Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1958 — Page 1

Vol. LVI. No. 243. '

1 ■ ML.WSFJB < w ■! - : Wj ' ''l w 1 R. Vance Hartke, mayor of Evansville and Democratic candidate for United States Senator, will spend Saturday morning and afternoon in Decatur, including a noon luncheon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center.

Continue Full Scale Probe Os Peoria Bombing Investigate Link Os Bombing With Recent Pamphlets PEQRIA, DI. (UPD—FBI agents and local police today were investigating a possible link between bombing of a Jewish synagogue and the recent distribution of antiSemitic pamphlets passed out in front of the temple. A Peoria housewife turned copies of the pamphlets over to authorities and said she had been handed them by two men who were distributing the literature in front of the Anshai Emeth synagogue in recent weeks. Some of the pamphlets were titled “Jews in American Wars,” “They Got the Blame,” and “Americans All.” Fragments of the bomb which exploded in the temple Tuesday and human excrement also found at the scene, meanwhile, were sent to FBI laboratories in Washington for analysis. Local police said they were going over a “long list of persons with an eye to questioning them concerning their activities Tuesday morning. Federal and local authorities had expressed the belief that the bombing was the work of a crank and not connected with an alleged anti-jewish underground in the South. Ten FBI agents, apparently spurred by President Eisenhower’s anger over recent bombings of Jewish temples, joined city and state police in a full scale investigation of the blast early Tuesday. The authorities and religious leaders said they believed the crude black powder bomb which shattered windows and scarred the interior of the Anshai Emith Temple probably was the work of a twisted mind inspired by the bombing of a synagogue in Atlanta, Ga., last Sunday. The blast came on the same day Robert Briscoe, former lord mayor of Dublin, Ireland, and a Jew, visited Peoria. Police Chief Bernard Kennedy assigned two detectives to guard Briscoe during the visit as “a precautionary measure.” Joseph Ginsberg, rabbi of the synagogue, also was given a police guard. Springfield, Hl., police patrolled that city’s synagogue to guard against a possible bomb attempt. Illinois Gov. William G. Stratton at Springfield and other civic leaders expressed revulsion at the bombing and pledged an unrelenting search for the guilty persons. In Washington, Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty Said Eisenhower termed the bombings of synagogues “shocking and deplorable.” B UL L E T I N NASHVILLE, Hl. (tPI) — About 300 registered voters in Washington County have received letters containing $1 bills and voting instructions from the county’s Republican Central Committee, It was revealed today. I 12 Pages

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NBWBFAPB* IN ADAMS COUNTY

R. Vance Hartke In Decatur Saturday Senate Candidate To Be In Decatur R. Vance Hartke, Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate, will spend Saturday morning and afternoon in Adams county, and will have lunch with Democratic friends at the Youth and Community Center at 12:30 p. m. Tickets for the dinner may be secured at the recorder’s office in the court house. Hartke was born in rural Pike county where his father was a teacher, leading Democrat, and postmaster. He starred in basketball at Stendal high school and Evansville College, captaining the college team that went to the finals of the national small school tourney. - His scholarship ability at Evansville College won him the first double scholarship ever given tO| the Indiana University school of law. There he also was editor of the Indiana Law Journal and a member of a number of honorary societies. During World War II Mayor Hartke served in the Navy, rising to lieutenant. After graduation from law school, he returned to Evansville as a young lawyer. Shortly thereafter he became a deputy prosecutor and was instrumental in the successful prosecution of a brutal murderer. In January, 1952, Hartke was elected chairman of the Vanderburgh county Democratic central committee at a time when the party had just suffered its greatest municipal election defeat in history and when the outlook was bleak. He began immediate reorganization, - , ' ■ Since then the party has gained steadily in strength, and Hartke has been reelected county chair(Oci .tied on rage five,

New Parking Ticket System In Effect Depository System • For Parking'Fines The new yellow parking tickets seem to be working very well, city police reported today, the second day that the new system has been tried. Yellow tickets, printed on an envelope, inform overparkers that a 25-cent fine may be placed in the envelope and deposited in one of the conveniently located yellow boxes affixed on strategically located meters in each block. If the fine is not paid that day, it becomes the usual dollar fine. If a warrant must be issued, additional costs are incurred. Each evening James Cochran, city parking meter policeman. Collects the money from the yellow boxes. Last night, the first collection yielded 41 envelopes. A total of 61 were passed out, and” some were still on aifto windows. That is a good percentage, the police explained, to be paid the first day. In the past red tickets which had to be paid at the city hall were issued. These cost only W cents if paid within one hour, but often the driver returned too late and had to pay the dollar.

Court Extends Injunction On School Leases Extend Temporary Injunction Against Leasing Os Schools S>T. LOUIS (UPD — The U. S. Bth Court of Appeals today extended a temporary injunction to prevent the leasing of Little Rock public schools to a private, white corporation until it decides on an appeal from a U.S. District Court. The three-judge court adjourned after hearing 45 minutes of testimony and indicated it will hand down a written opinion on the appeal in the nqar future—"perhaps in a month.” v The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People appealed a dismissal of its suit asking that the school-leasing proposal be declared invalid. U. S. District Judge John E. Miller of Arkansas refused to rule in the case because he claimed it involved the constitutionality of Arkansas law. Attorneys for the Little Rock School Board, the NAACP and the government asked the court to remand the case to Miller. Attorneys Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP and Donald Mac Guineas of the Department of Justice requested that the court issue "explicit instructions” to the District Court in remanding the case. School Board Atty. John H. Haley told the court that “the school board is out of the high school business because of the recently passed Arkansas laws." 'Die board still claimed neutrality in the case, he said. “But the school board will follow any course the federal courts order,” he said. “At present we must obey state laws. An early resolution of the problem is necessary, Haley said, but the situation calls for calm and deliberate action. NAACY attorney Wiley Branton in his argument, blamed Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus for his part in state segregation laws. While the governor has discretionary powers,” he said, “no governor has the power to discriminate.”

County B'srd Okays Allocation Os Fund Ditch Improvement Plan Is Approved The county commissioners Tuesday approved the $3,210 allocation from the general ditch improvement fund that was submitted by Herman Moellering, Adams county surveyor. The allocation was submitted for the drag-lining and repair of the Durbin-Durr ditch that extends from the John B. Gage farm in Monroe township to the Ivan Byers farm in Blue Creek Township. The voting stations were contacted recently by the Adams county auditor, Edward F. Jaberg, in the event of changes of location. All have returned their answers with the exception of Berne A. It was stated that Decatur 1-B could be used if no other place could be found to substitute the original place of voting. The report shows that the water has been turned off at the original voting station. The Geneva A station was changed from the town hall to the Briggs building, according to Jaberg. Jim Blanford, a representative of Butler Buildings, discussed the building of the new county highway that is planned for the future. No action was taken on the matter. Ed Warsaw, a representative of (Continued on page five) Purdue Expert Will Judge Exhibits Here Adams county soybean producers will be competing to see who is soybean king Thursday, October 23 at the annual soybean show, according to Lea N. Seltenright, county agricultural agent. The judging of soybean exhibits at the Decatur Youth and Community Center will be done by Keller Beeson, extension agronomist from Purdue University. Entries will be one peck of soybeans in varieties Blackhawk, Monroe, Hawkeye, Harosoy and Lincoln. Grand champion soybean exhibitor will be so recognized with awards at the 10th annual rural-urban fish fry the evening of the show. Beeson will also judge the 4-H grain show October 23 and will present a discussion on "Soybean varieties best adapted to Adams county” at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 15, 1958

No Attempt To Coerce Chiang On Reduction Os Forces On Islands

Nationalists To Stockpile Big Supplies Plan Stockpile Os Three Months For Formosa Island TAIPKI, Formosa (UPD — Chinese Nationalist economic officials plan to stockpile three months of essential supplies on Formosa in preparation against a major war, it was reported today. The stockpile plans for Formosa — including food, fuel, ammunition and other military and civilian needs — were reported after a huge buildup of military and civilian supplies on the Quemoy offshore islands. The China Post, } which often reflects government views, said the government recognizes no relaxation of tension in the Formosa Strait despite the Communists cease fire there. Military officials said enough supplies have been shipped to Quemoy during the past ten days to last the outpost through a full winter’s siege despite belief in Western capitals the crisis there was over. Despite the reported buildup on Formosa, Taipei newspapers were coming more and more to predict diplomatic rather than military attacks from the Peiping government. Other developments in the Formosa situation: —President Chiang Kai - shek told U. S. Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy earlier this week he will not reduce Nationalist Military forces on Quemoy as suggested by Washington, reports said today. —Vice President Chen Cheng told a group of visiting overseas Chinese leaders that the Nationalists will not give up the Matsu qr Quemoy offshore islands. —The Nationalist press said the (Continued on page four) Seymour Resident Killed In Accident SEYMOUR, Ind. (UPD Daisy Jackson, Seymour, was killed late Tuesday night in a wreck involing two trucks and an automobile. State Police said a car in which she was riding stopped behind a large truck at a U:S. 50 Railroad crossing here and was struck from tiie rear by another truck. Elsie Grille, 66, Seymour, driver of the car, was injured.

Residents Os County End Washington Tour

A group of 37 women and one man, representing the county home demonstration clubs, returned Saturday from a week’s trip to Washington, D. C. The group called themselves “Roxie’s Army” and suffered one more casualty than the famed Coxie’s army of the 1930. Miss Ivy Gilpin, of Decatur, fell while climbing the steps at the Lincoln memorial, and broke her arm in two places. She was hospitalized from the first day of the stay in Washington, D. C., and returned by train with Miss Lois Folk, county home demonstration agent. Miss Gilpin broke her arm at the wrist and elbow, and an operation was necessary to repair the elbow. The group, under Mrs. Glenn (Roxie) Schaadt, of Willshire, 0., arrived in Washington, D. C Tuesday, and that evening visited the Lincoln memorial, where the accident occurred. They also visited the other famous memorials of Washington, including Washington monument, Jefferson memorial, etc., toured the White* House, visited the U. S. mint in the department of the treasury; saw the Library of Congress; national gallery of art; the constitution of the United States in the archives! the home of George

Annual Halloween Parade October 31 Plans Announced For Annual Event Prizes, awards, judges, and persons connected with the Callithumpian parade that will be held in Decatur on October 31 were announced today by general chairman, Jim Webb. Webb announced that Lyle Malflonee and M. J. Pryor will be in charge of miscellaneous prizes, William Bowers and Clyde Bulter will be parade marshals, and Kenneth Shannon will be in charge of the judging stands and commercial entries. Webb will be the judge on the 11 band entries. The general chairman also stated that the soybean queen and her court will be one of the main attractions of the parade. A $3 prize will be given to the following: best comic strip man; best, comic strip woman; best comic strip boy; best comic strip girl; tallest man; best fat boy; best fat girl; most original adult; most original boy; most original girl; most comically dresed pet; best decorated pet drawn toy vehicle; best adult clown; best kid clown; best witch; best ghost; best decorated toy wagon or tricycle; and best animal impersonation. A $6 award will be given to the best masked couple, and the best masked group of three or more. There will be 11 bands completing for the SSO prizes to be given to the best band as selected by the judges. Second prize will be $25, third prize, sls. Majoriettes placing first will receive a $5, second $3 and third $2. Both of the Decatur bands from the Decatur high school and the Decatur Catholic high school will appear in the parade but will not compete for the SSO prize as in the past year. The Decatur high school band is directed by Clint Reed, and the Decatur Catholic high school director is Joseph Morin. The eleven bands and their directors who have entered in the competition for the best band to date are: Monmouth high school, directed by D. L. Gerig; Hoagland high school, directed by Bob Meyers; Adams Central high school directed by Don Gerig; Hartford Center high school, directed by William Hernandez; Berne-French high school, directed by Ralph Kern; Bryant high school, directed by Norman M. Guard; Pleasant Mills high school, directed by Helen Ehrsam; and Willshire high school, directed by Jack L. Renner. Entries for the parade competing in any of the above categories (Continued on page five)

Washington at Mt. Vernon; the Arlington cemetery with the tomb of the unknown soldier, and many other interesting sights. Only man on the trip was George Squier, of Decatur, who, with his wife, saw all the sights, and kept the others full of pep at all times. On the return bus trip the ladies stopped overnight at Pittsburgh, Pa., where a strike of hotel workers temporarily puzzled the ladies. The bus parked one block away from the Roosevelt hotel, and the ladies carded their bags up to the hotel, only to find it closed, and pickets ringing the building. A telephone call to the hotel manager brought him down to the front of the building, and he opened the door while the ladies filed in past the picket line. Die group of 38 had the entire hotel, with its hundreds of rooms, to themselves, and the silence was an unusual factor in hotel life. The group returned to Decatur Saturday, and the ladies stated that they had a wonderful trip, despite the and inconveniences in Pittsburgh. On the bus trip to Washington they visited Annapolis, and the Naval Academy there. , (Continued on [ p&xe five)

U.S. Speeding Up Firing Os Nuclear Tests First Os Two Shots Scheduled Today Is Fired This Morning ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev. (UPD—The first of two nuclear test shots scheduled in a single day rumbled in a daylight sky today as the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission quickened the tempo of its project 10-shot series. Nuclear shot “Hamilton” flared brightly but briefly from atop a 50-foot wooden tower at 11 a.m. c.d.t. while AEC officials prepared to detonate “Logan,” one of the largest underground devices ever devised. The small tower blast, designed by the University of California's Livermore Radiation Laboratory, had a yield in the sub-kiloton range, or less than 1,000 tons of explosive. It was scarcely visible off the sprawling Nevada test site because of the daylight hour and low elevation of the platform. But to on - site observers stationed about 10 miles from ground zero,_ it burst into a sudden fireball that faded almost immediately. The blast wave came as an echoing rumble. Hamilton was the sixth shot of the series set to be completed before a proposed nuclear test ban among the U.S., Britain and Soviet Russia on Oct. 31. Logan, named for an Alaskan mountain peak, was set up to follow later today in the same remote section of the test site but deep inside a desert mesa. The underground shot, also designed by the Livermore Radiation Laboratory, was placed in one of several new shafts bored (Continued on rage five)

Mrs. Ida Bell Dies Early This Morning Decatur Lady Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Ida E. Bell, 11, a resident of Decatur since 1942, died at 2:45 o’clock this morning at her home, 617 Winchester street, following an extended illness. She was born in Van Wert county, 0.. Oct. 27, 1886, a daughter of William H. and Eliza Jane De Mint-Hunter, and was married to Lee J. Bell Oct. 27, 1907. Her husband is a patient in the Castle convalescent home at Van Wert. They lived on a farm V/z miles east of Willshire, 0., until moving to Decatur. Mrs. Bell was a member of the Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Harold Bell of Van Wert, and Clifford Bell of Chicago, Ill.: three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Two brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the Union Chapel E.U.B. church, the Rev. Lawrence T. Norris and the Rev. Emmett Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. State Traffic Toll 772 Through Sunday INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Thirtyfive traffic deaths occurred In Indiana last week, one less than in the corresponding week of 1957. State Police figures showed today that the year’s total up to midnight last Sunday was 772, compared with 867 a year ago. That represented a reduction of 95 deaths. A week ago, the reduction was 94.

Mansfield Assails Republican Leader Charges Violation Os Secrecy Pledge WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen. Mike Mansfield today bitterly assailed GOP Chairman Meade Alcorn for accusing Democrats of blocking a Far East settlement. He intimated Alcorn himself ciolated the JJ. S. secrecy pledge on its Warsaw negotiations with Red China. Mansfield, a reading Democratic foreign policy spokesman, made the statements to United Press International after Alcorn charged “appeasers in the Democratic Party” had “dragged the Formosan issue into this campaign.” Alcorn, in a public statement Tuesday night, said the “appeasers” had “endangered the diplomatic objectives of the United States” and added: “The Red Chinese ambassador in Warsaw, in fact, has been using Democratic political speeches on foreign policy to delay settlement of this problem which threatens the peace of the world.” Dulles Makes Appeal Alcorn’s statement was issued shortly after Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had appealed to both Democrats and Republicans to “calm down” and stop injecting the Formosa issue into the congressional campaign. A State Department spokesman had “no comment” when asked if Alcorn’s remarks went counter to Dulles’ no - politics appeal. He also said he could not comment on Alcorn’s statement about the Warsaw talks. “We have a pledge with the Chinese Communists not to talk about the Warsaw discussions,” the spokesman said. He added he did not know where Alcorn had gotten his information. Asked where he had obtained the information about the Warsaw talks, Alcorn said at first it had “been reported in the press” but then went on to intimate he had received it from the State Department. He said he had “good reason to believe it to be accurate” and acknowledged he conferred with Dulles last Sunday. (Continued on ipajo* two) Partial Report On Community Fund Nearly Fourth Os Goal Is Reported The first partial report from co-chairmen in the Community Fund drive shows that $4,130 or 23% of tiie $18,485 goal has been reached already, David Moore, chairman, said this afternoon. Co-chairmen and team captains are asked to report immediately on the totals they have received, and whether they are full or partial reports. "Give once, but give big” is the Community Fund slogan this year, since the one drive replaces the eight individual drives that once took place in Decatur. For example, a person who gave a dollar to each drive should now give at least $8 to the combined drives to keep giving the same amount. Reports included the following figures from co-chairmen: Art Burris, $2,030; Ted Hill, $1,100; Gail Brabill, $305; Ralph Habegger, $300; Carl Braun, $200; Mrs. Lloyd Cowens, $195. I INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with little change in temperature this afternoon, tonight and Thursday. A few brief showers likely extreme south portion mainly tonight and early Thursday. Low tonight in the 50s. High Thursday 78 to 84. Sunset today 5:06 p.m. c.s.t, 6:06 p.m. c.d.t. Sunrise Thursday 5:56 a.m. c.s.t., 6:56 a.m. c.d.t. Outlook for Friday: Partly cloudy and mild. Lows in 50s. Highs mostly in upper 70s.

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Ike Indicates Any Reduction To Be Welcome Says United States Mkaes No Attempt At Coercing Ally WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower said today the United States is not going to try to coerce Chiang Kai-shek into reducing his Chinese Nationalist forces on Quemoy and the other offshore islands. He strongly indicated, however, that tiie United States would welcome a voluntary reduction by the Chinese Nationalists. He said that he had made no secret that he thought Chiang had too many troops there. The President was asked at his news conference whether this country was seeking to persuade Chiang to remove some of his troops from the offshore islands. Eisenhower replied that he felt it was not logical to have so much military manpower there but added that the United States was not going to try to coerce an ally on something the ally believed vital to his very existence. Asked whether he would welcome a voluntary reduction Os force by Chiang, the President said he saw no advantage in making at this time any public statement that might be misinterpreted in Formosa. "Shift of Emphasis The President did not answer directly a question as to whether the United States had shifted its position on the offshore islands since Sept. 30. It was then that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles indicated the administration would urge Chiang to sharply reduce his offshore island garrisons if the Chinese Reds agreed to a dependable’cease-fire. But Dulles Tuesday denied this country was planning to press Chiang into a major pullback ‘ from the offshore islands. He ' again indicated, however, it might ■ be wise militarily for the Nationalist leader to do so. Officials said Dulles’ new statement, which the President supported today, was not so much a stiffening of the U.S. position as a shift of emphasis. Supports Dulles Position The President also said today: —He believes, from statements of Allied leaders in Europe, that they firmly support the U.S. policy of not giving ground before Conupunist force or threats of force in the Far East. —Chiang has not indicated, so far as the President knows, that 'I he would agree to reducing his Quemoy and Matsu forces if the United States beefed up Nationalist fire power on those islands. (Continued on paste four) Nancy Fuhrman Is Initial Entry In Soybean Contest Nancy Fuhnpan, 16 - year -old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Fuhrman of route one. Decatur, and a student at Monmouth high school, is the first entrant for the soybean queen contest that will be held in conjunction with the annual rural-urban fish fry, according to announcement today by general chairman, E. E. Rydell. The crowning of the queen will be held at the Decatur high school following the fish fry. Ariy girl in Adams county between the ages of 16 and 19 inclusive, single, and a resident of the county may enter for the competition. They are required to register as a contestant with the Decatur Chamber of Commerce in writing, or in person, by October 18. The crowning will be held Thursday. October 23. * Miss Fuhrman will® give a e«mical monologue for her talent. Rydell stated that three more entries are expected to be made shortly. Rydell also stated that any person who fails to enter the contest by getting an application should contact him by calling 3-8247.