Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 118.

No Summit Conference For Eisenhower Under Threat Os Ultimatum

GENEVA (UPD — The United States has told the Russians flatly that President Eisenhower would not attend any summit conference under threat of a new Soviet ultimatum on Berlin, it was disclosed today. The Western foreign ministeis resumed the fight for their cold war package peace plan when the Big Four conference opened its seventh .vorking session. French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville, taking up where Secretary of State Christian Herter left off Monday, made another lengthy appeal to the Soviets to accept the plan. In it the West offered global troop cuts and security in Europe in exchange for a new deal on Berlin and freedom for the 17 million Soviet Zone Germans. Rebuff Gromyko’s Threat Earlier, American sources disclosed that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko had raised the threat of a new Berlin crisis if the current Big Four talks are not settled on Moscow’s terms. The sources disclosed that Herter rebuffed Gromyko’s threat with a near ultimatum of his own: That President Elsenhower will not go to any summit conference under duress—including any new move to set a deadline for getting Western troops out of Berlin. Couve de Murville went into the conference with a long and detailed explanation of the West’s package plan. At the same time, he reiterated the reasons why the West has rejected the Soviet countr-pla» calling for a peace treaty with the two Germanys and abandonment of Berlin by the West. The East-West deadlock was not limited to the Big Four conference table. Herter and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd conferred for more than an hour at noon with Gromyko in an effort to get the bogged-down talks on a nuclear test ban off dead center. But they failed to win Soviet acceptance of Western compromise proposals designed to speed up these talks. Khrushchev Calls Meeting ' Gromyko himself said aftef-f' wards that the meeting was “not conclusive.” Herter personally informed , Gromyko that the West’s mini- ' mum price for a summit confer- ; ence would be a stand-still agree- ‘ ment recognizing the present Al- . lied rights in Berlin until the foreign ministers or the heads of’ state can reach a final settlement. The Herter-Gromyko exchange ’ was one of the most significant of the Big Four conference. It took , place in a private conversation last Thursday at a dinner given . by British Foreign Secretary Sei- '■ wyn Lloyd, the sources said. Gromykos implied threat of possible new Soviet moves in Ber- , lin was disclosed at the same time authoritative sources said j Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ( apparently has fixed a deadline j in his own mind for winding up’ ] the foreign ministers talks. This report said Khrushchev has summoned the Communist • Party Central Committee for June 24, apparently to assess the re- 1 suits of this conference and to ' prepare his mandate for the summit conference he hopes will fol- 1 low. ,

Entertain Grads At All-Night Party

For the eighth consecutive year, seniors of Decatur high school will be entertained at the all-night party Thursday, sponsored by the Decatur Lions club. General chairman L. E. Anspaugh today announced the chairmen of the various committees who will cater to the whims of the seniors at the early morning breakfast at the American Legion home. Immediately following the graduation dance at the high school gymnasium, four local social sororities will again sponspr an open house and luncheon at the Youth and Community Center about midnight. General chairman Mrs. Frank Lybarger will supervise the workers from Beta Sigma Phi, Delta Theta Tau, Tri Kappa, and Psi lota Xi in preparing the luncheon and serving it. Age Old Battle Continues Roy Kalver, owner of the Adams for the eighth consecutive year also, host the 83

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Prepare Interim Plans In other major East-West developments: —Herter summoned Ambassadors John Hay Whitney from London and Amory Houghton from Paris for consultations. Defense Secretary Neil McElry also was flying in from Washington. —French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville was reported preparing a point-by-point denunciation of Russias demand for peace treaties perpetuating the Communist ruel in East Germany. —French President Charles de Gaulle info rm e d the United States he would not attend a summit conference outside Europe and specifically not in the United States. —Both sides were reported preparing interim plans for Berlin. The West would maintain the present status; Russia would give the West the choice of withdrawing completely, letting the Allies stay with Soviet participation or sending in an all-neutral force. —Herter, Gromyko and Lolyd dnmet outside the conference at noon to discuss the breakdown in the talks on a nuclear test ban. Flash Flood In Missouri Fatal To Man United Press International A flash flood sent six feet of water thundering into St. Joseph, Mo., Monday night, killing one man and forcing hundreds of persons to rooftops for safety. The floodwaters subsided rapidly, uncovering the body of Thomas McKinly Thomas, 62, a hospital attendant. Thomas’ wife was reported missing, but she later was located. ....... „ Thomas' body was found near his’* car. Authorities beheved he and his wife were washed from the auto by the wall of water. The raging waters from Black Snake Creek and backed-up storm sewers came with such suddenness that residents had no time to flee. Instead they climbed to the roofs of their homes to await rescuers in boats. The floods came in the wake of an unofficial 3.25-inch rain, one of a number of violent storms in Kansas, lowa, Illinois and Missouri during the night. At least three tornadoes were reported, striking at Corning, lowa, and in farm areas near Denton and Powhattan, Kan. No injuries or deaths were reported in the twisters. About six inches of much coated homes in the St. Joseph area and officials said damage would run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. The flood water began falling shortly before midnight when the torrential rains stopped. Propane gas tanks from homes floated down streets turned into rivers. One home was ripped by an explosion of unknown cause during the height of the flood, but no one was hurt.

graduates at his cinema house with a specially arranged technicolor movie. At about 3:30 a.m., when it becomes a race to see which group, the youngsters or the oldstres, will weaken first, the entourage leaves the theater en masse for the Legion home. Here, the trick of awakening the usually sleep-lacking high schoolers falls into the Lions club collective hands. Without devulging the secret potion which will be used, Anspaugh reiterated that, "it is most effective.” Besides professional entertainment, procured from a Fort Wayne theatrical booking agency, the high school guests 'will be feasted a breakfast prepared and served by the Lions. And if the streets of Decatur look deserted on Friday morning, you’ll know that both groups are sleeping off the effects of the wonderful morning event. The bloodshot eyes of those merchants and pro-

Move To Halt Housing Bill

WASHINGTON (UPD — The administration agreed to a reduction in its request for housing funds today in a strategy move to block a st*l bigger Democratic bUI. An administration spokesman announced the decision on a compromise shortly before the House began debate on a Democratic biU caUing for $2,100*000,000 in housing appropriations. President Eisenhower had asked $1,650,000,000 for the program, but agreed today to back a $1,300,000,000 compromise measure introduced by Rep. A.S. Herlong (DFla.). Herlong’s measure had the support of Republicans and many southern Democrats. Other congressional news: Nominations: The Senate Commerce Committee finally approved the nomination of Lewis L. Strauss to be commerce secretary—by a vote of 8-8. The appointment now win go to the, Senate floor, where a further fight is in prospect. Another nomination fight shaped up in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is studying selection of Ogden R. Reid of New York as ambassador to Israel. Today Reid denied a charge that he was seeking the post to promote eventual candidacy for mayor of New York. Foreign Aid: Chairman Otto E. Passman (D-La.) of the House foreign aid appropriations subcommittee said Eisenhower’s $3,900.000,000 program is “grossly inflated and calls for some drastic surgery.” Atomic: The White House sent Congress a series of agreements under which the United States would help Great Britain and 'France speed ’up-their development of nuclear weapons. Unless Congress disapproves the pacts, they will go in effect automatically after 60 days. LU. Medical Center Receives Elks Gift INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—The Indiana University Medical Center will be given an ultra-powerful electron microscope Friday as a gift from the Indiana Elks Lodges. The machnie, which will magnify 200,000 times, will be used to augment cancer research facilities. National Guard To Aid Holiday Traffic INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Governor Handley called on the Indiana National Guard today to supplement police traffic patrols on Hoosier highways during the Memorial Day weekend. Handley said more than 100 units of the guard will take jeeps and other vehicles on patrol duty in an effort to help regular law enforcement agencies hold down the accident rate.

fessional men, who ventured forth without the benefit of sleep will certainly be manifested also. As for the youngsters, well, youth will have its fling. Committee Chairmen Named The various committee chairmen, appointed Monday evening at a special meeting, are Jack Gordon and Frank Lybarger, kitchen committee; Thurman Drew, waiters; Clark Mayclin, tabic and decorations, and the venerable clean-up committee, Gordon Hooper, in charge. The kitchen and waiter crews will report to the Legion home, which is donated annually for the event, at 3 a. m., while the cleanup workers are to report at 5:30 a. m. The battle, thus, continues. The aged versus the young. It all amounts, however, to a full, wellrounded, memorable occasion for the 1959 graduating class of Decatur high school.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 1% 1959.

Generators To Be Back In Use Within A Week Both the diesel and steam generators will be ready for use within a week if needed, engineers working on the two power units reported today. , Kenneth (Red) Lough, steam plant engineer, stated that the steam generator coil and laminations were replaced this morning and that the stator would be put into position this afternoon. It Will take about a week to line up the stator perfectly, and make all the adjustments necessary, grind down the collection rings, and make other adjustments that had to await the replacement of the main parts. JRalph Schlerb, service engineer of Lima-Baldwin-Hamilton, said that he hoped to have the Cracked lining of the No. 8 piston of the diesel engine replaced this afternoon. After that, it was just a question of how much inspection and normal repair work the city desires to make before placing the generator “on the line.” Ristons 8. 10, 11, and 12 have been pulled, and a check of those and the others indicates a corosion on the piston rings, the engineer stated that this was apparently caused by acids in the oil. and that it was 1 not: unusual. It would not keep the motor from functioning, but should eventually be ground off at the factory. The city has not yet indicated whether that would be done now while the motor is idled, and the city is receiving all of its power from Indi-ana-Michigan, or at a later time. The engineer stated that the entire diesel will be inspected, and that apparently it had been some time since it was inspected. At the steam plant, the parts were replaced by the huge overhead crane which is a part of the steam plant facility by the Griffin company of Fort Wayne. The work by General Electric has been completed on schedule, Lough explained, and the steam generator should’soon be back “on the line.” The 2,000 KVA steam generator has been kept in working order on a st andby basis, with the motor run each day to make certain it is in operating condition. At the diesel plant, Albert Cook, Herbert Hess. Paul Buckingham, and Kenneth Butcher have worked for the past five days getting the diesel engine ready for action again. It had been in daily use during the period that the steam plant was down.

Enters Guilty Plea To Evading Taxes INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—George Hiser, a former Lafayette pinball and juke box distributor, pleaded guilty in federal court here Monday to a charge of evading SII,OOO in 1952 income taxes. But Federal Judge William Steckler ordered a probation report before imposing penalties. Six-Year-Qld Boy Is Killed By Truck PARAGON, Ind. (UPD - Six-year-old James Warthen, Gosport, was killed late Monday when he was trapped in a dump truck near here. Police said the boy and his four-year-old brother, Russell, were playing around the vehicle when its bed was raised, pinning both. James apparently suffocated. His brother was injured.

Berne Dunbar Plan! Workers Out On Strike Negotiations between the Dunbar furniture Corp., of Berne, and the UIU local 222 union, have failed and a strike was put into effect at 12 o’clock midnight last night in Rerne. It was reported today that a picket line, consisting of two or three workers, is picketing the Dunbar company, but that no trouble has arisen over the crossing of the lines by the office and management personnel. No agreement was reached over the contract dispute last week at a meeting held with Dunbar officials and union members, and no future meeting between the sides has been set. It is understood that the union is asking for a 20 cent increase for all workers of the Dunbar Corporation. Management officials have offered a five-cent increase effective immediately, a five cent increase a year from now. and another five cent increase in two years. The company has also offered a three week paid vacation for workers with 15 years of service. * A meeting was held by union members again this morning at the Berne Community auditorium, but no information was available. Just what steps the company or the union plan in an effort to reach an agreement and avoid what could be a long shutdown, are not known. __ Contract Awarded By Commissioners A contract calling for $3,285 for a 25-ton Ottawa tandem axle low boy trailer, was awarded to Korte Brothers, Inc., of Fort Wayne, by the Adams county board of commissioners at Monday’s regular weekly meeting. Anther bid submitted for consideration by Stockberger Machinery, Inc., of Fort Wayne, for $3,590, was rejected. Four other bids submitted at last week's meeting and rejected were: Fruehauf Trailer company, of Fort Wayne, $4,715; Flesch Miller, of Fort Wayne, $3,791; McAllister, of Indianapolis, $4,100; and Reid-Holcomb, of Indianapolis, $4,365. All claims for election expenses, surveyor’s department, and county highway payroll for April, were approved by the board of commissioners. Other matters include the fixing of a definite hourly pay for Pete Smith, crane operator, for the county highway department. Smith will receive $2.40 per hour effective as of May 13, David Macklin, local attorney, represented the Decatur Chamber of Commerce in a discussion concerning the maintaining of the road that leads to the Chamber of Commerce land west of 13th street. The commissioners stated that a resolution Will be drawn up by county attorney Robert S. Anderson, calling for a 50 foot right of way, 18 feet wide with a six inch base. No definite action was taken on the matter.

Adams County Native Is Taken By Death Sylvester Aaron Johnson, 55, of Stryker, 0., and a native of Adams county, died Monday at University hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich., fallowing surgery. He was a member of the Moose lodge at Montpelier, O. Surviving are his wife, Bertha ; three sons, Louis F. and Ronald 8., both in California, and Harold G., at home; two, brothers, Clarence of Defiance, O ; , and Ralph of Edon, 0., and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Saylor of Mt. Vernon. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wilson funeral home in Montpejier, O.

Leonard Kingsley Is Lions Club Speaker “The big problem for overpopulated Asia is not what to eat, but whether there will be anything to eat at all,” Leonard Kingsley, vocational agriculture teacher at Berne and a farm missionary for two and a half years in Indonesia, told the Decatur Lions club Monday night. Steve Jacobs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jacobs, and a member of the Lions club Scout troop, led the group in the pledge of allegiance. Cletus Gillman, U. S. soil conservationist, and program chairman for the evening, had as his guest Oscar Ackerson, U. S. soil conservation, service state agronomist. Officers for the next year were nominated. Kingsley explained that Indonesia “is a group of 2,000 Islands half-way around the world from us, stretching over an area as wide as the United States, but with a land area only one-quarter the size Os Texas. This area supports 80 million people, 55 million on the rich island of Java alone. It is the sixth largest country in the world, and the largest Moslem nation. Sought by Columbus “These were the islands sought by ColurftraS whe#r’’h< discovered America—.islands rich in many minerals and in oil. In colonial times the Dutch beat the Portuguese in a battle for supremacy, ahd controlled the islands for 300 years. “In the 192G's, when India and other nations were eagerly seeking independence, Indonesians also clamored for theirs. But it was an unorganized movement, and the leaders were placed on quiet, almost uninhabited islands, rather than exiled, which cut down their propaganda considerably. “During the second world war, when the Japanese began the invasion of Indonesia, then the Dutch East Indies, the two greatest leaders of the people, Achmed Soekarno and Mohammed Hatta, made an agreement to secure future independence. Soekarno would collaborate with the Japanese, and if they won, demand independence; Hatta,would go underground, and it the British-American group wqn, would then take over the government. Win Independence “At the end of the war the Japanese were supposed to surrender the islands to the British, but a delay prevented the British from arriving there for six weeks, and in the interim the Soekarno government, already organized, accepted the Japanese surrender and proclaimed independence on August 17, Ibis is widely celebrated as independence da,y .by -the Indo-, nesians. ' “After that, the Indonesians fought for three years against the Dutch, and finally achieved independence, with United Nations help, in 1949. Since that time ending colonialism and building up the economy of the islands, plus preventing rebellion, has occupied the government.” Kinsley explained that he was sent to the island of Timor to help the people there find away to raise enough food to help themsejyes. He worked with the cattle raisers in the interior, trying to improve the breeds, obtain a better transportation system than driving them to the coast for shipment, and building markets. The islanders were finally shipping about 1,500 head a month, when civil war prevented shipping. Poor Living Most of the residents of Timor are half-starved, not knowing where their next morsel of food will come from. They live on corn, and raise some* rice. Kingsley Continued on page five

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Heated Debate At Steel Talks

NEW YORK (UPD—The chief negotiators for the steel industry ion engaged in heated debate today on inflation and accused each other of issuing “phony” statistics. The angry exchange came at the start- of the Second week of joint negotiations for a new contract for 500,000 steel workers. R. Conrad Cooper chief industry negotiator, lashed out at the USW and the AFL-CIO Executive Council for saying that inflation was a “phony” issue raised by the steel industry. Cooper s£id there is “nothing phony about the effects of inflation on the national economy and the steel industry since 1940.” Quote Conflicting Statistics David J. McDonald, union president, retorted sharply that "This is a fictitious monster created by the steel industry. It is amazing what a tremendous sales job they have done on the subject of inflation.” McDonald accused the steel in-dtrsbrjfc-.spf “creating a smokescreen” to hide the fact that steel prices and steel profits have risen much more sharply than steel wages. Both McDonald and Cooper quoted conflicting statistics to defend their positions and engaged in a number of arguments as to whose figures were correct. McDonald had reported on steel negotiations Monday to AFL-CIO leaders meeting in Washington. The AFL-CIO council promptly denounced the industrys wage freeze proposal and urged the 500,000 workers in basic steel to fight for their contract demands. Inflation vs Recessoin Industry officials replied that inflation is a “very real” danger to the nation and blamed rising wages for the inflationary spiral which has cut the purchasing power of the dollar in half since 1939. The union wants a 38-hour work week, higher wages and improved —2.. —— —+-

McElroy Stays As Defense Secretary

WASHINGTON (UPD — Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy announced at the White House today that -he had cancelled plans to resign and would remain in the Cabftet fodeflrifteiy.McElroy made his decision known after he conferred with President Eisenhower and Thomas S. Gates Jr., who was selected by the chief executive Monday to be the new deputy secretary of defense. The secretary, who leaves Washington for the foreign ministers meeting in Geneva late today, said he decided to change his plans to resign when Deputy Secretary Donald A. Quarles died recently. As McElroy and Gates walked out of the White House, the defense chief said: “I am suspending my plans for departure and now I really don’t know when I’ll be leaving—if at all.” McElroy said that before leaving for Geneva he wanted to clean up accumulated plans with Gates and Adm. Arthur W. Radford, retired. Radford was called back to duty Monday while Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is recuperating from a lung cancer operation. McElroy said that his decision

pensions, week-end pay and unemployment benefits. It says these demands can be granted without raising steel prices. The AFL-ClO’s top policy group warned in a statement that a wage freeze would breed another recession. The councij said it was “sheer effrontery” for an industry “swollen with profits” to call upon workers to forego deserved wage hikes. Industry Is Firn The council accused the companies of trying to “frighten workers” and “terrify the country" with “phony” charges about inflationary dangers. The industry’s negotiators have received firm orders from all 12 steel companies involved in the talks to reject any proposals which would result in higher employment costs. All 12 companies have called for a one-year contract extension to prevent another wage-price spiral. The joint bargafnlfig talks have been underway for two weeks but neither side has budged an inch. This has dimmed chances of avoiding a nationwide strike on midnight June 30, when the present three-year pact expires. Veterans Memorial Services On Sunday u The annual veterans memorial day services will be held Sunday at the First Baptist church. All veterans are invited to attend the special services a 10:30 a.m. Veterans are asked to meet at the American Legion home at 10 a.m., and they will drive to the services in a group. The annual affair emphasizes the veterans’ thanks to God for their | many blessings. Each year a disI ferent church is visited by the I group. 1

to remain In office was not altered by the appointment of Gates but dictated by the death of Quarles. McEKxjjjti-i3oSrmerz pfresi* .-«.■; i dent oft Proceter and «a mhle. had planned to return to private life this fall. Gates, who had resigned as Navy secretary effective May 30, also had planned to return to the investment banking business in Philadelphia, but was prevailed upon to change his plans and take the No. 2 job in the Defense Department. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday with showers and thunderstorms north, some widely scattered thundershowers south. Not much temperature change. Low tonight in the 60s. High Wednesday 75 to 85. Sunset today 7:56 p. m. sunrise Wednesday 5:26 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Cloudy and not as warm north, partly cloudy and continued warm south. Scattered showers north, scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers south. Lows 57 to 68. Highs JO to 85.

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