000 head of cattle perished in the snowstorm. Although the losses were not regarded a major disaster in relation to the overall livestock supply, they were tragic to many individual stockmen who had hung on through seven years of drought. In Texas, Oldham County agricultural agent G.C. Franks estimated the cattle loss will total 2,000 to 3,000 head, valued at up to $600,000. Sherman County agent Ernest Goule said about one-third of the cattle in his area were killed, marking the final blow to somh' ranchers who had been hanging on "by the skin of their Officials said many of the cattle that survived the storm have been without food for a prolonged period and probably won't be marketable this year because of loss of weight. Cattie also were scattered over hundreds of miles and it will take months to straighten out the situation. At La Junta, Colo., rendering companies were swamped with requests to haul away dead cattle which are posing a health problem due to warmer weather. Losses on ranches in Colorado and New Mexico ranged from 20 to 800 head. Besides taking a heavy toll of cattle, the storm did little to ease drought conditions in Texas. Colorado and New Mexico. Most of the plains were swept clean of snow, and the winds once again were raising dust in the area. Clyde Herbstreit, manager of the Production Credit Assn, in Guymon, Okla., said the cattle did not freeze in the storm because (Coatiaued ea Pare Five) Delays Crackdown On Pinball Machine Restraining Order By Fort Wayne Judge FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UP) — Superior Court Judge Lloyd E. Hartzler Wednesday threw a monkey wrench into plans of Fort Wayne and Allen County officials to confiscate pinball machines which record free games when he issued a restraining order preventing the move. The restraining order without notice was issued against Mayor Robert E. Meyers, chief of police Mitchel Cleveland, prosecuting attorney Glen J. Beams, safety board chairman Frank Putters and sheriff Frank Nagel. Nagel and Cleveland had announced last week they would crack down April 1 on all city and county establishments in possession of the machines. They said the orders came from prosecutor Beams. Beams said he set the April 1 date to give business firms ample time to get rid of the machines. « But distributors of the pinball devices countered the move by obtaining the restraining order from Judge Hartzler. They claimed a law recently passed by the Indiana legislature banning pinball machines which record free games was unconstitutional. Hartzler set April 19 for a hearing on the case. A similar suit enjoining Indianapolis and Marion County officials from interfering with ths operation of the machines is pending before the Indiana Supreme Court.

Economizers Pledge More Budgel Cuts House Economizers Promise More Cuts For Record Budget WASHINGTON (UP) — Hourt economizers promised to chop millions of dollars more out of the administration's record budget today despite a vigorous protest by President’ Eisenhower against piecemeal cuts. At the Same time, the Senate's economy drive collided with a $1.5 billion rivers and harbors bill authorizing many pet projects of senators. Mr. Eisenhower suggested at a news conference Wednesday that if Congress really wants to scale down government spending it might start with the “great number" of public works authorized for “political purposes.” The President stoutly defended his record peacetime $71.8 billion. He defied Congress to make substantial cuts without crippling "essential” programs. House economizers planned to pick up this afternoon where they left off Wednesday — whittling down a money bill for running the Department of Labor and the Department of Health, Education & Welfare. The House quit work on the $2.8 billion appropriations bin Wednesday with the budget-cutters firmly in control. They knocked $14.8 million out of the Labor Department’s budget, which already had been pared $20.3 million in committee. The President had requested a total of s3B4*million for the department. Members promised more multimillion dollar cuts when they finish up on the labor budget and then swing (heir axe at the $2.4 billion requested for health, welfare and education. In the Senate, Sens. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill) and Harry F. Byrd (D-Va) vowed to oppose the public works bill. However, members previously have proved reluctant to draw the economy line wtea»4t comes to such measures. Marion J. Ferguson Dies This Morning Funeral Services At Ossion Saturday Marion J. Ferguson, 84, a native of Wells county, died at 7:50 o’clock this morning at the home of his sons, Elmer R. and Arlington E. Ferguson, one and one-half miles east of Monroe. Mr. Ferguson and his wife, the former Lucille Judd, have made their home with the sons since 1948, moving from Wells county. He was born in Wells county Feb. 23, 1873, a son of John H. and Maggie Clark-Ferguson. Surviving in addition to the wife are four sons, Elmer R., Arlington E. and Alven J. Ferguson, all of near Monroe, and Kenneth E. Ferguson, Hillsdale, Mid)., apd five grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Elzey funeral home at Ossian, with burial in Oaklawn cemetery at Ossian. Friends may calls at the funeral home after 1 p.m, Friday.

Boy Is Killed When Barbecue Pit Falls FRANKLIN, Ind. (UP) — Gerald Keith, a 6-year-old first-grade pupil in a Franklin elementary school, died in a hospital today of injuries caused when a brick barbecue pit collapsed on him as he played at his home. The boy died in James Whitcomb Riley Hospital at Indianapolis about 12 hours after the accident. p olice Chief Caught In Own Speed Trap SIBLEY, lowa (TO — For Lester L. Scott, it was a case of double embarrassment when he was tripped up by an electronic speed detector and fined $6 at Grinnell, lowa. Scott is Sibley police chief and sells electronic speed detectors on the side. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy southwest, mostly cloudy with a few light showers north and east portions this afternoon. Clearing and cool tonight with scattered frost likely south portion. Friday partly cloudy, a little warmer east portion. Low tonight 28-33. High Friday 45-50 north, 50-55 south. Sunset 7:05 p.m., sunrise Friday 6:35 a.m. 14 Pugas

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House To Investigate Union Welfare Funds To Prevent Pillaging

British Order Greek Cypriot Bishop Freed Government Orders Cypriot Archbishop Freed From Exile LONDON (UP) — The British government today ordered Greek Cypriot Archbishop Makarios released from exile in the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. But Makarios will not be allowed to return to Cyprus "at this stage,” a government spokesman said. Colonial Secretary Alan LennoxBoyd told the House of Commons that Britain was also willing to offer an immediate safe conduct out of Cyprus for EOKA underground leader George Grivas. British forces on Cyprus are reported closing in on the guerrilla chiefs hideout in the Troodos Mountains of the eastern Mediterranean island. Makarios, head of the antiBritish movement on Cyprus, was banished and deported from the island on March 9, 1956. Lennox - Boyd’s surprise aftnouncement to Parliament today indicated a full-scale British attempt to solve the Cyprus impasse, in which violence already-'*has taken the lives of almost 300 persons since it started April 1, 1955. 40 Persons Drowned As Ferry Capsizes JAKARTA, Indonesia W — At least 40 persons were reported today to have drowned when a ferryboat carrying farmers and their wives to harvest rice capsized in the flood-swollen Tjitarum River 40 miles to the east. The reports said only 10 persons survived. Mrs. Mary Walther Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Mary C. Walther, 88, died at 3:15 p.m. - Wednesday at her home, 931 North Fifth street, following an illness of three months. She was born in Hamilton, 0., Oct. 28, 1868, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Pieper, and was married to Fred J. Walther Nov. 24, 1892. The family has lived in Decatur since 1929. Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Harry G. Young, Decatur; a son. Robert Walther of Hamilton, O„ two grandchildren, Clarence Walther of Miami, 0., and Mrs. Herbert Braun of Michigan City, and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Ray J. Walther officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services.

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. G. R. Shaw, Pleasant Valley*' Wesleyan Methodist Church) “THE GLAD HEART” Psalms 4:7—“Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.” In verse six, the Psalmist’s petition was, “Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.” God’s countenance is His grace, favour and love. The light of His countenance is the expression of this grace, favour and love. Gladness in the heart of the Christian is the natural result of that expression. The Psalmist was talking about an inward peace, a joy, such inward happiness as they cannot boast who have the highest increase of corn and wine, or the aboundance of those things of which so many suppose happiness to be found. “The joy of godliness is infinitely greater than that of worldliness. There is as much difference between heavenly comforts and earthly, as between a banquet that is eaten and one that is painted on the wall.” (Watson.) Earthly things will satisfy the natural man. and supply physical strength, but only God, can .satisfy the longing of the soul, and put gladness m the neart of the spiritual man.

Citizens Telephone Makes Future Plans Reelect Directors, Discuss Stock Split Proposals which will lay the groundwork for future development of the Citizens Telephone Co., Inc., were approved unanimously 'by stockholders at a meeting this week. The meeting featured, in addition to discussion of two plans for financing future expansion, the reelection of the five members of the board of directors. They are S. E. Hite, Leo Yager, Charles Ehinger, Arthur Voglewede and William H. Bell. These directors will elect officers at the next meeting of the board. Ehinger is the current , president of the board. The two proposals approved by stockholders are: to amend the articles of incorporation to provide for the authority to increase the present maximum of 30,000 shares of common stock to a maximum of 500,000 shares and to authorize the issuance of 30,000 additional shares to be declared as a stock split. The stock split would mean that the corporation had issued 60,000 shares which would leave another 440,000 shares to be issued and sold from.time to time as necessitated by company plans. i Purpose of each of these steps is to partially finance expansion and improvements foreseen in the future. The corporation officials indicated that this is a part of a long range financing plan. They estimate that future development of the company will necessitate an added $1,000,000 in expenditure. The proposals okayed by the current stockholders will enable the corporation to handle this financing ‘partially by the issuance and sale of additional common stock and perhaps by later issuance of additional preferred stock. The amendment to the articles of incorporation must be approved by the secretary of state and any issuance of stock is subject to the approval of the Indiana public service commission and the security exchange commission. Annual Report In the annual report’ released recently to stockholders of the corporation, the demand for increased facilities during 1956 was shown. The report indicates that the total number of telephones of the Citizens Telephone company exchanges in Berne, Bryant, Decatur, Linn Grove, Monroe and Pleasant Mills went up from 5,994 at the beginning of the year to 6?899 at the end of 1956. During the year the plant facilities were increased and supplemented with materials and equipment with an installed cost of $96,783.92. The report compares ' the 1956 investment per instrument, $243.22, with the 1916 average investment per instrument, $61.01. Due to increases in maintenance and wage scales, the company during the past year successfully petitioned the public service commission for a review of the rate scale for the purpose of raising (Cast! sued ob Pace Five)

Amendments To Be Presented On Succession Permit President Hand Over Powers To Vice President WASHINGTON (UP)— The administration is expected to ask Congress soon for a constitutional amendment permitting a president to hand over his powers “temporarily” to the vice president upon being disabled. Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. is expected to outline the White House position on the question when he goes before the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. The Justice Department has been studying the problem of succession in case of presidential disability for more than a year. Brownell is reported by informed sources to have recommended a constitutional amendment which would: —Permit a president to declare his own disability. —Permit the vice president to take over temporarily the duties and powers of the presidency while the chief executive is disabled. Constitutional amendments must be passed by a two thirds majority in both Houses of Congress and ratified by three fourths of the state legislatures to become effective. At his news conference Wednesday, President Eisenhower said he hopes to confer shortly with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on legislation to clear up the present confusion over who should run the government when a president cannot carry on. Mr. Eisenhower said he had ordered a study of the subject some time ago and that the results will be sent to Congress “very, soon.” * Local Lady's Sister Is Taken By Death Mrs. Clara E. Enz, 70, former Fort Wayne grocer, died Wednesday at the Lutheran home for the aged at Kendallville, where she had resided three years. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Robert Groh, Tampa, Fla.; four sisters, Mrs. Marlow Schiefersteih;' Decatur, Mrs. Edward Lebrecht, Mrs. William Hensch and Mrs. Elsie Wiggins, all of Fort Wayne, and five brothers, Charles, Theodore, Walter and Harold Greiner, Fort Wayne, and Fred Greiner, St. Petersburg, Fla. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at the Klaehii funeral home and at 10:30 a. m. at the Grace Lutheran church in Fort Wayne, the Rev. F. H. Holtmeyer officiating. Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today. Sunday Is Deadline To File For Bonus DAV Officer Urges Eligible Vets File Gerald M. Smithley, service officer of chapter 91, Disabled American Veterans, announced today that he will be at the DAV hall, North Second street, Friday night after 7 o’clock, and Saturday afternoon, from 1 to 4 o'clock, to file Korean bonus claims. Smithley pointed out that the absolute deadline for filing of these claims for the state bonus is Sunday, and no applications will be accepted after that date. All eligible veterans are urged to file before the deadline. The Indiana law provides a bonus of S2OO for Korean veterans, in possession of a Korean serice medal, and who served between June 27, 1950, and July 27, 1953. For disabled veterans, the Indiana law provides a S6OO bonus tor service in the _ armed forces anywhere between June 27, 1950, and Jan. 1, 1955.

Reach Stalemate On Investigation Plan Economic System Probe Is Sought WASHINGTON (UP)-Fresident Eisenhower and the House Democratic leadership readied a stalemate today over rival plans for investigating the nation’s money and banking system. Key members of both parties predicted there will be no investigation unless somebody figures out a new compromise plan for naming the investigators. This conceivably could happen after partisan tempers cool. Otherwise the President’s plan, proposed in his State of the Union message to Congress Jan. 10, appears dead. Democrats in the House came up with a rival plan for a congressional investigation instead of one by a presidential commission. Battle lines were drawn. The issue was brought to a showdown in the House Wednesday. Republicans lined up enough suprepublicans lined up enough support from conservative southern Democrats to kill the Democratic plan by a 225-174 vote. Democratic leaders also blocked a vote on the administration’s latest compromise proposal for a “bipartisan” commission in which Democrats would be allowed to pick 4 of 16 members. Mr. Eisenhower asked for a nlne-rftan presidential commission House Democratic leader John W. McCormack (Mass) assailed the President’s proposal Wednesday as one that would permit bankers to “investigate themselves.” Opera Star Sings In Final Concert Claramae Turner In Decatur On April 8 Opera and film star Claramae Turner, who appears in the movie “Carousel," will sing in Decatur Monday, April 8, at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Her appearance here is being sponsored as the final concert in the 1956-57 series of the Adams county civic music association. Admission to the concert will be by membership card only. Miss Turner’s appearance here follows her highly successful engagements earlier this season with the San Francisco Opera and the Chicago Lyric Theater. She is now in her eighth annual transcontinental tour. A favorite at the Metropolitan Opera for years, the golden-voiced artist sings 75 roles—virtually the entire contralto repertory. Aside from her operatic triumphs, Miss Turner is also noted for her creation of the title role in Gian-Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium” and the “Monologue” from this Broadway hit will be a highlight of her Decatur recital. Her program here will also include several folk songs, selections, by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Jules Massenet, Manuel de Falla, F. M. Alvarez; Martin Kalmanoff, Francis Toye and George Cory and Douglass Cross. She will conclude her recital with a Negro spiritual. Following the concert program will be a reception in honor of the noted singer. The reception, which members of the association are Invited to attend,-will be held atthe Decatur Youth and Community Center. The concert marks the end of the initial season of the association. Five top concert programs, including a return engagement of the Indianapolis Symphony, are planned for next year’s concert series. Gary Boy Is Killed By Train Wednesday GARY (UP) — William Robinson, 9, Gary, stepped into the path of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at a city crossing? Wednesday and was killed.

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Plan Probe As Protection To Welfare Funds Decision Conies As Senate's Rackets Probe In Recess WASHINGTON a UP) — The House Labor Committee voted today to investigate union welfare funds to prevent their “pillaging'' by racketeers. The House committee’s decision came as the Senate Rackets Committee recessed temporarily its investigation of the giant Teamsters Union. Chairman Graham A. Barden (D-NC) said the House investigation would be no “sideshow” to the Senate inquiry. Nor, he added, will it be “punitive” to labor. Barden said the purpose will be to draft legislation to protect the rights of workers in welfare funds to which they are required to contribute. In many states, he said, these funds are inadequately policed. He said these funds total perhaps more than $35 billion. No date* was set for the opening hearing of the House investigation, but Barden said the committee staff has already begun preparations. .. .... , ■-Mar Can Lewis ~ : Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey (D---WVa) said John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, should be called to testify on “how to buy banks instead of nylons” with union welfare funds. The mine workers own the National Bank of Washington. Nathan W. Shefferman, Chicago labor relations consultant and business man, testified Wednesday he spent $85,000 in Teamsters money in purchases involving nylon hose, knee drawers, and loveseats. Meanwhile, Dave Beck's attorney said he expects the Teamster Union boss to be indicted for income tax violation “at any time now.” The attorney, Arthur D. Condon, told the United Press he believes a federal grand Jury in Seattle will act soon against Beck, who said he has been warned he faces income tax prosecution. However in Seattle, Federal Dist. Atty. Charles Moriarty said he knew of no forthcoming indictment against Beck. He said a regular federal grand jury will be summoned in June “in the normal pourse of events.” The Internal Revenue Service refused to comment on whether it plans to act against the burly Teamster boss. A spokesman said only that action against anyone is customarily taken in the district where the individual pays taxes. For Beck, this is Seattle. Committee Takes Breather Beck gave his tax troubles as the reason for dodging 117 times behind the Fifth Amendment in two days as the Senate Rackets Committee charged he took more than $322,000 from Teamster Union funds and still owes more than $50,000 to the nation’s biggest union. . The belligerent Beck, said repeatedly a truthful answer to what he did with union funds might tend to incriminate him. Beck, excused as a witness while the committee took a twoweek breather, headed for Seattle today and the palatial home which plays a big part in his troubles with the internal Revenue Service and the rackets committee. He bore the grim promise of Chairman John' L. McClellan (DArk) that the committee will do its best to punish him for “utter contempt” of Congress. McClellan, who said “proper propriety” prevented him from expressing his real opinion of Beck, seared the paunchy union boss with an angry concluding statement at the close of Wednesday's hearing. Executive Council Meets He said Beck had shown “arrogant contempt for the million and a half members of honest laboring people in the Teamsters' Union. . .flagrant disregard and disrespect fer honest and reputable unionism. . .(and) utter conterrpt for this committee, for the Congress of the United States and for ' (Continued on Pago Six)