Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 127.

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Warns Nation Faces Biggest Peace Deficit Chairman Os House Committee Opposes _ Any Tax Reduction By United Press International Chairman Wilbu- Mills (D-Ark.) of the House Ways and Means Committee warned today that the government may have its biggest deficit in peacetime history in the next fiscal year. In view of this, he said, any reduction in taxes now could “shatter confidence” in the economy. He told the House Rules Committee: —That his Ways and Means - group wiU therefore oppose any move to cut either excise or income taxes for the present. Both President Eisenhower and Democratic leaders of House and Senate have announced their opposition to tax reduction now. —That the administration will seek, and his committee will approve, another increase in the statutory limit of the national debt — the second such increase this year. Mills noted that the staff of the Joint Congressional Committee on Taxes foreca st a treasury deficit —at present tax rates—of $11,100,000,000 in the fiscal year starting July 1. This compares with the Eisenhower administration’s estimate that deficit will be 8 to 10 billion dollars. “A deficit of $11,100,000,000 would represent about the largest deficit ... in peacetime history,” Mills said. Other congressional news: Security: Informed sources forecast a congressional drive soon to increase monthly benefits for the 4 11 million persons on the social security rolls. The Democraticcontrolled House Ways and Means Committee will schedule public hearings soon on pending proposals to liberalize social security benefits. Farm: J.A. Baker of the National Farmers Union urged Congress to override President Eisenhower’s veto of legislation to freeze price supports and acreages for certain crops. Since the veto some price props and acreages have been cut backE" Aid: Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-N.J.) cautioned the Senate against trying to avenge antiAmerican demonstrations abroad by cutting the foreign aid program. Smith, in a speech prepared for delivery to the Senate, urged approval of the full $3,713,000,000 foreign aid authorization recommended by the Foreign Relations Committee.

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Bank Will Change To Electronic System Eliminate Chance Os Errors In Accounts The electronic age reached Decatur today in a new way, one which will eliminate much of the chance of error in bookkeeping of accounts at th« First State Bank of Decatur, it was announced today. Every active checking account depositor received a letter this morning notifying him that the local bank, is changing from electric to electronic bookkeeping. While before from 10% to 15% of the work was done automatically, now 75% of the work will be done by machine. Two electronic machines will handle the work done previously by four machines, Earl Caston, assistant cashier in charge of the auditing department, stated. Department workers will be shifted into new jobs by the change, but no releases will be made. The new system will work quite simply. All the accounts are put in strict alphabetical order. Then each is numbered. Only the amount of a check or deposit, and the account number will be entered on bank records by hand. The machine, working on the electric eye principle, will sort out and record each account, keeping it balanced as it goes. If anyone puts the wrong number, or his own number inverted on a deposit or check, it will foul up the process, and no recording will take place. The mistake will then be corrected manually. The bank will distribute free to each checking account customer a book of personalized checks, with the name and number printed on the check. This will eliminate any possibility of the customer forgetting his number. Also, a card with the name and number of the depositor is being sent to each depositor. These cards wil be replaced upon request if lost. The coding symbol, a 6-digit number hyphenated in the middle, must appear on each check and each deposit, Caston warned. All depositors are urged to place this number on each check below their names, and on each deposit slip on the last line in the blank marked checking account number, below the date. The actual change to the new machines will be made in August or September- All depositors must be in the habit of placing the numbers on their deposit slips and checks before that time, or the system will not work properly, it was emphasized. The system will be more accurate and will eliminate much of the chance of error in manual operations, giving Decatur the most modern system possible, Caston stated.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 29,1958.

Express Shock Al Attack On Defense Bill Military Experts In House Shocked ' At Attack By Ike WASHINGTON (UPD — House military experts expressed shocked surprise today at President Eisenhower’s sharp attack on the defense reorganization bill they drafted with what they thought was presidential approval. They said there wasn’t a chance their Armed Services Committee would take another look at the measure despite the President's criticism. The bill was expected to come up in the House week after next. In a statement Wednesday the President said the bill as drafted by the armed services group would foster rather than halt disunity and waste in the military. He said it would encourage insubordination and impose a bottleneck on authority of the secretary of defense. Committee members recalled approving the bill on May 16, by unanimous vote only after the President in a letter dated the same day said it “by and large seems to deal positively with every major problem” he had presented to Congress. Although Eisenhower in his May 16 letter expressed reservations on two points in the bill, committee members view e d Wednesday’s White House statement as an abrupt reversal in the President’s position. That letter, they poined out, was the last word they have had from the President. Rep. Melvin Price (D-Ill.), a committee member, blamed White House “political advisers” for the President’s apparent switch on the bill, which the committee put togethetj in consultation with Eisenhower’s top defense officials as a compromise version of one he had sent to Congress. Walsh Candidate For Secretary Os State ANDERSON (UPD — John R. Walsh, Anderson insurance company executive, today was the first announced candidate for secretary of state on the Democratic ticket. Walsh, a congressman in 1949 and 1950, is a native of Martinsville and a graduate of Indiana University Law School. German Employment Hits Record High FRANKFURT, Germany (UPD —Employment in West Germany, including West Berlin and the Saarland, hit an all-time record of 20,7‘M),000 in April, the Employment Bureau reported today. At the same time, unemployment was down to 684,000, the bureau said. ~

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President Coty Calls De Gaulle To Discuss Forming Government

Catholic High, Grade Exercises Friday, June 6 Annual Graduation Rites Are Set For Catholic Schools Annual graduation exercises for the Decatur Catholic high school and the St. Joseph grade school will be held at the school auditorium at 8 o'clock Friday night, June 6. School officials today announced the list of 21 candidates for diplomas from the high school, and 47 eighth-grade graduates of the elementary school. The commencement address will be delivered by the Rev. James Hayes, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic church at Roanoke. The Very Rev. Msgr.' J. J. Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary’s church and superintendent of the schools, will distribute the diplomas and awards. - The program for the exercises is as follows: “Pomp and Circumstance,” by Elgar—school band. “No Man Is an Island,” by Whit-ney-Kramer—senior class. Commencement address — Rev. Byes. j Distribution of high school graduates’ diplomas and awards — Msgr. Seimetz. “March Majestic”—school band. “The Lord Bless You and Keep You,” by Lutkin—eighth grade. Distribution of eighth grade graduates’ diplomas and awards— Msgr. Seimetz. “Largo,” by Mandel — Robert Murphy. Rose procession and consecration to Mary—“ Hail Mary” by Montani—senior class. "Alma Mater,” by Fink — school band. Attendants to graduates—Dolores Kohne and Judith Koors. List of Graduates Members of the high school graduating class are Elizabeth Baker, William Beal, Mary Frances Beckmeyer, Joseph Brite, Michael Ellenberger, Donald Gase, Dale Hake, Carolyn Heimann, David Kable, Joseph Kohne,. Frederick Lengerich. Kenneth Lichtle, Rita Mendez, 'Diomas Meyer, Rose Marie Meyer, Raymond O’Campo, Philip Reed, Ramona Rousseau. Geraldine Schultz, Suzanne Sutton, Rosalie Voglewede. Members of the eighth grade class are Janet Baker, Ronald Baker, Sharon Baker, Patricia Beal, Stephen Blythe, Ruth Ann Braun, Susan Braun, Ruth Cancino, David Colchin, Thomas Colchin, Patricia Coyne, Bernadine Eiting, Kathryn Faurote, Michael Forst, Robert Gase, Gerald Heimann, Fred Kauffman, Patrick Kelley, Carol Kessen, Katherine Kessen, John Kohne, Thomas Kohne, Mary Sue KriegeL Michael Lengerich, Ruth Ann Lichtle, Jean Lose, Mary Alice Loshe, Benjamin Mendoza, Sharon Miller, Mary Catherine Murphy. Patricia Roberts, Ann Rosenberger, Ronald Roudebush, James Rumschlag, Edward Schultz. Elizabeth Schultz, Michael Schultz, Joseph Schurger, James Staub, John Tricker, Joyce Tricker, Donald Ulman, Ruth Ulman, Gerald Villagomez, Sharon Wietfeldt, Frederick Zintsmaster, Patricia Loshe.

Unemployment Pay Benefits Extended Move To Liberalize Measure Defeated WASHINGTON (UPD—President Eisenhower was expected today to sign quickly into law a bill permitting states to extend by 50 per cent the durection of unemployment pay for workers who have exhausted their benefits. The Senate passed the bill Wedr nesday by an 80-0 vote after de- ’ feating seven attempts by liberal I Republicans and Democrats to ■ broaden it. The House passed the » identical bill May 1 so it now goes to the White House. I As approved the bill would per- ■ mit states wishing to do so to I borrow from the gederal govern- • ment to extend the duration of their present jobless payments [ another 50 per cent to unemployed ; workers who used up their bene- ’ | fits any time after June 30, 1957. , i The extension, expected to cost , 640 million dollars if all states take advantage of it, would last until April 1. The extension would mean only a few extra weeks in some, states and up to 15 weeks of added payments in a few. States which take advantage of the program would have to pay back the federal advances within four years or else the federal tax on employers would be increased to cover the cost of the extension. * (Continued on pag* five) Wells County Man Is Found Dead At Home L. Neuenschwander Found Dead At Home Laverne J. Neuenschwander, 54, of Bluffton route 4, was found i dead at his home at 2:40 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Joy . Buckner, Wells county coroner, said Neuenschwander died between noon and 1 p. m, from a , self-inflicted shotgun wound yi the head. 1 A self-employed paintej. he was ' a lifelong resident of Wtells county 1 and a member of the Church of ’ Christ. Surviving are the wife, Bertha; ’ one brother, William J. Neuen--1 schwander of Bluffton route 4; ■ and three sisters. Mrs. Ida Gerber of Craigville, Mrs. Della Wineland of Alhambra, Calif., and Mrs. Lillian Crum of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at the Jahn, Goodwin and Reed funeral home in Bluffton, and at 10:30 a m. at the Church of Christ. The Rev. James M. Grange will officiate and burial wil be in Elm Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. The casket will not be opened. New Memberships Are Sold In Decatur C. C. Co-captains Dale Morrissey and Dr. R. E. Allison of the 1958 Chamber of Commerce drive, announced two new memberships sold by Fred E. Kolter, executive secretary for the Chamber of Commerce. 5 The new members are: Bob’s Confectionery, operated by Robert Rumschlag, and the Hi-Way Airport, operated by I Josephine Ivetich.

House Passes Bill To Make Alaska State Territory Facing Serious Hurdle In Senate Opposition WASHINGToW UPI) -Alaska's prospects of becoming the 49th state appeared brighter today than they have in years. But the territory still faced serious hurdles in the Senate. Hie House approved an Alaskan statehood bill by a surprisingly large 208-166 margin Wednesday and sent it to the Senate where it has substantial bi-partisan support. Alaska’s bid to become a fullfledged member of the United States had at least one major obstacle to overcome in the Senate. Sen. William F. Knowland (Calif.), the Republican leader, told United Press International after the House vote that he intends to continue to insist that Hawaiian statehood measure be brought up shortly after Alaska is acted upon. Knowland has predicted that if the Democratic leadership does not give such assurances, attempts will be made to attach the Hawaii proposal as an amendment to the Alaska bill. It was considered unlikely Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.), the Democratic leader, would promise to go along with the Knowland approach. Alaska’s Democratic supporters, pointing to the defeat of a joint Hawaii-Alaska ""bill in the 83rd Congress, have said the only way to insure statehood for either is to keep the two measures as far apart as possible. Summer School Will Open Here Monday Summer school, which may be attended free of charge by any county youth, will start Monday morning at 7:30 at Decatur high school, principal Hugh J. Andrews said this morning. Courses in civis and sociology will be taught. The school will run daily, except for the Fourth of July, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., until July 25. Deane T. Dorwin and Lowell J. Smith will be instructors for the course. There are presently 42 pupils enrolled. By taking the summer courses, students will be able to carry other needed courses during coming school year. No fee is charged for the course to any county resident. Book rental will amount to sl.Bl for the course. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and warmer west and north portions tonight. Friday partly cloudy and warm with chance of a few widely scattered thundershowers north portion by afternoon or evening. Low mostly in the 50s. High Friday in the 80s. Sunset today 8:04 p. m. Sunrise Friday 5:20 a. m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and turning cooler. Low Friday night 44 to 52. High Saturday 70 north to 80 south.

Auto Workers Head Enters Bargaining Contract With G.M. Expires At Midnight DETROIT (UPI)— United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther said today the UAW is willing to retreat in its bargaining demands but “we will not surrender’’ to reach agreement before the contract runs out at midnight. Reuther entered bargaining at General Motors for the first time since negotiations opened there March 25, GM Vice President Louis G. Seaton, who has been leaving the bargaining to industrial relations head Earl R. BramMett, was on hand “to head what Mr. Reuther has to say.’’ “It is my intention to stay at the bargaining table until the deadline at midnight,” Reuther told newsmen. *We have always worked against a deadline and I am hopeful we can work out a fair and equitable settlement again. “However, I have been advised that the corporation to date has been unwilling to bargain on a single issue ... We will not sign a contract that does not take care of the problems of the unemployed, the pensioners and those displaced when their plants are closed down. “We are willing to bargain on a give-and-take basis,” he said. “But we are not prepared to surrender.” Reuther said he will stay at the bargaining table long after midnight “if there is the slightest chance” of progress toward settlement. Reuther said he will “not go beyond midnight if the company persists in its rigid, fixed, take-it-or-leave-it attitude.” Seaton said he is “always an optimist” in hoping for settlement of the negotiations covering (Continued on Page Six) 0. P. Hunt Dies At : Wren Last Evening i Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon » O. P. Hunt, 77, retired farmer » and a resident of Adams county 1 most of his life, died at 8:35 • o’clock Wednesday night at his home in Wren, O„ of a heart attack suffered Tuesday. He was born at Tipton Dec. 7, I 1880, a son of Noah and Almarin- . da McCreary-Hunt, and was mar- , ried to Anna Mae Lett April 6, 1901. He lived in Adams county for 50 years, moving to Wren six years ago. Mr. Hunt was a member of the Pleasant Valley Wesleyan Methodist church. , Surviving are the wife; three sens, William L. Hunt of Dayton, 0., Leland C. Hunt of Pontiac, Mich., and Lindley Hunt of Chicago; one daughter, Mrs. Maurice Fuhrman of Huntington; nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. One son, four brothers and four sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p. m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services.

Warns France Now On Verge Os Civil War Virtually Scraps Republic Os France In Latest Proposal PARIS (UPl)—President Rene Coty announced today he is calling in Gen. Charles de Gaulle to discuss setting up a government; of public safety, thus virtually scrapping the Fourth Republic. Coty said France is on toe verge of civil war. Coty told Parliament that “in the hour of peril for our country and our republic, I have turned to the most illustrious of Frenchmen, to him who, in the darkest hours of cur history, was our leader for the reconquest of liberty.” Even as the deputies faced one of the most fateful moments in the history of the republic De Gaulle was heeding the call. He sped away from his home at Colombey - les - deux - Eglises, 150 miles southeast, shortly before 4 p.m„ (10 a.m. c.d.t.). He was expected in Paris about 7 p.m. De Gaulle warned that the Frency army is on the point of “overwhelming its commanders” in Algeria and trying to seize power. He expressed fear that France is headed for “anarchy and civil war” unless he takes over at once. The former Free French leader issued the warning in a letter to former President Vincent Auriol, who had pleaded with him to recall the army in Algeria to its duty. The 76-year-old Coty indicated he would resign if the bitterly divided and temperamental Assembly failed to go along with him. Coty said he also was asking De Gaulle to see what can be done toward a thorough reform of the constitution which in the last 13 years has enabled the Assembly to overthrow 25 French governments. Background of Revolt Coty made his stunning announcement in an unprecedented message to emergency meetings of both houses of the French Parliament. It came against a background ’ of open revolt in Algeria and Cor- ' sica and an assembly so hopei lessly divided against itself that ■ De Gaulle seemed the only solution short of a military dictator- ( ship or a Communist-controlled “popular front.” Coty said that if his solution proved the wrong one he could only hand over his powers under ; the constitution to the National Assembly president. Committees of public safety . first were formed immediately after the revolution of 1789 which led to the guillotining of King Louis XVI. The first was followed by a second which came to exercise virtual dictatorial powers under Robespierre. It fell of its own excesses. Coty said he is calling in De Gaulle “to examine...what in the framework of republican legality is immediately necessary for a government of national safety.” No Peacetime Precedent His move — unprecedented in peacetime — followed a thinly veiled warning from Algeria’s restive generals that further delay in bringing De Gaulle to power might set off open intervention by (Continiiec on Pag« Six)

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