Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1959 — Page 1

Vol. LVII. No. 266.

Ike To Confer With Tunisian President, Franco On Long Tour

Conduct Rush Tests On Cranberry Crop WASHINGTON (UPI) — The

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted rush tests today to find out what part of the 1959 cranberry crop is safe for housewives to serve for Thanksgiving dinner. The tests also will show whether any other crops contain traces of a cancer-producing chemical weed killer. The FDA assigned 100 inspectors and about 60 chemists to determine the extent and maimer the weed killer aminotriazole had ■seen used on cranberries and other crops in Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey. Arthur S. Flemming, secretary of health, education and welfare warned consumers Monday that part of the Washington and Oregon cranberry crops had been tainted with residues of the chemical, which causes thyroid cancer in rats. Jolts Cranberry Industry The announcement jolted the cranberry industry less than three weeks before Thanksgiving. Major food chains halted sales of fresh and canned cranberries Officials in several cities and states ordered cranberry quarantines. Agiculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson odeed his depatment to investigate to find out what it

Veterans Day Is Marked In Decatur The American Legion, Adams Post 43, observed Veterans’ Day today at 11 a.m. at the local Legion home with brief, but impressive ceremonies. Chaplain Ed Bauer delivered the invocation, thanking “God for the resumption of peace after the two World Wars and the Korean conflict.” Elmo A. Smith acted as sergeant of the guard for the color guard and eight-man rifle squad, which fired the usual salute to the comrades who gave their lives in the battles for preservation of world peace. Jack Dailey served as bugler, playing a solemn rendition of “Taps.” 41st Anniversary Bauer recalled the 41-year anniversary of the ending of World • War I today, telling how American men died on the battlefields from the Argonne in France to Pork Chop Hill in Korea. The blood shed on the scenes of historic struggles for world peace was not shed in vain, he told the crowd, for America continues to remain as the leader of the free world ' dominance for peace. Especially remembered were the Armed Forces members of Decatur and Adams county who died so that others might live in a world free of aggression and totalitarianism. “Whether the men served in the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, or the Marines, they fought valiantly and died proudly. Those who served and returned only offer this observance as a small token of gratitude and reassurance to their kin that the Legion stands behind the preservation of world peace. The End Os A War “Formerly called Armistice Day until a few years ago, Nov. 11 will remain in the annals of history as the ending of the ‘big war.’ Students of history can relate that up to that time, it was the most inclusive war of all times. The aggressors were beaten back, and the nations of the world freed by the Allies. "The coming of World War II became the most awesome display of enemy powers, but again the free nations banded together t« win the victory. The police action in Korea resulted in freedom for Syngman Rhee’s people and kept America’s record unblemished in battling for the righteous.”

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could do to help the hard-hit cranberry growers. He offered "the full resources of the department” to aid the producers. Benson said he planned to eat canberries with his Thanksgiving dinner. The FDA investigation was aimed at finding out if cranberries grown in states other than Washington and Oregon were free from the chemical residue. Spokesmen for growers in the other states have demanded that the agency give their cranberries a clean bill of health. Free of Chemical The Wisconsin Board of Health announced Tuesday night that cranberries grown in that state were found free of aminotriazole. Six New Jersey packing firms, which produce about 40 per cent of the nation’s canned berries, said the Rutgers University agriculture experiment station had ruled that their cranberries were not contaminated. They said the berries came from New Jersey, Wisconsin and Massachusetts. FDA officials were not optimistic that their tests could be completed before Thanksgiving. But they said the investigation was being sped up and promised a public announcement of tile results as soon as possible.

Youth Killed, Five Men Hurt In Wreck PLAINSFIELD, Ind. (UPI)— Charles W. Buis, 18, Greencastle, was injured fatally and his father and four other men were hurt Tuesday when their car overturned at the edgetof U.S. 40 east of here. State Police said Buis apparently dozed at the wheel and that all the others in the car were asleep when the accident happened. Buis died about five hours after the accident in Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis. Injured were Arthur Buis. 48; Armand O’Hair, 44; Fillmore; John F. Braden, 25, and Basil McFarland, 25, Greencastle, and John R. Cassidy, 26, Brazil.

Demand Reds Vacate Areas

NEW DELHI (UPI) — Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru will demand that the Chinese Communists vacate border areas they occupy before he even will consent to talk with Premier Chou En-lai, an authoritative source said today. .The source said Nehru was not prepared to accept Chou’s suggestion that a buffer zone be established along the disputed India-Tibet-China border pending the outcome of negotiations. Red troops occupy several outposts on Indian soil near the Himalayan border, notably Longju, in the rugged Northeast Frontier Agency, and in the Ladakh Province of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Asks Troop Pullback In the buffer zone suggested by Chou, Chinese troops would pull back 12.5 miles from the position they now occupy in Ladakh, but this would be to India’s continuing disadvantage since the Chinese have penetrated 40 miles into Indian territory. Chou suggested that India pull back troops that have allegedly crossed over into China, also 125 miles. The source close to Nehru said the prime minister generally would hold out for Chinese reacceptance of the historic 1914 McMahon Line as the border, but that he might be willing to make

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WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower will hold a Mediterranean shipboard conference with the president of Tunisia and visit Spanish Generalissimo Francisco Franco in Madrid durng hs European-Asia tour, the White House announced today. The meeting with President Bourguiba of Tunisia will take place on Dec. 17, while Eisenhower is en route from Athens, Greece, to Toulon, France, aboard the U.S.S. Des Moines. Details of their shipboard meeting off the coast of Tunis will be worked out and announced later, the White House said. The visit to Spain will take place Dec. 21. Hie President, at the conclusion of the Western summit meeting in Paris, will fly to the Spanish capital on the afternoon of Dec. 21. He will remain in Madrid overnight and then leave next morning for Rabat, Morocco, before departing for his return trip to Washington on Dec. 22. The visit to Madrid was announced first by the Spanish government and then confirmed with the White House statement on the trip. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the invitation for Eisenhower to visit Madrid was extended late last August when Eisenhower met in London with the Spanish foreign minister on his pre-Khrushchev trip to Western Europe. z I Hagerty explained that the visit with Bourguiba and Franco had been under consideration for some time and thus did not represent any surprise addition -to the Eisenhower 20,000 - mile itinerary which will take him from Rome to New Delhi and back to Paris for the Western summit conference. Hagerty, himself, and Thomas E. Stephens, appointment secretary to the President, leave Washington tonight by jet plane for an extended survey trip to cover every stop Eisenhower will make on his December good will tour. In response to inquiries, Hagerty said that although Eisenhower had a long-standing invitation to visit Thailand, he knew of no plans for the President to go to that country.

“minor adjustments” to mollify the Reds. Makes Strongest Statement Nehru was said to be adamant in his refusal to withdraw Indian troops from border areas. Tuesday the prime minister made his strongest statement on the dispute when he said India “cannot allow China to keep a foot on our chest.” Nehru’s cabinet was busy studying Chou’s latest note and the prime minister was expected to reply to it sometime next week. INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and colder with diminishing winds this afternoon. -Showers extreme south, clearing and colder tonight. Thursday increasing cloudiness, colder east and south. Low tonight mostly in the 20s. High Thursday 30s north to 40s south. Sunset today 4:34 p.m. c.s.L, 5:34 p.m. cxl.t. Sunrise Thursday 0:25 a.m. c.s.L, 7:25 a.m. c.d.L Outlook for Friday: Cloudy and continued cold north, a little warmer south and central Occasional light snow north and fight rain south and central. Lows 20s north to 30s sooth. Highs 35 to 48.

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Auto Killer Is Sought In Girl's Death INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)—A killer armed with an automobile was hunted today for the slaughter of a pretty 17-year-old bank clerk. Maj. Robert Shields, executive officer of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, said the completion of an autopsy on the battered body of Lyda Edna Fowler of New Whiteland further strengthened the belief that the girl had been run down by a car and her body dumped over a country road bridge. The teenager, reported missing Oct. 8, was found Tuesday on a vine-entangled creek bank in southwestern Marion County. The executive officer said detectives were anxious to locate a young man known to Miss Fowler’s family only as "Allen” whom the girl had once dated. Also Major Shields appealed to anyone to call the sheriff’s office if they had seen or found a missing pink nylon fingertip coat, a pair of black high-heeled shoes, the girl’s purse, and her wristwatch. Killed Outright A partial-autopsy report late Tuesday had indicated that Miss Fowler was still alive when she was thrown over the bridge. But this idea was dropped after examination disclosed a six-inch skull fracture. Major Shields said the fracture appeared to have been caused by a “half-moon ahped object” such as the headlight of a car. “Everything seems to indicate she was run down by a car,” the officer said. In addition to the skull fracture which probably caused instant death, the girl had six broken ribs, a fractured right hip and friction-type abrasions on her arms, legs and back. Major Shields said that Jesse Newkirk, a 17-year-old boyfriend of Miss Fowler’s, was to take a lie detector test this morning. The Decatur Central High School pupil was questioned at length by officers Tuesday about his story that Miss Fowler had called him the night of her death and said she was being followed by a man of whom she was afraid. Made Phone Call Newkirk had said his own car was not running on the night of (Continued on P»K« three)

Marcus W. Stahly Dies Last Evening Marcus William Stahly, 51. a printer for Fort Wayne Newspapers, Inc., died at 6:40 p. m. Tuesday in the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient since Oct. 31. He was born near Geneva and had resided in Fort Wayne for the past five and one-half years. He was well known in this city as a musician. Mr. Stahly, a veteran of World War 11, was a member of the First Presbyterian church in Fort Wayne, American Legion Post 47, Geneva lodge 621. F & A M, Fort Wayne Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne chapter. Order of Eastern Star; and the Knights of Pythias in Geneva. „ . Surviving are his wife, Gladys L.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Wayne Ordway of* Waterloo; a stepson, Robert R. Cook of Indianapolis; six sisters, Mrs. William Stiles of New York, Miss Mary Stahly of Geneva, Mrs. Elton Archer of Bluffton. Mrs. Herman Ulmer of Bluffton, Mrs. David Godfrey of Arlington, Va.. and Mrs. Robert Schechner of Oucago; a brother, John Stahly of Cleveland, and five grandchildren. The body was removed to the D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Decatur High Open House Friday Night The Decatur high school will hold its annual open house at the school Friday evening, Hugh J. Andrews, principal, announced today. The open house will get underway at 8:15 o'clock with the traditional concert by various music organizations of the school. Following the concert, parents and friends of the students are invited to visit the various class rooms and meet members of the school faculty. The program will be held later than customary this year, in order to permit Decatur residents to attend the Spiritual Emphasis services at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, which will be held at 7 o’clock Friday evening. The program will open with a brief address of welcome by the principal. Choir numbers will be under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold. supervisor of vocal music, and the band numbers will be directed by Clint E. Reed, school band director. The new Wurlitzer organ, purchased through funds contributed by the graduating classes of 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959, will be used for the first time during the concert Friday evening. Concert Program A The Concert program follows: “This Is My Country,* by Scott, and “Standin’ in the Need of Prayer," a spiritual, by the freshmansophomore chorus, with Miss Cheryl Bollenbacher as accompanist. ~ 1 — “Jacob’s Ladder” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand,” spirituals, by the high school choir, with Miss Eleanor Miller as accompanist. “Prayer from Finlandia,” by Sibelius, by Michael Kaehr, organist. “Holy is the Lord,” by Franz Schubert —double trio of Misses Janet Miller, Joyce Helm, Barbara Harden, Suetta Johnson, Eleanor Miller and Kay Wynn. “Concerto in A Minor (first movement),” by Grieg, by Eleanor Miller, pianist. Selections from “The Music Man,” by Willson, high school choir. “Spiritual Rhapsody,” by Walters, “Syncopated Clock,” by Andersan, and “Trumpet Holiday,’’ by Walters, high school band.

Eisenhower Plans Georgian Vacation WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower plans to leave Thursday for a vacation in Augusta, Ga., the White House said today. In making the announcement, the White House did not say how long the President would stay in Augusta. He has planned the trip as a rest before leaving next month on a good will tour to Europe, Asia and Africa. Eisenhower will leave here by plane about 10:30 a.m. and he will be joined in Georgia early Friday by his wife who observes her 63rd birthday Nov. 14. The President visited the Augusta National Golf Club in late October but spent most of that five-day visit dodging rain. The trip to Georgia will be a mixture of golf and work for the President who will confer in Augusta with several federal officials on plans for the new budget. The chief executive will also take the opportunity to store up energy for his 10-nation trip which begins Dec. 3. The First Lady has 7 a social engagement here Thursday and will travel to Georgia that night by train. Preparatory to leaving for Georgia, the President met this morning with the Cabinet and the National Security Council.

Special Steel Strike Board Is Reconvened WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Eisenhower today reconvened the special steel strike fact-finding board under the TaftHartley law. During a 60-day period dating from the Supreme Court's approval of a steel strike injunction, the board of inquiry will study and report to the President on resumed union-management negotiations and the final settlement offer made by industry. The Supreme Court ruled Nov] 7 that the Taft-Hartley injunction halting the strike was constitutional. The board will work with Joseph F. Finnegan, chairman of the Federal Negotiation and Conciliation Service who, under law, has the responsibility for continuing negotiations. Finnegan has announced that negotiations will not be resumed for several weeks in order to give both sides a chance to get the mills back into production. Roy C. Steele Dies After Long Illness Roy C. (Bud) Steele, 69, lifelong resident of Pleasant Mills, died at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning at the veterans hospital in Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient since May 2. He was born at Pleasant Mills June 19, 1390, a son of Jesse and Nissie Cowan-Steele. He was employed as a carpenter. A veteran of World War I. he entered service May 24, 1918, and was discharged May 26, 1919, after serving in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Mr. Steele was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving are six sisters, Mrs. Delbert (Edna) Tumbleson of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Burt (Maude) Holser of Walkerton, Mrs. Harvey (Gladys) Koos of Decatur, Mrs. Murray (Zula) Holloway of Pleasant Mills, Mrs. Lawrence (Leia) Robrock of Michigan City, and Mrs. Lawrence (Mary) Johnson of Middletown, O.; and two brothers. Guy Steele of Fort Wayne, and Joe Steele of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Leon Lacoax officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services.

Unemployment Is Increased

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell announced today that unemployment rose to 3.270.000 in October and he promptly ate his “hat” in public. Mitchell, standing in front of the Labor Department, nibbled on a sliver of mocha cake made in the shape of a fedora. He promised last April to eat his hat if the number of people out of work exceeded the three million mark in OctoberHe blamed the higher than predicted unemployment figure on the steel strike rather than weakness in the economy. /■“lf there had been no steel strike,” Mitchell said, “unemployment would be well below three million and employment would would have risen high above the 67 million mark.” To underscore the impact of the walkout, he cut a slice of “hat” for the chief negotiators in the strike—R. Conrad Cooper of management and Steelworkers President David J. McDonald. Mitchell reported that total employment rose to 66,800,000, a new October high. He had predicted at an AFL-CIO unemployment rally in April that it would surpass 67 million last month. The secretary carried out his hat-eating before newsreel cameras and about two dozen newsmen plus government workers in the chilly morning air. When he approached two tables covered with napkins that held his “hat” Mitchell told reporters; “This

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Gov. Handley Fires Four Board Members

INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)—Four of the six members of the Indiana State Board of Financial Institutions were fired by Governor Handley Tuesday as the outgrowth of a disagreement over whether to raise the ceiling on interest rates for bank savings accounts. Handley announced the action at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. He revealed that he has appointed four new members who favor raising the interest ceiling on passbook savings accounts to three per cent. The dismissals resulted from a board meeting called last Thursday to consider Handley's request to raise the interest peak from two per cent. However, four board members fell out of grace when they voted to raise the rate to only 2‘,-i per cent. Two members voted for 3 per cent. They were retained. Cites Policy Dispute Ousted were David M. Lewis, Indianapolis attorney, and Fred J. Hums, Mishawaka, a small loan banker, Democrats; and George A. Nichols, Terre Hute small loans businessman, and Godfrey D Yaeger, Indianapolis architect, Republicans. They were replaced by Leroy Davisson, Winchester small loans

shows you should not make a bet.” Mitchell remained serious throughout, especially when he discussed the strike-caused layoffs. The 500,000 steel strikers were not counted as unemployed in compiling the October figures. But several hundred thousand workers in other industries laid off because of the strike were listed as jobless. "It doesn’t matter to me if I eat my hat,” Mitchell said. "But it does matter that people idled by the steel strike get back to work as soon as possible. "Equally important is that labor and management in the steel industry settle their differences and sign a contract without another strike next January.” In putting separate pieces for Cooper and McDonald, he said they shared responsibility for his performance. Mitchell cut the smallest piece for himself and ate only half of that. The mocha-colored cake had a dark chocolate hatband around it with his initials, "J P.M.” inscribed on it. Mitchell said that unemployment has dropped by one million and employment has climbed by three million since he made his prediction. "I was a couple of hundred thousand off in my predictions — due entirely to the steel strike, not to any weakness in our economy,” he said. -

banker who served formerly on the same board under former Gov. Ralph Gates, and S. Edgar Lauther, Columbus banker, Republicans; and Louis H. Boink, Jr., Evansville, president of the Indiana Savings and Lban Assn., and Phillip Byron, Elkhart attorney, Democrats. Handley explained that the board members serve at his pleasure. He said the four men were “relieved of their duties principally because of a disagreement -of policy.” “There was no rancor,” he said, “no violent argument. Indiana is the only state in the union with a permissive rate of less than 3 per cent. I feel the average people are entitled to shop and get the best rate possible.” No New Hearing ' The governor said also that he felt that if a board serving at his pleasure could not see “eye to eye” with him, the board should goHandley said he does not expect the new board—including Chairman Blaine H. Wiseman of Corydon and Joseph B. Crosby of Greencastle, who were retained—to hold another hearing. It probably will review the evidence taken last Thursday and issue a new decision allowing banks to pay up to three per cent interest, Handley said. The choice .of a new Republican chairman to succeed Robert Matthews also was brought up kt the newfe conference“I expect to have a recommendation Friday," Handley said. “I don’t etexpect to lie down and not take leadership. As titular head of the party I have to make decision or abdicate —and I don’t expect to do that.” Mrs. Clara Sampson Dies Al Fort Wayne ’ll Mrs. Clara A. Sampjsqn. 79. widow of John C. Sampspn. died at 5:57 p. m. Tuesday at her home, 2720 Lillie St., Fort Wayne. She had been critically ill for the past four months. ~ She was a native of Van Wert county, 0., but had resided in Fort Wayne for the past 45 years. She was a member of the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren church and the ladies auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Her husband died in April of 1958. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Oval Hartwick of Chicago; two sons. Nelson E. and Clarence R. Sampson, both of Fort Wayne; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchil-dren; three sisters, Mrs. Viola Beaty of Warsaw, Mrs. Monta Hurless of Van Wert, and Mrs. Bertha Switzer of Fort Wayne, and a brother, Vernon Showalter of Warsaw. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the ChalfantPerry funeral home in Fort Wayne, Dr. G. T. Rosselot officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. today.

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