Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 92.

GIFTS FOR ROYAL COUPLE .... .. r -—... • - • ;• ■ :•■■. , . gF'' '■ i »'!i Ikjsjj *'• fr '' SHIELDING HER EYES from the sun on the first rainless day of her wedding week. Princess-to-be Grace Kelly stands with her Prince on the stepe of his palace in Monaco at a ceremony of gift-receiving. Among gifts was a golden tray from Queen Elizabeth of Britain and a huge doll from a group of Monaco children.

Grace, Rainier Pledge Vows In Civil Ceremony Religious Ceremony Slated Thursday For Movie Star, Prince MONTE CARLO HNS) — Pale and faintly smiling, film star Grace Kelly was married to a nervously restive Prince Rainier 111 today in the gilded damask throne room of the Pafbce es Monaco. "I am numo, tne new princess said in awe after the 20-minute civil ceremony. The prince, who hit his fingers and pulled his lip, looked only once during the ceremony at the 26-year-old woman who is now her serene highness. She. however, often turned In her chair next to the 32-year-old prince as if to seek reassurance from him. It was a kissless marriage, this prelude to Thursday’s religious ceremony in St. Charles Cathedral. The morning-frocked prince took his bride—a vision in b&ge lace over rose and a trim hat of organdy across her honey-colored hair—and led her out of the throne room without touching her. The tense sadness of most of the ceremony was due, it later was explained, by the collapse just before the marriage of . Count Fernand Caillard D'AHlieres. the prince’s chamberlain, from* a nervous breakdown. ‘ Rut the austerity, and the oldfashioned bridegroom nervousness of a man who until today was called “Europe’s most eligible bachelor/’, melted quickly once he led Grace and the tiny wedding party—including this reporter—to his attractive palace apartment for champagne. "I can’t believe it is happening to me.’’ Grace said. . When it was pointed out that the prince did not kiss her after becoming her husband in all bu the eyes of the Roman Catholic church until Thursday’s religious ceremony—Grace smiled again. Then, quite seriously, she said: “It is not unusual. It is seldom done in civil weddings. It is often not done in Catholic ceremonies either." . Reserved as was the wedding Grace obviously was deeply touched during the cevemony and later when she responded to the shouts of her subjects in the 375-acre toy nation. She made a 45-second appearance on the palace balcony at 12:30 p. m. (6:30 a. m. EST) and waved repeatedly to the cheering crowd below. The prince stood by her side behind a rod of potted red and white carnations. (Continues on Pare Five) INDIANA WEATHER Light snow extreme north central thia afternoon. Partly cloudy and cool tonight and Thursday with chance of j a few light shower* or anew flurries northeast portion. Low tonight In the SO*. High Thursday 42-52 north, 50-60 south.

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Asks City's Aid To Erect Shelter House Request Filed Here By Stratton Place A request from the Stratton Place Association seeking city assistance in erecting a shelter house in Stratton park was presented to the city council in their regular meeting Tuesday night. The association agreed to con- > tribute 3500 for the building and r asked the city to pay the balance , of the cost. The matter was rei- ferred to the park committee with t power to act. ' ' . . A report from the street and sewer committee recommending the approval of a petition for a ’ sidewalk on 10th street from Mar- ’ shall to the Northwest Elementary school was accepted by the coun- ’ ci). The city engineer was instructr ed to draw up plans and specifica- * tlons for the sidewalk. An ordinance approving the transfer of funds in the street and * sewer department waa adopted by the council last night and will go ‘ into effect on the approval of the state tax board. The amount in- ’ volved is 32,791.67 to be transfer- ’ red from services contractual to equipment. Two petitions for rural line ex- : tensions were filed with the city council last night and referred to r the electric light committee. They 1 were filed by Wayne Yake in Root township and Arthur J. Heiman in : Union township. Attorney Robert Anderson, repr resenting the Citizens Telephone Co., filed a petition with the coun- ’ cil to place a public telephone '. 'booth on the sidewalk in front of ’ the telephone office. It was pointed 1 out that the public phones in the lobby of the building will be closed because youngsters enter the lobby i (Continued on Page Five) Directors Elected To Community Fund Three Directors Are Named Last Evening Three persons were elected to the board of directors of the Decatur Community Fund at a meeting of the board Tuesday night at the Decatur Youth and Common ity Center. They are Art Burris, representing industry: Ed Jaberg, representing business, and Miss Glennys Roop, representing schools. Those three replace T. C. Smith. E. E. Rydell and Hubert Zerkel, Ir., whose terms on the board expire this year. Smith is current president of the board and Rydell is treasurer of the organisation. New officers will be elected at the May meeting. Other members of the board include Kenneth Shannon, first vice-president. retail: Tillman Gehrig, second vice-president, la- - bor: Dorothy Schnepf, secretary, women’s organizations: Robert Boch. executive secretary; the Rev. Ray J. Walther, churches: Joseph Kaehr, retail, and Donald Bohnke, labor. Last night’s meeting also featured the presentation of the annual reports by the participating agencies of Community Fund. The financial report was also presented by Boch. 7 »

Hammarskjold Resumes Talks With Israeli Secretary Os U. N. Pressing Israel To Troop Withdrawals JERUSALEM (INS) — Dag Hammarskjold began the second crucial day of his talks with Israeli leaders on 'Mid-East peace today at a three-hour morning conference. The UN secretary general and premier David Ben-Gurion were to resume their meetings this afternoon. No official announcement was made of what took place this morning, but Hammarskjold is known to be pressing for Israel’s agreement to pulling back her troops from the borders with the Arab nations. The secretary • general also sought Ben-Gurion’s agreement on a cease-fire and a pledge to undertake no aggressive actions. Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser already has assented Jo such a pact. • This morning, the Israelis report ed that Arab infiltrators had blown up the water system of a farming village north of Beersheba in the Negev desert. Such incidents as these have caused the Israelis to question Nasser’s sincerity, although the Cairo government has disavowed connections with many commando raids. Hammarskjold was expected to have the most trouble with his proposal to pull back troops from borders, reportedly a distance of 500 meters (1,640 feet). Similar suggestions in the past have been turned down cold by the Israelis. An official explaining the Israeli attitude said today: “If we pull back 500 meters along our 1,000-kilometer 625-mile front we wil Hose 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) of our total 20,000 square kilometers (7.764 square miles). “Israel is too small a country to afford HHeT*The Israelis were equally unen- , thusiastic about the idea of reducing their armed forces stationed on the border unless they receive definite proof that such seml-mijltary organizations as the Egyptian Feyadeen (suicide squads) are to be put out of business. However, most observers believe that despite her misgivings Israel will go along with Hammarskjold’s proposals to reduce border tension ’’rather than risk the appearance of being an aggressor. there was no official Israeli comment on the surprise offer by the Soviet Union Tuesday to support UN settlement of the Arab-Israeli dispute. UN sources traveling with Hammarskjold also were silent on the Russian offer. Up to now, the Soviets have sid(Cohtlnued on Page Five) Young Slayer Begins Serving Life Term' Judge Chastises Lad's Attorney MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. (INS) —•Tommy Williams entered West Virginia state prison at Moundsville today to begin serving a lite sentence for the brutal murder of Cub Scout David Powell In Wheeling. Efforts to have the Wheeling twin transefed to a mental institution are being continued by his attorney, William A. Callahan, despite the displeasure of trial Judge David A. McKee. Judge McKee angrily chastised Callahan Tuesday and declared that he opposed efforts of the attorney to aid the state board of control in “overriding the finding of the jury and the sentence of the court.’’ Judge McKee had sentenced Tommy to a life term last week in accordance with a jury verdict convicting the lad of first degree murder with a recommendation of mercy. The murder occurred on Wheeling Island last Feb. 9. Judge McKee said: “It is a very slight minority of the inmates of dur penal institutions who have been convicted of a crime paralleling thia one. By the boy’s own confession, he hit his nine-year-old Cub Scout companion on the head with a brick so that he could steal >ls that he thought bls companion had in his posseesion.” Attorney Callehan had argued during th* four • day trial teat mouth that Tommy was Insane when he killed David- He maintains that th* lad is insane now.

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House Vote Scheduled Today On Eisenhower’s Veto Os Farm Measure

I Ike Welcomes I . ■ • Red Statement I I : On Middle East Government Still < Studies Statement From Soviet Russia .1 WASHINGTON (INS) —The ! White House said today that PresE ident Eisenhower “welcomes” s Russia’s statement on the Middle ( East if it is a sincere expression , of support for United Nations . efforts to maintain peace. , A White House spokesman said r I the U. S. government is “still stu-. dying the Soviet statement” , Diplomatic experts, meanwhile, ( watched warily as the Soviets apl parently moved into a new phase [ in their itrouble-making, Middle Eastern policies. J ” The Soviets came up with a ( fronk surprise to the west Tuess day when they suddenly gave firm support to peace between Israel , and her neighbors. ’ The statement came on the eve ; of a visit by Soviet leaders Niko-I . lai Bulganin and Nikita Khrusn- , ehev to Great Britain where, according to Soviet spokesmen, tip r Communist “hopes” for peace W the Middle East will be taken up . with British leaders. ' “‘ There are a' number of puzti ling aspects in the sudden, new . desir* on the part of the Russians r for peace in that- troublesome . area of the world. > Not the least of these was raised by secretary of state John Foss ter Dulles at his news conference ) Tuesday when he said any Soviet t desire to back up the United Na- ) tions in the Middle East "would C of course be welcomed by the United States." But he said that this must be a ) “genuine" desire and that as far t as he was concerned" it would be I necessary to “read the fine print” in the Russian statement very . carefully. , Washington diplomats are looking for the reason behind the So- . viet double shift in policies at interference in the Middle East —especially as the shift relates to Egyptian politics. They point out that the Kremlin’s maneuvering may well undercut the position of Egypt’s prime minister Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Nasser regime has made no effort to hide its hatred for Israel since receiving Communist arms. (Continued on Page Five) Three Decafur Men Involved In Wreck Two Slightly Hurt Ea rly Th is Morn in g 1 Three Decatur residents on • their way to work in Fort Wayne 1 were involved in an accident on U. S. highway 27 about three 1 miles south of Fort Wayne at 6:30 1 a. m. today. The drivers of the three cars involved were Dallas H. : 56, of Decatur route three; Charles Homer Bittner, 63. of 122 South Fourth street, and Marvel I L. Johnson, 28, of 518 Marshall 1 street. ■ Bittner and Johnson sustained 1 minor Injuries in the crash. They were taken to the Lutheran hosi pital in Fort Wayne for treatment. Neither is in serious condition. The accident occurred when ! Bittner attempted to pass Brown. • Bittner cut in too close and ! struck the front of the Brown ' car, which swerved off onto the : side of the road. Bittner reduced - his speed and Johnson, unable to : stop his car, crashed intq the i rear of the Bittner vehicle. i The Johnson car was described as a total loss. Damage to the I other vehicles was estimated at : 3600 to the Bittner car and about i 380 to the Brown automobile. The • Allen county sheriff's department end state police Investigated.

Democrat Chairman Predicts Victory Sweeping Victory Is Forecast By Butler RICHMOND, Ind. (INS) — Democratic national chairman Paul M. Butter told a 10th district Jeffer-son-Jackson Day dinner in Richmond Tuesday night that the Democrats will sweep to victory from the_xourthouse to the White House , in November. More than 500 Democrate heard > Butler speak at Richmond. He cit- , ed Indiana municipal victories ( last November and Democratic , gains in presidential preferential primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin, i and Illinois this year as indicative of a trend. Butler blasted “big business domination of the administration” and said President Eisenhower had forgotten his promises of 1952 and must carry thA responsibility for the plight of the farmer today. He also lashed the administration for its labor, tax, and national resources policies. Butter told a pre-dinner press conference that Columbia Broadcasting System has provided time next Monday night for the Democrats to answer Eisenhower's veto message. He said Sen. Lyndon ’ Johnson (D-Tex.) has beep invited ! to speak for the party. J , Deny Petition For ’ Contract Release Petition Rejected By City Councilmen t ’ * I trio light committee peti- > tion filed by residents of Union. Root and Washington townships i northeast of Decatur to be released • from ( their contract with the city j be rejected, was accepted by the • city council at their meeting Tuesday night. The report of the electric light committee stated, “After making . investigations and taking several voltage checks in the area, we find that conditions do not exist as generally stated in the petition. There fore, we recommend that said petition be denied." : *’ The petition was filed several weeks ago by residents of Union township, the eastern part of Wash-ington-Root townships and parts of the. southern townships lying in Allen county. They seek release from their contracts with the city in order to purchase electric serv ice from another source. A large group of the residents who signed the petition were present at the council meeting. It was brought out later in discussion that the council; in rejecting the petition, does not intend to forget about the matter but will continue investigation and through the electric light and power department will attempt to improve the situation. Attorney D. Burdette Custer stated today that the petitioners have agreed to carry the matter to the public service commission. The petition will be fi|ed with that board and a hearing will be sched uled at a later date. Custer added that the residents of the area east of Decatur are inconvenienced by the Inadequate service and are determined to correct the problem as soon as possible; l ... ■' - 9 Wayne Novelty Co. Products Displayed A’ display of products manufactured by Wayne Novelty Co. of Decatur can be seen for the next several days in the Chamber of Commerce display window on North Second street. ' The exhibit Is in line with the policy to keep the window filled with Decatur manufactured products. Wayne NoYiity Co., of which Robert Bradtmilter is president and general manager, specializes -in novelty music boxes and wood products. It is on* of the midwest’s largest prooucers of these products.

Soviet Leaders 1 Begin Visit To Great Britain < ' I Premier Bulganin, Secretary Os Party Arrive In London LONDON (INS) — Russia’s traveling salesmen brought their spring line of smiles to Britain today. Soviet premier Nikolai A. Bulganin and Communist party sec- I retary Nikita S. Khrushcnev land- 1 ed at Portsmouth from a Soviet i cruiser and took a train to London’s Victoria station. There, they were greeted by 1 cheers, whistles, and a distinct 1 undertone of boos and prime min- 1 ister Sir Anthony Eden. Eden shook hands with the smil- 1 ing Russians and said: “I am glad to welcome mister 1 Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev . . . ’ “We look forward to conversations about manj>*’natters concerning 1 Anglo-Soviet relations, and the 1 peace and prosperity of the 1 world.” The prime minister also express- ' ed the hope that the 10-day visit of the Soviet leaders would improve relation* ‘ between our countries and pe6plea?*4. K - Bulganin expressed similar sentiments in a five-minute speech. To insure that nothing marred the peaceful nature of the visit, the Russians were surrounded by the most extensive security precautions ever seen in Britain. Uniformed police patrolled the station for hours before the Sov- , lets were due. No one without an official pass was permitted Within 100 yards of any point where the Russian party was to pass. Squads of mounted and foot police lined the route from the station to Claridge’s hotel where the premier and party boss were staying. The goateed Bulganin and the moon - faced Khrushchev were cheered loudly as they left the station for the hotel. (Continued on Page Five) Samuel D. Henschen Is Taken By Death Funeral Services i Friday Afternoon I Samuel D. Henschen, 68, who I resided one-half mile west of the | former Kirkland high school, died at 2: 30 p. m. Tuesday at the Wells county hospital. He bad been in failing health for three years and critically 111 two weeks. He was born in Kirkland township July 28, 1887, a son of Jacob 1 and Mary Spangler-Henschen. A ’ retired former, he was a prominent life-long resident of Kirkland township. He was married to Blanche ‘ Yaney Sept. 30, 1916. Mr. Henschen was a member of ’ the Pleasant Dale Church of the ( Brethren. ( Surviving in addition to his wld- ( ow are two daughters, Mrs. Ralph ( Freels and Mrs. Floyd Roth, and ( a son, Harold Henschen, all of t Kirkland township: a foster son. ( Dean Runkel of Fort Wayne; sev- ] en grandchildren; one great-grand-cliiljj two brothers, Charles Hen- , schen of Craigville and Noah Hen- ( schen of Bedford; and four sis- t ters, Mrs. Charles Wolfe of route ,j 2, Bluffton, Mrs. Fred Bracht of ] Fort Wayne. Mrs. Lewis Kreig of Ashtabula, 0., and Mrs. Elva Over- ] holser of Bradford, O. One daugh- , ter and one brother preceded him i in death. i Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the i Zwick funeral home and at 2 p. m. i at the Pleasant Dale Church of the 1 Brethren, the Rev. John D. Mish- i ler officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may 1 call at the funeral home after 7 I o'clock this evening until time of 1 the services. ' b-.. ■ ■ ' •

Kefauver Suffers New Jersey Setback Kefauver Fails To Obtain A Delegate TRENTON. N. J. (INS) — Handshaking Sen. Estes Kefauver was tumbled to his worst primary defeat to date today by late returns in New Jersey balloting. Results from 3,416 of the Garde* state’s 4,158 voting districts showed the underdog candidate — had campaigned intensively for six days—without a single delegate pledged to vote for him. The unpledged Democratic or ganization slate led by Gov. Robert B. Meyner had cinched 63 delegates, each with half a vote at the Democratic convention. In the "beauty contest” preferential section of the primary, the balloting so far showed: President Elsenhower, unopposed on the Republican ticket, 250,007, and Kefauver, unopposed. 98,227. However, tome 1,608 Democratic voters took the trouble to write in the name of.Adlai Stevenson. All the 38—one vote each—delegates to the (Republican convention are pledged tt> President Eisenhower. — - rSeven counties used paper ballots and the final vote will not be known until sometime late today. Search ForMissing Plane Is Continued Broadway Producer And Wife Missing CLEVELAND (INS.) ■->- The gigantic search for the missing plane bearing a young Broadway producer and his wife entered its fourth day today as the coast guard continued scouring Lake Erie. A spokesman for the civil air patrol said its planes were grounded until noon today because of adverse weather conditions. Bad weather has hampered the search for the past 36 hours. The coast guard reported that national guardsmen and state highway police are searching in the Warren, Pa., area. The land search was touched off late Tuesday when the coast guard received word from a hunter that he had heard a plane gliding in the Warren vicinity Sunday morn(Continued on Page Five) Begin Printing Os Election Ballots Print Ballots For Primary Election The Adams county board of election commissioners today started the task of preparing ballots for the May 8 primary election for both the Democratic and Republican parties. For the first time in many years, presidential candidates will appear on the primary ballot*. The commissioners, David Macklin, Democrat, Cal E. Peterson, Republican, and JRlchard Leuton, Democrat, county clerk and secretary of the election commission by virtue of his office, will have supervision of the printing, packaging and delivery of the ballots. •' Several press changes will be necessary because names of candidates for precinct committeemen and state convention delegates must appear on the primary ballots. O. K. Baker, foreman of the Daily Democrat job department, will do the actual printing and those in charge believe the work can be completed in two days. The packaged ballots will be sealed and placed in the vault at the clerk’s office until time to deliver them to precinct election inspectors. As soon as the ballot* are ready. Lewton said be would start mailing absent voters ballots. First to be ? mailed vill be th* men and women in..the armed forces.

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1 ' Senate Leader To Answer Ike Veto Message Sen. Johnson Wilt Answer Monday On Television, Radio B U L LET) N (INS) — house defeated today a Demo-cratic-sponsored move to over* ride President Eisenhower's veto of the controversial farm bill. WASHINGTON (INS) — The house today neared a vote expected ♦o sustain President Eisenhower’s veto of the farm bill and the ad* ministration's new soil bank measure was scheduled for introduction in the senate. Administration spokesmen circulated the soil bank bill demanded by Mr. Eisenhower in his veto message and GOP leaders said they expected Sen. George Aiken (R Vt.,) to introduce it this afternoon. But on the house side, agriculture Committee chairman Rep. Harold Cooley (D N.C.,) predicted that, the President's request for separate legislation implementing his billion s|»UirT jeJts>p-tefdi»etiQn plan win tm rejected. ■ u— Meanwhile, Democraticnational chairman Paul Jf. Butler announced that senate majority leader Lyndon Johnson, of Terao, JH reply to the President’s farm bill veto message in a nationwide radio-TV address next Monday night. Butler said all major networks have agreed to carry Johnson’s speech. The Democratic strategist branded the veto message as “political" and said: “I hope that in the days ahead we will continue to receive equal time when Mr. Eisenhower makes a political speech." Confident that the attempt to override the veto ouid be killed off in the house, administration forces marshaled support for the separate soil bank measure. Cooley said that as far as he was concerned there would be “no plans for new legislation” if the house sustained the veto. Such action by the house would end ’the three billion dollar "omnibus” measure which the Democrats called “good” and the President denounced as a “hodgepodge.” It would leave unanswered* the question whether new farm legislation will be enacted before congress adjourns. At least one influential farm Democrat, Rep. W. R. Poage, Tex., said “I think we ought to try to pass something.” But -there was general agreement that nothing would be done in a hurry. The house Democratic leadership decided to call up the veto for a vote in the belief It would put the 48 Republicans who voted for the bill last Wednesday “on the spot.” The leadership also believed the recording of a vote would strengthen the hands of (Oonimueu on Page Eight) No Classes Thursday , At Catholic Schools Students of Decatur Catholic high school and St. Joseph’s grade school will be dismissed from classes Thursday while members of the faculty attend a convocation at St. Vincent's Villa in Fort Wayne. Attending the convocation will be teachers of all Catholic schools in the Fort Wayne deanery. The session will open with mass at 10 a.m. and will close with holy hour at 2 p.m. NEW SERIAL STORY “Passport To Happiness” Is the name of a new serial story which starts in today's- Daily Democrat. The interesting love triangle was written by Maysle Greig and Is the story of a nurse’s love for a young doctor and the question of whether she could continue to love him If he proved to be a murderer.