Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 131.

PRISON CLOUD LIFTS |3.- >' iSw"'W K Jl • 1 •■'■ .J Jk m, . *' * VV • i 11 .J< . M|W V J ' ' • - jK jiK WKM& iHBR- : - A W-y W THE OMINOUS DREAD of a return to prison has been lifted from Mrs. Janet Gaik, 32, and her daughter, Geri-Kaye, in their Chicago home with rejection by Gov. William Stratton of an extradition demand for her return to Michigan. Mrs. Gaik, then Mrs. Catherine Dodson, escaped from a Michigan prison in 1952. She was serving a 5 to 30-year sentence for driving a robbery get-away car. She met and married John Gaik, Jr., in Indiana and was discovered and seized by the FBI in Chicago last December.

Postal Chief Faces Grilling On Money Plea House Committee Plans Questioning For Summerfield WASHINGTON W) — The House Postal Appropriations subcommittee plans to give Postipgster General Arth i • E. Summerfield a tttff grilling co his bid for *149,500,000 more Lt postal funds. Indications were that after the subcommittee hearings— scheduled to open within a week—Summerfield might not get all he asked for despite a threatened new cut In postal service after the new fiscal year begins July 1. Subcommittee Chairman J. Vaughn Gary (D-Va.) said today Summerfield and all his top aides will be questioned "in great detail." At the same time. Congress’ budget-cutting mood appeared to continue to be strong: —The Senate gave final congressional approval to a compromise $597,790,225 money bill for the Commerce Department for fiscal 1959. That is $273,733,775— about 35 percent—less than the administration requested. Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks earlier this year dared Congress to cut his budget. —A Senate Appropriations subcommittee resumed hearings on House cuts in the 38 million dollar defense budget. Senate leaders of both parties vowed to put back some of the House cuts. —Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson said “no budget is sacrosanct." He said Congress is not supposed to vote "blind acceptance or blind rejection” of any budget. President Eisenhower told Congress Monday in an “urgent" request the $149,500,000 in postal funds in fiscal 1958 is needed to prevent a substantial reduction in postal services. Congress already has appropriated $3,192,000,000 for the Post ’Office Department in the new fiscal year. But the administration said the rapidly increasing volume of mail makes more money imperative. Injuries Are Fatal To Port Wayne Woman FORT WAYNE (UP) —Mrs. Helen Hoevel, 64, Fort Wayne, died earl ytoday from injuries sustained Monday when an auto hit her in the downtown business district. Police quoted witnesses as saying Mrs. Hoevel disregarded a pedestrian signal and walked in front of a car driven by Terry D. Roeback, Ossian. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and pleasant tonight _ and Wednesday, except partly cloudy with chance of showers extreme south tonight. Low tonight in the 50s north to the 60s south. High Wednesday mostly in the 80s. Sunset 8:09 p. m., sunrise Wednesday 5:18 *. m.

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Harley J. Reef To Head County Board Chosen President Os Commissioners Harley J. Reef, Jefferson township, was named president of the board of county commissioners Monday, succeeding the late John A. Kintz. Rolland J. Miller was elected vice-president, and Mrs. Mary Kintz, widow of the late com- , missioner, took the oath of office to fill her late husband’s term un- " til January 1, 1958. f The gasoline bid of the National 5 Oil company, Harry Knapp, local representative, was accepted at 8 21.95 cents a gallon. Other bids - were 22 cents a gallon by the Beav- - ers Oil company, and the Ohio Oil > Company (Marathon). ! The bid of Burk Elevator was accepted, on three carloads of coal ‘ at $13.50 a ton. It was the only bid ‘ submitted. The coal will be used ’ by the county court house, jail, ga- ’ rage, and county home. The report of the county highway department was read and approv- ’ ed. The report of George Fosnaugh, superintendent of the coun- • ty home, was accepted, showing ’ that there were 23 male, ;and six female residents at the home at present. A total of $648.47 was re- • ceived by the county home and ! paid into the county treasurer's ' office last month. I t Bids will be advertised Friday on a painting job at the county . home, and the contract will be let i June 17. the date of the next regu- . lar meeting of the commissioners. > " Rev. Virgil Sexton ; To Head Ministers Named President Os J Local Association , i 1 The Rev. Virgil W. Sexton, pas1 tor of the First Methodist church, was elected president of the De- ’ catur ministerial association at ’ the annual organization meeting, ’ held Monday afternoon at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed ' church. Other new officers are the Rev. Stuart Brightwell, pastor of the First Baptist church, vice president. • and the Rev. John E. Chambers, pastor of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethreh church, secretary-treasurer. ' ~ Retiring officers, who have served for the past year, are: the Rev. Ray J. Walther, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, president; the Rev. C. E. Lykins, paster of the Church of the Nazarene, vice president, and the Rev. William C. Feller, pastor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, secretary-treasurer,* Ulis was the final meeting of the association for the year, with the monthly meetings to be resumed in September. The association accepted an invitation from the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris, pastor of the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, for the ministers and their families to attend an all-day picnic at the Norris cottage at Lake Wawasee Monday, Aug. 26.

See Way Open To Anli-Trusl Suits In U.S. Anti-Trust Ruling By Supreme Court Seen Block-Buster WASHINGTON (UP)-Legal experts today called the Supreme Court's anti-trust ruling against Du Pont and General Motors a "blockbuster” that could open the way to anti-trust suits against big newly-merged companies. The experts said the decision breathed new life into the Clayton Anti-Trust Law. Chairman Emanuel Celler (DN.Y.) of the House Judiciary Committee said the decision was "as refreshing as fresh air in the heat of summer.” The 4-2 decision — written by Justice William J. Brennan Jr., who has been a member of the court only eight months — was handed down Monday. Ruling By Minority Three justices did not participate. Thus die ruling Was made by a minority of the full ninemember court. The Clayton Act makes it an offense for a corporation to acquire stock in another if the effect may be to restrain commerce. The decision against E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co. and General Motors Corp, stems from Du Pont’s acquisition of 23 per cent of GM’s stock in 1917. The court held that a suit can be started under the statute any time there is reasonable likelihood of a monopoly, regardless of how long ago the stock deal occurred. It held further that the law applies to acquisition of stock in a customer corporation as well as in a competing corporation. "Commanding Position” Brennan said Du Pont stock purchase undoubtedly gave it a "commanding position” in selling its products to General Motors. Among other actions the court: —Ruled 7-1 that the government must give tip criminal prosecutions in cases where it will not—on demand—back up Communist witnesses with secret reports they have previously made to the FBI. —Ruled 7-1 that federal courts have power to make employers comply with arbitration clauses in collective bargaining agreements. —Put over until next term a constitutional test of the "membership clause” in the Smith Act, which makes it acrime to be a member knowingly of an organization dedicated to the violent overthrow of the government. Board Os Review Is In Annual Session Hearing Schedule Is Listed By Board The board of review, in its second day of sessions, finished "take-outs” and will start on new improvements Wednesday. Members of the board this year are auditor Edward F. Jaberg, assessor Walter Koos, treasurer Waldo Neal, David J. Schwartz, Democrat of north of Berne, and Dick Burdg, Republican, of Decatur. Koos announced the following schedule for owners who wish to set the assessments on their new improvements: Wednesday, June 5 — Preble township; Thursday, June 6, Root township; Friday morning, June 7, Union township; Friday afternoon, June 7, Kirkland township; June 10, Washington township, excluding Decatur; June 11, morning. Blue Creek township; June 11, afternoon, Monroe township excluding Berne; June 12. French township, morning, and Hartford township, afternoon. June 13, Wabash township, morning, and Jefferson township, afternoon; June 14, Decatur-Root, morping, St. Mary’s township, afternoon; June 17, morning, Geneva; afternoon, and June 18, Decatur; June 19, until finished, Berne. The personal assessments schedule will be announced later for the end of the month-long meeting of the board. Elderly Couple Die As Train Hits Auto NORTH VERNON, Ind — (ffl - An elderly Jennings County couple were killed Monday in an auto-mobile-freight train accident one mile north of Commiskey. The victims were Charles Allen Sheperd, 74, and his wife, Bess, 82, of North Vernon. The accident occurred after the Sheperd car apparently stalled at a Baltimore 6 Ohio Railroad crossing on a county road.

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U.S. Agrees To Let Japan ( Try Soldier r American Soldier | Facing Trial For Japanese Slaying WASHINGTON (UP) — The United- States today agreed to let Japan try Army Specialist 3JC. William S. Girard for the slaying of a Japanese woman. Ihe decision was announced in a joint statement by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson. Girard became the storm center of a U.S.-Japanese controversy when he fired an empty cartridge shell into a group of Japanese on the Camp Weir firing range in Japan Jan. 30 and killed a woman who was picking up empty cartridges on the range. Japan insisted on prosecuting him, but the Pentagon refused to deliver the 21-year-old G.I. immediately to Japanese authorities because some military officials felt he should be tried by an American court martial. I President Eisenhower ordered ’ the Pentagon and State Depart- ’ ment to review the case and work ' out a solution. Stand By Agreement In a joint statement, Duller and Wilson recalled that the U.S. 1 representative on a U.S. Japanese 1 committee agreed on May 16 that 1 the United States would not exercise jurisdiction in the case. The two officials said “in view ' of this completed action,' attempting to prolong the dispute over the jurisdictional issue would create a situation which could basically affect U. S. relations, not only.with Japan, but also with many other nations.” The United States has a treaty with Japan and a number of other allies under which U.S. military men stationed in those countries may be tried by local courts for violations of local laws. Wilson and Dulles said they have “concluded that the joint committee's agreement that Girard be tried in the courts of Japan was reached in full accord with procedures established by the treaty and agreement, and in order to preserve the integrity of the pledges of the United States, this determination by the joint committee must be carried out.” Promise Full Protection Dulles and Wilson pledged that the legal rights of the young Ot(Coatlaaed Pace Five)

Cigarette Smoking And Premature Death Linked

NEW YORK (UP) — Cigarette smoking and premature death were coupled today in the final report on a massive four-year statistical study of 188,000 male smokers and non-smokers conducted by the American Cancer Society. Death rates from all causes were higher among the smokers than among the non-smokers. The rates rose consistently in proportion to the amount of smoking. Among men who smoked onehalf pack—lo cigarettes—a day or less, the death rate was 34 per cent higher than among non-smok-ers. Among smokers of one-half to one pack a day, it was 70 per cent higher; among one to two-pack-a-day smokers it was 96 per cent higher, and it was 123 per cent higher for men who smoked two or more packs a day. Die report was presented by Drs. E. Cuyler Hammond and Daniel Horn at the annual meeting of the American Medical Assn, here. The statistical rundown showed that 10 times more smokers than non-smokers had died of lung cancer during the first-year period of the study. Die death rate from heart and circulatory diseases was 70 per cent higher among smokers than the rate statistically expectable among non-smokers. Deaths from lung diseases other than cancer were three times more numerous among cigarette smok-

Atomic Tests Spell Dangers For Future Geneticists Testify To Atom Committee WASHINGTON (UP)—Two geneticists told Congress today that every time a nuclear test is held it increases the number of unborn children whose lives will be shortened or marred. Dr. Herman J. Muller of the University of Indiana said the "number of lives that will be seriously curtailed or injured throughout the world in future generations as a result of the tests already held is in all probability in the hundreds of thousands or millions." Dr. James F. Crow of the University of Wisconsin said "we can be sure several hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands or perhaps more persons will be diseased or deformed or will die prematurely pr be otherwise impaired as a consequence of fallout if the present rates of testing continue.” Number Relatively Small Both stressed in their prepared statements before the House-Sen-ate Atomic Radiation Subcommittee that compared to other causes of death and injury including natural mutation the number is relatively small. However. Muller called continu- ' ation of test explosions by East and West a "monstrous mistake of policy.” He said any nuclear war “even with present techniques would result in the cataclysmic ruination of humanity in general." "The means of destruction are now so advanced on both sides that further advances by one side alone could not prevent this outcome,” he said. Radiation Going Up Crow said the nuclear tests are steadily increasing the amount of radiation to which the world is exposed. “The total harm to the population as measured by effects on future generations is strictly proportional to the total amount of radiation received by the reproductive cells of- the population,” he he said. "This means there is no such thing as a “safe” dose of radiation to the population.” “No increase in radiation for any reason should occur unless it offers some compensating benefit for mankind.” The Atomic Energy Commission has maintained that the 'amount of radiation resulting from fallout is far below the danger level.

ers than among non-smokers, and deaths from pneumonia and influenza were almost four times higher. The report also found that male smokers were seven times more susceptible to death from cancer of the esophagus, larynx, mouth, tongue and the back of the thtroat than non-smokers. As for stomach ulcers, 51 men of the 188,000 studied died from this cause, and all were smokers, 4& of cigarettes, two of pipes, >,4wo of cigars and one of both pipes and cigars. The study began in November, 1951, when 20,000 volunteer workers in nine states each undertook to keep tabs on 10 healthy men between 50 and' 70 for the entire period of the study. 548 Filipinos Dead In Flu Epidemic MANILA (ffl — Filipino doctors urged the health department today to declare a national state of emergency because of the spreading influenza epidemic that has taken 548 lives, 34 of them Monday. Health officials said 22,631 new inflenza victims were reported Monday and that more than 300,000 Filipinos have been stricken since the disease began sweeping the Orient. 1

Jurors Resume Probe Os Stale Highway Scandal ‘ Former Director Os State Industries And Farms Witness ; INDIANAPOLIS (UP) -Edmond S. Talucci, former director ot . State Industries and Farms, said l today he recommended the pur- ' chase of an expensive engine addi- ► tive in state-owned motor ve- ■ hicles. However, he said he urged the use of "Gio” on his own initiative in letters to state departments and 1 institutions. “Nobody instructed me to write the letter,” he told newsmen outside the room where a Marion County Grand Jury resumed its investigation into the Indiana high- , way scandal. Talucci said he recommended the use of Gio after receiving a sample from agent Arthur J. Mogilner and I testing it in his own automobile. Mogilner sold 1133,000 worth of ■ the fliud to the State Highway De--5 partment and later became asso-. ' leiated with its chairman in a “pub- ' lie relations” firm. The jury also heard two other • witnesses today. <•, t T>r. R. E. Clift said he sold his f property consisting of a residence and offices west of Indianapolis to I. the state in July, 1955, for 387,000 *- to make way for a stretch of Ind. i 100. He said he moved in September of that year but kept his office 5 in the building until last week. 5 Clift said he was supposed to be - out of the building by Jan. 1, 1956, ‘ but said his grant was subject to renewal, and fie wap never notified to move. > Charles Brunton, an official of t the K. E. McConoughay Equipment . Co., Lafayette, which sold asphalt mixers to the state, was the first (Coßfiaaee on Pace Five) Brownie-Girl Seoul Day Camps Planned Annual Camps Open Here Next Monday Juns *lO will be the day the Brownies' day camp opens. This will be the 12th year of the camp, and the dreams of all Brownies and Girl Scouts in Decatur are about to come true. The shelter house that is under construction at Hanna-Nuttman park will be dedicated in the near future. Brownie week will be from June 10 to June 14, and Girl Scout week will be from June 17 to June 21. Gay’s Buses will pick the girls up and transport them to camp each day on the following schedules: South bus starts at 9 a.m. at Sanitary Market on Mercer Ave., Homestead alley, comer Russell and Grant St., Hite’s Grocery on Winchester, west side of court house on Third St., and Stratton Place. North bus starts at 9:15 a.m., Gay’s service station, corner Monroe and 13th St., south corner Master Drive, Miller’s North End grocery, Second St., and Methodist church. There will be crafts, singing, dancing and folk games, story hour, recreation and games, coOkouts, nature and several special ' events, campouts for Girl Scout week, where each troop will have the opportunity in an over-night camp-out. Each. Friday, camp will < move into the swimming pool, for , water safety, swimming tests for those who can qualify and a spe- i cial event with lunch in the park. : A nose-bag lunch is to be brought ; to camp except those troops that are cooking out on Monday. This camp is open to any girl , who will be in the second grade : in the fall and on through school i age. She need not be a registered ' Girl Scout or Brownie and is welcome to attend. Anyone desiring • more information may call the < camp director, Mrs. R. C. Hersh, 3-3042. • V Milk is furnished to each girl : and the registration fee is 91. 1

To Leave Decatur FT Rev. Ray J. Walther Rev. Ray Walther To Leave Decalur Presbyterian Pastor To Fort Wayne Post The Rev. Ray J. Walther, pastor of the First Presbyterian church here for the past five years, announced today that he is resigning as local pastor tc take the position of minister o: ! education at the First Presbyter I ian church in Fort Wayne. The announcement was made last night tq the session of the Presbyterian church here, and ir Fort Wayne. A congregational meeting of the Presbyteriar church will be called for June 22 to vote on receiving Rev. Walther’s resignation. The change will be effective August 15, and on that date the minister will start his new work in Fort Wayne. Rev. Walther came to Decatur November 1, 1952, from Tipton, where he also served five years. He has also served as pastor in Willow Springs, 111., and of the Arnbergs Athelstine double parish in Wisconsin. During Rev. Walther’s ministry here, the church membership has increased from 247 to 326, and the Sunday school has increased so much that a new addition to the church has been planned. The church budget has increased from $12,00C to 916,000. Rev. Wanner stated that a letter explaining the change would be sent out Wednesday to church members. He and Mrs. Walther and their three children, Jay, 10, Nina, 8. and Wendy, 5, will move to Fort Wayne at the time of the change. Rev. Walther will replace Dr. F. Phillip Rice, who will join the (Coati aa«4 oa Pace Five) Calland Reelected Head Os Foundation Annual Meeting Is Held Monday Night J. Ward Calland was reelected president of the Decatur Memorial Foundation Monday night in the annual summer meeting held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Other officers elected were C. I. Finlayson, first vice-president; Earl Fuhrman, second vice-presi-dent; Theodore Grallker, treasurer; Mrs. Roy Kalver, secretary. The nominating committee, composed of C. D. Ehinger, Sylvester Everhart, and Mrs. Roy Kalver. presented the following names for membership on the committee for the next four yeajjs: Dick Heller, Jr., to fill the unexpired term of Dick Heller, Sr.; E. W. Cankenau; C. I. Finlayson, Cal Yost, and Miss Frances Dugan. The general concerns of the center were discussed, and the foundation stated its desire to cooperate with the city recreation board in every way possible. A joint meeting was suggested, in the near future. ,4 * ‘ A..-A.-Z-i.-i

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Sen. McClellan Orders Action After Hearing Dave Beck, Jr. And McEvoy Refuse To Answer Questions * I WASHINGTON (UP) — ChairI man John L. McClellan of the Senate Rackets Committee today ordered contempt of congress action i against the son and nephew of Teamsters President Dave Beck. McClellan ordered contempt proAmendment 90 times on similar staff after a fruitless questioning ’ of Dave Beck Jr. and Joseph McEvoy, Beck’s nephew by marriage, on their relations with the Teamsters Union and its payroll. Beck Jr. invoked the Fifth Amendment 130 times in refusing to tell committee investigators whether he got nearly 965,000 in salary and expenses from the union. McEvoy invoked the Fifth Amendment 90 times o nsimilar questions. Both men refused to say even whether they knew the senior Beck. “Such Flagrant Abuse” n McClellan told the two balky wite nesses that he doubted that “the e Founding Fattiers...ever conceived ° such flagrant abuse would be d made” of the Fifth Amendment r- “as has been made of it since this committee started its hearings and e particularly today.” e He said that if the courts sustain n the right of the two witnesses to d invoke the Fifth Amendment to n I many of the questions asked them 3 today, “then America faces a i. great danger” and law enforcement could “break down.” e Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.), e a committee member, predicted k that the committee would vote a r contempt citation and that the Senate would approve it. ’ Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. (D-N.C.) commented that “if the Fifth Amendment didn’t have a lot of ' vitality, it would have been plumb wore out today.” ’ If the committee recommends contempt citations and the Senate r votes them, they will go to the 5 Justice Department for prosecu- > tion. Maximum penalty upon con- > viction is a year in jail and 91,000 > fine. ! He Wouldn’t Say i Young Beck had refused to say whether he knew his father—-“on . grounds that It may incriminate [ me.” Young Dave was a faster man . with the Fifth Amendment than his famous father, invoking it more* ’ than three times a minute. His' 4 \ father used it more than 200 times, but it took him most of three days because he made speeches between his non-answers. The elder Beck is on the way out as Teamsters president amid charges by the committee that he used his official position to enrich himself, young Dave, and other relatives. Young Dave, a balding, doublechinned, 200-pound, 36-year-old, refused to say whether he and his father had any business relationships. He also refused to say whether he had been engaged in “any legitimate, lawful business.” “Right the First Time” “I believe the answer may tend to intimidate me—l mean incriminate'me,” said Junior. “I believe you may have been right the first time,” said McClellan. McEvoy, husband of the elder Mrs. Beck's niece, also exhibited a facile command of the Fifth Amendment. He it when asked what work he did for the Teamsters Union to earn 97,200 salary and $7,660 expenses in 1965 —or whether he had any connection with the union at all. Committee counsel Robert F. , Kennedy told newsmen after the hearing that McEvoy got a total of $29,721.60 in salary and expenses ; from the union in 1955 and 1956. Won't Admit Union Connection Beck also had refused to say ■ whether he had any connection with the union. Kennedy asked Beck if he had : received a salary of $5,000 and expenses of 97.244 from the union as an international organizer in 1964.