Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1958 — Page 1

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Slight Drop In New Claims On Unemployment Guarded Optimism Voiced By Official Os Labor Department Labor Department official viewed with “guarded optimism” today a slight decline in layoffs among workers covered by unemployment compensation. The department reported late Friday that the number of new jobless workers applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 29,900 to 410,500 last week. This was the lowest number of new claims for any week since last December. This indicates fewer layoffs among the two-thirds of the Mtion’A 60-miyjqn-map> bor force covered by unemployment compensation. j Trend Hinted t % , The department also reported that the number of workers drawing unemployment compensation after being jobless for a week or more edged down 7,800 to 3,274,800 in the week ended March 8. This was the third week in which month. Officials expect the total reported. The slight changes in these figures could, but do not necessarily, mean that total unemployment is levelling off. The Labor Department will not compile its figures on total March unemployment until early next nonth. Officials expect the total to be slightly higher than the 5,137,000 jobless reported for Febuary. > The new unemployment claims were still 200,00 above those for the same week last year. Unemployment at this time t>f year usually decreases due to seasonal torsTh department said that 30 states reported fewer new compensation claims. The largest declines occurred in New York, with a drop of 9,300; Michigan 8.200; Wisconsin 8,100 and Minnesota 3,300. Auto Industry Big Factor It said fewer layoffs in auto and auto parts plants were responsible for decreases in these four states. States reporting increases included Indiana, a jump of 3,600; Texas 3,200 and Illinois 2,300. Temporary layoffs in farm machinery, electrical equipment and radio cabinet manufacturing were reported by Indiana. Texas reported layoffs in primary metals and auto assembly. The department said about 145,000 workers exhausted their unemployment compensation in Febuary, compared with 147,000 in January. . B . President Eisenhower plans to send to Congress next week his proposal or using federal funds to extend the period of compensation for workers who have used up their compensation. Four Crewmen Killed In Jet Bomber Crash AVON PARK, Fla. (IP) — T h e Air Force Friday identified four crewmen “ killed when their 847 jet bomber crashed Friday during gunnery practice. The victims were Maj. Robert Heiney, 37, aircraft commander from Portland, Ore.; Navigator Capt Alexander Siling, 37, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ist Lt. Edwin T. Pooser Jr., 27, pilot, of Lake Wales, Fla., and Ist Lt Leon S. McAdams Jr., 30, navigator, Santa Cruz, Calif. Air Force spokesmen said the men were unable to bail out when their plane apparently went out t at control at 4,000' feet.

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Brazil Youth Wins Oratorical Contest State Final Contest Is Held Here Friday Reed M. Stewart, son of Judge and Mrs. Robert B. Stewart of Brazil, won the state American Legion oratorical contest* for the second year in a row. The contest was held Friday afternoon at the Decatur high school. Stewart, 6 foot four inch tall , senior at Brazil high school, was ilso governor of the Legion-spon- : sored Boys State this past sum- ’ mer at Indiana University. Stewart plans to attend DePauw University next year, in a prelaw or pre-ministry course. He will use Lis scholarship to Indiana University far post-graduate ' work. Stewart will speak in the regional U. S. contest April 14, and if he wins there, in the national • finals to be held N - Mex.. April 21. ; Stewart's speech on the constitution brought out the fact that the youth of today is preparing to accept the challenge of life in working under the constitution. Second place honors went to Robert V. Morris, a junior at Horace Mann high school in Gary. Morris spoke on “the constitution—a document worthy of our support.” He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Morris, and this Was his first try in American Legion oratorical contest. Third place honors went to Dan Roby, of Chesterfield, a junior at Anderson high school. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Roby, he □lans to study radio and TV work in college. His instructor was George Davis, civics teacher at the school. David Dreyer, runner-up ‘last year, won fourth place honors this year, speaking on the supreme court and the system of checks and balances. Dreyer is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Dreyer of Richmond. He plans to enter pre-law kork at Oberlin, 0., college next year. Last year Paul Schmidt, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Edgar P. Schmidt of Decatur, took part in the state finals. In 1948 Margene Bauer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bauer of Decatur, won the state contest, and in 1947 Miss Karlann Striker, daughter of Mr. and Mrt. Carl Striker, won the zone and took part in the state contest. Judges for the contest were l the Rev. J. O. Penrod, Paul Hensel, vice president of Central Soya Co.; Mrs. Anita Olin, former speech and English teacher at Indiana Technical college. Fort Wayne; Lewis Lutz Smith, prosecuting attorney; and the Rev. O. C. Busse, former state chaplain of the American Legion. Hugh J. Andrews, principal of Decatur high school, and for many years district chairman Os the Legion speech contest, was host for this year's finals. Following the orations, which lasted from 10 to 12 minutes each, the contestants had six minutes each to prepare an extemporaneous speech four to six minutes long on article one, section four of the constitution, which deals with the manner in which elections shall be held. Following the speech contest, the contestants and their guests were taken on a tour of the city, including the Central Soya plant, the Youth Center, Stratton Place, and the Catholic church, by Bobbi Kalver, Susan Custer, Jahalee Smith, Emily Swearingen, Karel Thieme, Fred Locke, Jack Macklin, and Ken Eliasson. | A dinner honoring the contestants was held at the American Legion h6me at 6:30 p. m., attended by about 100 guests. Following the dinner, Myron W. Ewbank, alternate national (Oontknved an peg* five) k

To Decide On Plans To End , FCC Hearing Closed Hearing By Investigating Group To Determine Plans ! WASHINGTON (UP)-Chairman ' Oren Harris indicated today he . wanted a closed-door session of his House investigating subcommittee to decide plans on winding up its investigation of the controversial Miami television channel ' award. Harris (D-Ark.) would not say ■ when his subcommittee would question Federal Communications Commission members about their ' votes on the disputed decision on Channel 10. FCC commissioners were scheduled to appear this week, but the subcommittee spent five days questioning other witnesses and then adjourned until next week. The Arkansas Democrat said the subcommittee definitely will question the FCC members on their votes in the Channel 10 case. But he declined to say whether the group would meet Monday. ; At the subcommittee hearing ; Friday, attorney Paul A- Porter, who represented Au Frank Katzentlne, an unsuccessful applicant for Channel |O, testified tiiat lfob-’ committee member Rep. Charles A. Wolverton (R-N.J.) once interested himself FCC television ' case. Wolvrton, who is sponsoring a “code of ethics” bill for the FCC and other agencies, said he did ; nothing wrong. He said it was perfectly proper for members of Congress to represent their constituents before government agencies. Furtr produced at the hearing a March 30, 1953, letter from Wolverton to Paul Walker, then FCC chairman. In it, Wolverton said he was “very much interested" in the request of South Jersey (Continued on P««e rive) Present Charier To - Rochester Rotary Hold Charter Night Next Tuesday Night Four hundred Rotarians and their Rotary Anns, from the- 39 Rotary clubs in district 654, are expected to attend the charter night program of the newly formed Rotary club at Rochester Tuesday evening. Hie Rochester club is the 40th in the district under the supervision of Clarence Zlner, Decatur, district governor. There are now more than 9,670 Rotary clubs in 108 countries of the free world. Zlner will present the charter to the new club, and William C. Rastetter, of Fort Wayne, past district governor and past director of Rotary International, will deliver the principal address. A number of Decatur Rotarians are planning to attend the Rochester meeting. The club is being sponsored by the Rotary club of North Manchester, assisted by members of the Warsaw club. The new club will meet each Tuesday evening at 6:15 o’clock at tiie Court House case in- Rochester. Gov. Ziner said that the new Rochester club “has the same general objectives as all other I Rotary clubs in North, South and Central America, in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Islands of the Pacific, to encourage and foster the I “ideal of service” as a basis of worthy enterprise and in particular, to encourage and foster the ’ (Continued on page five)

— •rr 'iiiiij wii « Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 22, 1958

Floods Threaten East Coast, Still Reeling Under Heavy Snowfall

Benson Defies Congress On Support Cuis New Lower Supports For Dairy Products Ordered By Benson WASHINGTON — Congressional farm leaders who steered a bill to freeze farm prices through the House and Senate conceded today they -don’t have the votes to override an expected veto by President Eisenhower. Prospects that the President will turn down the measure were strengthened by Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson's announcement late Friday that new lower price supports for dairy products will go into effect April I—as scheduled. The announcement came shortly after the Senate completed congressional action on the bill to freeze supports for one year at 1957 levels. In addition to cancelling Benson’s proposed price cuts this year, the measure if it became law would compel him to set planting allotments next year at not less than 1957 levels. Seven Senators *- three Democrats and four Republicans—who had voted against an earlier Sen-1 ate bill calling for an indefinite* price freeze, switched and voted to approve the one-year House version. But neither the 48 to 32 Senate "vote nor the earlier 210 to 172 margin in the House came close to the two-thirds ratio needed to override a veto. Neither Senate nor House was in session today. : Othetze°ngressional news: Kohler'Strike: Sen. Harry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) said the United Auto Workers strike and boycott against the Kohler Co. of Wisconsin demonstrates a need for “some control over huge unions that flout the law.” FCC: Chairman Oren Harris (D.-Ark.) of the House subcommittee on legislative oversight declined today to say when the group would meet again On its dragged-out investigation of the FCC. Harris indicated he wants the subcommittee to hold a closed door meeting to decide how to go about winding up hearings on the FCC’s controversial award of Miami TV Channel 10. Appropriations: Hie House appropriations Committee tossed out President Eisenhower’s budget for independent federal agencies in favor of a new one 10 per cent higher. It said the action would help "fight the depression." Meantime , the Senate passed and sent to the White House the first regular money bill to clear this congressional session. It was a $4,108,100,000 measure to run the Treasury and Post Office Departments in the new fiscal year starting July 1. Foreign Aid: Adm. Felix B. Stump, U. S. commander-ln-chief in the Pacific area, warned the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the free world could not hold non-Communist Asian nations without aid, both economic and military. Stump urged the committee to approve President Eisenhower’s entire $3,(Contlnued on pace five)

Lenten Meditation “CLEAN REFLECTIONS" "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.’’—John 1:5. (R.S.V.) Edward R. Carmen tells of a visit of a group of friends to a lighthouse. Someone asked the keeper if he was frightened when heavy seas broke over the tiny island. He replied: “This old lighthouse often shakes from top to bottom, but we have no time to be afraid. We must keep the light burning and the reflectors clean.” It is natural to become afraid at the high winds ami waves. It is impossible for us to stem the tide. But at least we don’t have to give way to despair. Even if we are lowly and lonely we can’t give up. The eternal light still bums! It is for us to keep the reflectors clean! We can turn our faces toward God. We can have dean hands and a pure heart. We can be honest and true and tenderhearted. We can love and serve and give. In so doing we send a ray of light through the darkness. It will guide some to God. It will Warn others away from the rocks. This gives worth and importance to any life, anytime.

—4. Itivestigafe Report Os Burned Records Claims Agriculture Department Action WASHINGTON W) — Congress today was investigating the Agriculture Department’s destruction of a report said to contain some bitter remarks by farmers about their economic plight. ■Ben. William E. Proxmire (D- - the department of “book-burning.” But assistant agriculture secre-| tary Don Paarlberg, although confirming that 2,500 copies of the report were destroyed, refused to say whether they were burned. “I don’t think it’s particularly relevant how they were destroyed," he told newsmen. Paarlberg said the department “destroyed them all” when top officials discovered the report contained material of “questionable value.” A new report omitting this material was published Feb. 13. Chairman L. H. Fountain (DN. C.) said his House Government Operations subcommittee may hold public hearings in an attempt to learn what the department "is trying to hide.” House Investigation Likely Fountain said the department has refused to give him a copy of the original report. He said he doubted all copies have been dejdroyed, but Paarlberg Insisted they were and said there were none left to give either congressional investigators or newsmen, Staff investigators of the House Government Information subcommittee, headed by Rep. John E. Moss (D-Calif.), also are investigating. Fountain said if his subcommittee decides not to hold hearings, the Moss subcommittee may do so instead. ■- Paarlberg 'was asked whether publication of the deleted material would have been embarrassing to secretary of agriculture Ezra T. Benson. “It could have been used by various people with various points of view,” he. replied. According to one informant who saw the original report, it contained a summary of comments by farmers about the decline in farm population. The comments were not onesided but rather expressed varying opinions, the source said. He added that some comments were "bitter” and some were not. The comments were selected by officials from answers received by the department to a questionnaire used in preparing the farm population report. Replies On File Paarlberg took personal responsibility for suppressing the original report. He said the deleted material was not based on an adequate sample, was of "questionable value,” and "might be-fog the issue rather than clarify it.” He said it cost the department only 350.78 td print the revised report. Another department official, Calvin L. Beale, acting head of farm population statistics, said all of the replies of farmers to the questionnaires were stored in a department filing cabinet. Agriculture department officials said newsmen have sometimes been given access to similar docu(Contlnuad an pave five)

Indonesian 1 Scrap Centers || On Oil, Rubber Rebellion Action Centers On Areas Owned By America SINGAPORE (UP)—Action in the Indonesian rebellion centered today aroufld Sumatra's big, i American-owned oil and rubber centers, where rival forces are contending for control of vital areas. •• The heaviest was reported' in the vincinity of the north Sumatran metropolis of Medan, where the rebels are trying to drive government forces out of rich rubber plantations. The rebels already claim control of the vital Goodyear Rubber Co. installations outside Medan. American refugees say rebel strength in the area appears to be growing. Rebel sources say government troops have reinforced the jungle area of Pakanbaru, center of the Caltex oilfields in Central Sumatra, in preparation for a drive on insurgent strongholds at Padang and Bukkittinggi. Despite the reported concentrations around Pakanbaru, 49 wives and children of Caltex employes who had previously been evacu- i ated" from Central Sumatra left , Singapore today in 19 of the com- j pany’s river tankers for Sumatran 1 ports. ' ’ A Caltex spokesman said orders to return the women and children were received from Jakarta dayMeanwhile, unconfirmed and conflicting reports said trouble is browing around the oil -in- , stallatiohs at Lirikto -the south. The big questions remaining un solved are whether Atjeh in the north and South Sumatra, so far neutral in the revolt, will come in on one side or the other. Charles Young Dies Friday At Hospital Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Charles P. Young, 81, retired Allen county farmer, who resided in Preble township most of his life, died at 9:10 o’clock Friday night at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been inill health for several years. He was born in Wells county June 2, 1876, a son of Adam and Lucinda, Kirchner-Young, and lived in Preble township until 1940, when he moved to a farm four miles north of Hoagland.--lie was married to Sophia Fuhrman Dec. 22, 1901. Mr. Young was a member of Immanuel Lutheran church at Soest. Surviving in addition to his wife are three daughters, Mrs. Otto Bauermeister of Ossian, Mrs. Joseph.Bleeke of Union township, and Mrs. Arthur Boemker of Decatur route 1; one son, Fred Young of JefferSon township, Allen county; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Martin Fuhrman of near Poe. One son preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:15 p. m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the Immanuel Lutheran church at Soest, the Rev. Otto Mueller 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. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Little change in temperature. Lows tonight from mid-20s to 30. Highs Sunday from 43 to 45. Outlook for Monday: Cloudy and a little warmer with rain possibly mixed , with snow extreme south.' ”I NOON EDITION

| Candidate ■ H U I 1 I ■ ■ x. *' ' Robert Lane Robert E. Lane Is Assessor Candidate Candidacy Filed By Local Businessman Robert E. Lane, prominent Decatur businessman, today filed his candidacy for Adams county assessor, subject to the Democratic primary election Tuesday, May 6. Lane, manager of Blackwells department store in this city, has been a resident of Decatur for the past 17 years. He owned and operated a confectionery, and later a shoe store, before accepting a position with Blackwells when the firm purchased the Decatur store. Lane was born on a farm in Ripley county, graduated from the Holton high school and attended Anther.’' Wayne Business College in Fort Wayne. The newly announced candidate owns his own home, 410 North Fifth street, is married and has three children, one son and two daughters. He is a member of the First Methodist church, the Masonic lodge,*- Lions club, Scottish Rite, Order of Eastern Star, Knights of Pythias and the Chamber of Commerce. A lifelong Democrat, Lane plans an active campaign for the nomination to county office. City In Wisconsin Rocked By Blasis Two Are Injured In Refinery Explosion SUPERIOR, Wis. — T w o men were Injured early today when a series of explosions at a crude oil refinery rocked this city. A semi-trailer tank truck was blown apart and remnants were thrown 150 feet. Two fires resulting from the explosion were quickly brought under control by firemen. Fire officials said the explosions, one large one followed by a series of smaller blasts, occurred in the loading shack area of the Lake Superior Refining Co. on the city’s outskirts. Norman Bartylla, 24, Superior, a refinery employe, and Ray Oetterer, 32, Finlayson, Minn., suffered cuts, bruises and foot injuries when they leaped from a 12-foot loading dock to escape the blaze. . Authorities said automatic cutoffs which terminate the flow /of oil to the tanks were immediately thrown. All available fire equipment and ambulances were rushed to the scene following the blasts which occurred at about 6:25 a. m. CST. The explosions dwoke townspeople five miles away. A number of crude oil tanks escaped the blaze due to quick action by the fire department. Officials cited static electricity in the loading shack'as the probable cause of the explosion. A similar explosion occurred at the same refinery last year, destroying a loading shack and a truck.

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Brutal Blasts Diminishingln Eastern States At Least 49 Killed As More Snow Falls In Northeast Area By UNITED PRESS I Floods threatened today to wash down the Atlantic Seaboard, still reeling from the one-two punch of a staggering snow storm and winds that flailed the area : with near-hurricanic velocity. The brutal blast which outdid 1 the worst offerings of a winter termed the worst in 20 years • beat the arrival of spring by several hours and continued today with diminishing force. Snow depths at some points exceeded 46 inches, and drifted 6 feet high at others. A United Press count showed that at least 49 persons were killed in the storm, and the number appeared certain to rise. Light snow continued to powder the northeastern quarter of the . nation today, with three inches of . new snow falling at Caribou, . Maine, since Friday night The 18-inch snowfall at Trenton, N.J. Friday was proclaimed the worst since before the turn of the century, and states of emergency were declard two of the 13 states affected by the storm. Flood Threat in East Parts of Pennsylvania, New York and New England faced the threat of serious flooding. The Weather Bureau called the 1 flood danger "well above normal I for so late in the season" and : lowland flooding of the Charles and Neponset Rivers in Massa- , chusetts was probable this weekJ ■ . end. Estimates of marooned persons ’ ran into the thousands, and more ’ than a million homes were left - without heat, lights and telephone service during parts of the storm. 1 States of emergency existed in • Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A ' restaurant on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Reading served as 5 a haven for a refugee train of - some thousand persons caught in the snowfall. They were evacuated late Friday after bulldozers chewed through six-foot drifts and opened a passable route for a rescue convoy of trucks and buses. Winds Lash Coast The 74-mile-an-hour winds which lashed the seacoast created hazards at sea where a disabled fishing vessel. “Carol and Estelle”, rode out the storm be- ! hind a sea anchor. Railroad and air travel was ( paralyzed. Hundreds of flights , were cancelled along the seal board "and railroad crews on the Portsmouth to Boston run had to i scamper up signal lights to brush , away the wet snowMt. Pocono in northeast Penn- ■ sylvania was covered by 40 ■ inches of snow. President Eisenhower was forced to call off a trip to West Point, N.Y. Dag Siammarskjoki. ; secretary - general of toe UN,, (Continued an pa.ge five) Appeal Issued For Sheets And Linens Mrs. Wanda Oelberg of the local Red Cross chapter, has made a re- , quest for more used sheets and to be used in helping cancer patients. Anyone desiring to donate linens J may do so by taking them to toe Red Cross office located at 125 Madison street. The chapter is completely out of toe needed arti- , cles. Report Russia Tests Two Nuclear Weapons i WASHINGTON (W — The : Atomic Energy Commission announced Friday night that Russia i has tested two more nuclear t weapons — one relatively small and the other “in a large range.” t The explosions were toe sev- ■ enth and eighth reported by toe i AEC since toe current Soviet test series began Feb. 22.