Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1957 — Page 1

Vol. Lv: No. 135.

• PRAYS for gi sweetheart yni . 4f|| HARU (“Candy”) SUEYAMA, 27 Japanese fiancee of William S. Girard, the Illinois G. I. whose trial for manslaughter in the death of a Japanese woman has become an international incident, kneels before a shrine in prayer for his acquittal. She told newsmen she prayed for him “every day” and that “ » . . God should make him tree.”

Big Peacetime Naval Review Opens Today ■ Largest Peacetime Naval Review Opens At Norfolk, Va. NORFOLK, Va. (UP) — The world’s largest peacetime naval review begins today when thousands of visitors dimb on board nearly 100 warships gathered here for a ten-day maritime spectacular. Visitors began swarming aboard the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers, guided missile cruisers, destroyers and frigates at 9 a.m. e.d.t. Foreign vessels were to be opened to the publ.c at noon. Some 85 warships from 17 nations steamed into sprawling Hampton Roads in the last two days to participate in the celebration marking the 350th anniversary' of the founding of Jamestown. More warships due to arrive today will swell the number of vessels in the harbor to nearly 100, making this the biggest peacetime naval demonstration in the history of the world. u * Britain Sliding Three Due in today was the threeship British contingent led by Britain’s largest aircraft carrier, the Ark Royal. Also expected today was the colorful four-masted Spanish schooner Juan Sebastian de Elcano, on a trip around the world, and vessels from The Netherlands and Belgium. Six French ships, the largest foreign flotilla in the review, steamed into the port Friday afternoon. The lead cruiser, Degrasse, her crew standing at attention on the decks, fired a 21gun salute to the U.S. Navy and the frigate USS Norfolk answered. Canada followed next, and the two joined other newly - arrived ships from Portugal, Peru and Norway. In all, 50,000 sailors, 20,000 of them from foreign nations, will stand inspection next Wednesday as the ships line up in two 14mile rows across the harbor for Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson to sail in review. Ashore, sailors from the foreign vessels got a taste of the American way of life, digging into banana splits and ice cream sodas, chewing gum and buying gaudy sports shirts, cowboy boots and loud neckties. An International Incident An embarrassing incident appeared forgotten after a Turkish flag was removed from the front of a restaurant owned by Cypriote born George K. George. George protested against the flag, and. before the vest pocket international incident subsided, Norfolk Mayor Fred Duckworth had made a public apology and the Turkish Embassy in Washington branded the affair “shocking.” 'Die Retail Merchants, Assn;, Which placed flags of all participating nations along the streets, replaced the flag in* front of George's restaurant with the Venezuelan standard. ’ The sailors today were expected (Conttanod M p»»e

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Catholic Graduation Rises Held Friday Annual Exercises Held Last Evening Graduation exercises for the 22 seniors of the..PfSgtMfc. high school and the 42 eighth graders of the St. Joseph grade school were held Friday evening at the Catholic school auditorium. The Rev. Albert Q. Senn, OFM„ of Waynedale, delivered the commencement address, taking as his theme, “Poets and Saints.” Deploring the topsy turvy values of the world today, Rev. Senn scored the exaggeration placed on the intellect, and urged the graduates to develop a true Christian education, warning against over-specialization in any one field Iq the exclusion of a valuable and happy, well-rounded outlook on life. “You must have sanctity to have sanity,” Rev. Senn told the high school and elementary graduates and the large audience which attended the ceremonies. The Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church and superintendent of the schools, distributed diplomas and special awards to the graduates oi both schools. Awards for the highest scholastic honors for the four years was awarded to Miss Elizabeth Millef, Miss Nancy Mies, Miss Ruth Lengerich and David Heimann. Four years perfect attendance awards went to, Miss Anna Sue Miller, Miss Elizabeth Miller, Miss Rosalie Wilder and Anthony Gillig. , The apostle of the word award from Marquette University school of journalism for outstanding journalistic work and high scholastic; average was presented to Miss Janice Titus and Alan Wiseman. A year’s subscription to the Catholic School Editor accompanied this award. Staff pins in journalism were awarded to Patrick Teeple and Miss Marjorie Kohne for their work on tlfe D. C. Spotlight and the Decatur Daily Democrat, respectively. Miss Janice Titus was presented an award in excellence in religion for the four years. Patrick Teeple was given the award for outstanding leadership. Alan Wiseman was presented the award for citizenship and cooperation. Miss Elizabeth Miller has received an honor scholarship for S3OO at Marian College, Indianapolis. Miss Janice Titus was second place winner in the American Legion essay contest,’and the Betty Crocker homemaker award was won by Miss Elizabeth Miller. The Holy Name society and the Delta Theta Tau scholarship awards for highest scholastic honors in 1 the St. Joseph school were presented to Miss Carolyn Kohne and Kenneth Geimer. Honorable mention for scholastic honors was won by Miss Nancy Holthouse, Philip Lose, Miss Carole Kable, Miss Mary Ellen Walter and Miss Kathleen Hain. American Legion essay awards were won by Miss Carolyn Kohne and Miss Kathleen Hain. The processional and recossional were played by the Catholic school band, directed by Clint Reed. The seniors sang “My Own America” (CoatuuiM ea Page «tx)

State Highway Scandal Centers On Washington Senate Committee Slates Re-opening Os Hearing Monday INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Indiana’s highway scandal centered on Washington today with the scheduled re-opening Monday of a Senate subcommittee’s bearing on' reports of shady land-buying deals in Lake County. The Senate Public Works Subcommittee, headed by Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn) subpenaed Lkqrd Dungy, Gary real ectate agent, and Lew B. Smith, State Highway Department right - of-way official for the Lake County area. Reports also said subpenaes were issued for Maurice Hutcheson, international president of the Carpenters Union and two Carpenters vice presidents—William Blaier and Frank Chapman. I Reports also said subpenas were and Chapman yielded $81,400 on 10 right-of-way transactions, most of them in Lake County. Hutcheson is from Milan, the hometown ,of Virgil (Red) Smith, indicted former highway chairman. Committee members were expected to question the witnesses about alleged windall profits in right-of-way sales for the Tri-State Highway. Two subcommittee investigators recently visited Lake County in search of evidence. They reported “highly productive” results. Meanwhile, Lake County Prosecutor Metro Holovachka charged state officials with “kicking around a political football” in Indiana highway scandal. Holovachka’s charge came on the heels of a threat frdm his attic* to subpena highway department records unless Chairman John Peters makes them available to Lake County officials. “We hayen’t alleged that there are any scandals with the TriState Highway,” Holovachka saidpeople in our office are not doing their duty- In my opinion they are , kicking around a political football. If they've got any violations of the law I want to know about them,” he said. “This isn't a political matter with me, although it might be with them.” Holovachka said he had talked with two Senate Public Roads Subcommittee investigators when they were in Lake County recently, but declined to reVeal any details. ' ' ■ Teamsters To Call On Beck To Resign Executive Board To Hold Meeting July 1 WASHINGTON (UP)—lnformed sources said today Teamster Executive Board members will attempt to kick out Teamster President Dave Beck one way or another when the board meets July 1 at Los Angeles. The sources said a group of board members including Secre-tary-Treasurer John F. English and Vice President William ALee of Chicago will call for Beck’s resignation. Should Beck refuse, the group may suggest that he take a leave of absence until his term as president expires Dec. 1, sources said. Beck — plagued by Senate charges of theft and federal charges of tax evasion — already has announced he will not run for reelection at the giant union’s convention in September. AFL-CIO President George Meany told a cheering labor audience Friday that Beck “has no right to be in the trade union movement” and should be “kicked out now”—not th September. “John English has said the Teamsters will clean their dirty linen," Meany fold the AFL-CIO first annual Industrial Relations Conference. "If they give Beck the title of president-emeritus that is not a cleaning job.” . - Meany's statement hinted that unless the Teamsters remove Beck in a Way satisfactory to the AFL-CIO the union may face being ousted. The AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee has held up any action against the Teamsters pending their efforts to clean house. Opening Os Swimming Pool Here Delayed The Decatur swimming pool will not open today, Hubert Zerkel, Jr., .pool manager, said today. The pool will open on the first warm day, he explained, since it is now clean and ready for use. Originally it had been planned to open the swimming season in the city today, but cold weather has postponed the opening.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 8,1957.

Supporters Os Foreign Aid Hail Action From Committee Os Senate

Senate Group | Voles For Soil Bank Payments Senate Committee Votes To Authorize Reserve Payments J ■ WASHINGTON (UP) — The administration's limping soil bank program today appeared to have won a chance to operate Into 19M on a reduced scale. The House narrowly voted Jo cut the heart from the program. , But Senators have refused to go along. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Friday to* authorise 500 million dollars in soil balk acreage reserve payments lo farmers on 1958 crops. Acreage reserve checks go to farmers who contract to cut back plantings fef surplus “basic” crops including cotton, corn, wheat, rice and tobacco. The full Senate* was expected—with administration prodding— to accept the Appropriations Committee's verdict when it acts on the soil bank item in an agricultural appropriations bill early next week? Congress originally had I authorized acreage reserve pay ; meats of 750 million dollars a year from 1956 through 1959. The House had voted to ! eliminate the acreage reserve for 1958 crops. But since the House 1 action came by a relatively narrow ■ 192-187 vote, the subsidy program was expected to survive the joint House - Senate conference which will settle differences between the House and Senate farm spending bills. A Other major differences between the House-approved bill and the soil bank items in the Senate bill Included: A $2,500 limit on 1958 acrea'ge reserve payments to individual producers in the House version. The Senate measure sets a $5,000 ymit. A 250 million dollar ceiling on total 1958 payments for the longrange conservation reserve phase of the soil bank in the House bill, i The Senate committee raised the | ceiling to 350 million dollars and added a $7.50 per acre national ( average limit on conservation re- i serve rental payments. 1 The Senate committee vote for restoring 1958 acreage reserve payments was 18 to 2. Chairman Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.) of the Senate Agricultural Appropriations subcommittee had indicated earlier most members were voting for the program reluctantly and only because there was nothing in sight to replace it. Even Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson, who appealed for restoration of the House cut, indicated the soil bank was on trial. Benson told a news conference May 29 that if the soil bank did not appear to be working qext year he would recommend it be Critics of the program have pointed out that soil bank payments of more than 250 million dollars in 1956 brought virtually no reduction of surplus farm output. For 1957 crops, both the House and Senate bills provide about 760 million dollars in acreage and conservation reserve payments to farmers for retiring 28 million acres of crop land. Agriculture Department records have indicated that despite the 28 million acres drawing soil bank subsidies, total planting will be cut only 12 million acres this year, i Officias explain that many farmers have brought formery - idle lands back into production while depositing other fields in the soil bank. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with showers and widely scattered thunderstorms. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 58s north to 60s south. High Sunday mld-60s extreme north to mid-80s south. Outlook for Monday: Warm with widely scattered thunderstorm? mostly in the afternoon.; or Evening.

Students Happy At Free World Return American Students Freed By Hungary VIENNA (UP)—Two American college students who went behind the Iron Curtain on a lark, were gladhe back unharmed in the free world today. <. WlffenW. Hair, 20, of North Augusta, S.C., and Myron A. Gilbert, 20. of Walterboro, S.C., were freed by Communist Hungary shortly before Friday midnight and .turned over to Austrian police 1 at the Nlckelsdorf frontier post. They still had « small matter of paying a fine in Vienna tor illegal border crossing, and then they were free to continue their European adventures. They don’t intend to return immediately to the United States and the University of South Carolina, where Gilbert is studying political science and Hair is studying journalism. But they’re convinced they .have had enough of Red-ruled lands. “We went to Hungary for adventure, as we wanted to see what it looks like behind the Iron Curtain,” they told newsmen at the border. “Now We know, and are glad to be back again.” The pair W?re on a hitchhiking trip across Europe when they’ flipped across the Hungarian border on May 26. They told a pretty, 22-yeas-old Australian girl traveling companion to notify the authorities if they were not back in two days. When they failed to return, Jane de Pedro told police and the search was on tor the boys. It didn’t have to go far. They weren’t more than a mile inside Hungary near the Neusiedler Lake area before they were picked up by Red police and hustled off to jail in Budapest, where they were held in solitary confinement. “We were not ill - treated, but were cross - examined nearly all the time,” they said on their return. "The Hungarians suspected us of being U.S. spies. ••Overall, the treatment was not too bad and the food was sufficient. But the 12-day solitary confinement was very depressing for both of us." They said they did not see each other from the time they were seized until they were informed of their impending release Friday. - 4 Joshua N. Burkhead Dies Friday Night Farmer, Auctioneer Is Taken By Death Joshua N. Burkhead, 86, well known farmer and auctioneer, and a lifelong resident of Monroe, died at 10:30 o’clock Friday night at the South View nursing home at Bluffton. He had been seriously U1 for the past three weeks. He was born in Adams county Dec. 19, 1870, a son of Jonathan M. and Drusilla Engle-Burkhead, and was married to Eva Brandyberry Jan. 16, 1900. His wife preceded him in death Jan. 27, 1954. Mr. Burkhead was a member of the Friends church at Monroe. Surviving are two sons, Loren Burkhead of Monroe, and Nolan Burkhead .of Owosso, Mich.; four daughters, Mrs. Howard Hendricks of Monroe, Mrs. Clyde Noffsinger of Bluffton, Mrs. Violet Johnson of Jackson, Mich., and Mrs. Kenneth Nyffeler of Union township; 23 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and f o W r sistets, Mrs. Sarah B. Gould and Mrs. Minnie Gage, both of Decatur, Mrs. Belle Hocker of Monroe, and Mrs. Lola Parrish of Howe. One sister is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the Monroe Friends church, the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating. , Burial will be in the Ray cemetery ? Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. 1

Bakery Union President To Have Hearing Charged With Using Union Treasury For - Auto, Girl Friend WASHINGTON (UP)—President James G. Cross of the Bakery Workers Union will get a chance next week to answer charges that the union treasury supplied him with funds for a Cadillac and a long;legged brunette girl friend. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) of the Senate Labor Rackets Committee told reporters that Cross “will probably have an opportunity to comment" on the charges when the committee resumes public hearings next'Thursday. The committee heard testimony this week that Chicago locals bought Cross a $6,500 Cadillac with funds earmarked for “organizing.” Witness Invokes Fifth The hearing recessed after Kay Lower, attractive brunette de* scribed by witnesses as the union president’s girl friend, invoked >e Fifth when . asked *ii she knew Jtfiti. She also invoked the amendment when questioned as to how ' she happened to show up at a string of union conventions across ( the country, with stops at way sta- . tions like Ottumwa, lowa. She re- , fused to say who paid her bills. Miss Lower, who allegedly also used the names of Elsie K. Lower , and Mrs. E. K. Thorpe, said she did remember buying a man’s dia- ' mond ring in December, 1955, ’ from a Los Angeles jeweler. But ' she said she couldn’t remember ' whether she paid for part of it with- a SSOO check on the treasury of Local 37 in Los Angeles, as the jeweler claimed. She refused to say whether Cross had beaten her for giving the ring to another man — or whether he had beaten her at all. But she firmly declared she was not affaid Os Cross. Beeord of Arrests Los Angeles police records listed a Kay Lower, alias Kay Thorpe, as having been arrested 15 times since 1949, including seven arrests for offering or engaging in prostitution. The woman in these records served 60 days in jail in 1951 for offering herself as a prostitute. A former employe of the Los (Continue* en Pace Five) Missouri City Hit Hard By Storms Severe Windstorm, ■ Heavy Rain Friday By UNITED PRESS A severe windstorm or tornado, accompanied by three inches of rain, rushed through Mound City, Mo., Friday, tumbling trees and leaving twisted telephone lines in its wake. Meanwhile, the Greybull River its wake. Meanwhile, the Greybull River in Wyoming began to recede after forcing several residents from 1 their homes When it brimmed 1 along a 50-mile area Friday. No injuries or home damage were reported following the big blow which whistled through ; Mound City. Three black funnel 1 clouds hovered near Hiawatha, i Kans.,‘Friday afternoon, but all ; stayed aloft. Fears that mountain rivers I would overflow were heightened . by predictions of high temperatures in Colorado and Wyoming. Throughout the area, rivers have approached or passed flood stage but no great danger appears imminent. The 50-mile strip from Meeteetse to Greybull, Wyo., suffered minor damage in Friday’s flood. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are moving from the central and southern plains towards the Atlantic Coast, while a cool front pushes southward along the 'eastern third of the nation.

....... Ordained Sunday ’ The ritv of ordination to toe Christian ministry will be extended to the Rev. Boyd Stepler Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the St. Luke's Evangelical and Reformed church at Honduras. He recently completed a three-year course at the Mission House Theological Seminary ‘ in Wisconsin, receiving a bachelor of divinity degree last Sunday. Rev. Stepler’s mother resides in this city, and his wife is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Inniger, Berne. Rev. Stepler has accepted a call to the Millersburg, Ind.» church, and will begin his minis■toy July ■■■■■"»■ »■ I■. ..i—B*. Japanese Attorney Is Fired By Girard » Apparent Challenge To Japanese Court TOKYO (UP)—U.S. Army Specialist 3-c William S. Girard, 21, | of Ottawa, Hl., fired his Japanese lawyer today on advice of his brother and counsel in the United States. * , The move was an apparent challenge to the right of a Japanese court to try him for manslaughter in the death of a Japanese woman on -a U.S. firing range. Maj. Stanley F. Levin, Girard’s Army legal adviser, announced that the young soldier bad decided to dismiss Itsuro Hayashi, one of Japan’s leading trial lawyers. The move came after Girard talked twice by telephone with his brother, Louis, in Ottawa. It was made cm the advice of Louis and that of American lawyers he retained for his soldier-brother. Chief Counsel American Levin said that from now on American attorney Earl J. Carroll, who has law offices in New York and San Francisco, “can be considered Girard’s chief defense Levin said the dismissal of Hayashi could not be considered a counsel." • ‘ Levin said the dismissal of Hayashi could not be considered a criticism “in any way” of the noted Japanese attorney. Levin added that Girard probbably would make no decision on whether to hire another Japanese defense lawyer until the outcome is known of a habeas corpus proceeding in federal district court in Washington. Carroll has filed a plea there for the habeas corpus writ, asking Girard’s immediate return to the United States. The court will rule on the plea Tuesday. Government Decision Challenged The move by Carroll is an attempt to reverse a decision by the U.S. State and Defense Departments agreeing to turn over Girard for trial by a Japanese court under the existing U.S.-Japan status of forces agreement It was reported that Louis Girard advised his brother not only to fire Hayashi but also to get rid of Levin. “I’m still Girard’s personal adviser," Levin said when told of this report, "and until I hear differently, that’s the way it is.” Levin said Girard had been advised by his brother not to talk to the press and not to make any statements which “acknowledge” the jurisdiction of the Japanese court. NOON EDITION '~~

Only Slight Cut Made In Foreign Aid Senate Committee Approves Bulk Os Foreign Aid Fund WASHINGTON (UP) — Supporters of President Eisenhower’s foreign aid program today hailed the action of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in authorizing $3,637,110,00 In aid next fiscal year. The committee Friday cut a net of only $227,30,000 from funds Eisenhower had requested—a reduction considerably less than what many observers had expected. The President has waged a vigorous fight to save the measure from Congress’ economy axe. But it still has a long way to go before it gets through both Houses. The House Foreign Affairs Committee called John Foster Dulles to appear Monday to begin its hearings on the bill. Chairman The do r Francis Green of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he hoped the Senate could begin debate spono-v biU formally to the Senate Monday. The final version was approved 12-3 by the foreign relations group Friday night after two days of closed door deliberations. SeM- Wfeyne U Morse (D-Ore.), Russell B. Long (D-La.), and Wfik liam Langer (R-N.D.I cast the only opposing votes on the final showdown. Langer, .recuperating from a long illness, voted by proxy. I Morse served notice that he would file a minority report protesting “unnecessary giveaways” in the program. The committee approved the measure after defeating 10 - 4 a motion by Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Ment.) to cut the total Bill by 800-million dollars. Mansfield was supported ony by Morse, Langer and Long, with Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) not voting. The bill contained Eisenhower’s proposal for a 500-million dollar development loan fund through which most U.S. economic aid woud be funneled in the future. An expected bitter fight over aid to Yugoslavia was resolved with relatively tittle battling. However, (Continued on Pare Six) ——- ■ ■ Sen. Styles Bridges Ordered To Hospital WASHINGTON (TO —Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, was in Doctors Hospital today suffering from "complete exhaustion.” A member of his staff said Bridges* physician ordered him to the hospital Friday to "take a complete rest for about a week." But the staff member emphasized Bridges* condition is not serious. a Union Members Vote For Friday Layoffs At Local G.E. Plant The members of Local 943, UE, employes of the General Electric plant here, voted Friday to take three Fridays off to cut down the number of layoffs which will be necessary at the local plant, Vernon “Spec” Hebble, union president, said this morning. The members voted to take June 14, June 21, and July 5 off; otherwise, layoffs would have cut back to men hired in 1942 and women hired in 1947. Two weeks ago the GE announced that 106 would be laid off, because the motor inventory was too high. Some of these have already been laid off, and other of them, perhaps even more than the scheduled 106, will stiff be laid off. But with a shorter working week for three weeks, fewer workers will be effected. The election, open to all unian members, was held at the union hall at 3 p. m. Friday.

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