Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1955 — Page 1

Vol. LIU. No. 210.

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Schools Show Increase In Enrollment Public, Catholic Schools Open For New School Term Substantial increases in enrollment at Decatur’s schools, both public and parochial, were reported today by school officials as the city’s youngsters trailed back to classes for the opening of the 195556 school term today. An increase of 90 a students is reported in the public sthoow! according to a dialled report by W. Guy Brown, superintendent, while the Catholic schools report an increase of 50 pupils, according to Sr. M. Rosemary, principal. Officials emphasized that further increases may be expected as additional pupils enroll within the next few days. Total enrollment today in the public schools, exclusive of kindergarten, is 1,274, compared to 1,184 on opening day last year. Kindergarten figures are not complete, as afternoon classes were to be completed this afternoon, but the figure is expected to be approxiimately the same as in 1954, when 203 were enrolled in kindergarten last year. The first eight grades in the public schools have a total enrollment of 933. an increase of 68 over the 865 total last year. In the high school, 341 students are enrolled. a boost of 22 over the 1954 figures. All public school students will attend classes in the Lincoln school and the high school until the Northwest elementary school is completed, expected within a short time. Enrollment in the schools follows: 1954 1955 Grade 1138 167 Grade 2142 134 Grade 3 ——- 106 136 Grade 4 — ... 110 115 Grade 5102 103 Grade 6 97 100 Grades 7-8 — 170 , 178 High school .. 319 341 Totals „ 1184 1274 School hours for high school and seventh and eighth grade students are from 8:30 to 11:10 a.m. and from 12:32 to 3: 30 p. m Hours for kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 will be 8:30 to 11 a. m and 12:30 to 3 p. m. For grades 3,4, 5 and 6 hours will be 8:30 to 11 a. m. and 12:30 to 3:25 p.m. Catholic Schools Enrollment in the Decatur Catholic high school shows a decrease from 99 pupils to 96 this year, but the grade enrollment in St. Joseph’s school shows an increase to 472 students this year, from the 419 total of last year. High school enrollment this year shows 25 freshmen, 22 sophomores, 23 juniors and 26 seniors, compared to the 99 total last year. Enrollment in the St. Joseph’s school follows: » 1954 1955 Grade 1— 80 85 Grade -2 79 81 Grade 3 „—- 45 72. Grade 4 43 46 Grade 5 54 47 Grade 6 ..---- 47 51 Grade 7 J 43 46 Grade 8 - 28 44 School hours at both the Catholic high school and St. Joseph's (OonUnuM oo rue Five)

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Indiana Fair Marks Communications Day Tuesday Attendance Is Below 1954 Mark INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The communications theme of the 103rd Indiana state fair put the spotlight today on telephones, telegraph and wire services, or press associations. All combined today to communicate the fact that this was another pleasant day for fair attendance, with temperatures ranging in’ the upper "70s and lower 80s. Attendance Tuesday was slightly below the 1954 level at 45,349 paid admissions, 46,211 in 1954 even though it was augmented by pov. George N. Craig. Lieut. Gov. Harold Handley and many of the Indiana lawmakers. Tuesday was governor’s and legislator's day at the big exposition. Craig and Handley officiated at dedication of a new $450,000 fanner's building. Plans also were announced at the dedication for the next building project of the Indiana state fair board. It is to be the expansion and modernization of the women's building. The women’s building was center of much attention Tuesday in the matter of handing out awards. Mrs. Paul Goben. of Indianapolis, the 1951 adult champion pie baker, repeated her victory this year with a grand champion pecan pie. The junior princess among pie makers was 17-year-old Annette Hunt, of Ben Davis, who won the stale cherry pie contest and with it entrance to the national pie baking contest in Chicago next February. In the open competition over in the hog barn, Callahan Brothers, ot Milford, 111., showed the grand champion Chester White boar and George W. Corron, McComb, 0., the grand champion sow. Poland China grand champion 'boar was 4ihown by Lawrence and Max Douglas, of Bringhurst, Ind., and the sow of the breed winning top honors was the pride of R. Paul Jones, Hartford City.] Tn sheep judging, the 4-H champion Suffolk ram was shown by F. Dickes, Huntertown, Ind. In the annual horse show, a second SI,OOO championship stake was won by Old Stone House Farms, Newburgh, Ind., with Majestie—Ensign, entered in the American saddle horse breeding, yearling division. Indianapolis Man Is Killed By Train INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Paul E. McNeeley, 35, a shipping clerk for the Citizens Gas and coke utility, was killed today when he apparently was run over by railroad cars on a spur track leading into the plant where he worked. His mangled body was discovered alongside the tracks. No one reported witnessing, the accident. Los Angeles Heat Wave To Continue / LOS ANGELES (INS) —The death dealing Los Angeles heat Wave is due to become worse today, with a heavy smog attack thrown in for added misery. The weatherman predicted today’s high in the civic center will be 104 degrees, which would make It the eighth straight day of temperatures over 100 degrees. Highest of the hot spell was last Thursday’s 110, the most torrid day in Los Angeles history.

Two Cities In Turkey Under Siege State Controversy Over Island Os Cyprus Sets Off Violence ISTANBUL (INS) — Istanbul and Izmir were under a state of seige today after rioting Turkish youths smashed Greek owned shops and automobiles in Istanbul and set fire to the Greek consulate in Izmir. Premier Adnan Menderes flew to Istanbul from the capital at Ankara to take personal charge of the situation. The heated controversy over the island of Cyprus set off the violence. . Army troops with fixed bayonets patrolled the streets of the two cities and all was quiet today. But ths diplomatic repercussions of Tuesday night's violence were far reaching. The Greek delegate to the North Atlantic treaty organization was instructed to ask for a special meeting of the NATO permanent council to consider the riots by one Atlantic pact power against, citizens of the other. Reports in Athens said 15 Greek officers attached to the NATO staff at Izmir were attacked Tuesday night. The government decided, thereupon, to bring home the families of all the officers stationed there. Along with the consulate at Izmir, the Greek pavillion at the Izmir trade fair also was put to the torch. The consul and his family were forced to flee for safety. Thousands of shouting Turkish youths roamed for hours through Istanbul’s streets Tuesday, carry , ing Turkish flage and portraits of the Kemal Ataturk, first president of the republic and father ot modern Turkey. The demonstratoTs shouted such cries as "Cyprus is Turkish!” as the controversy over the British colony off the south Turkish coast exploded into violence. Greek Cypriots seek Onion with Greece. .. The rioters used iron bars, clubs and stones to wreck the shops along fashionable Independence Street. Stores owned by Americans and other foreigners also were damaged as the demonstrators roamed at will with the police helpless until the troops were called out. Two Greek Othodox churches were damaged by fire. Some Greeks were beaten, but there were no reports of any serious casualties. Merchandise inside the stores was destroyed. Thousands of persons gathered in the streets to watch. Others crowded at the windows and many shouted approval of the mob violence. ___Astrong detachment of infantrymen with fixed bayonets surrounded the Greek consulate. The rioting broke out after word reached Istanbul of the bombing of the Turkish consulate at Salonika. Greece. Ataturk’s birthplace is nearby and rumors spread that it too had been damaged. The Athens government denied that Greeks were responsible for the Salonika damage, ordered apologies made and said it would repair’ the consulate. Relations between thsP two North Atlantic treaty allies — at one time historic enemies—have (Oontinuea on Pago Ftvo)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 7,1955.

Courity Council Makes Reduction Os $42,000 In Proposed Budgets

Freed Persons To Leave By British Ship British Embassy Is Arranging Passage For Nine Americans HONG KONG (INS) — The British embassy in Peiping today was reported arranging for nine Amerfean civilians detained in Communist China to leave by a British ship expected in Shanghai shortly on a routine trip. The informants close to the British government in Hong Kong said that it was not determined whether the Atnerieans would be taken to Hong Kong or Japan. The nine persons are those who have applied already for exit permits. The Chinese Communists announced in Geneva Tuesday that three others will be permitted to leave, and American negotiators still are trying to get freedom for the rest of the 40 or 41 civilians held in China. The nine Americans .to be released promptly are believed to be in Shanghai, and advance information is expected before they board ship there. The British ships Hunan and Pakhol are scheduled to go to Shanghai Sept. 10 and 11. and return to Hong Kbng within two weeks. The ship Lycaon is scheduled to arrive from Shanghai Sept. 24, and a fourth ship, the Changking, is due to go to Shanghai Sept. 11 and stop at the Japanese port of Yokohama enroute balck to Hong Kong. The informants said it is possible the nine Americans would leave on the latter vessel. None of the 12 Americans to be released has been under arrest. An American spokesman in Geneva said Tuesday that 28 other American civilians are still held, 25 of them in jail and three under house arrest. The state department said, however, that a total of 29 are being held. The nine persons who ate free to leave China immediately are: Emma Angelina Barry, 10, whose mother is a White Russian; Ralph Sharpies Boyd, 64, a native of Washington, D. C.; Juanita Byrd Hwang. 47, a native of Mount Olive, Miss.; Robert Howard Parker, 82, a native of Philadelphia; (Continued on Pare Eight) Armed Forces Face Cui In Spending Secretary Wilson Plans Reductions WASHINGTON (INS) — Th? al-raed force« face a 10 • percent cut in spending under defense secretary Charles E. Wilson's drive to slash the current budget by one billion dollars. The air force and the marine corps would take the major brunt of the economy campaign. Military spending is now at a rate of just over $36 billion a year. The budget passed by congress scheduled a reduction to $34 billion, and Wilson’s new drive would bring It down to $33 billion. For the air force, the new cut would mean delayed delivery of non-combat and low priority planes. Major combat aircraft would be unaffected. For the marines, it would end hopes of avoiding a 22,000 man slash in strength. Defense department spokesmen revealed Tuesday that Wilson, who is vacationing at 'his Walloon Lake summer home in Michigan, has set his sights on a $33 billion spending budget for the fiscal year ending next July 1. The military services have been asked to report what the results of the cut will be. The air force has entered what amounts to a protest No final decision has been reached.

Four Are Appointed On Tax Adjustment Tax Board Members Meet September 12 Judge Myles F. Parrish, Adams circuit court, has named four aheinbers to the 1955 Adams county tax adjustment board, which board will meet Monday, September 12, to study the Adams county proposed tax rate, prior to- final establishment of the rate by the state board of tax commissioners on September 29. The court appointees are: W. P. Robinson, Decatur, Democrat; Louis Reinking, Sr., Preble township. Democrat; Tressie Jeanette Glendenning, Hartford township, Republican; Brice Bauserman. Berne, Republican. These four members and a representative of the township trustees, a representative of the city of Decatur by virtue of its being the largest city in the county, and a member of the county council will comprise the seven member board. Frank Kitson, county auditor, will serve as clerk of the adjustment board by virtue of his office. In compliance with the statute the tax adjustment board will meet the second Monday of Sep rember and remain, in sassion w til its business of setting tax rates for the various taxing units of the county is completed. The board, by law, must complete its work by October 1. In recent years the group has been able to finish its work in a matter of a few days. The adjustment board has the authority to cut any proposed rate set by the various units or the county council, but it cannot raise any rate. Final setting of the total rate for the county will be done by the state board on September 29. Struggle For Farm Votes At Contest Political Big Shots At Plowing Contest INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — There will be an almost open struggle for the 1956 farm vote at the national plowing contest on a farm eight miles northeast of Wabash, Sept. 14-17. With prices for farm products slipping badly and the cost of living mounting, the bid of the politicos for the agricultural vote is rapidly becoming of major concern in the early campaigning for 1956. Both Republicans and Democrats will send big shots to the Wabash gathering, as speakers or official starters for various events. The GOP delegation will be headed by Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who will be the chief speaker on Sept. 17. That night he will go to Indianapolis to address a war chest fund raising dinner of Hoosier Republicans. Republican event starters will include Lt. Gov. Harold W. Handley and George S. Diener, speaker of the house of representatives, both regarded as gubernatorial hopefuls. . Claude R. Wickard, former sec retary of agriculture;’ who also will be a starter, will be the big gun for the Democrats. Wickard, who now appears to be the inside track man for the 1956 Democratic sena torial nomination, will go from Wabash to Chicago where he will be chairman of a special Democratic national subcommittee named by national chairman Paul M. Butler to capitalize on farmer dissatisfaction for his party. A formidable Democratic second to Wickard will be former Governor Henry F. Schricker, a past strong farm vote runner, who will officiate at the national level land match just before Republican Nixon speaks. Schricker won for governor in 1948, largely because of the Jarm vote, and Republican Governor (Oontlnuad on Page Eight)

Five Persons Are Hurt In School Blast Evansville School Cafeteria Wrecked By Explosion Today EVANSVILLE, Ind. (INS)—Five persons were injured today in an exposion at an Evansville grade school, but some 900 school children escaped injury. The blast, which wrecked the cafeteria of the Vogel school, in northeast Evansville, occurred while many children were waiting outside to enter but the doors had not yet been unlocked. All 900 would have been inside the building 15 minutes later. Sofne 30 teachers were In the building, in addition to the three cooks and two plumbers who were injured. The teachers also were unhurt. The blast occurred as the cooks were preparing luncheon in the cafeteria kitchen and the plumbers were underneath the cafeteria, working on plumbing for a new addition to the school. Escaping gas was believed to be the cause of the blast, which caused some $20,000 damage. The sudden flash was followed by a blast which knocked heavy tables to the ceiling of the room, and scattered pots, pans and other kitchen equipment in wild confusion. Mrs. Adrian Gaffney, 50, most severely hurt of the three cooks, was struck by a heavy table as it came down from the ceiling. She and Jack Gross, 22, Olney, 111., and Milton Zinn, 25, Evansville, the plumbers, were taken to Deaconness hospital. Two other cooks, Mrs. Frances Brpwn, and Mrs. Luella Jones, were treated and released. Schodl was closed for the day but will reopen Thursday. Associated Church Council Will Meet The first fall meeting of the council of the Associated Churches of Decatur will be held at 7:45 o’clock Thursday evening at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year and all members of the council are requested to be present. Storms In Mexico And Texas Subside Coastal Cities Are Drenched By Rains CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. (INS) — Squalls and -high tides triggered by tropical storm Gladys along a 100-mile stretch of the central Texas Gulf Coast began to diminish today. However, rain driven by winds of up to 30 miles an hour and tides five feet above normal at places continued to drench coastal cities from Corpus Christi northward to Freeport. Local flooding was reported and some families were driven from their homes, particularly in the Corpus Christi area which has had more than six inches of rain since Gladys passed inland and blew Itsdlf out in Mexico early Tuesday. Small cralft in the squall area were warned to stay in port, but the coast guard was kept busy rescuing sportsmen who did not heed the advice. The rains were expected to subside late today. Meanwhile, weathermen kept a sharp eye on a low pressure trough extending from neair the west Florida coast to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The New Orleans weather bureau said there were no immediate indications of another tropical storm but one could develop in the Suspicious area.

•Short Meeting Held By City Councilmen Brief Meeting Held Here Tuesday Night One of the shortest meetings of the year was held by the city council Tuesday night, with reading of the minutes and allowance of bills consuming most of the time. A committee of councilmen composed of Adolph Kolter, Donald Gage and Ed Bauer reported on their Investigation of a petition of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Faulkner, West Marshal) street, who has asked the council to reconsider a sewer assessment. The contention was that .while the Faulkner home was a single unit home, It was built on two lots and therefore subject to two sewer assessments totalling $356. The Faulkner request was that the double assessment be reconsidered. The committee's report, which was unanimously adopted by the council, was to the effect that assessments were set up on each standard lot and if a person built a house on two lots he would have to pay two assessments. A petition for a rural electric line extension filed by Katharina Lehr, residing east of Decatur, was referred to the electric light committee and superintendent. A rural ..electric Jingo agreement between Luther GlbStm. Soot township, and the city was approved and made a matter of record. Council members Joined other city officials in urging all owners of vacant properties In the corporate limits to cut their weeds immediately. There is an ordinance providing that the city do this work after sufficient notice is given property owners and the costs be added to the property's assessments. Lester Pettibone, light and power superintendent, asked sugggestions from council members for a plan for a safeguard against motorist knocking down lamp posts on several streets. Pettibone explained that because of the small clearance (Continued on Page Elgbt) Municipal League Meets Sept. 20-21 To Consider High Government Costs INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The nation’s oldest municipal organization, the Indiana municipal league, will consider the high cost of government and homerule at its Sept. 20-21 meeting. 1 The legislature this year refunded $3 million to municipalities 1 from alcohol gallonage tax but the ' league said homeowners must be I given additional relief. Fort Waiyne city attorney Paul < W. Philips will discuss home rule after delegates receive an official welcome from Mayor Alex M. < Clark, of Indianapolis, and Gov. i George N. Craig. League president C. Pralle Erni, i mayor of New Albany, will officiate and install new officers to i be ejected at a Sept. 21 convention 1 closing election. One of the highlights of the. i meeting will be a panel discussion i by top Indiana legislators who will i advise the league of preparation , of its legislative program for effective presentation the 1957 legislature. On the panel will be: Senate president Lt. Gov. Har- I old Handley; house speaker Rep. George S. Diener; senate minority leader Warren W. Martin, Jr.; i Republican majority leader Sen. I John W. Van Ness; house ways i and means chairman Rep. Lau- 1 rence D. Baker; house majority 1 leader Rep. John R. Feighner, and < house minority leader Rep. JVal- 1 ter H. Maehling. ~ ■ ■ < INDIANA WEATHER I Mostly fair tonight and t Thursday. A little cooler most f sections tonight. Low tonight t 45-52 north, 50-55 south. High v Thursday 72-76 . north, 7«-8O t south. i

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Nine Or Ten Cent Cut In Levy Likely Lop Off Court House Elevator; Hospital - Survey Is Approved Members ot the Adams county council have lopped off approximately 142,000 from the proposed budget for 1956 and unofficially it appears that a reduction in the proposed 84-cent county levy will amount to about 9 or 10 cents on each taxable hundred dollars, making a total county tax of 75 cents. After a day and a half of cutting and figuring by council members, the board was ready late this afternoon to make an official tabulation and the official figures will be announced Thursday. Councilmen examined every proposed item and mahy were either reduced or taken completely out of the budget. Biggest proposal to be eliminated from the budget was the $25,000 appropriation for an elevator in the court house. Each office and department felt the careful scrutiny of the councilmen but members are unanimous ip the opinion that every departmentample fundsto run their OffiFes Tti a good and efficient manner. From the unofficial figures collected from the office of Frank Kitson, county auditor, it appears that the Decatur tax rates which will now go to the tax adjustment board next Monday will be DecaturWashington about $5.23 and Deca-tur-Root, about $5.28. The approximate figure of nine cents reduction was given unofficially at 1 o’clock this afternoon because councilmen still had several proposed figures to study and then all of the reductions had to be totalled officially. There could conveivably be another cent reduction when the figures are finally tallied by the auditor's Office. Council members who aided in bringing about the big reduction are Henry Dehner, Julius Schultz, Charley Jones, Chris Stahly, Neuenschwander, William Kruetzman and Frank Bohnke. Okay Hospital Request The request for an additional appropriation by the trustees of the Adams county memorial hospital of $2,500 for the purpose of devising plans for an addition to the county hospital was granted today by the Adams county council. Cal R. Peterson, president of the board of trustees of the hospital, said that his board would take immediate steps to make plans for an addition at the hospital to care for the increased number of patients. Consultation with civic leaders of the county, medical association representatives, state officials and many interested citizens is included In the program before a definite plan for expansion is proposed. -Board members and superintendents Thurman Drew and Marie Felber will visit several nearby county hospitals which have added facilities recently, it was learned. President Peterson said he would confer immediately with superintendent Drew and would then call a meeting of the entire board in the next few days. First Aid And Water Classes Cancelled Art Burris, chairman of the first aid and water safety instruction for the Adams county Red Cross, received word today from Dorothy Briggs, executive secretary of the Huntington county chapter, that classes planned to start shortly have been cancelled. Robert wHotop. instructor assigned to conduct the classes at Huntington. has been assigned to disaster work in the New England flood areas, necessitating cancellation of the classes. The instruction will be held at a later date andinterested persons will be notified as to the dates.