Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1957 — Page 1

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PRESIDENT EISENHOWER <right) was among those who bid outgoing Treasury Secretary George Humphrey goodbye following induction ceremonies for his successor, Robert Anderson (center), at the White House. Mr. Eisenhower reaches out to shake Humphrey's hand.

put J «> iscasiv*. Wedler Signs Confession In Sheppard Case Two Attorneys For Dr. Sam Sheppard Obtain Confession DE LAND, Fla. (UP)—Two attorneys obtained a signed murder confession from a Florida convict today which they will use to try to free Dr. Samuel Sheppard from a life prison sentence for the slaying of his wife in 1954. Hie attorneys, William Corrigan and Fred Garmone, left De Land for Cleveland, Ohio, hoping the confession by Donald J. Wedler will give them a legal way to reopen the case; - ■ The two attorneys would not disclose their next move at this time. Corrigan said he plans to call a conference of all attorneys connected with Dr. Sam's defense to plan the legal strategy they hope will free the Cleveland osteopath. Wedler described in a 314 page statement prepared by the attorneys how he clubbed Marilyn Sheppard to death on July 4, 1954. The statement was prepared from information the attorneys obtained in an interview with Wedler Monday. The convict signed with the signature, Donald J. Wedler, after he had read the and also after it was read to him before witnesses from the state attorney’s office and the sheriffs office. Corrigan said he would drive back to Cleveland but said Garmone would leave from nearby Daytona Beach by plane this afternoon and should be back in Cleveland late tonight. Corrigan and Garmone hoped that Wedler’s story would be convincing enough to get the Sheppard conviction back before the Ohio courts or the Ohio governor. PlKup 3rd pgh: “This is "This is a very, very definite confession,” Corrigan said. "It fits together well and T believe this man Wedler. I feel that he has been honest and sincere ” Corrigan and Garmone said that after getting Wedler’s signatures with Sheriff Rodney Thursby as a witness, they would return to Cleveland to try to reopen the celebrated case. They declined to explain how they will go about it. Gov. C. William O’Neill of Ohio said Monday in Columbus that the controversial Wedler confession, already discounted as a “hoax” by three Ohio officials, was a "closed book’” as far as he was concerned. Mystery writer Erie Stanley Gardner was meeting in Los Angeles today with officials of the Court of Last Resort, which has helped create interest in Wedler’s story. Gardner said he and other members of the private organization, wanted to decide whether to continue work on the case. The court has already obtained from Wedler a lie detector test which, it was announced, indicated he was telling the truth. Pulled From Auto Before Train Hits COLUMBUS (UP) — A 7-year-old boy was pulled from ® stalled car Monday just before a passenger train plowed into the automobile two miles south of here cm U.S. 31. Mrs. Alberta Stewart Jackson, about 30, Franklin, was driving the car when it stalled on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks- Mrs. Jackson, her husband, Albert, 49, and Geraldine Duns, Columbus, jumped from the car when the train whistled. Then they realized the Jacksons son, Larry Stewart, was still Th the car. They got him out moments before the crash.

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Parade Tonight At County 4-H Fair Marching Units And Floats Will Parade The Adams county 4-H band will lead the parade of colorful floats through Monroe at 7:15 this evening, Merle Affolder, paradJ chairman, announced today, as the Adams county 4-H fair got underway. More than 20 marching units and floats will be entered by the coun- ’ ty’s 30 4-H clubs. Farm machinery . will fallow behind the clubs in a : giant parade which will leave the fair grounds, arch down through . Monroe, and then return to the fair. i Judges will be on hand to award . prizes for the best marching units 1 and best floats. The judges stand ■ will be in front of Zuercher’s fill- ■ ing station in downtown Monroe. Following the parade, at 8:30 ’ o’clock, will be the first night of the county entertainment festival. Acts by persons not in 4-H will be ‘ featured the first night. , On Wednesday the fair grounds will be a beehive of activity starting at 6:45 a.m,, when the livestock exhibitors, who spend the night with their animals, will eat breakfast. At 8 o’clock will be the weigh-up for the 4-H steer show. Exhibits will open at 8:30 a.m. The electricity and farm shop will be judged at 9 a.m., and so will the swine. The food tent opens at 9:30 a.m., and at 10 o’clock Wednesday the garden judging will start. The honor demonstrations will be given at 2 p.m., and beef and rabbit judging will fill the afternoon. At 7 p.m. Wednesday the 4-H band will serenade the crowd, and at 8:10 the 4-H acts of the county entertainment festival will start. ~~ Stratton To Give Leopold Decision Decision On Appeal Slated Later Today BULLETIN SPRINGFIELD, DI. (UP)— Gov. William G. Stratton today denied thrill slayer Nathan Leopold executive clemency. SPRINGFIELD, DI. (UP)-Na-than Leopold, the rich and brilliant college boy who 33 years ago helped murder Bobby Franks in the “crime of the century,” gets the answer today on his appeal for executive clemency from Gov. William C. Stratton. Just before tne announcement is handed to reporters in the governor’s office here, Stateville Prison Warden Joseph E. Ragen will learn its contents by telephone and will relay the decision to Leopold, now 52, who suffers from diabetes and a heart ailment. Stratton can grant Leopold’s appeal for a reduction of his 85 year sentence to 64 years—which would free him, with time off for good behavior, on Dec. 10. Or he can deny the appeal, or grant a lesser sentence reduction than that asked by Leopold The governor is not bound by the secret recommendation presented to him on the case by the state Pardon and Parole Board last week. Judge John Caverly, who sentenced Leopold and Richard Loeb, his partner in the notorious slaying of the Franks boy in Chicago in 1924, said then it was his intention that they should die in prison. Loeb did that, the victim of another prisoner’s razor in a prison fight in 1936. But Leopold has been fighting for his freedom since 1949 when former Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson com(Coauauea vu race iMxj

Losses Mount From Drought In East Area Two-Month Drought In 11 -State Area Brings Crop Losses By UNITED PRESS A band of scattered thundershowers continued to rumble over the drought - plagued East today, but for the most part the showers were too little and too late. With damage to crops in the 11state Mid-Atlantic region already figured in the tens of millions of dollars, farm experts said steady, soaking rains were needed to alleviate the two-month drought. No general rains were in sight for the area. In Western Long Island, a heavy downpour Monday did more harm . than good- The downpour caused flooding and knocked out power lines without doing much good for the potato crop. Drought already has done ah estimated six .million dollars damage to the potato crop. Farmer Aid Seen The New Jersey drought, termed the “most extended in 40 years,” is expected to bring about a boost in vegetable prices soon at eastern markets. State officials said , they will seek federal aid to farm- * ers if they get nothing more than the predicted brief thundershowers this week. Rutgers University experts said ‘ reports from around New Jersey • indicate that while some areas i have had showers, the "general - condition is one that increasingly f needs a good soaking shower.” i The heaviest rainfair in southern » New England Monday was- 1.5 i inches at Hartford, Conn. The > Weather Bureau said more rain is needed over the entire region i during the next two days. Rainmaking machines were pressed , into service throughout Massachu--1 setts. Waynesburg Stays Dry „ Rain faded to fall at Waynes--0 burg, Pa„ Monday, for only the < ninth time in the past 81 years. The nation’s midlands, however, a 'continued to bail out from drenching storms 3 A severe thunderstorm ripped - the North Platte River Valley - near Scottsbluff, Neb., Monday > night, causing extensive damage t as high winds and heavy rains , lashed the area. Crops were damaged, an irrigation canal was ' broken and a section of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks were ’ washed out by the 3.5-inch rain--1 fall. ’ Wind gusts of 50 m.p.h. also : pounded Rapid City, S.D., and WilI liston, N.D. A tornado was reported near Plainview in the Texas I Panhandle, but no damage was I reported- - k j Ruth Sipe Is Winner In Baking Project Named Grand Champ In Baking Project Ruth Sipe of the Blue Creek Up and At It 4-H club, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sipe, received grand championship honors in the baking project at the 4-H show. Other division 5 winners include: Barbara Arnold, of the Kirkland Kut-Ups, Chloe Neuenschwander of the Monroe Hardy ’ Workers. Nancy Cook of the St. ■ Mary's Kekiongas, and Lois Jean ' Gcrke of the Union Pals. ' Fourth division winners are: [ first, Arlene Johnson of the Kirkland Kut-Ups: Judy Yoder of the Monroe Boosteretts; Connie Fast . of the Monmouth Merry Maids; . Sherryl Sprunger of the Berne i Jolly Workers; and Margaret 1 Boerget of the Monmouth Merry 1 Maids. ’ Patsy Kalthoff of the Preble Peppy Pals placed first in the . third division, second premium r went to Karen Moser of the Berne 1 Jolly Workers; third, Sue Hark--1 less of the Monmouth Merry Maids; fourth, Sharralyn Bollenr bacher of the Blue Creek Up and i At It; fifth, Fred Mann of the Monroe Hardy Workers. > Second drvision winners are 1 Jane Girod of the Blue Creek Up > and At It club, Charlotte Moser t of the Hartford Happy-Go-Lucky club, Judy Selking of the Mon- - mouth Merry Maids dub, Carol > Schwartz of the Monroe Booster- ' etts, and Marie Riley of the Blue ' Creek Up and At It club. The first division winners are: 1 Shirley Scheuman of the Preble Peppy Pals, Judy Caffee of the ’ Jefferson Work and Win, Janet Winteregg of the Decatur Peppy . Gals, Charolott Sprunger of Berne Jolly Workers and Ruth , Ann Beery of Preble Jolly Juniors.

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Ike Plans For CtirbOnU.S. Oil Imports Some Congressmen Are Lukewarm In Praise For Plan WASHINGTON (UP)—Congressmen from oil and coal-producing states voiced lukewarm praise today for tiie Eisenhower administration’s plan to curb oil imports. A spokesman for domestic oil producers who do not import petroleum took a wait-and-see attitude. . An eastern senator said consumers would suffer higher gas and. oil prices. Domestic producers and legislators from oil and coal states have strongly urged the administration to cut oil imparts. They claimed the current import rate hurts American oil and coal industries and thus endangers national security. President Eisenhower acted late Monday by announcing his approv*. al of recommendations of a Cabinet committee which has been studying the problem. The committee recommended that U-S- oil importing firms be asked voluntar-' ily to cut back imports about 20 per cent below present levels. If they don't, the committee teccommended the government use its existing power to impose ceilings in the form of quotas on oil imports. Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton, who will confer with oil importers, said it may be several months before it is known if voluntary cutbacks can be achieved. The committee recommendation was for the cuts to cover the last half of this year and the first half of next year. A spokesman for one leading oil importer said the firm would have to study the plan before commenting. Russell B. Brown, general counsel of the Independent Petroleum Association of America representing most of the small domestic oil producers and a number of large ones, said the association’s executive board will meet in Dallas, Tex., Aug. 5 to study the proposal. Brown said he thought “the President knows what he is doing” but added, “We will wait and see what happens” Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) said the President had taken “long overdue action which should strengthen, the national security.” He said the action will limit imports and permit an increase in domestic proCantinued On Page Five Judge Nathan Swaim Dies This Morning Federa I Judge Dies At Indianapolis Home INDIANAPOLIS (UP)-Federal Judge H. Nathan Swaim of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, a former Indiana Supreme Court judge, died in his home here today. , Death was attributed to coronary occlusion and arterial sclerosis. Swaim was born in Zionsville, Ind., the son of a hardware merchant He was graduated from DePauw University in 1913, taught school at Zionsville for a year and earned enough money to finance tiie start of law study at the University of Chicago, where he received a degreein 1916. Swaim practiced law in Indianapolis from 1916 until he was elected to the Indiana Supreme Court as a Democrat in 1938 In 1926, he had run for a Marion County probate judgeship but lost in a Republican landslide in his first try at public office. Swaim was Marion County Democratic chairman when the New Deal swept Franklin D. Roosevelt into the presidency in 1932. Swaim ran for reelection to the Supreme Court in 1944 but lost. Swaim was appointed to the United States court in 1949.

Open New Phase Os Road Scandel Probe Marion County Jury Opens Investigation INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — A Marlon County grand jury opened •e third phase of the Indiana highway scandal investigation today with testimony scheduled from witnesses. The jury was expected to question present and past state employes in an effort to learn how a contractor managed to receive an $8,850 check from the State Highway Department for work he didn’t do. Marvin Preble, Austin mover, earlier told State Board of Accounts examiners “someone” in the right-of-way division notified ' him that the check was available. Hie check was issued to Preble in 1954 for moving a house on the route of the Madison Ave. Express- ' Way here. But changes in the route prevented the work being done. Highway officials said normally i the check would have been locked lip “in escrow.” But three years after issuance, Preble came to the state treas- ‘ urer’s office with the check, then ’ outdated. Deputy State Treasurer Charles Bryant accepted Preble’s ’ affidavit that he was entitled to a 5, new check, and a new one was ’ Issued and cashed. Records involved in the moving contract were missing from right-of-way files. A previous grand jury, whose term expired, indicted five persons on charges of conspiracy, embezzlement, and bribery. Severely Burned Boy Home From Hospital Hospitalized Three Years With Burns CHICAGO (UP) — Jimmy Hinthorne, 10, burned over 55 per cent of his body three years ago, will be released today from Grant Hospital because he learned how to smile again. Jimmy suffered third degree burns June 4, 1954, when a gas heater exploded in his El Paso, 111, home. He was rushed to the Bloomington hospital where doctors did their best to try to heal him. On Jan. 28, 1956, physicians at Bloomington considered his case as “hopeless.” So Jimmy was transferred to Grant Hospital here and placed under the care of a plastic surgeon. It seemed that Jimmy, scarred, bent and crippled, had lost his will to live. The doctor performed seven operations on the boy, but his recovery was slow. Mr. and Mrs Laurence Hinthorne, Jimmy’s parents, said their son was known among his El Paso neighbors as “the boy who always smiles.” “Unless Jimmy learns to smile again he will be ‘little boy dying’,” the doctor said as the youngster continued to fail. Hospital workers did their best to try to cheer Jimmy up. Page boys let him operate the hospital elevator- He was taken to Boy Scout picnics. Irma Schnepper, the hospital’s physical therapist, tried to teach him to type and paint so he would once more use his hands. Then, a year ago, a Chicago newspaper (The Sun-Times) made Jimmy’s story known and asked readers to send him cards and letters. Before long, Jimmy had 500 letters with 1 more arriving every day. He also had a new outlook on life. He resumed his studies with a vengeance and this spring was promoted to the sixth grade. He planted a tomato patch in the hospital garden, and began running on legs that once were too crippled to support him. And finally, the corners of his mouth widened into a smile one day—for the first time in three years. He had recovered fully, and plans were launched immediately to give him a farewell party upon his release. His physician credited the mail Jimmy got as "toe best ContiTCued On Page Fir*

Dulles Meeting In London With West Delegates Seeking To Inject New Life Into Talk Over Disarmament ' ; J LONDON (UP) — Secretary of < State John Foster Dulles started < talks with Western delegation lead- ( ers today in an attempt to inject j new life into the dragging London 5 disarmament conference. Before they met. Moscow Radio 1 blasted Dulles for coming here I and predicted he would throw a « monkey wrench into the works. i Meeting with Dulles were British 1 Foreign Secretary Selwyn' Lloyd i and toe chiefs of the Western delegations involved in toe 4-monto-old < talks in the U.N. disarmament sub- < committee. They included U.S. delegate Har- ■ old Stassen, Britain’s Cmdr. Alan Noble, Jules Moch of France and David Johnston of Canada. The Foreign Office talks foli lowed a morning session ■ between Dulles and Stassen at the ; U.S- embassy. Dulles had conferred with Lloyd Monday night at Winfield House, residence of ILS. Ambassador John Hay Whitney. '* . ' It was understood Dulles intend 1 ed to urge the Western delegates to make another powerful attempt to reach agreement with the Rus- | sians, at least on President Eisenhower’s “open skies” plan. I There was no indication when or if Dulles would meet with Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin. The bitterly worded Moscow Radio broadcast ignored Dulles’ attempts' to salvage toe aerial inspection plan. It concentrated instead on a rehash of previous Moscow demands. , , i ' - I Brief Power Failure Here This Morning ] A power failure at the Indiana 1 & Michigan sub station located at i Fort Wayne, shut off all electrical ‘ power in the west part of Decatur, 1 and toe business district, for approximately three minutes this f morning. L. C. Pettibone, superintendent ? of the city light and water department, said that at the present , time, one-third of toe power here , was being pulled from the I & M ; station, and when the high line < tripped out there, the local diesel * plant couldn't hold the load. The failure was recorded at 9:27 < am., with power completely re- < stored shortly after 9:30. ’ *— < RevTGarl R.Sha w : 1 Resigns Pastorale Accepts Pastorate I ( Os Elwood Church [ The Rev. Garl R. Shaw, pastor 1 of toe Pleasant Vally Wesleyan Methodist church, announced his resignation from the pastorate today, and will preach his final sermons at Pleasant Vally next Sunday. . Rev. Shaw has been pastor at Pleasant Vally since August of 1951, following the annual conference of the denomination, and is now completing his sixth year. Rev. Shaw has accepted a call to toe pastorate of the Wesleyan church at Elwood, and will move to that city following the annual conference and camp meeting, which closes Aug. 18. During Rev. Shaw’s tenure at Pleasant Vally, the parsonage was remodeled into a seven-room all modern home. Also, class rooms have been built in the church basement and the church furnace was relocated and a stoker Installed. Rev. Shaw’s successor at Pleasant Vally will be the Rev. Homer Rich, who will move here from LaOtto. .1 .... w

Slate Police Turn To Law Violations Internal Demotion Row Appears Ended INDIANAPOLIS (UP)-Indiana State Police, an internal demotion row settled apparently to the satisfaction of all concerned, turned their attention today to gambling and motoring law violations. An afternoon session of toe State Police Board approved Supt. Harold S. Zeis’ plans to clamp down on slot machines and other forms of gambling, and to Wage war on noisy mufflers and truck speeding and illegal loading. » During the morning session, Zeis announced abandonment of plans to demote Capt. Harry Sutherlin and Lt. Kermit Lewis to the rank of sergeant for “failure to produce" since he became superintendent last winter. Hie action apparently ended a controversy over “busting” of two department heads known as career policemen with a total of 46 years of service to toe ISPBoard members endorsed Zeis’ announcement the police will extend their gambling war, which opened last Saturday with raids on illegal liquor establishments and gambling houses in Lake County. They also approved a campaign against noisy motor vehicles aimed at silencing loud and against speeding trucks and improperly loaded vans. Forecast Os Heal Relief Dissolves Continued Warm Is Forecast In State By UNITED PRESS Predictions of slightly cooler weather for Indiana failed to materialize today. It was warm and humid and more of the same was in store. Earlier, the weatherman saw a bit of relief from the warmth and humidity today and Wednesday. But his forecasts dissolved toe same way his predictions of thunderstorms have vanished toe last few days. Temperatures ranged from 79 at Evansville to 88 at South Bend at high points Monday and dropped to lows of 67 at South Bend to 70 at Evansville early this morning. Highs today will range from the upper 80s to the low 90s, low tonight from near 70 to the low 70s, and highs Wednesday from 85 to 92. The outlook for Thursday was “fair and warm.” Although few showers fell Saturday, Sunday and Monday, a period due to record considerable precipitation, the forecasters stuck to their belief the showers would come. They forecast widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers this afternoon and evening throughout the state and toe same Wednesday for central and south portions. Afternoon thunderstorms were due again Thursday. All the moisture the weather could muster during the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m today was .07 of an inch at South Bend, .05 at Fort Wayne and .04 at Evansville. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly fair this afternoon through Wednesday with not much change in temperature. Low tonight 66-70. High Wednesday 85-90. Sunset Bp, m., sunrise Wednesday 5:43 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Fair and farm with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Low Wednesday night 66*72. High Thursday 86*92. Late Bulletin Jackie Hurst, of the Monmouth Merry Maids, won the grand champion award in the handicraft division in judging conducted this afternoon at the 4-H fair. Miss Hurst, who was winner of the second division, was one of 71 entrants in handicraft. The five division winners will show at the state fair, .. —.... .. . I

WaiMMMs Sen. Johnson ToAskTruce .ToPass Bills * Rebukes Senators I Talking Os Winter Long Issue Fight * By UNITED PRESS Senate Republicans and southern Democrats traded talk today about , keeping the civil rights battle going ’ till spring if necessary. But ‘ Senate Democratic Leader I Lyndon B. Johnson politely re- ‘ buked them. Johnson, who has ‘ labored mightily and effectively ao ' far to keep the wrangle civilized _ and reasonably brief, said he didn’t want people to "raise, hobgoblins” about an all-fall and all-winter ses- ‘ sion. A “I’m the one," he told reporters, 5 “who thinks you can pass an effective civil rights bill in a reasonable period of time—and that does not mean all winter.” h Still, the battie has been going „ on so long already that the Senate _ calendar is glutted with bills, some e vital, some routine. So Johnson served notice he would ask unanin mous consent to sidetrack civil s rights for a day or two to let the , Senate clean up some noncontroI versial work If. It doesn’t, the Defense Department and some other agencies will be broke by Thursday, and the Small Business Administration will go out of business entirely. Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland said the Republicans would agree to a truce. Other congressional news: Statehood: The Senate Interior Committee voted unanimously to grant statehood to Alaska and Hawaii. The two measures are expected to be called up early In the next ’ session of Congress. No effort will > be made to act on them in this i’ session. ! Refugees: The Justice Depart* ment asked Congress to give Pres- ! ident Eisenhower continuing au--1 thority to grant asylum to persons ' fleeing from Communist persecu- * tion. It cited last fall’s exodus J from Hungary. Temporary statutes E dealing with the refugee problem . have expired. . Status of Forces: Loftus Becker, i State Department legal adviser, > told the House Armed Services Committee the department will ; “go down fighting” any changes ’ in US- status of forces agreements He said any revisions would J result in more American troops—- . not less—being tried in. foreign courts; would play into the hands . of Communist propagandists, and i lead U.S. Allies to believe this . country is adopting a “new colo* , nialism.” I « 1 United Stales Joins : Atom Energy Agency Treaty Formally Ratified By Ike i WASHINGTON (UP) — The United States has joined the International Atomic Energy Agency dedicated to developing atomic power for peace. President Eisenhower at ceremonies in the White House rose garden Monday formally ratified the Senate-approved treaty authorizing U.S. participation in the agency. The international program was first proposed by Eisenhower in a dramatic speech before the United Nations in 1953. Under the treaty, U.S. participation was required before the proposed agency could be legally established. Russia ratified the plan some time ago. Britain, Canada, Australia, Brazil and France also ratified the agreement Monday. Through the agency, this country plans to make 11,000 pounds of atomic material available to other nations for peaceful uses. The United States also will match the contributions of other nations to the pool until mid-1960 Twenty - six of the 52 nations which agreed to set up the agency now have accepted membership. ■*

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