Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1955 — Page 1

' Vol. LIII. No. 268.

‘NO’ TO NEW FARM LEGISLATION

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Ike Drives To Farm Home In Pennsylvania Plans Six Weeks In Convalescence From His Heart Attack WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower left Washington today for his farm at Gettysburg, Pa., where he will spend six weeks convalescing from his heart attack. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower left the White House in a lifoousinje at 10:43 a.m. (ESTf, on the trip. Special civic ceremonies will be held when they arrive in Gettysburg. Mr. Eisenhower, rapidly recovering from the heart attack he suffered on Sept. 24,* returned to his White House office this morning for the first time in three months. He went to his office about 8:30 a.RL (EST.), the first time he has been there since he left Aug. 14 for a vacation in Colorado which was interrupted by his Illness. The 85-mlle trip will be an occasion for a double celebration. Not only will the President begin taking oh more official duties, but Mrs. Eisenhower will mark her 59th birthday. At the town of Gettysburg, flags and banners were flying, and special ceremonies were set. The public welcome was to be at Lincoln Square in the historic town. Mayor William G. Weaver planned an address of welcome, while his 13-year-old daughter, Patricia, presented the first lady with a bouquet of red roses and orchids. The President was expected to say a few words in reply. Then, Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower were to proceed to the famous farm about three miles out of town. Last night, there was a family dinner at the White House as a pre-birthday celebration for Mamie —the woman whose “vote” may determine whether her husbands does or does not agree to seek a second term. The couple will now move into the spacious brick and flagstone residence—the first they have ever owned. The President —probably starting tomorrow —will make daily visits to the temporary office set up for him on the first floor of the Gettysburg post office. The town postmaster has vacated the office tor Mr. Eisenhower’s convenience. However, during the first w a ek the Chief Executive's schedule of conferences atid visitors will be light, and his activity will be stepped up gradually. This is to avoid any chance of a setback in the recovery which Mr. Eisenhower has made from the heart attack which he suffered in Denver 51 days ago. Plans are being made for his attendance at meetings of his cabinet and the national security council next wee aCtk mp m a cil next week at Camp David, his mountain retreat about 25 miles from Gettysburg. The President-will drive to his farm after a quiet week-end at the White House, where he relaxed following the plane trip from Denver Friday and the homecoming welcome which he„received in Washington. Mr. Eisenhower took a few nrac(Oont’nupa on Page Eight, INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy and colder tonight. Tuesday rain beginning west and extreme north portion progressing over remainder of state by Tuesday night. Low tonight 28-32 north, 32-40 south. High Tuesday 38-44 north, 4452 south.

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Heavy Traffic Toll On State Highways Slaughter One Os Heaviest Os Year INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Indiana’s highway slaughter during the past week-end was one of the heaviest of the year. It was in contrast to the record of last week-end when the traffic mortality was one of the lowest in 1955. The bloody w«ek-end began with a collision on Road 130 four miles west of Valparaiso in which five Valparaiso residents died. The victims were Mendel Bryarly, 40; his sons, James. 12, and Jerry, 10. Frank D. Bloeman, 43, and Mrs. Evelyn Bruhn. 36. Bryarly was taking his two children home from a barber shop when he lost control of his car which crashed into a station wagon in which Bloeman and Mrs. Bruhn were riding. Three persons died when two Illinois automobiles collided on Road 41-52 six miles northwest of Fowler. They were Edward Adams, 32, of Chicago; his daughter, Linda, 4, and Mrs. Emma Kramer, 30, of Rock Island. 111. Injured seriously were Adams’ older daughter, Sharon, 9. and Mrs. Kramer’s husband, George. Mrs. Adams was hurt slightly. A collision of two Ohio cars at a gravel road intersection near Bluffton killed two others. Mrs. Elizabeth Kline, 60, of Kent, 0., and David Williams, 72, of near Van Wert, O. Four others were hurt slightly in the crash. Smoke from burning leaves was blamed for a head-on collision near .Rigdon in which Miss Hilda Jo Cottingham, 19, of Windfall, and Jacob H. Idle wine, 85, of near Elwood. died. State police said that Idlewine crossed to the wrong side of the road after entering the cloud of smoke. Louis E. Ford, 25, of Veornan, met death in a two-car crash at a countj' road intersection where the view was obstructed by cornstalks seven miles north of Delphi. Floyd R. (’earing, 17, of Monticello. driver of the other automobile, was injured slightly. Oscar W. Wood. 43, of Peru, truck driver, collapsed from lack of oxygen and burned to death in the cab of his wrecked truck which had been struck by an automobile near Plymouth. Injured seriously were Donald Duff. 19, of Argos, driver of the automobile; Betty Wainscott, 15, of North Liberty, and Minnie Lou Mann. 17. of Walkerton. Charles Johnson. 14, of Guilford, died of injuries suffered when an automobile overturned several times on Road 50 a mile east of Aurora. Paul Abner, 18, of Harrison, driver of the car. was unhurt, and Walter Bryant, 16, of Lawrenceburg, was injured lyWhen an automobile struck a utility pole along a county road one mile southeast of Medaryville, Linda Griffin, 10, of Medaryville, met death. Five-year-old William Lloyd, of LaPorte, was killed when he darted into the street near his home and was struck by an automobile. When an automobile went out of (Continued on P*ge Sight, Five Os Family Die In Blazing Home MILWAUKEE (FNS) —The bodies of five members of the Elmore Buchethal family, including three children, were found today in their burning home in Shorewood. Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee. Police said Buchethal, 41-year-old plumber, apparently shot and killed his wife, Mildred. 40. their children. Bonnie Lynn, 12. Cynthia, 10, and Thomas. 8. then set the bodies and house afire, and shot himself.

New Shakeup In Government Os Argentina All-Military Junta Takes Over Powers In Bloodless Revolt pUENOS AIRES (INS)—Newlyinaugurated* President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu and his all-mili-tary junta began today to solidify control of Argentina. The thus-far bloodless revolution was for the avowed purpose of cleansing right-wing reactionaries from the cabinet of ousted president Gen! Eduardo Lonardi. Lonardi has a splendid reputation for integrity and the talks which led to his replacement by Maj. Gen. Aramburu were said to have been on the friendliest basis. Whether the revolution would remain bloodless was a question. Lonardi, who replaced Juan Peron after helping overthrow the dictator, claimed he had not resigned his office. But International News Service learned from two reliable sources that Lonardi did resign verbally in front of seven witnesses Sunday afternoon at about 2:30 o’clock and promised to deliver written confirmation “within two hours.” It was on the basis of this promise that Aramburu was sworn in at 5/40 p. m. Whether Lonardi resigned or made the promise under duress cannot be established positively as yet. Aramburu was to meet today with Monsignor Antonio Rocca, the vicar of the Buenos Aires archdiocese. Their interview was considered to be of special interest in view, ol the pro-clerical elements forced out of the cabinet and the difficulty Peron had with the church before his fall. In his current exile spot in Panama, Peron said hd had expected Lonardi’s fall and predicted further fast falls from the Argentine presidency within the next few weeks. Peron described newly-inaugur-ated President Aramburu as “just as incompetent as Lonardi.” The overthrow of Lonardi came less than two months after Peron was deposed. The first official act of the 52-year-old Aramburu, who also was army chief of staff, was to name a four-man military junta to manage the affairs of the government. He appointed himself as head of the body, which included army minister Gen. Arturo Ossorio Arana, navy minister Adm. Teodoro Hartung and air force minister Vice Commodore Ramon Abrahim. It also was announced that Vice President Admiral Isaac Rojas would retain his position. In the hectic 24-hour period which ended Sunday afternoon with Aramburu's inauguration , it (Continued on Page Eight; Two Are Killed In Wells County Crash Two Ohio Persons Are Killed Sunday David Williams, 68, of rural route 5, Van Wert, 0., and Mrs. Elizabeth Kline, 65, of Kent, 0., were killed instantly about 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the collision ..of two autos at a Wells county road intersection approximately six miles northeast of Bluffton. Four other Ohio residents were injured in the crash and were taken to the WelJs county hospital at Bluffton, where they are reported in satisfactory condition. Injured were Williams’ wife, Mabel. 60. head lacerations and possible interna) injuries; Mrs. Kline’s brother, Clarence Wiedeman, 57. also of Kent and driver of the car, who suffered rib fractures, cuts and bruises; Mrs. Wiedeman, 54, fractures of both collarbones, and the Wiedemans’ son. William, 12, cuts and bruises. State police reported the catdriven by Williams was southbound on one of the county roads, while the auto driven by Wiedeman was traveling east. The vehicles collided in the middle of the intersection, which investigating officers said was wide open and offered almost unlimited visibility in all directions. Officers said indications were the autos were traveling on county roads as the drivers hunted for short cuts. U. S. highway 224 is closed between state road 1 and this city for repair of the Erie railroad crossing near Preble. Neither Os the county roads on which the autos were traveling is the U. S. 224 detour.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 14, 1955.

Charge College Student Sabotaged Airliner; 44 On Big Plane All Dead

Big Four Meet In Discussion Os Relations Discuss Deadlocked Question Prior To Wednesday Closing GENEVA (INS)—The Big Four foreign ministers met today to discuss another deadlocked question — improving east-west relations. The ministers also were seeking a formula for a communique closing their % stalemated conference that began Oct. 27 and will end Wednesday. Secretary of state John Foster Dulles opposes the idea of holding another such conference next spring. The last point on the three-point agenda, the subject of improving east-west contacts, has been studied by a group of experts. But they have been unable to agree on a joint report. British foreign secretary Har'old MacMillan saw Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov this morning, at Molotov’s request. Presumably they discussed the Vietnamese question since Molotov and Sir Anthony Eden, then foreign secretary, were co-chairmen of last year's Geneva conference on Indo-China. The Indo-China conference called for all-Vietnamese elections next year, but anti - Communist South Vietnam has refused thus far to agree to such elections. Barring an eleventh-hour surprise move by Soviet foreign min-, ister V. M. Molotov, the Big Four was ready to draft a communique which would: 1. Refer to the United Nations subcommittee on disarmament the principles of disarmament, particularly the renunciation of force, on which the Big Four could not agree. 2. Agree it was desirable that experts continue work on the linked problem of European security and German reunification. However, unless British foreign secretary Harold MacMillan and French foreign minister Antoine Pinay successfully pressure Dulles there will not be inclusion in the communique of any Big Four agreement to hold another conference in the early spring or summer. Dulles is resisting any pressure because he feels bitterly that Russia is not ready to reach any con-, crete solutions and consequently it would be pointless to meet again (Ooniiuueo on Page Eight; New Aufo License Plates Are Received Plates Go On Sale After January 1 New 1956 automobile license plates have arrived in Decatur, according to Mrs. Dale Death, head of the local license bureau. The new plates, blue and gold in color, carry the slogan, "Drive Safely.” Plates will go on sale shortly after January 1, 1956 and the sale will continue until February 28. There will be only one plate to each set this next year and the plate is to be attached to the rear of the vehicle. Mrs. Death said there was another important change in the vehicle registration law for next year. Chauffeurs’ licenses which previously were written for one year and expiring December 31, would now be extended to the last day of the birth month of the applicant. The law differs from the driver’s license law. inasmuch as the license still is good for only one year. Drivers’ licenses are . written for two year periods. Chauffeurs’ licenses will be extended from January 1 next year until the applicant's birth date. Mrs. Death said. Motorists desiring special numbers' are asked to make their applications early, Mrs. Death said.

Grand, Petit Juries Drawn This Morning Juries Drawn Here For November Term * Grand and petit juries for the November term of the Adams circuit court were drawn this morning by jury commissioners James Gattschall and Ed Berlirjg and county clerk Ed Jaberg. The twelve members for the grand jury are Russell Miller. De-catur-Washington; Ivan Heare, Kirkland; John Burger, Union; Gerald F. Elzey, Berne; Benhart Nussbaum, Hartford; Paul F. Bleeke, Root; Ross W. McKean. Decatur-Washington; Loren Heller. French; John V. Heller, Preble; Woodrow Kelley. Jefferson; Elmer J. Dubach, Hartford, and Leo J. Harpring, Jefferson. The grand jury is called annually during the November term for the inspection of county buildings. Serving on the petit jury will be Hazel Brewster, Jefferson; Russell E. Owens, Washington; Vernon J. Niblick, Root; Richard D. Clark. French; Joseph E. Morris, Root; Jess Plasterer, DecaturWashington; Elma Gaunt, Union; Willie Cornett, Decatur-Root; Paul B. Gould, Geneva; Kenneth Nash, Decatrtt-Root; John Leyse, Kirkland; Robert F. High, Kirkland. Jesse M. Bell. Washington: Wilson J. Mann, Monroe; Edgar Ehlerding, Preble; Laura A. Canen, Berne; Paul M. Herman, Berne; Billie Feasel; St. Mary’s; Alpha E. Chew, Geneva; Martin L. Huser, Monroe; Rueben Smith. Kirkland; Lillian Isch, Berne; Godfred Smith, Jefferson, and Mary A. Graber, Hartford. Library Anniversary Observance Opened Main Attraction Is Bonsib Art Exhibit A steady stream of visitors filled the main rooms of the Decatur public library Sunday afternoon as the week's observance of its golden anniversary as a part of Decatur got underway. . Main attraction was the oil and water color art exhibit of Louis Bonsib. prominent Indiana artist and advertising executive. The Bonsib exhibit includes 18 paintings, a few of which are in water colors, and the balance in oils. The exhibit will remain all week and the public is invited to visit the library any day. At the Sunday afternoon reception, all board members were present to assist the library “staff in greeting the visitors. Punch and wafers were served during the afternoon. The week’s observance also is national book week and many new books are on display on the tables. Miss Bertha Heller, librarian said that she was. gratified with the Sunday attendance and she added that it was the hope of her staff that every adult patron would visit the library some time, during the week. An added feature is a request of each visitor to vote on which picture of the Bonsib collection is the best. The totals will be announced at the close of the week. Grover C. Dillavou Is Taken By Death Grover C. Dillavou. 67. iifelong resident of Jay county, died Sunday morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. He bad been in failing health for several years. Surviving are his wife. Florence; two daughters. Mrs. Robert Stitzer of Pennville and Mrs. Isaac Garringer of Geneva; four grandchildren and a sister. Mrs. Lillie Dobbinspeck of >’owata, Okla. Funeral services will be ’ held at 2 p in. Tuesday at the Baird funeral home in Portland, the Rev. H. H. Kester officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill cemetery.

Supreme Court Rules Oklahoma Act Is Invalid Rules Requirement Os Race On Ballot Unconstitutional WASHINGTON (INS)_The supreme court in effect today held as unconstitutional gn Oklahoma law requiring a candidate’s racial identification on election ballots. Tlie tribunal took the action by refusing to review a case involving A. B. McDonald, a negro who unsuccessfully ran for U. S. senator in the 1954 Democratic primary in Oklahoma. w At the same time, the suprenie court reopened a dispute over whether states may prohibit marriages between persons of different races. Last week, the court struck down racial segregation in public parks, golf courses and swimming pools. This expanded a previous ruling which declared unconstitutional racial segregation in public ■ schools. The Oklahoma case pending before the court involves a dispute over a decision that the state election law providing race identification on ballots is unconstitutional. It stemmed from a suit brought by A. B. McDonald, unsuccessful candidate for U. S. senator in the 1954 Democratic primary. McDonald filed a $200,000 damage suit against the state election board for printing “negro” next to name on the ballot. A district court judge dismissed the sui| but the U. S. appeals court reversed the ruling. It declared the state law providing the identification unconstitutional and remanded the case for further hearings. The two cases Involving the communist party concern: 1. The effort or Red leaders to overthrow lower court rulings that the party must register with the government as a subversive organization. 2. The fight of Pennsylvania to reinstate t its sedition law. The state supreme court ruled that the law was superseded by the Smith act, passed by congress. As a result, Red leader Steve Nelson won reversal of a 20-year sentence for violating the state law. Three Are Injured In Accident Sunday Two Cars Demolished North Os Decatur Three Decatur persons were Injured in an accident Sunday at 2 a.m. on U. S. highway 27 about six miles north of Decatur. The accident involved cars driven by Richard Mies, 25. of Decatur, and John H. Clem, 58, of Fort Wayne. Mies and his two passengers. Philip Terveer, 24. and Miss Marilyn Jaberg, 20, sustained injuries and were taken to the Adams county memorial hospital. Mies suffered several broken ribs and a head injured and his condition is good. Miss Jaberg is being treated for severe lacerations on her forehead and scalp. Terveer was released early Sunday morning after treatment of bruises and abrasions on his legs and head. Both cars were travelling south when the accident occurred. The’ Mies vehicle crashed into the rear of the Clem car. Mies stated that the J'lem car was parked on the road: Clem told the investigating officers that he had stopped but was moving again when the crash came? ■ The cars were totally demolished. Clem's vehicle was damaged by fire after it was towed into a local garage and Decatur firemen were called to extinguish the blaze. The investigating officers were sheriff Merle Affolder and state trooper Al Coppess.

New City Attorney I John DeVoss, prominent Decatur attorney, today was named city attorney by Mayor-elect Robert D. Cole. While the appointment does not become official until January 1. 1956, when the new administration starts its four >ear term, the mayor-elect said that unofficially the city attorney would start his work immediately in preparation for the shift at the city hall to the new administration' on January 1. John DeVoss Named As City Attorney Mayor-Elect Cole Appoints Attorney John DeVoss, senior member of the law firm of DeVoss, Smith and Macklin, former prosecuting attorney and formed city attorney, toney and former city attorney, tofective January 1, 1956. The appointment was the first to be made by (Robert D. Cole, mayorelect. These two officials and a member of the city council will become the new board of public works and safety. Mayor-elect (’ole said that he would confer with the newly named city attorney this W'eek and in all probability would name the third member of the wx>rks board later this week. Cole and DeVoss also will hold a .meeting this week with the new council and various committee assignments will lie discussed at tfiat time. Decatur’s new city attorney is a graduate of Indiana law school and a veteran of World War 11. He has always been active in civic affairs and has long been an advisor in the Democratic party ranks. Mr. and Mrs. DeVoss and their sons. Jay and Bob, reside on North Fourth street. The Mayor-elect said that he planned several meetings this week with the Democratic city Committee and chairman Bernard Clank pertaining to departmental jobs, but that these appointments would not be announced until later. Cole, who has been wearing a cast for several weeks due to a spinal injury, will go to the Bluffton clinic late today or Tuesday to have the cast removed. DeVoss, in accepting the appointment, said that he was glad to become a part of the new official family of Decatur and that he would exert every effort to advise the council members and the mayor on problems pertaining to city government. He said that he believed all of the newly elected officials would' "be one big family looking toward a better Decatur.” Meadows Funeral Services Tuesday Funeral services will Be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at, Briggs funeral home. Huntington? for Asa Meadow’s. 47, son of the Rev. James R. Meadows of Decatur. who died last Friday at Washington, D. C. Meadows was a former Huntington resident... His wife died in 1940. He had been in ill health for several years. Burial, will be in Mt. Hope cemetery,’ Huntington county.

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Mother One Os 44 Victims On Crashed Plane FBI Says Graham Insured Mother ’ Prior To Flight DENVER (INS) —A 23-year-old Denver university student was accused today of killing 44 persons by sabotaging a United Airlines plane on which his own mother was a passenger. The federal bureau’of investigation filed charges against John Gilbert Graham, the father of two children, ages 22 months and six months. The FBI refused additional details on the arrest of Graham. The FBI said that the man, John Gilbert Graham, took out $37,500 insurance on his mother before taking her to the airport to board the ill - fated plane. His. mother, Mrs. Daisy King of Denver, was enroute to Alaska. The 44 aboard the DC-6B plane were killed when the plane blew up in the air near Longmont, Colo., scattering wreckage over a wide area. Investigators said the airliue .was destroyed by an "explosivetype” blast. The FBI declined to discuss the nature of the alleged sabotage. Graham, who was arrested early this morning in Denver, will be arraigned before a U. S. commissioner there later today. The crash was the secend major . disaster w'ithin a month for United Airfines. Another United plane crashed into Wedicine Bow Peak in Wyoming on Oct. 6, killing 66 persons in the nation's worst commerical aviation disaster. FBI agents began their invesigation of the Longmont tragedy after preliminary inquiries by the airline and civil aeronautics authorities indicated the unusual nature of the crash. Visibility was good at the time of the crash and the big plane had passed a pre-flight safety check shortly before it left Denver en route to San Francisco and the Pacific, northwest. The FBI identified Graham as a convicted forger, who also received a 60-day jail sentence in Lubbock, Tex., in 1951 on an illicit liquor charge. The FBI chief said Graham’s • mother was going to Anchorage, Alaska, for a visit when the tragedy occurred. Graham, wno was born in Denver in 1932, was placed in an orphanage following the death of his father in 1935. He later lived with his'mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Earl King, until he was 15. ~ ' The FBI said he has worked in Spenard, Alaska, was discharged from the coast guard as a minor in’l949, worked as a mechanic at Grand Junction, Colo,, and since the death of his step-father has assisted his mother in operating a drive-in restaurant in Denver. In Sept., 1951, Graham was arrested in Lubbock. Tex., on an illicit liquor charge and received a •60-day jail sentence. In November, 1951, he was convicted in Denver for the forgery Y>f 42 checks for SIOO. He received a five - year sentence in state court in Denver and was placed on probation. The FBI said his mother made restitution of $2,500 and Graham has been making monthly payments on the unpaid balance, which has now been reduced to $lO5. Federal officers in Washington declined to discuss the nature of the sabotage, for which Graham was charged. ■>. . FBI agents, who said Graham was marired. had violated a criminal code which makes it a federal . offense to sabotage any national defenses, materials of defense utilities. Under section 2155, title 18 of the U. S. code, they explained, all aircralft, including commercial planes, are considered defense utilities.