Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 50.

Sectional To End Tonight

Adams county’s sectional champion will be crowned tonight at the Adams Central gym as the climax to the annual tourney, which opened Wednesday night. This afternoon's semi-finals will feature a pair of natural rivalries, with the south against the south and the north against the north. The Hartford Gorillas, who knocked off the defending champion Berne Bears in the tourney opener Wednesday, will tangle with their neighboring Geneva Cardinals in this afternoon’s first battle at 1 o’clock. The second game will pit the Decatur Yellow Jackets against the Decatur Commodores in an intracity encounter. ‘ Tonight’s championship engagement will square off the afternoon winners at 1:15 o’clock, with the victor carrying the hopes of the county’s fans on to the regional tourney at <prt Wayne next Saturday afternoon. Two of the tourney’s final four are still looking for their first sectional crown. ~ These two are the Geneva Cardinals and the Decatur Commodores. Hartford last won the sectional title in 1957. while the Decatur Yellow Jackets* last crown was id 1952, when the/ copped the championship for the fourth consecutive year. Hartford and Geneva met once during the regular season, with the Gorillas edging the Cardinals, 4544, on the Geneva floor Dec. 12. The two Decatur teams do not meet each other in regular season competition, and the two local quintets have tangled twice in sectional competition, with the Yellow Jackets winning both times in fine battles. Prices, Production Costs Drop Slightly WASHINGTON (UPI) — Both farm prices and farm production costs declined slightly in the month ended Feb. 15, the Agriculture Department reported. Primarily responsible for the .4 per cent decline in prices farmers received were tower prices for hpgs Which wee off $1 to average per hundredweight at midmahth. Other low prices which helped beat down the prices received index were for milk, tomatoes, and eggs. Only partially offsetting were higher prices for lettuce, new crop strawberries, and oranges. Firm production costs were down 3 per cent for the month. These lower costs were reflected chiefly in lower prices for feeder livestock and seed, although seasonal reductions in the prices of used automobiles and trucks also contributed. Partially offsetting were higher prices for building and fencing materials and farm supplies. Prices paid for family living costs were about the same in mid-February as in mid-Janu--BrTherThe parity ratio, showing the relationship between prices received and prices paid, was 82 pet* cent, the same as a month ago. This was almost 4 per cent below the parity ratio a year ago. Parity is the price needed to put commodities sold by farmers on a par with the cost of tilings they must buy. The mid - February index of prices received for crops and livestock stood at 243 per cent of the 1910-14 base period, compared with 244 per cent in ntid-January and 246 per cent in mid-February index of prices paid by farmers stood at 297 per cent of tite base period, compared with 294 per cent in mid-January and 291 per cent in mid-February a year ago. * ■ ■■

Lenten Meditation (By Rev. Oakley Masten, Pleasant Mills Baptist Church) “HOPING AGAINST HOPE” Romans 4:13-15 The hope of a Christian today, in a world filled with doubt and searching for security, is like unto Abraham s faith. Against hope he believed in hope, trusting God’s quickening of his unborn sonr For he believed man to be more than mere creature of circumstances, and that man divinely strengthened is superior. Abraham had hope even though die course of nature of the human body was dead in both him and his wife Sarah. The hope of natural man was gone, but the quickening spirit of God awak- - ened life within them. Because of Abraham's great faith in God, they were given their son, Isaac. , Man stands today without hope if he rejects the quickening spirit of God, the same as that which raised our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead. Man’s dnly hope is not by his own righteousness but by faith in Christ, the one who bore our sin in His own body on the cross through death, burial and the resurrection. ’a - , • •

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' ■ ■ • ■■■- —« Firemen Will Meet On Monday Evening The Central Soya volunteer fire department will hear Capt. Theodore E. Peters, fire prevention chief for the Delco-Remy division of General Motors Corporation of Anderson, speak at the Soya plant Monday at 6:30 p.m. Peters is one of Indiana’s outstanding authorities on fire prevention. Decatur’s firemen will also be guests of the Soya corporation at the meeting, Wayne Peterson, president, announced today. Decatur firemen who will attend are chief Cedric Fisher, Eugene Beam, Ervie Elsey. Ed Hurst, Vernon Hill, Dick Girod, Dan Emenhiser, teon Snyder, Dutch Baker, Oscar Sprague, Gene Moser, George Rentz, Victor Porter, Bob Gage. Virgil Hawkins, Herman Dierkes, Chick Roth, Dick Hendricks, and Joe Mcßride. Peters, who has spoken to more than 100 service clubs, estimates his talks on chemistry of fire and techniques have been heard by 300,000 persons during the past 15 years. His fire prevention program at Delco-Remy has twice won the national board of fire under-writ-ers’ award as the outstanding industrial program in the U.S. and Canada. Peters uses visual aids in pointing out that fires “just don't happen, but are caused." In his talks, he outlines the remedial procedures that can be taken to promote fire safety. He is a member of he Indiana fire chiefs association, and is a special deputy state fire marshal in Indiana. ~ *

Right To Work Bill Repealer Is Delayed

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Disappointed Democrats kept only a faint spark of hope alive today that this Indiana Legislature will repeal toe state’s two-year -old “right to work” law. The controversial issue virtually was delayed to death in two Senate showdowns Friday afternoon and night, one of which brought surprise support to majority Republicans from two Democrats heretofore considered no threat to repeal. The net result was postponement of a showdown until Monday, only a week before the legislators are scheduled to shut up shop after a 61-day stand and go home for two years, barring a summons by Governor Handley for a special session. Most Senate Democratic leaders openly indicated the delay probably marks toe end of the repeal issue this session. They said by toe time both houses passed a repealer and got it on Handley’s desk, it would be ko late that, the governor could hold it and summarily veto it after the legislators had adjourned, thus preventing any action in overriding toe veto until 1961. Dinin Move Beaten Sen. S. Hugh Dillin (D-Peters-burgl moved to revive the Housepassed repealer (HB6) by having the Senate meet as a committee of the whole to discuss the measure. But the motion was beaten 25-24 Friday night to put the clincher on toe situation. Late in the afternoon, the Senate voted 27-33 to make Sen. Roy Conrad’s so - called “Republican repealer” a special order of business for Monday morning. Conrad is one of several GOP senators favoring repeal. Democrate got an unexpected jolt when a member of their par-

Craigville Man Dies In Fire Last Evening Clem Raudebush, 59, a native of Adams county, burned to death Friday at 6 p. m. in a one-story house near Craigville, as flames gutted the interior, leaving only a shell standing. The son of Dayton and Ola RoeRaudebush, Raudebush was born Oct. 12, 1899. He lived in Wells county for 30 years. Preble fire authorities said that the body was burned beyond recognition. The call, from an unidentified passing motorist, sent the Preble firemen to the scene. Raudebush, a bachelor, lived alone in the residence three miles northeast of Craigville. Authorities were at a loss as to how the first started but believe the origin to be between the kitchen and -living room. A draft flue Tor heating purposes may have thrown sparks to ignite articles in either room. He was employed by the Erie railroad as a section hand for more than 20 years, as well as being a farmer. He ic survived by a sister. Mrs. Claude (Ella) Laisure. Monroe, and a brother, Guy, Grand Rapids, Mich. Two sisters preceded him in death. The body was moved from Bluffton to the Zwick funeral home in Decatur where friends may call after 7 p. m. today, although the casket will remain closed. Services will be conducted at the funeral home Monday at 2 p. m., the Rev. Willis Gierhart officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Mills cemetery. NOON EDITION

ty deserted ranks and led a successful move to delay action on repeal of “right to work” until Monday. The action of Sen. Raymond M. Baker (D-North Vernon) an insurance agent and member of the Chamber of Commerce, apparently came as a complete surprise to leaders of both parties.. It was general knowledge in the Senate chamber ail day that Republicans would attempt to delay an immediate showdown on “right to work" by moving to make it a special order of business on Monday. But everyone assumed that the motion would be made by Sen. C. Wendell Martin, Indianapolis, Republican majority leader. Martin himself did nothing to dispel that impression. Baker Moves Delay As was expected, Conrad called his repeal bill (SB100) down on third reading when the clerk came to his name on the alphabetical roll call. Conrad earlier had agreed to the move in return for Democratic help in passing a “union reform" measure (H 866 , But instead of Martin, it was Baker who moved that Conrad’s bill be made a special order of business at 11 a.tn. jc.d.t.) Monday. The move threw the chamber into turmoil. Democrats had counted on all of their 23 Senate members, except Sen. James Spurgeon (D - Brownstown), to back them in seeking immediate passage of the hill. Spurgeon had indicated all along that he would oppose the move. He voted for “right to work” in 1957. Baker’s motion carried 27-23 Three Republicans, Sens. Howard Steele of Knox, Wesley Malone of Clinton and Conrad joined in futile opposition to the delaying action. * Joining Baker, Spurgeon and 24 Republicans favoring the motion was another Democrat, Sen. Von Eichhorn of Uniondale. Eichhorn offered no explanation of his vote, but Democratic leaders were not concerned about it and apparently considered him “safe.” But they were incensed at Baker's action. Calls Self Independent Sen. Welsh, minority leader; Sen. Eugene Bainbridge, Democratic caucus chairman, and Sen. William Christy, a leader in the fight for repeal of “right to work”, all said Baker had indicated in caucus “more than once” that he would go along with the party. A swarm of newsmen surrounded Baker shortly after the Senate adopted his motion. f

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February, 28, 1959,

■ ,__ r f "TYRANNY’’ SAYS WHEAT Yankus, 40, a poultry farmer of Dowagiac, Mich., waves a copy of “The Key to the Constitution” as he appeared in Washington before a House Agriculture subcommittee to fight what he calls departmental ‘‘tyranny’’ which has cost him $4,582 in fines since 1954. Penalized for growing wheat for his chickens la defiance of acreage restrictions he contends his only crime was “ . |. using his lands to produce crops" which he did not sell. He is contemplating moving his family to Australia.

Democrats Choose los Angeles Site WASHINGTON (UPI) — Highly placed Democrats said today the fact that Los Angeles is Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s home territory was an important factor in the selection of that city for the 1960 Democratic national convention. It was an unsplken argument during the almost four hours of debate which preceded a 71 to 35 national committee vote late Friday to put the convention in Los Angeles. But some ot the Democrats made it clear later that they liked the idea of nominating their presidential candidate in the home town of Nixon, whom they regard as (he probable GOP nominee. Nixon's home state of California was the setting for a spectacular Democratic victory in the 1958 elections- Backers of the Los Angeles recommendation from the, site committee argued that the convention should be taken west to recognize growing Democratic power in that region. Reject Two Others Supporters of Chicago and Philadelphia fought down to the final roll call. They contended that Los Angeles would mean heavy travel expenses for too many delegates and that toe three-hour time lag behind toe East Coast would cut down on the television audience. The national committee rejected the Philadelphia hid by a vote of 68 to 37 and Chicago by voice vote. It then approved the site committee choice of Los Angeles by a vote of 71 to 35. The contest was another indirect challenge to the leadership of party chairman Paul M. Butler, who supported the site comittee. Only the south voted against hi last Dec. 6 when the committee adopted a resolution praising his leadership and his ilitant stand on civil rights. Lawrence Opposes Site Most of the South opposed toe Los Angeles selection Friday but on that vote they were lined up with such powerful northern Democrats as Gov. David L. Lawrence of Pennsylvania, J. M. Arvey of Illinois an Carmine DiSapio of New York. None of these three is counted among Butler's admirers. The Democrats will convene July 11 in Los Angeles’ new convention hall and sports arena which seats 16,700 persons. Los Angeles put up a cash bid of $350,000 for the convention. But counting extras, such as free headquarters space, the bid was estimated to be worth more than $750,000 to toe Democrats. Indianapolis Man Is Killed In Fall INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Oscar E. Cramer, 47, Indianapolis, was killed Friday when a plank gave way on a Tudor Hall building under construction, hurling him 23 feet to a concrete floor. Cramer was a roofer. / Tonight Deadline On License Plates Sheriff, city and state police affirm that no extension will be ■ made on the date of enforcing the law on overdue license plates. Anyone caught without 1959, blue on yellow, plates are subject to punishment and fines, after 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Mrs. LaVelle Death, I of toe local license branch, said l the office will remain open until 5 > p.m. today for those who haven't purchased their new plates. A tax receipt, type B, must ac- ' company an application for new plates. Anyone not having been assessed, may obtain a waiver from ■ the treasurer’s office. Today is the deadline.

Test Rocket Fired Today

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) — The Air Force fired a towering Thor-Able test rocket early today in a dramatic prelude to toe Army’s rapidly approaching second attempt to put a tiny man-made satellite around the sun. . j 1 The 99-foot Thor-Able blasted off at 2:58 a.m. e.s.t. while the Army launching crews were catching up on their rest prior to toe hour that the nation’s space spotlight would shift to the'm. A-13-pound gold-plated satellite was expected to be fired by the Army during the week end to follow toe trail of Russia 'ft 3,245- ’ ThonAble, me a h,ll e, slashed through a multi-layered roof of overcast to start a 5,000 mile test flight. The Air Force had ships and planes waiting in toe impact area to recover the sharp, “peel-off," nose cone. Never has a nose cone been recovered at intercontinental- range. Guidance System Improved The chances for recovery of the cone were considered better than in previous Thor-Able firings because of the new pin-point guidance system in the rocket. The new guidance device is the same as toe one toe Titan ICBM will use. In one of the most unusual launchings ever seen here, the 52- ( ton two-stage rocket cut into an extremely low-banking area of clouds only four .seconds later. It emerged from the clouds about 25 seconds after that, but was completely lost from view when it hit a thick ceiling only 40 seconds after launching. "This was the second attempt to test a nose cone design. The last Thor-Able, fitted with an apparently identical cone, fell far r- — John Affolder Found Dead Friday Night John Affolder, 40, former Adams county resident, was found dead at 10:30 o’clock Friday night in a small shed at his home onehalf mile west of Tocsin. Wells county authorities said Affolder took his own life by hanging. He had been reported despondent recently over his ill health. Mr. Affolder was a farmer and . also assisted his father, Charles . Affolder, in the latter’s sawmill. ’ He and his wife made their home near Preble until moving to the . farm near Tocsin in 1953. ’ He was born in Berne November 1, 1918, a son ot Charles and Mary Hendricks-Affolder, and was married to Evelyn Klingenberger February 22, 1941. Mr. Affolder was a member of toe Tocsin Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to the wife ; and parents, are three children, all at home, Carolyn Sue, Larry ; Dale, and Jack Lee; one brother, 5 Virgil, of route two, Ossian; i three sisters, Mrs. Darrel (Rosella) Cookson, of Decatur; Mrs. HoI bart (Vera) Spencer, of Preble, ! and Mrs. Edward (Florence) Tee- ’ pie, of Decatur. 1 Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Tuesday hfter- * noon at the Zwick funeral home, ’ with the Rev. Fred Pflugh offi-* * dating. Burial will be in the De--1 catur cemetery. Friends may call > at toe funeral home after 3 p. m. Sunday until time of the services. ■ , , ... : — : ' ' r .

Believes Cable Cut By Trawler

ARGENTIA, Nfld. (UPl)—The Soviet fishing trawler operating of Newfoundland when trans Atlantic cables were mysteriously gut this week “quite likely" had Something to do with it, the leader of the U.S. Navy boarding party that inspected the ship said Friday night. Lt. Donald M. Sheely told a news conference here that he “considers it feasible that the trawler could have cut the cable with its fishing gear alone. ’St is definitely quite possible and probably quite likely the Russians had something to do with breaking the cable," said Shelly, executive oficer of the U.S. Destroyer Roy O. Hale. The Hale located the trawler about noon Thursday and sent out a boarding party to inspect it. ' “I ’don't know whether .it was accidental or intentional,” said Sheely. “We had no difficulty in

/ —— short of its planned impact point Jan. 23 because the second stage did not fire. * The object of the Army satellite launching is to measure cosmic rays and the radiation band around the earth, and test an “optical trigger” which would signal the earth when the satellite passes the moon. Might Join Lunik If all goes well, the rocket will take its cone-shaped satellite 221,000 miles to the vicinity of the moon in about 34 hours, then pass out of the earth’s gravity and join the Lunik in orbit around the sun. An Army Jupiter will servp as the flrtrt stage of the moon rocket. The entire vehicle stands 76 feet tall. The test is similar to one attempted by the Army last Dec. 6. The earlier Army shoot was at first believed a success, but bah aim and lack of sufficne thrust turned the rocket back after it had traveled 66,000 miles. The Douglas Co., which makes the Thor-Able, said the new test series is expected “to yield valuable information on material for the reentry of the first men in space capsules.” ' Creek Assistance Program Studied At a meeting of soil conservation service personnel from Adams, Allen, Van Wert, and Paulding counties from Indiana and Ohio in Fort Wayne, the Flat Rock creek assistance program was discussed. Cletus Gillman, of the Adams county SCS, said that about 10.000 acres of watershed land are in Union township, Adams county. Gillman also said that under public law 566, the' small watersheds act, assistance may be granted to promote drainage in this four-county area. The law was put in effect a few years ago to bridge the gap between soil conservation work and the army engineers flood control program. An application is expected to be submitted to the secretary of agriculture for this assistance in the near future. Each of the four soil conservation districts will first have to approve it, but Gillman said this was merely a formality. The Adams county group will vote on this during their regular monthly meeting, March 9. He added, however, that if one of the four districts votes against it, the measure will be tabled. A further breakdown of the small watersheds act shows that farmers are helped with planning, cost sharing, and technical assist- ' ance when engaging in flood control and drainage projects. It differs from other department of agriculture assistance because the entire watershed area must contribute to the plans for improvement. In other cases, the SCS, for example, individual applications can be submitted to gain aid. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, a little colder tonight Sunday fair and warmer. Low tonight upper 20s north, mid 30s south. High Sunday near 50 north, around «0 south. Outlook for Monday: Parity cloudy and mild.

boarding the ship. Our party of five was unarmed. We called for toe captain and told them we intended to boqrd. One man on the trawler said ’wait’ in English. A ladder was then dropped and the party went aboard (Sheely first).” No Apology Included The United States sent Russia a note Friday formally advising the Kremlin that U.S. sailors had boarded the vessel. Officials said no apolgy by the U.S. was involved. Sheely said he noticed a break in the ship’s trawling cable which could have been caused by snagging on the bottom. He said the only other unusual thing about the fishing vessel was a sounding cable in toe stern. It was about 2,500 to 3,000 feet long and at the end was an iron cylinder weighing aboiit six pounds, Sheely thought it strange equipment for a fishing vessel. The officer said toe Hale left here at 5 p.m. on Wednesday on orders to proceed to toe area where toe trawler was. The crew did not know the reason for the trip immediately. Just before daybreak Thursday, a plane from Argentia helped locate toe Russian ship. Signal flags were used to order the trawler to heave to. Officer Uses Interpreter Once aboard, Sheely said he was unable to communicate in English, but radioman Roland A. Poulin, of Chicopee Falls Mass., whose father came from Quebec, spoke in French to one of the Russian seamen who was familiar with that language. Sheely spoke to the captain through the two interpreters. "The crew was not overly friendly,” said Sheely. “They accepted us. There was no evidence of hostility. They showed no social amenities, and didn't offer us such things as coffee or cigarettes." - In looking over the ship’s log, Sheely said he noted some figures, which appeared to be longitude and latitude records. He said they indicated the ship Had been operating in the area of ths cafele breaks during tig? Jprewpi# tjgntf! or four days The crewHst showed 70, said Sheely, but some names were deleted and the actual count was 54. He saw six women on deck "dressed appropriately for fishing." Trawler Got Message Sheely said the day before a message had been dropped to the trawler from a commercial aircraft hired by either Western Union or the Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company. The message, written in English and Russian which the Russian captain showed him, said in effect, “You have cut the cable four times. Stop fishing here and go south." It was Written- on toe cover of a forecast folder from an aircraft. One seaman was injured when the U.S. destroyer was lowering its whale boat. Part of toe lowering mechanism gave way and dropped into the boat, hitting Marion W. Snitko, of Fremont, Ohio, on toe head. He was knocked unconscious, but recovered in time to go aboard the Russian ship.

Church School Clinic In Decatur Tuesday

A vacation church school administration clinic, sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur, wil be held at the First Presbyterian church in this city Tuesday morning from 8:15 to 11:15 o’clock. The Rev. Charles F. Bole, director of Christian education for the Presbyterian synod of Indiana, will conduct the clinic. An administrator of wide experience in this field, he travels extensively over Indiana to serve Presbyterian churches in educational needs and problems. The clinic is open to all churches of Adams and surrounding counties. Churches are urged to send two or more representatives, the pastor, the director of the vacation church school and departmental superintendents. The committee of Associated Churches in charge of the clinic is composed of Talmadge Campbell, First Presbyterian church, Glen Habegger, Church of the Nazarene, and the Rev. Benj. G. Thomas, Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church. Problems to be included on the agenda of the clinic include: “1. What is the purpose and work of the vacation church school committee? •‘2. How find and enlist an adequate staff of departmental superintendents, teachers, musicians, play supervisors and helpers? “3. How finance the school? What goes into the budget? Sources of income? “4. How organize the school*

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Krushchev To Make Visit To East Germany LENINGRAD, Russia (UPD — Premier Nikita Khrushchev will fly to East Germany as soon as he winds up his apparently stalemated talks with Pripe Minister Harold Macmillan next week, it was announced today. The Soviet agency Tass announced Khrushchev’s plans while Macmillan, just arrived here on a tour of Russia’s provinces, was calling for East-West negotiations with a warning that “hopes for peace are not enough.” Tass said Khrushchev has accepted an invitation from the East German government to "visit the Leipzig International Fair.” Western experts had no doubt that Khrushchev's visit to Genmany would include negotiations for the transfer of control of West Berlin’s lifelines to the German Communists—and possibly negotiations for a peace treaty with Red Germany as well. There has been authoritative predictions that KhrushSchev would seek to negotiate a “separate peace" with Russia's German ! satellite. Macmillan, who flew tn from Kiev jtist before noon, said at the airport "We must work for peace." . The prime minister’s declara- ; tion underlined rising Western . hopes that his visit here might lead to some sort of East-West negotiations before Russia’s May 27 deadline in the Berlin crisis is J readied. “We fought together to win the ■ war, and now let us fight for peace. If there is some possibility of better understanding of each ■ other, my visit will not have been • in vain,” Macmillan said. ' Khrushchev, who was to have 1 accompanied Macmillan on his 1 provincial tour, stayed in Moscow at the last moment, pleading a ' toothache. ’ Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoy- ' an put in an unexpected appear- ’• ance here today to escort Mac- ■ millan on his Leningrad tour. ; Soviet newspapers reported a j Speech made by Mifcbyanrtn Ros- t . tov which appeared critical of the L British leader. i Commenting on reports that r Macmillan, after early affability, had taken a firm line with Khrushchev following Tuesday’s speech, Mikoyan said: ' “We, as the hosts, offered our ’ English guests the chance to say what interested them.” One usu- ? ally starts with sharp dishes and ends up with something sweet, but our English guests in then- talks . ' did just the opposite: They started with the dessert and then went on the bitter dishes.” - Mikoyan said also that former ( U.S. Army Secretary Kenneth Royal told him in New York last i month that he had favored break- - ing the Berlin blockade in 1948 ’ with tanks, and that he still feels I the same way. “I replied that he should know , that if tanks advanced on Berlin • from the West they would encoun- ■ ter tanks and something eveh more powerful,’’ Mikoyan said.

; -HHe? - * 11111 l fl R -.-- Rev. Charles F. Bole Large? Small? Union school? How best use the space that is I available? “5. The daily program: What is the best use of hours? What are some of the experiments in afternoon and night schools? In i adult classes? “6. Information on missionary ■ projects: migrant work, American Bible society. CROP, et al. What is the volue of these projects? “7. Advertising the school. How enlist pupils? How sell the parents? How reach families that go to do church?"