Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 143.

One Minister Leaves, Two To Return ■M&y • Rev. Benj. G. Thomas Bev. John E. Chambers Bev. L. T. Norria

Civil Rights Bill Is Passed By House Today House Passes Bill Minus Amendment Sought By South By UNITED PRESS The House today passed civil rights legislation — without the South’s sought - after jury trial amendment. By a roll call vote of 286*126. the House finally pushed through the administration’s four-point bill and sped it to the Senate where it faced an uncertain fate. Other congressional news: Bakers: Gilbert Mann, former president of the Bakery Union Local 100 in Chicago, said he resigned at gunpoint. He said the gun wielder was George L. Stuart, former international vice president. - Eteonomy: Secretary of Treasury George M Humphrey. leaditt.witness at a Senate Finance Co.mmittee investigation of administration economic policies, defended the socalled tight money policy as the only practical way to block a “new round of inflation.” Atom: Sens. John W. Bricker (R-Ohk>) and Clifford P. Case (RN.J.) disagreed on the merits of Eisenhower's proposed atoms-for-peace treaty during Senate debtate. Bricker said ratification of the treaty would be "an act of suicidal folly'’ because it would increase the danger of atomic war. Case; said the treaty would be the ” first concrete step on an international basis to turn the mighty potential of the atom to the good of mankind.” Postal: A House appropriations subcommittee approved giving to the Post Office Department an extra 133 million dollars—sl6,soo,ooo less than Postmaster Arthur E. Summerfield said he needed to maintain normal service beginning July 1. The House Appropriations Committee was expected to approve the 133 million. SubeommitSummerfield would be able to tee members said they expected maintain normal service without the rest of the money. Sports: Rep. Kenneth B. Keating (R-N.Y.) said he sees no chanee that Congress will grant professional sports full immunity from anti - trust laws. However, Keating—senior Republican on a subcommitte investigating pro sports—said he favors some exemption. AEC: Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D-N.M.) said President Eisenhower’s new appointments to the Atomic Energy Commission faced long consideration by the joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee. Anderson is the ranking Senate member. Committee chairman Carl T. Durham (D-N.C.) said he would still prefer reappointment of Thomas E. Murray whose term expires June 30. Receives Word Os Samuel Moyer Death •Orval Sudduth received word Monday night of the death of Samuel Moyer, a former resident Os Decatur. He was the last surviving member of a family of 15. Relatives in Decatur include two nephews, Orval Sudduth and Hugh Moyer. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, hot and humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Chance of a few locally severe thunderstorms north portion. Clearing and turning cooler late tonight. Wednesday mostly fair, a little cooler and less humid. Low tonight 50s north to 60s south. High Wednesday 78-88. Sunset 8:15 p. m., sunrise Wednesday 5:17 a. m.

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Rev. John Chambers Will Leave Decatur Norris And Thomas Are Returned Here The Rev. John E. Chambers, pastor at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church in Decatur for the past nine years, was assigned to Grace church at Lafayette, at the closing session* of the 113th meeting of Indiana conference north, E. U. B. church, v held at Oakwood Park, Syracuse. The Rev. „X. T. Norris was re--1 turned to the IJnion Chapel Evane gelical United Brethren church 1 for his 10th year, and toe Rev. Benj. G. Thomas was returned s to toe Bethany Evangelical Unitb ed Brethren church for his fifth i year. t The Rev. J. O. Penrod, pastor at Albion for toe past five years, will succeed Rev. Chambers at r toe Trinity church. Rev. Penrod - is a graduate of Manchester Cbl--1 lege and United Theological Sem- - inary at Dayton, O. Rev. Penrod r and his wife and two sons, aged 2 and 4, will move into the Trinf tty parsonage in the near future. ■The Rev. Donald Bender was . aslgned to toe Calvary Evangeli- , cal United Brethren church, east . of Decatur. Other assignments. s read at the closing conference , sesison by the Rev. R. H. Mueller, D. D., bishop of the west r central area, Included: the Rev. . A. E. Givens, Berne; the Rev. f Fred Pflugh, Craigville circuit; . Dr. A. B. McKain, Geneva; toe Rev. Fuhrnian Miller, Linn ; Grove; toe Rev. Joe Bear, Mon- [ roeville circuit; toe Rev. Lewis , Strong, Ossian, S Rev. Chambers, in his new assignment at Lafayette, succeeds I Dr. G, T. Rosselot, who has been [ pastor there for the past 10 years. . Dr. Rosselot, former pastor , of Trinity church here, has been as- . signed to the Fort Wayne Calvary , church. Grace church in Lafayette. I which has a membership of 850, has recently purchased a 5% acre , site for an entirely new church , plant. The new facilities will in- , elude a new parsonage and ’ church building to cost approxi- , mately $250,000. , Rev. and Mrs. Chambers and son, Joe, plan to move to Lafayette within the next two weeks. Rev. Chambers stated today: "Decatur has been very good to , us during toe nine years of our ministry here. We have „appreciated every kindness shown us by our church members and many friends outside toe church. We have enjoyed toe fine spirit of cooQpration shown by the various churches of the community and by the ministers with whom we have had toe privilege of working. We are glad to have Rev. Penrod as our successor. Triity church and Decatur will appreciate his many abilities, his fine Christian spirit and youthful vigor.” May 14 Collision Is Fatal To Man CRAWFORDSVILLE — (If! — Owen C. Gott, 69, Ladoga, died Monday in Culver hospital here from injuries sustained when two automobiles collided May 14 on a rodd near here. Contingent Sent By Selective Service Eight Adams county young men were sent to Indianapolis this morning by the selective service board, three for induction into toe rmed forces, and five for physical examinations. Those inducted were Harry Thayne Gerber, Jackie Del Nussbaum, and Robert Lee Doan. Those taking physical examinations were Merlin Dale Alt, Richard Leroy Bleeke, John Stephen Gass, Gary Dean Brewster, and Jayson Stuart Miller.

• V —— - . l T - y, Record Heat Wave Covers Most Os U.l Damaging Floods In Great Plains And Ohio Valley By UNITED PRESS A record heat wave blanketed most of toe nation for toe third day today, broken only by scattered storms that touched off damaging flash floods in the great plains and Ohio River Valley. The death rate, mostly from drownings, soared with the temperatures across the eastern half of toe nation. The intense heat also caused Swer shortages ip New York and icago, buckled streets and highways and disrupted work in offices and plants. The United Press counted at least 134 persons dead in disasters blamed on toe heat and a BUCAt least 100 of toe victims drowned, 34 of them in nine southern states, 20 in New England, 10 in Ohio, 8 each in Wisconsin and Illinois, 6 each in New York, Indiana and Michigan and 2 in New Jersey. Flood waters killed 26 persons, including 19 in toe disastrous, floods that hit toe St. Louis area during toe weekend. Hash floods killed three others in South Dakota and one each in Kansas, lowa, Nebraska and Minnesota. Lightning killed three boys sitting under a tree at a boys’ camp near New Albany, Ind., and three golfers at a Scranton, Pa. golf course. Heat prostration claimed toe life of a golfer in Albany, N.Y., and a tennis player in nearby Green Island, N-\. Among record high temperatures Monday were New York’s 93 degrees, Cleveland's 92.4, and Buffalo, N.Y., with 91. Chicago tied its record high for toe date with a top of 96. A storm-producing cool air mass promised to bring some relief today to toe Plains states and portions of toe Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley on its slow advance eastward. In New York City, and Chicago, toe drain on electricity from air conditioners, electric fans and refrigerators caused a power shortage Monday. In northwestern Indiana, traffic was snarled when toe pavement cracked on U.S. 20 west of Michigan City and on Ind. 55 near Gary. The mayors of East St. Louis, HL, and Valley Park, Mo., sought federal disaster assistance. Damage in toe weekend floods in the St. Louis area was estimated at about five million dollars. Weathermen said scattered thundershowers and hot and humid weather were expected today from \ Coattanea «■ Page Ki*ht Southern California Weather Topsy-Turvy LOS ANGELES (IP) — Southern California’s weather turned topsyturvy Monday. Desert air moved over coastal areas and boosted temperatures to more than 100 degrees at beaches, while sea breezes moved inland dropping temperatures to the low 90's in desert areas. Seven-Year-Old Girl Saved From Drowning PERU, Ind. W) — Rebecca Martin, 5, Peru, was recovering from toe effects of a near drowning in Dukes Memorial hospital today. The little girl was found floating face up in Nyona Lake Monday. State police said there was "no sign of life” when she waq pulled out. But artificial respiration and adrenalin saved Rebecca.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 18,1957.

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Treasury Head Defends Tight Money Policy Humphrey Renewed Inflation | Threat For Nation WASHINGTON (UP) — Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey today defended the administration’s so-called tight money policy as toe only practical way to block "a new round of inflation.” But he conceded that, despite this poicy, “the threat of renewed inflation...is perhaps our most serious domestic economic problem.” Price increases, particularly in the past year, have been “more than I like to see,” he said. Humphrey was toe first witness at the opening of a broad investigation of the Eisenhower administration’s economic and money policies by the Senate Finance Committee- f He testified before a committee including some Democratic members who have charged that the tight money policy, with accompanying spiraling interest rates, has retarded economic expansion. These Democrats also contend that consumers and small business have been hurt with the m&Jbr benefits going to big money interests. I Humphrey listed six alternatives to the tight money policy—credit controls, compulsory saving, price and wage controls, higher taxes, voluntary restraints and a return to federal reserve support oft he government bond market. "The use of any of toe first three alternatives in peacetime would have been inequitable, impractical and inconsistent with our tradiitons of freedom,” Humphrey said. - Higher taxes “would not have been acceptable,” he said. Voluntary restraints on price add wage increases, he said, “can help immeasurably but can be achieved only if other policies are effective.” “Thus, as a practical matter, toe real choice is between thje anti-inflationary course which We have pursued and a new round of inflation,” Humphrey said. Committee Chairman Harry F. Byrd ID-Va.) opened the investigation with a statement that world confidence in toe American dollar .Continued on Paco Dirht) New Club Officers Installed By Lions M. C. Sieling Is J New Club President New officers of toe Decatur Lions club were installed Monday night by international counselor Roy Price, former district governor,’ at toe Decatur Youth and Community Center. M. C. Sieling, incoming president, took the gavel from outgotreasurer, Leo N. Seltenright; Other new officers will be: first vice-president, Don Stover; second vice-president, Cliff Brewer; third vice-president, Roger Gentis; secretary, G. Remy Bierly; treasurer, Leo N. Seltenright; tail twister, Ralph Smith, Jr.; Lion tamer, Harry James; directors, H. H. Krueckeberg and Ed Highland; holdover directors, Clark Mayclin and Clark Smith. Schwartz thanked all the members for their cooperation this year, and especially mentioned Frank Lybarger, who headed toe kitchen committees, and Dick Evans, who was chairman of toe two drives this spring for funds. Schwartz announced that a movie projector and screen had been given to toe Vera Cruz opportunity school, and that raincoats, visible in traffic, had been given to the sheriff’s department. Next week the meeting will be a family picnic at Hanna Nuttman park at 6:30 p. m. Lions and their families are asked to bring table service, and all else, including entertainment for toe children, will provided, Jay Markley, chairman for toe event, said.

'•« "»■ .1.1. >.■■■■• - Fourth Atom Blast Is Detonated Today Secret Test Device Fired On Platform ATOP ANGELS’ PEAK, Nev. (UP)—The Atomic Energy Commission detonated the fourth atom- * ic blast of the spring-summer test series today—a pre-dawn explosion designed in part to study the effects of the blinding atomic flash on the eyes. ’ The secret test device was fired ’ from a platform suspended be- - neath a captive balloon floating 500 ' feet above the Nevada Desert at Yueca Flat, approximately 75 miles from Las Vegas. With the aid of a clear western I night, it was the brightest flash yet in the test series and was clearly seen in San Francisco, approximately 350 airlines miles distant. AEC observers said the huge fifeball did not touch the ground. The device was calculated to yield the force equivalent to approximately 10,000 tons of TNT, about half the power of the bombs that smote Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War 11. Observers in Los Angeles, also roughly 350 airline miles away, saw a yellow sash ike a giant photographer’s bulb arc across one-fourth of the northeast horizon. Test animals subjected to the ; Hast included monkeys, pigs and rabbits. All were anesthettted. TP ■ pre - blast announcement by the AEC said the rabbits were used. ! to study the effects of the flash : on the eyes. ! As seen from the unofficial ob- ■ servers’ post atop Angels’ Peak, 1 45 miles from “ground zero”, the 1 blast unleashed a red-purple fireball that churned above the site ! for moments and then faded into 1 the yellowish mushroom cloud characteristic of nuclear fission. Five minutes after shot time, the cloud head had climbed to 20,000 feet and was being torn apart by upper-strata winds which carried it toward the east. Dr. Stephen Kertesz To Speak To Rotary Former Hungarian Envoy Speaks Here Dr. Stephen D. Kertesz, a professor in the political science department at the University of Notre Dame, and a former Hungarian envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, will be the guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club at 6:30 o’clock Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. Dr. Kertesz is the father of Mrs. Endre Sipos of this city. He came to the United States in March, 1948, after Soviet Communism choked off free thought and free speech in Hungary. He was visiting associate professor at Yale law school in 1948-50, and was invited to Notre Dame as a visiting professor for the summer session in 1948. He accepted a permanent position in the department of political science at Notre Dame in 1950. Dr. Kertesz received his law degree from the University of Budapest in 1926. He continued his studies at the University of Paris, where he received a diploma from the institute of higher international studies, and In 1929 he attended the academy of international law at the Hague. ' He also studied at Yale and at Oxford and Geneva. In 1938, the Hungarian government commissioned him to work in the field of nationality problems among the countries of Central Europe. After the Nazis took over the country in 1944, Dr. Kertesz was accused of treason but a court martial found insufficient evidence to convict him. After Russia moved into Hungary in 1945, Dr. Kertesz managed to escape the slave camps established by the Reds and joined the new “Democratic” government set up at Debrecen, and was appointed head of the foreign ministry charged with preparation of I (Ceßtlßaea m Pace Five) |l

Bakery Union Officer Quit As Gun Point ; Soys Resignation 1 As Local President Forced With Threat l WASHINGTON (UP)—-A veteran . Bakery Union official testified to- ) day that he resigned as president t of a Chicago local at gun point be- , cause, had he refused, "I probably would have got shot.” i Gilbert Mann, former president ! of the union's Local 100 in Chicago, ; testified that he arrived in his of- . flee on Jan. 21, 1955, to find George . L. Stuart—since resigned as an international vice president—sitting ! at Mann’s desk with an automatic pistol in his hand. I “I had to resign. The pressure was on,” he said. Mann’s testimony prompted a brief advance appearance before the Senate Rackets Committee by James G. Cross, Bakery Union president. Cross told the committee he-will cooperate and does not plan to claim the protection of the Fifth Amendment. Gun from Desk Drawer Mann, 71, white-haired veteran bakery trade i ’ 1 dent and financial secretary Os the L now defunct Chicago Local 100 for l 25 years when he walked into his office to find Stuart at his desk . with the nine-shot, 25-caliber pistol , that belonged to Mann’s brother- > Chairman John L. McClellan (D- - Ark.) asked Mann to explain ■ what Stuart was doing with the > gun. Mann explained that Stuart I had taken the gun from the desk drawer. , v j • "He had the gun in his hand... I he said ’l’ve got your gun out of ’ your desk’...he had the shells too,' [ said Mann. Stuart, Mann said, handed him a telegram signed by Union President Cross stating that Mann was being deposed. With Stuart, Mann said, was an auditor who had been looking into the local's books with his full cooperation. Says Promises Not Kept Stuart “took my keys out o fmy overcoat, took my car, sent someone home with me, and that was (O ..tinuoo va raav Slant, Chairmen Are Hamed By C. C. Directors Compile Brochure On City Os Decatur Numerous committee chairmen were appointed, at Monday evening’s meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, tor the purpose of compiling a brochure" concerning the city of Decatur. When completed, the informative booklet will be given, to persons and firms, interested in moving or locating in Decatur. Upon re-, quest, it will be given to visitors of the city, and will be used as a reliable source of information concerning various phases of the community. Cliff Brewer, president of the Chamber, has named the following committee heads, who will name their own assistants: utilities, M. J. Pryor: financial, Herman Kxqeckebergf buildings- and sites, and climate, Robert Heller; facts about Adams county, Leo Seltenright, and city government and taxation, Severin Schur ger. Louis Jacobs will head a committee concerning civic facilities and the schools of the community, while Glenn Hill will serve as chairman of the committee to advise about the, city's recreational facilities. Other committees include labor, George Laurent; industries, Lowell Harper; transportation. Glenn Mauller, and markets, Bob Lane. Members of the committees are to prepare the data for the brochure by July 1, at which time they will give reports at a meeting of the directors of the Chamber.

- ? ■. Report Cool Front J Heads For Indiana Clearing, Cooler Is State Forecast By UNITED PRESS A cool front headed for Indiana today and promised relief from* a humid heat wave. The noon forecasts for Hoosierland said temperatures will moderate a little after hitting the humid 90s throughout the state 1 this afternoon. “Clearing and turning cooler 1 late tonight" was the prospect for * the entire state- The predictions ’ said temperatures will drop to the 50s in the north tonight and the -60 s in the south. Furthermore, days of thunderstorms apparently were due to end after a final flurry this afternoon and evening with the chance of a few locally severe storms in the northern one-third and gusty surface, winds and possibly locally heavy rainshowers in the central third. Wednesday will be “fair and a little cooler aqd less humid” with high temperatures ranging from near 80 north to 82 central to the upper 80s south. Lows Wednesday night will range from 55 to 65 and highs Thursday will be in the 80s. 95 At Evansville Earlier, the forecasts called for continued hot and humid through ’ Temperatures hit highs ranging ' up to 96 degrees at Evansville 1 Monday before a covey of thunj derstorms dumped up to 4.40 1 inches of precipitation on state ' areas. Meanwhile, the death toll J blamed directly or indirectly on - the weather in the past week 1 jumped to at least 12. Six persons : drowned during the weekend, Coßtißued ea Pace Eight ! Continue Testing For Speech Clinic Only 20 Children Report On Monday Therapists in charge of the six weeks’ speech clinics to be conducted in Decatur and Berne have announced that only 20 children were present for pre-testing at Lincoln grade school Monday. The testing is being again today and Wednesday at Lincoln grade school, and the therapists will go to the BerneFrench school, tomorrow afternoon to complete the testing program. It was.pointed out that the testing is ah Important phase of the corrective speech clinic, so that the need of the child is determined before actual therapy sessions. A meeting of parents of all children accepted for the clinic will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p. m., in the Lincoln grade school auditorium. Many important announcements of the schooling will be announced at this time, and all parents are urged to attend. Sponsored by the Adams county society for crippled children and adults, and financed solely by contributions to the Easter Seal campaign, the clinies are free of charge to children between the ages of six to 10, who suffer with a speech difficulty or handicap. Theapists who will conduct the clinics this year include Mrs. Jacquie Hite Schnepf, Mrs. Margaret Harris Hakes and Miss Carol Kalver. The Psi lota Xi sorority, which assists the crippled children’s society in the project, has hired two assistants to work with the instructors. Miss Judy Locke and Miss Jeannette Hahnert have been so chosen, and will work with the youngsters during recreational periods, and when they are not in actual therapy sessions. o ( ’ i BULLETIN WASHINGTON (V) — Federal Judge Joseph C. McGarraphy today barred the government from turning William 8. Girard aver to the Japanese government for a man- 1 slaughter trial. j

Says Present State Leaders Are To Blaine 1 Craig Testifies To Grand Jury Probing , Highway Scandals ! INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Ex-Gov. . George Craig implied today that . Indiana highway scandals might , never have occurred if his recom- ’ mendation to the 1953 Legislature ; for a change in the administrative setup of the State Highway Department had been accepted. i Craig said in a 7-page statement issued after he spent 2% hours behind closed doors with a Marion County grand jury that "the present leaders in state government fought” his proposal "and defeated it” . Craig also issued a blast at "smear and political witch-hunting tactics" in “some” of the Indianapolis newspapers’ news reports of the scandals, and said writers . had a “fanatical devotion and , affection” for Sen. William & Jenner and “long hostility toward me.”> Jenner heads a faction of the , Indiana Republican party long at odds with a faction headed by -.7. . Craig also told newsmen that > before the scandal broke he: ’ 1. “Never heard of ‘Gio,’” an j engine additive which his highway » department spent 8133,000 for at ' $8 a gallon. 1 ~ 2 ’ ‘ Never heard of Arthur Mog- , ilner,” a “Gio” salesman who is c alleged to have made 8108,000 , profit cm the sale. 3. “Never knew (William E.) ’ Sayer was employed by Mogilner.” Sayer was Craig’s administrative assistant shortly before he helped Mogilner sell the additive to the state. Craig refused, to “comment on the guilt or innocence of men whose cases are pending,” including four charged in criminal indictments returned by the jury last month- ' Craig entered the jury rooms at 10 a.m. and emerged at 12:30 p.m. Upon leaving, he handed newsmen a 7-page typed statement in ’ which he: 1. Blamed “the present leaders ‘ in state government” for defeating his proposal to take the highway department out of politics. 2. Criticized “political writers ■ and columnists” on the three Indi- ' anapolis daily newspapers for turning “what should be a legitimate, diginified inquiry into public affairs into a politcal vendetta amed at me personally.” Praises U.P. Objectivity Craig’s statement, which he had promised newsmen as he entered the jury chambers, said: “I had no suspicion of the highway transactions under question and should I have received such information such irregularities* would have been promptly investigated and proper action taken." He said he had recommended removal cX. the highway department from politics. “The present leaders in the state government fought this proposal and defeated it,” he saidCriticizing newspaper writers, Craig said: “The fanatical devotion and affection of these writers for Senator (William E.) Jenner and their long hostility toward me is well known to most observers in Indiana politics. (CoattaMt oa Page Eight) 21-Month-Old Boy Dies This Morning Lynn Harvey Caston, 21-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Caston, died at 2:35 a.m. today at the home in Preble township after a serious illness of one day. The parents are members of St. John’s Lutheran church at Flatrock. Surviving in addition to the parents are a brother, Larry Lee, at home; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Reed? Caston of Adams county, and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hegerfeld of Allen county. The body was removed' to the Ake funeral home at Poe. Funeral arrangements have not been com9

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