Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 140.

MAYFLOWER AGAIN AT PLYMOUTH ROCK MAYFLOWER 11, its epic voyage across the Atlantic at an end, lies moored off historic Plymouth Rock where more than 300 years ago an identical vessel brought the Pilgrim fathers to America. The Rock is housed in a pit under the memorial structure in the foregorund. The smaller craft near the Mayflower II is a shallop, exact replica of one used by the original crew to come ashore.

14 Soldiers Die In Crash In Kentucky Paratroopers Killed When Truck Plunges 25 Feet Into Creek FT. CAMPBELL, Ky. (UP)~ Fourteen soldiers of the storied 101st Airborne Division died pinned under a truck which plunged 25 feet into a creek Thursday. Nine others were injured. A spokesman from the Ft Campbell public information office said some of the men apparantiy were aruwneu uk vwvif cnwucu to death when the big truck skidded off a gravel road through a guard rail into shallow Piney Ford Creek••We don’t know yet just how they died but an investigation already is underway,” a spokesman said. Pvt Ranald J- Curtis, 21, of Kalamazoo, Mich., who escaped with his face bloodied from cuts, said survivors held the heads of trapped men above water to try to keep them from drowning. Curtis |aia only about three of the men got out from under the wreckage. A helicopter had to be used to lift one end of the truck off the bodies of the other men. The one and one-half ton Army truck was returning 25 men of the 191st -from field training when it skidded on a curve in hill country near the Kentucky-Tennessee border and hit the rocky creek bed. Curtis said he felt the truck “swerving to the right” on the curving downgrade but said, “I thought the driver would bring it out of the skid—then I saw the bridge come up." Curtis said even then he thought it was only “a pretty good scarenothing serious," but the next moment he “had a falling sensation, followed by a thud, not a crash“There was a feeling of pressure against us. Everyone was being tossed around. There was no panic, no screaming, no yelling. My left leg was under someone and my head was under water “I wrenched free and got out somehow. The nine injured including Curtis, none believed badly hurt, were taken to the base hospital. The soldiers were returning to within about nine miles of the base after several days of field training when the tragedy occurred. New Premier Takes Over French Reins PARIS (UP) — Maurice BourgesMaunoury, 42-year-old Radical Socialist, formally took over the premiership of France today from outgoing Premier Guy Mollet. Bourges-Maunoury is the 23rd men to hold the post since establishment of the fourth French Republic after World War 11. The French National Assembly gave lukewarm approval to Bourges-Maunoury and his 14-man left-of-center cabinet. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, warm and humid this afternoon and tonight with scattered thunderstorms possibly locally heavy north portion. Saturday showers endmi and turning fair and pleasant most of state by night. Low tonight in the 60s. High Saturday 75-84. Sunset 8:14 p. sunrise Saturday 5:1? a. m.

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Speeds Attempt To Block Huge Merger Government Seeks Steel Merger Block NEW YORK (UP)—The government has speeded its attempt to block the merger of two of the nation's largest steel producers in an action which could bring a court decision in “months instead of years.” I Asst. U.S. Atty. Gen. Allen Dobey asked for a summary judgment in Federal Court Thursday to block the merger of Bethlehem Steel Corp, and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Ce. . . * The court gave the companies ■ tatil Sept. 10 to reply. It set Nov. 4 for arguments. ‘ The‘government tiled an antitrust action against the merger last December claiming the merger tends towards monopoly in the steel industry by terming a giant with assets in excess of two billion dollars. The call tor a summary judgment bypasses long trial procedure and means the court will rue on the legal question without trial formalities. The government’s motion followed last week’s antitrust victory over E L Du Pont de Nemours & Co. .in the U.S. Supreme Court where Du Pont's ownership of 20 per cent of General Motors stock was ruled in violation of the Clayton Antitrust Act. The steel companies issued a joint statement Thursday following the government’s court action. They claim the merger would increase rather than decrease competition in the steel industry by forming a company better able to compete with U.S. Steel Corp. The two combined still would not be as large as U.S. Steel. I The statement also said that the merger would enlarge the supply of steel products—particularly in Continued un Pa*e Kick! Mrs. Mabel Bowen Dies This Morning Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Mabel Mo wen, 76, lifelong resident of the Wren, 0., community, died at 6 o’clock this morning at the home of a son, Gayle Mowen, in Wren. She had been ill since January of complications. Born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, 0., Sept 12, 1880, a daughter of Emory and Lavina Barkley-Rummel, and was married to Frank Bowen Sept. 20, 1906. Her husband preceded her in death in 1932. Mrs. Bowen was a member of the United Brethren church at Wren. - - Surviving are two sons, Gayle Bowen of Wren, and Donald Bowen of Celina, O.; two daughters, Mrs. Keith Gage of Celina, and Mrs. Waldo Stevick of Lima, O.; 13 grandchildren, and one brother, George A. Rumel of Harrison township. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm. Sunday at the Gayle Bowen residence, and at 2:30 p. m. at the Wren United Brethren Church, the Rev. S. F. Kochensparger and the Rev. Dale Osborne officiating. Burial will be in the Woodland cemetery at Van Wert The body wil be returned from the Cowan & Son funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening.

Senate Moves Toward Votes On Foreign Aid Jenner Speaks For 45 Minutes Today In Attack On Aid WASHINGTON (UP)—Sen. William E. Jenner (R-Ind.) said today Congress “cannot justify taxing our people to give away money to the foreign aid follies.” Jenner delivered a 45-minute floor speech against the aid program as the Senate moved toward actual voting ooswaimfiiU the 83,837,090,009 foreign aid program. The first test shaped up on a move by Sen. Russell B. Long (-DLa ) to cut 90 million dollars from the 800 million dolars recommended by the Senate Foreign Reasons Committee for so-called “defense support” indirect military aid. I ■ Jenner said the administration’s modified program, with a new revolving loan fund to handle economic aid, is “just trying to put a new dress on the old girl, but what a poor job they have done." He said the entire program is still a “giveaway;*’ Foreign aid chief John B. Hollister defended the program in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He said it “is necessary to our national security,” and that major changes in this year’s requests have put the whole program on a sounder basis. Hollister said that the administration’s new emphasis on foreign aid Iqans, under , the proposed development loan fund, rather than outright gifts, will encourage "more self-reliance and self-help” by U.S. Allies and “place our development financing on a more business-like basis.” Senate leaders were hoping for final action on the aid bill by tonight. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (DOre) urged approval of the aid program as an affirmative approach to foreign policy. Neuberger denounced “concentrated attacks against mutual security with money while accepting a policy of committing our soldiers, sailors and airmen to remote and distant bases.” Neuberger said Congress has a “plain responsibility” to “maintain the continuity of our essential overseas programs of our foreign policy.” Long planned to follow his 890,000,000 defense support cut effort with a move to lop 8300,000,000 tion for military aid. Flag Day Services Here This Evening The annual Flag Day services of the Decatur Elks lodge, sponsored jointly by the fraternal organization and the city's veterans organizations, will be held at 7:30 o’clock this evening at the Elks home on North Second street. W. O. Hughes, veteran Fort Wayne legislator, will deliver the Flag Day address, and the ceremonies will be conducted by Earl DeWeese, exalted ruler of the Elks, and his officers. The vets organizations will provide color guards, and special music will be played by the Catholic school band. The public is invited to attend.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 14, 1957.

Russia Proposes Halt Os Two-Three Years On All Nuclear Tests -X ! d ' ' . ■

Treasury Head * Says No Tax Cut This Year Humphrey Says Tax> Cut Is Possibility Sometime In 1958 WASHINGTON (UP) — Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey said today it may be possible to cut taxes sometime during the fiscal year starting July 1, 1968. He said a tax cut this year is “absolutely out of the question” and added that “I don’t see how” there can be a tax cut to take effect at any time in the next 12 months. Humphrey made the statement to a joint congressional economic subcommittee studying tax-cutting prospects. '> I .|> Chairman Wilbur D. Mills (DArk.) told Humphrey there have been published reports that the administration is planning to ask Congress early next year to enact a tax cut. > V “There are no such plans that I know of,” Humphrey replied. Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex) recently abandoned Democratic plans to push for a tax cut until next year, but he insisted that Congress next year will nriake’ relief retroactive to Jan. 1, 1958. Chairman Mills noted that Budget Director Percival F. Brundage testified Thursday that he believed the earliest possible date for tax relief would be some time after July 1. 1958. Mills then asked the Treasury secretary if he agreed. The secretary said it was too early to say, but “the weight of the evidence, is in favor of his (Brundage’s) conclusions at the present time.” ’ Brundage’s testimony boiled down to this: The earliest you can (Continued oa Pace Etabt) Dr. John W. Clark Is Taken By Death .Native Os Decatur Dies At Anderson Dr. John W. Clark, 58, a native of Decatur and a Fort Wayne dentist, died at 3:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Anderson, where he was visiting relatives. He had been in failing health for the past 30 days with a heart ailment. He was born in Decatur Nov. 4, Clark, Decatur physician, and 1898, a son of the late Dr. D. D. Mrs. Mary Clark, who now makes her home in Anderson. Dr. Clark left Decatur a num--ber of years ago. and had his dental office at 2021% Sherman Blvd, in Fort Wayne. He was a member of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne. Surviving in addition to his mother are a son, Terry Clerk of Tucson, Ariz.; and four sisters, Mrs. Anna Amrine and Mrs. Wilbur Poole of Anderson, Mrs. George Baker of Baldwin Park, Calif., and Mrs. Virgil Van Meter of Muncie. One sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 a. m. Saturday at the St. tylary's Catholic church in this city, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was brought to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. The Holy Name society will recite the rosary at 8 o'clock this evening. Jan. 1 Wreck Fatal To Indiana Man ,I SFS§RsSRPviS^ I aJP) New Year’s Day traffic accident proved fatal this week to Gordon A. Parson, 22, Jeffersonville. Parson died in a Louisville hospital of injuries suffered when his car figured in an accident near Jeffersonville.

Notary Club Hears Exchange Student Norwegian Youth Speaks Thursday •‘When it comes to criticism. Americans can take it,** Svein Tobaissen, Norwegian foreign exchange student told the members of the Decatur Rotary club at, its regular meeting Thursday night ’ at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Svein, who was brought to this country by the Columbia City Rotary club, has just finished his senior year in high school in that city. In giving his impressions of the relations between the two countries he praised the Marshall plan assistance immediately after the German occupation. However, he said he believed tMt present aid to his and other countries is being wasted- U e pointed out that the United States now has a greater debt par capita than any of the countries receiving our foreign aid- “It’s backward,” he said. •*, The only fpturr Zope Norway has in paying off iw indebtedness and making its own way is to make use of its water resources in order to produce power and establish more industry, he stated. He also said that Finland, which had refused aid. and lived on its own resources without creating further debt since the war, probably had the best answer. * Commenting on this country, he said that his visit here had changed his ideas about Americans, which had previously been formed by American movies. He was surprised h° w bard Americans worked and to discover that money did not grow on trees as many Europeans believe when they ask for aid from this tryComparing the school systems, he said that only about 25% of his country's boys and girls could enter high school, which are limited by a lack of teachers, money and facilities. In his country, he said that pupils are required to all take the same subjects and pass them all or be dropped from school. Here he said there were more opportunities for education, but because pupils are not forced to study hard do not do so. He had never seen television until he came here and did not believe Norway would have stations for five years. After watching TV programs he came to the conclusion that most of them are (Continued on Pact Former Decafur Lad Killed In Accident Richard C. Smith Is Killed By Auto Richard Clarence “Dickie" , Smith, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith, former residents of Decatur now living in Edmond, Okla., was fatally injured near his home early Thursday evening. According to information received by relatives here today, the youth was crossing a street on foot, near his home, when he was struck by a car, later found to be driven by a man who was intoxicated. Exact details of the accident were not made known. Born September 5, 1941, in Van Wert, 0., the boy moved here with his family in 1942, where they refour years ago. Dickie attended Lincoln grade school in Decatur, sided until moving to Edmond Surviving are the parents, Clarence and Vera Garwood Smith, three brothers, Leland, serving with the U. S. Marines; Stephen, of Edmond, and Max, at home, and a sister, Cheryl, also at home; the grandparents, Mrs. William Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garwood, all of Decatur, and several aunts and uncles, many of whom reside in and npar Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon at Edmond.

i- - -i-i i --rs-T - '■ ■■ i -—T it Much Property Damage Caused By Tornadoes Heavy Rains Touch Off Flood Waters . A band vi tornadic storms spread from Colorado to West Virginia today Heavy rains accomapnying the storms touched oft floods in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Nebraska. Most of the tornado activity during the night was concentrated in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions with twisters sighted near Detroit, Mich., Charleston, W.Va., Warsaw, Tenn., and Cincinnati and Waterville, Ohio. No serious damage or injuries were reported from any of the funnel clouds. Earlier, twisters were reported near Frankton, Colo.; Columbus, Neb.; Monroe, Neb.; Damascus, Ark.; Sioux City, lowa, and Ellinwood, Kan. Considerable property damage occurred in the twisters near Damascus and Monroe, Neb, but no injuries were reported. Heavy thunderstorms with wind gusts up to 75 m.p.h. left a trail of damage ta Kentucky Oh io. Central Pennsylvania and South central New York. The windstorm ripped Ohio Thursday afternoon, uprooting trees and downing utility lines in many sections of the state. One inc hailstones peppered Bellefontaine, Ohio. Large areas of Toledo were blacked out for hours due to felled power lines. Columbus was doused by a one-half inch rainfall in 11 minutes. Walton and Warsaw in Northern Kentucky were buffeted by winds up to 60 m.p.h., damaging power and telephone lines. Trees, trolley lines and power lines also were toppled by the severe storms in Pennsylvania. A half-inch rain during a one-hour period yesterday caused major traffic jams in Pittsburgh. At Corning, N.Y., trees and power lines were blown down and at least two homes were damaged. The widespread storm front (OoauntMu uu’raav , -I" ——— Mrs. C. Brandyberry Is Taken By Death 90-Year-Old Lady Dies Thursday Night Mrs. Clinda C. (Kinnie) Brandyberry, 90-year-old lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 10:30 o’clock Thursday night at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Otho Lobenstein, in Monroe. Death was attributed to infirmities of old age after an illnes of eight weeks. She had resided at the Lobensteih home for the past seven and one-half years. She was born in Adams county Dec. 8, 1866, a daughter of James R. and Mary Major, and was married in 1884 to Amos Brandyberry, who preceded her in death April 18, IMO. Mrs. Brandyberry was a charter member of the Monroe Friends church. Surviving are three daughters, Mr*. Adda Lobenstein and Mrs. Ethel Branch, both of Monroe, and Mrs. Trella Hartnett of Scottville, Mich.; five grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; three nieces and .two nephews. She was the last surviving member of a family of 12. Two sons, Floyd and Otis Brandyberry, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the Lobenstein funeral home in Monroe, and at 2 p. m. at the Monroe Friends church, the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating. Burial will be in the Ray cemetery, west of Monroe Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 o’clock this evening until time of the services. I

'• I H |i Eisenhower Plugs Foreign Aid Bill House Republicans Breakfast Guests ‘WASHINGTON (UP)—Presides* Eisenhower plugged his foreign aid bill today in another round of coffee cup politics with House Republicans. The chief executive served juice, bacon and sausage, scrambled eggs, and coffee—and advfoe—to, 42 GOP House members at the' second in a series of White House harmony breakfasts. ? Rep. James G. Fulton of Pennsylvania said the President, circulating from table to table in the state dining room, urged passage of his $3,800,00,000 mutual aid appropriation as "absolutely necessary and the best way to wage peace.” Vice President Richard M. Nixon and GOP National Chairman Meade Alcorn also were guests at the breakfast. Rep. Charles A- Halleck of Indiana said the President discussed the defense budget at some length. Eisenhower, he said, related some of his experiences aboard the supercarrier USS Saratoga recently to explain why modern ships, planes and missiles pose a complicated financial problem. Rep. John Harvey of Indiana told the President that he found the defense budget the easiest item in not* received a single letter protecting the defense budget’s size. Rep. Leo Allen of Illinois quoted the President as saying: “No one knows better than I that trying to keep the country at peace is costly." Allen said he enjoyed the visit immensely because in the 20 years the Democrats were in the White House he was invited there only once. I Forty Republicans attended the first breakfast Wednesday. They ate sausages and scrambled eggs and said afterwards many told the President their side of the issues involved in his embattled legislative program. „ . They said the President didnt do much lobbying tor the pro gram, but did do a lot of listeningRep. Robert L. F. Sikes (DFla.) accused the President Thursday of "violating the civil rights of Democrats” by only inviting Republicans to the breakfasts. During the House debate on the Civil Rights bill, Sikes commented with tongue in cheek: “The White House is a federal institution operated by public funds. The laws which have been CwtliaM •» P»«e ElOt Little Damage Done By Storm Thursday Heavy Rainfall In Decatur And County Although rain really poured, and lightning and thunder were evident all over the county in Thursday evening’s storm, actual damage was held at a minimum. Lightning struck a barn near Preble, but when Preble firemen arrived, they found no damage othen than to the lightning rod itself. Around 7:30 p. m., during the heaviest part of the storm, lightning struck the roof of the Merlin Norr farm, one and onehalf miles east of Berne. By using a garden hose, Norr was able to put the fire out before the Berne fire department arrived. Damage amounted to a small hole in the roof. The city light and power department reported that a few scattered fuses throughout the city caused power failures in various sections of town during the storm, ’ and the stop light at Thirteenth and Monroe was out of operation at one time. Two telephone poles in rural areas were hit by lightning, knocking out telephone service for several hours. The deluge caused fields to almost‘reach the , flood stage in many parts of the > county, and most farmers were : ■ unable to get, in the fields this I morning.

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Russian Plan Criticized By U. S., France Formal Proposal* By , Soviet Russia Made At Disarming Talks / LONDON (UP) - Russia formally proposed today a two to three year halt on nuclear tests, with observers to be stationed in both Russia and the United States to ensure enforcement. Observers also would be stationed in Britain “and the Pacific area” and would be part of an international commission ordered to report to the United Nations Security Council and the UN. General Assembly. The proposal, placed before the U.N. five-nation disarmament subcommittee by chief Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin, ran into immediate criticism from both France and the United States. Zorin, it was said, did not spell mit details of his plan, such as provision for aerial inspection as proposed under President Eisenhower’s "open skies” plan and ridiculed by Soviet Party chief Nikita Khrushchev in Finland lUu sday. • Similar Russian proposals in the West for tebk of any iron-clad inspection scheme. France, supported by the United States, objected to the Zorin plan for its failure to include any agreement to halt production of fissionable materials for military purposes. U.S. disarmament adviser Harold Stassen was reported to have supported France’s stand. Stassen returned from Washington today with new "procedural” instructions from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Stassen denied he had been reprimanded for his private talks with Russian representative Valerian Zorin. But Western , diplomats expressed satisfaction that veteran Ameriean diplomat Julius Holmes, former minister to London, would arrive here shortly from Washington to “chaperone" Stassen on matters of procedure The representatives of Britain, France and Canada called private talks with Stassen today three hours after his arrival and it was ’ understood he would fill them in on his talks with Dulles. The chief concern among the American allies—especially West Germany—was that the United States might try to pull off a deal with Russia, not only on disarmament but on broader issues including Germany. Administration sources in Washington flatly denied this, but the rumors persisted and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was reported especially worried that tkte become an issue in the heated West German election campaign. The sources in Washington said Stassen had been told to make absolutely sure the Allies are told in advance what he takes up with Zorin in future talks—including details and context. Montpelier Man Is Killed In Accident FORT WAYNE (UP) — Roy D. Malott, 32, Montpelier, was killed Thursday when his car collided with another driven by Duane D. McCoy, 28, Warren, near Waynedale. McCoy was treated at Lutheran Hospital. Indiqna-MicH'an Lines Strung Here The double poles and electric lines of the Indiana-Michigan Electric company have now been placed and strung from the PrebleRoot township line to the city limits, Mayor Robert D. Cole said this morning. The line is part of the work being done to increase the electric service to Decatur residents and businesses without increasing the cost of electricity. Mayor Cole said. Two switching stations must now be built before the city can use the I4M power.