Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 104.

LUCE RESIGNS ENVOY POST—Following an hour-long meeting with President Eisenhower, Clare Booth Luce announces to newsmen that she has resigned as Ambassador to Brazil. With her (left) is Presidential press secrteary James Hagerty in whose offices she met with newsmen. The President urged Mrs. Luce to reconsider her decision to resign but she declined. ' . > ‘ -a -

Gives Details Os Vast Red Spy Operation MUNICH, Germany (UPI)—An East German intelligence officer who fled to West Germany has given the Bonn government details of a vast Communist spy ring operating against the West German government and NATO Allies, of- ’ fieials disclosed today. They said details supplied by this and other Communist defector® has led to the arrest of “many” persons and their conviction. The latest two Communist East Germans to flee to the West were Lt. Walter Glassl, 27, and Capt. Helmut Hoefer. Both were with the East German “peoples army” espionage service, but apparently Galssl gave most of the details. Intelligence sources said da sal's slaty checked with information supplied earlier by Tit Siegfried Dombrowski of the East German military intelligence who fled last year. The East German spy appartus was said to operate through three agencies—the Ministry for State Security, the "coordinating administration” of the Ministry of National Defense and the “independent section” of the armed forces. Glassl also told of his own training in a spy school which went under the name of “high school for the foreign political news service.” The school is located in. Gransee and each student works under a code name. Fort Wayne Man Is Killed In Accident GREENVILLE, Ohio (UPI) 1 — Bill Caliand, 26, Fort Wayne, Ind., was killed and two other Fort Wayne men were injured early today In a head-on collision four miles north of here on Ohio 27. The injured were indentified as Bobby Brown, 26, and William Anderson, 37. State police said the Indiana car apparently veered to the left of the center line and collided with a car driven by Donald Coyle, 21, Dayton, Ohio. Coyle was injured.

Senate To Tighten Appointees’ Study

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) predicted today President Eisenhower would pick a “pretty good career diplomat” as ambassador to Brazil to run the Senate gauntlet behind Clare Boothe Luce. The Senate Foreign Relations committeeman said in an interview the dispute which ended in Mia. Luce resigning after winning Senate confirmation will “tighten up” Senate consideration of future appointees. Like other senators, Aiken doubted that any Senate move would be made to try to censure Sep, Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) for the way in which he challenged the Ludfe nomination. Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R-Ind.) said the Senate should “censure or condemn” Morse because he called libs. Luce's physician to ask whether she had received psychiatric treatment. - Mrs. Luce resigned with regret Friday, advising the President she felt it was “no longer possible” to accomplish the mission in Brazil because of the “ugly charges” raised by Morse. She said she expected Morse to com tinue “harassment” as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Latin-America if she went to Brazil. ' ■ Few ambassadors have resined

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a Association Meets Here This Morning The “Association for the Betterment” ot Decatur held an informal breakfast at the Decatur Youth and Community Center this morning, with approximately 100 interested citizens present. The purpose of the breakfast was to familiarize those present with the association and its aims. George Auer, chairman of Die association, presided, and gave a short background of the group. He then gave some erf the pertinent facts concerning the recent election concerning the sale of the electric utility and franchise. : It was pointed out by those present that there was a definite need for consolidation of the citizens of Decatur. The purpose of the association is to promote an aura of good feeling throughout the city and area. The fact that 1,800 registered voters failed to make their stand in the recent election known w«f brought oflt, add tne need for that opinion is present to help consolidate the city into a cohesive unit Striving for thought-backed progress. A petition considering the abandonment of efforts to sell the utility was mentioned as one way of securing the opinion of those who failed to vote. Custer and Smith, Decatur attorneys, explained some of the questions concerning a petition, and several facts and questions that might be raised to*a petitioner. Another meeting is planned by the association at 8 a.m., Saturday, May 9, at the Youth and Community Center. At this meeting, the progress of the week will be evaluated, and further plans made. Cub Scout Pack 3063 Meets Monday Night The monthly meeting of Cub Pack 3063 will be held Monday evening at Northwest grade school at 7:30 o’clock. An interesting program, including skits, will be presented with all Cub Scouts participating.

after their confirmation and before starting service abroad. But there have been a number of hot nomination battles in recent years, and several diplomatic appointments have been withdrawn in the face of rejection or an embarrassing floor debate. Most of them demonstrated the power of a single senator to block a nominee. President Eisenhower withdrew • his nomination of Julius Holmes, a career diplomat who had served with distinction in Europe, when it was made clear there would be a floor fight over his confirmation. Holmes was nominated as ambassador to Iran on Feb. 8, 1955. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly sunny, Warmer and more humid today. Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday. High today near 80 north to upper 80s sonth. Low tonight lower 60s north, to upper 60s south. High Sunday mid 80s north to near 90 south. Outlook for Monday: Showers and scattered thundershowers and continued warm. NOON EDITION

Invaders Give - Up Meekly To Panamanians PANAMA CITY (UPI) — Brief jail sentences appeared to store today for the 85 men and the sloe-eyed irl who sailed* here from Cuba to invade Panama and then surrendered meekly when they found Fidel Castro disapproved of their actions. The invaders gave up to Panamanian authorities at the coastal village of Nombre de Dios in a ceremony filled more with joy than sdrrow. They sailed then tor a Panama City jail and the threat of invasion appeared over. Reports that additional invaders were on the way from Cuba persisted, but it appeared unlikely that they would attempt to land while toe coast is being patrolled lay U.S. warships and planes acting for the Organization of American Mates. Plans for the future of the invaders who surrendered Friday have not .been announced. The Panamanian government probably will bring them to trial, but it appeared unlikely that they would be severely punished. Two landing barges took the invaders out of the “beachhead” village. i 3 Practically all of the village's 700 regular residents turned out to see the invaders off.

Six Persons Killed In Traffic Crashes Untied Press International Si* persons were killed to two accidents within #9 minutes today to Indiana, sending the state’s weekend death toll soaring with many hours still to go and heavy traffic ahead. A head-on collision at the west edge of Indianapolis killed four, including three Indianapolis men to their 20s and a Danville, HI., woman. «j ii Another head-on collision involving « cat and to trurtr near LaPorte was fatal to a La Porte woman and a South Bend man. In addition, a Fort Wayne man was killed and two companions hurt early today to a head-on collisionr near Greenville, Ohio, a city just across the Indiana = line. The Indianapolis crash killed Robert Rippy, 28, Donald Eldridge, about 25, and Lewis Smith, 29, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Elizabeth McAleer, about 40 Danville, 111. Four other persons were hurt. Adrian uanlelowfcz, 24, South Bend, and Barbara B. Metzner, 26, La Porte, were killed on Ind. 2 near LaPorte. : The Fort Wayne victim was Bill Caliand, 26. There were no indications that any of the accidents were connected wjth traffic leaving Indianapolis after the Patterson-Lon-don heavyweight championship fight Friday night, or threading through the state enroute to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby today. Michigan No Nearer To Crisis Solution LANSING, Mich. (UPD—Michigan’s austerity program was eased slightly today but Gov. C. Mennen Williams and GOP lawmakers were no nearer to solving the state’s cash crisis. The state Administrative Board lifted its ban cm payment of travel expenses and announced the state Employes’ Credit Union would, provide interest-free emergency* loans to state workers who suffer payless paydays. The board, alarmed about its credit rating, also promised bankers it would give payment of credit obligations equal priority with welfare payments. Williams put the board on 24hour alert over the week end to be prepared to “{dan the resumption of payrolls” in case there is a break in the political stalemate over, the best source of emergency funds. No break was to sight. The GOP senate delivered an ultimatum to Williams before it recessed Friday for the week end — accept a one-cent hike in the sales tax or nothing- : The senate said it will agree to releasing money from the 56-mil-lion-dollar Veterans Trust Fund if Williams will go far an immediate tax boost. This would sidetrack his proposal for « gradual, ed income tax. Williams and his cabinet rescinded their stop order on payment of travel expenses for . fear it would cripple essential state services.

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Many Os Mayoralty U AnA l|,|r | InAiiftAra/J nopeiuis unopposed INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)-The following candidates for mayor nominations to Indiana city primaries May 5 will be nominated automatically for lack of opposition, accenting to an unofficial list r compiled by United Press Inter* • national: s Alexandria • — Mayor Wendell s Woosnam <R>. I Attica — Mayor Clarence Short i (Df. ‘ ■ Auburn—Mayor H. 'Gerald Open (D) and Lloyd Hoodelmier IB). ■ Autora—Mayor Courtney Dicken l (R). IS i Batesville — Paul dindnnejnev f <R>. , * ' Bedford — Mayen* Lee Quaeken- • bush (R). I Beech Grove—Mayor Elton H, • Geshwiler (D) and Charles E» ■ Bosma <R). Berne—Mayor Forrest Balsiger t (D) and Leiand A. Neuen (R). I Bicknell—Noble D. Goyer (R), Blulfton—Albert Keller Jr. <RL Boonville—Lloyd Whitmer (R) and Orgle Myers <D>. Brazil—Tom Grayson <R>. Butler—Mayor Leighton F. Tom- ‘ bow <D) and Raymond D. McCann <R>. Columbia City—Mayor Garland F. Stickler (D> and William C, Thomson Jr. (R). • " Covington—Carl N. James GUI Crawfordsville — Mayor Paul Stump (D). . Delphi—Mayor Roy Clauser (D)’ : and Charles A. Wood (R>. Dunkirk—Mayor Richard A. Overmyer (R) and C. Wayne Hob-

son <D). East Chicago— Joseph J. Kish <Rh i Frankfort—WLiliam Bcookie <R). Franklin—Mayor Jarvis Alexander (D) and Frank S. Records (R). * Garrett—Mayor Fred L. Feicfc <D). No Republican filed. Gas City — Mayor Robert Ray (R). Greencastle —Raymond S. Fisher <D). Greensburg — Lester R. Hermann (D>. Greenwood—Wayne C. Burkhart <D). Huntingburg— William E. Ellsworth <R>. r Jasonville —Raleigh Raper (R). Jeffersonville—Edmond K. Higdon (R). Kendallvill«— Mayor Andrew J. ■ Milnnr (D) and Rudolf J. Rehwinkel (R). Knox—Roy L. Eichstaedt (D). Lawrence — Richard J. McCready <R>. Ligonier—Max E. Sperry (R) and Arthur J. Ferguson (D). Madison — Mayor William H. Wetzel (R) and Mark A. Lytle (D). Michigan City—Mayor Francis G. Fedder (D). Mitchell—Victor Bixler <R>. Montpelier — C. Virgil Weaver (R) and Thomas T. McGeath <D>. Mount Vernon—George A. Krug (R). Nappanee— Mayor J. Maxwell Clouse (D). No Republican filed. North Vernon—Mayor William Gergory (R). No Democrat filed. Plymouth—Mayor Ernest Bixel (D) and Howard Menser (R). Portland—Ray Burk < R). Princeton —William M. McConnel <RK Rensselaer—Mayor Emil Hanley (R). No Democrat filed. Rochester— Ray Myers (R) and Charles Jones <D). Shelbyville—Mayor John S. Anderson (D). Shirley City (Woodburn)— Mayor Mark T. Lipsett (R) and E. H. Waltke <D). South Bend— Werner C. Vernon (R). Tell City — Mayor Nicholas T. Beumel (R). No Democrat filed. (Continued oa page six) Calendar Set Here For Public Schools The tentative school calendar for the 1959-60 school term for the Decatur public schools, was released today by W. Guy Brown, ! superintendent of schools. Total school days for next year is' listed at 177, with a new free day being added for the first time. Starting next year, public schools will be dismissed November 11, in observance of Veterans day. The 1959-60 school calendar Is as follows: Aug. 31 through Sept. 4, registration week for students; Sept. 8, organizational day for teachers only; Sept. 9, classes begin; Oct. 16, end of first six weeks. Oct. 22-23, Northern Indiana teachers’ association meeting; Nov. 11, Veterans Day; Nov. 26-27, Thanksgiving vacation; Dec. 4, end of second six weeks; Dec. 24, Christmas vacation begins; Jan. 4, classes are resumed; Jan. 22, end of first semester. Jan. 25, second semester begins; March 4, end of fourth six weeks period; Apr. 15-18. Easter vacation; Apr. 15, end of fifth six weeks period; May 22, .baccalaureate service; May 26, commencement services; and May 27, last day of school. -—i

Herter Describes Ministers’ Talks Highly Successful llj i : . *

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United Press International TlJe weatherman mentioned hu- | midity in his forecast for Indiana j; today for the first time, this sea- * son and predicted the year’s hot-. i lest temperatures for Sunday. jj ? As proof that the summery sea- ’ son is descending on Hoosierland, J forecasters called for “warmer j and more humid” weather today with the mercury ranging from, * near 80 to the upper 80s as high 1 , points this afternoon and soaring to a range of 85 to near 90 Sunday. j Earlier predictions of showers and thunderstorms beginning Saturday night and continuing Sunday were discarded in the latest forecasts. But the outlook for Mon- ; day indicated they were only delayed, not cancelled out. Sunny skies today will give way to partly cloudy tonight and Sun- : day. The mercury hit 86 at Evansville Friday but failed to climb past 71 anyplace else in the five- ' city daily checkup. Lows early this morning ranged from 51 at ' Fort Wayne to, 61 at Evansville ! Meanwhile, the crest of the 1 flood-swollen Wabash river rolled toward Clinton. The river level

i a . ' ' „ -i,: y German Engineers, Visit Central Soya Three representatives from the German oilseed milling and extraction equipment industry in Hamburg visited Central Soya’s technical department at Decatur, . Friday. They arc: Di. Karl Bender, director, Christiansen & Meyer; Karl Mohr, chief engineer. Bauermeister Machinery C 0..; and Wilhelm Depmer, consulting engineer. Depmer represents Central Soya as Euorpean agent for licensing rs its desolventizertoaster patents. The three Germans and N. Hunt Moore, U. S. representative of Bauermeister Co., met with Norman Kruse, Central Soya vice president and technical director, and several of his staff. The meeting was held to exchange information on equipment design and techniques of processing soybeans in both Germany and the United States. For Depmer the visit had. historical interest, since he assisted Kruse in 1937 with start-up operations of the company’s first Han-sa-Muhle soybean solvent extractor and meal desolventizing equipment at the Decatur plant. During a visit to Hamburg, Kruse had selected the equipment from Han-sa-Muhle, for whom Depmer was then a chemical engineer. These plants havd Mince been improved by U. S. technology and In 1950 Central Soya engineers completed a new type of desolventizerjtoaster, which is being licensed to Europeans, from whom the company obtained its original equipment. According the German visitors, increased quantities of soybeans are being exported from the United States to Europe and interest is developing in processing the beans into quality marketable products with low * manufacturing costs. In the past three years, Germany, alone, has imported nearly 40 million bushels of soybeans from the United States. They feel that this trend will accelerate in the future.’ Laie Bulletin KOKOMO, Ind. (UPI) - A small private plane crashed today near the Kokomo Airport. Police said they had no farther information except the plane was believed to have contained two persons. The Howard County sheriff’s office said the two passengers in the plane -were killed. The office placed the site of the erash at about two miles northeast of Kokomo In a wooded, marshy area.

there was 24% feet this morning and rising. A crest of 25 to 25% feet was due today. The White River also was rising in Southwestern Indiana, but earlier crest forecasts indicated the : overflow at some points would be minor. Postponement of the thunder- 1 storm activity will give areas an -j extra day of grace to recover from the week’s flood, third for ■ Indihna this year. ' i '•- ■: v. : ,£■ . Seven-Year-Old Boy Is Drowning Victim I' ATTICA, Ind. (UPI) — Kenneth Rutledge, 7, Waynetown, drowned in backwater of , the flooded Wabash River near here Friday when a speedboat capsized and threw 1 him and four other members of his family into the water. The other members of the Robert Rut-, ledge family escaped death, but Kenneth’s leg was caught to the 1 steering wheel and he was dead 1 before he could be removed.

Smitley Is State Adjutant For DAV : I m Jmmßtmm :sm. •■•" ! mmL. WKBk * Ba# . ;ipi» « sv|§v Gerald Smitley, 49, who has been associated with the Decatur Lumber Co. for 19 years, has resigned from the company to become the state adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans, effective May 12, with offices in Indianapolis. Smitley will also resign his posts as service officer and'adjutant of local chapter, DAV 91, to assume the full time responsibilities of his new office. A former master sergeant, attached to the Ist Allied Airborne* division, he served in England, France and Germany during World War 11, participating in 12 re-sup-plying missions on C-47 and B-24 : aircraft. Smitley was non-commis--1 stoned officer-in-charge of aerial 1 rp-supply for the division. Smitley, his wife, Hilda; their son, Dennis, fl, and daughter* Lorraine, 7, will move to Indianapolis as soon as arrangements have ; been completed. Local Lady's Uncle Is Taken By Death Ignatius Schiffli, 85, of near Waterloo, died at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Sacred Heart hospital, Garrett, after an illness of one year. He was a retired Baltimore and Ohio railroad employe, and a member of St. Michael’s Catholic church ’ hesir Waterloo.' Mr. Schiffli was well known in Decatur, having visited here on numerous occasions with his niece, Mrs. T. J. Metzler. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Frank Gfeller of near Waterloo, and a number of nieces and nephews. Services Will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Michael's Catholic church, with burial in Calvary cemetery at Garrett. Friends may call at the Graffis funeral home in Waterloo after 7 p.m. today. u.

Godfrey Bouncing ■ Back From Surgery NEW YORK (UPI) - Arthur ■Godfrey, in “good spirits” and "excellent condition,” was reported bouncing back today from a five-hour operation to remove a cancerous tumor from his left lung. Godfrey’s recovery was so speedy that he left his bed twice Friday for a few minutes at a time, a Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Center spokesman said. The operation had been performed about 30 hours earlier. “His general condition is excellent,” the spokesman said. An earlier hospital medical bulletin described him as being In good

spirits after being told of the can- , cer. Hie 55-year-okl entertainer’s chief concern seem to be about a spread of the malinancy. “Did you get it all out?” he fisicccl* ■■ ■ : v “Yes, we think we did,” a surgeon replied. Doctors said they could not know at this time whether the cancer had been removed in time . to prevent it spreading to other parts of the body. Cancer is considered cured if it does not recur within five years of its arrest or removal. Godfrey told a visiting friend the after-effects of the operation “hurt like helU”. f . Three surgeons removed the upper half of Godfrey’s left lung affected by the tumor to a five-hour operation Thursday. They waited until he recovered strength to tell him of the cancer, the possibility of which he had said filled him with a “cold, clammy clutching fear.” Approve Contracts Os Berne Teachers The Berne-French school board met recently aproving the contracts of all teachers for the 195960 school year. James Yoder was also selected .as principal of the township elementary school. _ Salaries will range from $4,150, for teachers with a bachelor’s and no experience, to $5,230, for teachers with 12 or m’ore years experience. Those with master’s degrees will have a range from $4,370, with no experience, to $6,159 for those with 20 years experience or bet- : ter. John Kirehofer, of Berne, will replace Yoder in the sixth grade classes. Yoder will assume his 10i month a year position late this ■ summer.

Predict Russia To Reject Deal

PARIS (UPI) — The 15-nation NATO permanent council voted unanimous approval today of the “package" plan the West plans to submit to, Russia on Berlin, Germany andi European security. Diplomatic observers predicted the Soviets would reject the blueprint when the foreign ministers meet at Geneva starting next Monday. Frencn Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville gave the NATO council a report on the two day meeting of the Western Big Four foreign ministers and there was some discussion before the vote. But council spokesmen said the council also had agreed on a plan whereby the participants in the Geneva conference would keep the other members of NATO informed. Diplomatic sources said the West had no alternative plan to offer now and that the Geneva mooting at best would postpone the ultimate showdown over Berlin issued by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev last Nov. 27. British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, apparently anticipating this, let it be known he favors a series of summit meetings to solve East-West disputes as “a new and imaginative approach to the central problem of our ae." Macmillan outlined this aim Friday night in a Glasgow speech

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; WASHINGTON (UPI) — Secrejtary of State Christian A. Herter said today thpt progress toward solving the Berlin and Germany ‘ problems can be at the Big Four session in Geneva if the Russians demonstrate “an honest desire to negotiate.** , . ■ Herter made the prediction as he returned ,to Washington from the Paris meeting with foreign ministeVs of Britain, France and Western Germany. He described the talk's as “very successful.” The secretary, who arrived at 8 a.m., told reporters that “brith in spirit and in substance we reached complete agreement on n highly important Western jSMtion.’’ He added that “this should assist us greatly in making progress” at the foreign ministers meeting with Russia in Geneva May 11. “if the Soviet Union

**t 44 w*'* v ~luu demonstrates an honest desire to neotiate.” Herter went directly from the airport to the White House to board a helicopter for a flight to Gettysburg where he will report to President Eisenhower on the Paris talks; Eisenhower is spendin the weekend on his Gettysburg farm.l The secretary also said he planned to go to Walter Reed Hospital some time during the weekend to see John Foster Dulles, his ailing predecessor, If Dulles feels like receiving him. When asked specuically whether ;■ he expected some progress to toe Geneva negotiations, Herter said . “If I knew what the frame of . mind erf the other fellow is, 1 r could answer that better.” 1 Herter acknowledged that the 1 Allies at their preparation meetr tag in Paris did not consider all 1 of the angles which will come up : at the Geneva conference. He said “We settled every detail that came up.” Either officials arriving with Herter disclosed that toe four Western powers have made no effort to agree on What they will do if Russia rejects —as she is expected to—the Western “package plan” for reunification of Germany with accompanying agreements on arms limitation and the status of Berlin. St. Mary's River Continues To Drop St. Mary’s river continues to recede today as weather observer Louis Landrum reports the level at 16.45 feet. ‘ It is still more than three feet above toe theoretical flood stage of 13 feet, but has fallen from the high of more than 20 feet on Tuesday.

summing up his government's stand before die May II Geneva meeting: “After the forein ministers meeting I look forward to a meeting of the heads of government concerned at a summit conference," Macmillan said. "The form which the summit conference takes must, of course, depend on the result of the foreign ministers’ meeting this month. But I am hopeful that sufficient progress will be made to make a summit conference fruifpl.” Western diplomats to Paris said privately they expected just enough concessions from Russia at the foreign ministers conference to force the Allies to attend a summit conference. Macmillan said he and other leaders hoped the summit would not be regarded as a single act of state to settle ail the of Europe or %he world. “It should be regarded as tb» beginning of a period of negotiation which will be continued to a series of similar meetings," he sad. *“lf we can do that we shall indeed be pioneers in a new and imainative approach to the central problems of our age.” Macmillan denied that such talks would amount to appeasement. -