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CHRONICLE THE DAILY DE KALB -JIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NOj 21 DE KALB, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1956 PRICE FIVE CENTS nrprrT) wnn fl fiTTi RW 'TfRPN A fpR) STATE GROUP NEW OUTBREAK imjimiuu rM lirAI Til Rl AM tAV (4: nilTI IfJITI V' JI A I A I i' President Aski Congre IV Al 1 (W or Millions to Carry -k-. vx tV i'1 1 1 Tl I i IT mm II i a 1 WASHINGTON UP I President Eisenhower asked I I I I President, Eisenhower asked five-year, 250-million dollar 1 1 I five-year. 250-million dollar I i i If-. i 1--X i I and pther research Institutions 7 I to step up the nation's "unend- s' r'j lV 1 ing war against -disease and (. 'fv I disability." A Mt'A He said the new facilities are i jZ" -w C4m needed to overcome "serious and pother research Institutions to step up the nation's "unend ing war against -disease and disability." He said the new facilities are needed to overcome "serious shortages" of physicians, and WIIL DECIDE SOON President Eisenhower, above, tells his press conference that he will probably undergo his next important medical" examination between February 10 and 15.

promised not4o dilly-dally too long after that on his decision on whether to seek re-election. (NEA Te'lephoto.) president of the DeKalb Ag; Louis Ratzesberger. Dee Ritchie, president of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, Marc A. Buettell, executive vice president of Ideal Industries, of Sycamore, who presided at the meeting and Ormohd F. Lyman, executive vice president of the State Chamber.

(Chronicle Photo.) AT STATE SIEET Present at the Federated Church In Sycamore last evening for a report by the staff members of the Illinois-State Chamber of Commerce and an address by Louis Ratzesberger, president of the State Chamber, were these leaders of the area. From left to right, W. A. Hornsby, Rochelle, one of the co-sponsors, Thomas F. Roberts, HEAVY RAINS REPUBLICANS MEET TONIGHT Delegates From the 16th Judicial District Name Judge Candidate Committee for Decoration; of Windows Added The Special Events Division for the DeKalb Centennial reported today that it has five subordinate committees.

Omitted fromj Historic i n- dows Commit i al newsb release was the Republican delegates from the 16th Judicial District -ill tee which is chairmaned by E.night to name the partys canai-i OF TERRORISM Other Youths Surrender for Fatal Stabbing Tuesday AT NIGHT SPOT CHICAGO UP A gun -pack ing teenager shot and killed a veteran policeman Wednesday night in Chicago's latest out break of "wolf pack" terrorism. It was the second time a Chi cago teenager had killed within 24 hours. A At the very time that Police man Lyons, Kelleher was being gunned down, in a South Side night club, two teenagers were surrendering on a street corner for the -fatal stabbing of a youth Tuesday night Within the past week, Juve- pack" "gangs, have slugged a teacher in a school room corridor, and swaggered along sidewalks, attacking any one who caught their fancy. Mayor Richard J. Daley called ah emergency meeting of top officials Wednesday to stop the bloodshed.

Keuener, a veteran oi years on the police force, was killed during; a routine checkup at a Negro district jazz ispot which was reported to be ren dezvous lor narcotic addicts, i His slayer, identified as a 19-year-old Negro youths escaped while another policeman, badly wounded, emptied his gun at him. A trail of blood on the sidewalk indicated the killer had been' hit at least once. Kelleher, 53, and bis partner, William Oerrig, 38, entered the Boulevard Colonial Room at the Boulevard Hotel about 11:15 p.m. The night spot was filled by. about 25 hot music lans who were waiting for a jazz band to strike, up.

'Derrig went Into the room while Kelleher. stood at the door. Suddenly, a youth broke from the bar and tried to get past Kelleher. The policeman grabbed him and said, "Where are you going?" The youth twisted away-and came up with a snub-nosed revolver. Kelleher drew almost simul but he was too late.

The youth fired four shots into his chest and then whirled on. Derrig with a- shot which pierced his right hand. Derrig, his gun-hand stream ing blood, ran after the fleeing youth, firing as he went Outside on the sidewalk, the youth turned and brought, the policeman down with a bullet in the left leg. -Another manhunt- ended al- (Turn to Page Please) Jenner Plans to Withdraw in Illinois SPRINGFIELD UP Sen. William E.

Jenner-R-IndL, today, wired Secretary of State Char les Carpentier that he wish- es to withdraw his name from the Illinois presidential primary. Carpentier's office a withdrawal form had been sent to Jenner since a person cannot withdraw by wire. Jenner's withdrawal would leave three Republicans, includ-ing President Eisenhower and Sen. William F. Knowland of California, and Democrat Adlal E.

Stevenson in the April 10 primary. Jenner was entered in the pri mary by. perennial office-seeker Lar Daly, of Chicago, who also entered himself in the Republican presidential primary. i Kentucky osteopath told au- GIVES REPORT Nep-ly 150 Leaden of the DeKalb-Sycamore and Rochelle Area Attend CHAMBER HEADS iarea residents were co- sponsors of a report meeting of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce which brought nearly 150 business and manuf actur-. ing leaders of the area together at the Federated Church in Sycamore last evening.

Marc A. Buettell, executive vice president of Ideal Industries, Inci, of Sycamore, N. H. CortelyouL president of DeKalb Molasses Feed and W. A.

Horns-by, secretary-treasurer of VtC A. Ini, Rochelle, were the co-sponsors the successful sessiqn, -Two Important features were Included in the formal program; one a panel discussion -of current problems, with Ormond F.J Lyman, Chamber's executive vice president as the moderator. and the second an address by Louis Ratzesberger, Jr, presi- 5 dent of the Illinois Canning of Hoopeston and president of the Illinois State Air. Lyman, as panel boss call ed on six Chamber experts; Ro bert T. James, labor relations; Vernon G.

Wahlberg, legislafi tive; VVUliam T. Diviney, or- ganization service; Kermit E. ohnson, social Ken neth D. Grimes, education and George J. Lawrence, taxation.

In. a quick-moving question and answer program a multi tude of subjects were given at tention, ranging from jownship roa.as, auocauon ox taxes, assessments, union welfare -fund handling, union responsibilities, teacher recruiting, financing education, expansion of social security coverage, contacts with congressmen and other highly-important subjects. i The scope of the many activities of the State -Chamber and its method; of operation; investi gation, studies, formation of committees reports and recom- (Turn to Page 2, Please) DeKalb Police Pension Board Holds Meeting The DeKalb Police Pension Board yesterday reduced' Jhe number, of policemen's widows who are receiving pensions to three as they removed the name of Zada Riddell from the pen- sion list. 1 Under Illinois, law pensions cannot be granted to a widow once she remarries. The widow of Frank Riddell, I a former DeKalb policeman, remarried January It Now only three widows are eligible for police pensions.

The board, which met at the DeKalb Trust and Savings Bank also bought $4,000 In gov ernment bonds. Members of the DeKalb Po nce Pension Board which usu ally meets every three months are Robert F. Greenaway and Howard Nelson, both appointed to the position by the mayor; Police Chief Victor Sarich and Police Sergeant Barauski, elected by the police depart ment and Mrs. Mary Cond- dine, elected by the receivers of the pensions. 1 Sarich is president and Nel son is secretary.

Boy Wonder Will CHICAGO UP "Boy won der Louis' E. Wolfson and the Montgomery Ward Company board of directors he tried to capture will part as friends Fri day i In a 10-page letter tostock- holders, the 43-year-old financier said he would resign from the billion-dollar mail order house's board at its annual January meeting here. 1 Wolfson, who parlayed a family junkyard into an industrial empire, won't even be on hand Friday to observe the apparent end of his brief, but tumultuous, attempt to take over Ward's. Ills resignation, announced in I Trw York Wednesday, appeared 5 cissh rumors that he will f.ike another bid for complete ec -trd of Ward's this spring. POUND COAST New Floods Are Forcing Hundreds to rlee Homes in California By UNITED PRESS New floods drove 500 persons from their homes in storm battered northern California today.

Rains pounded most of the state, repeating the pattern which has made this one of the worst winters in. California About 500 persons were evacu ated from their homes In the Visalia a state of emer gency was declared in Tulare County; and two National Guard, units moved into threat ened The storm also gave southern California its first, heavy rains of the season. Los Angeles, was Kunded by 2, to 225 inches of in before the storm tapered off and many city streets were closed by backed-up The big storm center sent snows across the Rocky Mountain, piling up 10 inches' deep at Reno, Nev. Officials said It was possible that parts' of northern and central California will get a repeat performance of disastrous Christmas week floods, but to a lesser degree. The southern Joaquin Valley was regarded as the most dangerous area.

Elsewhere in the nation, widespread fog covered the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys, plus the eastern Dakotas and. western: Minnesota. Snow fell over Minnesota, Wisconsin, and parts of New England and the- Ohio Valley. v- Freakish temperature con trasts dominated the weather pattern, the Midwest, At Vandalia, HI, the tempera ture dropped, from 24 degrees to 4 above zero, but at St Louis, only 20 miles away, the mer cury" went up from 24 to 27 degrees. Similarly, the Spencer.

Iowa. temperature fell from 20 above to 8 below zero, At Mason City, Iowa, 80 miles away, there was a temperature drop of only 8 MUST USE STICKS S. C. UP A bill now before the South Caro lina. Legislature would allow boys under, 16 to hunt rabbits without a license but stipulates they must use sticks instead of guns.

Congress today to authorize a program of federal aid for con struction of medical schools to make possible a vastly ex panded research assault on the mysteries" of cancer, heart disease, mental illness and other ailments about which "much remains to be The request was the main new feature of a five-point ad ministration program to pro vide the nation with a "renew ed and Invigorated attack on our health problems." Mr. Ei senhower outlined the: program in a special mes sage to Congress. The President also Called for a 28 per cent increase in federal funds for medical re search, expansion of private health Insurance plans to provide protection against "catas-i trophic illness," a five-year training i program for nurses and medical specialists, and' a sharp increase in federal aid funds for of hos-! Mr. Eisenhower said there Is an urgent need for expand ing voluntary! health Insurance coverage to provide more Am "against the cost of long-term or oth er especially expensive Illness, which can be a financial catastrophe many, families," Those particularly needing better coverage, he said, are elderly people, those living in rural "areas and' the self-employed who are not reached in group plans. 1 Other highlights of the health message: Research: -He called for a federal outlay of $12625,000 during the coming' fiscal year to expand medical research particularly In such illnesses as cancer, heart disease and mental "illness.

Polio: Requested extension of the free federal polio vaccine program which expires Feb. 15 and asked 30 million dollars to finance it Hearings are- already in progress in Congress. Hospitals: Recommended two-year extension of the Hill-Burton Hospital Construction Act He also asked for 130 million dollars to finance the program in the year beginning July a 19-million-dollar in crease over this year. Medical Costs: He repeated hi recommendations for a spe cial federal program of match- (Turn to Page 2, Please) Tax Return of Farmers Tuesday Farm operators who have paid as much as $100 in cash wages to any farm employee during the year 1955 should file an employer's tax and information return for agricultural employees, Stan Yaron, director of Internal revenue service in De Kalb said today. This tax.

return will be filed with the District Director of In ternal Revenue, Chicago 2, to gether with the social security taxes on the wages shown on the form. Yarqn emphasized that this annual report of wages paid for agricultural labor must be filed with the service before January 3L The return must show the name, social security! number, and wages;" paid every employee whose'eash wages from the same "farmer amounted to $100 or more. j. Tax return forms were mailed out about January 1 to those wha have previously notified the district director of having agricultural employees. Farmers who must make these returns and have not yet written for the proper forms, should contact the director of Internal revenue, DeKalb, immediately In order to be sure of getting the report filed before the January 31 doadline.

program 01 leaerai aia lor con- Salk Honored This Morning in Ceremony WASHINGTON UP Dr. Jonas E. Salk today received a gold medal from a grateful nation and praise from President Elsenhower for his "great in developing a vaccine against polio. In a ceremony at the Health, Education and Welfare Depart ment Health Secretary Marion B. Folsom read a letter to Salk from.

President Eisenhower, "Through dedicated and self less effort, in the best traditions of medical research, you have brought new hope to mankind in the continuing battle -against a dread disease I am con fident' that the entire nation joins me in- lasting gratitude and appreciation Salk accepted the medal with a modest speech -In which he "I feel that the greatest for doing is the to do more." He emphasized that hir re search was ade possible through the contribution of mil lions of "Americans to the March of Dimes. Folsom in presenting the medal, praised Saik's devoted President Eisenhower, whose President Eisenhower's re stricted schedule prevented his presenting the, medal in person. AIR COMMAND PLANS SWITCH Will Change From B-36 Superbombers to B-52 Jet; Bombers WASHINGTON UP The air force I announced today that the Strategic Air Command will begin switching this April from B36 Superbombers to 650-miLe- in-hour B-52 jet bombers. The famed B36s have served for eight years as SACs Sunday punch, -i Both-planes can carry the hydrogen bomb. Center of a raging 1 navy-air force controversy in 1948 and 1949, the 435-infle-an-hour B36s will be retired over a period of several years as growing num bers of the' all-jet B-52 Strato- forts are produced.

About 400 of the ten-engined Superbombers have been built Approximately 1 two thirds of these were built after Adra. Ar thur W. then Pacific Fleet called the E36 program "a billion 'dollar blunder." Radford' is now chairman of the Joint, Chiefs of Staff, who have endorsed the planes. The first B-52s'replacing B36s will go to the 42nd Heavy Bomb Wing at Loring Air Force Base, Maine. air force 'said it would take "several years" to equip all the Strategic Ah Command's! heavy bomb Swings with the high speed Stratoforts.

1 About 500 B52s are slated for production. With the speed-up ordered last year after Russian air power demonstrations, the planes should be built by late 1933 Damages Sought From Railroad in Fatal Crash Damages totaling $60,000 are sought in a lawsuit filed in Cir cuit Court late Wednesday which stems from a fatal automobile-train collision in DeKalb February 1955. The suit was filed by Donald J. Ravatt. administrator of the estate of Roger J.

'Hale, against the Chicago and North Western Railway Company and William Morrison. It charges that Hale t. was southbound on North Seventh Street and the freight train was eastbound at the time of the col lision." The railway is charged In the suit with having an im properly constructed and main talned leaving- freight cars and other obstructions to block the jview, failure to provide proper warning signs and signals, train traveling at exces sive speed, failure to ring bell and blow whistle, for at least SO rods from point of crash, negli gence and carelessness. The suit asks $20,000 from the railway in one count, $20,000 from Morrison who was the Jtn gineer, and $20,000 from either Or bOth- mm. Hale was killed in the crash which occurred early in the mormng.

'x MOLLET NA.1ED BY PRESIDENT Socialist Party Leader Is Called Upon to Become Premier. PARIS UP President -Rene Cory -called on Socialist Party eader Guy -Mollet tonight to become France's 22nd premier since the end of World War II. The president summoned the 51-year-old former English teacher afttr two days of con sultations with' politicians in his efforts to decide. who should try to form a new government Mollet has been favored since the national elections were held earlier, this -month. He and Pierre Mendes-Frahce already had demanded power for their left-of -center republican front coalition.

Mollet is expected to ask the new National Assembly for con firmation as premier next Tues day if he is successful in lining up a new cabinet to restore stability to France's chaotic poli tics. Mendes-France was expected to be his chief lieutenant al though his exact cabinet status was not certain. He may become foreign minister. The backstage political man euvering was fast and furious. The main question now is whether Mollett will have to de pend solely on Communist supJ port to stay In office.

Ironically, Mollet is one of the most effective. anti-Communists in France. Once, the Reds threw, him out a window at a political meeting. He came back in through the door. Weather Forecast Cloudy with occasional snow.

Low tonight 12-24. Outlook for Some warmer with high 27-33. STUDY LETTER FROM RUSSIA New Appeal by Bulganin for Revival of Geneva Spirit Studied I WASHINGTON UP Presi dent Eisenhower and his top ad visers today urgently studied a new aDDeal by Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin for a revival. of the "Geneva spirit" of friend ship. i The appeal was contained in personal letter from Bulganin to Mrr Eisenhower, the contents of which neither the White House nor the Russians would disclose.

Informal sources told United! Press, however, that Bulgan-1 in's message stressed "the need for continued East-West, talks to ease world The sources said the Russian pre mier specifically proposed re-, newed negotations on Euro pean security, German unity, disarmament and the lowering of East-West barriers. These were the topics which the foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, Great Britain and France failed to agree on at a meeting last fall. They had been ordered to try to work out solutions to them by Mr. Elsenhower, Bulganin, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and former French Pre mier Edgar Faure at their July "summit" conference at Geneva, Switzerland. I Bulganin was reported to have some new suggestions in his letter on how the deadlocks might be broken.

But it was understood he did not propose a new meeting with Mr. Eisen hower and British and French leaders. Negotiations, -in," the first stage at least, presumably would be carried on through correspondence and diplomatic channels. Mr. Eisenhower had an op portunity to discuss.

Bulganin's message at a meeting today i with the top-level diplomatic and military experts of his National Security Council. 11 It was understood that Bui-; ganin suggested that the con tents of his message not be made public until Mr. Eisen-i hower had had a chance to study and reply to its proposals. Wolfson Resign Friday However, Wolfson hung on to his 59,000 shares yof Ward stock. Wolfson succeeded in ousting aging Sewell L.

Averyas the boss of Ward's in- his crosscountry proxy battle last May. But he never enough votes to move into Avery's office, the financial "golden boy" claimed victory today "for myself and the thousands who invested in Ward because of the principles I set forth." John A. Barr, the young law yer who stepped into Averys shoes as president and board chairman of Ward's, said he was grateful for Wolf son's "approv al of our operations." -j. He added that Ward's won't scramble to change its policies just because Wolfson is leaving his seat on the board. L.

Knodle. The other committees and their chairmen are Music, Russ Lindstrom; 'Special Days, Amos; Charles Fis-ter; and Parade, W. Freitag. IBM BREAKS UP RENT BUSINESS Plans to Slake Machines Available for Sale for F4rst Time NEW YORK UP-r Interna tional Business Machine Corp. made plans today to break up its $250-million a yearbusiness in renting tabulating; machines and7 electronic computers and make the machines available for sale for the first IBM agreed to the plan In a consent judgment filed late Wednesday in Federal District Court in New York.

The action disposes' of an anti-trust suit brought by the Department of. Justice in which IBM as charged with controlling 90 per cent of the tabulating machine business in the United The 'company also agreed to! license its patents, service soK to i others, make spare parts available, sell used machines to second hand deal er a provide technical training for repairmen and engineers. Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr; said action would have "far-reaching ef fects upon major segments of the business worlds Thomas J. Watson, presi dent of said some of the terms of the decree were severe but others would have no effect on standing company policies. He said the companys consent to the decree was not an admission' of any viblation of the anti-trust laws.

There was speculation- that B3M agreed to settlement of the government suit to better its position a $90 million civil anti-trust suit brought against it by the Sperry-Rand Corp. If the government suit had resulted in a judgment against IBM it could have been used as evidence in the civil suit Consent decrees, such as the one agreed to by IBM Wednesday, may hot be used as evidence in another suit. 7 N03HNATES POSTMASTERS WASHINGTON UP Presi meet In the Kane jounty tourx- house at Geneva at 8 p. m. to- date for Circuit Judge I in the special election April 10.

The convention will be called to order by Kane County Re publican Chairman Roy Sow fisburg, Jr, Aurora lawyer, who also is the Kane County choice for the post made, vacant by the death last October of Judge Harry Daniels of El gin. Solfisburg will turn the con vention over to A the properly elected chairman as soon as pos sible. He has been indorsed unani mously by the Kane County Republican convention a d. since the spot by tradition be longs to Kane County, probably will be elected unanimously on the first ballot The term for which he will be elected expires in June, 1957. The DeKalb County delega tion will be led by- Chairman Trytten of Shabbona.

It is pledged to support Solfis burg until released by him and the county's votes will be cast as a unit. Gov William G. Stratton call ed the special election for Tues day, April 10, so that it would fall on the 'same date as. the primary election and 8 avoid extra cost to the four counties involved DeKalb, Du Page, Kane and Kendall. The DeKalb County delegation was selected at a' county I l-i i rt.

truiivenuuri iieiu lit oycaiiiuie January 5. Regular delegates are: C. O. Trytten, Harry Jahns, J.iEarle Smith, Elmer Johnson, A. Spickerman, Donald Law rence, Mrs.

Carl Larsen, Mrs. Dan Schaef er, Mrsl Birchard coar, Martha Mccabe, Mrs. Hedwjg Easter, Mrs. Floyd (Thailand, James Boyle, Thomas S. Cliff HJalmar Lund.

Judge Cassius Poust, Judge Ross E. Millet, Ladimlr J. Moudry; Roy (Turn to Page 2, Please) Taylor Taken to Penal Farm Near Vandalia Lawrence Taylor, 44, of Sycamore, was taken to the penal farm near Vandalia this morn ing by sheriffs deputies to begin serving a 90-day sentence for drunken driving, according to Wayne Luhtala, acting sher iff. Taylor was arrested in Syca more by officer Uuno Maki on Monday and sentence to the pe nal farm in County Court on Tuesday by Judge Ross E. Millet of Sycamore.

Taylor lives on Commercial Street In Sycamore rather than the Wild Street address he pre viously gave as his home ad dress. I R. GAndy Anderson, depu ty-sheriff, and Clarence Wald-hier from DeKalb took Taylor to Vandalia in the sheriffs pa trol car. Last Minute News PRINCETON, Ind. UP A thorities today he treated mass killer Leslie Irvtn for a leg Infection the night after Irvin escaped from.

Jail here. The osteopath asked that his name and hometown be ldenti-7 fled because he fears for his life. He reported to the sheriff of his western Kentucky county that Irvin came to his borne twice the night of January 19. TRENTON, N. J.

UP Wfstln -house Electric Corp. stop. ped Injunction proceedings against striking International Electrical Workers today. Company President Gwilym Price -had been scheduled to testify in the case. Price Was under court order to appear in Superior Court here to enter a deposition on what the company has done to halt the 103-day strike, NEW DELHI, India UP India celebrated today the sixth anniversary of the founding of the Indian republic with public ceremonies and a massive parade in New Delhi featur- Ing elepjits and flypast of modern jet planes.

Eut la Orissa where anti-government rioting flared for much of the the anti-government "council of action" Usnp i dent Eisenhower has nominated the following to be Illinois postmasters: Kenneth B. Westray, Clinton, Robert W. Miller, Du Quoin, Theron Tavenner, Freeport, and Charles A. Mc-Donaldalesburg. i a sUteJ" denouncing the rezfcne'cf Prime Ja.r.

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