Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1957 — Page 1

Vol. LV. No. 288.

F t •*, W'' , • h, ' ■ ■ jM HF Jim • ja ■ H fl $ ~ ~ ?w *' fl ■■&.’.• * >r: *> •% &. - -’4’.X •' K ■.. - - B io'B 1 Bg V* . ■ ;/ . jOKft a , - t v i ly !>..<■»—• A.__-ii~. Wh-v...<g.a«; ■■‘■araa^aakw -i... SATELLITE FIRING FIZZLES — After many postponements, the attempted firing into space of the U. S. first satellite ends in fail* ure and • ball of flame and smoke at Cape Canavarel, Florida. The massive Vanguard rocket which was depended upon to take the 6.4-inch test satellite into space failed to leave the launching pad and toppled to the ground. Zl

AFL-CIO Ousts Teamster Union ... • ~^, w •-»■-—'•'«***-*• For Corruption Union Expelled For Failure To Oust Beck And Hoffa ATLANTIC CITY', N.J. (UP)-The newly expelled Teamsters Union and AFL-CIO officials who drove them out pledged today to preserve labor peaue. Spokesmen for the federation and the mammoth truck union adopted a buslness-as-usual, wait-and-see attitude following the teamsters’ oustei on corruption charges, "v Teamsters’ Vice President Einar O. Mohn, who made a fruitless attempt to avoid expulsion, said the union would not carry a chip on its shoulder. Informed sources said even the strongest foes of the teamsters on the AFL-CIO executive council wanted to postpone setting up a rival union that might touch off a full-scale labor, war. No War Planned AFL-CIO President George Meany, speaking shortly before the AFL-CIO convention voted almost five to one for ouster, was far from truculent. “There is no attempt of any sort and no plan at all for a war with the teamsters, and we hope that it will never come,’’ he said. The union was bounced for failure to remove President Dave Beck and his successor, James R. Hoffa. Both men were accused of misusing union funds and Hoffa was cited for tie-ups with labor racketeers. The toss-out followed nearly a . year Q( taveitlfiaUons by the Senate Rackets Committee and AFLCIO ethics enforcers. Hoffa Affirms Peace In New York, where he is on trial on wiretapping charges, Hoffa affirmed the union’s peaceful intentions unless the AFL - CIO tried to "director or control us " The departure of the 1,500,000member union marked the greatest exodus from organized labor since the CIO unions pulled out of the AFL more than 20 years ago. Mohn told a news conference after the ouster that the team- \ stars would continue to respect its ' rautual aid pacts with a halt cloven otter AFL-CIO unions. Agreements with an outlawed ovgpfaiTfttinn like the teamsters are banned by AFL-CIO bylaws but no immediate steps to cancel them w ere lorecast. Four Crewmen Killed When Bomber Crashes SHREVEPORT, La. (ffl — A huge B-47 Stratoist bomber, its right wingtip dragging against the concrete runway, crashed and burned in a take-off attempt at nearby Barksdale A& Force Base Friday, killing all foit crewmen aboard. The plane Fid off the concrete and into a r uddy field seconds after its commander radioed he was canceling the flight.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

International Stock Show Closes Today 58th Exposition Is Closed At Chicago CHICAGO (UP)—The 58th International Live Stock Exposition ended today with open sales and one last look at the 1957 grand champions. In auctions Friday the grand champion barrow," a 225-pound Poland China, owned by Gerald Anderson, Leland, 111., was sold to the Reliable Packing Co. of Chicago for $3.00 a pound. The reserve champion, a Hampshire owned by Dick Nash, Sharpsville, Ind., weighing 255 pounds, also went to Reliable for 75 cents a pound. The 1956 grand champion, a clipeared 224 pound Hampshire owned by Father Flanagan’s Boys Town, Neb., was sold to the Agar Packing Co., Chicago for SB,OO a pound. The all-time record price was $19.25 a pound paid to the McGuire Hampshire Farm, Wisner, Neb., in 1955 by the Agar company. The grand champion wether, a Southdown owned by Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, was sold to Armour & Co., Chicago, for $5 a pound. Armour bought the 95-pound animal for the Howard Johnson restaurant • chain. In 1956 the champion Hampshire owned by Penn State University, University Park, Pa., sold for $7.25 a pound. This year's reserve champ, a 115-pound Shropshire owned by lowa State College, sold for $1.15 tc pound. Highlight of tne show, the auction of the grand champion steer on Thursday, was viewed by a nation-wide television audience. "Honeymoon,” the Hereford owned by Mrs. Sue Secondino, 19, a farm wife from West Terre Haute, Ind., brought an all-time record S3O a pound. Arthur Godfrey purchased the 1,035 pound steer on his live morning TV show for $31,050. The animal is to be shipped live to Godfrey’s Virginia farm but no plans for it beyond that time have been announced. The reserve champion steer, an Angus owned by Chuck Wood JrZ, Spencer, lowa, sold for $2.50 a pound to E. Pfaelzer Jr., 24, Chicago. It was young Pfaelzer’s first show purchase. His father has opened bidding at the show auction for 28 years. In the national 4-H sheep shearing contest Friday, Chester F. Baker, 19, Palmyra, Va., walked off with a first place and a S3OO college scholarship. In the professional shearing contest Charles D. Swaim, Ottumwa, lowa, successfully defended his 1956 title. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and colder tonight. Sunday mostly cloudy and rather cold with chance of snow flurries north portion. Low tonight 20s north, low 30s south. High Sunday 3545. Outlook for Monday Cloudy and warmer.

Glo Salesman Posts Bond On Latest Charge Sherwood And Sayer Enroute To Indiana And Court Charges INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — "Glo" salesman Arthur J. Mogilner was free on $5,000 bond today while two former state officials charged with conspiring with him to bribe a former Indiana state highway chairman headed here for court appearances. Mogilner appeared with his attorney Friday afternoon and posted the bail at Marion County Jail, raising to $41,000 the bonds under which he is free in connection with a total of 13 bribery counts in the Indiana highway scandals. Meanwhile, former Indiana Adj. Gen. Elmer W. (Little Doc) Sherwood, who once held the rank of brigadier general in the Indiana National Guard, and .William E. Sayer, ex-Gov. George Craig's former administrative assistant and confidante, apparently were driving leisurely northward from their plush Florida real estate deTheir attorney, James E. Rocap Jr., said Sherwood and Sayer headed for Indianapolis from Sebring, Fla., Friday morning and expected to arrive in time to surrender Monday on charges they conspired with Mogilner to bribe ex-highway chairman Virgil (Red) Smith so Mogilner would get $600,000 worth of equipment contracts. The state charges, according to Prosecutor John G, Tinder, that Mogilner reaped commissions of , about $60,000 on the deal and split them with Smith, Sherwood and Sayer. Bond of $15,000 each was ordered for Sherwood and Sayer, who missed a state police detective armed with arrest warrants. The detective stopped overnight Thursday ute Orlando and by the time he got to Sebring Shores, the men already had contacted their attor- ■ ney by telephone in Indianapolis ! and fold him they were starting I Immediately for the Hoosier capital. When they arrive, Sherwood and Sayer will be back at the scene of many triumphs in state politics and American Legion politics. Sherwood and Sayer were among Craig’s closest friends and advisers when he was governor from 1953 to last January. Sherwood was said to have had the “run” of Craig’s office in the Statehouse when the governor was out of the city. — Sherwood was a kingmaker in party and legion politics. He helped steer Craig into the office of national commander of the legion, and helped engineer his nomination for governor in 1952 when the odds were against Craig because he was not supported by the party organization. Sherwood was adjutant general in the administration of the last Republican governor before Craig —ex-Gov. Ralph F. Gates of Columbia City, who was chief executive from 1945 to 1949. Temperatures Drop Sharply In State Steady Rainfall Is Ended By Cold Front By UNITED PRESS Temperatures dropped as much as 12 degrees in 30 minutes today as a cold front swept across Indiana and ended 30 hours of steady rain. The mercury fell from 54 to 42 at Indianapolis in half an hour soon after dawn as the weather front blew in on brisk winds from the northwest. The colder weather already had hit upstate, where. South Bend and Goshen had 32-degree readings as the overnight lows. Temperatures were expected to drop into the 20s over the northern two-thirds of the state tonight and the low 30s in the south, ending a period of mild conditions with high temperatures ranging from 52 at Lafayette to 56 at Evansville Friday. Most Hoosier areas got more rain than the weatherman had indicated they would. Fort Wayne measured 1.57 inches in a 24-hour period ending this morning. Evansville had 1.27 inches, Indianapolis 1.04, Lafayette .83 and South Bend .39. ’ . Highs Sunday will range from 35 north to 37 central and 45 south. It will warm up again Monday, and no further precipitation was seen except the possibility of snow flurries in the north portion NOON EDITION

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 7,1957

Scientists Seek Clues To Reason Rocket Os Vanguard Exploded

Ike Expresses Concern Over Vanguard Flop President Demands Defense Department Explain Failure GETTYSBURG, Pa. (UP)—President Elsenhower was reported on this anniversary of Pearl Harbor today to be deeply concerned about the failure of the Vanguard ' satellite test. The President demanded that the Defense Department come up fast with the detailed answers on what went wrong with the luckless launching at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday. From the glassed-in porch of his country home here, the President sent a terse directive to acting Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles. What Elsenhower wanted to know — and in a hurry — was why the Vanguard rocket blooped after a major publicity build-up by the information specialists of the Defense Department. Expect nM-W' Vanguard officials said in Washington they would have a fairly good idea today after an examination of photographs of the launching what caused the rocket to explode upon firing. , Though administration leaders were concerned over the failure, they were by no means despairing of the U.S. ability to put its own satellite up with the Russian Sputniks. - The administration attitude was “we did bur best.” Advisers to the President pointed out that Russia's successful satellite launching may have been preceded by a number of secret and unsuccessful tests. Prestige Damaged Leading administration figures accepted the fact, however, that the misfire might have severely damaged the propaganda prestige of the United States. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty announced late Friday that the President, admittedly “disappointed’’ at the failure, asked Quarles for a “full report on what happened” to the illfated Vanguard. Hagerty indicated the report may not reach the President until sometime early next week, after the President returns from a long week-end of rest at his farm. Hagerty declined to comment on views of Dr. John P. Hagen, Vanguard project director, and some members of Congress that there (Continued on Page Five) Five Persons Killed On Slate Highways c Rain Is Blamed For Same Os Accidents By UNITED PRESS Five persons were killed in four traffic accidents in Indiana in the first 10 hours of the rainy weekend. Accidents near Terre Haute, Columbia City, Noblesville and Valparaiso Snuffed out more lives than were claimed in most recent 54-hour weekends. Rainy weather may have contributed to most of the accidents. Dr. John Palm, 48, Brazil, and Janice Ooley, 17, Brazil, were killed in the worst accident, near Terre Haute Friday night. Cars in which they were riding collided in U. S. 40. Two accidents early today killed George L. York, 28, Porter, and Marvin E. Tharp, 31, Indianapolis. York was killed when his weaving automobile swerved into a big truck in U. S. 12 near Valparaiso. Tharp died when an automobile left a Hamilton County road near Noblesville, plunged into a ditch and tore down 150 feet of fence on a farm. Mrs. Mabel Bell. 69. Toledo, Ohio, was killed in U. S? 30 near Columbia City when she lost control of her car in a ramstorm and it swerved into a big truck Friday night

— 1 Lash Fanfare Over Satellite Launching Higly Publicized Propaganda Defeat WASHINGTON (UP) — Assistant Defense Secretary Murray Snyder today blamed newsmen and the Cape Canaveral "goldfish bqwl” test range for the unsuccessful first U.S. satellite shoot becoming a highly publicized propaganda defeat. 1 lite program pointed out that Vanr guard scientists were put on the 1 spot when President Eisenhower 1 said Oct. 10 the test would be an attempt to send a baby satellite • into orbit. ? Snyder and other defense offic--1 ials, frequently stung for being ' overly secretive, wee on the de- > fensive today for giving out too much information on the launchf ing. Congressmen declared all the • fanfare caused a major propagan- ’ da loss to Russia in the eyes of the ■ world. But Snyder, assistant secretary for public affairs, said the shoot I would not have received such a large buildup except that a report- . er pinpointed the date for the firing 11 days ago. By the time zero - hour arrived,- - 290 -- newsmen, photographers and cameramen ’ were on the sand dunes overlooking the Florida missile range. ; . “The site is a goldfish bowl,” Snyder said. “You can t put a missile as tall as a nine story building on the pad and not have it 1 visible and identifiable.” ■ He said he had “reports” some > newsmen on the beach were equip--1 ped with radios that were monitor- ’ ing the countdown. Some of the newsmen were “just as sophis- : treated about this missile busmess 1 as the misile men,” Snyder addi* ' Anthony J. Metzler f Dies Last Evening k Long Illness Fatal To Retired Merchant Anthony J. (Tony) Metzler, 64, ■ 709 North Second street, promin- • ent retired Decatur businessman,) died at 6:05 o’clock Friday eveni ing at the Lutheran hospital in I Fort Wayne. He had been in ' failing health for some time, and : hospitalized since Oct. 19. His condition had been critical since 1 he underwent exploratory surgery Nov. 25. A native of Garrett, he was born in that city Jan. 5, 1893, a son of John and Catherine Metzler. He was married in Garrett to Miss Loretta Schiffli Nov. 27. 1919. A former resident of Port Wayne, Mr. Mettler came to Decatur in 1927 as a partner and manager of the Cr -A -Ueuglas Store, operating the department store until his retirement in 1949. A veteran of World War I, he enlisted in the army in 1917, and received his discharge in March of 1919. Mr. Metzler was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Holy Name society, Knights of Columbus, Elks lodge, of which he was a past exalted ruler, and Adams Post 43, American Legion. Surviving in addition to his wife are one brother, Joseph Metzler of Fremont; one sister, Mrs. Roy Truby of Garrett, and i a number of nieces and nephews. One brother preceded him in death. ' A solemn requiem high mass will be held at 9 a. m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Sejimetz as celebrant. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may ’ call after 7 o’clock this evening ' until time of tire services. The • Holy Name society will recite • the rosary at the funeral home i at 8 p. m. Sunday. Pallbearers will be David Baker, Morris’ Be- i gun, Mark Braden, Clyde Butler, Richard Ehinger and Pete Rey- i nolds.

Charge Union Terror Reign In Tennessee More Testimony On Labor Violence Is Recited At Hearing WASHINGTON (UP) - Chairman John L. McClellan of the Senate Racket Committee charged today some Tennessee law officials allowed Teamsters Union leaders and goons to wage a reign of terror without fear of punishment. The Arkansas Democrat said this was evident in a recital of dynamiting, highway shootings, truck sabotage, beatings and win-dow-smashings marking teamster activities across the East Tennesee Mountains into North Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana. McClellan challenged local officials to get out from under “the thumb or heel of these racketeers., Grocer To Testify More testimony on labor violence in Tennessee was expected from Knoxville, Tennessee grocer B. B. Powers, whose store was dynamited during a teamsters strike against a local coca cola bottling plant. Committee officials said two Nashville police officers also would testify. They were scheduled to testify starting 10:30 a.m., e.s.t. Testimony Friday from Mrs. Lola Jeanette Free Is, a petite brunette who was formerly bookkeeper for Knoxville Teamster Local 821,” prompted McClellan’s outburst. He said it showed “reckless and criminal elements of the Teamsters Union in that area and their leaders operate in violation of the law and commit almost any offense, including coercion and intimidation. with almost complete impunity.” • Knoxville District Attorney General Hal Clements Jr., said later he would reopen some of the cases which occurred in 1954-56 on the basis of the testimony, possibly putting them before a special grand jury. Witness Claims ‘lntimidation Clements told newsmen when police Interviewed Mrs. Freels at the time she refused to sign a statement on the ground that she was “intimidated." He said he came to Washington because he heard that she might “open up" in her testimony before the committee. She did. ----- —— Mrs. Freels testified four local teamster officials were the lead<Con .cu <>n • Girl Scouts Launch Annual Sale Today Annual Nut Sale Is Held Here By Scouts The Girl Scouts of Decatur will start their annual nut sale today, Mrs. Randolph Brandyberry, chairman of the sale, said today. The sale will extend through next Saturday, Dec. 14, with all local members of the Girl Scouts taking part in door-to-door solicitation of orders, Orders will be taken for the following nuts: blanched nuts, $.50 can; mixed nuts, $.60 can; Spanish peanuts, $.40 can; Lantern pack, consisting of a can of mixed and a can of blanched, for $1 a carton. The nuts will be delivered in time for Christmas gifts. The profit from this sale will help run the local Girl Scout troops and to render community service to others. Mrs. Brandyberry has asked : that all leaders pick up the order books in the Girl Scout room at the Community- center. Leaders must get their orders in to Mrs. Brandyberry by Dec. 16 so that she may get protfipt delivery. Leaders are also asked to order nuts by the case. Leaders may call Mrs. Brandyberry for any ad- ( ditional information concerning the sale. i

Indonesians Guard Dutch Properties Break In Relations Seen By Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia (UP)—lndonesian troops today mounted guard over Dutch properties in Jakarta seized by the Indonesian government in the controversy with the Netherlands over West New Guinea. - Indonesian government officials said it was "only a matter of time” before diplomatic relations between the two countries would be severed. (The Permanent Council erf NATO was meeting in Paris at the request of the Dutch to discuss the crisis. The Dutch were expected to demand an expression of “solidarity” from its Atlantic Pact allies.) Dutch Homes Seised The Jakarta city military command also took •over control of homes occupied by Dutchmen who are to leave soon. (It was assumed this referred to jobless Dutch nationals who have been ordered to get out at once.) City military commander Lt. Col. Endang Dachjar said the action was taken because of “undesirable. .signs.,?. He. dJd jM>t filnbft-. rate, except to say that •'incompetent agencies, organizations and individuals’* would not be allowed to occupy the properties. Reports from outlying areas told of continued anti-Dutch reprisals. Some military commanders, however, ordered the lifting of the “economic boycott” which had cut Dutch families off from food supplies and vital services.” Board 12 Ships Indonesian supervisory teams under military direction boarded 12 Dutch ships in Tanjung Priok Harbor to make certain no attempt is made to escape to a foreign port. The ships were owned by the KPM Royal I?utch Interinsular Shipping Co., the largest in Indonesia. The shipping line was one of the Dutch - owned companies taken over in the climax of the yearslong territorial dispute. Indonesia claims the Dutch-held territory on the island of New Guinea. He said the government would continue seizure of Dutch property and would discuss compensation only after the dispute over West New Guinea — or West Irian as the Indonesians call it — is settled. Search For Girl Is Fruitless To Date 50 FBI Agents In Search In Illinois SYCAMORE. DI. (UP) — Footprints in Elmwood Cemetery today led investigators to hope that they were on the trail of the abductor, or murderer, of Maria Mdulph, 7. ' • But increased • Federal Bureau of Investigation activity, a search by 4,000 volunteers and a mile-long "human chain” hunt in farmland near Sycamore so far have proved fruitless. Police Chief William Hindenburg however, insisted "that little girl is alive and it was a man from outside who took her.” The footprints, found near a public mausoleum Friday night, touched off a brief flurry of excitement in this small, county-seat town of 7,000 persons. Other footprints had been found near a barn 500 yards from the Ridulph home shortly after the girl's disappearance Tuesday. About 50 FBI agents, dressed as farmers, telephone repairmen and businessmen, moved into Sycamore to help solve the case. They set up a headquarters in a hotel, and apparently had radio contact with their Chicago office, headed by Richard D. Auerbach. Hindenburg, one of the few police officers who remained optimistic about finding the little girl alive, said he thought it was an "outside” kidnaping because “we don’t have anybody in Sycamore we could classify as a child abductor.” s

Wreckage And Pictures Are Under Study i - ■ Another Vanguard Rocket Ready With Test Satellite WASHINGTON . (UP) — Scien- ' tists pored over pictures and burned bits of wreckage today for clues to why a Vanguard rocket , exploded instead of lofting the first U.S. test satellite into space. A Vanguard spokesman said ; "We should have a pretty good idea” of what went wrong sometime today. He said an "evaluation” would be made for newsmen. Another Vanguard rocket was in readiness with a test satellite at the Cape Canaveral, Fla., test range, but exhausted technicians said it would not be scheduled for firing until investigators find what blasted apart the first one. A deeply concerned President Eisenhower at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm ordered a personal re- , port from Deputy Defense Secre- ; tary Donald A. Quafles*on the rea-' son for the rocket’s failure. Congressmen Dismayed Dismay at the U.S. setback in I the space race with Russia was expressed by both diplomats and . congressmen. They saw a new loss of American prestige in the eyes of the world. - Vice President Richard M. Nixon said he was disappointed but emphasized that Vanguard is “not a military missile and this event in no way indicates lack of progress or failure in the military field.” ' Motion picture and still films of the awesome explosion Friday on the launching pad were rushed to the Naval Research Laboratory here Friday night. Vanguard boss Dr. John P. Hagen and other scientists expected the pictures would show what caused the first stage of the three stage 72-foot rocket to explode four feet off the ground. Single Part Failed They indicated it was failure of an individual part and would not prevent future launchings once corrected. Hagen said they would attempt another shot “as soon as we can.” He did not name a date, but it was expected to be several weeks. Experts noted that technicians apparently had difficulty from the start with the first stage, engine. The first stage was brought to Cape Canaveral last June, but it was not tested successfully until October, four months later. A faulty fueling valve delayed the test launching two days. In Florida, Deputy Vanguard Director J. Paul Walsh said repairs to the launching pad could put off the next shot. He emphasized that Friday’s attempt»had not been pushed too hastily because of Russian’s Sputniks. — New Concern For Summit Talks America's failure to join the Soviets in space touched off new concern for the success of the NATO summit conference in Paris starting Dec. 18. The meeting to unify the allied missile-scientific effort against Russia’s has already been shaken by President Eisenhower’s mild stroke and the possibility he .won’t go. There was speculation the Vanguard fizzle might make his attendance imperative. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) and several other Democratic congressmen sharply criticized the administraiCobu» <m o* O-X FIGHT tb SHSsiBoS buyChrisTmATsSus _ ■' ' ' . ’ ■ A I

Six Cent