Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVJ. 'No. 99.

—.—■— > ■W' ; V 1 >■ - : .J WIFE GREETS HEIKKILA ON RETURN—William Hetkkila, back in San Francisco after a cloak-and-dagger deportation to his native Finland and almost immediate return to the U. S., gets a welcoming kiss from his wife, Phyllis at the airport. An hour before his arrival, District Immigration Director Bruce Barber entered court to face contempt charges growing out of his deportation.

1 ' Defense Head Issues Order On Promotions Controversy Stirred As Pressing Officers To Bock Ike's Plan WASHINGTON (UP'—Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy announced Friday he would deny high-level promotions to officers who indulge in "extreme service partisanship.” The move, first formal Pentagon action under President Eisenhower's defense reorganization plan, quickly stirred up controversy. McElroy said officers could not be promoted to lieutenant general, vice admiral, general or admiral without showing they could deal “objectively” with national security matters, in accordance with the President’s message to Congress April 3. _ Pressure on Officers Some observers felt the action -. . was aimed. at ..pressing officers to line up behind President Eisenhower's reorganization proposals. It was further interpreted as an effort to persuade high-ranking personnel to pass up command assignments and join the expanded “general staff” called for in the President’s planning. The authoritative Army-Navy Air Force Journal, an unofficial service publication, reported fear ■that the order might “jeopardize the integrity of present promotion systems.” "The Presidents directive opens the way to the possibility for someone close to the secre tary ot defense to suggest the ad dition of a name” which has not come through normal promotion channels, the Journal said. May Seek Staff Duty It said “another possible dan ger" was that Army and Ai r Force colonels and Navy captains might seek staff duty rather than command assignments to prove themselves “team players.” Under the new promotion sys tern, candidates for three and four star rank will be recom mended by the service secretaries Their promotions will be passed on to the White House for submission to Congress only after the defense secretary and the Joint Chiefs of Staff have passed judgment. The service secretary must certify that officers recommended for promotion have shown “capacity for dealing objectively — without extreme service partisanship — with matters of the broadest significance to our national security” Breakins Reported By Sheriffs Office Two ’breakins were reported early this morning to the sheriff’s office. The Farm Bureau Lumber Co. at Monroe, was entered at the front door. Nothing was known w be missing. The Adams Central school front door was found open this morning at 2:45 o’clock. Again nothing was reported missing. The state police and sheriffs department are continuing their Investigations. Also, two breakins were reported at Uniondale in Wells county. NOONEDITION

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120 Families Flee Flood In Arkansas Flash Flood Sends Families Fleeing By UNITED PRESS Scattered thunderstorms were expected today in water - logged Arkansas where heavy rains caused a flash flood that displaced 120 families. Residents of Crossett. Ark., and nearby Hamburg awakened Friday to find a five inch rain had flooded their nomes. One woman said a neighbor's yard was “shoul der deep” in water. The sheriffs office said as many as 70 homes may have suffered from seeitage. Most of the families evacuated had returned by nightfall to start cleaning up, an official said. The U.S. Weather Bureau said a movement of moist air from the Gulf of Mexico was touching off thunderstorms throughout Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. There were reports of high winds, severe lightning and rain in the region. Most of the weather activity occurred in the western half of the nation. A thunderstorm T - spewed snow and rain alike in Akron, Colo-, where three inches of snow covered the ground. Snow, mostly in light amounts, also fell over parts of South Dakota and Nebraska. Scattered light rains were spaced from the Pacific Northwest to the Continental Divide. Hartford City Airman Dies In Puerto Rico HARTFORD CITY (W — M r . and Mrs. Herbert O'Connell received word of the death Wednesday of their son, Airman Frank Frederick O’Connell, 20, from injuries sustained eight days ago in a motorcycle accident in Pureto Rico. - Pre-Primary Dinner Os Democrats Tuesday More than 200 persons are expected at the pre-primary dinner at the Youth and Community Center Tuesday night, sponsored by the Adams county Democratic central committee, Mrs. Mabel Striker, ticket chairman, reported this morning. Reservations are still pouring in, and a good crowd is expected to meet the congressional and county candidates. Today First Day For Absentee Ballots Today is the first day that absentee ballots may be cast in person by those expecting to be absent from the county on election day, May 8. i, * < May 3 is the last day a ballot may be voted in person at the county clerk’s office in the court house. Ballots may be accepted by mail at any time until 6 p. m. election day. Persons absent from the county for military service, government employment, in school, or persons confined by sickness may vote absent voters ballot. Requirements differ for each type of application, and the clerk will give any information needed on absentee voting.

Idleness Hits Hew Postwar High In April Economic Experts Differ On Deration Os U. S. Recession WASHINGTON (UP) — The White House has received a new, expert appraisal of the recession the “steam” will be out of it by the end of June. The Labor Department, mean while, announced Friday night that idleness among workers cov . .ered by unemployment insurance climbed to a new postwar high of 3,363,300 during the week ended April 12. The total exceeded the previous week’s record by 49,000. On the brighter side, the department’s Bureau of Employment Security said claims filed by newly laid off workers declined last week to 446,400, a drop of 15,400. But the drop was not as sharp as in the corresponding week in 1957. The government said total unemployment in mid-March — including both insured and uninsured workers — reached a 16year peak of 5,198,000. Forecasts Differ - Some of President Eisenhower’s top advisers say that after June there will be a comparatively level economic period until late summer or early autumn when a definite pick-up is expectedTheir latest forecast does not jibe exactly with such economic prognosticators as Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks. He said last week he thought the country was in the worst of the slump. < A tmra senool ot thought was found outside the government among economists employed by private organizations. Experts of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, for example, are of the opinion the recession still is in progress but will hit bottom in the second or third quarters of this year. This means, simply, by September. "Lift” la Atumn A member of the President's corps of economic specialists said indications now were that the broad indices of income and production would not continue downward after June. “I think the steam will be gone out of this thing by the end of the second quarter,” he said. “Business probably will be milling around th the usually lousy months of July and August, but after that we should see developments in an upward direction. “It will be autumn, however, before we get what you would call a real lift.’ ” — ■ ■■■-—- Thomas A. Miller Is Rural Carrier Appointed Carrier On Decatur Route 1 Thomas A .Miller, son of the late Peter L. Miller of Monroe, and Mrs. Amelia R. Miller of Monroe township, has been named rural mail carrier for Decatur route one, effective May 3, postmaster Leo Kirsch announced today. Miller was one of nearly 100 applicants who tried for the position last August. The top few applications of the test were then examined and reports made. Names of the top three were then sent to Congressman E. Ross Adair, who approved Miller’s appointment. The route was formerly held by Hubert E. Zerkel, who retired Dec. 1, 1956. Roger W. Koeneman carried the route until Jan. 11, 1957, and Jerry K. Price has carried It since that time. Route one is 68.26 miles long, serves 319 families in Preble and Root townships and extends into Allen county, with a total of nearly 1,200 patrons. Miller is a, graduate of Decatur Catholic high school, and is a veteran of the Korean War. He served in the strato-reconnaisance wing and as a gunner flew 85 missions, and holds the air medal, distinguished flying cross, soldier? medal, U.N. and Korean campaign medals, with three battle stars, and the Korean {residential unit citation. ■ n -‘ The young man is a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Knights of Columbus, and American Legion. He is married to the former Mary C. Vachon of New Haven, and they have three daughters, Cathie, Carol, and Michelle. The appointment was made by R. P. Troyer, district operations manager, of the U. S. post office department

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Five Children Dead As Fire Destroys Home Two Other Children Are Suffocated In Unused Deep Freeze ERIE, Pa. Os) — Five small children were burned fatally Friday night in a fire that raced through their two story frame home. The dead children were all members of the same family. Three burned to death ; in the fire. Neighbors rescued two others but the children died early today. A sixth child was near death in a hospital. The victims were among 12 Negro children living with their grandmother on the first floor of the dwelling. Police identified the children as Alphonso Williams, 11; his sister, Rosetta, 8; his sister, Derrina, 1; his brother, Marvin, and his sister, Sheoud, 8 months. A brother, Louis, 2, was burned critically. Their grandmother, Mrs. Anna Williams, was too hysterical to aid police in identifying the bodies. Mr. and Mrs. Wililam Pope and their three children, who occupied the second floor, escaped withodV injury. Police fixed damages at $3,500 and said tht fire apparently was caused by overflow from an oil heater. Girls Suffocate RAPIDS CITY, 111. (W — T w o children, apparently playing games, suffocated Friday in an unused deep freeze refrigerator. The bodies of Pamela Jackson, 5, and Peggy Ravel, 4, were discovered in the freezer several hours after their disappearance by Pamela's sister, Judy, 13. Authorities used a resuscitator on the little girls for more than an hour, but failed to revive them. Rock Island County Coroner Leslie Banning ruled death due to suffocation. Mrs. Leonard Jackson told authorities she had gone shopping and returned to find her daughter missing. She went to Mrs. Ravel's home and together the women rounded up a search party of neighborhood mothers. The search, lasting several hours, extended to nearby wooded areas. Officials said Judy found the two little girls’ bodies resting on two racks of the freezer in a crumpled position. One of the girls had removed her shoes, the (Continued on page five) Joseph Fisher Dies Unexpectedly Today Retired Farmer Is Stricken At Home Joseph J. Fisher, 75, a retired farmer, died suddenly at 9 o’clock this morning at his home, 816 Walnut street. He had not been ill. He was born in Lowell, 0., Aug. 26, 1882, a son of John and Philamsna Huck-Fisher, and was married to Helen Leona Dutton Aug. 17, 1909. They formerly lived at Marion, 0., moving to Decatur in 1933. Mr. Fisher was a member of the Methodist churchSurviving in addition to his wife are four sons, Harold and Elmer Fisher of Decatur, Lowell Fisher of Fort Wayne, and Delmer Fisher of Whittier, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Lucile) Foreman of Decatur; 17 grandchildren; one brother, Edward Fisher of Newark, 0., and two sisters, Mrs. Christena Schenk of Newark, 0., and Mrs. Hollis Russell of Columbus, .0. One son, Darrell, two brothers and two sisters are deceased. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending word from the son in California.

—---— — ■ ■■ Cardinal Stritch Stricken In Rome A Chicago Archbishop In Rome Hospital ROME (UP)—Samuel Cardinal Stritch, archbishop of Chicago, was hurried to a hospital today suffering from a “painful" arm affliction accompanied by a “circulatory disturbance." One Vatican source said he understood the Cardinal was suffering from a blood clot in the right arm. This could not be confirmed immediately. The 70-year-old cardinal arrived here Friday to take up a new post in the highest ranks of the church. An official announcement from “Chicago House”, the residence here for American religious from the Chicago area, said "it has been deemed prudent to hospitall ize" the cardinal. A {fress conference scheduled for this afternoon at which Cardinal Stritch was to answer questions on his new post was cancelled. The announcement from Chicago House said: “His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch has been examined for a painful affliction of the upper right fore-arm which is accompanied by a circulatory disturbance which developed aboard ship during the last days of the voyage (from New York aboard the liner Independence). “It htr been aeemed prbdent to hospit Jze him.” Caic.nal Stritch, the new proprefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, was to have made his first formal appearance as a member of the Roman Curia on Sunday in ceremonies at St. Peter’s celebrating the beatification of Spanish Mother Teresa de Jesus Jornet. Fine Arts Festival Held last Evening Annual Event Held Here Friday Night More than 600 persons attended the second annual fine arts festival held Friday evening at the Decatur high school, and saw 106 exhibits of paintings, mosaics, steel toys, and ceramics. A musical program, including both choral, band, and combination music, with comedy and serious ballet added for variation, was also enjoyed. Ray Eichenauer, won the door prize, a huge winter landscape painted by Harry Brown, Decatur artist. The work exhibited included pictures by many of the city’s leading artists, students, and beginners. Much enthusiasm was shown by the spectators, and it was necessary to clear the floor for the musical program. No admission was charged, but during the intermission between the choir and band concerts, donations were accepted for the treasuries of the Color Wheel club, choir and band. Girls in the band and choir wore formal dresses and the young men wore suits and ties for the occasion. Principal Hugh Andrews introduced Miss Helen Haubold, director of the choir, who in turn presented the five arrangements sung by the group. W. Guy Brown, superintendent of schools, then presented Clint Reed, band director, who led the band In seven numbers. The exhibits were hung around the gym, and each was numbered. A program was provided, which listed each artist and his or her picture by numbers. INDIANA WEATHER Fair north, ’ partly cloudy south tonight. Sunday partly cloudy with chance of scattered light shows. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 36 to 44. High Sunday in the 595. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showerg likely. Little change in temperature.

Russia Gives Assurance To West Germany Not To Use Nuclear Arms Unless West Germany Acts First BONN (UP)—Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan says Russia would not use nuclear weapons against West Germany in any future war so long as this country used none of its own. , Mikoyan’s assurance, in the form of a toast to Foreign Minister Heinrich Von Brentano' at a reception here Friday night, ap- . peared to be an effort to promote Communist plans for the de-atom-f tattion of Central Europe The Soviet official said that . even if West Germany joined the . Atlantic Pact powers in a war with Russia, Soviet forces would . not use nuclear weapons against this country unless the Germans I used them first. i To Support Weapons Ban Mikoyan’s remarks were a re- - ply to a speech in which Bren- > tano said Germany would support -a ban on nuclear weapons if it s appeared likely to lead to world- ■ wide, controled disarmament. The deputy premier spoke as he , prepared to drop his roe of "Good - will ambassador” and , plunge into talks with Chancellor , Konrad Adenauer which may hold , the key to an East-West “summit” conference. German officials said the two men will discuss disarmament, German reunfication, and EastWest "summit” talks. Seeks Soviet Terms The Germaxis hoped Adenauer might be able to discover on what terms the Soviets would be willing to accept a heads-of-gov-ernmeat meeting. . _—„ The recent Soviet refusal to confer jointly with the three Western ambassadors in Moscow has aroused fears here that Russia’s leaders are holding back on (Continued on page five) Stan Kling Named Commander Os VFW New Officers Named By Local VFW Post Vestal (Stan) Kling was recently elected new commander of the Decatur Veterans of Foreign Wars 6236, replacing Theodore (Dutch) Baker. Kling, a married man' and the father of one child, is a resident of Decatur, a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church and is employed by the Gilpin Ornamental Iron company. Other officers Installed with Kling at a recent meeting held at the post home are senior vice commander, Ellis Shaw; junior vice commander, Eugene Mitch; quartermaster, ’ Leo Feasel; adjutant, Les Hunter; chaplain, George Hunter; post advocate, Walter Gilliom; surgeon. Dr. Arnold Spiegel; trustees, Ronald Ballard, Don Burke and Jim Harkless; house committee. Les Hunter, Clarence Hook and Eugene Mitch. Harry Martz has been named service officer and hospital chairman. Commander Kling stated that the Veterans of Foreign Wars are interested in helping group organizations, in community service and child programs. / Post commander Les Hunter installed the officers, and later, past district commander of Veterans Foreign Wars Fathers auxiliary, Ray Ballard, installed the V.F.W. Father auxiliary which included commander, Clarence Hunter; senior vice commander, Phil Sauer; junior vice commander, Melverd Ladd; quartermaster, Herman Moellering; adjutant, Ray Ballard; judge advocate, G. Remy. Bierly; chaplain, Alva Railing; trustees, Merril Peterson, Forrest Railing, and Ray Ralston. Outgoing commander of the auxiliary is Kenneth Barker;

Interim Pastor -v' b, 1 jfl ■Rk - ft ' * ‘ x... Rev. William L. Burner Rev. Wm. Burner Appointed Pastor Named Pastor Os Christian Church The Rev. William L. Burner, who ’ has accepted a call by the First t Christian church of Decatur as ad t interim minister, began his minis- . try here last Sunday. The pastorate 'of the local * church, on South Second street, has f been vacant since the recent resigi nation of the Rev. Traverse Chandr let. i Rev. Burner is a native of Vir- ‘ ginia, a graduate of Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Va., and of ’ Transylvania College, Lexington, ’ Ky. He completed his theological work in Lexington, where he graduated from the College of the Bible. He then spent five years as a missionary! of the Christian church in Matanzas, Cuba. He has held oastorates in Elyria and Warren, d:, Detroit? Mich’.,’ Wellsville and Buffalo, N. Y. and Sebring, Fla. For the past three years, Rev. Burner has been associate minister of the Northwood Christian "hunch, Indianapolis, with primary responsibility for personal evangelism and pastoral care. During this period, the church increased its membership from 1,400 to 1,800 and its ministerial staff from twc to five. Mrs. Burner is a registered nurse and has done special work young people of her husband’s churches and communities. Thehave four children and 10 grandchildren. Threatening Calls Made To Lana Turner Liyes Os Actress, Lawyer Threatened HOLLYWOOD (ffl — Telephone calls threatening the lives of actress Lana Turner and her lawyer, Jerry Giesler, today caused Beverly Hills police to continue a "special surveillance” of their homes and the home of Lana’s mother, Mrs. Mildred Turner, where the star’s 14 - year -old daughter, Cheryl, is living. Giesler told police chief Clinton H. Anderson he received three ’ calls during the week, two from women and one from a man, all threatening to "get” him and Lana ’ for the slaying of John Stompanato 1 by Lana's daughter. "We are sending people out from the east to take care of Lana,” ' the man warned Giesler.. "And 1 they'll take care of you, too.” ■Hie women told Giesler he would be killed because fog represented "the people who took Johnny away from us.” Cheryl plunged a carving knife 1 into Stompanato — the handsome 1 lover of her mother and bodyguard of ex-convict Mickey Cohen—as he and Lana argued in ’ her boudoir April 4. The slaying ■ was later ruled "justifiable homicide” and Cheryl was released ’ Thursday and given in temporary . (Conthraed on pa«a five)

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■ — Sen. Knowland is Rebuffed On Four Measures G.O.P. Proposals Beaten By Senate Votes Last Night WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland served notice today he would demand six more Senate , roll calls on his labor reform pro- | posals despite the four defeats he ! suffered Friday night. i Votes on Knowland’s and other labor measures were promised as the Senate prepared for an unusual Saturday session on its employe pension and welfare fund bill. Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson hoped to complete action on the bill today, but Knowland doubted it could be put to a final vote so soon. The votes Friday night made clear that Republican-led efforts to convert the welfare fund bill into broad labor reform legisla--1 tion were doomed. Even so, the t Republicans thought they were I putting the Democrats on the — • spot. — - _ Pushes Amendments , 1 Knowland was trying to attach s parts of his "labor bill of rijghts" . as amendments to the welfare . fund bill. And Sen. H> Alexander Smith (R-N.J.), administration spokesman on labor legislation, was preparing to offer a number 1 of administration backed labor amendments unrelated to the bill- ■ When the Senate quit Friday night after a 12 hour session, the ’ Knowland amendment still await ' ing a vote was one to require unions to admit all employes it represents on the same terms. It i would bar unions from discriminating because of race, sex or other reasons and from maintaini ing Classes of non-voting— members. Although he had drafted 14 . amendments, Knowland said he , planned to put only 10 of them to a vote. Cites Probe Findings ’ Despite Democratic leadership J pledges that there would be fur- ' ther broad labor legislation this year, Knowland told reporters he ' thought the pending bill offered “the last effective chance to get ’ legislation at this session of Cont gress.” ! He conceded, however, the Democratic leaders Friday had - "shown more interest in getting labor legislation this year than they ever had indicated before.” As he presented his amendments, Knowland repeatedly cited findings of the Senate labor rack(Coatlnued on page five) Most Os Indiana To Change Time Sunday By UNITED PRESS Hoosier clocks and watches move an hour forward at 2 a. m. Sunday when Indiana switches from "slow" to "fast” time. A 1957 law established Daylight Saving Time as the legal time for Indiana from the last Sunday ' in April to the last Sunday in September. All Indiana areas will advance ; their timepieces except for areas in the northeastern corner and the i southeastern border where about . half a millicm residents have obl served "fast” time all winter. I ———— > Berne School Bond ~~ Issue Is Sold ! Construction of the new addition [ to the Berne-French school, including an extension of the gym, will , begin soon, following the sale of the bonds Thursday afternoon. John Nuveen & Co. brokers of Chicago, Hl., bought the bonds at three , separate rates of interest depend- ’ ing on maturity dates of the bonds. 1 The bids were 3%% for $93,000 ' bonds maturing 1961-67 ; 3Mi% for t $133,000 bonds maturing 1968-74: . and 3%% tor bonds maturing 1975- ' 79. A premium bid of $11.50 was t also made. Interest rates are con- • r siderably lower than those of a few months ago.