Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 250.

Ike Plans To Make Speeches Across Nation Plans Addresses To Bolster Confidence Os American People NEW YORK (UP) — President Eisenhower is throwing himself personally into a “chins up” campaign to bolster public confidence in the domestic economy and in America’s ability to keep scientific pace with Russia. The Chief Executive, himself, will embark shortly on a series of speeches around the country to bolster the faith of the nation in its ability to meet the many problems pressing on the United States in growing complexity. The President was not specific, but the United Press learned that his speeches will be delivered in several widely separated parts of the country. He outlined his “chins up” campaign Tuesday night in a speech before a Waldorf Astoria Hotel audience of 1,500 persons gathered under the auspices of the National Fund for Medical Education. Will Meet Macmillan The President planned to fly back to Washington Early today to begin three days of meetings with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. His take-off from the Marine Terminal at Laguardia Field was scheduled for 7:30 a.m. e.d.t., with arrival in Washington about an hour later. Ostensibly the occasion for the dinner Tuesday night was to honor Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., retired head of General Motors, for his “outstanding leadership in medical education.” Sloan received the Frank H. Lahey Memorial Award established in 1954 to honor the late, eminent Boston surgeon and founder of the Lahey Clinic. Shortly before he spoke, however, the White House released a new version of the opening portion of his .speech, and when it was delivered, the Chief Executive elaborated on his plan to go to the people in an effort to generate public confidence in the government’s ability to cope with the problems of today. Economy The Greatest On the particular point of the state of the domestic economy, Eisenhower said he was glad to hear Sloan say in his speech accepting the award that he could not understand why Americans were apprehensive about the state of the economy since it was “Actually the greatest thing man ever produced.” Train Schedules To Change Here Sunday Changes in the time schedule of passenger trains on the Erie railroad, effective Sunday, were announced today by M. W. Bumgerdner, Decatur agent. The changes coincide with the shift of New York City and Chicago back to standard time Sunday morning. The new schedule, all times central daylight: Eastbound — Nd.'B, 2:54 a.m. (not regular stop); No. 6, due 2:34 p.m. (not regular stop); No. 2, due 10:41 p.m. (regular stop), (regular stop); No. 5, 2:45 p.m. Westbound — No 1, due 5:28 am. (not regular stop); No. 7, due 10:39 p.m. daily except Sunday (regular stop); NO. 9, Sunday only, due 9:39 p.m. (regular stop).

Local Lady's Brother Dies Tuesday Night John Harnish, 47, of CraigvOle route one, brother of Mrs. Fred Corah of this city, died unexpectedly at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Wells county hospital, where he had been a patient since Monday night. Survivors in addition to the sister include his wife, the former Roseda Hough; his father, Pierce Hamish of near Bluffton; two sons, Doyle, stationed with the U. S. army at Puerto Rico, and Darrell, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Dean Houtz of Bluffton; one othef 1 sister, Mrs. Mabeline Vicery of Dayton, 0., and four brothers, Gerald of Scotts, Mich., and Leroy, Fred and Pierce, Jr., all of near Bluffton. Funeral arrangements have not been completed pending notification of the son in the army. Friends may call at the Thoma funeral home in Bluffton after 7 o’clock this evening. INDIANA WEATHER Rain diminishing to showers and turning colder tonight. Thursday partly cloudy to cloudy and colder. Low tonight mostly in the 40s. High Thursday 50-58. Sunset today 5:55 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 7:05 a.m. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy and cold. Low Thursday night in low 30s. High Friday around 40.

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New Deaths By Flu Reported In Nation Thousands Os New Cases Are Reported By UNITED PRESS School officials slammed doors shut on the Asian flu virus today with thousands of new cases reported and the death toll slowly mounting. Following the pattern begun last summer, Asian flu made heaviest inroads in institutions for the retarded where defenses already were softened. Despite emergency stopgap measures, calls for additional help, and accelerated vaccination programs, the flu has now claimed more than 270 lives. At the Dixon, 111., School for the Mentally Retarded, two new deaths Tuesday brought the epidemic total to nine. And 70 new cases were reported among the helpless inmates. A 12th death was reported at the Pennhurst School for the Mentally Retarded near Philadelphia, and a similar California institution has reported the death of nine inmates. A 12th death was reported at the Pennhurst School for the Mentally Retarded near Philadelphia, and a similar California institution has reported the death of nine inmates. Nine-Year-Old Dies Officials at the Southern Colony Training School near Union Grove, Wis., reported the flu has cropped up in 13 of the 14 cottages on the grounds, and Asian Flu complications have taken the life of a 9-year-old boy. A United Press Count across the nation and its territories showed that as of midnight Tuesday 272 deaths could be attributed to Asian flu, other types of influenza, and complications from both of the illnesses. New York state’s 57 deaths topped the nation, followed by Pennsylvania with 52, California with 29, and Michigan with 27. Elsewhere, deaths in Louisiana numbered 21, Illinois 15, Colorado 10, Wisconsin, Hawaii and Ohio, 9 each, lowa 8, Utah 7, Kentucky 6, 3 in New Jersey and Indiana, 2 in Connecticut, and 1 each in Arizona, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington and the District o (Columbia. The disease had increased so in some states it was easier to get the picture in terms of percentages, 15 per cent affected in Colorado and 7 per cent in Wyoming. New tate Total Connecticut reported 5,587 new cases Tuesday morning, bringing the state total to 62,629. Flu closed 13 schools in Oklahoma, including the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest City where 1,700 students were out. There was some talk of holding Saturday classes in the future to' make up lost time. There were also 25 schools closed in Texas and one private woman’s college, and 7,500 students were absent from Little Rock, Ark. schools Tuesday. In addition, five regulars and 17 freshman football players were down with flu at the University of ArKansas. In California, where there was heavy criticism of the slow delivery of vaccine, a bitter note was sounded by the superintendent of the Porterville School for the Mentally Retarded where nine died. Dr. James T. Shelton said the Public Health Service in Washington announced a big vaccine shipment to California—just as the school’s epidemic began to wane.

Steady Rainfall In Adams County Today Steady Rain Falls Throughout County About two inches of steady rain in Adams county today delayed iniefinitely corn picking and soyoean harvesting on local farms. Most farmers reported that their lorn still tested about 30 percent moisture yesterday, when many vere busy cutting test swaths •.hrough the fields, or cutting silage. A light, steady rain all night deposited one-half inch rain on the Peter Spangler farm in Kirkland mwnship and the Nimrod McCullough farm in St. Mary’s township by 7:30 this morning. An inch of rain was reported at the Rolland Gilliom home in Washington township, east of Decatur, about 10 o’clock. Ivan Huser, in Hartford township, reported 1.3 inches about the same time. The Arthur Koeneman farm reported 1.5 inches of rain at 10:30 this morning. By 11:30 there was 1.75 inches of rain at the Ben Mazelin farm in Monroe township, and 1.6 inches of rain at the Austin Merriman farm in Blue Creek township. 16 P»ge»

Summit Talks By Eisenhower And Macmillan British Leader And Eisenhower Discuss Russia's Challenge WASHINGTON (UP) — British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and President Eisenhower flew here today for summit talks on Russia’s twin challenges—Sputnik and Syria,,.:. » u; nr. , Eisenhower returned from a New York speaking engagement a.m. e.d.t with plans to lead a “chins up” campaign to bolster America's confidence in its economic, scientific and military strength. Macmillan landed 30 minutes later, on a direct flight from London. It was reported that he carried concrete proposals for AngloAmerican partnership in space missile 'development, stronger in-ter-allied scientific cooperation through NATO, and a common front against Russia’s Middle East propaganda offensive. Macmillan said in a brief airport statement that the talks will deal with “our common purpose... to preserve the freedom of all the free nations, and give all peoples of the world a chance for a full and fruitful life.” Three Days of Talks Their objective, he said, is to “improve friendship and extend cooperation between our two countries.” The two leaders will meet in three days of informal talks beginning at 6 p.m. e.d.t. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Adm. Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, met the British prime minister at the airport. In greeting Macmillan, Dulles said U. S.-British cooperation and the unity of the free world must never be taken for granted. “We know the Communist world is held together by force,” Dulles said. “The free world is not held together by force, but by understanding. We must never take that understanding for granted — it needs to be constantly renewed and strengthened.” Dulles said the President’s talks with Macmillan, coming on the heels of Queen Elizabeth’s visit, “give us an additional opportunity to tie together, not just two nations, not just the United States and he Commonwealth nations, but all free nations—to cooperate and work together...to wage peace successfully.”

Sally McCullough District Officer Chosen To District Rural Youth Office Sally McCullough of St. Mary’s toWnship was elected secretarytreasurer of the district IV rural youth at a meeting held Monday evening at the Wells county 4-H club building in Bluffton. She succeeds Joan Fivecoate of Howard county. Other officers elected were J. R. Reece of Grant county as president, and Larry Wilson of Wells county as vice president. Reece served as vice president this past year. These officers will take over their duties November 1. Alice Kukelhan represented Adams county in the district talk meet, using the topic "The role of farm organizations in American agriculture.” She will now represent the district la the state .talk meet contest at the state rural youth convention in Indianapolis Nov. 13. The business meeting was conducted by Gloria Koeneman of Adams county, retiring president. The meeting was opened with the pledge of allegiance, group singing and devotions. Adams county placed second in the district newsletter contest. Howard county will represent the district in the state newsletter contest by winning first in the district. Announcements made were: state convention in Indianapolis Nov. 13; national convention in Chicago, Dec. 8 and 9; state rural youth trip to Florida March 2-9, and a recreation training school in Wabash Oct. 30. Consultants present at the meeting were Bill Holmes and John Marks of the Indiana Farm Bureau and Gordon Jones of the State 4-H club office. Byron Bunker, district IV Farm Bureau fieldman, was also present and expressed his desire to be of help to rural youth. Roscoe Ross of Blackford county presented several musical numbers as the special feature. Wabash county was awarded the attendance cowbell. Following the election, a brief report of district IV happenings (Continued on Pace Five) >

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 23, 1957

U.S. Takes Propaganda Initiative; Ballistic Missile Termed Success

Two Detectives Give Testimony In Road Trial Report Defendants Told Os Dealings With Dean Burton INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Two detectives testified today that two of the four defendants in the Indiana highway scandal conspiracy trial told them of meetings and business dealings with the mysterious “Dean Burton. ’ State Police Detective Sgts. Stanley Young and Robert Gray told of physical descriptions of “Burton” given them by Nile Teverbaugh, former highway right-of-way chief, and Robert Peak, a Milan attorney. Teverbaugh, Peak, former highway chairman Virgil (Red) Smith and Teverbaugh’s former chief aid, Harry Doggett, are on trial on charges of conspiring to embezzle public money in connection with a Madison Ave. deal in which two back lots which brought their owners $3,000 sold to the state for $28,500. The prosecution contends that “Dean Burton” is a fictitious name created by the perpetrators of the land deal. Raw Natfdng Unaraal - Young said Teverbaugh told him there was “nothing unusual” about the similarity between the name of "Dean Burton” and Teverbaugh’s grandson, Kerry Dean Burton. Teverbaugh was quoted by Young as describing a meeting on a street with “Burton” during the Madison Ave. Expressway land transactions. The sergeant quoted Teverbaugh as describing “Burton’’ as a man about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 30 to 40 years old, weighing 200 pounds. Gray told of questioning Peak and getting a description of “Burton" as a man about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, with dark hair and a clean-shaven face Gray also testified Peak told him he met “Burton” in the Claypool Hotel at Indianapolis twice in one day during which a $3,000 price on the back lots was reached Continued op ’age Five)

Spiritual Emphasis Week Opens Nov. 3 , Louisville Pastor Is Guest Speaker The annual Spiritual Emphasis week services, sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur, will begin Sunday night, Nov. 3, and will continue through Sunday, Nov. 10. Services will be at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Third and Jackson streets, with services each evening beginnign at 7:30 o'clock. The Friday evening meeting will begin at 7 p.m. There will be no service Saturday night. The guest speaker for all services during the week will be Dr - Ross H. Minkler, pastor of the Larchmont Church of God, Louisville, Ky. Dr. Minkler is a successful pastor and is in great demand as a youth speaker. He has travelled extensively, both in (America and in foreign countries. leader for the services wnr be Darrell Gerig, music teacher in the Monmouth school. All cooperating churches are asked to clear their schedules of organizational committee and ’board meetings during the week. They are also requested to hold prayer meetings in preparation for Spiritual Emphasis week. Civic organizations are also requested to keep their meetings at a minimum in order that their people might participate in the week of religious emphasis. The Spiritual Emphasis week committee is composed of the Rev. William C. Feller, chairman; George C. Thomas, William Linn and the Rev. .Stuart H. Brightwell.-

Annual Fish Fry In Decatur Thursday Big Crowd Expected At Annual Fish Fry Harold McMillen, chairman of the board of Central Soya Co., Inc., will be master of ceremonies for the program which will follow the annual rural-urban fish fry Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Decatur High School gym. Clarence Ziner, general chairman of the fish fry, also announced today that the invocation for the event will be given by the Rev. Virgil Sexton, pastor of the First Methodist church. A huge crowd is expected to attend the event, which is being held in conjunction with the second annual Adams county soybean festival. No tickets will be available at the door, Ziner emphasized. A highlight of the fish fry program will be the coronation of the 1957 soybean queen and king. Also to be featured will be a talent sketch by Miss Gloria Rupprecht of Valparaiso University, Miss Indiana of 1957. The entertainment will also include an act by Bill King, prominent comic juggler, of Muncie. Judging to name the county soybean king will begin shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. All (•Soybean eptries must be on exhibit at the center by 9 a.m. Leo Seltenright, county extension agent, is in charge of this phase of the festival. , Eleven Adams county girls are vying for the title of soybean queen, which was won last year by Miss Jaci Snyder of Adams Central high school. Six of the contestants will be eliminated in judging Thursday beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Community Center. The remaining five will present their talent demonstra(Continued on Page Five)

Indiana Is Doused By Soaking Rainfall Colder Trend Due In State Thursday By UNITED PRESS Soaking rains doused Indiana today and teamed up brisk wind to strip trees of their autumn foliage. South Bend had more than two inches of precipitation by dawn and other areas had up to an inch or more. Dripping skies were expected to prevail all day, tonight and in parts of the state Thursday. The weatherman said the wet spell would continue in the form of “occasional rain” and “scattered thunderstorms” today, “showers and scattered thundershowers” tonight. Tons of brilliantly colored leaves which graced the Hoosier landscape fell as the rain and wind came. They created hazards for motorists and pedestrians and may have blighted the scenic show. A colder trend was due Thursday, with rain ending and holding off unfil late Sunday of Monday By 7 a.m., South Bend had had 2.11 inches of rain, Lafayette 1.03, Evansville .73, Indianapolis .68 and Fort Wayne .46. The five-day outlook called for temperatures averaging 2 to 3 degrees below normal highs of 57 to 67 and normal lows of 37 to 48, with colder Thursday and Friday and warmer Sunday and Monday. Highs Tuesday ranged from 54 at South Bend ot 69 at Evansville. Lows this morning ranged from 42 at South Bend to 58 at Evansville. Highs today will range in the 60s, lows tonight from 50 to 60, and highs Thursday from 55 to 62. The outlook for Friday was “partly cloudy and cold.’’ GAME POSTPONED -» Bob Worthman, head football coach of the Decatur high school, announced this morning that tonight’s schednled game with Kendallville has been postponed until 8 o’clock Friday night at Worthman field, due to the heavy rainfall. t

Charges Some Collusion By Bakery, Union Rackets Committee Chairman In Charge At Union President WASHINGTON (UP)-Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) said today the Senate Rackets Committee has found “certainly some evidence” of collusion between the Bakery Workers Union and the nation’s biggest bakery firm. McClellan flung his charge at Union President James G. Cross minutes before a union organizer testified that the vice president of Continental Baking Co. promised his firm would not resist efforts to organize a frozen-pie factory. Cross, whose union is under AFL-CIO orders to get rid of him or face expulsion from the big labor federation, was called back to the witness chair he occupied last July when the committee charged him with corruption and making easy “sweetheart” contracts. This time he was recalled as the committee traced the work of Chicago labor-relations consultant Nathan W. Shefferman, described by committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy as a “union buster." Tens of Can Cross denied under oath that he talked with Shefferman about the Bakery Workers’ efforts to organize Continental's pie plant at Webster City, lowa. Kennedy then announced that a person-to-person telephone call was made from Shefferman’s office to Cross’ home here on Oct. 13, 1956—the day before two Shefferman employes were sent to Webster City to help herd the pie workers into the union. • Cross insisted he could not remember the call. Witnesses Tuesday said that in 1955—before Continental bought the pie works from Morton Packing Co.—other Shefferman employes helped foil an organizing drive at the plant by the CIO United Packinghouse Workers. Cross insisted he had no connection with the Webster City contract and did not know at the (Continued on Page Five)

Mrs. Florence Green Dies Tuesday Night Decatur Lady Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Florence Green, 63, wife of Lawrence Green, of 828 Russell street, died at 10:05 o’clock Tuesday night at the Adems eounty memorial hospital. Death was attributed to complications. She had been seriously ill for the past four months. She was born in Bluffton May 5. 1894, a daughter of Fred and Martha Haag, but had lived in Decatur most of her life. She was married to Lawrence Green April 15, 1911. Her husband, former county highway employe, has been a semiinvalid since being seriously injured in a train-auto crash a number of years ago. Mrs. Green was' a member of the First Presbyterian church, the Decatur Garden club and the Historical club. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Stanley E. Green of Fort Wayne, and Richard D. Green of Decatur; two grandchildren ; one brother, Herman Haag of Fort Wayne, and six sisters, Mrs. Dick Burdg of Decatur, Mrs. T. F. Johnson and Mrs. A. E. Firks of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Jack Hitzman of St. Louis. Mrs. Fern Dunlap of Racine, Wis., and Mrs. Charles Townsend of Aurora, HT. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Gillig & Doan funeral home, the Rev. Harold J. Bond and the Rev. Ray J. Walther officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 o'clock this evening until time of the services.

Heads New Plant 'JI ■ v : Jack Chappell, personnel director of the Decatur plant of the Central Soya Co., has been promoted by the company to plant manager of the New lowa feed plant now under construction in Des Moines, lowa. Until construction of the Des Moines plant is completed. Chappell will continue to make his home in Decatur. Chappell joined Central Soya in 1956 as personnel director of the plant here. Before that he was associated with the International Harvester Company in Fort Wayne and the Modine Manufacturing company of LaPorte. He is a graduate of Purdue university with a B.S. degree in Industrial relations, with a major in industrial engineering. Chappell is a member of the Decatur Rotary club, and has been active in civic affairs during the year that he has lived here.

Music Festival Is Held Last Evening Rural High Schools In Annual Festival More than 1,000 persons enjoyed the fine music program presented by the five county high schools in the Adams county music festival held at the Adams Central gym Tuesday night. More than 300 students from Adams Central, Geneva, Hartford, Monmouth, and Pleasant Mills took part in the hour and half program, which included both chorus singing and band music. Carl Nicholas, vocal director of the New Haven High School, was guest director. The county school choral groups had been practicing since school started for the program, and for the past two days they spent the entire school /lay DracticjjJg under the direction of Nicholas. Darrell Gerig, Monmouth music, -teacher, was master of ceremoaand he introduced the music teachers of the participating schools, including Mrs. Helen Ehrsam, of Pleasant Mills, Lewis Van Cleave of Geneva, Leon Gerig, vocal instructor at Adams Central, and Don- Gerig, instrumental instructor at Adams Central. Joseph Morin, Hartford music instructor, was unable to be present, as he is a member of the Fort Wayne philharmonic orchestra, which also played last night. Adams county has presented a music festival by its county schools for nearly 30 years, but during that period the program has been changed frequently. At one time an Easter contata was presented, then the group gave a musical pro-gram-in the Mennonite church at Berne; later, the county festival included each school under its own director. For the past eight years or so a guest conductor has been invited to preside over the entire group. The county chorus, of about 150 voices, massed on the bleachers on the west side of the auditorium, presented six numbers, accompanied by Miss Pat Libey. of Hartford, and Miss Carolyn Luginbill, of Pleasant Mills, on the pianos. The songs sung were “County Your Blessings” by Berlin, “Ain’-a That Good News" by Dawson, "Some Enchanted Evening” (girls* chor(Centfaued on Page Five)

Missile Shoot .< -■* . Is Successfully Fired On Target First Information On Missile Shoot By Defense Department WASHINGTON (UP)—The United States seized the propaganda offensive today in-the battle with Russia for space rocket supremacy. It told the world it has successfully fired a 1,500-mile Jupiter ballistic missile “on target.” — . It is the first time the Defense Department has ever given any material information on a missile shoot. The abrupt departure from strictest secrecy which marked other firings is an apparent attempt to restore public confidence in the U.S. missile program as well as warn Russia of'its capabilities. There have been some sharp congressional attacks against “unnecessary” U.S. missile secrecy since Russia launched an earth statellite with something believed close to an intercontinental ballistic missile. Observers who saw the Army’s intermediate range Jupiter leap into the sky over Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday night said it was one of the biggest missiles fired there recently, it is expected to set the stage tor test firing the Vanguard missile which will attempt to launch a U.S. satellite next year. Distance Kept Secret In its announcement, the Pentagon withheld the distance flown by the Jupiter as secret. But it said: “The missile flew its prescribed course and impacted in the pre-selected target area.” Defense Secretary Nell H. McElroy previously has said there would be a speed-up in testing the Jupiter and the Air Force’s Thor intermediate range missile to determine which one would be adopted for operational use. The testing is expected to take several months. Murray Snyder, assistant defense secretary for public relations, Tuesday night said the department had been making information available on new weapons within security bounds. But now the Canaveral range tests haye “reached a stage where certain additional information may now be mde public.” Ike Made Decision The White House, however, made the final decision on giving out the information, it was learned. The President said Tuesday night in New York he would go before the American people soon to try and strengthen their confidence in U.S. scientific ability and in the domestic economy. In other developments: —The Sputnik continued to trail its rocket around the globe by 39 minutes. This was a 24-hour loss of nine minutes as the rocket picked up more speed. ” —Rear Adm. Rawson Bennett, chief of U.S. Naval Research, said “it does not follow at all” that Russia has a perfect intercontinental missile simply because it successfully launched a satellite. —Rep. Melvin Price (D-Ill.) said today the Russians may be about to launch an atomic-powered air-, plane as a follow-up. to their earth satellite. “ ’ , —Sen. Homer E. Capehart (RInd.) warned Congress against rushing into “dangerous, frightened spending” to match the Russian missile program. Harry 0. Paul Dies In California Today Harry O. Paul, 54, died suddenly this morning at a hospital in Los Angeles, Calif., shortly after admission. He had not been well for some time, but death was unexpected. , ■ - Survivors include his wife, the former Esther Miller of Decatur, and three daughters, all residing in Los Angeles. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Richard Ehinger and Mrs. Clem Kortenber of this city.

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