Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 86.

1 rL T r 1 " OPERATION' CANDLELIGHT— With electricity shut off by rebel action, an employe of the Sevilla Biltmore Hotel in Havana mans the switchboard by candle and lantern light. This exclusive picture was made as gas and electricity failed in the Presidential Palace section of the Cuban capital due to rebel bombs.

Survey Shows Mixed Reaction To Buying Urge Many Persons Have No Intention For Spending Increase By RICHARD A. MONTABA fnited Press Staff Correspondent To buy or not to buy apparently remains pretty much an individual matter despite urging from President Eisenhower to step up purchases as a recession cure, -c A United Press check on the man in the street in cities across the nation showed many persons have no intention of increasing their spending. Their answers raged from a terse “With What?" to "I'm not in need of anything.” A number of persons said they thought the President’s advice to "buy, but not indiscriminately” was a sound suggestion for getting the economy rolling into high gear. The President made his remarks at a news conference Wednesday. Still others said they were willing to buy-when prices drop. A typical comment came from Harry Vartanian, a Detroit taxi driver, who observed “people have money but they’re hanging onto it” I Some Support Ike “Take me," Vartanian continued. "Four in our family are working and we all have good sized savings accounts. Why aren't we spending? We just don’t need anything right now — we’ve got TV and the rest, why should we buy more?" The otner side of the coin was expressed by Joseph J Gross, executive of the Detroit Area Council of Boy Scouts who said “Mr. Eisenhower is right.” "People should start buying up over-stocked merchandise so manufacturers can go back to making more," Gross said. “I’d like to think enough people will start buying things within a few months to get us started when they find out things aren’t as bad as they thought and they lose their fear." Salesman Jack Leaverton of Des Moines said there’s been too much recession talk. "Hiere’s been so much publicity the people who’ve got money are afraid to buy and are saving instead," Leaverton said. He added he does not personally plan to expand his buying. “It won't influence me to buy anything,” Said Glenna Evans, a Des Moines housewife. “I think it’s a good idea, but not for anyone who had to take a reduction in their income.” A Kansas City, Mo., man in the street said he bought everything he needed in the boom year of ■j«Wx n-iri wasn’t going to buy anything else until prices come down. ..c all Other Depressions An Illinois woman also declined to take Eisenhower’s advice. “I don't think too much of the President’s advice," remarked Mrs Don Witt of DeKalb, 111. “I went through the Hoover depression and I’m going to try to save something now in case this recession goes further. I think they (the administration) should have done something about it before now.” Then she laughed and added: “I’m a Democrat.” Financial adviser Philip Raffe, 63, Harvard, 111., plans “to go ahead in a normal, natural man(ContVnued on page eight) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperattire. Low tonight 32 to 37 north, 37 to 42 south. High Saturday 50 to 58. Sunset today 7:19 a.m. -Sunrise Saturday 8:12 a.m. Outlook for Sunday: Fair and warmer. Low Saturday night around 40. High Sunday 55 to 56.

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Girl Seoul Cabin To Be Locally Operated Misunderstanding On Cabin Cleared Up A misunderstanding between the city of Decatur and local Girl Scout leaders on one hand, and the Limberlost council of Girl Scouts has been - 'completely cleared up, and the Girl Scout cabin in Hanna-Nuttman park will remain under local control for local use t free of charge. . The misunderstanding grew . from a lack of information on the i part of the area Limberlost counj --il which includes the five couns ties of Adams, Allen, DeKalb, • Huntington, an-? Steuben. 5 The large r/uncil thought that 5 the local /.earns county council ’ had owneu the Girl Scout cabin ’ and property in Hanna-Nuttman , park. Actually, the cabin is built in city property, and the city, ' along with many other groups. J ontributed to the building of the cabin. ' Mayor Robert D. Cole, Mrs. ’ .Jack A. Rosenberger, chairman , of the shelter house committee, and Mrs. R. C. Hersh, a member of the committee, met with Mrs. Millie Jacobs, executive director ! of the area council, yesterday afi ternoon. »’ The council now fully under- > stands the situation, and ownership and maintenance of the shelter house will remain with the eight-member shelter house , committee. Members in addition i to Mrs. Rosenberger and Mrs. . Hersh are Mrs. Ben Eichenauer, t Mrs. D. D. Bedwell, Mrs. Robert » Railing, Mrs. Don Cochran. Mrs. ] Bernard Clark, and Mrs. T. C. Smith. Mrs. W. Lowell Harper, chair- ’ man of the building committee, ’ and Mrs. Doyle Collier, a member of the committee,, also met with the mayor. , The area council had planned to take over the administration , of the building, since the Adams j county group had become a part t of the larger council. Under this s nlan, an area budget was set up, i with $7,600 set aside to maintain r all camps. Besides maintenance ’ and improvement, it will be necf ossary to pay insurance on the > building and on those who use it. > The council, since they underJ stood that they would be manag- ’ ing the Decatur camp site, ani nounced that they would be ; 'harging the 50-cent daily fee, with a $3 minimum, which is r established by the national Girl i 'cout board. ‘ This came as a surprise to the ( Decatur people, because neither the building .committee, shelter . house committee, city administrar tion or 26 Girl Scout troops had f envisioned turning over control of . the camp to the area. The mayor then wrote an ex- [ nlanatory letter on the owner ship, which led to the meeting ; with the area executive director. ' The shelter house committee, a group of interested scout lead- ’ ers, will not have the job of \ maintaining the building for local ’ use. Guests may be invited, but , no. fees will be charged. The j exact way of raising the mainten- \ ance costs has not been worked out* but the committee will meet with the 26 local troop leaders, j and work out the problem. All local scout leaders expressed great relief that the problem had been so easily solved with complete understanding and agreemdht now existing on both sides. “The problem was just a misunderstanding," they explained, “and the council will definitely benefit local scouting. The fact that this problem was settled so easily is a good example of working together.”

Russia Agrees To Meeting Os Ambassadors White House States Reply No Acceptance Os West's Proposals WASHINGTON (UP) — Russia agreed today to an ambassadorial meeting next week to take the first step toward a summit conference. But the White House said Russia still is imposing terms that amount to rejection of the Western proposals. The White House said the Soviet note, delivered to President Eisenhower this morning, proposes “diplomatic preparations which shall not deal at all with a summit meeting but only with the time, place and composition of a subsequent meeting of foreign ministers.” "The Soviet reply is manifestly not an acceptance to the Western proposal,” the White House said. The United States. Britain and France proposed in identical notes March' 31 that Russia agree to ambassador-level talks in Moscow the second half of April to "determine whether a summit conference would serve f a useful i purpose.” The Soviet reply, informants I said, agreed to an ambassadorial [ meeting and suggested that it be- . gin April IT- I At first glance this appeared to i be a concession to Western views , that careful preparatory work must precede any top level meeting to ease the cold war. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles took a rough translation of the note to President Eisenhower this morning. The President delayed his departure for a weekend at Augusta, Ga., to discuss it with ■ Dulles. They dictated notes to Hagerty who read the U.S. reaction to i White House newsmen. j The statement promised that , the "implications of the note will, , of course, be carefully studied.” :, The Western powers earlier had rejected a Soviet attempt to limit a pre-summit conference of fbri eign ministers to purely procedu- , ral decisions—the 'time, place. • agenda and composition of a heads of government meeting. The • Russian plan would have allowed the foreign ministers simply to rubber-stamp an agenda. Today’s Moscow proposal for the lower level sessions followed the same pattern. I The West insists on diplomatic soundings in advance of a summit concerence to determine whether there can be any real agreement on such key issues as disarmament and unification of (Continued on Page elftet) Annual Spring S.S. Workers Cons erennee Annual Session At Monroe April 20 Plans have been completed for the annual spring Sunday school workers conference, to be held at the Methodist church in Monroe at 2 p.m. Sunday. April 20. The conference has been sponsored several years by the Adams county Sunday school association, which has arranged an interesting orogram for this year’s session. All pastors and Sunday school superintendents throughout the county have received announcements of the conference question and answer panel board, one of the principal features. Each received a card for the purpose of sending a question to the panel board, and these questions will be used during the panel discussion. Members of the panel are as follows: the Rev. Tillman Amstutz, Berne, moderator; the Rev. Irvin Miller and the Rev. E. G. Steiner - of Berne, and the Rev. Stuart Brightwell and the Rev. Huston Bever, Jr. of Decatur. ' The Rev. Thomas Younger, pastor of the Immanuel .Baptist hurch, Fort Wayne, will be prinipal speaker for the conference. He presents the program, “Still Waters Bible Hour," on radio staion WOWO, each Sunday evening. Special music will be presented, and all Sunday school teachers and officers are urged to attend the conference. Announcements will be made concerning the Indiana state Sunday school convention, which will be held at South Bend May 1 and 2. BULLETIN Mrs. Archie Smith, 49, of 1034 Schirmeyer street, died at 12:40 o’clock this afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital after a long illness. The body was removed to the Black faneral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

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Personal Income And Retail Sales Continue *'*■ ■ ■ ■ On Decrease In March

Loyal Troops Hit Back At Cuban Rebels Report Main Rebel Body Isolated In Eastern Mountains HAVANA (UP)—Loyal troops, striking back at insurgents whose hit-and-run attacks caused nearly 100 deaths this week, have isolated the “main rebel body” in the mountains of eastern* Cuba, the army announced today. A communique said “many” rebels have been taken prisoner by troops pursuing them into the Sierra Maestras where insurgent leader Fidel Castro has been hiding out for 16 months. A government spokesman said the “all-out attack” threatened for this week by the rebels has fizzled out, making their eventual defeat certain. He said loyal troops probably will be able to wipe out the last vestiges of resistance within two months. A rebel broadcast Thursday night called on Castro’s supporters to continue fighting in this “crucial hour.” The anti-govern-ment radio reported rebel attacks on Manzanillo, Bueycito and army outposts at Niquero and San Pablo, but gave no details. Capital Quiet Havana was quiet during the night except for scattered shooting audible in suburban Vedado shortly before midnight. Authorities said no one was hurt. At least one section of the city was still without lights, and heavy security precautions created a wartime atmosphere. Police and troops patroled the streets, and persons passing near the Cuban “White House" were stopped and questioned. The army admitted for the first time that the power failure in Havana Wednesday was the result of sabotage by rebel dynamiters. The trouble had been blamed previously on a "faulty transformer ” Communications between Havana and dozens of provincial cities were still disrupted. Strike on the Wane A United Press correspondent who was expelled from Santiago Thursday said the east Cuban city was quiet when he left, with the strike “on the wane." He said there was some shooting in Santiago Wednesday night but that so far as he knows no one was hurt. Soldiers appeared to be “shooting at shadows” in an attempt to frighten people off the streets. A belated announcement t Thursday said 17 persons were killed in Tuesday’s sabotage explosion at the U.S.-owned Cuban Air Products Co. plant in Havana. Staff Os Officers Completed By Elks New Exalted Ruler Lists Appointees | Robert Hammond, recently ln--1 stalled &s exalted ruler of the Decatur B. P. 0. Elks lodge, has announced his selection of appointive officers completing his official staff. Hammond succeeds Earl DeWeese, who has served for the past year. • Other elected officers, who assumed their duties with Hammond the first of this month, are: William Schulte, leading knight; James Newton, loyal knight; Bernard Hain, lecturing knight; V. J. Bormann, secretary; Bernard Clark, treasurer; Larry Elliot, tiler, and George Alton, trustee for three years. Appointive officers chosen by the exalted ruler are Dwight Myers, Jr., esquire; J. K Eady, chaplain, and Sherman Koos, inner guard. Various committees have also been named by Hammond and numerous activities for the ensuing year are being planned.

Propose Self Help Price Support Plan Strong Opposition Seen To Dairy Plat) WASHINGTON (UP)-Hearings pn a proposed “self-help” price dipport plan for dairymen are expected to begin before the House Agriculture Committee soon, probably before the end of April, informed sources said today. I 'The plan faces strong opposition and few capitol observers believe 1 it can be written into law this year. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft 1 Benson is reliably reported to be ’ against the plan in its present form. Benson was expected to detail his views soon in a formal report to the House committee. Despite Benson’s stand and the ; vigorous opposition of the American Farm Bureau Federation, southern Democrats in control of the House farm law writing group were giving the dairy plan priority treatment. Normally the 11 seif-help bills ’ pending before the committee ' would have gene io a dairy subcommittee headed by Rep. Thomas G- Abernethy (D-Miss.) for study and hearings. Instead of allowing the dairy bill to follow 1 this route, Abernethy proposed it ■ be considered by the full commit--1 tee and Chairman Harold D. [ Cooley (D-N.C.) agreed. 1 Sources close to the committee • the Democrats deeded on ®s course to*avoid giving GOP , candidates a weapon in dairystate campaigns next fall. The Democrats were said to fear they, wouta oe charged with "dragging their heels” on an issue popular (Continued on Page elg-ht) Lana Turner Before Jury To Testify Coroner's Inquest Held In Stabbing HOLLYWOOD (IB — Lana Turner pleaded with police to let her take the blame for the slaying of her lover, Johnny Stompanato, shortly after her daughter Cheryl stabbed him with a butcher knife, a coroner’s inquest was told today. Beverly Hills Police Chief Clinton H. Anderson testified that when he arrived at Miss Turner’s home last Friday night, Lana ran to him crying. “Can’t I take the blame for this horrible thing?” “I told her, ‘No, we must learn all of the facts and that’s what we shall do’.” Anderson said Lana explainer that her daughter had rushed in to protect her from Stompanato, small - time Hollywood hoodlum who had carried on a flaming love affair with Miss - Turner for months. “I then interrogated Cheryl who was in another room with her grandmother,” the police chief said. "The girl said he (Stompanato) had threatened her mother and that she had taken a knife from the kitchen and returned to the outside of her mother’s bedroom where Miss Turner and Stompanato were quarreling violently. “She told me, ‘I rushed in and stabbed him. I didn’t mean to kill him. I just meant to frighten him’.” Lana sat composed'and impassive while Anderson testified. Miss Turner followed the police chief,, on the witness stand. Miss Turner held her head high when she walked into the courtroom. She wore a grey blue coat over a blue silk dress. She looked squarely into the TV cameras but said nothing. When newsmen approached Miss Turner in the cqurtroom, they could see she was on the verge of tears and was trembling nervous ly. “I am so grateful that the authorities saw fit to protect Cheryl by not having her here,” she said. “And I am more than glad to appear today to straighten this thing Out once and for all”

Quaker Group Is Barred From Testing Areas Atom Commission Bars Unauthorized Persons From Area WASHINGTON (W — T h e Atomic Energy Commission issued orders today barring from the vicinity of its Pacific proving grounds a small group of Quakers now en route to protest against the imminent nuclear tests. The orders apply to any unauthorized persons who are U. S. citizens or subject to U. S. jurisdiction. But they were specifically designed, it was learned, to f irestall a tiny group now on its av to the proving grounds via \onclulu aboard a 30-foot ketch named “The Golden Rule.” The AEC’s announcement of the regulations, issued in an action unprecedented in the history of U. S. atomic weapons tests, was such as to indicate possibility that the United States wants to get the 1958 test series over with as quickly as possible. The orders do not apply to any foreigners because this country , cannot make regulations applica- ’ ble on lhe high seas to citizens of • other tqogntrieg, If any foreign . aircraft or ships should enter the 390,000 square mile danger zone they would, however, be warned of the potential hazard and told how to get out in the shortest possible time. The Golden Rule with three or four Quakers aboard is now somewhere in the Pacific between San Francisco and Honolulu. In issuing the regulations? the AEC made them effective at once without the customary waiting period. “ it said “the efficient and early completion of this test series ’ ’ now about to start “is of major importance to the defense of the United States and the free world.” When it announced the danger zone to the world Feb, 14, the AEC said it would go in effect April 5 and probably would be discontinued some time in August. Today’s announcement did not mention an August cutoff. It said merely that the prohibition would remain in effect until the tests are completed. Russia recently announced it would riot recognize establishment of the danger zone. The need to get the tests completed as quickly as possible was stressed in the AEC’s announce(Con tinned on page eight) Gilpin Co. Heads Guests At Luncheon C. Os C. Committee ._ Hosts For Meeting __ The Decatur Chamber of Commerce industrial appreciation committee met Thursday noon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center with officials of the Gilpin Ornamental Iron Co. as their guests. Hubert Gilpin, Max Gilpin and Stan Kling represented the local industry. The Chamber has had several meetings with Decatur’s various industries to express its thanks to those industries for their (! contribution to the well being of this community, and to ask if thete are any problems with which it might be helpful. •** The Gilpin Co. was organized in 1937 and has shown a steady growth since that time. It now reports sales in 21 states, and may soon need to expand again to larger quarters. Earl Fuhrman, Industrial appreciation committee chairman, presided at the meeting. Other representatives of the Chamber included Leo Seltenright and Geo. Thomas, corrimittee members, Fred Kolter, Chamber executive secretary, and Louis Jacobs, Chamber president.

Launch Missile By Atomic Submarine U. S. Navy Discloses Problem Is Solved WASHINGTON (UP)—The Navy disclosed today that it has solved the problem of launching a Polaris missile from a deeply submerged atomic submarine. Rear Adm. WF. Rabom, director of the Polaris program, told a seapower symposium of the Navy League that a “pop up” launcher fires the missile accurately into the air above the water's surface where rocket engines take over. Rabom, in an apparent retort to Defense Secretary Neil M. McElroy and the Air Force, described the Polaris as a “wholly new concept” in weapons development that does not infringe on the role of any other military service. McElroy said earlier this month that it is “not out of bounds as a possibility” that Polaris - firing submarines might be placed under the same command as Air Force strategic bombers. Air Force Secretary James H. ; Douglas had said earlier that ; "new capabilities of one service J overlap capabilities of another" and cited the Polaris as a weapon ’ where “wasteful duplication” 1 might be involved unless its production received McElroy’s “most ’ careful supervision.” f Rear Adm. Roy L. Johnson, di- - rector of the Navy’s long-range f objectives group, told the seapown er symposium that ballistic mise siles would be “useless” for the : precise and discriminating accuI racy required in a limited war. 1 Barring an all-out war, he said, I there would be no substitute for manned aircraft in the pin-point delivery of both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Raborn made it clear that the Navy shrinks from the idea of any marriage of its Polaris with the Air Force. " He said the missile "fills a place of its own in our defense plans” and is not “in competition with any other weapons development nor ,a duplication of effort at public expense " . Wheal Surplus May Reach Record Level I Winter Wheat Crop 964 Million Bushels WASHINGTON (UP)— A com- ' bination of favorable weather, higher yields and larger acreage ' may push the wheat surplus to a record 1,041,000,000 bushels within the next 15 months. This possibility became apparent Thursday when the Agriculture Department predicted the 1958 winter wheat crop would total 964 million bushels. This is 57 million bushels more than the Dec. 1 forecast, 36 per cent larger than the 1957 crop of 707 million bushels and 13 per cent above average. I Assuming a spring wheat crop of 244 million bushels—based on the high production average of the last two years instead of an average production of 171 million bushels for the last five years—a total wheat crop of 1,206,000,000 bushels is in prospect for 1958. Plains in Good Shape Predicted imports of 7 million bushels, plus a; July 1 carryover of 880 million bushels, would mean a total wheat supply of 2,095,000,000 bushels. Foreign and domestic requirements have been estimated at only 1,054,000,000 bushels. This would leave a record high surplus of 1,041,000,000 bushels by July 1, 1959. If the assumptions and department predictions are correct the July 1, 1959, carryover will be 161 million bushels more than the carryover this July. The department said winter wheat prospects in the Great Plains “continue to be outstandingly favorable." It said abundant snows' and rains kept soils wet and almost blanked out soil blow- . tag in Platas area where heavy losses have occurred in dry years. The yield per acre of winter wheat Was forecast at 21.9 bushels, the highest of record. It compares with 18.8 bushels an acre (Continued on page eight)

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Decline Rafe Reported As Slowing Down Economists State Figures Indicate Recession Slowing WASHINGTON (UP) The ■government reported today that Personal income and retail sales—two important economic indicators — continued to decline in March but at a slower rate than earlier this year. Government economists said these figures, along with unemployment and employment statistics announced earlier this week, provide new evidence that the general business decline, though ~ continuing, is slowing down. Personal income in March was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $341,500,000,000, about 300 million dollars under February rate. The biggest drop in personal income was in wages and salaries which were off about one billion ! dollars in March from February to an annual rate of $233,500,000,J 000. This decline was dpe primarily to cutbacks in manufacturing, particularly in the durable ’ goods industries. I Total retail sales in Mafch were * 1 per cent below February and 2 ‘ per cent below March, 1957. Democrats Hold Meeting There were these other economic developments: —The White House announced that President Eisenhower will not act until next week on the multi-billion-dollar anti - recession highway and public works bills. It said the President has not yet received complete reports from government departments concerned with such legislation. —Former President Truman took issue with President Eisenhower on how to combat the recession. Truman was asked on his arrival her? for congressional hearings next week if he believed American consumers could "buy their way out of the recession”— as suggested by the President Wednesday. The ex-President replied, “No, they’ve got to work to get out of it ” Truman also rejected the view that stepped-up public works programs would create inflationary dangers. —The Democratic Party’s economic strategy committee, with Truman sitting in, wound up for a new swing at the administration’s go-slow anti-recession policies. A spokesman said that some of the 22 members of the advisory committee on economic policy of the Democratic Advisory Council are certain to call for a tax cut, The Commerce Department reported that the decline in wages and salaries from January to February was $2,600,000,000. From February to March the rate Os decline slowed to $1,100,000,000. Higher Store Sales The drop in the wage-salary category was offset in the overall personal income total by- an increase in agricultural income and higher government transfer payments which includes unemployment compensation. Retail sales, after adjustment for seasons.! factors and trading day differences, were estimated at $15,400,000,000. The Office of Business EeconOmics said the decline in retail sales was moderate and “due primarily to a further decrease in (Continued on I’age eight) Junior Class Play Here This Evening "Seventeen Is Terrific” will be presented by the Decatur high school junior class at 8 o’clock this evening at the high school auditorium. Indications point to fine entertafiiment by members of the cast for those who attend. Tickets, priced at 50 cents, will be available at the box office for thi sone-night presentation. Steve Edwards, class president, will be the announcer, and many other members of the class serving In I various capacities. Miss Catherine Weilder is class sponsor and coach of the (day.