Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 213.

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U.S. Sending Jet Planes To Arab Nations Jet Fighters And Other Arms Sent Into Middle East WASHINGTON (UP)-Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today he believes the crisis in Syria will be settled peacefully. Dulles emphasized that the -United States does not favor peace at any price, and is ready to act, if necessary, to meet Russia's efforts to undermine the independence of Middle Eastern states. He spoke as major elements of the powerful U.S 6th Fleet patrolled the “east-central Mediterranean" and jet fighters and other arms were being sent to several Middle East countries. Administration officials said the U.S. plane deliveries are in various stages. A dozen speedy FB6 Sabre jets already have been flown into Saudi Arabia. Doubts Syria Aggression Dulles, at a news conference, virtually ruled out the use of armed force by this country under the Eisenhower Doctrine—unless the situation becomes much worse. He said he does not believe there will be outright aggression by Syria. Should it occur, he added, it could be dealt with by nations in the area. Dulles said this is the way he sees the situation today: That events could happen which would change the picutre completely. Dulles said many people—apparently including the secretary himself—would agree with a Sept. 2 statement by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that the Middle East situation is dangerous and explosive- Dulles said he did not believe there is any reason to take issue with Nehru’s assessment. Take Situation Seriously Dulles said in his opinion the situation will be worked out peacefully. „ One basis for this judgment, he said, is that the United States is taking the situation seriously is doing something about it, and therefore a peaceful solution is likely to be found. If the United States did nothing in the face of present problems, he said, there would be great likelihood that a war could develop. Dull us in discussing possible use of force by this country, pointed out that the Eisenhower Doctrine is hinged on three things: There must be aggression; it must be determined that the aggression is controlled by international communism and the states attacked request U.S. help. Dulles said he did not believe it likely that these three things will occur. For one thing, he said, the United States has not determined that Syria is under the domina-: tion of international communism. A things now stand, he concluded, it would be academic to decide that the United States should intervene under the doctrine. Dulles rejected suggestions that the United States might reach (Continued on Page Five)

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Training School Is Opened Last Night 50 Teachers From Churches Register The first session of the community training school for Sunday school teachers, in both teaching methods apd Bible study, started Monday night at the Bethany E. U. B. church, with about 50 teachers from 10 Decatur churches registered. Registration will continue next Monday night, Rev. Benj. G. Thomas, pastor of the host church, said. Those in attendance must attend five of the six sessions, and complete assigned reading to receive credit from the national council of churches. The Rev. Stuart Brightwell, pastof of the First Baptist church and chairman of the community training school committee, opened the first session with prayer and devotions, and outlined the purpose of the school. This is the second in a series of courses for Sunday school teachers. The first was held last year, and included a survey of the book of Matthew, and general teaching courses. This year’s course includes a general survey of the New Testament, and general teaching courses. The course is open to all teachers and prospective workers in the church school. The faculty this year includes Mrs. Milton Nolin, of Ossian, who will teach two courses, for primary teachers and junior teachers; the Rev. Virgil Sexton, who will conduct the course for teachers of young people, including intermediates and senior high school classes; a course for teachers of adult classes will have a different instructor each week, with the Rev. Earl Toy, of Greenville, 0., teaching the first class Monday night: the survey of the New Testament will be taught by Prof. Wesley L. Gerig, of Fort Wayne Bible College. and he will teach two sections of the class, one during the first hour, and one during the second, allowing everyone to take this /Contif’' ■’» p "«* Kight) School Board Names DeVoss As Attorney John L. DeVoss, Decatur attorney, was named attorney for the Decatur school boad, at the regular meeting held Monday night in the offices of superintendent W. Guy Brown. Appointment is effective at once and the newly named attorney succeeds Robert S. Anderson. It has been customary for a number of years that the school board attorney and the city attorney be the same person, and since DeVoss is city attorney he was unanamiously named to the school post- Appolntement is at the pleasure of the board. Several routine matters were discussed and Brown gave the board a report on the opening of school and he related some of the problems incumbent with the increased enrollment. Following a general discussion, the meeting i was adjourned.

Blast Damages School Today In Tennessee Negro First Graders At Previous White Schools On Monday NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UP)—An explosion early today ripped the Hattie Cotton School, where oire Negro student attended Monday in Nashville’s violence - marred trial of first-grade integration. Police said the blast went off at about 2:45 a.m., e.dt., at the 400pupil school on Nashville’s East Side. The building was "pretty badly damaged," investigators said. The cause of the explosion was not determined. The school is several miles from the Fehr School, where rockthrowing and noisy picketing continued through the day and into the night. About 25 parents remained at Fehr until late Monday night, and police kept an overnight watch at this and other schools affected by this first step in grade-by-grade integration. Hit By Rocks At Fehr the crowd swelled to 500, throwing rocks and shouting threats. A policeman termed the group the "worst mob” he ever had seen. Nineteen Negro first graders attended seven previously white schools Monday, touching off the incidents. One who was registered did not attendThree persons were hit by rocks Monday night as demonstrations at Fehr School continued until about 11:30 p.m. e.d.t. The three, a Negro mother, a passing Negro woman driver and a police inspector, were hurt only slightly. Two persons were arrested. While this latest demonstration was going on, segregationist John Kasper spoke at a noisy meeting in the downtown section, with about 500 persons gathered to hear him. Earlier the White Citizens Council leader had supervised activities at Fehr. Rope On Kasper held a rope as "he spoke on the steps of the War Memorial Building. Later he made another address from the state Capitol steps nearby, saying he intended to carry on the fight ’’eves if they get an injunction.” Police broke up the rowdy crowd at Fehr after keeping a close watch on the Kasper rally One of the persons they arrested was Helen Green, already charged earlier in the day with throwing (Continued on Page Five) Legion To Furnish Unit For Hospital Adams Post Votes Hospital Donation Adams Post 43, American Legion, will furnish a memorial unit in the new hospital addition, it was decided Monday night at the regular Legion meeting. The Adams county hospital was dedicated in 1923 to the memory of those who served in World War I, and a memorial room by the 900 veterans of the two world wars and Korean War who are in the local Legion post was felt to be an approoriate gift. The dedication of a room In the Fort Wayne state school donated by the fourth district of the American Legion, including gifts from the local post, will be made October 9 by Gov. Handley, it was announced at a meeting of the fourth district at Post 296 in Fort Wayne. The fourth district bowling tournament will be held at Woodburn October 26. and weekends thereafter until it is completed. The local post sponsors a bowling team. Department commander Ralph Gates has announced that Harlow Koch has been endorsed by the fourth district as a candidate for department (state) sergeant at arms in the 1958 state convention. Orland post 423 has announced that Robert Keyes will be a candidate for district commander in 1958. The next district meeting will be October 3 at Albion Host 243. The local post membership goal for 1958 is 836, it was announced. At one time Post 43 had more than 1,000 members. The membership drive for 1958 has already started. A door-to-door campaign will be held later this fall. Those who were listed as sick this week were Howard Gehrig, Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne; Floyd Cook, Tenth Street hospital, Indianapolis; Ed Zeser, Frank Straub, Frank Peterson, and Harry Reed, of the Veterans Hospital, Fort Wayne; and Gilbert Buckey, Adams county memorial hospital. The local Legion post meets the second and fourth Monday of each month.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 10, 1957.

Federal Government Files For Injunction Against Gov. Faubus

Ike Awaiting Developments In Arkansas 4 Follows Policy Os Patience In Scrap Over Integration NEWPORT, R. I. (UP) — President Eisenhower said today he is following a policy of “patience” in the integration dispute in Arkansas. The President was quoted by . a Rhode Island Republican nation- . al committeeman who met with ■ him. I Committeeman Bayard—Ewing, one of seven Rhode Island Repub- ■ lican leaders who met with the 1 President for 45 minutes, said the President “gave no indication” he might have to go beyond court pro- ' ceedings. Former gubernatorial candidate in Rhode Island Christopher Del t Sesto said the meeting was mostly , given over to national politics. “The President,” he said, "briefi ed us on the situation in Arkansas > and in the Middle East.” Following the meeting, Del Sesto • introduced his Negro part-time chauffeur, Jero Cole, 40, Shelby, N. C., to the President. Eisenhower ' and Cole shook hands and posed • for several minutes. Del Sesto said Eisenhower had only briefed the group on his problems in Arkansas and had not indicated his future actions. The President was considering “alternative procedures” he might take in event Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus defies a federal in-, junction restraining him from interfering with school integration in Little Rook. ? White House Press Secretary James Hagerty refused to say what the procedures were. However, the President, as the nation’s Com-mander-in-Chief, has the power to use the armed forces or to federalize the Arkansas National Guard, which has refused to permit Negro children to enter the beleaguered Central High School in Little Rock. The President meanwhile, scheduled a round of golf this morning. He was to play about the same time the federal government was to apply in U. S. District Court for an injunction against Faubus enjoining him from thwarting integration in the Arkansas capital city. Former Engineer Os City Plant Is Dead Frank Burns Dies At Hospital Today W. Frank Burns, 81, of Monroveville, former chief engineer at the Decatur light and power plant, died at 7:10 a’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been failing for several weeks and hospitalized for the past two weeks. He was born at Larwill April 19, 1876. He served as chief engineer at the city utility for 17 years until his retirement in 1952. He had made his home at Monroeville for the past six years. Mr. Bums’ first wife, the former Clara Pyle, died in 1951, and he was later married to Ellen Marquardt, who survives. Surviving in addition to his wife are two step-daughters, Mrs. V.' G. Walda of Amarillo, Tex., and Mrs. Henry Stallbaum of Monroeville; two step-sons, Sam J. Miller of Boise City, Okla., and A. C. Miller of La Junta, Colo.; a halfbrother, Orville Biddelcome of Marion, and three half-sisters, Mrs. Mary Peterson and Miss Grace Biddlecome, both of Big Rapids, Mich., and Miss Myra Biddlecome of Ann Arbor, Mich. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Clifford Schreck officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery.., Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday unttt time of the services.

Private Drive Paved By State Employes Probe Ordered By Highway Chairman INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—lndiana State Highway Chairman John Peters ordered a report today on the disclosure that a district highway superintendent had a private : drive at his Sullivan home paved 1 with state-owned crushed rock by state employes. Peters said he ordered an in--3 vestigation and report by John ‘ Barnett Jr., district highway en- ■ gineer at Vincennes, after he r learned that Clinton Brow, superintendent of the Linton District of i the highway department the last six months, had his driveway re- , paired. . Peters was told that four highj way employes spread about three > tons of the rock along a 30-foot j driveway at Brown’s home last week. Brown said today that stories of the incident were “very exaggers ated” but he admitted it hapl pened . f “I'm not trying to deny or get out of anything," Brown told - United Press. “I was informed by j the general foreman that that was the policy”—that state material , could be used to improve the pri- , vate property of an employe having a state-owned car or truck. ; Brown indicated he knew of ( other instances of such improve1 ments. He said he ordered the stone 1 dumped on the driveway but “I ’ didn’t intend for them to stay and ■ spread it.” t Peters said use of state material • and labor for private projects was 1 forbidden. “It's not the policy of the de■ipartment,” he said. ' Rev. Kirkpatrick To : Church At Mitchell To Become Pastor Os New Church 1 The Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Kirkpatrick have been called to the pastorate of a newly organized Church of (Sod in Mitchell, near ' Bedford, sponsored by the Bedford church and the state board of evangelism of the Church of God, it was learned today. Rev. Kirkpatrick and his wife have served the Decatur church four years and three months. During their pastorate here a children's worship hour on Sunday mornings for youths four to eight years of age has been initiated ; a junior fellowship for the eight to 12 age group was started; and the youth fellowship meeting night was changed from Sunday to Wednesday. The Kirkpatricks, whose eldest son, Paul, is a minister at Big Rapids, Mich., and youngest son, Stanley, entered Anderson college this fall to study for the ministry, have been quite active in the northern area youth camp of the Church of God. Both have been on the staff as teachers and counsellors. Rev. Kirkpatrick will continue as state treasurer of the Indiana ministerial association, which post he has held for the past four years. Mrs. Kirkpatrick is national membership director of the church's women’s organization. A new church group was started recently at Mitchell, and a fine building, . costing 817,500,. will be dedicated sometime in October or the first of November. (Continued on Page Five), INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy, few showers east and extreme north portions this afternoon and evening, becoming partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. A little warmer most sections Wednesday. Low tonight 5866. High Wednesday 76-83. Sunset today 7:03 p. m., sunrise Wednesday 6:21 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Partly cloudy and mild with chance of widely scattered showers. Lows Wednesday night in the 60s. Highs Thursday In the Ste.

United States Accuses Reds Os Repression 36 Nations Demand Russia Condemned For Hungary Acts United Press Staff Correspondent UNITED NATIONS (UP) — The United States today accused Russia of unended repression and denial of liberty in Hungary. Along with 35 other countries, the U.S. demanded a new United Nations condemnation of the Soviet Union for its brutal suppression of last year’s Hungarian revolt. U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told a special ession of the U.N. General Assembly that “repressive measures and denials of liberty have been visited upon the Hungarian people ever since the events of October and November by the regime which Soviet military power still maintains in Hungary.” He said Russia now has 68,000 troops in Hungary, compared with only 25,000 before the October revolt. He reported a list of 1,768 individuals compiled by the United States, against whom the Hungarian authorities have taken punitive action for their part in last fall's uprising Warns Against Despair Basing his remarks on information from Hungarian Communist sources. Lodge said the death penalty had been instituted against striking workers, Soviet plunder had been made a matter of state secrery, promises of multi - party politics and free elections had been pigeonholed and freedom of religion and of writers and artists had been abandoned. .' Lodge told the assembly: "The greatest danger we face in this difficult and tragic matter is that we will give in to despair. The most necessary quility for us, therefore, is steadfastness. “We know what Is right. Although there is considerable phy- ■ sical power behind the thing which ■ is wrong, those who wield that I power ara human beings who can ■ be brought to change their mind .” Peter Mod, ambassador of the I Budapest regime, sought to cut > off the debate at the outset with a demand that the assembly strike , "the so-called Hungarian question from the agenda.” Soviet Ambassador Arkady A. Sobolev supported Mod, charging that the United States was "raising a hulabaloo” about the Hungarian questions just before the start of the regular assembly session to create "an atmosphere of cold war." Based on June Report Assembly President Prince Wan Waithayakon of Tahiland stopped what looked like a developing ComVontlnaefl «■ Correction Made In Two Tax Rates Two Township Tax Levies Corrected An error in the announcement of tax rates approved by the Adams county tax adjustment board was corrected by county auditor Ed Jaberg today. The rates approved by the board for Blue Creek township and Hartford township were $2.63 and SQ7, respectively, instead of the rates of $2.27 for Blue Creek and $2.99 for Hartford, which were announced Monday. The correction means that Hartford is among the tex units which will probably pay higher rates next year than this. The correct proposed Blue Creek rate is still five cents lower than the current rate making that township the only tax unit with a proposed 1958 levy which is less than the 1957 tex rate. Both of these proposed levies will be submitted along with all other budgets and levies to the state board of tax commissioners for final approval.

Urges Strengthened Civil Rights Laws Demands Urged By Democrat Leaders WASHINGTON <UP)-Two Democratic leaders underscored the Arkansas school integration battle today with demands for stronger civil rights legislation. Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler, while refusing to take sides in the Arkansas fight, said he expected the 1960 Democratic National Convention to take "some positive position” for broader civil rights laws. Butler said Monday the Civil Rights Bill signed by President Eisenhower earlier in the day was "only a first step." He said Congress should promptly pass further proposals. Rep Emmanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, declared that Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had pointed up the need for stronger legislation by his “reckless defiance" of integration law. Celler said in calling out the National Guard "Gov. Faubus has used the threat of force to deny that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land." The New York Democrat promised he would introduce in the next session of Congress a sweep ing bill which presumably would be aimed at blocking any further situations such as the one in Little Rock, Ark. Eisenhower signed the new Civil Rights Bill, designed to protect the voting rights of Negroes, without making any comment though it was the first legislation of its kind since the Reconstruction Era eight decades ago. His silence ap patently was intended to avert any further inflammation of the Arkansas situation, though the new law does not affect it. Decalur Lions Hold First Fall Meeting Stage Show Planned By Decatur Lions The Decatur Lions club will furnish a room at the Adams county hospital if the proceeds from their fall project, the big stage show, "Hypnotic Marvels," are large enough, Lion president M. C. Sieling said at the first fall meeting of the club Monday night. The Lions started today selling advertising for a booklet which will explain the show, and in-] elude information on Prof. George Singer, the star of the show. Prof.. Singer has appeared on the Steve Allen TV show, among many others, Steling explained. Ralph Smith, general chairman of the event, explained that each Lion will be given 20 adult tickets, 10 children’s tickets, and five potential advertisers’ names. Besides individual sales, tickets will be placed on sale at 10 convenient spots throughout the city. Posters will also be distributed. The possibility of having the fourth annual district meeting at Decatur next April 27 was discussed. Roy Price, international counsellor, explained that these meetings had been held previously at Fort Wayne, Elkhart, and Huntington, and that the local club may sponsor the event if ijt so desires. New Lion A. B. Harvey -was introduced, and Dick Knapp, son of Lion Harry Knapp, was a visitor. Other guests were introduced. It was announced that Lion Jack Gordon was home from the hospital, where he recently underwent an operation. Baker & Schultz Low On Bridge At Ossian Baker & Schultz, Decatur contractors, submitted the apparent low bid of $33,930 for a bridge over a ditch on a county road in Ossian. This was one of seven bridge construction projects on which bids were opened today by the Indiana highway department.

Justice Dept. Files Petition For Injunction Arkansas Governor Continues To Defy Integration Order LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UP) — The federal government’s patience ran out on Gov. Orval E. Faubus today and the Justice Department filed an injunction petition against him for his continued defiance of school integration orders. A hearing on the petition was set for Sept. 20 and U.S. marshala were ordered to immediately serve notice of the action on Faubus and two co-defendants. The petition, which could eventually bring Faubus into open court, was requested Monday by U.S. District Judge Ronald A. Davies. *Die judge is expected to issue an order in the case soonThe action, which must travel through legal court processes, tame too late to give Negroes a chance to enroll in a controversial high school here this semester. The Justice Department asked for both temporary and permanent injunctions against Faubus, Maj. Gen. Sherman T. Clinger, state adjutant general who is commander of the National Guard, and Lt. Col. Marion T. Johnson, unit commander of Guard troops Faubus : has used to prevent integration of Central High School. Faubus, who claims his action was taken to preserve the peace and prevent violence, has not disclosed whether he will willingly accept a subpena from the government. - The Justice Department petition did not request a temporary restraining order against the governor, apparently dismissing the chance for an early court showdown between the government and the Arkansas state officials. President Eisenhower, gravely worried over the trouble in Arkansas, chose an avenue of patient waiting in hopes the situation would clear up in Little Rock without the necessity for drastic federal measures. Davies was expected to set a hearing date for sometime next week on the government’s petitionWith the filing of court action, tension at the schools involved went down like a thermometer in a tub of ice. It was almost like a normal day at North Little Rock High, after a brief period of tension at the school where six Negroes tried to enroll Monday, and Jat Little Rock’s Central High. There were these other developments in the integration picture: Nashville — Segregationists set off a dynamite blast at the Hattie Cotton School, where a Negro attended a first-grade class for the first time. M Alexandria, Va. — The NAACP requested federal Judge Albert V. Bryan to enforce his integration ruling at schools in Arlington County, Va. where eight Negro children were turned away last week under the state’s “placement” act. Washington — Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler withheld judgment on Faubus until “all the facts" are at hand. Birmingham — An anti-integra-tion patrol attacked a Negro minister attempting to enroll Negro children at a high school. Dallas — A federal judge signed an order directing the Dallas independent school district to integrate at mid-term. Boston — Gov- Foster Furcolo suggested that a bi-partisan group of state governors attempt to set{le the dispute in Little Rock. '““(Continued on Pa<e Five) Late Bulletins WASHINGTON (If) — Employment in the U. S. dropped 800,000 in August, the government reported today. WASHINGTON ffl — Defense Secretary Charles K. Wilson said today he does not "know for sure” whether the U. S. or Russia is ahead in the balhsUos missile race.

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