Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1955 — Page 1

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BULLETIN BUENOS AIRES (INS) — Argentine President Juan D. Peron today offered his resignation to bring peace to rebellion torn Argentina. Peron declared In a message read to the nation over the state radio: I shouldn't wish to die without making one last effort to securo peace and tranquility for my country. “My patriotism leads me to absolute personal renunciation. “I do not hesitate to take this step. History will judge whether I am-acting rightly." MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay (INS) —Argentine naval revolt leaders today demanded that President Juan D. Peron and War Minister Gen. Franklin Lucero surrender at once or see Buenos Aires military installations bombarded by a blockading fleet. One report -said that the rebel cruiser "Ninth of July" already had shelled an anti aircraft school in the city of Eva Peron near Buenos Aires. Unconfirmed reports said Peron either had resigned or was getting ready to do so in the face of the threat. Agence France Presse quoted the Puerto Belgrano naval rebel radio station as saying that the revolution had "triumphed” and "the dictator lias been overthrown.” The Argentine government first invited the naval rebels to go to the war ministry for peace negotiations in the rebellion which erupted at dawn last Friday. The insurgents refused and counter - demanded that Peron and Lucero deliver themselves “as prisoners” aboard the rebel flagship off Buenos Aires for any truce negotiations. They demanded the “complete capitulation” of the Peron regime. An official announcement by the government acknowledged that the rebels had threatened to bombard the city. It appealed for an end to bloodshed. The official Argentine broadcast, received in a direct cable through censorship in Buenos Aires, said that the rebel chiefs were invited to Buenos Aires to discuss avoid ing unnecessary bloodshed in view of the threatened bombardment. It also mentioned the possible destruction of the big gasoline refinery at Eva Peron, formerly La Plata, 40 miles southeast of Buenos 'Aires. ' The rebel naval station at Puerto Belgrano quickly rejected the invitation. . ... .<.:»• The quickness of the rejection led observers to believe that the revolutionary forces had gained the tipper hand in many parts of the torn nation on the fourth day of theuprising. Earlier the government claimed the capture of Cordoba City,, but the revolutionary command said its forces were gaining throughout the nation. The capital city of Buenos Aires itself was under rigid censorship, was blacked out during the night, and under threat of bombardment by a blockading rebel fleet. Government troops were claimed to be marching on the big naval (CtmunuM on rug* Five)

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Motorists Using Part Os New Road Favorable Weather Speeding Up Work New’ U. S. highway 27 and 33 between here and Fort Wayne is being used by a good many motorists from St. John’s, seven miles north of Decatur, on into Fort Wayne. The highway is not Officially opened, however, many "eager beavers" are taking a chance on facing arrest and are using the new road. From-Fort Wayne south to St. John’s, whclh is the Allen county line, the new road is changed in several places. Hessen Castle is now located about a half block from the new route and the Nine Mile house, which was at the edge of the old highway, also is about a half block away. Hills and curves have been eliminated. The new road takes almost the identical former course from the county line on into Decatur. Paving from the Adams county line has been completed on about five of the seven miles. If good working weather continues the next month, it is believed highly probable that the contractors will beat their deadline of December.. The berms along the entire stretch of new road will have to be filled in and seeded, but usually this is done after the road is completed. It is understood that about a quarter of a mile of pavement is being laid each working day and the temporary cement plant near Monmouth is reported to have a daily manufacturing capacity of 1,300 yards of cement. (Continued on Page Five) Begin Printing Os Election Ballots Decatur And Berne Elections Nov. 8 The Adams county board of election commissioners, charged with the conduct of the Decatur and Berne municipal elections November 8, today started supervision of the printing of ballots. Both Decatur and Berne Democrats and Republicans have full tickots in the campaign. The wun; ty board has supervision of all municipal elections, and town election commissions will be named to supervise the Monroe and Geneva elections scheduled for the same date. County boaqj members include David Mackljn, Democrat, Cal E. Peterson. Republican, and county clerk Ed F. Jaberg. Ballots are printed, sealed and placed in the custody of the clerk until the Saturday prior to the election, at which time the inspector for each precinct will get the ballots for his precinct. No seals are broken until the entire precinct board assembles on the morning of Hire election.

Nationalist China Urges Free Election Challenge Russia And Chinese Reds To Agree To Vote (World Copyright, 1955, by 1.N.5.) UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (INS) —Nationalist China is planning to challenge Russia and Communist China to agree to a UN sponsored open plebiscite on the Chinese mainland. The Chinese people would be asked to choose between Communist rule and that pf Chiang Kai Shek’s Nationalists. Both governments will have to abide by the majority will. Nationalist China’s veteran UN delegate. Ambassador Tingfn F. Tsiang, told I.N.S. in an exclusive interview today that consultations between his government and those of other top UN members were underway to lay down this challenge to Peiping and Moscow in the UN assembly. Tsiang said such a plebiscite would have to be approved by the UN assembly, which convenes Tuesday afternoon, and be organized on agreed pledges by the Communists and free world to attempt no interference with the;UN supervised poll. He added: “My government and my people would be more than happy to abide scrupulously by the outcome of such a plebiscite on the China mainland.” The Chinese UN diplomat was confident that a vast majority of the Chinese voters, free from police pressure and Communist coercion, would choose any form of government other than one dominated by Chinese or Moscow Communists. t In emphasizing his reasons for this conviction by the Formosa Chinese, the ambassador said: “All Chinese on the mainland are aware that the Peiping Reds are creatures of Moscow and that they have in effect imported the Kremlin. This is important to keep in mind, as the Chinese people naturally resent this imposition of a foreign standard in government. "Secondly, keep in mind that 14,000 Communist soldiers captured in Korea by the UN refused to go home to the China mainland. They came to us, and are happy they elected to defy their Red bosses to live in free China. “Thirdly, we celebrated our national holiday Oct. 10. Last year we found the Nationalist flags flown voluntarily by the public outnumbered the Communist banners in Hong Kong and Singapore nine to one. These two cities are testing points of the Chinese mind for us. Harvester workersn Vote On Contract . INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Workers are expected to return to their jobs in International Harvester Company plants in four Indiana cities today as a 26-day strike ended. Workers at Richmond, Indianaipolls and Evansville have voted - to accept the contract agreed upon Sunday in Chicago between CIOUAW and the' company. The new contract runs for three years. Fort Wayne voters will ballot on the contract this evening. A total of 16,000 workers are affected. by the agreement in the four cities.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 19, 1955.

Hurricane Smashes At North Carolina; Aims More Dangerous Blows £ I.—

Second Polio Shots Slated For Schools Schedule Set Up For Second Shots To Grade Students Second polio shots, for all children of Adams county who wer# members of the first and second grades in schools of the county and received their first shots last spring, will receive second and final shots on September 28, 29 and 30, Mrs. Marie Hill, volunteer county chairman, and Dr. Harold Zwick, medical chairman, announced today. The polio vaccine is furnished by the National Foundation fort Infantile Paralysis, and work is done in each county on a volunteer basis, under supervision of the county medical society. Vaccine will be taken to each school and the pupils will receive their shots at their school. This is the same procedure which was used so successfully last spring. Mrs. Hill announced the follow ing schedule: » Wednesday, Sept. 28 Geneva, Berne, Kimsey, Lincoln of Blue Creek, Monmouth, Bobo, and Schnepp schools. Thursday, Sept 29 Jefferson, Hartford. Adams Central and Decatur Catholic schools. Friday, Sept 30 Lincoln of Decatur, Pleasant Mills, Zion, St John's. St. Peter’s. Emmanuel and St. Paul schools. The entire program is free. Mrs. Hill pointed out. The pupils who will receive the second shots are now second and third grade pttpils, but they are the same ones which were in the first and second grades last spring. Tax Board Hearing Here September 29 State Board Will Conduct Hearings Official notice of a final hearing to establish tax rates in Adams county by the state board of tax commissioners will appear in the Daily Democrat Tuesday at the request of Adolph L. Fossler, chairman of. the state board. A representative of the state board will hold hearings at the auditor’s offic e ihcou nte z auditor’s office in the court house all day Thursday, September 29. Township rates will be discussed Thursday morning and the afternoon will be devoted to hearings on the proposed rates of cities, towns, schools and libraries. Officials and taxpayers of the county and officials of all taxing units may appear at the hearings and make suggestions concerning the proposed rates before final action is taken, according to the legal notice. Township hearings will start Thursday morning, September 29 at 9 o’clock, daylight saving time, and the township rates will be set, starting with Blue Creek, and each township will be called alphabetically. * The cities, towns, libraries and schpolcorpprations y ill ; be. I)wd Thursday afternoon starting at 1:30 o’clock, daylight saving time. This will be the final hearing prior to setting rates for next year. , BULLETIN WASHINGTON (INS)—The United States in effect today rejected the Russian suggestion that the U.S. abandon overseas military bases. Sovlktdefenee minister Georgl Shukov made the suggestion after the Russians returned the Finnish naval base of Porkkala to Finland Saturday. Shukov said the Russians had set an explane which all other countries should follow.

Reject Tax Relief To Steel Industry Cabinet Rejects Industry Appeal WASHINGTON (INS) — Official sources reported today that the Eisenhower administration’s cabinet has rejected a steel industry appeal for special tax relief on a multi-billion | dollar expansion program. The cabinet officials reportedly j have turned thumbs down on an I industry proposal for corporation , income tax breaks designed to t boost steel production capacity I from 126 million to 150 million in- > got tons a year by 1960. . The industry -requested rapid I tax amortization or write offs. . This would permit firms to deduct the cost of new plants and equip- ■ ment over five years in figuring j their tax liability. ' The usual method is to spread the deductions over the expected r lifetime use of such facilities. The tax write off plan was designed to encourage defense pro- ‘ duction expansion. The reason for , cabinet rejection of the steel plea i was understood to be that officials feel the additional capacity is needed only to meet rising civilian needs. A final decision on the request t is to be made by defense mobilization director Arthur ,S. Flemming. But Flemming is hot expected to reverse a recommendation by cabinet members. Steel Industry spokesmen con- ’ tend that unless speedy tax write offs for the cost of new plants are allowed, the nation’s need tor 150 ’ million tons’ capacity by 1960 cannot be realized. ( The requested tax relief would , be on 66 new steel manufacturing projects to cost one billion, 130 t million dollars. I These applications were blocked by an ODM order ending any further defense expansion goals for steel making facilities. The administration, under leadership of treasury secretary George M. Humphrey, has been granting fewer fast tax write-offs. When granted, the rulings mean big tax savings for the first five years such facilities are. in opera- ' tion. The ODM is also expected to announce shortly that such tax amortization will no longer be allowed on projects to increase capacity. Patch Testing For Schools Os County Annual Program Os TB Association Announcement of the annual patch testing program In the Adams county schools was made today by Mrs. W. Guy Brown, secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association, which sponsors the program. Mrs. William Meeks. R.N., will be the nurse in charge. Parents’ consent cards were distributed last week and must be pre- < sented at time of the testing. Grades 1,7 and 9 will be patch tested in all the public and parochial schools. All reactors will be referred to their family physicians. The schedule follows: Sept: 19, patch, and Sept. 22, reading: Hwtford Center, Geneva; Jefferson Center, Lincoln and KimBey. Sept. 20, patch, and Sept. 23, reading: Berne, Adams Central, Pleasant Mills, Bobo. Sept. 26, patch, and Sept. 29, reading: Decatur Lincoln, St. Paul. Zion, St. John. St, Peter’s, Imanuel, Luckey, Schnepp. Sept 27, patch, and Sept. 30, reading: Decatur high, Monmouth, Decatur Catholic. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight with scattered thunderahowers north and possible central. Low tonight 65-70. High Tuesday 78-84 north, 84-90 south.

Four Priests Released By Chinese Reds Four Missionaries Given Freedom By Communist China HONG KONG (INS)—An Ohio Roman Catholic priest and three of his colleagues were released by the Chinese Communists over the weekend after two years of total mental and spiritual eclipse in a Red prison. The four released missionaries, all of the Dominican order, were identified as the Rev. Frederick D. Gordon, 59, Somerset. O.; Rev. Joseph E. Hyde, 40. of Lowell, Mass.; Rev. James Joyce. 56, Clinton, Mass.; and a Spanish priest, Fr. R. Bolumburu. The Americans, all of whom had lost considerable weight and hair, beamed and gave every outward appearance of being in good humor and extremely high spirits. The three American fathers immediately staged two separate press conferences for the hordes of Waiting reporters. All of the priests releaser Sunday told the same, familiar story; Arrested by counter revolutionaries, kept under house arrest In tiny rooms lighted around the clock and kept from seeing their colleagues who were held la adjoining rooms. Father Gordon related how he was brought to “trial" last Sunday and sentenced to “leave China, immediately." Father Gordon, who described how he trimmed his hair with a safety razor before the Communists took it away, said all three Americans were placed under “house arrest” in Foochow on Aug. 22, 1953. John Bulkhead Dies At Hospital Sunday Funeral Services To Be Wednesday John Burkhead, 80, of Decatur route 1, well known lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 10:30 o’clock Sunday night at the Adams county memorial hospital. He had been ill of complications for the past four weeks. He was born in Adams county Aug. 25, 1875, a son of Mack and Amanda Ball-Burkhead. His wife, the former Blanche Steele, preceded him in death. Mr. Burkhead was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Niles Butler, Mrs. Arthur Hurst and Mrs. Mary Norman, all of Decatur; two sons, Herman Burkhead of Safford, Aris., and Merle Burkhead of near Decatur; 32 grandchildren; 18 great-grand-children; one brother. Mart Burkhead of LaGrange and one sister, *Mrs. Pearl Ballard of Kendallville. One daughter, two brothers and five sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. John E. Chambers officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening. Savings Bond Sales Off Slightly Here Adams county’s U, S. savings bonds sales for August ware $103,831 compared with $105,461 for the •corresponding period of last year, according to a report made to T. F. Graliker, chairman of the county’s U. S. savings bonds committee. Sales for the state were $14,332,400 and $13,143,668 for the like period of 1954. Sixty-one counties reported sales gains for August over the sales of a year ago.

Heavy Traffic Toll Recorded In Stale Indiana Highways Claim Many Lives INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — A heavy traffic death toll was added today to Indiana’s 1955 lists as the result of accidents during the past week end. A 57-year-old Gary motorist faces charges of operating a moj tor vehicle while under the influ- » ence of liquor today after his car j careened onto a sidewalk and kill--8 ed two children. 1 John Jones, 57, was arrested in i connection with the crash which killed John Nash, Jr., 8, and Dorothy Holley, 14, both of Gary, and j injured two other children. ' Also hurt were John Holley, brother of Dorothy, and Arthur McCloud, 12, two other Gary chil- ’ dren who were on the sidewalk when Jones' car veered from the wrong side of the street and ran up on the pedestrian walk. Two Ben Davis high school .pu- ’ ,pils were killed in another dual tragedy when their car hit a tree stump along White River parkway in Indianapolis. Dead were Phil- ’ lips John Peck, Jr., 16, and Riqh- * ard Dean Hill, 15, both members 1 of athletic teams at the high school. ’ Mrs. Lucy Redinbo, 85, of Vai- ’ paraiso, was injured, fatally in a two car crash at Valparaiso. A double death accident claimed 8 the lives of Albert L. Perkins, 34, f of Waynetown, and J. P. Jones, Jr„ of Danville, 111., .when their car collided headon with a car 8 driven by Jimmy Lee Foster, 22, !" of Danville, 111., Foster was Injured in the crash, which occurred . on U. S. 136 at the Fountain • Montgomery county line. a Kenneth Kline, 26, of Calumet '' City, 111., died Sunday as an after--8 math of a two-car collision on U. r S. 41 near its intersection with 1 U.S. 30. Four ofner persons were Injured in the crash. Marlene Kline, 20, widow of the victim, was reported critically hurt and theit infant daughter, Diana, age four weeks, was listed as serious. Walter Hudson, 32, and William Swift, 24, both of Chicago, who were occupants of the second 'car, also were hurt. Police said Hudson was forced into the third lane by a third driv- ' er who continued after tho crash. The collision of a motorcycle and a car headon along Ind. 9 south of Greenfield caused the death of the cyclist, Fred H. Spurlock, 26, of near Lawrenceburg. Director Os Center Reports Operations Youth Department Attendance 33,128 A report of the first three months of operation of the Decatur Youth and Community Center reveals that attendance in the youth department totalled 33,128 boys and girls. This figure represents the number of actual times used and of conrse is duplicated because many boys and girls use the building each day, O. M. McGeath, resident director, pointed out. ■ A total of 2,015 meals have been served and 756 persons have attended receptions at the building-. deciding, . ahoyers. haye. attracted 124 persons and 1,840 have attended all types of meetings at the Center. Six hundred and twenty out-of-city visitors have visited the building, McGeath reported. Broken down, McGeath estimated that more than 3,500 individuals of Decatur have freen to some type of meeting or reception at the Center. This represents half of the population of Decatur. The figure of 33,128 boys and girls in a three month period far outdistances Wabash which had a total 1954 attendance of 40„000 youths and Portland with a 1954 total attendance of 39,000 boys and girla..— .. (Oonaauee on rage Five)

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lone Strongest Hurricane In Recent Years Middle Atlantic States In Path Os Hurricane lone WASHINGTON (INS) — Hurricane lone smashed into North Carolina today with 120 mile an hour winds and poised for a dangerous blow through the Middle Atlantic states tonight and Tuesday. A noon (EDT) weather bureau advisory said: “This is the strongest and largest hurricane to pass northward through the Middle Atlantic states in rec entyears and except for slower movement may be compared with Hazel of last October.” The advisory placed the hurricane at 75 miles west of Cape Hatteras. N. C., at noon. Movement is expected to be generally in a northerly direction at 15 miles an hour for the next 12 to 18 hours with probably a slight turning more north northeast at 18 to 20 miles per hous thereafter. The weather bureau said "no great loss of intensity is expected during today and tonight." ' The indicated movement will bring the center of the hurricane to near the Washington area around midnight And into Central Pennsylvania Tuesday morning. Hurricane warnings are up north of Wilmington, N. C., to Block Island, R. 1., including Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay and Long Island Sound. Storm warnings are displayed from Myrtle Beach, S. C., to Wilmington and from Block Island to Eastport, Maine. Storm warnings have been lowered south of Myrtle Beach. The weather bureau said winds will increase this afternoon and evening over Virginia and Maryland, reaching hurricane force over Chesapeake Bay and eastern shore areas tonight, with 50-60 miles per hour gales ,over Central and Western Maryand and Virginia. Chesapeake Bay tides are expected to rise four to seven feet above normal tonight and tides along the Maryland, Delaware and’ New Jersey coast may run six to eight feet above normal with “dangerously high seas.” The weather bureau said the hurricane is accompanied by heavy rains and as much as three or four inches may be expected in most areas with possibly five to eight inches in eastern sections of Maryland and Virginia. The advisory said this heavy rainfall “will result In dangerous flooding in small streams and all precautions should be taken.” It added: “Ail interests in the areas to the north and Northeast of this dangerous storm should remain on the alert for later advices and precautions should be taken against dangerous winds, high tides and heavy rains due to northward passage of this storm.” Winds in the Washington area are expected to increase during the afternoon, reaching 40 to 50 miles an hour with gusts of 60 miles late this afternoon and probably higher by midnight. The Washington area was warned to prepare for power failures and flooding. Residents were advised to keep Informed of th latest reports on “this dangerous storm.” Hilda Hits Mexico MEXICO CITY (INS) — Hurricane Hilda struck the Mexican coast near Tampico today, with highest winds estimated at 125 miles an hour and tides dangerously high along a 150 mile stretch of coast. The weather bureau said that the tropical storm had moved inland, traveling in a west northwestward direction, but that contact with Tampico had been lost early this morning. The bureau said: “Hurricane winds undoubtedly (Continuea oa ra<» Five)