Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 275.

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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Nell McElroy (left) greets French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau at the start of a two-hour conference in Washington. After the conference, Pineau indicated approval of the U. S. plan for intermediate range ballistic missiles bases in France and other NATO countries.

Dulles Warns On Attack On Nation's Allies Instant Retaliation By United States If Allies Are Attacked CHICAGO ffl — Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said Wednesday night that a “Pearl Harbor” attack on U. S. Allies would trigger a counter-attack ordered by American commanders on the spot. Dulles said in a news conference that instant retaliation would follow any attack on the U. S. or its NATO allies because their forces are so meshed "certain kinds of attack” would call fat an American counter-attack. Speaking later before the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Dulles said the grave dangers of international Communism were dramatically brought home to the Free World by the launching of Sputniks I and n. Dulles said the temporary advantages won by Soviet power in the missile field pose a threat that can be met one of three ways: Lists Ways 1— Make a deal with the Communists. 2— Go it alone against them. 3— Meet in cooperation with other free nations and form alliances like NATO. There was no doubt Dulles considered NATO-type alliances the obvious defense against Russian menace. The first proposal involves accepting Russian promises and, in turn, ending the ban on shipments of strategic goods to satellite nations and ending security pacts such as NATO and SEATO. The list of repudiated Russian promises rules this out unless there are enforceable safeguards, Dulles said. Go it alone, he said, and the 3.V. S. would have to resort to a controlled economy such as Russia’s and a large military establishment. Collective Policy Best Collective defense, the policy , which has been keeping the people of the .world free since 1950 with no Russian advances, is the best solution available to the Free World, Dulles said. Following his speech, Dulles made these points in a question and answer period: —Russia has adopted a me-too policy in copying U. S. policies of foreign aid. > . —Freedom must be made so desirable, no despotisms can prevail (Contfnueo on Pare Seven) Mansfield Appointed As City Policeman Mayor Robert D. Cole today announced the appointment of Richard Mansfield, J», to the Decatur police force, effective Saturday, Nov. 30. The appointment was made by the board of public works and safety. Mansfield. who resides in Line street, is married and the father of one child. He served 26 months in the U. S. Navy during World War 11, is a member of Adams Post 43, American Legion, and the First Presbyterian church. He is now employed as a mechanic at Mansfield Motor Sales.

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Ed Gein Confesses To Slaying Women Wisconsin Farmer Confesses Slayings BULLETIN WAUTOMA, Wta. W — Ed Gein, confessed killer of two women and possessor of a grisly collection of human head*, was charged today with first degree murder in the butcher slaying of Mr*. Bernice Worden. WAUTOMA, Wis. (UP)-Embit-tered area residents today demanded that authorities press their investigation of a killer of two women to determine if he is a mass killer or a grave robber. Bacehtar farmer Ed Get®, 91, who decorated his Plainfield, Wis., home with 10 skulls, confessed the slayings of two middle-aged women Wednesday. Residents feared Waushara County authorities would hustle Gein off to a mental institution before they could learn where he had accumulated the other skulls. Gein. who has been held in lieu of 110,000 bond on a technical charge of larceny, was expected to be charged today with the murder of Mrs. Bernice Worden, 58, a Plainfield storekeeper whose butchered body was found in his woodshed Sunday. Admitted Other Slaying Gein, who was questioned for more than 10 hours Wednesday at state crime laboratory headquarters in Madison, Wis., also admitted the slaying of Mary Hogan, 54, a Pine Grove, Wis, tavern operator who vanished about three years ago. . Director Charles Wilson of the crime lab refused to reveal details of the slayings. Gein’s confession to the second slaying raised fears that he may have been the mass murderer. However, Gein claimed he killed only the two women and got the other skulls from robbing fresh graves on moonlit nights. No Details Given Wilson’s statement did not mention the source of the other human heads and face masks. But local authorities appeared convinced that Gein was telling the truth about the grave robberies and made no plans to dig up any of the snow-covered graves for investigation. District Attorney Earl Kileen said he was waiting for the ballistics report on the weapon belived used to kill Mrs. Worden before filing murder charges. Authorities said they would “not accept a confession from an insane man.” Cut Water Pressure Again This Evening Ralph Roop, city engineer and superintendent of the Decatur water department, announced this morning that water pressure throughout the city will be lowered again this evening for about an hour during some repair work on a valve. Roop said that the pressure would# be lowered at about 9 p m. when work will begin on a second faulty valve located at the corner <rf Winchester and Adams streets, Repair of another valve at that location necessitated a lowering of the pressure last week. A third valve, also in need of repair, at the same location, will be worked on in the near future, Roop added, but on the third one may not be necessary to reduce the pressure.

Congress May Be Asked To Up Debt Limit Treasury Head Says No Final Decision Is Yet Determined WASHINGTON (UP) — Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson said today that the administration may ask Congress next year to raise the 275-billion-dollar ceiling on the national debt He said no final decision has been made, however, and “we will continue to make every effort” to remain within the present spending, limit Anderson, in his first appearance before a congressional committee since he became treasury secretary, testified at hearings on financing problems being conducted by the House Small Business Committee. In deciding whether the limit should be raised, Anderson said, many thing* “will have to be W T?ere, he said, will Include the size of the administration’s new spending budget to be submitted to Congress in January and problems involved in management of the debt. The treasury already is close to the ceiling on spending. There have been reports the administration would seek a temporary debt increase at least in view of increased spending for defense. Earlier, treasury officials had said they thought they could operate within the limit. Anderson told the House group his department will "make every effort” to do so. With the completion today of the sale of 81,500,000,000 worth of new bonds, the debt will be just short of the statutory limit. The latest treasury statement showed it was $273,347,993,235 on Monday. Commenting on the Federal Reserve Board’s action last Thursday to relax tight curbs on credit, Anderson termed it "a step in the right direction." - "We’re going through a period at readjustment,” he said. This was the first official disclosure that the treasury, and presumably President Eisenhower, backed the board’s action in lowering its discount rate on loans to member banks In another look at the government’s economic problems, Budget Director Percival Brundage said in a speech Wednesday night that cuts could be made in government spending for farm subsidies, veterans benefits and housing to obtain extra funds for the defense budget. He was the first administration official to name specific non-de-fense programs which the President has said will have to be cut back to finance higher defense costs necessary to keep up in the space-age military contest with Ru ssia. Brundage said federal benefit programs” totaling, 17 billion dollars account for 23 per cent of the County-Owned Cars For Sheriff Dept. Only Major Change By New Legislation State law* adopted .during the 1957 Indiana- legislature to standardize sheriff department cars, uniforms and equipment throughout the stat# -will mean only one major change to the local sheriff s department, sheriff Merle Affolder explained Wednesday afternoon. That change will be the use of county-owned cars rather than personal cars by members of the department. The purchase of two cars was earlier approved by the county council and the automobiles have been ordered. Sheriff Affolder stated that both should arrive la the near future. Sirens and other equipment will be installed, the Insignia of the department will be painted on the sides of the cars and they should be ready for use by Jan. 1. Standardization of uniforms will bring about only one minor change in the uniforms now being worn by the local sheriff personnel. Affoldj er and his deputies, Robert Meyer and Charles Arnold, have been wearing brown trousers and tan shirts. The law calls for tan trousers and brown shirts. Other uniform features include the Stetson hats, brown jackets and yellow raincoats and hats of the local uniforms. Sheriff Affolder said that the change in the color of trousers and shirts will probably not be made immediately. The department members will continue to wear the uniforms they now have and future orders will conform to the standard uniform.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 21, 1957

Inter-Service Rivalry Charged As Stumbling Block To Development

Ike Reluming To Washington To Busy Timess Urgent Decisions On Missile Costs Facing Eisenhower WASHINGTON (UP) — Urgent missile spending decisions and preparation for crucial NATO talks in mid-December will plunge President Eisenhower into one of the busiest periods of his career when he returns today from Augusta, Ga. The President has just a few weeks to lay out a new budget for Congress stepping up the missile effort and cutting back non-defense programs. J He also must come up with the rallying point for North Atlantic nations to meet Russia’s new-found military-scientific strength. Interlaced among these two major pressing problems the President will have secondary ones and the regular business of running the government to keep his hands full for the next six weeks. Top items: —On Tuesday he makes his third “chins up” speech to the nation from Cleveland on the value of international cooperation to U.S. seCUrJ &arttaan Meeting —He holds a bipartisan meeting Dec- 3 with Congressional leaders to go over the U.S. proposals for the NATO meeting. —Before NATO he will confer with Adlai E. Stevenson, who is serving aS a special NATO consultant. „ —He also will confer with Republican leaders separately on his legislative program. At the same time government economists are gloomily predicting a four million unemployment figure by February and labor leaders want the government to bolster the economy. Some of the President’s biggest headaches loom in deciding what shall be sacrificed domestically for defense as well as how much more money should be put into missiles. According to current estimates defense spending may be upped one billion next year to 39 billion dollars. Benefit Program* Tabbed Budget Director Percival F. Brundage said Wednesday night that any shift of expenditures would have to come from government "benefit programs” He mentioned specifically farm price supports, veterans allowances and housing. The President is returning from his week-long vacation to find relations with France improved after the breach over U.S. arms to Tunisia. The two nations apparently have reached informal accord on establishing bases for U.S. intermediate range ballistic missile in France and partial agreement on limiting guns to Tunisia to keep them from Algerian rebels. (Oouunuw on rage Sevan)

Over 2,000 Children To Ride Santa Claus Train

Over 40 Decatur merchants are cooperating to provide more than 2,000 free children’s tickets for the Christmas special train Saturday, December 7, according to Dale Morrissey, treasurer of the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The Christmas committee is conferring today with Erie railroad officials to arrange a second train to handle the large crowd, which will far exceed original expec--18. Hon $ Since this Santa Claus train is a community project, all stores were originally assigned the same number of tickets. Several merchants report that they already have reservations for most of their allotments. Parents are urged to try the other merchants should the first merchant contacted be already completely booked. The actual tickets will not be available until Tuesday, Dec. 3. Adult tickets, at 77 cents each, may be purchased at the

Unemployment Rise Forecast In Nation Four Million Total Seen By February WASHINGTON (UP)—Government economists predicted today that close to four million Americans will be out of work by the end of FebruaryLabor Department forecasters said one reason unemployment, may shoot well beyond the present 2,500,000 jobless figure is because Os the waning boom in industrial expansion. ~t AFL - CIO President George Meany, indicating labor’s concern over th3 job outlook, called on President Eisenhower to take immediate steps to bolster the nation’s economy. In Seattle, top organizers of the Teamsters Unicm met to “discuss the unemployment situation which is increasing all across the country " One Os A Series Outgoing Teamsters President Dave Beck said today’s meeting v.as one of a series called by him over the country’s economic condition. In other economic developments: —The National Association of Manufacturers told a Senate-House Economic. Committee Wednesday the nation's economy was hindered somewhat by government spending sine* Ht t? a arittdrawal of ’manpower and other productive resources which might otherwise be used in expanding the economy." —The House Small Business Committee summoned Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, Federal Reserve Chairman William McC. Martin and other top government economic experts to hearings on financing problems of small business. Committee Chairman Wright Patman (D-Tex.) said Wednesday more U.S. business firms failed in September than in any September since 1953. Says Output Wa* Steady —The Commerce Department said the gross national product—the output of goods and services —continued at a steady record high levels during the July - September period. It said output ran at an annual rate of 439 billion dollars during the period—five billion dollars over the rate in the previous quarter. The Labor Department economists based their prediction for a rise in unemployment on the fact that jobless totals failed to drop significancy in September and October. Normally unemployment dips to its lowest levels in those (Cou on r»xe INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and colder tonight. Friday partly cloudy *nd a little warmer. Low tonight mostly in the 20s. High Friday in the 40*. Sunset today 5:28 p. m. Sunrise Friday 7 :33 *.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy and cold with occasional snow flurries north. Low* Friday night upper 20s. Highs Saturday near 40.

Chamber office. An alphabetical list of the sponsoring organizations follows: Baber's Jewelry, Beavers Oil Co., Begun’s Clothing, Bill’s Corner, Blackwell Department Store, Bowers Hardware, Bower Jewelry, Brecht Jewelry, Briede Studio, Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur Hatchery, Decatur Lumber Co., Ehinger & Kortenber, Equity Dairy, First State Bank. Floor Craft, Gamble’s, E. F. Gass Co., Gerber’s Market, Habegger Hardware, Haflich & Morrissey, Bob Heller Real Estate, Hi-Way Service, Hblthouse Drug Co., Kiddie Shop, Kimpel Cigar Store, Klenk’s, Kohne Drug, Leland Smith Insurance. L. & O. Shop, Miller-Jones, G. C. Murnhy Co,. Myers’ Auto Supnlv, Niblick & Co., Price Men’s Wear, Schwartz Ford Co., Sheets Furniture, Smith Rexall Drug Co., Stop Back, Suttles Co., Uhrick Bros., Wertzberger’s, Zintsmaster Auto Sala*.

Senate Plans For Hearings Over Missiles Both Air Force And Army Missiles Are To Be Continued WASHINGTON (UP)—House investigators said today the Defense Department apparently intends to solve the controversy over 1,500mile rockets by producing both the Air Force's Thor and Army’s Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBM’s). Meanwhile, Senate investigators preparing to launch major missile hearings Monday have been secretly interviewing top scientists and collecting public statements made by Pentagon officials over the past three years it was learned Will Begin Next Week The Senate Preparedness subcommittee headed by Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) has advised Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy and Undersecretary Donald A. Quarles to be ready to testify Tuesday or Wednesday. 1 Informed sources said tentative plans call for the leadoff witnesand Dr. Vannevar Bush, kmg-time scientific adviser to the government. 6 Rep. George H. Mahon (D-Tex ), chairman of the House Military Appropriations subcommittee investigating the lag in U.S. missile development, said testimony so far indicated no final decision has been made on the Tbor-Jupiter controversy. Sikes Convinced Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes (DFla.), a committee member, said he was convinced that as of now the Pentagon is planning to go ahead with both the Thor and Jupiter. He termed it an “excellent idea” McElroy told the group Wednesday the United States was in “good shape” on its IRBM program and probably would speed up development of an anti-missile missile. He also said the program for development of an intercontinental ballistics missile was “on schedule.” He gave no indication when this country might have an ICBM. It hopes to have enough IRBM’s to stock overseas bases by mid--1959. Calls For Halt To Mass X-Ray Exams Hazards Cited By Surgeon General WASHINGTON (UP)-U.S. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney called today for an end to com-munity-wide mass X-ray programs for spotting tuberculosis cases. The government’s chief health officer said such surveys should be restricted to the “greatest risk” groups because of potential radiation hazards. He mentioned hospitalized persons, low-income groups, migrant workers and persons known to have been exposed to the disease Burney urged communities to use the tuberculin skin test as the first step in <|scovering tuberculosis. Chest X-rays, he added, should be limited to those showing a positive reaction to the skin test. He sent the recommendations to state and local health officers. He explained they were based on the findings of a group of medical experts summoned here recently to consider the problem of X-ray radiation and the changing tuberculosis picture. A public health spokesman said the group agreed chest X-ray programs should be on a selective rather than a “shotgun” community basis. He indicated the era of mass adult X-rays was over because "there is little yield of new roses.” .. v

Vanguard Rocket Is Prepared For Trial Is Believed Ready For Tria! Launching CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UP) —A slender Vanguard rocket was believed ready today for a trial launching which may determine when this nation can launch a satellite. There was no indication whether scientists will attempt to orbit a six-inch test satellite with the rocket's firing test. Nor was there any indication when scientists plan to let fly with the black, white and gray missile. The mid-section, carrying the vital “brain" for its war or moonhead, has already been tested successfully on the ground. Might End Tests There was speculation that if a test satellite is launched and goes into orbit, the remaining two scheduled test firings might be called off and an earlier attempt made to put up the actual satellite to match the Russian Sputniks. Newsmen, who make frequent and often fruitless trips here when there is a hint of a "big shoot,” had little to go on besides a brief unveiling of the rocket on the Air Force missile test center Wednesday, and the announcement from Washington that the “brain seetion” of the Vanguard had underMore Test* Needed The Defense Department announcement indicated that more ground tests were needed before the rocket can be sent up from its launching pad- Thse may or may not have already taken place. In Washington, J. Paul Walsh, deputy director of Project Vanguard, told a news conference that the second stage of the tocket had been successfully tested on the launching pad. The second stage contains the electronic equipment which will guide the rocket and satellite on the flight (Continued on Pa*e Se*en> Christmas Music To Greet Shoppers Here Chorus To Present Music During Season Christmas music to be presented by local choirs will greet Decatur shoppers during the Yuletide season, according to an announcement made today by Robert Lane, chairman Os the Decatur Chamber of Commerce retail division. Lane explained that an amplifier system would be installed in the business district to broadcast nightly concerts, which will originate from the First Christion church. _ ... The program will start Friday night, Dec. 13, and continue through Saturday, Dec. 21. Two different shoirs will be featured each evening, one from 7 to 8 p. m. and the other from 8 to 9 p. m. Invitations to all local churches and high schools have been sent by the Chamber, which has also extended an- invitation to all other organized choirs of the area which would like to participate in the Christmas music program. Any choir not contacted is asked to notify the Chamber office if it wishes to take part. Each choir will be assigned to the system for a one-hour period and the choir will arrange its own program in keeping with the Christmas season. Arrangements have been made to use the facilities of the Christian church for the project. Local Maa's Sister Dies This Morning Mrs. Ethel Flaugh-Fabian, of Fort Wayne, brother of Clark Flaugh of this city, died this morning at Parkview memorial hospital. Fort Wayne, where she had been a patient since Friday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Charge Hurled At Director Os Rocket Program Says Competition Between Services Is Stumbling Block WASHINGTON (IP) - A congressional investigator today threw an inter-service rivalry charge at U. S. Rocket Director William M. Holaday in a dispute over whether the nation is lagging in the 1,500-mile intermediate range ballistic missile race. Rep. George D. Mahon (D-Tex.) chairman of a House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, said competition among the services is one of the “serious s t tumbllng blocks” to U. S. missile development. , —-ST— ----- Mahon following a closed hearing on missiles by his committee Wednesday said this country "undoubtedly” is behind Russia in both the intercontinental and intermediate range ballistic missile programs. Holaday took issue with this statement, indicating it did not apply to the shorter range IRBM. Plan Special Office Then Mahon replied that he has Information stating “very positively that we are lagging behind on the IRBM and the 5,000-mile ICBM.” Holaday also said ihe U. S. does not know when it will catch up with Russia in ICBM development. He said there Is no Pentagon target date for going ahead of the Soviets in missiles. The administration, at the same time, moved to meet another congressional demand and establish an “integrated” office to push development of nuclear-powered planes and rockets. Some congressmen have expressed fears Russia will score another propaganda exploitable “first” on top of its Sputniks by getting an atom-powered plane into the air before the U. S. The new office will direct the joint efforts of the’ Atomic Energy Commission and the Air Force to make a nuclear propulsion break-through. President Eisenhower is returning from a golf vacation in Georgia late today to work on the defense budget and prepare for the NATO summit conference amid these other developments: WiU Produce Both —House missile investigators reported the Defense Department apparently is going ahead with both the Air Force Thor and Army Jupiter 1,500-mile intermediate range ballistic missiles to solve the controversy over which one should be eliminated. —For Monday’s Senate investigation of missiles, it is disclosed investigators have secretly obtained statements from top U. S. scientists. —ln Chicago, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said a “Pearl Harbor” attack on U. S. Allies would trigger an Instant counterattack ordered by American commanders on the spot. —The Navy said it has successfully test fired the second “brain section” of the three-stage Vanguard rocket which will attempt to hurl a U. S. satellite Into orbit. The United States has spent about 500 million dollars sipce 1950 on development of nuclear newer plants for rockets and nlanes. Success in the field has been estimated as far away' as the ’mid-1980s. T wo New C"ses Os Polio In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (W — Two new polio cases last week raised the 1957 total for Indiana to 143. The 148 compared with 399 a year ago and 1,597 in the peak recent year of 1952. Five deaths have been recorded this year, compared with 17 a vear ago and 114 in the peak year of 1952. New cases last week were reported in Bartholomew and No- ~ ble counties.

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