Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 78.

FRENCH RAID ALGERIAN CASBAH i SBwjßr I 1 AN OFFICER stands with a submachine gun at left as French security officers conduct a search of Algerians rounded up in the Casbah area of Algiers. The raid was staged following the assassination of two Moslems. More than 500 persons were arrested. - ' •■■'■■K I I ■!■>!■■ I - <"" 1 "

President May Name Brother In New Cabinet May Bring Brother To Cabinet In Event Os His Reelection By RUTH MONTGOMERY WASHINGTON (INSJ-President Eisenhower is thinking of bringing his brother. Dr. Milton Elsenhower, into the administration — probably as a member of the cabinet — if the Chief Executive is reelected this fall. ThIL historical precedent, since no other president l>as had a member of hIS Immediate tlinlly Iff fils official cabinet A close associate of the President told this correspondent today that Ike would have given Milton a top post long before now. except for the family relationship. Pointing out that Mr. Eisenhower is turning "more and more” to the president of Pennsylvania State university for advice and counsel, he declared: 'The President leans more heavily on Milton than anyone else. He has great respect for his brother’s Judgment and governmental know how. He would like to have him down here permanently.” Dr. Eisenhower, frequently in Washington to consult with the President, accompanied him last week on the "new style diplomacy" misison to White Sulphur Springs, where Ike met with the heads of the Canadian and Mexican governments. Early in th® Eisenhower administration. Milton also represented his brother as Special ambassador on a good - will trip through Latin America. Milton. the youngest Eisenhower brother, will be 57 in August. Before becoming a college president, he" had a long governmental career dating from 1926 In the agriculture department and thO office of war information. Ike has relied heavily on Milton in mapping his controversial farm program which is now having rough sledding in congress. The Eisenhewer-ftesoetate stressed that the President will not have to worry about the possible political repercussions of bringing Milton into the cabinet during a second term, because he is forbidden by law to seek a third term. (ContlnuM nn Tv«) Commissioners In Monthly Session COMMISSIONERS IN The county home report was filed todya with the county commissioners during the morning session of their regular meftting at the county court house. The report, tiled by (Superintendent George Fosnaugh. showing an income of 11.586.70 for the month of March and 20 male and eight female residents. Tn other business this morning the commissioners allowed claims and talked to Erwin Werling concerning the possible purchase of materials for the new county garage building.' No action was taken in this matter. James Parrish filed an agreement with the commissioners to pay W an acre on each half mile back from the road for the blacktopping of aToad in St. Mary’s township.

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Traffic Deaths Mar Easter In Indiana Easter Celebration Marred By Fatalities INDIANAPOLIS TINS) —Two seven-year-old boys ran to their deaths in two of a series of highway traffic fatalities that marred the Easter celebration In Indiana. Charles D. Neal, Jr., of Indianapolis, ran into the path of a car driven by Spencer Plumlee, 37, also of Indianapolis, on Sunday. Plumlee said the youngster dashed suddenly Crom between parked cars. Although there were no skid marks in this accident, the one in which JDevon Douglate Dunn, of Indianapolis. Saturday Tan to his death Saturday had skid marks and a ear that stopped 300 feet from the scene of the accident. Robert Lewis Hartloff, 18, a senior at Decatur Central high school, was driving. He admitted exceeding the 30 mile an hour speed limit but said he had only a half hour for. lunch from his part time Job. Hartloff was free’on 32,000 bond and faced arraignment today on charges of reckless homicide, speeding and driving with inadequate brakes. 'lndianapolis ifioorded another fatality late Sunday when Mrs. Ruth E. Matthews, 52, of Indianapolis. was killed near Knightstown, when her husband, Harry, lost control of the car and it overturned. He was not hurt. Mrs. Mkithews was thrown 10ft feet and killed. Three persons were killed and a two-year-old girl was injured in a head-on collision of two cars about three miles south of Cochester on Ind. 25 late Sunday afternoon. Dead are Norman W. Keplar, 45, of Logansport, and his wife, Estline, 35. in one car, and Carl Sebring, 25, of Akron. Injured was the dead couple's two-year-old daughter, Ann Lind Keplar. Police said Sebring apparently was over the center line. The two cars crashed head on and the engin of the Keplar car was pushed back against she front seat. A 21-year-old Fairland man. Earl "Everett Targrove, was killed Sunday night when his car overturned as he tried to in Anderson. Police said they were chasing Hargrove at speeds near 75 miles an hour when he headed for- a bridge over White river, apparently unaware it was out. The car skidded when he hit the brakes and overturned, killing him instantly. ’ His cousin, Carl Hargrove, 27, of Fairland, whb was in the car, was held without charges. Injuries suffered in an auto accident March 20, when his car hit ah abutment on Ind. 42, Saturday claimed the. life ,of Wayne Walach, 24, of Mooresville. Louis Kaufman, 85, of New Sols(Conttnued on Page Two) INDIANA WEATHER Mostly eloudy, windy and warm tonight with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Tuesday mostly cloudy with occasional showers. and thunderstorms. Becoming cooler northwest portion but continued warm south and east portions. Lew tonight In the 80s. High Tuesday 60s extreme north to the 70s or low 80s southeast portion.

Supreme Court Outlaws State Sedition Laws Says Justice Dept. Has Exclusive Right To Prosecute Cases WASHINGTON (INS) — The supreme court ruled today that the justice department has the exclusive right io prosecute sedition cases aimed at overthrowing the federal government. The decision nullifies sedffton laws in 42 states. By a 6 to 3 decision, the high tiibunal nullified the Pennsylvania state sedition act and in effect struck down similar luffs in 41 other states in a sweeping verdict affecting state drives against communism. In taking the action, the tribunal affirmed the decsion of the Pennsylvania supreme court that congress had taken control over the prosecution of sedition by passing the Smith act in 1940. The state court, in issuing the, historic ruling which also struck a blow at states’ rights, reversed the conviction of Pittsburgh Communist leader Steve Nelson who was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 810,000 for Violating the Pennsylvania law. The high court’s action automatically frees of tfie penalty but he still faces fire years imprisonment on a conviction under the federal Smith act for plotting violent overthrow of the U. S. government. Nelson’s appeal on this charge is still pending before the high tribunal. The. high court decision in the Pennsylvania case came in the face of protests from the justice i department and attorneys general of 30 states who contended that congress had no intention of terminating state prosecution of sedition. Sparks May Join In Race For Governor Official Send-off Expected Tonight CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (INS) —A Sparks-for-governor campaign was expected to be givqp an official send-off at a meeting tonight in Crawfordsville. Dr. Frank H. Sparks, industrialist and former president of Wabash College, is not as yet an announced candidate for governor, but has said that he might be under certain circumstances. His addition would bring back to four the number of formal candidates for gubernatorial nomination at the Republican state convention June 29. State ctftnmissioner of revenue Frank T. Millis, of Indianapolis and Campbellsburg; Lieut Gov. Harold W. Handley,, of LaPorte, and Dan Cravens, of Franklin, former member of the Indiana alcoholic beverage commission, are those now in the race. State representative Merrett R. Monks, of Winchester, who had made the gubernatorial race a foursome, withdrew from the GOP fray and announced recently he would campaign as a candidate for governor on “The Independent Party” ticket “• Two more mei have been standing on the verge but never jumped. One is former mayor John A. Scott, of South Bend, and the other is Roy Amos, of Goshen, northern Indiana federal marshal and former American Legion state commander. ” Polis thus far have indicated that Lieut. Handley, leader of an intraparty faction opposing Gov. George N. Craig, is ahead of the field, a situation which has posed a headache for the Craig advisors, who have held “Stop-Handley" sessions. Sparks has said he will be a gubernatorial candidate only if he believes he can unite the GOP. Tonight’s meeting at a dinner in the Wabash College campus center was announced by Edwin J. Sommer, president of the Mid States Steel & Wire company. Republican chairman Frank Howard of Montgomery county is to attend and all Montgomery county candidates for delegate to the GOP convention are invited. Crawfordsville businessmen and friends of Dr. Sparks on the Wabash College faculty also are to attend. Thomas F. Kibler, an Indianapolis Republican ward chairman, lost week had announced plans for a Bparks-for-governor campaign meeting in Indianapolis, but the site was changed to Craw(OontlnuM On Pag* Five)

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 2, 1956.

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£. Nuclear Test To Be Open To News Coverage Giant Nuclear Blast Scheduled May 1 At J’ Eniwetok Grounds WASHHINOTON (INS) —The,: government announced today that! for the first time in 10 years a| giant nuclear blast in the Pacific! will be thrown open to news covers age. v '-—r- : 4 The atomic energy commission? and the defense department joint-’ ly stated that news coverage on; a “pool” basis will be permitted’ for the “megaton range nuclear; detonation” scheduled for May 1 at the Eniwetok proving ground. A blast packing a punch equal to a million tons of TNT will feature the spring tests of atomic and ■ hydrogen weapons in the mid - i Pacific area. Newsmen have been barred from the Pacific tests since the first post-war atomic bombs were exploded in Bikini atoll in 1946. The AEC said the total number j of newsmen from all media will! be limited to 15. In addition, a! "small number” bf regional ands state civil defense leaders will be [ selected by the federal civil de-; tense administraUon to witness Uiv May 1 deonatjon. The news pool men and the civil defense observers-will assemble in Hawaii and wil be flown to the Eniwetok proving ground and (Continued on Page Six) j County Officials At Purdue Road School Adams county’s three commissioners, surveyor Herman Moellering and several members of the county highway department left today for Lafayette, where they will attend he annual Purdue road school. Dan Tyndall, Krick-Tyndall Co. also is in Lafayette attending the school. The event is held annually at Lafayette and in addition to the several road sessions, numerous equipment manufacturing concerns have displays of their merchandise. Juries Drawn For April Court Term Grand, Petit Juries Are Drawn Today The grand and petit juries for the April term of Adams circuit court were drawn this morning by the jury commissloners at the office of county clerk Richard D. Lewton. The grand jury includes Jack A. Rosenberger, Decatur-RoOt; Alpha Barkley. St. Mary’s; Charles Morgan, Decatur: Duane Eugene Harmon. Monroe -Washington; Glen W. Adams. Jefferson; Ralph Bryce Christy, Berne: Maxine Keller, 'Root; Vera M. Owens, DecaturWashington; Paul G. Becker, Root; Gaylord Weaver, MonroeWashington; Noah Augsburger, Geneva, and Lester Sipe, Blue Creek. Serving on the petit jury will be Don K. Lutes, Washington; R. C. Dickerson. Geneva; Robert F. Carr. Root; Kati Hilty. Berne; Eugene J. Heiman, Washington; Keith McCalloum, Jefferson; Gerhard Heckman, Preble; George H. Alton, Decatur-Root; Otto tainmert, St. Mary’s: Kenneth Butler, I St. Mary’s; Fred Marbach. Union. Robert Diell. Berne: Lucy Koos, St. Mary’s: Gerald C. Edwards. Blue Creek: Charles Berning. Root: Jay Douglas Markley, Decatur; Chester Bettier, Berne; Gene K. Hike. Monroe-Washing-tbn; Cart G. Bleberich, Kirkland; Harold A. Heniser, Jefferson; Stanley E. Mcßride. Decatur 1 ; Chester I* Brown, Jefferson: Julia Campbell. Berne, and Albert I* Cook, Geneva. >

Detroit Milk Area Strike Collapsing Sheriffs, Police Convoy Milk Trucks DETROIT (INS) — The Detroit area milk strike appeared to be collapsing today as sheriffs and police successfully convoyed milk delivery trucks into thet city. Milk poured into the city Sunday night in such huge volume that major dairies promised de- ‘ liveries up to 80 percent of nor- ; mal today. I The milk convoys came through even though state police took no part in helping the trucks get to Detroit. Gov. G. Mennen Williams stood by his announcement of three days ago that he would not use state police for strike breakers but only to maintain order. Earlier in the day, police were rushed to Elsie and Ovid, 100 miles northwest of Detroit, where ctriking dairy farmers attacked milk carriers. Angry pickets smashed windshields of two tankers pulling out of the Elsie depot for Detroit, at whose creameries the. strike is aimed. One tanker ran out of control, rideswiped two cars and narrowly missed several pickets before gaining the highway and police protection. -■ * An open-bodied truck, also was attacked by the strikers. Us windshields mashed hut none of the 14 nonstrikets guarding the milk* was injured. At Ovid, 10 miles south, six big milk trucks were ringed by 100 pickets at a collecting station and . for a time were-halted ir In all three men were arrested. Two of them were men identified as having stoned trucks at Elsie. The third man. Josh Eisner, 49, a striking farmer, was arrested for helping dump 50 cans of milk off a truck near Howell. Mich., 90 miles north of Detroit. - . • (Continued on Page Three) Eisenhower Predicts Reelection This Fall Uses faster Monday . Egg Roll As Occasion WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower smilingly used the White House Easter Monday egg roll today as the occasion for his first flat prediction that he will be reelected. The Chief Executive, addressing a cheerful throng of children and their parents, said: "It is good to see you all. See you next year.” The youngsters and the growntil,s were quick to catch the political significance of the allusion to "next year” and whooped lustily. Mr. Eisenhower and the First Lady appeared on the White House balcony to extend greetings to the thousands of egg-rollfers and escorting grown-ups. The President disclosed that his grandchildren couldn’t be present for the Easter Monday festivities because one of them, Barbara, who will be seven next month, "has had the mumps.” He said: "We are sorry that our own grandchildren couldn’t be here. but. you know, one of them has had the mumps and so they have to stay sort of by themselves.” — Standing bareheaded in warm, springtime weather, with the sun shining through a slight haze, the President told the celebrants: “Good morning, folks. Mrs. Eisenhower and I wanted to come out just to welcome you to the White House grounds. We are delighted that you have such a nice day for the Easter egg rolling. We hope everyone has a splendid time and comes back again next year.” After making whimsical refer* ence to Barbara's mumps, Mr. Eisenbpwer added: “It is good to see you all. Sea you next year. . Goodbye.” - > .

Reports Soviet Moslem Troops Being Trained Egyptian Newspapers Say Troops Trained To Aid Arab Lands CAIRO (INS) — Egyptian news- ■ papers splashed reports today that a Soviet Moslem brigade was bei ing trained to aid the Arab nai tions if war erupts with Israel. , The newspapers, including the i government-owned Al Goumhouria, gave the source as “news agency reports from Vienna.” '•> Egyptian official sources refused recently to confirm or deny reports that the Russians had offered Egyptian Premier Col. Gamal Abdell Nasser a 50,000-man Moslem brigade to help in any war with Israel. However, the mere fact that the dispatch was approved by a tight Egyptian censorship and was given a four-column front-page display in Al Goumhouria-was considered significant. No official Egyptian would comi ment, but sonic informed sources i told International, News Service “we believe it's/true." r~i One source close to the govern- • ment said “we would not hesitate i to accept help from anywhere it * we were attacked.” i The so-callel Vienna news agency reports were carried without editorial comment under headlines i such as “Twenty Million Moslems [ in the Soviet Union Prepare to Support the Arabs ... A Moslem Brigade to Intervene if War [ Breaks Out.” The almost identical articles ap- ’ pearing in all morning newspapers , said: "Russian moslem war vetC erans of the republics of Kazakhis- ( tan. Uzbekistan, and Tadzhikistan have been called up for military service during the past two months, according to these Vienna press reports. “Moreover the Russian government reportedly has transferred its Moslem troops service with the Soviet occupation forces in east- ' ern European countries to’garrl(ContinuM on Pace Sixt Lift Restrictions On Hospital Visits The limitation on visitors at the Adams county memorial hospital has been discontinued, it was announced today by Thurman Drew, business administrator at the hospital. Visitors were previously limited to immediate families due to overcrowded conditions. Mrs. John Schnepp Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Verona Schnepp, 50. who resided one-half mile south of Peterson, died at 2:40 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton. She had been ill 10 months and hospitalized for two weeks. She was born in LaGrange county April 5, 1905, a daughter of John and Sylvia Cunningham - Snyder, and was married to John Schnepp March 7,-1925. The family had resided near Peterson for the past eight years. Surviving.in addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Waunetta Beery of Bluffton; two grandchilden ; one brother,’ J. Earl Snyder of Jones, Mich., and two sisters, Mrs. Melvin Mahlin of Millersburg and Mrs. Gerry Hagerty of Mishawaka, One brother preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Charles L. Collier officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at thle funeral home until time of the" services..

55 Are Entered In Congressional Races 10 Incumbents Seem Sure Os Nomination INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Barring -delayed mail arrivals today, Indiana’s 1955 congressional primary race has 55 entries, including 10 of the state's 11 incumbents, ell of whom seem assured of renomination. The state’s veteran member of - congress, Charles A. Halleck, of • the Second District, is one of ■ fcur incumbents having an opponent for the party nomination May ' 8, but in all cases this intra-party ■ opposition was viewed as puny. The others are:- , ;> Ray Madden, of the first district, one of the state's two Democratic congressmen; E. Ross Adair, fourth; and Ralph Harvey, tenth. Given a clear sailing through the primaries are the state’s only congresswoman, Mrs. Cecil M. Harden, sixth; John V. Beamer, fifth; William G. Bray, seventh; Earl Wilson, ninth, and Charles Brownson, 11th, all Republicans, and the remaining Democrat, Winfield K. Denton, .eighth. ’ Heaviest candidate filing was in the third district, where incumbent Shepard Crumpacker is not seeking renomination. Five Republicans and two Democrats are after that vacancy. Thus the third district shared competitive interest with the ‘out’, party nominations in the other districts, except the sixth, where all other Democrats stood aside 1 to let John W. King, of Greencas- ’ tie, start planning now for next 1 fall’s crucial battle against Mrs. Harden. Three primary races of five candidates each appeared when thd 1 filing settled down after the March 29 deadline. Two of these (Continued on Page Five) i _ ■ Pope Issues Appeal , To World's Leaders Easter Message Is Delivered By Pope VATICAN CITY (INS) — Pope Pius XII, in his Easter "message of peace and faith to all men,” appealed ,to world leaders to stop short of the "homocidal, suicidal folly” of nuclear war. Speaking from a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s square, the frail, 80-year-old pontiff warned against the flashy lures of Communism and called for “coexistence in truth, justice and love.” Some 250.000 persons crowding the square cheered his words loudly- V ' , The Pope gave his Messing to the peaceful applications of atomic energy but he added: "However, no one ignores that other uses are being sought and found to procure instead, death and destruction. "Tb Increase the scare have come modern guided missiles capables of reaching enormous distances to bring via atomic weapons total destruction of men and things ... The Pope did not advance any specific atomic disarmament proposals such as he had at Christmas when he called for a ban on nuclear weapons experiments and endorsed such disarmament proposals as President Eisenhower’s “open * skies” aerial inspection plan. \ Throng To Jerusalem JERUSALEM (INS) — Four thousand Christian Pilgrims from throughout the world thronged to Jerusalem Sunday to attend Easter services. The Pilgrims crowded the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for high mass but it was believed the number was held down by the tense Middle East situation. However, both Moslem Jordanians and Jewish Israelis extended “full cooperation to guard against any incident which might mar Christendom’s most joyous occasion.” ' '.I-..., .. - ’ ■

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21 Passengers, Hostess Dead, 14 Survivors ■ TWA Plane Falls, Bursts Into Fire Near To Airport t BULLETIN t SEATTLE (INS) — At least f three persons were killed today when a Seattle-Chicago , Northwest ' Airlines Stratoeruiser crash-landed tn Puget " Sound with 37 persons aboard. The coast guard said 34 persons were snatched from wings of the sinking plane. PITTSBURGH (INS) — Twentyone passengers and the hostess of a Trans World Airline plane burn- - ed to death Sunday night when the twin-engine craft crashed and burst into flames less than a mile from the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. The body of the 22nd victim was 1 found today at the crash scene ’ along a section of abandoned strip mine. The plane crashed minutes after taking off. The pilot and co1 pilot and twelve passengers survived. The disaster was the first major ( commercial airline crash of 1956. Searchers ignored a steady down- . pour tp find the body which was , noir inwnetHately identified; ~ > . A TWA spokesman had stated previously that 33 passengers and ( three crew members were aboard ' the craft which was bound for t Newark, N.J., with stops at Harrisburg, Reading and Allentown. But only 21 bodies were recovered ■ during the night. j After the Martin 404 sheared the ' tops from a clump of trees, it nosed B over into a small knoll. The fuselage bounced 50 feet before coming to rest in a tilted position. Some of the survivors crawled to safety through a large hole created when the left wing was ripped from the fuselage. Others were hurled from the plane by the impact. The victims, who were stunned by the collision, could not be saved because of the infnse heat which repeatedly drove back firemen. s The soft earth of the strip mine > handicapped fire fighting equip- ’ ment and ambulances which Were » summoned by appeals over teleI vision and radio. Many of the ambulances became mired in the mud and could not move. > The bright, red glow in the sky also attracted hundreds of passing motorists whose cars clogged a road leading to the small valley. Many firemen became ill from the smell of burning flesh which hung over the scene. Later after the wreckage colled, rescuera draaaed 21 blackened, virtually unrecognizable bodies from the twisted wreckage. The dead'Trqstess was Mary Jane Fanning, 25, of Albuquerque, N.M.. who wds making her second flight. The pilot, Captain Raymond McQuade of Redbank. N, J., is in Sewickley Valley hospital, near Pittsburgh. Also at the hospital is the co-pitot and first officer. Harlan Jeaperson. Morristown, N. J., who is fighting for his life, and nine passengers. Thirteen-year-old Charles Cohn Jr., of Allentown, Pa., survived the crash without mishap and was sitting up in a hospital bed reading a comic book several hours after the tragedy. A fatality was Kl-year-old Allen Meyers of Bethlehem, Pa., making his first trip by air. Two of the survivors — John McCarthy, 32, Castle Shannon, Ba., and Tbeordore. J. O’Maley Jr., 39, (Continuea on Pace Six) Chicago Suburb Is Struck By Tornado CHICAGO (INS) -4 A tornado smashed through the Chicago suburb of Wilmette early today, ripping roofs from houses, uprooting telephone poles and hurling tree branches through auto windows. No one, was reported injured or killed.