Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LI 11. No. 143.

DEDICATE DECATUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER SUNDAY ~~ "T” ■ ' * —’— ——- * * * UK* WFgn' ■HTBE* * Mfr tCT _ I IflWraW K■Km. tw . : , | I A.v ' ♦ • II I • ;r? , -• .. „-/ ,<<■ %gwifa*A .-v... ••■.' - » (Additional pictures and stories on pages 5 and 6) Kenera| C t t |X\? e^A\7J t r r T?L iO, l d nl , . ar Yo « th « nd , Comnlunity Center wIU be formally dedicated Bunday afternoon. Pictured above is Mary s river * * *° f the bu lding ’ wbich 18 located on U. S. highway 224, just east of the Monroe street bridge over the St. The building will be opened at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon for an open house and inspection of the building SUU.. Su!SX.”.' aXXXaXS jar* Pr ° mm “ 3:3o °'"° c ‘- “"■ H °“ er * c “ p,hart ' ” nlor ’”“* Special outstanding programs have been planned for every day next week, Monday through Saturday.

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Vernon Thieine, 21, and his wife, Dorcas, 18. of Decatur route five, were killed in an automobile accident at 9:50 p.m. Friday on state highway 101 just north of the Luckey school. Critically injured in the accident was James Holt. 18. of Monroeville route two. son of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Holt. He is suffering with fractures of both legs, fractured right wrist, a fractured skull, multiple lacerations on the face, head and upper part of the body, and severe shock. Holt, who was the driver of one of the two cars involved, was taken from the Adams county memorial hospital where he received emergency treatment, to Parkview memorial hospital at Fort Wayne this morning Tor specialist care. Investigating officers w6re unable to determine the cause of" the accident, which was a head-on crash, completely demolishing the front ends of both the Thieme car and the Holt vehicle. No skid marks were found other than one which was evidently made after the impact. The crash came in the northbound lane of traffic near the edge of the pavement but it was unknown which way the two drivers were headed. Holt was unable to talk and no one saw the accident. Mrs. Thieme, the former Dorcas Davidson of this city, was dead at the scene of the crash. Her husband was rushed to the local hospital, where he died shortly after arrival. Probable opuse of both deaths was a combination pf head, chest and internal Injuries. Investigating officers were sheriff Merle Affolder, deputy sheriff Charles Arnold, state trooper Walter Schindler and Decatur police chief James Borders. Sheriff Affolder today issued a request that anyone having information as to the destination or direction of travel of either Holt or Thieme contact him as soon as possible. He stated that before any speculation can be made on how the accident happened, it is necessary to determine the direction of travel of the two cars. The two fatalities brought the Adams county traffic death toll for 1955 to six and a few hours later . it grew to seven with the death of William K(ntz, 23, who died at 3:45 a.m. today of. injuries sustained in an accident last Monday morning. Funeral Monday The bodies of Thieme and his wife were taken to the‘Zwick fu(Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Continued warm Sunday. Low tonight 58-64. -High Sunday 84-90. * NOON EDITION

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MRS. VERNON THIEME, the former Dorcas Davidson, who, with her husband, was killed in an automobile mishap on state road 101 Friday night. Mrs. Thieme was a Decatur high school graduate this spring. Amateur Contest Finals On Tonight Winners Listed In Friday Night Show Jerry W. Wagner, Decatur, with an accordion Solo, and the Misses Karen and Mara Dee Striker, also of Decatur, with a vocal duet, won tlie group one and group two amateur contests Friday night. Lawrence Anspaugh of Anspaugh Studios made the introductions at the Friday night show and Leah Brandyberry of Deca tur high school served as master of ceremonies. Winners of each night's contests will appear in the finals tonight for the grand prizes. The event is sponsored by the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce.* Group one finals will start at 6:30 o'clock tonight at the court house ramp on Court street. Whiners in the Dad's day photo contest also will be announced during the group one finals. The group two finalists will appear at the ramp ar 10 o’clock tonight for the grand prize contest. /. -1 . L. A. Holthouse Is ' Taken To Hospital L. A. Holthouse, well known retired Decatur business man and farmer of Windswept farm, east of Decatur, was admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital today for treatment and observation.

Reds Admit To Wide Unrest In Northern China Authorities Admit Widespread Unrest, Claim Rings Broken TOKYO (INS) —Communist authorities today admitted the existence of widespread unrest in northern China and claimed the breakup of two anti Communist underground rings which plotted against the Peiping regime. The surprisingly frank admissions were broadcast by Radio Peiping this morning. The Red radio said one of the rings, with headquarters at Kalgan, in Hopei province—just 100 miles northwest of the capital city of Peiping — operated under the guise of a religious sect The second ring, which specialized in arson and train derailments, was made up of a group of anti Communists who infiltrated the Red Chinese forestry administration in Chilin province in Manchuria. In neither case did the Red broadcasts indicate how large the rings were, or how many persons were arrested and imprisoned. The broadcast said the ''antirevolutionaries” in the religious sect have already been tried by the Communist justice ministry and given death or prison sentences. Broadcasts referring to the rings were in the Chinese language. Communist English language propaganda broadcasts have thus far failed to mention either of the rings. The Reds said that a total of six police roundups broke up the religious underground sect, and some — whose "crimes" were “comparatively light” — were pa- * roled under “public surveillance." The anti Communist sect posed as laborers in Kalgan, and constructed extensive underground installations which served as headquarters and meeting places.The Reds claimed they exposed 27 of these cells — one of them large enough to accomodate 30 persons. The cell was a cave dug o\it of a hillside, equipped with a steel door and set up lo manufacture what the Reds called "death dealing" weapons. . The second ring was apparently made up of saboteurs who Infiltrated official government offices and used their positions to disrupt (Contmuea on Page Bight)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAM* COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 18, 1955.

Three American Soldiers Will Return To U.S. Three Have Change Os Heart, To Leave Communist China s ■ - .... , • HONG KONG (INS) — Red Chine announced today that three American soldiers who fought in Korea but refused to return to the U.S. nearly two years ago have asked and received permission to leave the country. Peiping Radio also eaid one American, Sgt. Rufus E. Douglas of San Angelo, Tex., died in the Communist country on June 8, 1954. The three Americans to be returned were named as: Cpl. Lewis W. Griggs of Jacksonville, Tex. Cpl. Otho G. Bell of Olypmia, Wash. Cpl. William A. Cowart of Dalton. Ga. The three to be returned were among 23 Americans originally listed by Red China in September 1953 as choosing life under Communism. In Olympia, Wash., Mrs. Jewell Bell, wife of Cpl. Bell, said today she was "sure glad” but "not surprised" that her husband was coming home. She said she wasn't surprised because his most recent letters told of his change of heart. - In addition, Peiping Radio announced that two Belgians, Roger Deudiewdt and Louis Verdyck, would be released.. They also had served in Korea as UN soldiers. ■Earlier this week in Washington, a government announcement was issued on the return of American soldiers from voluntary exile in Red China. The joint statement by the White House and the departments of state, defense and justice said such ex-prisoner would have to face "the U. S. code of military justice for any wrongful act he may have committed.” It said the returning men would be turned over to the nearest U.S', consular representative as soon as possible who would inform the returnee, of his status and then send him back to the continental U.S. Presumably the three men would leave Red China byway of Hong •Kong as have other released persons in the past. Griggs, Bell and Cowart as well as the other 20 who chose to remain in Communist China were dishonorably discharged from the service. Two men, Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit, Tex., and Cpl. Edward Dickenson of Big Stone Gap Va,. already have been returned to the U.S. and have stood trial. Dickenson was found guilty by an army court-martial May 4, 1954, of having collaborated with the Communists while a prisoner and of betraying the escape plot of a fellow prisoner. Dickenson was sentenced to Iff years at hard la(Oonunusa on Page Bight,

Dedication Rites Sunday Afternoon For New Center

——l■ —— 1 '■————-— Dies Today ■ m r William g< Kintz William Kintz Dies Today Os Crash Injuries £ Young Adams County : Man Dies Today Os Accident Injuries William Edward Kintz. 23. of De* catur route three, died at 3:45 a.m. today at St. Joseph's hospital in Fort Wayne. Death was caused by injuries sustained in an auto mobile accident last Monday morning. The accident victim sustained his fatal injuries early Monday morning when the car in which he was riding overturned on U. S. highway 224, just west of the Indiana-Ohio state line. James Parent, 23, of Decatur, driver of the car, and James Meyer, 22, also of Decatur, another passenger in the car, are still confined to the Adams county memorial hospital, recovering from injuries sustained in the crash. A native of Decatur, Kintz was born Sept. 20, 1931, to John and Mary Bernard-Kintz. His father is a current county commissioner. A 1949 graduate of Decatur Catholic high school, he served four years in the U. S. navy and was discharged in March of this year. He spent 20 months overseas. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name society and St. Mary’s Catholic church. Since his discharge from the navy, he has been helping his father with his farm west of Decatur. Surviving in addition to the parents are a brother, Johta Jr., sta,tioned with the U. S. army at Fort Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis; eight sisters, Mrs. Joseph Schultz, Mrs. Harold Whitwright and Mrs. Anselm Hackman, Jr., of Decatur, Mrs. Robert Bohler and Mrs. William Ruggles, both of Anderson, and Misses Isabelle, Dolores and Patricia, at home; six nieces and four nephews. A brother, Daniel Joseph, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning at St. Mary's Catholic church. The body will be returned to the Glllig & Doan funeral home. The Holy Name society will meet at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday to recite the rosary. Fire Extinguishers Donated To Center The Decatur volunteer fire department members have contributed two fire extinguishers to the Youth and Community Center, it was announced today. The extinguishers will be placed in spots in the building recommended by the state fire inspector. Fred Kolter, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, has contributed a dozen wooden and glass ash trays for use at the Center, O. M. McGeatb, director, announced. 4

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Government Os Peron On Alert Against Revolt Uruguay Reports Argentine Revolt Is Still Underway I BNENOS AIRES (INS) Preel- ' dent Juan Peron’s government remained on the alert throughout Argentina today warning all agitators and roaming mobs they would be tried on the spot by the armed forces. Quiet and calm returned to battered Buenos Aires but the government left no doubt as to its . determination to suppress all dsiorders. The brief, bloody and abortive revolt by naval and air force officers Thursday left 360 dead and nearly 1,006 wounded in the capital. Reports reaching Montevideo, Uruguay, indicated that the rebellion had not been crushed as claimed by the Argentine government. A secret rebel radio station said the Argentine naval station at Porto Belgrano had come over to the rebel side. In addition, garrisons in the capital cities of three southern Argen-. , tine ?fovl.e«. W «. ja.M t«M joined the uprising.] ' (Peron said seven of Buenos 1 Aires’ most beautiful churches 1 were set afire by Communists dur- ’ ing the fighting. In addition, the diocesan headquarters went up in flames caused 1 by a bomb explosion. Peron, in a 13 minute broadcast 1 to the nation, said the country was in a "state of siege" and ' warned that this allowed “immediate punishment by the troops in any spot where crimes are committed." Still In Progress MONTEVIDEO (INS) —Despite reports that the Argentine revolt has been crushed observers in Uruguay saw Indications today that the rebellion still was In progress. The belief that the crisis may be only beginning rather than end ed was held by some observers who based their conclusion on these facts: 1. The Argehtine government announcement that agitators and roaming mobs would be tried on the spot under "state of siege” laws. 1. Despite claims that the revolt was over, no names of rebel leaders have been published by the Argentine government 3. A rebel radio broadcast heard (Continued on Page Sight)

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Dedication Speaker U. S. Senator Homer Capehart, Indiana's senior senator, will formally dedicate Decatur’s new Youth and Community Center Sunday afternoon, the program starting at 3:30 o’clock. The public is invited to witness the ceremony. J. Ward Calland, president of Decatur Memorial Foundation, will act as master of ceremonies. McMillens Donate Lobby Furnishings Complete Lobby And Foyer Furnishings ’ K TV. McMflreif, Sr., of Fort Wayne, are the donors of the complete furnishings for the lobby and foyer of Decatur’s Youth and Community Center, it was announced today. The planning, selection and arrangements of furnishings and draperies was done by Mrs. H. W. McMillen, who formerly was interior decorator for Montgomery Ward Co. of Chicago. *£he furnishings, selected by Mrs. McMillen, were personally purchased by Dan Schafer of the Schafer Store, Decatur, and were delivered to the Center Friday. To blend with the oak paneling, green tile walls and yellow beams in the lobby, Mrs. McMillen selected mainly pieces of black wrought iron and brass bases with rose plastic upholstering and a few pieces of blue-green and yellow. | J. Ward Calland, chairman of Memorial Foundation in accepting this gift and also the portable stage and loud speaker system from the McMillen family, said that a heavy financial load has been lifted from the shoulders of the Foundation. “The board has worked for weeks to find away to obtain funds to complete the main furnishings for the Center in time for the dedication ceremonies, scheduled for next week. These (Ocxntlnueu oa Fags Bight)

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New Center To Be Formally Opened Sunday Senator Capehart To Give Address At Formal Opening The formal dedication ceremony 1 starting a whole week of comment- • orative programs celebrating completion of Decatur's new Quarter million dollar Youth and Community Center will begin Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The general public is invited to attend the first meeting ever to be held in the new Center and hear United States Senator Homer Capehart, and witness the formal presentation of the building to the people as “Everybody’s Building.” J. Ward Cal land, president of the Decatur Memorial Foundation, will, act as master of ceremonies. E. W. Lankenau is general ehairman for the formal event. Dave Embler and the General Electric Aeolian choir will lead in the singing of "America.” The Rev. B. G. Thomas, pastor of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, will deliver the invocation. The Aeolian choir will present several selections and the introduction of distinguished guesta will follow J the principal dedicatory and will thus become the first person to speak from the rostrum of the new Center. This fact will become part of the permanent record of the history* of the building. President Calland then will formally present the building to the people and Tom Titus, Decatur young man who is present of the Teen council, and Mayor John Doan will accept the building. Benediction will be given by Rev. Thomas. The Sunday program will be the beginning of a whole week of programs, dinners and entertainment and the week will close Saturday night, June 25, with a square dance and Interesting exhibit of champion square dancers. Seated on the speaker’s rostrum Sunday with Sen. Capehart will be President Calland, Mayor Doan, Tom Titus, representing the young people, M. J. Pryor, Chamber of Commerce president, Rev. Thomas, Al Beavers, president of the city recreation board, and executive representatives of Central Soya, Decatur Casting Co., General Electric Co., Krick-Tyndall Co. and Northern Indiana Public Service Co. A representative of each of these five industries will be invited to respond following Mayor Doan’s acceptance of the building. Sunday’s activities at the build(Continued on Page might)