Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1956 — Page 1

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Sen. Kefauver Sweeps Vole In New Hampshire Tennessee Senator Wins All Delegates From New Hampshire MANCHESTER, N.H. (INS) — Sen. Estes Kefauver, President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon today rolled up impressive victories in New Hampshire’s first presidential primary voting in the nation. The Tennessee senator won all 12 delegates with eight votes to the Democratic presidential nominating convention over non-con-testing Adlai Stevenson. Nixon won what political observers called a resounding grass roots vote of confidence on writeins as the GOP choice for vice president. And President Eisenhower, faced with only token opposition by a seven-man slate favoring Sen. William Knowland of California, easily won the entire 14-man delegation to the Republican convention. Kefauver’s name was the only one to appear on the Democratic preferential ballot. With only a scattering of precincts missing, the southerner had 21,843 votes. Stevenson. gathering votes entirety on wrlte-fh, lad 5,132. There was a smattering of ballots for President Eisenhower on the Democratic ballot The Nixon write-in vote was nearly 22,600 with a few precincts missing. Governor Christian A. ' Herter of Massachusetts was a’distant second with 2,730; favorite son, Sen. Styles Bridges had 1,823; i Sen. Knowland had 472, presidential assistant Sherman Adams had 25L Chief Justice Earl Warren, 215, and Thomas E. Dewey picked 168 write-in votes for vice president. The President’s name was the , only one on the Republican prefer- , ent la) ballot and he won almost without opposition. The nearly complete vote gave the President 49, , 632 votes to 301 for Knowland and ( “ a smattering for Sen. Bridges. , Chief Justice Warren. Sherman Ad } ama and Gov. Herter. j Kefauver campaigned vigorously in New Hampshire, making six , toura of the state. Stevenson dedined to contest for the eight con , vention votes in person. , However, most of the Democratic ( leaders in the state campaigned t for the former Illinois governor and , a 12-man slate favorable to him ] was on the ballot in opposition to Sen. Kefauver. , F. Joseph Donohue, campaign ( manager for Kefauver, predicted < that the primary result “will cause j the leaders of the Democratic party ] to reassess their thinking in con- , nection with the selection of the | man who will be named to carry ( the party to victory at the polls next November." < Political observers withheld def < inlte Judgment on the Stevenson- , Kefauver race pending the Minne | sota primary next Tuesday. They | pointed out that Kefauver was orig inally an odds-on favorite in New ( Hampshire while the 1952 presiden- ( tial nominee Is expected to carry Minnesota by a big margin. i If Kefauver runs even close be- 1 hind Stevenson in Minnesota, politi- | cos will downgrade the former Illinois governor as a potential presidential nominee. 1 - ■ ■ 8 202 Traffic Deaths In Indiana To Date J INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — State police records today disclosed that 202 persons have died in Indiana traffic since the beginning of the year compared to 172 for the same period last year. Supt. Frank A. Jessup eald the deaths through March 11 broke down to 153 in rural collisions and 45 In urban areas.

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Easier Seals Mailed Throughout County Annual Drive For Funds For Crippled The Rev. William C. Feller, cochairman of the annual Blaster Real drive being conducted in Adams county, today announced that the 1956 Easter Seals went out today to 6,900 residents of Adams county as another step in launching the greatest campaign in its history. Residents who may be overlooked in the mailing of these Easter Seals can receive their seals at a special depot established by the crippled children’s society with Miss Gwen Hilyard at the Daily Democrat office. . Feller urged all residents of Adams county who do not receive their seals to call at the depot and thus participate in the 23rd annual drive in behalf of crippled children. "It is inevitable that some persons may be missed in such a large-scale mailing as that made t*is year,” Feller said, “and that many crippled children will not want to miss the opportunity to contribute funds for their services." The 1956 Easter Seal appeal is being cotuincted simultaneously in The <8 states, District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii and Pureto Rico by more than 1,650 affiliated chapters of the national society for crippled children and adults. The campaign closes April 10. John H. Good Dies At Massillon, 0. Burial Rites Here Friday Afternoon John H. Good, 81, a native of Adams county who had resided at Massillon, 0., since 1913, died at 11:30 a. m. Tuesday at the Mary Day rest home in Massillon. Born Feb. 20, 1875, near Decatur, he was the son of Simon S. and Margaret Parrish Good. He 1 was married to the former Cora M. Spade-Archbold, who preceded him in death Oct. 23, 1955. Until he retired in 1949, he was ! employed as a steel worker in Massillon. A veteran of the Spanish American War, he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Spanish American War Veterans and Wesley Methodist church in Massil- 1 ion. He is survived by three step- 1 sons, Harold Archbold of Chi- 1 cago. III.; John C. Archbold of San Jose, Calif., and Chester M. Archbold of Ketchikan, Alaska; a ! brother, Marion W. Good of Se- 1 t.ttle. Wash.; a sister," Mrs. Effie 1 Ratke of Detroit, Mich., and two 1 step-grandchildren. J Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at . Gordon. Shaldnagle. Hollinger fu- I neral home in Massillon. The ( body will be brought to Decatur for burial at f p. m. Friday in the Decatur cemetery. A military j service Will be conducted at the { cemetery. x i —, < Reports Earthquake J Off South America 8 £ PASADENA. Calif.'(lNS) —California ftaetitute <a Technology' , seismographs have recorded a j heavy earthquake, apparently cen- £ tered oft the coast of South Amer- r ica. s .1 ,' * INDIANA WEATHER ( Heavy snow ending north* ] east portion this afternoon. r Clearing and colder tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and < cold. Low tonight 15-20 north, i 20-26 south. High Thursday t ranging from around 30 ex- i trams north to 40. extreme < south. 1

Says U.S. Has Not Ruled Out Aid To Israel Eisenhower To Seek Action Through UN To Quell Crisis WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower said today the U. S. has not ruled out arms aid to Israel and disclosed that he will seek action through the United Nations to quell the explosive Middle East crisis. The Chief Executive told his news conference he has been putting in long hours of work on the tense situation which has enveloped Israel and her Arab neighbors, as well as on the British-Greek dispute over Cyprus. Mr. Eisenhower said he is seeking the best brains he can get to help him arrive at a solution that will prevent war in the Middle East. .................. He deciarea tnat tne U. S. has been moving in two areas of possible action to prevent a war between Israel and the Arab na.itQM- .... ....... First* alt. has been trying to preveriV-n MidEast arms race, and that is why arms have not been provided for Israel. But he said that neither he nor secretary of state John Foster Dulles have at any time completely foreclosed on Israel’s request for arms aid. Ab its second step, the President said, the U. S. has been trying to act through the United Nations under its obligation to the three-power agreement of 1950 to quiet tim crisis; • ■ —~~ ~ ~ The urgency of the problem punctuated by a series of developments in the past 48 hours. One of the most ominous was the Arab “summit” meeting between the leaders of Egypt. Saudi Arabia and Syria which wound up in Cairo Monday. . “ A communique, issued after the eight-day conference of the three nations regarded as the extremists among the Arab states, called for increased Arab unity and solidification, of. defenses against Israel. It ’also restated tne determination of the three governments to walk the tight rope between the free world and the Soviet bloc. ' U. S. officials are not certain as to what the long-range effect of tue declaration may be. If the three countries could win the cooperation of the other Arab states — such as Jordan and Lebanon which have thus far resisted being wooed into the "neutralist” grouping —it could well increase the danger to IsraeJ. And, in the. long run, it might pave the way for Soviet expansion in the critic(Cont'nuM >n Page Eight) Paul Faurote Wins Oratorical Contest Paul Faurote, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Faurote and a senior at Decatur Catholic high school, placed first in the annual Knights of* Columbus oratorical contest which was held at the K. of C. hall Monday evening. Topic of his speech was Catholic School and Federal Aid." Other contestants participating were: Gerald Voglewede, Donald Rumschlag. Paul Braun, Jack Zehr, and Edward Meyer, all seniors. These boys were coached by their senior guardian, Sr. M. Agnes Therese, C. S. A. Judges tor the contest were Severin Schurger, Dale Morrissey, and Cletus Heimann. Faurote received the first prise of 316 while the runners-up each received 36. As a result of this local contest, Faurote la now eligible to taka part in the regional competition to be held in Fort Wayne in April. - ——~-7——- - --u .X

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Eisenhower Endorses Vice President Nixon As 1956 Running Mate

Cooperation Os U. S. Offered In Cyprus Dispute Eisenhower Offers Full Cooperation To Britain And Greece WASHINGTON (INS) — Presi-’ 6 dent Eisenhower today offered full U.S. cooperation with Britain and j Greece in negotiating a solution j of their quarrel over Cyprus. > The President told his news con- . ference that continued good rela- ; tions between Britain and Greece is vital to the U. S. in maintaining , the vitality and unity of the North . Atlantic treaty alliance. s Mr. Eisenhower said that the ■ U.S. is ready to do anything pos- , sible to attain a solution of the t Cyprus problem. At the same time, he emphasized ■ that a solution of the quarrel can 5 be attained only if both Britain t and Greece approach the matter e with a will to get a solution. He said this will be very asst-1 8 cult and is very complicated nut '■ it must be done to maintain NAT# h solidarity. " 1 ‘ Meanwhile, the state department was working to prevent its ‘‘peape* H maker” status from being impa|»|’ by any seeming favoritism for eiy ther side in the battle over the r strategic Mediterranean island now under British rule. r In a formal statement the U. S. ~ government denied that it is taking t sides with Greece against Britain and emphasized its belief that it is r . necessary for the sake of free .. world defenses that the two countries reach an amicable settlement g of the controversy. 5 The state department acted as “ tlreut- Britain testHy asked for -ass surance that the U.S. was not fa- . voring Greece and as 20 U. S. senators proposed a resolution direct-' s ing the state department .to be . firm with the British. i The main U. S. concern was to > prevent the Cyprus controversy from developing to the point where s it would weaken either the NATO s alliance, of which all three nations - are members, or the Balkan alii- , - ance in which Greece and Turl key are linked with Yugoslavia. 1 Last week the Brittsn deported Archbishop Makarios, leader of the , Cypriot Greeks, after long negotiations with him broke down. i

Lenten Meditation ( (By Rev. H. E. Settlage, Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church) ; COURAGE WANTED “The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be . afraid." Psalm 27.1. “I am afraid ... ”, How often those words are heard! People are afraid of many things afraid of losing their health, their position, their popularity; afraid of war, disaster, economic loss; afraid- of responsibility, failure, adverse criticism. Many situations in life demand courage, the strength which constant devotion to a worthwhile cause and loyalty to a noble ideal require. r '■’-•If Daniel found courage to defy a decree which forbade him to pray to the living God: David found courage to face the giant Goliath with oniy a sling and several stones; Jesus presents a striking figure of courage “When the time was come that he should be received up. he stedfastly set. his fact to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9,51). Kaj Munk was the foremost poet and playwright in Denmark. In the name of Christ he boldly opposed the Nazi regime. His life was but he would not keep still. One day i German soldiers came to his home and took him away. His body, I with builet holes through the head. was foun(l in a trench. Some ’ time before, knowing his life to be in danger, he had said, “If for ; fear of men I should sit a passive onlooker ...” We may never face arrest for worshipping God; we may never face giants in armor; we may never face crucifixion, or death at the hands of ruthless invaders. But we do need courage, as R. C. Long states it. “to face the daily issues of life, opposing wrong and upholding right.” We need the courage to speak the truth, deal honestly, do our duty cheerfully, bear suffering patiently, confess ' our sins, to begin again after failure. * ' The 27th Psalm reminds us that God is the source of Christian courage. Fears may be many, and enemies numerous: but faith in one God and Father, faith in one Saviour and Lord, is the secret 1 of the strength to live courageously. “ , ~ “Men may'misjudge thy aim, Think they have cause to blame, Say thou art wrong; Keep on thy quiet way, Christ Is the Judge, not they. Fear not: be strong." / ... i. .. — : J .

Indiana Highways Reported Hazardous Heavy Snowfall In Central And North INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — .Snow, sleet, hail, fog, rain and flood hit Indiana simultaneously this morning and brought warnings of hazardous highway conditions expected to prevail throughout the day. Heavy snow, which may reach up to five inches struck central and northern Indiana, and spotted reports of sleet and hail came from some areas. Southern Indiana had rain, mixed w-lth snow in some areas, and accompanied by fog. The Indiana highway department report at mid-morning said: “Three to four inches of snow, decreasing to two inches in the north have made roads slippery. Snow is mixed with rain in the south. Slippery conditions are expected to prevail most of the day in central and northern Indiana. Two roads also are closed by high water —No. 156 south of Patriot and No. 66 south of Derby.” ” The state police posts reported heavy snow falling in the. Dunes Park area, and light to heavy snow at Ligonier, Pendleton, and Indianapolis. Sleet and hail fell in Randolph county, and fog plagued morning motorists in the. Charlestown area. •The U. S. weather bureau in .Indianapolis warned Shat . new snow from two to five inches 'ls’ likely in the north, and two to four inches in the central and north central sections. Rain in the south was scheduled to change to snow as temperatures dropped. The likely low tonight is 15-20 in the north and 20-25 in the south. Thermometers which registered in the 40s Tuesday skidded toward freezing overnight and were not expected to elimb out of the 30s today , .. £ But with the colder temperatures will come clearing weather. The state is expected to see an end to this varied winter gift by tonight except for a few snow flurries near Lake Michigan. Thursday miy also see a few snow flurries at the state’s Lake Michigan fringe, but partly cloudy and cold was the outlook for the remainder of Hoosiers. South Bend, .with high Tuesday of 40, went to 28 as the blizzard swept into the state. Fort Wayne dropped from 42 to 32, Indianapolis from 43 to 31, and Evansville from 46 to 37, and still dropping.

Priest, Two Housekeepers Killed In Fire t New Jersey Church And Rectory Are Destroyed By Fire 1 TRENJON, N. J. (INS) — A 1 monsignor and two housekeepers 5 perished and three other priests i were injured today when fire de- > stroyed St. Mary's Cathedral and its adjacent rectory in Trenton. - The nearby parochial school was slightly damaged. , , A fire department spokesman ’> said the fire started early this . morning in the rectory and spread i to the 88-year-oid cathedral. Both . structures were considered a tor tai loss. The cathedral is located . at\Bank and Warren streets in i .downtown Trenton. _ The dead prelate was Msgr. Richard T. Crean, 55, a native of jl. Camden, N. J. Authorities identis fled the dedd housekeepers as ■ Mary Brennan, slater of Mercer . county sheriff Thomas A. Bren- | nan, and Mary Donnellan. , 5 i The Rev. Francis M. McGinnis. 29, was rescued oft the roof df the cathedral to which he had climbed - from “the- south fiber of the ’■recr- « tor X& He /was found clutching the on the boot and taken to ttte r Mercer county hospital suffering h from shock. The Rev. William Fitzgerald, 30, . phoned in the fire alarm and tried 0 in vain to arouse the others in the g rectory over the intercommunications system. He escaped uninjured. The Rev. Peter F. Mooney, 31, j was taken to McKinley hospital t suffering from second degree „ burns of the arms and legs. He was rescued from the fourth “ floor where he was clinging to a radio antenna. j The Rev. Joseph O’Connor, 38, . suffered fractured ribs in s plunge . into a firemen’s net from a third floor window. T Assistant fire chief George Wei- , gand said that although the fire r house was only two blocks away, ( (Continued on Page Eight) Marianna Walchle Dies Tuesday Night Funeral Services On Friday Morning Mrs. Marianna Walchle, 84, a resident of Adams county for 73 years, died at 9:45 o’clock Tuesday night at home of a daughter, Mrs. Clifton Kohler, in Berne. Death was attributed to a heart attack. She had been hospitalized for 11 days following a fall Feb. 29, but had returned to the ’ Kohler home a few days ago. She was born in Switzerland Feb. 1, 1872, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter looser, and was married to Jacob Walchle April 9, 1 1891. Her husband preceded her in death in 1918. Mrs. Walchle was a member of the Evangelical and Reformed church at Berne. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Kohler of Berne, and Mrs. Henry Hirschy and Mrs. Melvin Kohler, both of Decatur; six sons, Fred, Albert and Reuben Walchle, alb'Of Fort Waynhv Walter Walchle of Decatur, Martin Walchle of Preble, and Melvin Walchle of near Bryant; 22 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; one brother, Otto Moser of near Bluffton, Miss Anna Moser of Geneva and Miss Katie Moser of Wells county. One son, three brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Friday at the Yager funeral home in Berne, the Rev. C. A. Schmid officiating. Burial will be in MRE cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home aftfer 7:30 o’clock this evening. t

To Speed Farm Bill Toward Final Vole Senatp Speeds Up Farm Bill Action WASHINGTON (INS) — The senate speeds up action on the farm bill today and Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson said he is hopeful of a final vote Thursday or Friday. He announced that it the bill £ isn’t passed by Friday night, he s will keep senatorial noses to the g grindstone by calling an unusual _ Saturday session to get a final I vote. But both senate agriculture j chairman Allen J: Ellender (DLa.) and Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vt) who are the farm leaders s for their respective parties, said J there are only two major fights ( left to be thrashed .out.. .... One will lie on the Democratici backed proposal to giy.e. farmers a. choice between the old and the 1 modernized formula tor. determining parity — the yardstick for ' measuring fair farm prices in c terms of buying power. The other Mg fight is due on a 5 proposal to increase support prices r for dairy products from 80 to 90 per cent of parity. Aiken said there may be a compromise on r this. 5 The senate now is operating un--1 der an agreement to limit debate ■ r on each ame’ndirient to’orie &our 8 In its first major action of this week, the senate late Tuesday approved, 54 to 39, an amendment d paving the way for a tWo-prlce syse te® for wheat. '• Farmers would get 100 per cent of parity prices for wheat sold in the U.S. for human food. This is I. roughly half the crop. Wheat sold J for animal feed or exported would e go at competitive prices. Corn e state farmers fought the amendti ment because they fear lower a prjeed feed wheat could cut corn prices. I, , — — ■ County Highways ■ In Poor Condition County Supervisor Issues Statement Lawrence Noll, Adams county highway superintendent Issued a statement today poor condition of the county roads of the area. Noll stated, “the county roads at this time of year are in bad condition but this cannot be helped. Most of the trouble is caused by the changeable weather. The freezing and thawing and rains are causing the stone roads to wash away and become chucky and the Mack tops are breaking up.” He added, “it is impossible to repair* all of them at once.” Noll explained that there are 727 miles of county road under the supervision of the department and the county highway crews can repair only a limited number each day. "The roads are in worse condition this year than they have been for the past five or six years and it is not just in Adams county butin all of the neighboring counties" Noll stated. The county highway department has issued a warning to caution drivers to slow down on county roads. They have also requested that those who use the roads be patient with the department; assuring them that the' roads Will be repaired as rapidly as possible and as the weather permits. 8 U HE TIN NEW YORK (INS) — Three adults and three children were killed today by gas leaking from a hot-water heater in a Brooklyn tenement. Police said an entire family —consisting of a married couple, their three children and the youngsters' grandmother—were overcome by gas in the basement apartment of a fourstory apartment house.

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Ike Ends All Speculation On G.O.P. Ticket Says He's Happy To Have Nixon As 1956 Running Mate WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower said today he would be “happy” to have Vice President Richard M. Nixon as his 1956 running mate and ended all speculation about his own desires bn the makeup of this year's GOP ticket. Nixon himself had no immediate comment on the President’s announcement. He read a news account of Mr. Eisenhower’s remarks and then said he would let newsmen know later if he decided to make any statement. Republican senators generally hulled the President’s endorsement of Nixon. The President’s dramatic endorsement of Nixon came after the 43-year-old vice president rolled up a big write-in vote in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary election. Speaking in emphatic, emotional terms, the President said anyone.JkhjaAr.iea. to. drive., a..wedge be- , tween Dick Nixon and himself < might just as well try to do the same with his brother. - ‘ 1 He said he is very close to Nix- ' on and would be happy to be on ■ any political ticket with him? The statement appeared to end and irrevocably — any question that Mr. Eisenhower was 1 1_ considering “dumping” the vice ' president. The President said he will have ‘ nothing more to say on the subject until the Republican conven- ’ tioh next August. “ ( When a reporter checked the — President’s comment about his beipg happy to be on any ticket with Nixon, Mr. Eisenhower replied crisply that he had said the same thing last week. But his comments today were much stronger than a week *ago when he said he had asked the vice president to “chart his own course.” Mr. Eisenhower strongly indicated today that the course has been charted and that Nixon definitely will be on the Republican ticket in November. The first question asked at the President’s weekly news conference was whether he had any comment on Nixon’s surprising writein vote in New Hampshire. He replied with a smile that apparently there are lots pf people in New Hampshire who agree with what he has said about Dick Nixon. Speculation as to Nixon’s political future arose Feb. 29 when Mr. Eisenhower announced his own intention to seek a second term, praised the vice president warmly, but declined to say flatly that he wanted Nixon as his running mate. At his marcn 7 news conference, the President again refused a flat endorsement of Nixon for vice president in the 1956 race, but angrily promised to deal t harply with anyone who had the “effontery” to suggest that he “dump” the Californian. That was in response to questions based on widely circulated rumors that certain GOP strateigists were suggesting that Nixon be replaced on the ticket. Meanwhile, reports had persisted that some Republican politicians were urged that Nixon bow out of the 1956' vice presidential race and take a cabinet post. The theory was advanced that the Califorpian might thus be in a better position to seek the presidency in 1960. Throughout the barrage of reports and rumors, Nixon maintained complete silence as to his owh wishes.