Vidette-Messenger, The (Newspaper) - January 8, 1954, Valparaiso, Indiana warmer rain mixed with low Saturday cloudy and snow nigh HOME HINTS ON PAGE 5 VoL 158 Telephone and January 1954 The Home of Valparaiso University Five Cents NEW SLANT OFFERED REGARDING FARM VOTE A new slant in regard to reporting that some congressmen are quaking in their boots over possibility of present farm price legislation being changed is offered by the Indiana Farmers a Hoosier tion The of which W U ford it publisher and Fred I sees dangers if congressmen go too far in this up to the A The Guide wants its position to be known that it is not crusading against farm price supports or any other program designed to give the farmer a fair share of national income However it recognizes that the farmers are in the minority PUBLIC MIGHT DEMAND END OF ALL FARM AID The Guide lies in the reaction of the other 85 percent of should the public decide suddenly that high price supports and other tax supported subsidies to are a severe pain in the pocketbook congressmen appear to give the farmers as much as they can out of the taxpayers pocketbook get the that they overlook the real danger of repercussions from the rest of the voters Instead of ing the they could ly be working against the best in- trests of their LATIN AMERICAN TRADE WOULD REQUIRE CREDIT U S Sen Homer E Capehart and the members of the group that made an tive tour of Latin American tries will make a detailed report to congress on ways to get more South American trade upon his told friends in Indiana that South American peoples were distrustful of our which so often change when administrations change in Washington -t t There is an enormous market for U S products in South ica Latin Americans buy farm machinery and major chases on long term credit They lack capital with which to purchase U S made goods Sen Capehart sees communism as a major threat in only two of the many countries in South ica at this time MEMORY OFTEN PLAYED TRICKS It is no wonder that as amateur weather forecasters we disagree when the top experts on weather in the USA can't agree Jf V will say that winters used to be with snow banked as high as the fence posts He will assert that winters are ting warmer in Indiana and there is no doubt about that t Often our memories as to the blizzards of the past are We remember the big or the dry but we forget the weather between Furthermore we may have an open winter and in some other states blizzards are so big that hay has to be delivered to the stock by air drops X in a general way the Weather bureau experts agree with that winters are getting milder We had an or warm winter last and winter to date has been rather mild In winters in Indiana have been about degrees warmer on the average than those 50 years ago Some say that big with their heated buildings exude more heat WARMER WINTERS IN- NORTH AMERICA NOW winters have become some one to eight degrees warmer in the North American hemisphere Weather experts disagree as to on page column Another Chance Is Planned For PWs By ROBERT VERMILLION Press Staff Jan 8 The Indian command said day it would give 21 American prisoners another chance to return to their homeland and families Lt Gen S Indian head of the prisoners promised to conduct a of the thus giving them an opportunity to request re- patriation The Indians announcement came at the same time that Lt Gen William K chief truce made a mystery flight from Tokyo to indicating Congress To Center On 10 Issues m Major That's Report Of US Chamber Official Here Legislative action in congress during 1954 is expected to center on 10 Richard of the Chamber of Commerce of the U S said here Thursday manager of the ber's Indiana district told bers of the national affairs com- RICHARD ANDERSON of the Valparaiso chamber that the issues will include agement relations and social ity Other problems congress will meet head-on will be postal foreign housing and treaty he said Meeting at Hotel Lembke last night for dinner and discussion of national issues were about 20 local business and professional men of the chamber committee Major Problems Outlined Willis Valparaiso ber explained the pose of the session and presented a Lee assistant manager of the Hammond ber Avery B local tional affairs committee introduced Anderson The major problems involved in the issues outlined by the speaker were as April if the pres the United Nations may try to re- There were other important de- on the Korean v 1 South Korea charged that the United Nations was losing its tle with the communists by trying to negotiate a peaceful settlement of the Korean question 2 The Indian command ed that South Korean had disrupted its of 000 Chinese and North Koreans because 135 ed repatriation last week Gives Advance Warning 3 Lt Gen Maxwell D 8th Army said he had given South Korean Foreign ister Pyun Yung Tae advance warning that American troops would protect Indian guards from attacks by ROKs attempting to free prisoners 4 Taylor announced he would make public U N plans for cessing the ers at Jan date for their release to which both sides agreed in the Korean tice When it became apparent none of the then 22 Americans who had refused repatriation would attend allied as head of the Neutral tions Repatriation said he would conduct his own inter- views after tha deadline said he could offer the Americans another chance to go home simply by bringing them face-to-face with Indian custodial officers Plan Put Into Effect The Indian general put this plan into effect last week when he marched in single file before one of his officers and asked for their names and serial numbers only When announced that 135 prisoners had decided to re- turn to the South rean Foreign Minister threatened to threat against the one of many verbal attacks he has made against troops whom he has denounced as was met by a stern rebuke from Taylor The 8th Army commander ly told Pyun that if ROK troops or any other regular or irregular forces attempted forcibly to enter the Indian compound before the prisoners are released that can troops would protect the guards at all cost Pyun said later he made this statement before learning Taylor cnt tax cut schedule is here will be reductions in man Rhee had reached an under- al and corporate excess profits and excise taxes which ul- may cost the treasury about billion The doubtful that the budget can be balanced with that much less is looking for new income sources A uniform general excise tax is being studied as an tive to present unequal excise taxes related to spending involves the crucial matter of maintaining tional security without sacrificing national solvency Defense ing accounts for about two-thirds of the budget Because of the reduction in the outlook is for a fiscal 1955 budget deficit of billion or billion unless spending is cut ly The national debt now is ing hard against the billion legal limit Supports Are Question present rigid price creating vast costly be replaced with flexible supports or other economically feasible here That is the big question Labor management relations There will be strong efforts to amend the forts by various interests in on page column standing on the conduct of ROK troops But on returning to Seoul from where he had conferred with U N Commander Gen John E said he had given Pyun sufficient warning Temperature Dip Forecast Jan A temperature drop accompanied by snow or rain will end Indiana's spell of mild weather the Weather bureau said today Forecasters expected rain or snow in southern Indiana Saturday and snow in the north The cury will skid Saturday and rise slowly averaging 5 to 10 degrees above normal during a five-day period ending an outlook said Normal temperatures for this time of year range from maximum of 32 to 42 to of 15 to 25 Precipitation during the next five days vas expected to average a quarter to half an inch Thursday afternoon's mild ings were topped by Evansville's 51 degrees Temperatures early today dipped to 19 at Fort Wayne and Lafayette New Prison For Youths Craig Goal By KEITH L MARTIN Press Staff Jan 8 Craig will ask the 1955 Indiana ture for a new penal tion and an improved parole system Concluding tour of the reformatory here the governor also saw need for an engineering supervisor for penal and mental health better utilization of penal hospital and better guards He said Supt Ralph H Tahash had done excellent job of cleaning reformatory tions The big problem appeared to be 028 men in space built for Its population increased 800 since 1944 For 500 Youths To correct Craig wants a new prison for about 500 youths who commit that do not fall in the They would come from the state farm and boys school The governor agreed with ologists it would be wiser to con- struct a new institution instead of adding a proposed tory here Craig wants a parole system con- trolled by the State Corrections board Criticism ot the present system came from former Judge H Dewitt public ad- rnd Hugh cor- rections chairman Lack Control Owen said his department is re- sponsible for supervising yet has no control over county workers who are assigned the job O'Brien said some parole officers sorely lack training are afraid of the paroled men and want nothing to do with O'Brien said a some are sent back to prison because of weaknesses I of the parole officer who can't i ice the Craig was critical of inadequate supervision of boilers at all state and suggested hiring an engineering expert to oversee them He also said establishing a state engineering division might be less expensive than paying archi- tect fees Calls Costs Excessive must reinspect our eering and architect he said running into too many excessive costs trying to maintain antiquated He ordered i health survey with a view toward staffing penal so surgical work may be done The institutions now have 22 tour an Indianapolis and get Director Donald Clark ed Indiana could save an- by caring for patients at the institutions The State Personnel board was criticized for contributing to hiring of some poor guards Hereafter Craig penologists would de- termine qualifications of not the Personnel board Similar control over new personnel was pledged other state departments Next the governor will in- spect the state prison at Michigan City 53 Data Shows Marriages In County Decline Points To 52 Action Nixon Seconds Plan To Lower Voting Age Jan 8 President Richard M Nixon said today the active part young people took in the 1952 election campaigns proved the wisdom of President Eisenhower's plan to give the vote a long-time supporter of said he thinks the recommendation Mr er made in his State of the Union message a very good chance of Some congressional leaders were less There appeared to be considerable opposition to the plan especially in the house Similar plans have been introduced in the past but to gain approval the last presidential election 18 to 21 proved that they possessed the ity and interest to Nixon said think everyone was im- pressed by the fact that thousands in that age bracket took an active part in the though they were not old enough to In both houses of re- 1 publicans acted quickly to legislation to carry out the plan Chairman William N said today he will ask his Senate Judiciary committee to act as soon as possible on his similar constitutional amendment But Sen Pat top democrat on the said the plan requires cautious Chairman Chauncey W of the House Judiciary committee agreed that congress should Reed it doesn't necessarily follow man old to fight is enough to 1 Marriage license which boomed here during the rean War slumped during County Clerk John Ruge re- today in the annual report of activities in his office The past year saw but 873 cations compared to 873 in 1952 and 846 in Ruge said Divorces also declined during 1953 report revealed 89 ed to 115 in 1952 and 91 in 1951 Annulments taled an in- crease over 11 in 1952 and five in 1951 Only one separation was re- ported report also listed the number of cases and estates filed 7 in Porter Super- ior and Circuit courts during 1953 In Superior 390 civil 86 and one nal case were filed in 1953 In Circuit 372 57 133 and 47 nile cases involving 38 local youths were filed Cases filed on change of venue from Lake and other ad- joining counties numbered 139 The clerk's report of total costs and fees collected during the year totaled They were broken down into the following court marriage state docket county et miscellaneous jury fines and sheriff's state prosecuting ney county prosecuting attorney fish and game support and trust John Ruge Farm Proposals Meet With Opposition Two Empty Railroad Tank Cars Leave At Maiden DURING SWITCHING OPERATIONS at a m two empty tank cars on the C and 0 railroad tracks were derailed near the grain elevator at Maiden A string of 10 tank cars was being joined to two which had been loaded with corn at the elevator In the attempted the loaded corn cars jolted the tank two of them jack-knifing into the north ditch along the right of way A train crew irom Peru this morning to work on the derailed cars Staff H B Dollnig Retires From Factory Post After being active in the trial field for almost 50 past 21 years of which he spent in B Dollnig today is a man of leisure He has just retired as chief engineer of the Fibre company a vigorous and handsome says that he and his have no plans for the future other than to changes that we might make will have to depend on de- he told a HERMAN B DOLLNIG Messenger reporter any rate the NYC Battle Goes On For Second Day Chesterton Area People Fight To Retain Service By LUCILLE MARSHALL Jan 8 More than 50 persons sat through eight hours of testimony at the Public Service hearing Thursday in the Lions building James hearing officer for the Public Service commission of presided Richard Olson was the attorney for the New York j Central which seeks to remove certain local trains now serving the area Fred Eichhorn was the attorney for the Central Commuters which is fighting to keep the service ating After 66 witnesses had testified in behalf of the the hearing was recessed at 7 p to resume at 10 a m The bulk of the testimony was from commuters living in or near who work at Indiana Whiting and Chicago These sons maintained that they would be left without adequate tation if the trains in question were removed Some said they had commuted by New York tral for 25 years or more In petitioning to drop the local the railroad claimed it now loses a year on this vice Ronald financial analyst and securities advisor for the Chicago Title and Trust presented figures from Moody's Glen Fisher Is Resigning As Principal Glen C Fisher is resigning as principal of Boone Grove school and Howard will become new Porter Township Trustee Coit S Dolhover announced today The change in the school will take effect Jan the end of the current school semester In announcing his Fisher said ho has taken a position doing field work for the F E Report Reed To Repeat 53 Battle Ike's Price Curb Plans Facing Tough Sledding By RAYMOND LAHR Press Staff Jan 8 President er's tax proposals and new farm price key points in his program for a er ran into able congressional opposition today Friends of Rep Daniel A Reed said the powerful New York re- publican was prepared to he did in an epic struggle last year Mr Eisenhower's that tax cuts slated for April 1 be postponed As chairman of the House Ways and Means Reed is in a position where it takes a to budge him House republican leaders were forced to resort to inary tactics to subdue him last year in a fight over cutting sonal income taxes and extending the excess profits tax Show Optimism Aside from taxes and farm GOP congressional leaders were generally optimistic that they could push through most other major items of the dent's as Social curity the defense budget and reduced foreign aid But the President's new to farm price supports faced tough sledding Most crats and many republicans want to extend major provisions of the present farm program to keep farm price supports on basic com- at a rigid 90 precent of parity Although he did not spell out his program in the State of the Union message Mr did recommend a gradual transition to flexible price ports which would be adjusted up or down in line with supplies De- tails of his program go to congress Monday in a special message House Speaker Joseph W tin said flatly the GOP leadership probably will have its in getting approval of the President's tax program The scheduled tax cuts which Mr Eisenhower wants deferred call A reduction from 52 to 47 percent in the income tax on orate earnings above a GLEN C FISHER Chicago He will continue to live in Valparaiso at 407 College avenue Fisher has been Boone Grove principal for two and a half years on page column Says Juvenile Delinquency In Area Shows Dip for the New York Central railroad Dollnig is a native of Oak j of in the 12 months Grove Previously Fisher was a science teacher at Valparaiso High 111 He first became associated j 1953 a gain of j school for six years In Fisher with the firm known today as the 587 OOO over the preceding Deen in tne teaching profession Fibre com- year substantially higher than pany in when he went to any of the other years shown He 10 Years Experience work as a plant superintendent for io introduce this as evidence who has had 10 years of the Diamond State Fibre company t tne railroad is able to teaching will become in Chicago That firm merged in carry this commuters Grove principal on Jan 1930 with the Continental Fibre oison to the the second term i tion of this but to teaching at Jasonville It was in November 1932 that the overruled the saying it this Eilar taught in to Valparaiso would be accepted as evidence his for five years He man was then a master what it may be worth He became chief engineer in 1947 Charles who lives school Looking back over the years he will also teach science at the Boone miles north of testified Fisher received his bachelor's recalled that when he came here that ne used tnc New York and master's degrees in education 21 years ago there were 50 em- tral five davs a week ln commuting at the University of Illinois and ployes on the payroll here He saw to Chicago The railroad attorney of Indiana respectively that later a peak of 750 suggested that he might take the Eilar his AB and at i Pennsylvania railroad from Mim In that the company has To this State Teachers added PIX he not to mention the necessary ment for its production Dollnig is proud of the cie times a year Do you propose that his wife and three a yuu TT i I ride the Pennsylvania on those move Valparaiso as occasions as rather than the koon they can a gold Longines wrist watch which I New York This brought I Fisher is married and also laughter and applause from the 1 6 Continued on page 6 column Two Men Awaiting Sentencing For Walton Bank Job Jan men awaited sentencing for the Tomatoes Are Defendants In Action Here includes an inscription to show that it came from the CDF That refers to a group of some 30 company associates who recently honored him at a dinner held at Hotel The have two Mrs Harry M Irish of Oak mother of three and Mrs Frank B of of four dren Dollnig is a of various Masonic guilty to the charge and j Judge Burns ordered 27 in the blue waiving jury indictment j cases be disposed of while 425 be Bruce V Sailors and James i released in a state condemnation Circuit Judge G L Burns today ended a believed to be the first in the history of the local robbery of the Cass County j in which 452 cases of canned today after j tomatoes were named as chapter and council in Oak Park FREE ON BONO Jan thony J Palmero was free on bond on a warrant charging him with two counts of assault and battery and an attempt to bribe a public official Wiley Shell were brought before action U S District Court Judge Luther M Swygert Thursday They had signed a consent to being brought into the Northern Indiana district for hearing and another waiver of indictment The processed by the Westwood Canning had been investigated by the Indiana Food and Drug division of the sion of Health as to whether or not they were pure Only 27 were found Swygert withheld sentence to be impure The case was ing investigation of their records 1 here from Lake county Juvenile delinquency in Porter county declined sharply during a comparison of Probation Officer Kenneth Wolf's annual re- port filed in Circuit court with the 1952 report revealed today A total of 141 juvenile cases were dealt with by county juvenile officials during a the com- pared to 257 inj 1952 Of cases considered in manys more were justed out of cuit j u v e n i 1 court than inj previous the probation ficer said number of inter- Ken Wolf views by Wolf in 1953 totaled 813 with 241 compared to 848 and for 1952 Circuit Judge G L Burns com- that juvenile delinquency was far lower in 1953 than in pre- vious years He added that it had been decreasing for the last few years and now was almost 40 cent off 60 Theft Cases Sixty theft cases were dealt with in compared to 102 in 1952 Nine of the boys cases were with 48 boys and three girls unofficial cases reported Dependent and neglect cases also showed a marked decrease in with only three cases compared to 69 in the previous year cases numbered com- pared to 39 in 1952 Sex cases totaled compared to five in 1952 Miscellaneous cases bered compared to 44 in 1952 In the 141 warning went given in 91 18 juveniles went placed on four were taken under four were committed to institutions and 24 released to other jurisdiction The only adult cases dealt with during 1953 were two liquor tions and one traffic violation OM theft and one sex case were i by tbc
