Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 147.

JAPANESE MINISTER ADDRESSES CONGRESS IWMW . Rm| ' IN HIS SECOND DAT of a visit to Washington, Japanese Prime Minister Nobusukc Kishi bows in acknowledgement of a rising ovation by Senate and House in the national House of Representatives. He told the lawmakers Asia can solve its problems without turning to Communism.

Senate Votes High Dam At Hell's Canyon Senate Takes Slap At Eisenhower In Passing Dam Bill WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate Republicans today accused Democrats of swapping votes on the civil rights bill to secure passage of a measure authorizing construction of a government high dam at Hells Canyon. The charges came as House supporters of the controversial Hells Canyon bill planned quick action on the Senate-passed measure. The Senate, in a slap at President Eisenhower, voted 45-38 Friday night for the government dam after three days of hot debate on the public-versus-private power issue. Sen. Charles E. Potter (RMich.) charged that civil rights legislation “was sold down the river" by some northern Democrats in a “deal" to secure the Hells Canyon bill. ' He said some of the northern Democrats agreed to vote with ■Southerners last Thursday in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the House-passed civil rights bill from being sent directly to the floor for debate Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (RUtah) said “civil rights had a lot to do with the Hells Canyon vote —more than most people realize." Sens. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) and Wayne Morse (iTOre.), who voted with the southerners Thursday, branded Potter’s charges as "untrue.” Chairman Clair Engle (D-Calif.) said his House Interior Committee would get to work on the Hells Canyon bill “as quickly as possible." Other congressional news; Un-American: A group of House members hoped to reach an early showdown on the authority and conduct of the Committee on UnAmerican Activities. They did not, however, favor a proposal by Rep. Donald’ L Jackson (R-Calif.) to abolish the committee. The is-, sue of curbing the committee arose after its chairman, Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.), defied Speaker Sam Rayburn's ban on radio - TV broadcasts of all House committee hearings. Observers: Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has asked Senate leaders to name a small group of senators to keep in close touch with developments at London disarmament talks. Dulles said, however, it*would be “premature" for the group to attend the London sessions at this time. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson said he would appoint Democratic members of the group soon: Farm: The House has approved 344-7 a $1,300,000,000 bill to expand the farm surplus disposal program. The bill was passed after the House rejected an attempt to prevent the administration from selling 65 million dollars worth of surplus commodities to Poland- The measure was sent to a Senate - House conference committee to work out differences with a Senate-passed bill. Norstad: Gen. Lauris Norstad, supreme commander of AWi e d powers in Europe, has told the House Foreign Affairs Committee it would be a “disaster” for the United States to renounce Status (Cocclßued ob Pace Five) , NOON EDITION

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Red Press Assails Disarmament Plan Open Bitter Attack On America's Plan MOSCOW (UP) — The Soviet press launched a bitter attack today on America’s new disarmament plan. One official newspaper termed it a mere "maneuver” to avoid disarmament. “A mountain • was in labor and a mouse was born,” said the Moscow Trgde Union organ Trud. Pravda, official Communist Party newspaper, said there is “nothing new” in the proposals put ■ before the United Nations Dlsar--1 mament Subcommission In London by U.S. Delegate Harold E. ‘ Stassen. 1 The Soviet press indicated bitter ; Kremlin disappointment at Stas- ■ sen’s presentations— but it was not immediately clear whether news- ■ papers were commenting on the ■ entire American plan or the points t Stassen formally introduced at the ■ conference- > Stassen is expected to introduce the main American proposals when the subcommission convenes next Tuesday. Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin, however, already has been filled in privately on the major points, according to reports. (Stassen, in his step -by - step explanation of the American plan, proposed reduction of the armed forces of the United States and Soviet Russia to 2,500,000 men each. (He also was reported to have agreed to Soviet demands that \control of nuclear tests be included il the first step toward disarmament. Stassen, however, attached a number of strings to make sure there would be a “sound, safeguarded partial dis- , armament.” He made it clear that suspension of nuclear tests must be accompanied by simultaneous progress in reduction of conventional arms). Trud referred to Stassen's proposal to cut military manpower and then undertake further reductions on condition other political problems can be settled. It said this was “mere repetition.” It said the United State is using the “pretext” of consulting with its Atlantic treaty Allies and Changing the personnel of the Lon- , don delegation to delay agreement and finally to "nullify the results of the London talks.” (There has been no change in the U.S. delegation, except for the recent assignment of State Department troubleshooter Julius Holmes as Stassen’s deputy at the conference- f Pravda asserted that publication of the United Nations report on Hungary was another “provocative" red herring designed to complicate the international scene. Terms North Dakota As Disaster Area % WASHINGTON (IB — President Eisenhower declared tornadostricken areas of North Dakota a disaster uree today and ordered the Civil Defense Administration to use whatever federal funds are necessary to assist state and local officials. He acted at the request of Gov. Norman Brunsdale of North Dakota. *<t INDIANA WEATHER „ Fair, warm and humid v tonight and Sunday, with scattered thundershowers possible north portion Sunday. Low tonight 68-75. High Sunday SOSO. Outlook for Monday: Conx tinned warm and humid with ■ evening and night thundershower* south portion. Fair and pleasant north portion.

Supreme Court Delays Recess To Study Case Importance Os Gl Case Underlined By i High Court Action I By CHARLOTTE MOULTON t United Press Stiff Correspondent ; WASHINGTON (UP)—The Sut preme Court today underlined the . importance the United States 1 places on the Girard case by postponing its recess to settle the legal tangle arising from it. r The court, which has not sat in . July during recent times, set July t 8 for hearings in the case. Extension of the court term, al- > ready one of the longest in recent i years, disrupted vacation plans of; > most of the justices Justice William O. Douglas, a » veteran summer traveler, already i has left for Europe and his schedt ule calls for him to be heading for i the Khyber Pass and Afghanistan i in a station wagon on July 8. Touches Off Dispute The Girard case has touched off , an international dispute and U.S. officials feel it jeopardizes relal tions with a number of allies. [ It arose after Army Specialist [ 3c William S. Girard killed a Japanese woman as she was scaveng- . ing for scrap metal on an Army firing range in Japan. Attorneys will press appeals filed by both Girard and the gov- - ernment from last Tuesday’s decii sion by Federal District Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy. That ruling barred a Japanese trial for , Girard. , Court aides said Douglas will be notified of the decision to hear toe appeals. But it was not known whether he will cancel his trip Plans of Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice Tom C. Clark to attend an American Bar Assn, meeting in London July 24-30 will not necessarily be affected by the Girard arguments. Another Justice Sailing Justice Harold H. Burton is Europe bound, too. He has a steamship reservation for July 13. The court allowed four hours for the arguments, although two is the usual limit. It said briefs must be filed by each side oh or before July 1 and must be answered within five days of receipt. Girard is now-confined at Camp Whittington in Japan. His Japanese trial was to have begun Friday following the waiver of U.S- • jurisdiction over him by Defense (Contlauad on Pag* Tbr»«) Three Men Killed As Plane Crashes WASHINGTON (IB— A Capital A ; riines training plane crashed today two miles north of Clarks- : aboard. burg, Md.. killing the three men The plane was a twin-engine [ DC3 on a training flight. The i craft went down in a hilly wood- [ ed region near Maryland's fam- [ ous Sugar Loaf mountain. School Offices Are Closed for Vacation The office of the superintendent of Decatur schools is dosed for two weeks vacation, and will open July 8, W. Guy Brown, superintendent, announced today. All janitors and other staff members, except one, will also be on vacation at this time. The principal’s office at Decatur high school will remain closed until August 16.

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Tornado Columns In Midwest Bring More Death, Destruction

Fargo Moves To Recover From Storm Effect North Dakota City Working Way Out Os Storm Devastation FARGO, N.D. (UP) - A school teacher started raising funds today to buy shrouds for six children* of one family killed in a tornado that also destroyed all their clothes. The children were members of Gerald Munson’s family. Munson spent the night in a Bismarck hotel Thursday night unaware that the tornado almost had wiped out his family. Another family—Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Udahl, both about 50, and their daughter, Mary, about tidied in toe storm that claimed 10 lives, left 2,000 persons homeless and wrought damage estimated at between 25-million dollars and 30million dollars Munson’s children will be buried Monday at Moorhead, Minn. A good start hada Iready been made in getting Fargo back on its feet hours after it had been described as looking like a “battlefield". Refused To Flee Tractors, bulldozers, roadscrapers. and men afoot picked and pushed their way through toe wreckage. The scream of power saws and toe smell of sawdust hung over toe stricken area. I The Munson children were alone in their home when the “long Mack arm” of the tornado dealt its crushing blow. Phyllis Munson, 16, was speaking to her mother, Mrs. Gerald Munson on toe telephone when toe black funnel appeared. “Mommie, it’s hitting us,” were the last words Mrs. Munson heard. A neighbor, Mrs. C.W- Streed, said she had stopped at toe Munson home and entreated the children to come fcith her in her car. They refused. “Why, dear God, didn’t they come along? How can I sleep knowing they would be alive if only I had insisted they come?" she asked. The final death uncovered by rescue workers was that of Don Titgen, 26. His wife was rushed t St. Luke’s Hospital in critical condition. Among those in critical condition was 7-month-old John Davenport. It was reported that the Davenport family was fleeing toe tornado area when toe child was sucked out the car window from toe ground where he suffered head injuries. All of the Munson children (Continuea uu Teen-Agers Seized Following Robbery Robbed Grocery And Took Marshal's Car ANDERSON (UP)—Three teenagers who robbed a grocery and held up a town marshal and escaped with his gun and car, were captured by a state police trooper a few hours later when they were involved in a traffic accident Two youths entered Carl and Alpha's Market Friday morning armed with rifles. They took S4O from the cash register and fled to a waiting car driven by a third boy. Authorities said the three later abandoned the car when a tire blew out on a county road near here. Meanwhile, Middletown Marshal Fred Glad was informed that three boys were trying to obtain a car at gunpoint from farmers in toe area. When he arrived at toe scene, toe youths jumped from their hiding place in weeds along the road and overpowered Glad. They took his revolver and drove off in his car. State Trooper Bruce Hubble received a call from Glad and was driving to his aid when he noticed a two-car traffic accident along toe road. He stopped and placed the three youths under arrest when he recognized Glad’s car as one at those involved in toe arrident.

—• 7~ Furor Mounting Orr Fee By Physician Protests Are Heard From Across Nation MANORVILLE, N.Y. (UP)—A doctor’s decision to charge Benny Hooper’s parents 01,500 for saving their son from death in a well brought protests today from across the nation and anonymous threats of violence against the physician. But many of the citizens in this Long Island community defended P. r - Joseph Kris because he habitually answers appeals for medical aid regardless of the houf. Kris’ bill “for professional services" was dated June 14 andsent to Benjamin Kent Hooper, whose. 7-year-old son was rescued from a 23-hour ordeal in a backyard well last May 17. Doctor Defends Amount The doctor, in refusing to withdraw the bill, said $1,500 was a reasonable fee and below the sum that he should have charged. But other doctors, including officials of the American Medical Assn., said Kris acted unwisely even though they did not question that his vigilance in keeping oxygen available to Benny saved the boy from suffocation in the bottom of the well. U.S. Sens- William A. Purtell (R-Conn.) and John 0. Pastore (D-R.1.) criticized Kris on the floor of the Senale and Purtell said he would give SSO joward a fund to pay "the last pound of flesh” to the doctor. More Offers Made S. L. Nadewell, a Dallas electrical contractor, offered to pay the entire bill if Kris would send an invoice to his home. The Los Angeles Press Club sent SIOO to the Hoopers. Violence to Kris and members of his family was threatened by an anonymous telephone caller who said only that he lived in Brooklyn Kris was reported to have received a number of insulting telegrams. Yet Kris refused to yield. He suggested that the Hoopers take the bill up with the Suffolk County Medical Society and "I’ll abide by whatever the society decides." 50 Are Signed For 5-Acre Corn Club Corn Club Members Are Announced Today Fifty Adams county farmers have signed up for the 1957 fiveacre corn club competition, county agent Leo N. Sentenright reported today. There are 28 seniors, over 18 years of age, and 22 juniors, between 12 and 20 years old, enrolled. Also, the 16 life members of the Indiana crop improvement association are eligible to compete in the Senior club. Members of the senior group are Walter Thieme, route 5; Ralph Berning, route 1; Hugo Bulmahn, route 2; William H. Kohne and sons, route 4; Lores Steury, route 2; Ervin Schuller, route 1; Elmer Bultemeier, route 1; Martin Habegger, Monroe route 1; Raymond Ringger, Monroe route 1; Earl Johnson, Monroe route 1; Robert H. Isch, Monroe route 1; Don Raudenbush, Willshire, 0., route 1; Eli Kipfer, Elmer J. Isch, Martin Kipfer, and Joe L. Isch, all of Bluffton route 4; L. Reuben Schwartz? David J. Schwartz, Eli Schwartz, Sylvan Sprunger, Jerry Sprunger, Kermit Yoder, and Mrs. Ben Mazelin, all of Berne route 1; Robert Plumley, Helen Egly, Holman Egly, and Ernest Sommer, all of Berne route 2; and Merle Kuhn, of Geneva route Junior enrollment includes Gerald Bulmahn, 12, route 2; Leo Busick, S M. and Larry Busick, 16, route 3; Dwight Moser, 14, Philip Moser, 18, and Emanuel Gerber, 18, of route 4; Arnold Gerke, 20, of route 5; and Duane Arnold, 14, of route 6; Mike Thieme, 15, of Monroevile route 2; Parry Isch, 15, and (CoaMaued Page Five)

All Military Leaves Cut By South Koreans All Military Forces Alerted For Possible Communist Attack SEOUL (UP)—Soqth Korea cancelled all military leaves today and placed its 700,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen on a full alert today in apparent anticipation of a possible Communist attack. Deputy Defense Minister Kim Chong Kap said the alert was ‘ "routine.” There was little doubt, however, that it was meant as a safeguard against Red retaliation by force for the Allied decision to match the Communist arms buildup in Korea. Kim said South Korea’s troops are alerted every year on about June 25—the anniversary of the Communist invasion in 1950—as a means of "intensifying training and checking equipment" Leaves Unexplained He did not explain why it was necessary to cancel leaves, indicating that some soldiers had been I excused from duty, if the alert : had been planned for some time, s Unofficial sources pointed out 1 that the alert was ordered a mati ter of hours after the Western def cision to modernize the defenses of South Korea was reported to President Syngman Rhee. Communist propagandists in ’ Asia denounced the Allied decil sion today as a “plot that se- > riously threatens peace in the Far » East.” In South Korea and Nationalist China, however, the decision was hailed as a morale-building mea- , sttre that will prove “the free world means business.” America’s Far Eastern friends lamented only that the move was “long overdue." Reds Hit Baek Radio Pyongyang, the voice of Red Korea, broadcast a long statement by Maj. Gen. Chung Kook Rok, .chief Communist truce delegate in the Asiatic nation. "The U.S. side has not observed the armistice agreement at any time since it was established," Chung was quoted as saying. “Now, instead of withdrawing foreign troops from all Korea, it is attempting to bring in new type weapons and make the US. military occupation of South Korea permanent. (There are an estimated 335,000 Communist troops from China in North Korea—approximately 33% Red divisions. Allied forces in South Korea include 2 U.S. divisions and scattered units from other western nations.) Status Os Forces Agreements Backed Allied Commander Backs Agreements WASHING TON (UP) - Gen. Lauris Nrostad, supreme commander of Allied powers in Europe, has told Congress it would be a “disaster” for the United States to renounce the treaties that permit the trial of U.S. servicemen in foreign courtsNorstad also said U.S. renunciation of the so - called status of forces agreements would be "an act of irresponsibility” on the, part of the United States. He defended the treaties in an appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The testimony was made public today. The treaties have been attacked in the current fight over whether Army Specialist 3-C William S. Girard, a doused of manslaughter in the death of a Japanese woman, should be tried” by a Japanese court or by an Army courtmartial. Satisfied With Trials Proposals that Congress renounce the status of forces treaties are before the Foreign Affairs Committee. Norstad told the committee June 11 that the consequences of such a move would be "nothing short -of (Continued on Far* Three)

Will Reduce Forces Now Based In Japan - Half Billion In Aid Is Promised Japan WASHINGTON (UP)—Japanese Prime Minister Nobuske Kishi wound up today a Washington visit that won approval tor early withdrawal of American troops from Japan and 500 million dollars in U.S. aid. \ The 60-year-old pro American ■ premier was highly successful in his three-day talks with President ; Eisenhower and other top Ameri- ; can officials in gaining a number of objectives for bringing about a “new era” between the two countries. Kishi won a promise from the United States to withdraw 1 "promptly” its remaining ground 1 forces in Japan and to “revise” ‘ the ■security pact to give Tokyo 1 more of a voice in how the remaining air and naval units shall ; be used. He also received assurance from t Eisenhower that his demand for a , complete ban on H-bomb tests will ’ “be taken into account” in the American negotiations with the Soviet Union on this subject. 1 These points were reported in a ' joint communique issued in the 1 name of the two leaders late Fri--1 day. J In addition, Kishi was able to arrange tor about 500 million dol- ’ lars in loans from the Internation- ' al Monetary Fund, the Export-Im-port Bank and the Department of Agriculture to tide Japan over its present foreign exchange shortage. The Japanese leader also won ’ grudging American acknowledge- ’ ment that his country could increase trade with Communist Chi- . na, although US. officials ex- ’ pressed fear this might lead to ' shipping strategic materials to the , Reds. Confesses Slaying Os Delroil Child Convicted Rapist Signs Confession DETROIT (UP)—A first-degree murder warrant was sought today against a 50-year-old convicted rapist in the death of six-ydfer-old Mary de Caussin, whose mutilated body was found in a lonely lovers* lane 10 days ago. A confession Friday by Law--1 rence Richard Turner, paroled only six months ago after serving 16 years for rape, that he slashed Mary’s body June 12, ended an intensive search for an answer to the mystery. Turner broke down after two days of police questioning. Sobbing that he needed help he denied having actually killed the gift He claimed she fell and struck her head against steps in a grocery store where he worked. Police skid Turner’s .story did not ring true in many aspects and further investigation probably would get the “real story.". Turner said the girl tried to steal two bananas and on seeing him, fled and tripped. Because of his record, Turner said, he was afraid to report the mishap and stuffed her body into a potato sack. He hid the sack until he closed the lane about two miles from her suburban Ecorse Township home. He told police he slashed the girl’s body to make it look like the work of a sex maniac, then returned home- He denied raping her. A medical examiner’s report said Mary died of a fractured skull, brain hemorhage and stab wounds. Turner said he did not know if she was alive when he brought her to the woods but StaW Police Lt. Howard Whaley said she was killed in the woods. Turner was one of the qiany questioned in the routine investigation of the death, but because of a police record dating back to 1926, the rape conviction and because he lived four houses from the De Caussin home, his story was checked very closely. Several factors did not jibe, Det. Sgt. John Ware said, and when confronted with heavy scientific evidence connecting him with the case, Turner allegedly confessed.

Nebraska And Kansas Hit By Storms Friday Tornado Alerts And Winds Dominating Midwest Picture By UNITED PRESS Black tornado columns spiraled across the Midwest Friday touch- ; ing at Nebraska and Kansas, while severe windstorms and heavy rains did their share of damage to the punished area. At least one person was killed when a tornado cut into the northern part of Hutchinson, Kan., tearing- down power lines, and igniting a series of fires. Winds reaching ' 98 miles per hour ripped the roof off a building and sent it crashing into the home of Steven Chlentocs, 35. Chlentocs was killed and his son Ted, 5, taken to a hospital. Power lines crumpled under the ■ weight of falling trees and started ■ short circuits and fires which ( emptied the firehouses as equipment was rushed to combat the 1 blazes. 1 Four turkey houses were de- ' molished when a small tornado swept into a turkey farm near » Bellwood, Neb. No injuries were - reported. Local flooding followed - an inch - and -a - half rain that - accompanied the Bellwood storm--1 Highways 'in north central Kan- ; sas were barricaded with fallen . trees as severe thunderstorms i blew through the area. Meanwhile, tornado alerts and • high winds dominated weather reports in Oklahoma, southwestern and central lowa, northwest Misi souri and most of eastern Kansas. An unconfirmed twister caused some damage at Glencoe, Minn., while about an inch of rain fall over a far - flung area including Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., Sioux City, la., Redwood Falls and Minneapolis, Minn., and parts of Wisconsin. New floods threatened Marshall, Minn., which had just started cleaning - up operations after its most recent deluge, as violent thunderstorms raged over the state Friday night. In Minneapolis, many streets were impassable and basements were flooded. Throughout the rest of the nation, except for locally heavy storms in South Carolina and Florida, the weather was generally milder. A few scattered thundershowers sprayed the northern and central Rockies and the northern PlainsEast of the Plains states and extending from the Upper Mississippi Valley, fair skies generally were reported in both coastal prevailed. Warm temperatures were reported in both coastal regions. v . James 0. Price Dies Unexpectedly Friday James O. Price, 92, died unexpectedly about 5 p.m. Friday at his home, four and one half miles west of Geneva. He was bom December 15, 1864. Survivors include the widow, Jane; two sons, Oscar and Everett Price, west of Geneva; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Flo Baker. Union City, and Mrs. Rillie Fields, Decatur. The body is at the Hardy and Hardy funeral home at Geneva. Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Union Chapel church west of Geneva, with burial in the Alberson cemetery. Internationally Known Portrait Pointer Dead INDIANAPOLIS W) — Randdr* Coats, 64, internationally known portrait painter, was found dead on the porch of his home here late Friday. A deputy corqper attributed hisdeath to a fatal heart seizure following an attempt to persuade his father-in-law not to leave home. A native of Richmond, Coats won hundreds of awards and honors in more-than three decades of painting.

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