Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 134.

MARSHALL (PLAN) HONORED I W'fr PRESIDENT EISENHOWER congratulates Ms former chief, Get? George C. Marshall, during Washington ceremonies by foreign nations observing the 10th anniversary of the Marshall plan. WM. Marshall looks on. i—■— —- ...... i ■ -—< »»,.<»

Search Cancels Navy Training Rites For Ike One Os Two Pilots Downed in Atlantic Found By Searchers MAYPORT. Fla. « — The aircraft carrier Saratoga received a message from the carrier Valley Forge today that the lifeless body of a second Navy pilot who ditched hip plane in the Atlantic had .. been found. - J . .J. 1 - ABOARD U.B.S. SARTOGA — m - A giant air-sea search for two downed pilots today cancelled much of the impressive Navy training exercises being staged for President Eisenhower and three Cobinet officers. Sixteen of the 19 warships escorting this huge supercarrier and presidential flagship pulled out of the task force to scour Atlantic coastal waters in the partially successful, rescue mission. < One of the pilots was spotted shortly after dawn floating on a life raft off the Georgia coast. He was picked up almost immediately by a helicopter dispatched by the aircraft carrier Valley Forge. Ships and planes of the rescue fleet continued their intensive search in hope the other pilot also had bailed out of his disabled plane and managed to inflate his life raft. With most of its ships engaged in this operation, the Navy cancelled a good part of its demonstration of the latest in jet planes, guided missiles and naval techniques planned for the President and the three members of his Cabinet. Fire Regulus Missile Washed out was "Operation Washout” —a new technique for enveloping a fighting ship in water mist to ward off radioactive fallout after a nuclear bomb blast. Also cancelled was a surface-to-air launching of Terrier guided missiles from the crusier Boston, and an anti-submarine exercise conducted by sonar-equipped helicopters from the carrier Valley Forge. The President and his aides, however, did get to see the surface — to — surface firing of the Regulus guided missile from the Saratoga. The Regulus, in turn, served as a target for Sidewinder missiles fired by attack planes from the Saratoga. The Saratoga did not take past in the air-sea search and rescue mission because her 80,000 - ton bulk is W massive that she would not be of too much help in such operations. Pour Third Floor Os Hospital Addition The Yost Construction company finished pouring the floor of the third story of the new addition to the hospital Thursday, Cal E. Peterson, president of the hospital board, said today. If the weather holds, the actual construction part may be finished as much as 30 days ahead of schedule, Peterson added. BULLETIN PHILADELPHIA ffl — A woman scientist claimed today to have discovered the cause of the dreaddisease moitipie sclerosis.

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Rotarians Observe 40th Anniversary Dinner Meeting Is Held Last Evening More than 200 Rotary members and guests enjoyed a two-hour program celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of Rotary in Decatur Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. The speaker for the evening was detained by an accident near Cincinnati, and an English friend of Mr. and Mrs. Endre Sipos, filled in. Miss Dianne Windsor, a fashion designer and actress, told how she had escaped from Austria at the time of the Nazi invasion to France, and her recent arrival in America, where she . was hired as a fashion designer i tn a department store in New , York. The speaker, Martin Hughes, . arrived later, and gave an excellent impersonation of a president , of a woman's clufi conducting a ! meeting. , Avon Burk, organizer of the club in 1916, told the group how ' he became interested in Rotary after visiting a meeting in Terre , Haute, as a guest. When he returned to Decatur he got a group of 14 together, and they formed a club here. It was more than a year before the group could get its charter, and they were the first Rotary club in a town of less than 5,000 population in the world. The club was chartered July 9, 1917, Burk explained, with 32 members. It has grown to 68, and last year had the largest growth of any club in the district. As a climax to the 40 years of Rotary here, Clarence Ziner was sponsored as district governor, the first that Decatur has ever elected. He was , confirmed as governor-elect at the International •onvention in Lucerne, Switzerland, recently. Six members of the . original group were present last night, and two others were represented by their wives. Five, still Rotarians, received special charter member pins. Receiving pins were Avon Burk, Frank McDowell. now of Bluffton, Carl Pumphrey. A. R. Ashbaucher, who has a perfect attendance record for the past 32 years, and Oscar Lankenau. Also honored were W. AKlepper, no longer an active member, and Mrs. A. R. Holthouse and Mrs. C. E. Bell, representing their deceased husbands who were charter members. Leo Curtin was master of ceremonies, and introduced the speaker and the charter members.- Joe Kaehr, president of the Rotary club, welcomed the gtfests, who included wives of the Rotarians, Lions, and their wives. Leo Kirsch led the singing of America after the invocation by the Rev. William C. Feller. Clarence Ziner, governor-elect of the district, presented special guests, including Elwyn Bodlay, of Sturgis, Mich., governor-elect of Rotary district 636; Charles Jones, Bronson, Mich., past district governor, and his wife; Herman Phillips, past district governor of district 224, and his wife, of Angola; Mr. and Mrs. Glen O’Laverty, Bluffton; Charles Rodebaugh, of Angola, decorator; Ed Williamson, Angola; Al Bailey, president of the Angola club, and wife; Mr. and Mrs. John McBride, of Angola; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ress, of Van Wert, O.; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shackley, Van Wert, O.; Arthur Brooks, Van Wert, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Fair, IkmtiMaai m Fut Mdit

Ex-Gov. Craig To Be Queried By Grand Jury Former Governor To Be Called By Jurors In Highway Scandal INDIANAPOLIS UP -Prosecutor John Tinder said today a Marion County Grand Jury inves- • tigating Indiana's highway scandal will question former Gov. George N. Craig within the next three weeks. ‘Ji-- . Tinder refused to specify what questions the jury*Wants to ask Craig, under whose administration the alleged Irregularities involving right-of-wo* gales occurred. He said it pro uncertain when the former governor will be called, but it has to be before the jury's term expires at the end of June. Meanwhile. Highway Chairman John Peters was threatened with a subpoena from Lake County unless he sends officials evidence of alleged irregularities in the Calumet area. Peters termed the threat "ridiculous.** Sayer, Sherwood Called The grand jury will resume its highway investigation here next Tuesday. Tinder said’ William E. Sayer, Craig's former administrative assistant, and Elmer (Doc) Sherwood, Ms close associate and advisor, would be asked to testify. In questioning them. Tinder said the jury is into matters to do with highway purchasing.” Sayer formerly was an agent for the sale of Prismo Paint which was used for highway markings. Sherwood was a frequent visitor in Craig's office and prominent "behind-the-scenes” figure in his administration. Peters said he received a letter from Floyd Vance, Lake County chief deputy prosecutor, again asking for information on irregularities involving the Tri-State Highway or other evidence of wrong-doing. _ „ the event such information is not forthcoming,’’ the totter stated, “it will become necessary to subpoena you lor tite grand jury to obtain same. We would much prefer to have your voluntary cooperation on this matter.” Peters Fires Back The letter indicated copies were mailed to Governor Handley and Atty. General Edwin Steers. Peters wasted no time firing back. He said he wrote Vance, "I can assure you that your office will get the complete cooperation of the State Highway Commission ...” “I can further assure you that any records that you might choose to want or need will be furnished you by this department If it is so that we cannot furnish the original records, we will furnish photostat copies.” u But Peters said he needed additional information in order to comply. (Continued oa Pups B|tt) -; - - * China Nationalists Angered At Trade Chiang Government Set On Blockade TAIPEI (UP) — Angry Chinese legislators demanded today that Nationalist warships "shoot it out” with. British naval vessels protecting British merchant ships trading with Red China. Foreign Minister George Yeh went before a special morning session of the legislative Yuan (par- 1 liament) and vowed that Nationalist China will remain firm on its China mainland port closure order. Yeh pledged that the Chiang Kai-shek government intends to carry out its blockade even if Britain uses naval vessels to es- i cort its merchant ships. At the same time, Yeh told the 1 legislature he could not agree with 1 President Eisenhower's view the relaxation of the Red China trade embargo was not serious. Yeh said the Nationalist government’s policy, definitely differs ' from President Eisenhower's news conference remarks on relaxation of the strategic goods embargo against Red China. The foreign minister faced sev- , eral hundred legislators in a , stormy, 2-hour 20-minute session ( on the repercussions of Britain’s , unilateral action in relaxing the ( Allied trade embargo imposed during the Korean War. 1 Influential legislator Hsu Tsungchi told the United Press after- ( wards, “If Britain or any other ( country’s ships attempt to enter Red ports, we should stop them j at aH costs.” He was referring to reports from ] London that British naval vessels in Hong Kong are ready to pro- i tect merchant vessels trading with 1 Red China. <

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| — " J' Il" 1 -IMPHouse Group Asks Data On Postal Cuts 4 Refuses Any Study* Os Ike's Request Until Next Week ] By UNITED PRESS A House Appropriations subcommittee refused to consider today President Elsenhower’s request for an extra $149,500,000 for the Post Office Department It said it would dp so next Tues-day-provided Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield was prepared then to say what cuts in service he will order If he doesn't get the money. Eisenhower said the extra money is needed to prevent reductions in postal service starting July 1. Congress already has. voted the department $3,192,000,000 for fiscal 1958. The subcommittee met today but voted, 3-1, to adjourn qptil Tuesday because, Chairman »J. Vaughn Gary (D-Va.) said, Summerfield was not prepared to detail the cuts mentioned-by Eisenhower. Gary said Summerfield Also was not prepared to answer questions about how he plans to use foe $3,192,000,000 if he doesn’t get the additional $149,500,000. Other congressional news: Foreign Aid: Gen. Lauris Norstad, commander of NATO forces in Europe, said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has made "amazing” progress. He told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that NATO forces are “three to four times stronger and many times more effective" than they were six years ago. He said NATO now has “the kind of military power that the Soviet planners understand and respect.” Civil Rights: Southerners have claimed a majority of House members favor the controversial “Jury trial” amendment to the oivil rights program. However, opponents said they were making headway to keep the bill free of it One leader of the southern bloc said 243 members—2s over a majority—fa vw the amendment. But he admitted concern that osme northern Republicans might change their minds if the administration turns on the "pressure” over the week end. The administration contends the amendment, which requires jury trial in civil rights cases, would ruin the civil rights program, (Coatißwed Pace Kl«kt) Three Children Bum To Death In Chicago Children Trapped In Apartment Room CHICAGO (UP) - Three young children of a former Kentucky family burned to death today in a fire apparently caused by an overloaded electrical circuit. The victims, Paul Edward Yates, 12, and his brothers, Louis Wayne, 10, and Richard Lee, 8, were trapped in a rear bedroom of the family's second floor apartment on Chicago's North Side. — Another son, Phillip, 20, jumped from a window and suffered a possible broken back. The flames were discovered by the mother, Mrs. Birgie Yates, 37, who awakened her husband, Charles, 40. They tried to reach the young children, but were driven back by the flames. Nine other families were routed by the blaze, which was confined to the rear section of the threestory building. The children were dead when firemen reached them. Authorities said a preliminary investigation indicated the fire was caused by an overloaded circuit in the kitchen. The Yates came here seven months ago from Valley Station, Ky. Yates was employed as a. window washer.

Propose Increase In Interest Rales Ike Administration Submits Proposal WASHINGTON (UP) — The administration has quietly submitted a proposal to Congress to raise interest rates on certain government loans to farmers, businessmen and colleges and universities. Budget Bureau Director Perdval F. Brundage frrwarded the administration’s controversial proposal to Speaker Sam Rayburn. It was expected to face considerable opposition. , Enactment of such legislation would boost- the interest on all long-term federal loans to a level we above 3 per cent. The major agency affected would be the Rural Electrification Administration, which annually lends several hundred millions of dollars to farm co-operatives and other groups to hep finance electric and telephone service in rural areas. Present law fixes the interest rate on REA loans at 2 per cent. Interest also would be raised on loans to colleges and universities, which now bear only 2 7-8 per cent interest; and on the disaster relief loans bearing 3 per cent which are now made to farmers by the Farmers Home Administration and to hiidnessmen by the Small Business Administration. Brundage apparently had these lending programs in mind when he < i said in a letter to Rayburn that r|“at present hidden subsidies exist in several programs.” The legislation would require each federal lending agency to : charge interest on any future loans equal at least to a minimum rate fixed by the secretary of the treasury. The secretary of the treasury in setting the rates would be required to take into consideration the current market rates of interest on negotiable treasury bonds. In addition, the lending agencies would be authorized to increase the minimum interest rate on their loans to cover the administrative expenses. Rain Sweeps Much Os Northern U. S. Stockmen In South States Are Warned By UNITED PRESS Spring showers and thunderstorms swept much of the northern half of the nation Thursday night and heavy fog blanketed the New York area. Shower activity decreased in the Texas - Arkansas - OklahomaLouisiana area, but the Red River continued to roil at flood stage or above in its course through the four states. Weathermen warned stockmen to move their cattle from lowlands as the Red hit 29.5 feet at Fulton, Ark., Thursday. It was 2 feet above flood stage at Arthur City, Tex. Water poured over spillways at Lake Texoma into the Red River at the rate of three-fourths of a million gallons per second. The huge lake divides Texas and Oklahoma. Experts said the river would crest in Louisiana Sunday, and warned of possible flooding near Shreveport, Coushatta and Alexandria. Meanwhile, rivers fed by a heavy runoff from snow posed a flood threat in the western and southern portions of Colorado. Lowland residents near Delta in western Colorado were evacuated when the Gunnison River climbed above flood stage. . . . In the East, heavy fog forced Continued on Pave Bl(ht INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with showers and scattered thunderstorms through Saturday except clearing extreme north portion Saturday. Cooler central portion tonight and south and central Saturday. Low tonight In mid50s north to the upper 60s south. High Saturday near 70 north, near 80 south. Sunset 8:11 p.m., sunrise Saturday Stif a*

U.S., Poland ! Sign Historic Aid Agreement ... 1 Promise American J Farm Products And Mining Machinery WASHINGTON (UP) — The ] United States and Communist ■ Poland today signed an agreement , promising $48,900,000 in American agricultural products and mining i machinery to the independence- ] seeking Gomulka regime. The agreement marked the first , extension of U.S. aid to a Commu- < nist nation since last fall’s satellite < revolts in Eastern Europe. Ameri- • can officials hoped it would help t Premier Wladislaw Gomulka hold to his policy of greater independ- < ence from Moscow. ] The United States also pledged j an additional shipment of $46,100,- , 000 worth of surplus wheat and j cotton, boosting the total Polish j aid figure to 95 million dollars, as soon as Congress passes enabling j legislation. ] The State Department decided to i go ahead with a partial aid agree- : ment after the House delayed ao ] tion on a bill, to authorize an ad- i ditional billion dolars worth of ! h surplus agricultural sales abroad, i The Polish shljMtftelits anticipated win the supplemental aid agreement will come out of this aus thorization. > Today’s initial agreement calls : for an Export-Import Bank loan s of 30 million dollars largely for s use in buying mining machinery. The United States aso will sell i Poand. for Polish currency, $lB,1 900.000 worth of cotton, fats, and ■ oils. The United States will use the zlotys (Polish currency) received from this sale for embassy and other expense? in Poland. After five years, Poland will pay dollars for any zlotys’ the United States has not spent. v i The agreement, which some congressmen criticized in advance, resulted from three, month of negotiations. The Polish delegation originally sought 300 million dollars worth of US. aid. A joint statement issued by the two governments said they also had agreed to begin negotiations soon on settlement of American, property claims against Poland & , a-result of nationalization m?asdres and the unblocking <rf pre- * war Polish assets in the United , States. v ’ tOontipued on Pago EtghO , Appeal Issued To Blood Donors Here < Bloodmobile Unit In J City Next Wednesday ; Sickness doesn’t go on vacation 1 —on the contrary, more sickness and accidents occur between June 1 1 and September 1 than any other < time, Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, execu- ’ tive secretary of the Red Cross, said today in a plea for 50 more donors 'of blood Wednesday, when the bloodmobile unit will be sta- * tloned at the Decatur Youth and J Community center. , The blood bank has been low 5 for months, and blood is on a rationed basis. Every pint that can , be gathered is urgently needed, Mrs; Oelberg stressed. t Especially needed are 30 pints t of 0 and 0 positive blood, she f said. Persons who will donate t blood are asked to call the Red t Cross office to be scheduled. Also needed are volunteer k workers to help load and unload 1 the bloodmobile. Three men will t be needed at 9 a. m. and four will d be needed at 4:30 p. m. Scheduling of donors between * 10 a. m. and 3:45 p. m. is now c going on, with three ladies a day working on the telephone crew. v At yeast 170 donqrs must be se- ® cured, to obtain the 125 pints of “ blood -necessary. t Blood donors no longer have to ? watch their eating, and may eat j a. normal meal before giving, Mrs. Oelberg stressed. ■'

Hungary Releases American Students Two South Carolina Students Are Freed VIENNA, Austria (UP) — Communist Hungary today released two 20-y ear-old American students who crossed the Iron Curtain frontier from Austria May 26 and were seized by Red secret police. The two are Myron Apel Gilbert, Walterboro, S.C., and Warren William Hair, North Augusta. S.C. They are students at the University of South Carolina. It was announced officially by the Reds that they were being expelled from Hungary. They were last seen nearly two weeks ago when Communist border guards took them into custody on the very first step of a planned “expedition” across the Iron Curtain. A note from the Hungarian government of puppet Premier Janos Kadar informed the U.S. legation in Budapest that Hair and Gilbert were being sent out of the country later today at the Nickelsdorf, Austria, border crossing point. “They only wanted to have a look across the border into Communist Hungary,” Jane de Pedro, an Australian hiking companion, said at the time at their disappearance. She accompanied them to the frontier on their adventure, but decided not to cross into Hungary at the time. , Gilbert la a political science student and Hair a journalism student. Local Man's Father Dies At Valparaiso Word has been received here that C. E. Soliday, 73, of Valparaiso, died Thursday night at the Porter county memorial hospital, i where he had been a patient four I days. Survivors include a son, Leonard Soliday of this city. Special Wisconsin Election Day Set Republican Leaders Study Candidates LA CROSSE, Wis> (UP) I Wisconsin Republican leaders met today to consider possible endorsement of a candidate for a special U.S. Senate election set for August 27 by Gov. Vernon W. Thomson. Thomson ordered the election Thursday. The primary will be July 30, the final date for filing nomination papers is July 12. The governor’s order goes into effect June 18. Candidates may begin circulating nomination papers on that date. The Republican executive committee and the convention resolutions committee met at noon today to prepare plans for the convention. Saturday, which may attract as many as 5,000 persons. State GOP Chairman Philip Kuehn said endorsement of a candidate will be considered at the t executive committee meeting. But he declined to comment until it was concluded. ’ Four candidates have announced 1 for the Republican nomination and 1 at least two others may enter the race for the seat vacated by the death of Joseph R. McCarthy, May 2. ' . ■ Former Gov. Walter Kohler, former U.S. Rep. Glen R. Davis, Rep. Alvin O’Konski, and Lt Gov. Warren Knowles, already are in the running. Rep. John Byrnes and former state Supreme Court Jus- ! tice Henry Hughes are considering the raceRep. Henry Reuss and thrice beaten nominee for governor William Proxmire are leading five unannounced Democratic candidates. Others mentioned are Reps. Clement Zablocki, State Senator Henry Maier, and Arthur J. McGurn, 73, a federal employee. Davis, Byrnes and Knowles are vote-getter, is aligned with the state party organization and are mentioned as the most likely candidates for endorsement. Kohler, three-time governor and proven vote-egtter, is aligned with the Eisenhower wing of the party. Davis, who won the party’s.; Q»atf— 6 mi Pace Btokt

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Invokes Fifth | | Amendment At Senate Probe Official Accused With Misuse Os His Bakery Union Funds WASHINGTON W) — A vice president of the Bakery Workers Union admitted today he took home $61,000 from a “testimonial dinner” but said other labor leaders get similar "gifts” all the time. WASHINGTON (UP)—A union official accused of squeezing $85.470 from New York bakery workers and employers refused today to say whether he was a Communist before 1950. The witness, Frank Dutto, in- k voked the Fifth Amendment when the Senate Labor Rackets Committee insisted on an answer. Dutto said he signed a nonCommunist oath in 1950 which was "true then and it’s true now.” The Communist angle came as a surprise development as Dutto, organizing director of New York’s big Local 3 of the Baker Workers Union, was being questioned about how he cooked up a testimonial dinner for Max Kralstein, international vice president of the union for the New York area. The committee charged that Kralstein got $57,818 from the dinner, which he used to buy and furnish a $40,000 home. His wife got a $1,650 present and Kralstein got a $1,447, portrait, the committee said. Committee investigator Lavern J. Duffy presented affidavits from .five small New York bakers who said they bought SSO to S2OO ads in a souvenir program for the dinner because they didn’t want trouble with the union. They said they did not contribute voluntarily, did not know Kralstein and did not know where the money was going. “The Little Dictator” Duffy said the five affidavits “show a pattern” of what he found in interviewing a dozen or so small bakers in New York. He said several others were afraid to give affidavits. Dutto, who was chairman erf the Kralstein testimonial dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria a year ago, said he and other members of the executive board at Local 3 desgded to honor Kralstein with a dinner. He said he also wanted to buy the vice president a house because • Kralstein was living in “such a modest home.” " He said he explained to the 60odd other members of the dinger committee that the money would go toward Kralstein's new home, but he did not know if they told the persons they pressured to buy $25 tickets or ads at SSO up. Joseph Tenczar, former business agent for Local 3, described Kralstein as “the little dictator” who negotiated aU bakery workers union contracts in the city. Tenczar testified that the money for tiie testimonial dinner was •raised by “pressure.” ' . Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy said the union raised $33,825 from ticket sales and $51,645 from the souvenir program. Kralstein Got $67,899 Out at this, he said, the banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria cost $17.968. There were other minor expenses, but the bulk of the money went, he said, like this: “Porrtait of guest of honor, sl,447. “Gift to guest of honor (Kralstein) $57,000. “Gift to wife of guest of honor, $1,950.” Kennedy said that when the bills (Omumm •• ro«* Industrial Division Meets Monday Noon Cliff Brewer, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will give a report on the pro gress of the “Greater Decatur" fund drive at the June luncheon meeting of the industrial division of the Chamber Monday noon at the Community building. Members who cannot attend are asked to contact Fred Kolter at the Chamber office.