Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1958 — Page 1

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CHARGES ERROR IN FARM PRICE DATA— Senator Allen Ellender <D), La., chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, examines a four leaf clover tie pin worn by Secretary of Agriculture Kwa Taft Benson as he arrives to testify before the committee. Ellender charged that Benson was attempting to pawn erroneous data off on Congress and the public by stating that farm prices rose three per cent in the last year.

Defense Chief Orders Missile Be Developed Army And Air Force Share Responsibility On Defense Chores WASHINGTON (UP) ’ - The Army and the Air Fotce moved today into dual responsibility for the life-or-death job of detecting and destroying Russian intercontinental missiles. The Army has been ordered to develop a missile capable of knocking down Soviet rockets. The Air Force has been told to work out a system for spotting invading missiles while they can still be intercepted. A Pentagon spokesman said Friday night the assignments were laid down by Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy in a memorandum Thursday. The decision was taken to “develop a single comprehensive anti-intercon-tinental ballistic missile system” and at the same time to “eliminate unwarranted duplication " Armed Forces A Team The announcement eame as Gen. Nathan F. Twining struck back at critics of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and declared that America's armed "forces are ready to “fight as a team — today or any day — in accordance with our jointly approved war plans.” Twining, present chairman of the Joint Chiefs, issued a bluntlyworded statement late Friday following release of previously-se-cret testimony last Tuesday in which he protested treatment of military witnesses. He said it was a “hell of a note” the way the Senate preparedness subcommito tee forced military leaders to criticize President Eisenhower's defense budget. Th Army has been working on its Nike-Zeus anti-missile missiel while the Air Force was developing one of its own, the Wizard. Douglas Awaits Word Donald W. Douglas, chairman of the Douglas Aircraft Co., told Senate investigators earlier Friday that his company was ready to start production of the NikeZeus as soort as it gets a "goahead signal” from the Denfese Department. The House Armed Services Committee meanwhile released Air Force testimony that the United States plans to build three secret radar detection centers at sites still to be determined outside this cduntry. An informed source denied reports it had been definitely decided to build them in the Arctic. —-- The centers would be designed to give the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command at least a 15-min-ute warning of attack U.S. bombers could then be launched in immediate retaliation. House Approved Network Authority to begin building a 189-million-dollar detection system was contained in an emergency defense bill passed by the House last Wednesday. The measure is pending in the Senate. (Continued on ipa.ge five) Polio License Plate Bid Increases Tp S6O The bid on the polio license plate, J A 1958 went up to S6O this morning on a bid from Leo King, Sr., Robert L. August, city chairman of the March of Dimes drive, announced. Bids are being accepted at the Decatur license bureau for the license, and all’ proceeds will go to the polio drive. The report on the amount collected in the Locator schools will be given next week after all the schools have reported. So far the polio drive is reported about even with last year’s drive, but more funds are needed to put it “over the top,” August said.

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Nazi-Inspired Gang Os Youths Smashed Nine Members Held On Various Charges NEW YORK (UP) — A Naziinspired organization of young "supermen’’ dedicated to “Christianity” and “bettering our race" fell apart Friday when police arrested 9 of the 11 members on bank robbing conspiracy and other charges. •« ’ Five of the member of the ' United Nordic Confederation were picked up at their homes shortly ! before they planned to rob $40,000 ' from the Kew Gardens branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank. ) The four others under arrest f were rounded up by police Friday * night. / : The arrests followed the defec- • tion of two youthful members 1 from the racial supremacist gang and told their parents about the I planned bank holdup. The parents ; notified authorities. Aimed To “Purify” Nordics Police said the gang, composed i of 10 Forest Hills, N.Y., high - school students and one former . student, was formed two months ’ ago “Ao- vzMte and purify all the ■ Nordic peoples of Ute world for the great common good of all.” To purify the race the supermen had assembled an arsenal of : two sawed-off shotguns, three rifles, a large supply of ammunition rnd an assortment of knives r and daggers. One of the daggers was German army World War II issue complete with swastikaPolice identified Ute leader of the group as George Leggett, 21, who allegedly drew up the group’s charter and signed himself “Commander George von Licter.” Money For Training Camp Police said that shortly after the confederation was formed it was faced with a lack of funds. When the members balked at paying dues Leggett allegedly suggested they rob a bank to get $40,000 to open a camp “upstate somewhere." Knives and guns then were collected and ammunition purchased. Leggett allegedly went to the bank twice to map the plan of action. Each member was given a specific assignment. Finally the robbery was set for '9 a.m. Friday. The plan called for swift action so the students would be in their classrooms for the first bell. The first step of the plan was put into action Thursday night when six of the boys met to steal two cars to be used for a getaway. When Leggett and one of the other members turned up for the carstealing foray armed with sawed off rifles, Charles Spearing, 16, and Anton DeJong, 17, said they wanted to back out Boys Threatened Police said Leggett and George Zack, 17, warned Spearing and DeJbng they .would be killed if they tried to break away. They said the gang planned to keep the two defectors prisoner until the bank holdup was completed. However, DeJong and Spearing broke away at a busy intersection and ran to their homes. Those arrested in addition to Leggett and Zack were: Brian Colgan, 17, Joseph Wagner-, 16, Bryan Casey, 18, Jay Page, 16, William Schutz, 16, and two 15-year-olds whose names were withheld by police. Police described Leggett as a hulking, boisterous youth who claimed he was born in Germany and was craving “tevenge” for the loss of his family during World War 11. Actually, they said, he was born in the Bronx. Asst. Queens Dist. Atty. Michael E. Scanlon said Leggett had been discharged in 1956 from the Army after three months service because he was “unfit for military service.” He also said Leggett had undergone psychiatric treatment twice since thenNOON EDITION

Passage Seen For Increased Debt Ceiling House Committee Approves Proposal From Eisenhower I WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TO — President Eisenhower’s request to temporarily raise the national debt ceiling five billion dollars today appeared headed for passage in a House vote Tuesday, The Senate Finance Committee planned to take up the bill Jan. 27. It was expected to meet some resistance from the Senate economy bloc. — : ... 2, The measure got over its first hurdle Friday when the House • Ways & Means Committee approved it by an overwhelming margin. The temporary increase would boost the debt limit from 275 to 280 billion dollars until June 30, 1959. The debt now stands at $274,125,000,000, making debt management an extremely delicate chore. Both Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson and Budget Di- ■ rector Percival F. Brundage told ! the House Committee that boost- ; ing the debt limit would save the taxpayers money. Brundage also told the commit- } tee that an American-Soviet agree--1 ment on preliminary disarmament steps could lead to a substantial ‘ tax reduction. Meantime, he said ? strict economy was needed to hold r the line on taxes. ’ The committee shouted down a ‘ proposal by Rep. John W. Byrnes (R-Wis ) to boost the debt ceiling ' only three billion dollars. ' It then approved the five-billion boost 20-3. The three opposing ’ votes came from Reps. Noah 5 Mason (R-Jty.l, Burr Harrison (D- • Va.) and Byrnes. ■ Harrison predicted the bill would ! have a much rougher time in the Senate where his fellow Virginian, economy-bloc leader Hairy F. ' Byrd, is finance committee chair--1 man. It was expected to be ap- ’ proved, however. Congressional economizers opposed boosting the debt limit last year on grounds it would open the door to more spending. The highest the debt has ever gone was nearly 280 billion dollars in the winter of 1956. At that time the debt limit was temporarily set at 281 billion dollars The highest the debt limit has ever been set was 300 billion dollars in the last days of World War 11. However, the debt itself at that time was 234 billion dollars. Girl Scout Troops Dividedin Groups Two Neighborhood Groups Organized Girl Scout troops of Adams county have been divided into two “neighborhoods,” it was learned today. These neighborhoods, consisting of various troops throughout the county, will meet in joint sessions at various intervals. Mrs. Willis Cook is chairman of “neighborhood 602,” which consists of those Scout troops meeting at the Northwest elementary school, Zion Lutheran school or the Youth and Community Center. First meeting of this combined •»roup will be February 5, at 1 p.m. inthe Girl Scout room of the center. Troops which meet at the Lincoln grade school, Decatur high school, St. Joseph’s school, Berne and Geneva, comprise “neighborhood 603 V, which will have Mrs. D. Burdette Custer as its chairman. An organizational meeting of this group will be held at the center at 1 p.m. January 29. Troop consultants and organizers will be named at-a later date. Members of the Adams county Girl Scout leaders club met recent- . ly at the center for discussion of the new area program, which includes the division of the county’s troops into these neighborhoods. At this meeting, Mrs. Don Cochran was named as district chairman for the Girl Scout’s annual cookie sale. — All leaders and co-leaders have been requested to note which neighborhood their troop is in, and the date of their first neighborhood meeting, and if at aU possible, to attend that meeting. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and cold with light snow or snow flurries tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 20-26. High Sunday 30. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy and continued cold with occasional snow flurries.

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Potent Array Os Missiles Awaits Test ) Giant Atlas Joins Array Os Missiles For Test Firings CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UP) —A giant intercontinental Attas today joined the potent array of missiles awaiting test firing at the missile test center. The Atlas could be seen through the superstructure of its ganfyy tower. But there was no indication when the 5,500-mile missile would be fired. The last Atlas was launched here Jan. 10, and flew successfully hundreds of miles over the Atlantic. An Army ballistic missile, possibly the Jupiter C which will try to put a satellite into orbit around the earth, also stood gleaming in its tower on the cape. Not far away was the Navy Vanguard, the satellite-carrying rocket, which is being prepared for another test launching Polaris Tested Other smaller missiles were also believed standing on the Cape awaiting firing. Die Navy Friday fired a Polaris test vehicle to test parts of the solid-fuel intermediate rgnge missile under developnvwt. The Air Force, meanwhile, announced that the first of five giant tracking antennae which will help bring back important data on mis sile test flights has been completed at Melbourne, south of Cape Canaveral. The device, called a TLM-18 Automatic Tracking Telemetry Antenna, stands higher than a seven story building, is 60 feet in diameter and is mounted on a steel tower 38 feet high. It will be thoroughly tested before being put into use. Can Track Sun The antenna will be used to receive signals from transmitters in the big missiles fired from the test range here. These signals contain information about the missile's performance in . flight.. It is recorded automatically as it is received in a control center near the antenna. The Antennae also will be capable of tracking the sun and will be useful in earth satellite experimentation. - The devices all will contain “memory units” to take over in case a missile in flight is momen(Csntinu»d on paxe five) Mrs. Fred Fuelling Dies In Michigan Former Resident Os Area Dies Friday Mrs. Caroline Fuelling, 84, a former resident of Adams county, died Friday at her home in Three Rivers, Mich., following an illness of several years. She was bom in Germany March 8, 1873, a daughter of Fred and Louise Kanta-Schulte, and came with her parents to this community six years later. She was mar-, ried in Hoagland jo Fred Fuelling in 1893. Her husband died, in 1930. The family moved to Michigan in 1911. Mrs. Fuelling was a member of the St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran church in Three Rivers. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edna Zimmerman of Three Rivers, and Mrs. Lisette Kouder of Fort Wayne; three sons. Martin and Ralph Fuelling of Three Rivers, and Herman Fuelling of Monroeville; 19 grandchildren and several great and great-great-grand-children. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the church in Three Rivers, the Rev. F. J. Sattelmeier officiating. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery at Three Rivers. Friends may call at the Halberson funeral home in Three Riyers until 11 a.m. Monday, and may make memorials to the church building fund.

Communist Leader On Visit To Poland Report New Unrest v In Satellite State LONDON (UP) — Iron - Curtain experts speculated today that Communist leader Nikita S. Khrushchev’s secret visit to Poland this week may have been an effort to head off new unrest in the Soviet satellite state. Recent arrivals from Poland .staid the pressures that blew off ill the Poznan “bread and freedom” riots a year and a half ago ire building up again — and this time, they sald,resentment of Communist rule Is nationwide. They said the people have lost ■ -fyith in Wladyslaw Gomulka, the ' “independent" Communist who ipok over in Poland after the I Poznan outbreak, because they feel he is merely doing the bidding of the Russians. Promises Aid Western observers believe Khru- ’ shchev probably promised a big I buildup In Soviet economic aid to i Poland, to improve living stand- ’ rrds and block any increase in : Polish contacts with the West. 1 Die Kremlin shed little light on • the Communist boss’s meeting with Gomulka and Polish Premier Josef CyrankiewiCz at a 1 hunting lodge on the Polish border. A brief official announcement, handed out by the, Soviet agency Tass and broadcast by Moscow rfcaOX Pole-i invited Khrushchev to visit when they heard he happened to be "sojourning in the border area.” No Details Given “During a three-day stay, he had conversations in a cordial and friendly atmosphere,” the two-line announcement said.* It gave no details of the nature of the talks, nor did it indicate what decisions reached. In Rome, the Communist organ Unita said the Red leader is believed to have discussed the Communist proposal for an atom-free belt in Central Europe, which was sponsored by Poland in the United Nations last fall Observers here believed, however r that the Polish internal situation was the principal topic discussed at the border meeting. Executive Mansion Repair Bill Costly Governor Mansion Repairs $68,075 INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—The bill for repairing Governor Handlev’s executive mansion was $68,075.98, State Purchasing Director Clarence Drayer said today. _ Drayer said that left $13,075.98 in unpaid bills, since the 1957 General Assembly appropriated only $55,000 for the repair job. Drayer said the mansion was “in horrible condition.” Handley complained shortly after his inauguration a year ago that wiring and plumbing were faulty, the roof leaked and the windows and doors allowed strong winds to whistle through spacious rooms. Drayer said when he saw the repair cost would exceed the appropriation he asked the State Budget Committee for more money. He said the committee refused without giving a reason Drayer conceded some criticism might/have arisen because the contracts were let on a, “cost-plus” basis. This means no competitive bids, and contractors determine the bill after the job is done on the basis of time, materials and labor spent. Since the extent of-damage to interior construction was invisible, Drayer said, it couldn t be determinted ahead of time what the cost would be. With Competitive bids, contractors Would have estimated costs extra high as protection against unknown costs, he said. "If we had tried to bid the job it would have far exceeded what we paid for it," Drayer said. He said Handley agreed with him that the extra $13,000 woulfi have to come from the governor's Contigent Fund. 'T don’t know any place else to get it,” Drayer said.

Senators Lash Al Benson For Farm Policies t A ■ Benson Maintains Ike Farm Policies Eventually To Pass ■ WASHINGTON (UP) — Ezra ; Taft Benson, unfazed by a critical , deluge from bible - quoting Sen- . ators, today stoutly maintained Eisenhower administration farm policies “eventually” would come to pass ; But Chairman Allen Ellender (D. > La.) of the Senate Agriculture > Committee said Benson didn’t r stand a “ghost of a chance" of . putting .through his program at this session. The agriculture secretary staked - his hopes of salvaging some of » the program on a promise not to 5 slash farm price supports immed- - iately to the new low sought by i the administration. But he held out for “administrative discre--1 tion” in establishing new support j levels in the future for each crop - on individual “merits.” i Doesn’t Plan Full Cuts Benson now is required to support basic crops — wheat, corn, , cotton, peanuts and rice — at 75 r to 90 per cent of parity. He came ’ in for a roasting when he told I the committee Friday he dkin't “contemplate’’ cutting them all the way to the requested 60 per cent of parity. *'lf you don’t need it why do you ask for it?” Ellender asked. “You’re going to use it.” At one point Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn-.) declared: “You would be a lot more enlightening if your statement were just honest” “There’s nothing false about it", replied Benson. Senator Doubts Sincerity While discussing administration plans for cutting down federal farm credit funds, Humphrey told Benson: “Ask and you shall be forgiven” Benson told Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) if there was anything "we can do to help your farmers well do it.” - ‘“Mr. Secretary,” Symington said with a tight smile, “I think that is the first statement you've made in which I’ve detected a note of Insincerity.” There was a hush in the com■mittee room. Symington added from the bible: “Every time, Moses, you strike the rock, my people are hurt.” Rev. David Uhrick Dies In Michigan Funeral Services Slated Here Monday The Rev. David Clark Uhrick, 93, a native of Adams county, died Friday morning at Mercy hospital in Jackson, Mich., where he had been a patient since fracturing a hip in a fall at his home in that city. Rev. Uhrick was a minister in the Evangelical All Faiths church. He was born in Adams county July 31, 1864, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Uhrick. Surviving are his wife, Rose; four daughters, Mrs. Fern Templin, Mrs. Rosia Williamson and Mrs. Gertrude Evans, all of Muncie, and Mrs. Bessie Darringer of Zanesville, O.; three step-daugh-ters, Mrs. Elsie Jones, Mrs. Dorothy Andrews and Mrs. Mary Garfield,. all of Jackson, Mich.; two brothers, Nelson Uhrick of Kalazoo, Mich., and Wilbur Uhrick of Akron, O,; one sister, Mrs. Eddie Richardson of Houghton, Mich.; 19 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchil-dren and 19 great-great-grandchil-dren. — The body will be brought to the Gillig & Doan funeral home here, where friends may call after 7 o’clock Sunday evening. Services wil be conducted at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday, with burial in the Ray cemetery near Monroe.

Employment Lower I Here In December Payrolls Also Drop Off November Total The Decatur business barometer was anything but encouraging in December, as employment and payrolls showed a decrease over both November anda year ago, and direct poor relief showed an increase. Employment decreased from 1,369 in November to 1,242 in December. A year ago employment was 1,524 in the seven reporting industries. This meant a. nine per cent decrease in employment in the past mohth, and an 18.5 per cent decrease in the past year. The payroll decreased 26.2 per cent in the past year, from $597,998 in December, 1956, to $440,940 last month. The November payroll was $481,021. Direct poor relief increased 100 per cent from 16 cases a year ago to 32 cases in December. The November total was 28. Persons as- . fected were 57 a year ago, 115 in November, and 130 in December. i The actual cost of poor relief increased from $669 a year ago to $1,392 in November, and $2,027 in December. Carloadings in showed an increase from 345 to 539 in the year's comparison, but a decrease from the 949 carloads received in November. Carloadingl out deef eased from 1,463 a year ago, to 1,083 in November, and increased to 1,231 in December. This was not enough, however, to make an increase for the total carloads, which were 1,808 a year ago, 2,302 in November, and 1,770 in December. Building permits also showed a decrease to one land-use permit with no value, from 4 permits a year ago valued at $14,575 to $17,965 last month with six permift. The number of births reported were 38 for the month, and four deaths. In November 60 births and ten deaths were reported, and a year ago there were 56 births and five deaths. Electric meters increased from 3,939 a year ago to 3,957 in November and 3,961 in December. Telephones, including rural, also increased from 6,099 a year ago to 6,159 in both November and December. Water meters decreased for the ear from 2,556 in December, 1956 ‘o 2,539 last month, but increased by one over the November figure. Gas meters decreased from 2.352 the last month of 1956 to 2,346 the last two months of 1957. Hold Achievement Banquet March 24 Annual Banquet Is Scheduled At Berne Plans for the farmers achievement banquet to be held March 24 at the Berne auditorium at 6:45 p. m. were made Friday afternoon by the crops committee of the Adams county extension committee. Tickets wilt be $1.50 this year, the group decided. ♦ A tentative list of speakers possibilities was discussed, and an M. C. chosen for the affair. Implement dealers of the county will be asked to donate door prizes to be given to those who attend. Mrs. Noah Habegger, of Berne, will be in charge of entertainment. -Ways of increasing interest in the 5-acre soybean club were dis* cussed, and plans were made along this line. The fertilizer meeting, to discuss what happened to the tertilizer applied last year on the fields,, will be the afternoon of March 5 at the Co-op building is Monroe. • An all-day weed and insect school will be held at the Co-op building March 12, with a meal available at the building. A display of insecticides and weed killers will probably be shown.

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I Four Teams To Baffle Today In Semi-Finals Gorillas Eliminate Eagles; Berne Wins Second Team Title The Hartford Gorillas, coming from behind in the final quarter, defeated the Monmouth Eagles, 58-49, in the final first-round game of the annual Adams county high school basketball tourney at the Adams Central gym Friday night. Hartford's triumph thus left this afternoon’s semi-final lineup this way: Decatur commodores vs Adams' Central Greyhounds at 1 p.m. Geneva Cardinals vs Hartford Gorillas at 2:15 p.m. This afternoon’s winners will battle at 8 o’clock tonight for the county championship. A new champion for 1958 was assured in the tourney’s first game Thursday night, when the Commodores eliminated the Berne Bears, defending champions. Adams Central also advanced Thursday night by edging the Pleasant Mills Spartans. In the first game Friday night, the Berne second team repeated its county championship by defeating Hartford, 32-23. Details of the second team Championship game will be found on the sports page of today’s Daily Democrat. Revenge For Gorillas Last night’s victory gave Hartford revenge for its setback at the handfe of the Monmouth Eagles just two weeks ago tonight, when ' the Eagles, on thoir home court, downed the Gorillas by a 69-54 score. » For a long time last night it looked like the Eagles were bent on repeating that feat. Monmouth, after trailing at the first quarter, 17-14, and at the half, 30-28, limited Hartford to nine scored 14 to go into the final eight minutes of play with a three-point . advantage, 42-39. After Waldo Bultemeier and Dailey Bixler exchanged quick baskets in the opening seconds of the last quarter, Mel Moeschberger hit from the field and Monmouth’s margin was only one point, 44-43. But Fritz Bulmahn dropped in a free throw, then came right back with a field goal and added a foul toss when fouled on the shot, and the Eagles were in front by four, h 47-43, with 4:55 to play. Then Rog Moser, the county’s leading scorer who had been well checkmated by the Eagles in the first three periods, hit his fourth fielder of the game, and single free throws by Moeschberger and Moser knotted the score at 47-47 with 3:50 left. With Moser finally breaking loose, the Gorillas zoomed their lead to 56-47, making it 13 points in a row for Hartford without Monmouth scoring a point. Butch Myers and Del McCune traded lastminute baskets in the closing seconds for the final 58-49 score. Moser and Myers, the one-two scoring leaders in the county, finished all even for the night with 17 points each to lead their teams. McCune counted 14 and Moeschberger 13 for the Gorillas, and Bulmahn was the only other Eagle in double figures, canning 13. Hartford - FG FT TP Lehman —2 1-1 5 Pharr 1-1 7 Moser ... 7 3-4 17 Moeschberger 5 3-3 13 McCune 6 2-3 11 Bixler —1 0-0 2 Herman — 0 0-0 0 Augsburger ...0 0-0 0 Owens 0 0-0 0 Thomas 0 0-0 0 4 ■ Totals 24 10-12 58 Monmonth IT TP Brandt 10-2 2 McDougal 3 0-0 6 Bulmahn ~.. 5 3-6 13 Boerger _.. r .. 1 1-2 3 Myers 8 M 17 (Continued on pa<« etx)