Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1955 — Page 1

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JAMES AULD, a steelworker at the Republic Steel Corp.. Dayton, Ohio, holds smiling 2-year-old Mark Gowing, who he saved from drowning when Mark fell into Lake Cable, near Dayton. Auld used artificial respiration to revive the child and for this he receives.the President’s Medal of the National Safety Council for this act of heroism.

Pro-Germans Win Election In Saarland West German Heads Say Reunion With Bonn Inevitable SAARBRUECKEN (INS)—*Three pro-Oerman parties, packed with a hard core of Nazis, have blitzed their way to a convincing majority in the Saar parliament. Pledged to union with Bonn, they fell short, however, of the edge-by which they coufd by thenlMlves eliminate the constitutional roadblocks in the way of return to the fatherland. But West German officials said results of Sunday’s balloting showed an end to economic controls by France and reunion with the Bonn republic were inevitable sooner or later. Complete official returns today gave the three-party “Helmatbund” coalition 375,576 votes, or 63.9 per cent of the ballots cast. The coalition parties, all solidly staffed by onetime followers of Adolph Hitler, were expected to be given 33 seats in the 50-seat parliament. That would leave them five short of the 38 they sought. Thirty-eight seats would have given the pro-Germans the 75 per cent majority by which they could swing a revision of the constitution as the first step toward returning the Saar to Germany. Thn pro-Germans thus may be forced to work with the Christian Peoples party, led by former pre mier Johannes Hoffman, which showed surprising strength to win 13 seats. Hoffman collaborated with the French during the ten-year postwar occupation. Despite snow and rain, 90 per cent of the Saarfand electorate showed up at the polls. The election turned a still brighter spotlight on the rising political star of 48-year-old Heinrich “Heini” Scheider, who is the recognized leader of the “Heimatbund.” Scheider secretly organized his party in late summer and used as his blueprint the framework of the NSDAP. as the party of Adalph Hitler’s stormtroopers and SS party men was known. In the short space of a few months Schneider made his machine ao effectives that in the October Saar referendum, Saarlanders overwhelmingly rejected the idea of “Europeanizing” their terri- , tory. Schneider, who faces arrest as a Nazi if he ever sets foot in France, has used the slogan: "The old man (Adenauer) must go.” And recently he has published photographs of himself in Nazi uniform standing behind Hitler or taking the loyalty oath to Hitler. He and his national cohorts see a “new day” coming foy.Germany (Continued On PAge Five) Good Fellows Fund Previously Reported $466.43 Clem Voglewede .... 3.00 Mr., Mrs. W.-L. Linn 5.00 Change in Box — LOO The 4 P's Club 10.00 Mrs George Hamma 3.00 A Friend - g<X> Total —— ,-$489.43

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Vincennes Attorney In Governor's Race Welsh Is Candidate On Democrat Ticket INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The Desnocratic gubernatorial race became more complicated during the week-end with the announcement of state senator Matthew E. Welsh, 43, of Vincennes. Nelson Grills, of Indianapolis, ■ Marion county Democratic chaidi man, previously had announced his I candidacy. Other probable en- - trants are Roger D. Brahigin, of Lafayette, former president of the ' Indiana state bar association; - state senator Warren W. Martin, i of Clarksville; Thomas R. Johu- • stop, Purdne University publicity i director, and B. Howard Caughran, Os Indianapolis, former federal I district attorney. Welsh was born in Detroit, attended grade school at Browns--1 town, was graduated from Vincennes high school and attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University school of law and the Unl- ■ versity of Chicago. Welsh was a state representative from 1941 to 1943 when he entered ’ the navy during World War 11. He was discharged as a lieutenant in 19+6. He served as seventh district. Democratic chairman in 1948 and 1949 and was federal district attorney from 1950 to 1952. Welsh is married to the former Miss Virginia Homann, of Washington, and they have twin daughters. He is the son of M. W. Welsh, owner of the M. W. Welsh Investment company at Vincennes. He is a trustee of Vincennes University and a member of the First Christian church at Vincennes. Decatur's Youth Center To Feature On Television Show An afternoon television program entitled “The Brighter Day,” appearing daily in this area over WIN-T, Waterloo at 4 o’clock, will use the Decatur Youth and Community Center as the background for a future sequence, it was learned today. The story will concern a model community and the building by that community of a Youth center. The program directors investigated numerous similar buildings in the middlewest and finally agreed that Decatur’s Center was the best actual model to be included in the story. Photographs of the Decatur Center will be carried on a nationwide television hook-up shortly after the holidays and camera men will come to Decatur to take actual on-location pictures of the local Center in operation. O. M. McGeath. director, said today that a definite date for announcement of the selection of the Decatur building and also the date when on-location movies will be made would be announced soon. , BULLETIN JERUSALEM (INS) — The Israeli radio reported today that troops Ananning a” Egyptian outpost in the Gaza Strip attacked an Israeli patrol. The broadcast said that the Egyptians replied with mortar fire when the Israeli, patrol returned the opening Egyptian |>laste. There were no Israeli casualties, the report added. ;

State Traffic Toll Exceeds All Os 1954 7 ■» r Indiana Death Toll Is Already Higher Than All Os 1954 INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Indiana’s 1955 traffic death toll today stood at 1.081, which was four higher than that of the entire last year. At least six persons were killed on Hoosier roads during the weekend. An unidentified middle * aged woman was killed by a hit-run driver on Road 37, eight miles southwest of Indianapolis and police held Tommy Gibson. 19, of Indianapolis as the driver. He tlaid: "I think I killed a woman.” Gibson said he and his brother, Kenneth Gibson, 15, of Waverly, were returning to Indianapolis late Saturday night after visiting their father, Samuel Gibson. He added that he heard a thud and the windshield broke. He said he stopped and looked about but saw no one. Police were tipped that the car was in a repair shop with both front windshields smashed and the front end> caved in, and traced Gibson in the neighborhood. A skid on icy Road 2 four miles north of Hebron cost the life of Francis Abner Nelms, 58, of Valparaiso. The automobile struck an embankment. Mrs. Addie E. Haught. 57, of Paris, 111., met death when twocars collided head-on on a county road near Covington. Injured were her husband. John Haught, 53; Jack Powell, 24, of Williamsport, driver of the other automobile, and Willie Cadman, 30, of Covington, a passenger in the other automobile. Ellis Homey, 55, of Goshen, was hurt fatally when a milk truck struck his oar parked along Road 4 two miles east of Goshen. There was packed snow on the road and visibility was poor, according to police who said the automobißTwas parked in the middle of the highway with the lights out. Mrs. Edna Mae Eksridge. of Knox, was injured fatally in a twocar crash on Road 31 three miles north of Plymouth. Earl McClelland, 72, of Monticello, a deaf mute, was injured fatally when he stepped into the path of an automobile near his place of employment, the Monticello Floral cortfpany. Police did not hold the car’s driver, Charles Fisher, 28. They said McClelland tried to commit suicide twice previously. Also. Robert R. Hilt, 53, of Indianapolis, died of injuries suffered (Continued On Page Five) Homer Minx Dies Suddenly Sunday Heart Attack Fatal To Willshire Man Homer V. Minx, a Central Soya company employe, died suddenly at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon at his home in Willshire, 0.. following a heart attack. He was bom in Willshire June 19, 1898, a son of Jacob and Lucinda Thomas-Minx, and was married to Amelia McGough Jan. 5, 1927. Mr. Minx, who had been emgloyeed in the solvent department of Central Soya since 1942, was a member of the Willshire United Brethren church. Surviving in addition to his wife ' are three daughters, Mrs. Ervin Ewell of Decatur, Mrs. Robert Carr of Rockford, 0.. and Miss I Patty Minx of Fort Wayne; five grandchildren; two brothers, Wil-1 iiam Minx of Huntington and Ar-1 chie Minx of Plymouth, and two sisters. Mrs. George Schumacher, of Chicago and Mrs. Jack Beards-1 ley of Milwaukee, Wis. One broth- I er and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick ! funeral home, the Rev. Chester Hirschy officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of ■'the services. ■ • .0 . - - • Homer A. Rodeheaver Is Taken By Death WARSAW. Ind. (JNS) — Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Warsaw, Ind., for Homer Alvan 'Rodeheaver. 75. who was evangelist Billy Sunday’s musical director for 20 years. Rodeheaver died of a cerebral hemorrhage Sunday at his home at nearby Lake Winona. He had been afflicted -with a heart condition lor many years.

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Five Small Children, Mother Os Two Burned To Death In Ohio Home

Peace Prayer Voiced Sunday By Eisenhower Sounds Christmas Prayer For Peace At Tree Lighting GETTYSBURG, Pa. (INS) — President Elsenhower believes the biblical goal of peace is cloSr er than ever this Christmas. He holds to this conviction despit the Soviet Union’s apparent resumption of the cold war. Mr. Eisenhower sounded a Christmas prayer for peace as he pressed a telegraph key in Gettysburg Sunday to light by remote control the nation's Christmas tree in Washington. White House sources said Augusta, Ga„ has been selected as the place for a two-week vacation as recommended by Boston heart specialist. Dr. Paul Dudley White. Mr. Eisenhower plans to stay at his favorite golfing retreat, the Augusta National Golf Club, where 1 he will be able to hit a few practice balls even though he cannot play a full round of golf. Adm. Lewis W. Strauss, chairman of the atomic, energy cone 1 mission, was the President’s only scheduled caller today. The lights on the big Christmai tree towering over Washington’s “Pageant of Peace” flashed on as Mr. Eisenhower pressed the magic button at the conclusion of his brief remarks. The President got a go-ahead from his doctors Saturday to take a more active role in government affairs in the next few weeks. Dr. White dispelled concern that Mr. Eisenhower was interworking with a report that making ‘excellent and very encouraging” progress toward re ccvery from his heart attack. i He recommended, in fact, that the President step up his activity in the next few weeks to see how well his mended heart will withstand the burden of the White House. Thomas Alexander Dies At Hammond Funeral Services Here On Wednesday Thomas (Jack) Alexander, *65. an inspector for the Erie railroad at Hammond, died at 10 o’clock Saturday night at his home in Hammond following a short illness. He was married to Miss Marie Wertzberger, daughter of the late George and Edna Odle Wertz- , berger of Decatur. Surviving in addition to his wife are three daughters. Mrs. ; Dixie Helton of Hammond, and i Shirley and Mary Alexander, both at home, and three sons. Walter i I and George Alexander of Ham- | mond and Gerald Alexander, at ' home. One son preceded him in j death. ! Funeral services will be held at J 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the I Zwick funeral home, the Rev. ! Argo Sudduth of Delphos. 0.. • officiating.' Burial will be in the ■ Decatur cemetery. The body will arrive here late Tuesday night, and friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a. m. Wednesday until time of the services. Ladies Guests Os Rotarians Thursday The Decatur Rotary club will entertain the ladies at mas program, which will be held at 6 o’clock Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center, 3? minutes earlier than the usual meeting rime. Members who are unable to attend must check out by 12 noon Tuesday, with Robert Smith, secretary.

Eastern U. S. Is Alerted For Cold Below Zero Marks Forecast Tonight WASHINGTON (INS) — The weather bureau today alerted the eastern half of the' nation to prepare for sharply-falling temperatures which will plunge below zero from southeast Ohio through New York. In a special bulletin issued at Washington, the bureau said a large mass of “very cold air’’ now over the, northern great plains is sweeping southeastward. Cold wave warnings were Issued for the Ohio Valley. West Virginia, most of Pennsylvania and New York states. The bureau said temperatures also will fall sharply throughout the Middle Atlantic states and through Tennessee. T-he bulletin added: “By Tuesday morning, temperatures are expected to be below’ zero over much of Ohio, West Virginia, western and northern Pennsylvania and New York state. “Readings as low as five below are expected in southeastern Ohio, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania and as low as HF below in central and northern New York state/’ The bureau said the cold wave will last about two days. Shortly .after midnight the fronts edge of the system had reached as far east as Tennessee, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The cold air mass, which blew down over the Canadian Rockies onto the Great Plains Saturday night, produced readings at midnight of 14 degrees in Kansas City, six in Chicago, 12 below at Mason City, lowa, and 31 below at Bemidji, Minn.—the nation's coldest spot. Cold In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Severe cold weather returned to Indiana today and temperatures will drop again to five below zero in northern areas tonight, according to the forecast of the Indianapolis weather bureau today. The prediction for Tuesday was continued cold, increasing cloudiness and light snow in the north portion. The mercury dropped to two above in the Calumet area Sundaynight. Indianapolis reported eight, Evansville 17 and South Bend 18. Tax Levies Higher In County In 1956 Figures Given By Taxpayers Group Total, taxes levied in Adams county during 1955 collectible in 1916 we.re $1,599,049, according to figures released today by the Indiana taxpayers association. This amount shows an increase over the 1954 levy collected this year of $117,159. The figure includes property and poll tax levies. Total amount collected this year,,if all monies levied are paid in, was reported as $1.481.890. The tax money is then divided among all governmental units including cities and towns: townships, school cities and counties, including hospitals and wel-' fare. Wells county will raise $1,496,236 next year compared with an income of $1,356,442 collected this year. Only one county in Indiana. Fountain, will raise less money by taxes for 1956 than it did in 1955. The estimated average propertytax in Indiana is $4.95 per hundred dollars, the association figures re\eal. For a good many years the average remained below $3. Biggest share of all increases of tax money in the state will go to finance school operations, the figures reveal. Dupe Acres in Lake county has the highest tax rate of any town in Indiana with $7.94 per hundred dollars and Gary has the highest rate of any city with a $7.80 rate.

Molotov Says Japan Soon In United Nations Expresses Belief Japan Soon To Be Voted Membership MOSCOW (INS) —Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov expressed the belief today that Ja- ' pan and Outer Mongolia would be admitted to United Nations membership “very shortly." Both countries were denied membership by vetoes last week when 16 other applicant nations were admitted. The Soviet Union vetoed Japan’s membership application three times. Outer Mongolia was vetoed by Nationalist China. Molotov expressed his belief at a luncheon honoring ambassadors of seven nations admitted to the UN last week —Italy, Austria, Finland. Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Albania. “Those who in my opinion have the right to be in the United Nations — Japan and Outer Mongolia —will be in it very shortly,” Molotov said. At the UN. western diplomats reported that Soviet delegate A. A. Sobolev hae been expressing the same opinion. Western sources said they believed that the Soviets had changed their views on blocking Japan because of the storm of international protests raised over their veto action. Mrs. Carrie Stulls Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Carrie Stults, 86, a lifelong resident of Adams county, died Saturday afternoon at the Berne nursing home. She had been in failing health since last March and in critical condition for a week. .. . .. Born in Adams county Sept. 29. 1869. she was a daughter of John and Mary Ellen Schrank, and whs married to Alva Lee Stults in 1893. Mr. Stults died July 7. 1940. Mrs. Stults was a member of the First Presbyterian church and the Order of Eastern Star. Surviving are three sons, John Stults. with whom she had made her home for 14 years, Harry L. and George W. Stults, all of Decatur; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Four brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Ray J. Walther officiating. Burial will he in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Unemployment Law Extension Jan. 1 Smaller Employes Covered By Law INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —'The Indiana employment security division today reminded all businessmen with four through seven employees that the extension of the unemployment insurance law covering smaller employers goes into effect Jan. 1. Director William C. Stalnaker said 1955 amendments to the law placed any firm which had four or more workers for 20 weeks or longer this year will have to pay unemployment Insurance tax in and 1956. Stalnaker said the four-or-more provision means anytime during a 24-hour day. He also said the four-or-more provision is effective if the workers were hired for some (Continued On Page Fivs)

Three Airmen Killed As Jet Runs Wild Four Others Hurt At Nebraska Base LINCOLN, Neb. (INS) — “Mechanical failure” was blamed today for causing a jet fighter plane to “run wild," killing three airmen and injuring four others. A wooden hanger and six other planes were destroyed Sunday in the wake of the blast and fire trigered by the runaway jet at the Lincoln. Neb. naval air station. Lt. Roy Highberg. command liaison officer, said the F9F-6 Cougar jet had been brought to 100 per cent power, in preparation for takeoff, when it jumped the wheel chocks and shot across the flight line. The screaming jet reached a speed estimated as between 60 to 90 miles per hour when it plowed through three twin-engine planes like a charging bull and then hurtled into the hanger. The churning craft roared through the operations room, killing two air controlmen, and finally struck and exploded against a PV2 Neptune twin-engine bomber. In the ensuingJire, two additional planes were destroyed. Trippet Is Named Wabash President CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (INSI —Bryon K. Trippet will succeed Dr. Frank H. Sparks as president of Wttbash College on Feb. 1, 1956. Sparks, who beaded the 133-year-old school at Crawfordsville for 14 years, has been associated with the schopl since 1926. Trippet is a native of Princeton, who has been dean at Wabash since 1940. He was graduated from Wabash in 1930, studied a year in Switzerland and then as a Rhoades Scholar at Oxford. Rayer Reappointed To Beverage Board Reappointment Made By Commissioners Boyd Rayer, well known Decatur barber, today was reappointed to the Adams county alcoholic beverage commission for a oneyear term by a unanimous vote of the county commissioners as that body held its last regular meeting of 1955. A special meeting to receive bids on some highway equipment is scheduled for next Friday, but today's session was the last one for regular business. All outstanding bills against the county for which claims had been filed were allowed and regular pay touchers were authorized for those receiving semi-monthly checks. After a noon recess the board was considering several types of a cooking stove for the county home. A group of Root township citizens was scheduled to appear later this afternoon concerning a petition for paving of a part of the Bingen road from Williams to U. S. highway 27. The petition has been on file for some (Continued On Page Five) Dr. Sayers Miller Dies At Lafayette LAFAYETTE, Ind. (INS) — Purdue student health service director Dr. Sayers J. Miller d"ied of a heart attack Sunday in his home at West Lafayette. Dr. Miller, a native of Indianapolis, was 57-years-old. Services will be conducted Wednesday. —-—■■ ■ ' ~ INDIANA WEATHER Fair and locally cold tonight Tuesday' increasing cloudiness and cold, light snow north by afternoon or evening. Low tonight 5 below to 5 above north, 5-15 above south. High Tuesday 15-25 north, 25-35 south. r ....... . "1 ~ -

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Slilt House On Bank Os River Is Destroyed Father Os One Os Victims Escapes Flames With Son SPRINGFIELD, O. (INS)-Five small children and the young mother of two of them burned to death in their wood “stilt” house on the banks of the Mad River at Donaldsville near Springfield today. The father of one of the victims managed to escape with his six-year-old son. The dead were Identified as Betty I-ou Hamilton, 20, her daughters, Rebecca, 2, and Debra, 3; two neighbor's children, Connie Fogel, 13, And Theresa Coleman, 8, and Paulette McDaniel, 10. Donald McDaniel, 44, Paulette’s father, managed to escape the flames with his son, Wayne, but he suffered burns over 30 percent of his body. Fire officials said they believed the blaze broke out at 4 a. m. from a defective fuel oil heater. The blase apparently tore through the old wood house like a torch to tinder. When the first fira company arrived 1 bn the scefftC the house was burned nearly t« the ground. The Clark county sheriff’s office said that McDaniel had lived in the house with his sister, Mrs. Hamilton, since his wife and be separated. Mrs. Hamilton was also believed to be separated from her husband. The Fogel and Coleman children were spending the uight with the others. , The home, built on stilts to avoid the Mad River's annual flooding, was a two-story frame building, and “very old and dry," according to the sheriff's office. A sheriff’s deputy said “it went up very fast.” Firemen said that a neighbor, Paul Forbeck. who originally spotted the flames, had to travel about a mile to turn in the alarm. Central Soya Party Here This Evening The annual Christmas party for employees and their families will be held tonight at the Decatur high school. The doors will open at 6:30 p. m„ with the program starting promptly at 7 p. m. Kenneth Hirschy will be master of ceremonies The program features a girls’ chorus comprised of Mrs. Leray Rich, Mrs. Robert Houk, Mrs. Neil Highland, Misses Dorothy Uleman. Phyllis Braun, Lois Johnson, Dolores Braun, music by Joe Mulligan, Allen's three bears, the Grubb Family, musicians, and Dick Stoner, magiciian. Santa Claus will climax the program, with the distribution of gifts for all the children and a treat for the adults. Don Heiman, Dike Eddleman, Pearl Whetstone, Amaline Woodward, Claude Foreman, Kenneth Nash, Vic Magsamen, Jesse Schlickman, Alice Roth, Jeanette Highland, Albert Selking, Don Bohnke and Glenda Hosier are in charge of arrangements for this event. ••••Help Fight TB •«■• —Sw ChrWmot Decatur Stores Open Evenings for , Christmas Shoppers