Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1957 — Page 1

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6-YEAR-OLD Daryl Stoker looks positively undaunted by what might be termed a narrow espace from radiation poisoning. He found a strange ring-like disk (inset) in a vacant lot in Temple City, Calif., and carried it around for 12 hours. Then he showed it to his father, and father read the word “poison" on it. He rushed Daryl to sheriff's office. It turned out radiation from the disk was too weak to be dangerous. —:— — —s ; A

Score Failure To Prosecute Bribe Givers Senate Committee Says Contractors Guilty With Union WASHINGTON (UP)-The Senate Labor Rackets Committee said today businessmen who offer bribes are just as guilty as union leaders who receive them and should be prosecuted. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) told reporters “We are going to find out" why three Scranton. Pa., Teamster Union leaders were indicted by a federal grand jury for accepting irtoney from contractors but the contractors were not punished. He said the Justice Department has been asked to explain why there were no charges filed against contractor E. P. Bettendorf of Sandston, Va., at the same time Teamster business agents Robert Malloy and Joseph McHugh were indicted for accepting $4,200 from Bettendorf. Charged With Extortion The indictment charged that McHugh and Malloy obtained the money by extortion. However, the committee heard testimony that Bettendorf offered the money as a bribe to get his trucks into the Tobyhanna, Pa.. Army Signal Corps depo without hiring drivers from the Scranton Teamster local. Malloy, McHugh and John Durkin, secretary-treasurer of Teamster Local 229, also are charged with accepting payments from other contractors. Justice Department officials declined to comment. However .Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. has complained in the past that one of his department’s problems in dealing with extortion cases is “the very natural reluctance" of the victims and others involved to testify about it. He said in a speech in 1955 that in extortion cases a “vast amount of time and effort” is needed to ‘gain the confidence of workers and contractors” who know the facts. Scrantan Probe Ends The Rackets Committee Thursday ended two and a half days of hearings on labor violence in the - Scranton area by referring testimony to the Justice Department for possible prosecution for perjiffy f McClellan said somebody unquestionably committed perjury in testimony before his committee. He asked the Justice Department to sift the conflicting evidence tp \ .Continued an P*»« Eight) Local Lady's Father Is Taken By Death William E. Burgo, 80, died suddenly Thursday at his home near Convoy, O. He was a retired Pennsylvania railroad employe. Survivors include his wife, Ethel; four daughters, Mrs. Margaret Cook of Decatur, Mrs. Isabelle Reinhart of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Mary Marquardt of Monroeville, and Mrs. John Perry of Van Wert, O.; two sons, Kenneth of Fort Wayne and Warren of Van Wert. Friends may call until 1 p.m. Saturday at the H. D. Smith funeral home in Cinvoy. Private funeral services will be held in the funeral home, with burial in Woodland cemetery at Van Wert.

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v Four Berne Youths Injured Last Night Auto Crashes Into Tree Last Evening Four Berne boys were injured, one seriously, in an accident which occurred at 8:30 p. m. Thursday on U. S. highway 27 about three miles south of Decatur. Most seriously injured was Mellville Sprunger, 16. of 205 West Water street, driver of the car. He suffered broken legs and other injuries. , Minor head injuries • were sustained by James Hill, 14; Rodney , Schwarts, 15, and Powell Sprunger, 17. Dwight Lehman, 16, escaped injury. The car, owned by Mellville’s father, Lowell Sprunger, was totally demolished when the car slashed into a tree. The driver, a beginner, started to pass a truck and then decided to pull back behind it. However, his foot hit the accelerator instead of the brake and the car shot forward. Sprunger headed the vehicle onto the berm, which was soft. The car then went out of control and crashed into the tree. Sheriff Merle Alfolder and state trooper Dan Kwasneski investigated. All of the injured were brought to the Adams county memorial hospital for treatment. Mellville Sprunger is still a patient. Easter Lily Sale In City Saturday ■< Girl Scouts Help - Crippled Children Girl Scouts of troops 6 and 18 will be working for crippled children Saturday, as they conduct the annual Easter lily sale on the streets of Decatur. The young scouts have volunteered their services for the event, which will be held from 9 a. m. until 5:30 p. m. No price has been set for the small symbolic lily pins, and any contributions received will be added to the Easter seal drive, which will officially end Sunday. Headquarters have been established at Habegger Hardware store, where the cannisters will be distributed. Mrs. Ben Eichenauer is the leader of troop 18, and Mrs. Gerald Bixler is the co-leader. Girls from this troop participating tomorrow will be Candy Johnson, Mary Eichenauer, Evelyn Snyder, Helen Walters, Donna Bixler, Janet Reinking, Sheryl Bollenbaucher, Donna Painter, Mary Frances Beckman and Alice Schroeder, Members of troop 6 who will take part in the fund drive are Judy Sexton, Janet’ Habegger, Shirley Mays, Jeannie Finlayson, Jeanine Augsburger, Paula Strickler, and Judy Burk. Mrs. William Tutewiler is the troop leader, but the girls will be assisted by Mrs. John Mays, troop mother, in the absence of Mrs. Tutewiler. INDIANA WEATHER' Scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Continued mild tonight, turning cooler Saturday. Low tonight 55-60. High Saturday 65. Outlook for Sunday: Clearing and cooler.

Congressmen Start 10-Day Easter Recess Few Major Measures Passed To Date By Present Congress . WASHINGTON (UP) - Most members of Congress headed today for a 10-day Easter recess at home to rest up before plunging into the second half of the 1957 congressional session. The congressmen left behind a raft of legislative loose ends. Few major bills have been passed so far and most of the important legislation still is in committee. The lawmakers, possibly sensitive to the country's sentiment for lower federal spending, showed little interest this Easter in junketing abroad to investigate activities in such places as Rome, Hawaii and Tokyo. Major legislation approved by Congress so far include President Eisenhower’s Middle East doctrine, extension of corporate and excise taxes and raising of the interest rate on U.S. savings bonds from 3 per cent to 3*4 per cent. Major bills still awaiting action include moreign aid, civil rights, the budget, housing and school construction. The congressmen’s visits home will give them a chance to test at first-hand the budget - cutting sentiment in their districs. The issue has been he overriding one so far this session. Other congressional news: Budget: House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack (D- --’ Mass.) said President Eisenhower 1 is attempting to regain leadership ' of the GOP in Congress by pro- ' posing a $1,858,000,000 cut in the • budget. McCormack said congressional Republicans have been fol- • lowing Treasury Secretary George 1 M. Humphrey and his economy • policies more than they have been r the President. He said: “They all like Ike, but thgy are voting - against him.” r Small Business: President Ei- - senhower is reported feady to - urge Congress soon to approve a tax plan to attract investment caps ital to small businesses. The aim - is to take the risk out of small r business ventures by allowing in- , vestors to deduct losses from ini come taxes. 1 Rackets: The Senate Rackets t Committee wound up 2*4 days of . hearings on alleged union violence in the Scranton, Pa., area. The , committee has referred some of , the testimony to the Justice De- [ partment for possible prosecution for perjury. Housing: House Republicans of- ' sered a compromise housing bill to permit lower down payments on FHA - insured homes. They ’ countered a Democratic bill providing $2,900,000,000 for expanded housing with a bill authorizing the Federal National Mortgage Authority to 'lncrease its borrowing authority to $1,500,000,000. Civil Defense: Civil Defense Administrator Vai Peterson asked Congress to give the federal govCantlameU M Pace Kight Senator Langer , Still Improving WASHINGTON (W —Sen. William Langer (R-N.D.) “continues to improve” at Bethesda Naval Hospital, a spokesman said today. Langer’s temperature is normal and he is eating and sleeping well, the hospital said. He is recuperating from the effects of pneumonia and pleurisy. Grace Hunsicker Dies In Florida Former Local Lady: _ Dies Last Evening Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Grace Hunsicker, 73? widow of Dallas Hunsicker, who was a well-known Decatur businessman. Mrs. Hunsicker died at 6 p. m. Thursday at her winter home in Palmetto. Fla. . Death was caused by a heart attack. She had been ill for only a ’short time and death was unexpected. A resident of Hamilton and Florida in recent years, she was a native of Hoagland and resided in Decatur for many years. Bom Aug. 29, 1884, she was the daughter of Hugh and Margaret McWhirter. She was married to Dallas Hunsicker in 1905. Mr. Hunsicker died in 1955, a few months before the couple were to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. j Mrs, Hunsicker is survived by several nieces and nephews. Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. She was wellknown in this community. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 19, 1957.

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; Spring Storms t ■ i Again Lash At Central U.S. t Tornadoes, Fog, [ Thunderstorms Hit ! Nation Last Night | By UNITED PRESS • Tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, > fog and snow swept portions of the I nation’s central section in a joew outbreak of spring weather "ipi lence. t Locally violent storms with hail f and heavy rain slammed into - South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas - and northern Oklahoma during the night. Twisters roamed over parts of : Texas late Thursday, but little • damage was reported. Two torna- ‘ does hit the ground near Pottsboro, > near the Oklahoma border, but dis- • appeared after destroying chicken ■ houses and a garage and damaging ■ a home. Winds of 40 miles per hour - lashed the central Plains,. with ' some gusts of higher velocity in ( the storm areas. 1 The heaviest downpours in a six- ! hour period during the night were at Mobridge and Aberdeen, S.D., ■ with 1.40 and 1.15 inches, respec- > tively, and Hobart, Okla., with 1 1.03 inches. Hail stones the size of marbles 1 piled up six inches deep at Wolsey, ■ S.D., northwest of Huron, during a sudden storm. Telephone communications were disrupted at Huron and Aberdeen, S.D. biSnow blanketed the higher elevations of the central and northern Rockies and weathermen warned the snow is expected to spread today into the western portion of the central and northern Plains states. Dense fog shrouded the lower Great Lakes for the second night in a row, closing Chicago's Midway Airport, and world’s busiest, and O'Hare Field and stranding hundreds of passengers. All major airlines cancelled flights in and out of the city during the night. Temperatures continued generally mild during the night, and were expected to shoot up into the 70s today in the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes region. A few showers and thunderstorms occurred during the night Coßtlaued on Pa«e Bight Pre-School Roundup At Monmouth Tuesday A pre-school roundup for all children of Preble, Root, and Union townships who will enter school in September is planned Tuesday, by the parent-teachers association of the Monmouth school. The roundup will be for all children of both the public and parochial schools. Public school children must be six years old on or before September 30. “ Complete physical examinations for all of the children will be given by several Decatur physicians Tuesday from 8 until 10 a.m. at Monmouth school. Any person desiring further information concerning the roundup should contact Mrs. Dale Brandt, route 2. Decatur. '

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Gerald I. Gerig. Decatur Missionary Church) “THE HIGHER WISDOM”“We preach Christ crucified ... the 'power of God, and the wisdom of God.’’ 1 Corith. 1:23-24. There is a vast difference between knowledge and wisdom. Webster says that knowledge denotes acquaintance with or clear perception of facts while wisdom is the capacity of judging sound- = ly and dealing broadly with facts. 7 . Knowledge comes through study while wisdom comes through prayer. One may have a large store of knowledge without the wisdom to make proper use of the knowledge; and one may have much wisdom without the knowledge he may need to make proper use of the wisdom. We must have both in proper balance. The Master who was placed on the middle dross is the giver of all wisdom and he promises this divine attribute to any who will ask for it. We read in James that Christ gives wisdom to all men liberally and he upbraideth not. How foolish we are to continue in our living with the idea that we do not need this supernatural guidance. At this time of the year let us admit our inability to live as we ought to live and rely upon that higher wisdom that can control and direct our lives. ■■.. . .

Link Highway Head To Probe In lowa Link Virgil Smith To Bid Manipulation INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Virgil (Red) Smith, who was chairman of the Indiana State Highway Commission during right-of-way purchasing now under investigation hjre, was linked today to ah inquiry in lowa involving alleged manipulation of highway equipment bids. ■ While the Hoosier probe suffered ? a Good Friday lull, with State- * house offices closed for observance of the religious holiday, Smith’s name came into an In1 vestigation ordered by Gov. 1 Herschel C. Loveless in Des ’ Moines. ? Chairman Robert Beck of the lowa Highway Commission said ‘ Thursday that Smith was one of * two contact men in an alleged effort to manipulate bids so they ■ would benefit the lowa Democratic party. Would Promote Party Beck said the "deal" involved . 60 tractor-mowers which the com- ( mission contracted to buy Wednest day. He said there was a proposal that the commission call off the , contract letting last week. “It was explained that the procedure that would be followed was ; hat a sufficiently high bid would be offered at the new letting so that the dealer could retain a 10 per cent profit and 15 per cent would go to a public relations firm known as V & A, Inc.,” according ; to Beck. "This firm was stated to be interested in the Democratic party in lowa and at least part of such t funds could be used to promote [ that party,” Beck said. Beck, a Republican, said that . Smith and Roland Reko, Des Moines, a former employe of . Loveless, who is a Democrat, ; were the contact men in the bid deal. He said they made the proI posal to an unidentified equipment . dealer who turned it down. Beck said that Smith is a part- ■ ner in the V& A firm. Smith lost his job as Indiana . highway chairman last January in a change of Republican adminis- . trations. Since then, a manyi pronged federal-state-county investigation of stories of huge mid- . dieman profits in right-of-way purchases has been opened. S4OO For Fence Post? Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Times said its investigation of the Indiana scandal showed that the state paid two and one-half times what the tax duplicates indicated they were worth for 250 parcels of land for the Madison Ave. Expressway in Indianapolis. ' The Times said the state paid roughly $3,600,000 for land valued on tax appraisals at $1,212,690 in 1950. TTie appraisal value was three times the assessed value for taxation purposes. TTie Times said in another story today that a farm owner received $34,500 for eight acres of land near Carmel along U.S. 31 in 1954 and that the payment, based on an itemized list on file in the highway department, showed S4OO of the amount was for 'a fence post and brace and $750 for moving a corner post and brace. NOON EDITION

King Os Jordan Says Nation To 1 Remain Neutral 1 . J First Interview By r King Hussein Since i Ouster Os Premier EDITOR’S NOTE: King Hus1 sein of Jordan has granted his first interview since his ouster . of pro-Soviet Premier Suleiman Nabulsi touched off a major po- ’ litical crisis and near anarchy. In it he outlines his government j policies to United Press correspondent Joe Morris. •Mamwo i By JOE MORRIS [ United Press Staff Correspondent I AMMAN, Jordan (UP) — King Hussein of Jordan said today his , country would fight all “imperialism,” avoid foreign pacts and steer clear of such imported dogmas as Communism. In the first interview since his stormy cabinet crisis the 22-year-old monarch said Jordan would ‘ observe “positive neutrality" but that “we lead and need no leading.” He rejected all projects “which j have not been accepted by the member states in the I last Cairo conference” — Egypt. , Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. No Names Mentioned , Hussein did not mention any ’ foreign aid projects by name nor did he refer to the Eisenhower ' Doctrine. ( But he said Jordan would ap- > prove or disapprove aid projects "after careful study by the count tries concerned of any such proj- . ect or projects through an unbif ased eye and aspired by Arab , history, tradition and interest.” I The interview took place in , Hussein’s hilltop palace. The young king wore a blue suit. He ’ smiled frequently and was fully , at ease. Asked about his plans for fighting Communism he said his people “will not sell themselves to any destructive conventions.” Hussein saio that the recent government changes did not mean any "change of policy” and called the reasons “routine affairs of state.” Comments On Cabinet On the recent government change and the reasons for it he said: • ■ . .. “It is natural to exercise my rights under the constitution when public interests require such exercise. * “Therefore I should say that the outgoing cabinet resigned up(Ooatmuca on rag* mgMi Miss Rosa M. Brown Is Taken By Death /uneral Services Saturday Afternoon Miss Rosa M. Brown, 76, of 419 Grant street, died at 12:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the South View rest home at Bluffton. She had been seriously ill three months and was taken to the rest home four weeks ago. §he was born in Adams county Jah. 7, 1881, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary J. MillerBrown.. She formerly taught school at Middlepoint, J 0.,, and was a practical nurse. She also taught music for a time. Miss Brown was a member of the Liberty E. U. B. church. Surviving are three brothers, Samuel M. Brown and John E. Brown, both of Monroeville route 2, and Morris M. Brown of Wren, 0., and one sister, Mrs. Harold ( Davis of Dayton, O. Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in tieath. Funeral services will be con- < ducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. W. H. Kirkpatrick officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF come- i tery at Monroeville. Friends may ; call at the funeral home afetr 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. . . .--A- j

To File Affidavits Here Against Swank Nabbed At Berne Fn Attempted Burglary Affidavits were prepared today to file formal charges of second degree burglary against William W. Swank, 28, of Fort Wayne, who was arrested in Berne early Thursday morning. Swank, who is married and Jhp father of one child, will be chai got with entering the Berne IGA store early Thursday morning. He and two accomplices were seen by Alfred Zumbrum, night officer of the Berne police force. Zumbrum ordered the three to halt and when they did not, he fired a blast from his shotgun. Swank remained in the building while his two companions escaped. The other two, Robert Rammel, 28, and David L. Barger, 22. both of Fort Wayne, were apprehended later Thursday morning by Fort Wayne city police. Local authorities have been informed that the Fort Wayne police department has declined to return the two men to the Adams county jurisdiction. The two are being held by the Fort Wayne police in connection with several bur- ‘ glaries in that city. Swank has signed a statement admitting the Berne breakin and ' implicating Rammel and Barger. He has also admitted a breakto , several days ago at Doc’s Car . Dock south of Decatur and break- . ins in Jtay county about 10 days ago. Fort Wayne authorities have indicated that a search of Swank’s apartment has turned up several items of stolen property. Swank was separated from his wife. Prosecuting attorney Lewis L. Smith said that he expects to file the charges against Swank today in circuit court. -A bond and arraignment date will be set. The Fort Wayne man, now being held In the Adams county jail pending the filing, has been questioned by the investigating officers, who include members of the Adams county sheriff’s office, the Berne police department and state police. Information from the local authorities following the arrest of Swank led to the apprehension of the other two men by the Fort Wayne police. J / Three Robbers Slain By Chicago Police Blazing Gun Battle In Big Loop Store . CHICAGO (UP) — Police shot and killed three burglars in a blazing gun battle today when they surprised the bandits trying to crack a safe containing more than 8250,000 in a ’ Loop department store. A seven man detective detail hid : in the dark 11th floor office of Mandel Bros, department store for more than seven hours before the burglars appeared. Authorities said : they received a. tip on the burglary from an undisclosed source. The three wheeled their equip- ' ment, including acetylene torches and suitcases containing burglary ] tools, into a small inner office ' containing a large safe. Patrick Deeley, chief of detectives, said at that point he ordered ; the burglars to come out with their ' hands up. Instead, he said, they backed out of the inner office , shooting and were sprayed with , bullets from police machine guns. Dead were James Rentner, 30, , Chicago, a former suburban May- < wood Park policeman; James L. j Wulf, 28, suburban Glenview, and ] James Bartimio, 30, suburban Mel- j rose Park. " a. ....j Wulf carried a small transistor radio tuned to the police band, and it continued blaring from the dead man’s pocket in the eerie stillness after the shooting. ( Deeley said the bandits carried 1 two .45 caliber pistols and a .38 i .caliber gun. ...— P ...

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Egypt Press Sees End To West Boycott I Freighter Is First British Vessel To Moke Suez Passage I By WALTER LOGAN ! United Press Staff Correspondent I The British freighter West . Breeze sailed through the Suez • Canal today—first British ship to do so since the invasion last , October. The Egyptian press was jubilant and predicted an early end to any Western boycott of the canal. The situation in Jordan quieted down for the moment, but the new anti-Communist policy of the Amman government had repercussions in Jerusalem today. Jordan border authorities refused to admit three Russian nuns because they carried Soviet passports. Jordan opened the border to Russians only last Christmas, but balked at today’s Easter pilgrims. King Hussein of Jordan told United Press correspondent Joe Morris earlier in an interview that his country would fight all “im- : perialism,” avoid foreign pacts I and steer clear of such imported , dogmas as communism. But he i said Jordan would observe "posi-» . tive neutrality”—the course advo- , cated by Egypt, Syria and Saudi . Arabia. U.S. Ship to Use Canal Banner headlines in Cairo newspaper said the West Breeze and the British freighter Poplar Hill had paid their canal dues in Swiss r francs to the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority as demanded by President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Egyptian authority announced in Port Said that the American President liner President Jackson would pass through the canal, next Wednesday, the first American ship to do so. It said the 9,277-ton ship also would pay its tolls to Egypt. The ship is en route to New York from India and Pakistan. . . z The Egyptian government newspaper Al Gomhouria said Britain had “failed in her attempt to force British ships to boycott the canal , as a measure of political pressure on Egypt” and commented that British shipping firms were “more intelligent and more realistic” than the government “by actually applying the principle of insulating the Suez Canal from politics.” This was a dig at American efforts in Cairo to get Nasser to accept the U.N. Security Council’s resolution calling tor insulation of the canal from Egyptian politics. Israel was reported increasingly concerned at the way the Suez negotiations were going. A Jerusalem dispatch said Premier David Ben-Gurion also was so concerned about recent statements by President Eisenhower he asked his ambassador in Washington to seek clarification. Israel Expresses Concern The chief Israeli concern was Eisenhower’s statement that American ships had been advised not to try to force their way where they are “forbidden.’’ Israel feared this meant the Americans were not living up to promises to see that the Gulf of Aqaba was open to international navigation. Israeli officials recalled a previous statement by Secretary, of State John Foster Dulles saying the United States had no reason to believe Egypt would discriminate against British, French and Israeli shipping through the Suez Canal and that all shipping had the right to use the Gulf of Aqaba unless the International Court ruled otherwise. Official quarters complained that current American proposals for settling the Suez question seemed to “disregard Israel's rights com* pletely”—-that the United States refused to ask Egypt to carry out freedom of Suez navigation. The political crisis in Jordan appeared to have quieted down—at least temporarily—although Israel claimed attacks Thursday by a small band of Jordanian infiltrators and a two-hour gunfight with Syrian troops in northern Israel. ..-j- ■ ■