Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 35.

jmlm #*. ’ lull HEBw l J TUNISIA VIEWS DEAD — Hundreds of Tunisians at Sakiet Sidi Youssef viewed these rows of dead, felled in what wa§ called a •‘retaliation” air raid on the village for alleged shooting down of two French planes. At least 75 Tunisians died and scores were injured in the combing, on which the U. S. has asked France for a full report. L_ _ »

Moulder Quits As Head Os House Group Resigns As Result ~ Os Ouster Monday Os Chief Counsel WASHINGTON (UP) — Rep. Morgan M. Moulder resigned as chairman today and two aides quit as staff members of a House subcommittee which had been investigating alleged misconduct in federal regulatory agencies. They resigned as a result of the subcommittee’s action Monday night in firing, its chief counsel. Dr Bernard Schwarts. Schwartz had accused the subevinndtUe majority of trying to “whitewash” his charges of White House "influence” on decisions of the Federal Communications Commission. Schwartz excepted Moulder, but the Missouri Democrat told his colleagues he had found it impossible to carry on the investigation under the circumstances. The 11-man subcommittee met in secret session .to receive Moulder’s formal resignation and to qui’ Schwartz, subpehaed to appear and surrender all of his files. Schwartz’ two chief assistants in the investigation, Paul S. Berger and Herbert M. Wachtell, also resigned this morning. “Powerless as Chairman** Before going before the subcommittee, Schwartz called it a “kangaroo court*' that "makes a star chamber proceeding look like a paragon of virtue.’’ Moulder read to the subcommittee a statement in which he said he had "diligently applied my time and efforts” to carry out a successful investigation of the government’s regulatory bodies. But he said he had found himself “powerless as chairman without the usual and customary authority delegated to a chairmar by the support of a majority of ■ a congressional committee.” He also he had been unable to prevent “dissension - and disagreement among the members ...” Moulder said he would continue as a member of the subcommittee "to secure an objective and thorough investigation” Rep. Oren Harris (d-Ark.), chairman of the full House Commerce Committee, assumed the subcommittee chairmanship as the secret session began. Deny Whitewash Charges Schwartz arrived at the subcommittee hearing with an armful of documents and papers to help him testify. Schwartz, 84, a ,New York University law professor on leave, told United Press his firing meant the investigation "now has as much chance as a snowball in hell.” “I find I am in apparent disagreement with the majority of the members of the committee,” Moulder said. “I am very unhappy because Schwartz was dis- ■ missed.” — Schwartz specifically exempted Moulder and Reps. John E. Moss (D-Calif.), Peter Mack Jr. (ML) and Charles Wolverton (R-N.J.) from his whitewash chargesRep. John Bell Williams (DMiss.), a subcommittee member who was included in Schwartz’s charge, called the counsel a “contemptible liar.” Williams decared there was "no evidence” to support the whitewash alegation. Another member, Rep. John B. Bennett (R-Mich.), said Schwartz had done a “lot of screaming about the evidence he has” and will be given a full opportunity (CottUnued «B Page Five)

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Former Communists Tell New Party Line Give Testimony To House Committee GARY, Ind. (UP)—Two former Communists told the House UnAmerican Activities Committee that the new party line is “to get back into the mainstream of labor" and to take over the steel industry. The ex-Communists made the charge Monday at the opening of a two-day hearing here by the committee headed ty Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.). Joseph La Fleur, 46, who served as an undercover man for the FBI for 15 years, also named five steel workers as illegal active Communists during a period ending in 1952. Two-former members ofthe Gary League of Women Voters also were called Communists by La Fleur. Behind Headquarters’ Move La Fleur's charges followed a description of Red strategy to colonize the steel industry as “part of Russia’s total offense” in its drive for world domination. The outline, described by Walter, was corroborated by John Lautner, 56? Youngstown, Ohio, who said he was kicked out of the Communist Party in 1950 "after torture.” 1 Control of the steel industry was behind the Communists’ recent transfer of their headquarters from New York to Chicago, Lautner said. Lautner said his function while a party member was to channel college-trained Communists into the steel industry as "intelligence agents." “They are trying to do it by building fires in unions and by creating dissension ” However, he said, the American worker "has a great deal of common sense and won’t swallow sugar-coated pills and communism." Five Refuse to Answer Between 1936 and 1941, Lautner ;aid, the Communists had under control about one-third of the leaders in 30 national unions. A cleanup by the CIO, however, resulted in their expulsion, he said. The five persons accused as Communists by La Fleur refused to answer committee questions on grounds the first and fourth amendments afforded them protection. Not present were the t&o women La Fleur accused as Communists. One of those who pleaded the First Amenement when asked about his educational and vocational background, Edward Yellin, 30, Fort Collins, Colo., also refused to say whether he had ever hed party membership. Committee Counsel Frank Taverner produced papers which, he said, showed Yellin had concealed his education at the City College of New York and the University of Michigan when he sought employment with the Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp. INDIANA WEATHER Continued cold tonight and Wednesday with partly cloudy skies and a few snow flurries north, and fair south. Frequent periods of snow continuing near northern border. Low tonight 2 below to S above north, 4 to 10 above south. High Wednesday 10 to 18 north, 18 to 25 south. Sunset today 6:17 p.n. Sunrise Wednesday 7:41 a.m. Outlook for Thursday: Fair and continued cold with snow flurries north. Low Wednesday 2 below to 5 above north, 4 to 10 above south. High Thursday 15 to 25.

Protests Are Growing Over French Attack French Cabinet Is Seeking Formula To Halt Protest Wave , By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent French Premier Felix Gaillard met with his cabinet into the early hours today in search of a formula to halt the world-wide storm of protest against the French bombing cf a Tunisian village last Saturday. But the protests multiplied and there were growing indications there would be a United Nations Security Council showdown which could damage the entire Western position in North Africa and split the NATO allies. There were strong hints in Washington the United States would not back France in the action—that "the U.N. eannot have one rule for small aggressors and another for the large ones” Call For Reappraisal of Bases There were demands by Algerian nationalists at U.N. headquarters in New York that the entire question of American bases in Africa should come under "reappraisal” because the French were reported to have used U.S. planes in the attack. Congressional leaders in Washington voiced new concern over the Franco-Tunisian crisis which already had brought an admission that President Eisenhower was "profoundly disturbed” at the incident which took 75 Tunisian lives. Sen. John F. Kennedy (IlMass.) accused the administration of dangerous inaction .in North Africa and called for U.N. and NATO “to assert jurisdiction over this threat to world peace.” He expressed fear all North Africa would fall "to our enemies” if the French-Arab conflict were not settled The man on the spot was the French premier. He faced angry allies, new trouble in North Africa, growing hostility in the Arab world and a nation sharply divided over the bombing. There were angry demands in the National Assembly for an explanation today. Gaillard Meets Cabinet Gaillard held a series of conferences Monday and met frequently with his cabinet. One meeting was with the stern-faced U.S. ambassador, Amory Houghton. Then Gaillard rushed back into meetings with his political leaders. Dispatches from Tunis told of growing anger and hatred. Tunisians matched through the streets in protest and called for removal of all French troops in Tunisia. The biggest demonstrations were at Kairouan, 80 miles south of Tunis, and Gafsa, 35 miles east of the Algerian frontier, where angry Moslems cried for arms and demanded removal of all French troops. Roadblocks were set up at many points to prevent French troops from moving easily through the countryside. The situation was growing daily more tensePoliceman's Plea Under Advisement Dale Death's Plea Argued By Lawyers Dale Death’s plea to dismiss the charge of public intoxication filed against him last Nov. 2 following his arrest after an accident was argued in circuit court today by prosecuting attorney Lewis Lutz Smith and defense attorney Robert S. Anderson. Judge Myles F. Parrish took the matter under advisement, and will rule on the plea at a later date. Before argument on, the idea started, both attorneys argued that all evidence heard on Nov. 22-23, when arguing the change of plea, and all other proceedings incorporated into the hearing, be admitted as evidence. They then proceeded with the argument, and submitted no new evidence. Anderson started the hearing by explaining that . Under the law a warrant is necessary in a criminal case, and that when no warrant is issued, the defendant must be shown to have submitted freely and voluntarily to the court. He pointed out that the question at issue was whether Death had submitted freely and voluntarily. In his argument, Anderson held to the point that since the defendant’s rights were violated during the trial, he was not freely submitting to the court, that the de(Csutlnued on Fa,g» Five)

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Government Reports Total Os Unemployed Highest In 8 Years

Discussion By Ministers Is Not Essential Dulles' Statement Is Viewed As Step For Summit Talks WASHINGTON (UP)-Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today that a foreign njinisters’ meeting with Russia is* not essential as a prelude to ah East-West summit conference. / Dulles’ statement was viewed as a major step toward early EastWest negotiations through ambassadorial channels to arrange a summit conference later this year. The United States, untfl now, has placed heavy emphasis on a preliminary meeting of foreign ministers—a move the Soviets have opposed. Dulles made his statement at a news conference about an hour after President Eisenhower and new Soviet Ambassador Mikhail A- Menshikov exchanged formal pledges that the United States and Russia will work for peace through “negotiations." Warns of Difficulty Menshikov told reporters after calling at the White House to present n*s the Pyen-t Went also agreed on the hope that a new summit conference can be "organized.” Dulles, at his news conference, warned anew that it always is difficult to negotiate with the Soviets at any level. He said negotiations take long and hard bargaining. While negotiations with the Soviets involve hard work, Dulles saicr that this government should undertake to determine whether mutually advantageous agreements can be reached. Dulles sought to show that his statement on a foreign ministers meetings did not constitute a shift in American policy. He said that the President had not made a "foreign ministers’ meeting a pre- • °u«e tCive) Rev. Moeller Is Speaker To Lions Mission Speaker Is Guest Monday Night “Preaching, teaching, a n d reaching are the goals of the present Lutheran missionary program,” the Rev. Walter Moeller, of Lancaster, 0., told the Decatur Lions club Monday night. Rev. Moeller, who is quite active in civic affairs in his parish town, being chairman of the county Red Cross committee, and a member of the YMCA board, is also a Democratic candidate for -'ongress in his home district He is a former pastor of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church, Preble, and the Immanual Lutheran church, Van Wert, O. The speaker was introduced by the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt. Rev. Moeller stated that he had spoken to the club 20 years ago, as a guest of Phil Sauer, on the subject of “Jazz Music.”' He then spoke of the need for spiritual re-emphasis in all churches, and .described as a terrible thing the fact that while church membership is at an all-time high, juvenile delinquency and crime are also increasing. All Christian churches have spent less on missions in the past 110 years than the cost of the first H-bomb, he pointed out. “There is a great need 1 for increased spiritual emphasis and revaluation, in both our personal lives and in our government." he declared. Jerimiah’s plea to turn to God or perish is just as valid now as it was 2,000 years ago, he concluded. The initiation of new members, to be conducted by Roy, Price, was postponed until the next meeting. Feb. 24, a ladies night will be held, and the district governor will speak.

Zero Temperatures Plaguing Hoosiers Cold Canadian Air Keeps Grip On State By UNITED PRESS Winter’s most rugged cold wave held Indiana tightly in its grip today and zero temperatures lay ahea,d as well as behind. Store, and sub-zero lows have been recorded in Hoosierland every , morning since last Saturday. The L latsmt sero readings were at Laf- ’ ayette and Goshen this morning. Minimum readings as low as 2 : below zero were expected again tonight and Wednesday night, with i more daytime highs well below . the 32 - freezing mark at least Schools were closed in rural i threugh Thursday. i areas across a tier of three or four northern Indiana counties for the second day in a row as new snow i and drifting uc xcw blocked i buses. 1 The hugs- msss-qf Canadian air which envelopes Indiana last Fri- ; day night sent temperatures plunging to 1 above at Fort' Wayne and South Bend, 3 above [ at Indianapolis, 5 above at Terre Haute and 9 above at Evansville this morning. Mo relief was in sight. Sharing interest with the zero temperatures in the Indiana weather picture was a brilliant •’> cOSplay of Northern LighiA,visible ■ over the’ entire state for more than 10 hours during the night. Forecasts called for lows tonight ranging from 2 below to 5 above in the north, 5 above in the central and 10 above in the south. Meanwhile, daytime temperatures stayed far below. 32—freezing throughout the state, as they have daily since last Saturday. Highs Monday ranged from 10 above at South Bend to 24 at Ev-‘ . ansville. Highs today and Wednesday will range from 15 north to 22 south. The outlook for Thursday was continued cold. It was a dry cold over all the state except the far north. There, snow flurries continued as they have almost daily for about three i weeks. Bend area was measured officially i,rinu«<J on Pace Five) ft ■■ Missing Children Found In Florida Find Five Children Huddled In Woods • FORT WALTON BEACH, Jia. TH— Five children who were missing in near freezing temperatures throughout the ' night were found huddled in blankets In a wooded area today. They were reported “not at all upset” about their plight. ; A 1,000-member search party scoured the area in rainy, biting weather all night for the children, who left home Monday to “go camping.” Mrs. Dewill T. Keller, mother of two of the children, said they had been taken to the Eglin Air Force Base hospital for a checkup and “are evidently all right.” She said a Mrs. Day found them this morning in a dense, wooded area behind her house. All Jive of the children, who ranged in age from 9 to 12, left home Monday about 4 p. m equipped with "blankets, food and all kinds of stuff.” All were members of Air Force families. > Mrs. Keller said Mrs. Day found the youngsters at about 9 a. m„ “chilled but happy.” The search party was aided by two Air Force planes, a helicopter and two crash boats from Eglin. The search covered bayous, bays and woodlands. i Okaloosa County Sheriff Ray Wilson said, “It was awfully cold and wet. We had hoped they were inside a house but apparently they came through all right.” The children, all from Fort Walton Beach, were Identified as Suran Bruckbauer, 9, and her sister, Debra, 10; Coleen Keller, 11, and her brother, Richard, 12; and Jimmy Ezel, 9.

Death-Dealing Cold Wave Has Nation In Grip At Least 54 Deaths Attributed To Cold, No Relief In Sight By UNITED PRESS Blizzard-battered sections of New York State braced today for up to 18 inches of new snow and winter's worst cold wave touched off a hazardous ice storm from Texas to Alabama and Mississippi. The death-dealing cold wave ranged from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast with no relief in sight. A Unitea Kress survey showed at least 54 deaths blamed on the cold, snow, icy roads and fires since last Thursday night when the wintry weather invaded the nation. At least 17 persons died in the New York blizzard which dumped 38 inches of snow at Syracuse and choked highways with six-foot drifts. Eleven victims were reported in New England, 8 in Texas, 7 in Oklahoma, 5 in Pennsylvania, 2 in Ohio and 1 each in Illinois, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. The sub-zero cold in the North whipped into Dixie, triggering ice storms Monday that coated highways from the Texas Panhandle Into Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi. Weathermen warned the freezing rain will be followed up by snow in Louisiana today and ice storms in central and southern Alabama and Mississippi. More freezing drizzle was expected in 1 northern Texas and the Texas Panhandle Near zero weather followed up a‘ two-day blizzard in western New York and weathermen predicted 7 to 18 inches of new snow today for some parts of the region. Near Baldwinsville, in central New York, - searchers tramping across towering drifts Monday heard a car horn blowing beneath (Continued on pace el<ht) Thomas Griffiths Dies Monday Night Kirkland Township Farmer Pies Here Thomas Griffiths, 76. retired farmer of Kirkland township, two miles southT of Magley, died at 10:40 o'clock Monday night at the Adams county memory hospital, where he had been for the past two weeks. He was born near Elida, 0., July 3, 1881, a son of John and Nancy Brennemp" - Griffiths, and was married to Elizabeth Berger Sept., 20. 1906. Mr. Griffiths was a member of the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren. Surviving in addition to the wife are three sons, William G. Griffiths of Kirkland township, Herman A Griffiths of Huntington county, and Glen T. Griffiths of Kirkland township; one daughter, Mrs. Reinhold (Leah) Koldewey of Hagerman, Ida.; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three half-broth-ers, Martin Gahman of Wells county, Ottomar Gahman of Detroit; Mich., and Floyd Gahman of New York Citv, and four half-sisters. Mrs. Frank Bright of Wells county, Mrs. Charles Hogg of near Bluffton. Mrs. Clarence Abbott/of Convoy, 0., and Mrs. Clare Odell of Lima, 0, A half-sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Zwlck funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, the Rev. John Mishler officiating. Burial will be In the church Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening until time of the services.

Half Million Loss In Milwaukee Fire 20 Firemen And One Officer Hospitalized MILWAUKEE (W - Twenty firemen and a policeman were hospitalized for smoke inhalation or frost bite hfrinday night battling a five-alarm fire which turned a South Side shopping district into a scene of ice-caked misery. Unofficial damage estimates ran ' as high as a half million dollars. “It’s going to be quite a loss.” said Deputy Chief Clary Ehlers, who was one of those treated for smoke inhalation. Dozens of firemen were still at the icy scene this morning trying to quell stubborn flames ihside the charred ruins of a two-story brick buildifig which housed a jeweler, restaurant, optometrist, a clinic, a tavern and a barber . Also destroyed was an adjacent camera shop. Residents of three ; houses in the fire area were told to vacate, but more than 150 firemen and 20 pieces of equipment kept the flames from spreading. 11 The firemen fought the flames ; more than three hours in zero • temperature before bringing ■ them under control. Many of those ■ treated for smoke inhalation and 1 frost bite returned to duty. ! Five firemen and a policeman were still hospitalized today. The fire, of undetermined cause. ’ Started with an explosion in the , basement of the two-story building, j Everything conspired against 1 the firefighters. Again and again, explosions racked the building. - Monday night shopping crowds and / heavy traffic clogged the area. » A mile-wide cloud of clinging, i choking smoke caused firemen to 3- drop from smoke inhalation. 1 Authorities said a 30-year supply 5 of X-ray films add plates in the medical clinic caused the ovef- ’ powering smoke. 1 At one point, water pressure slackened and authorities had to message a pumping station to restore proper pressure. 1 High towers were brought to the , scene on Milwaukee Fire Chief \ Edward Wlscher’s order that i every available piece of equipment had to be withdrawn when, after temporary defeat, the blaze suddenly flared again and spurted 60-foot columns of fire. Always there was the cold. Sub(Continued on pace flva) Wednesday Cleanup Day At Youth Center Junior Women Will Devote Day To Task Wednesday is "clean-up day at the center.” Members of the Junior Women’s department of the Decatur Woman’s club will meet at the Youth and Community center at 9 a.m. tomorrow, where they will join forces to give the center a thorough pre-spring housecleaning. Dick Linn, center director, has announced that all cleaning materials will be on hand at the center, but the women are to bring scrub brushes and sponges, buckets and old rags. Ladders will also be needed for use in cleaning the walls, etc. Those club members taking part in the project are urged to bring their children, as a nursery will be provided, with Mrs. Roger Blackburn and Mrs. Henry Commager in charge. Lunch will be available at the center. ■■ ■ ; - =. ...... Mrs. Thomas Buuck and Mr?. Eugene Morrison will be in charge of cleaning to originate in the youth room, and cleaning of the kitchen area will be headed by Mrs. Floyd Reed and Mrs. Richard Mies The cleaning chairmen and ■ their committees will begin their work at the respective points, and ■ work toward the lobby. Plans of ' the group also call for a center : beautification project to be started this spring. t ’ Those members who need trans- ■ porta tion are asked to call Mrs. Reed or Mrs. Mies.

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Jobless Tolal In Nation Now Is 4,494,000 Total Is Highest In United States Since Feb. Os 1950 WASHINGTON (UP) — The government reported today that the number of unemployed rose to 4,494,000 last month, the highest since February, 1950. The total of jobless persons jumped more than 1,100,00 between mid-December and midJanuary, the monthly CommerceLabor Department unemployment report said. The one-month increase was the largest since detailed records were started tn 1940. A spokesman for the Commerce Department said, however, that there were "comparable” one-m on t h increases—in the area of one million—during the business declines of 1949-50 and 1953-54. The report also said that total employment dropped 2,200,000 during the month to 62,238,000. The spokesman said the normal increase in unemployment between mid-December and midJanuary is 500,000 to 600,000. The rate of unemployment—which is the percentage of the total civilian work force out of jobs—moved up to 5,8 per cent in January, the report said. Before the current recession began the unemployment rate had been between 4 and 414 per eent for more than two years. The unemployment total for January was the highest since February, 1950, when 4,800,000 persons were out of jobs. At the time, unemployment was estimated at about 4,680,000 but recent government changes in the method of counting jobless persons added about 200,000 to the older figures- - The report said the number of persons collecting unemployment benefits rose nearly as much as total unemployment — 900,000 —to total 2,850,000 in mid-January, "All of these changes were sharper than usual for this time of year, as they reflected further cut-backs in manufacturing as well as the customary large turn-of-the-year curtailments in outdoor work, retail trade and temporary post office jobs,” the report said. Along with the increase in unemployment, there were further reductions in the work week during the month, the report said. "Hours of work in manufacturing declined more than usual in January” dropping 0.7 hours from December to average 38.7 hours a week. • .. Weekly earnings of factory production workers also dropped—by $1 47—to an average of 881.27 during January. The weekly average was 81.14 less than a year ago, but average hourly earnings held steady at $2.10Total non-farm employment, which includes workers on salary, wages, self-employed, domestic servants and unpaid fantily work- > Five) Indiana Statehouse Will Close Wednesday INDIANAPOLIS Wl — T h e Indiana Statehouse will be closed Wednesday for observance of Lincoln’s birthday. Many Hoosisg •ourthouses, city halls and other 'governmental offices also will close for the holiday. Mrs. Jessie Young Dies This Morning Mrs. Jessie Young, 82, of Elkhart, aunt of Mark Braden of thia city, died this morning after an extended illness. She was well known in Decatur, having resided here with Mr. and Mrs. Braden for 10 years. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Henry Jessen of Elkhart, and Mrs, Herb Renig of Houston, Tex., and one brother, Charles Braden of Elkhart. The body was removed to the Hartsler funeral home at Elkhart Funeral arrangements have not been completed.