Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1958 — Page 1

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WISCONSIN TWISTER DEATHS MOUNT— Homes reduced to shambles, foundations standing vacant of their houses and a swath of tangled debris marks the path of one of a series of tornadoes which whipped through Colfax, Wis., killing upward of 30 persons as it hit a nine-county area. The death toll is expected to mount as rescue workers probe debris in the storm paths and hundreds of injured jarn all available hospitals in the area.

Hint Former Official May Face Charges May Face Criminal Charges On Link To Highway Scandals INDIANAPOLIS (UPD -Prosecutor John Tinder said today that “possibly a former state official” might face criminal charges in connection With a check he hinted he has as evidence in the Indiana highway scandal trial. Tinder would not identify the ex-official but said he was with the highway department. Tinder also said he might have evidence of “some cash payments” in connection with alleged bribery involving highway materials and equipment contracts which were the basis of the .atest scandal trial. Tinder mace the statements during and after judge’s chamber conferences with defense attorneys in the trial of former Indiana Adj. Gen. Elmer W. (Doc) Sherwood and former Statehouse aid Wililam E. Sayer and a salesman. Attorneys for Sherwood and Sayer refused a previous offer by Tinder to let them see a stack of checks the salesman issued to payees the state charges were fictitious names used by former highway chairman Virgil (Red* Smith. jf- x Earlier, the defense, indicated it will try to prove that 11th District Republican Chairman H. Dale Brown made promises to prospective witnesses in exchange for testimony damaging to Sherwood and Sayer. James Rocap Jr., attorney for Sherwood, asked a prospective juror if it would prejudice him “if Brown had made promises to certain persons for giving of certain types of testimony in an effort to link Mr. Sherwood and Mr. Seyer in this matter." The question was asked of Willard Shiel, an employe of the State Labor Division. Rocap also asked Shiel if he might ‘fear for your job” if the jury acquitted the defendants, since, Rocap said, GOP State Chairman Robert W. Matthews has fired some state employes who oppose Governor Handley’s faction of the party. Sayer and Sherwood were aligned with another faction which supported former Gov. George Craig. Shiel said such matters ‘might’ affect his decision. Sherwood and Sayer, a former Statehouse aid to C,.J, and salesman Arthur J. Mogilner are on trial on bribery charges. The trial entered its fifth day with the possibility it may stretch into next week before a jury is seated. Eleven men and a woman Sat in the jury box this morning but their approval was far from certain. At 2:40 p. m. C.D.T. Thursday, Deputy Prosecutor Leroy K. New announced the state accepted the jurors seated at that time in the box, subject to further peremptory challenges. But defense attorneys promptly dismissed two more panel members, and the process of examination began anew. As the process continued today, Prosecutor John G. Tinder and his staff had used three of their 10 peremptory challenges. Under the process, a prospective juror can be dismissed arbitrarily without being proven undesirable. The defense had used six challenges. (Continued on page five

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Charges Effort To Force Nomination Attempt To Force Hanley Nomination By EUGENE J. CADOU United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—A former president of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association charged today that the party’s state organization is attempting to [force the nomination of Marshall Hanley of Muncie for U.S. senator. The allegation was made by George Schwin, publisher of the Rockville Tribune, who said: “For years I have seen the powerful state organization (and this applies to both Democrat and Republican parties) attempt to i dictate to the delegates their choice for candidates and try to •stuff those people downjdxe dele-, gates' throats. “This year it is apparent that : the Democratic state organization is backing Marshall Hanley as its ! choice for senator. I have nothing against Mr. Hanley, but up to a few weeks ago he has done nothing to help his own candidacy Apparently he has been waiting for the‘organization beads’ to anI nounce to all that he was their choice.’ 1 Favors “Working” Hartke Schwin said that he favors Evansville Mayor Vance Hartke for the nomination because of his record and because he has worked for it. Schwin added: “Mayor Hartke for nearly a year has been traveling in every county of the state telling the people how he stood on national and state issues. He has an outstanding record during his administration in Evansville. He has lowered taxes, cleaned up the slum district, eliminated vice and generally speaking, has done a good job. He was born in a rural community in Indiana and knows our problems.” Schwin said the state organization “may swing a big enough stick to put its man across, but I believe that there will be enough delegates like I am, to speak their own minds without being dictated to.” Democratic State Chairman Charles E. Skillen, vigorously denied the charge, saying: “I have said repeatedly that I am not supporting any candidate. My job is to elects not to select. I attended the rally for Mr. Hanley in Muncie because it was a Democratic meeting. I shall also attend a rally for ' Mr. Kizer (State Sen. Marshall Kizer of Plymouth, another candidate) in Plymouth Sunday.” Hartke Claims Edge Hartke declared today that a post card poll shows that 73 per cent of the 2,148 delegates to the (Continued on page eight) Rev. Brightwell Heads Decatur Ministers The Rev. Stuart Brightwell, pastor of the First Baptist church, was elected president of the Decatur ministerial association at a dinner meeting at the Youth and Community Center Thursday noon. Other officers are the Rev. J. O. Penrod, Trinity E. U. B. church, vice president; the Rev. Harold J. Bond, First Presbyterian church, secretary-treasurer. The meeting was conducted by the retiring president, the Rev. Virgil W. Sexton, First Methodist church. The dinner was in honor of two ministers, and their wives, who are leaving Decatur, the Rev. and Mrs. Virgil W. Sexton, and the Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Norris. Words of farewell were expressed by Rev. Brightwel, and purses were presented to each family.

De Gaulle Calls For Submission To Legal Power Brings Premier To Showdown Conflict With Algiers Group ORAN, Algeria (UPD — Gen. Charles de Gaulle today called on the insurgent public safety committees of Algeria to submit to the legal government in Paris. He said the work of the committees is i done. De Gaulle said flatly he would ' run Algeria from Paris, with Gen. Raoul Salan as his “delegate gen- ' eral” in this North African laftd. “The Algerian movement. <as achieved its target — in other words, a change of government in Paris and a clarification of our national policy in Algeria,” de Gaulle said. “The elements which had taken part in that clearly must change their political orientation now. “It is not up to them to substitute themselves for the authorities and to infringe upon their (the authorities') powers.” A Showdown Conies The move brought the new French premier into a showdown conflict with the right wing civilian and military junta whose rebellion against Paris authority on May 13 eventually led to De Gaulle's return to power. But De Gaulle showed he was not prepared to compromise with this group, he aded by paratroop Gen. Jacques Massu. His decision to appoint Salan also was a rebuff to the insurgents, who had hoped to see Jacques Soustelle, who wants to keep Algeria French at any price, named to the top job. The premier has been promising equal rights and duties to the European and Moslem populations of Algeria with considerable favorable response from the natives and coolness from the settlers. His announcement today made it clear that he intended to carry out his plans without interference from the military or the settlers, who hate the Algerians and want to keep the status quo intact. Returning to Paris. De Gaulle made his announcement a few hours before boarding a jet plane to take him back to Paris from his three - day factfinding toqr of Algeria. Crowds of more than' 100,000 persons hailed the former Free French general at this port city. Informed sources said De Gaulle would soon order all military members to resign from the committees whose rebellion against authority finally swept him to power. The committees were still making gestures of defiance to the new premier. Thursday night a committee spokesman said the groups would stay in power regardless of De Gaulle’s rise to power. Several setbacks marred his campaign: —The Algerian National Liberation Federation (FLN) in Cairo officially rejected his peace offers and said his Algerian policy will mean a continuation of the 3*4-year-old Algerian war and its extension to the whole of North Africa. France Accused —Tunis accused France of new attacks on Tunisian forces in the troubled Remada region ®f southern Tunisia where scattered fighting has been going on for several (Continued on page five)

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 6, 1958

Employment Higher, Unemployment Drops During Month Os May

Two Chrysler Plants Closed After Unrest Disciplinary Move By Company Brings On Plant Closures UPI Automotive Editor DETROIT (UPD—Two Chrysler Corp, plants were shut down today in the wake of company disciplinary action take against an estimated 200 to 250 union committeemen and stewards. Troubles began Thursday at a number of Chrysler plants and at the General Motors Fisher Body plant in West Mifflin, Pa„ near Pittsburgh. It was the first unrest since iGM, Ford and Chrysler started working without contracts Monday. The GM Fisher plant returned to normal operations at 11 p.m. Thursday after a union picket line withdrew. A half-million auto workers at the three firms Monday started working without contracts following the expiration last weekend of agreements between the companies and the United Auto Workers, A walkout or work stoppage occurred first this morning at Plymouth body plant here employing an estimated 1,500 work ers. Hie company then closed down the Plymouth assembly plant, employing another 2,000 workers. At the Dodge main plant in Hamtramck. Where the trouble started in Chrysler Thursday, the 32 union stewards and seven plant committeemen of UAW Local 3's dayshift again were disciplined. The union representatives still refused to comply with new company rules requiring them to work during the first, fifth and eighth hours of their shifts and handle grievances for workers at other hours. This time the company suspended them for three working days instead of one. President John McCarroll of UAW Local 544 at the West Mifflin Fisher Body plant charged the company had doubled the (Continued an page five) ■* — ——— Bloodmobile Unit In Decatur Today Unit Stationed At Community Center White flags with red crosses are flying next to the Stars and Stripes today in Decatur, a reminder that the Red Cross bloodmobile is stationed at the Youth and Community Center so that area residents can serve their community y donating a pint of blood to the local Red Cross blood bank. The quota set is 127 pints; as late as yesterday, the number of donors needed to fill this quota had not yet been pledged, although the bloodmobile can handle 200 persons during its stay, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Six doctors will be on band during the day, Mrs. Ed Bauer, chairman of the local Red Cross blood program, announced this morning. Taking one-hour turns on duty are Dr. William Freeby, Dr. Harold Zwck, Dr. James Burk, Dr. Arthur Girod, Dr. John Carroll, and Dr. John Terveer. j Prospective donors who have pot been able to make an appointment may also come to the bloodmobile today Mrs. Bauer stated that the bloodmobile may be able to receive donations as they arrive. City Swimming Pool Opened For Season The Decatur swimming pool, whch opened today, will be closed Saturday afternoon for the circus matinee, Hubert Zerkel, manager of the pool, said today. The circus matinee will be at 2 o'clock, at Hanna-Nuttman Park and is sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. In spite of cool weather, Zerkel said, the poll will be open regular hours .today.

High Court To Hear Township Line Case June 18 Hearing Is Set By High Court The Wabash-Monroe township line case, appealed to the Indiana supreme court, will be heard by that body at 2 p.m.', June 18, it was learned today. The case was filed a year ago by the Wabash township trustee as a mandamus suit against the counr ty auditor, asking that he be diy reeted by the court to stop listing i- land legally in Wabash township I- as being in Monroe township. - It was the contention of the Wabash township group that when a land was taken into the city of * Berne it was moved from the Wabash township tax list to the Monr roe township tax list. This could not be legally accomplished withj out action by the board of commissioners. Monroe township was made a co--1 defendant in the suit, and the town- . ship attorney, C. H. Muselman. proved that part of the land south t of the main street of Berne had 1 been legally brought into the city. - ; The case was terminated in the f Adams circuit court by a decisio- - which held that the wrong type of ■ action had been filed by the plain- " tiff, and no relief was granted con4 cerning that land already taxed in ' Monroe township, but tfce auditor , S&s enjoined from adding an*? more to the list illegally. n Wabash township then appealed the case to the high court, an<n both sides have filed briefs in the , case. Reversal of a lender court is e considered unusual, but attorneys t for the plaintiff feel confident th' s they will be able to accomplish ‘ reversal in this case. 1 . — — : — ? History, Use Os Gas ; Outlined To Rotary f Pryor Is Speaker At a Thursday Meeting e M. J. Pryor, local manager for the Northern Indiana Public Service Corporation, was the speaker at Thursday evening’s meeting of the Decatur Rotary >club at the Youth and Community Center. He explained some of tjje accomplishments and problems of his utility. Louis A. Jacobs introduced the speaker. Pryor traced the history of natural gas from its accidental discovery in New York in 1821 to s its present widespread use. The - first gas well was only 17 feet r deep, but commercial wells today s are often over 20,000 feet deep. - About 29 states have, the richest - deposits of gas. jr Decatur's gas is supplied by 2 Panhandle Eastern through a pipe line from Kansas. The Decatur 5 tap, on two separate lines to inf sure a continuous supply, is near i Magley and comes east along i route 224 to the holder on Nutt--0 man Ave. 9 Gas is sent through the pipeline at between 50 to 70 pounds . pressure, but is used in homes at . a pressure of only about one-half 1 pound. The utility has about SSOO at cost invested in equipment for y each consumer served. "Gas is . safe and ranks 19th as a cause of fires,” Pryor emphasized. The local branch serves 2,450 ’ customers and 43% of these t homes are heatpd with gas. The . total load has been doubled since a 1947. A new propane mixing op- " eration is planned for the Fort Wayne division, which may release more gas for space heating in Decatur subject to a hearing before the Indiana public service commission. Pryor stated that his utility feels that its prime responsibility is always to its customers. Over I 3,000 service calls were made locally last year, with a serviceman always on 24-hour a day call. r Gas air conditioning promises further increases in the use of 1 gas but. it will help even out the 1 load between summer and winter « use. * Rotary is based on the classifi--1 cation principle with each rnem(Contlnued on page eight)

John A. McCone Nominated For , PostOnAEC L Eisenhower Names Industrialist As Strauss Successor WASHINGTON (UPI) — Pry,- • dent Eisenhower today nominated ! John A. McCone, Los Angeles in- > dustrialist, to the Atomic Energy Commission vacancy. McCone, former undersecretary i of the air force, was named to f succeed Lewis L. Strauss, who is ■ retiring June 30. The White House did not immeI diately say whether McCone would . be named by the President to be , chairman, or whether one of the present commissioners would be promoted to the chairmanship now ’ held by Strauss. McCone, 56, served as undersecretary of the air force in the Tru- ' man administration in 1950-51. Be--1 fore that he was deputy to Defense Secretary James Forrestal ‘ for seven months in 1948. He is president and director of ' the Joshua Hendy Corp, and chairman of the board of the ■ Pacific Far East Lines; He is a i Republican. A ■Die White House said’ that c a new chairman would not be named until the Senate confirms Mc--1 Cone's nomination. Associate White House Press • Secretary Anne Wheaton said that ; the President had conferred with ; McCone in person and by telephone during the past week. McCone was en route from here to New York when his nomination was announced. There has been speculation that the President may promote Commissioner Harold S. Vance to the AEC chairmanship. The controversial Strauss, whose policies came under sharp fire in Congress, Thursday declined Presdent Eisenhower’s offer to re-appoint him when his five-year term expires June 30. He accepted instead an appointment as special presidential assistant to promote ’ Eisenhower’s cherished “Atoms • for Peace” program. Strauss offered no specific reaf sons for stepping aside. > (Continued on Page eight) : Louis Miller Dies l ' After Long Illness' > Funeral Monday For Retired Carpenter Louis H. (Hike) MiUer, 74, retired Decatur carpenter, died ■ Thursday afternoon at the South ■ View rest home at Bluffton. He • had been ill since last August of • complications. He was born In Adams county ; Nov. 30, 1883, a son of Jacob and i Caroline Miller, and was married to Fannie Meyers Jan. 14, 1903. • His wife preceded him in death, i Mr. Miller was a member of ; the St. Mary’s Catholic church 1 and the Holy Name society. > Surviving are two sons, Arthur • J. Miller of Decatur, and Doyle i L. Miller of Oregon City, Ore.; f one daughter, Mrs. Clyde Vandertook of Decatur; nine grandchil- ) dren; six great-grandchildren; . one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Nix of > Bay City, Mich.; four half-sisters, > Mrs. Clem Kortenber and Mrs. . Dick Efainger of Decatur, Mrs. t Grover Clouser ( of Fort Wayne, . and Mrs. Harry Paul, of Califorr nia; and four half-brothers, Sam r Miller of Fort Wayne, Harry Mil- > ler of Grand Rapids, Mich., Dick and Fred Miller, both of Califor- , nia. Two daughters, one son, r one brother and one sister are . deceased. . Funeral services will be conL ducted at 9 a. m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Very ■ Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officlatf ing. Burial will be in the Catho- > lie cemetery. Friends may call 1 at the Gillig & Doan funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until . time of the services. The Holy . Name society will' recite the rosary n at Bp. m. Sunday.

Tornado Death Toll 4 Is Increased To 30 Hundreds More On ; List Os Injured TORNADO DEATH TOLL MENOMONIE, Wis. (UPI) — The death tally in the five-epurty area of northwestern Wisconsin stricken bj) tornadoes late Wednesday stood at 30 today. Hundreds more were injured, unable •» participate in the massive ’ mopping-up campaign. Volunteers massed in work groups, working side-by-side with National Guardsmen, 275 of which , had been assigned to Colfax ( alone. Colfax's Methodist church , was converted into clothing headquarters for the needy, and the Lutheran church served hot meals to the rebuilders. Damage was staggering. Ray Conley of the American Red Cross estimated that 130 homes were destroyed in two of the counties. Dunn and St. Croix. Another 140 suffered lesser damages, while almost 340 farm buildings were hit by the black funnel. Entire herds of livestock were wiped out and above 1,000 car- ' casses were found strewn in the I fields. : Total losses came to an estii mated ten million dollars including $1,630,000 in hard-hit Colfax t where 13 persons were killed. • Hundreds of famines were home- ■ less. In Washington, the Small Busi- > ness Administration named St. ■ Croix, Chippewa and Dunn coun--1 ties as disaster areas, permitting owners to apply for loans at 3 • per cent interest. > ■ Moose Will Sponsor Mass Inoculation ' Polio Inoculation At Special Price I A mass polio vaccination proJ gram was announced today by the ; Moose lodge, 1311, Decatur. The Salk vaccine shots will be given at the Moose home June 26 from 3 to 7 p.m., for the price of sl. Dr. William Freeby, county health officer, and special nurses will administer the shots. There is no age limit for the people to receive the shots, but it was stressed that people under 40 are more apt to get the disease, and should receive the shots as a precaution. . This program is not for the people of Adams county alone, but for the surrounding area as well. Transportation- will be furnished by ' the sponsors, for the people in this 1 community who can not arrive at J the Moose home during these hours ■ to receive shots. The second and third shots will r be given at the Moose home for I the same price. The second shot [ will be administered July 24, and the third will be given seven months from that date. j A coupon will appear in this pa- ( per at a later ( date, and people planning to receive these shots are . (Continued on Pare eight) • • Parents Urged To Register Children • For Speech Clinic , Parants planning to enroll their • children in the speech imprbve- • ment clinic in Decatur or Berne > are asked to register their children ■ at once, in order that test sched--1 ules can be set up prior to opening ‘ of the. clinic. c ' In registering their children, parents are asked to give their ages, • addresses and telephone numbers. ' Registration may be made by calling Miss Judy Locke, Miss Jeanette Hahnert, Mrs, David Heller ‘ or Gail Grabill at the coupty su- . perintendent’s office. The school will open June 16 1 with testing and will close July 25. ; Classes will be from 8:30 to 11:30 1 a.m. in Decatur and Berne. Clinr icians were meeting this afternoon - to further plans for the fourth annual clinic.

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Employment Up Over Million In Last Month 200,000 Decrease In Unemployment Is Reported Last Month WASHINGTON <UPI) — The government reported today that employment rose 1,200,000 and unemployment dropped 200,000 in May. The Commerce and Labor departments said unemployment went down to 4,904,000 —a larger than usual decrease for this time of year. April unemployment was 5,120,000. Government economists regarded as most significant in today’s , figures the fact that the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment dropped to .2 per cent of the labor force in May as compared with the high of .5 per cent in April. This was the first reduction in the seasonally adjusted rate since it started to climb last summer. Due largely to a seasonal expansion in agriculture and service industry jobs, plus a larger than usual gain in construction, total employment in May rose 1,200,000 to a total of 64.100,000. Fewer Factory Jobs The sore spot in the employ- ■ ment picture continued to be in manufacturing. May employment in manufacturing declined by 67,000 jobs “to about 15 million. Two-thirds of this drop was in the durable goods industries. There have been a series of sharp cutbacks in manufacturing for the better part of a year, and the May decline was described by the Labor and Commerce departments as slightly more than seasonal. Compared with a year ago, manufacturing employment was down by 1,700,000, with four-fifths of this loss in durables — plants making automobiles, steel, all types of heavy machinery, and the larger household items. Substantial job declines during the year occiuVed n transportation, J construction, trade and mining. Meanwhile, congressional economists predicted there may still be five million unemployed in early 1959 even if there is a good business recovery before then. Few Optimistic Signs The staff of the Joint Congressional Economic Committee said “less rapid recovery could be accompanied by as many as seven mllion unemployed — or over 10 per cent of the civilian labor force"—in the first three months of next year. The report, made public by Committee Chairman Wright Patman (D-Tex.), said economic activity has “continued to decline and there are as yet few signs of an early upturn.” It said that, on the basis of past experience it . seems unrealistic to count on a business upturn before OctoberDecember this year. The Commerce - Labor report said non-agricnltural employment, aside from manufacturing, showed a better than seasonal increase for the first time since late last summer. This was due largely to a sharp rise in construction which contributed heavily to an increase of 260,000 employees bn non-farm payrolls. Employment figures for Juno were expected to show a large increase in the number of unemployed because of the many thousands of students seeking work this month. These figures will not be : available until July because the surveys are made in mid-month. INDIANA WEATHER Fair and cool thia afternoon and tonight. Saturday fair and warmer. Low tonight 44 to 50 northeast, 50 to 56 southwest. High Saturday in the ' 70s. Sunset today 8:10 p. m. Sunrise Saturday 5:17 a. m. * Outlook tor Sunday: Fair and warm. Chance of a tow light i showers north late Sunday. Low Saturday, night around 60. High Sunday around 80.