Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1956 — Page 1

Vol LIV. No. 128.

‘LAST DIESEL SUB LAUNCHED Uwl Rb ? A^ifc^ - Cs:4>.. <• fi *L ■ "m M THE DARTER, perhaps the last diesel-powered submarine the U. S. Navy will build, slides down the ways at Groton, Conn. The 260foot Darter’s keel was laid in late 1954.

Eisenhower In Initial 1956 Election Plea Makes First Appeal Os '56 For Naming G. 0. P. Congress WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower made his first 1956 campaign appeal for election of a Republican congress today in a fire-breathing political speech to citizens for Eisenhower leaders. He pledged that he will campaign as "energetically and enthusiastically" as possible to help win a OOP ‘Victory in November. Mr EisfenhoWer ' also slam tiled head-on into charges that U. 8. prestige abroad has slumped under the foreign policy of his administration. J ' The President declared "the prestige of the United States has never been ah high since the world war as it is today.” • As for the issue of his health, he asserted emphatlcaly: "I was ill last fdll. 4 can only say this—now the only way I know it is the doctors keep reminding me.’’ The President spoke informally at the Statler hotel to some 500 persons attending the first nationwide campaign conference of the national citizens for Eisenhower organization. The President said we know we have “largely nullified" the Soviet military threat because of the recent shift of concentration by Russia to other spheres. Mr. Eisenhower said: "We know that we have largely nullified it (the Communist) reliance upon force and threat of force because it has gone to different kinds of influence. "We know it has felt the pres sure of ideas and ideals in its own country and back of the Iron Curtain because they are more concerned with development of con sumer goods, more concerned with the status and frame of mind of their people.” His speech opened the two-day session called to chart strategy for getting out the biggest possible Eisenhower vote through the citizens group in November. Mr. Eisenhower received a faring, cheering ovation as he entered the packed conference room at the hotel. He responded - with his hardst • hitting political speech since the 1954 congressional camp(Contl"-'** ”**• 81x> - ■ — ; V. Widow Os Former Minister Is Dead Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. T. H. Harman, 89, widow of the late Rev. Harman, who for many years was a minister in the Indiana. north conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Mrs. Harman died Monday at the home of a son, Theodore, in Mishawaka. Rev. Harman, who died in 1944, was minister of Trinity church in Decatur, 1914-17, and Union Chapel church, 1929-32. . _ Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Evangelical United Brethren church in Marion, with the Rev. John E. Chambers of Decatur and the Rev. iR. S. Miller of Marion officiating. Burial will be at Marion. 12 Pages

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Central Indiana Hit By High Wind Southern Indiana Braces For Flood INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The calm after the storm and the 500 mile race reigned in Indiana today as crewmen repaired damage caused by high winds and receding floods. The fabulous luck of the Speedway held again Wednesday as the heavy overcast of the early morning was blown away and not a drop of rain fell during the 40th annual running of the auto classic. Only once has rain caused postponement of the race and only twice has it cut the race short of 500 miles. But once (he race.’had been completed, the clouds opened again and rain fell over the city and in scattered showers throughout the state. However, the floods were on their way down and the shdwe'rs caused no major concern. Biggest blow Wednesday night came from winds that struck central and north central Indiana knocking dawn power lines in scattered areas and blocking high-| ways and railroads with fallen trees. j The Indianapolis Power and Light Company said 70 men forked throughout the night to repair damage caused by high , winds which were responsible tor several hundred power failures in Marion county alone. State trooper Aubrey Snider, of Oaklandon, was dazed by a fallen power line*!’while placing a fuse along Ind. 67 at McCordsville, where winds had blown down trees, damaged a house, church and a barn. Snider was treated by a psysician' for a burn on the ankle. Tornado warnings remained in effect in the South Bend-to-Rens-solaer area throughout the night but Fairmount, Bunker Hill and Logansport were hardest lashed and not of tornadic velocity. With the flood waters in recess, thousands of central Indiana families began the back - breaking chore of shoveling the mud anff r.iphoning the water from their flood-battered homes. _ Southward, however, families in the valley of the White River’s east fork faced rising waters. About 250 families near Columbus and Edinburg were evacuated when the crest rolled five feet over flood state. It was four feet above flood level at Seymour. Weathermen had encouraging news for residents in a statement saying the river definitely is falling and no additional serious flooding is expected. The White river blocked Ind. 43 and I id. 46 south of Spencer and the Wabash river hit flood stage and smaped bottomlands and some roads before starting to recede. < Despite a of partly eloudy conditions with scattered thunderstorms south ad east central portions today and near the Ohio river early tonight, weathermen added that .the floods will not return so long as there is an interval between the rains. It is expected to be cooler tonight and fair and pleasant Friday. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness and cooler tonight with chance of a few light showers extreme north. Friday fair, Pooler south and control. Low tonight 474 M north, 54-49 south. High Friday <7-74 north, 73-78 south.

24 Graduates At Catholic High Friday Night Annual Graduate Exercises Friday Night At School Twenty-four seniors of Decatur Catholic high school will receive their diplomas in the annual commencement exercises Friday at 8 p. m. in the high school auditorium. The Rev. .William .Lester, priicipal of Central Catholic high school of Fort Wayne, win deliver the commencement address. Diplomas will be awarded .by the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Selmetz, superintendent of the local Catholic schools. Awards for highest scholastic honors for the four years of high school will be presented to Monica Rumschlag with the top average of 93.7, and to Gerald Voglewede, who heads the senior boys with an average of 90. The program for graduation will include musical selections by the school band, choral selections by the senior class aad by the eighth grade graduates, distribution of awards and diplomas to the senior graduates and eighth grade class, the rose procession and consecration to Mary and the address by Father Lester. High school graduates include Marian Kay Bashara, Paul M. Braun, Henry Costello, Paul E. Faurote, Rita M. Heimann, Suzanne Holthouse, Angela L. Jauregui, Dolores C. Kintz, Doris E. Laker, John R. Lengerich, Joyce H. Loshe, Edward R. Meyer, Anna Marie Miller, Karen J. Murtaugh, Thomas E. Omlor, Judith K. Parrish, Donald R. Rumschlag, Monica A. Rumschlag, Alice A. Ulman, Gerald L. Voglewede, Mary Louise Voglewede, Donald Joseph Wilder, Marjorie Ellen York and Jack L. Zehr. Graduating trom the eighth grade will be Diane Baker, Donald Jiaker. Judith Bj-aun, Karen Braun, Michael Ehler. Judith Elleabarger, Patricia Faurote. David Gage, Vincent Gaze, Sarah Gass, Pamela Geimer, Gerald Gillig, Thomas Gross, Lo’uise Hake, James Heimann. Paul Heiser, Paul Hess, Patricia Kintz, Thomas Kollman and Jane Lengerich. Roseann Litchfield, Frank Lopez, Susie McKean, Stephen Mey- | er, Thomas Mills, Marilyn Murphy, James Omlor, Stephen Omlor, Susan Parrish, David Reed, Judith Roberts, Diane Rousseau, Carol Rumschlag, Carolyn Schultz, Mary Schultz, Severin Schurger, Gerald Staub, Donald Teeter, Marie Tricker, Donald WietfCld and Edward Wiseman. f/ Several Killed On Indiana Highways Car-Truck Accident Kills Two Men Today INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Death stayed away from the 500-mile auto race but not from the holiday race on Indiana highways. A car-truck collision this morning on U. S. 6 in Corunna added two more deaths to the Memorial holiday toll as two Ohio men, headed for home, lost their lives instead. Dead were Edgar Gene Crockett, 21, and James Arthur Barnes, 21, both of Cleveland* Q. Indiana troopers said that the two men were riding in am eastbound car on the wrong side of the road which struck a truck hauling a twin diesel caterpilalr tractor. Earlier, four persons were killed on the holiday itself. ._ Mrs. Phoebe Myers, 92, of Angola, was injured fatally in a twocar crash eight miles south of Angola. In addition, Mrs. Isabel E. Myers, 66, her daughter-in-law. died of a heart attack at her home after learning of the crash. Mrs. Barbara Haggard, 54, of Decatur, was killed in a car-truck collision on a county load two miles south of Monroe. Six other persons were injured in the crash. Julius Robinson, 33, of Los Angeles, Calif., was killed when he sought to jump from a, truck Jtast before It collided with another truck on U. 5..41 five miles north of Boswell Wedhesday. Troopers said Robinson was caught in the door and dragged. Eighteen-ihonth-old Joanle Lee Scott, of Gary, was killed while playing on a neighbor's driveway. A car, being backed from the garage struck the child. Another child, homeward beuad with six lea cream coaea ter bls (Continued on Fs«e Three)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 31, 1956.

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U. N. Command Suspends fork Os Commission Repeated Violations Os Korea Armistice Lead To Suspension PANMUNJOM HNS) — The United Nations command informed the North Korean Communists today that activities of the neutral nations supervisory commission in South Korea will be suspended because of a building in red military strength and other truce violations. Maj. Gen. R. G. Gard, senior United Nations member of the Allied — Communist joint military armistice commission, advised the reds of the move at a meeting in Panmunjom. Gard delclared: "From the time the armistice was concluded your side has continuously made illegal introductions without reporting them to the neutral nations supervisory commission. "When the United Nations command has called for an inspection of these illegal introductions, the Czech and Polish members of the NNSC have .either vetoed sueh inspectious or lave with' your side in obstructing the' efforts of the Swiss and Swedish members of the commission so as to render effective inspections and thus disclosure of these illegal introductions impossible.” A formal note handed the reds said the suspension'' will become effective in about a week and accused the Communist Czech and Polish members of the NNSC with “flagrantly un-aeutral conduct/' The suspension, the note said, wUi continue in effect until the Communists comply with “all provisions of the Korean armistice agreement." General Gard concluded his statement to the reds by saying "You have used the continued existence of the NNSC as a blind behind which to hide these illegal introductions since you have ef(Continued on Page Three) Gruenfher Warns On Military Aid Slash Warning Issued By Allied Commander WASHINGTON (INS) — Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther told congress today that Russia's announced reduction in its armed forces will not "substantially" affect the Soviet aggressive stfcngth against free Europe. _ The retiring supreme allied efttarnander in Europe warned that any cut in. American military aid for the NATO area at this time will “have a deteriorating affect on our alliance and be to the disadvantage of the United States.” Gruenther, who testified before the senate foreign relations committee, endorsed the "concepts” that underlie President Eisenhower's |4.9 billion foreign aid program, which the house foreign affairs committee cut by one billion dollars. He said that his command is "pot yet strong enough” the North Atlantic treaty area and cannot gfeve a “reasonable guarantee” of that until West Germany’s military buildup is completed. The general estimated that Germany's 12 divisions, 1,300 planes, and naval forces will be completely available three or four years from now. Gruenther, who is to be succeeded in Europe this summer by Gen. Lauris Norstad, noted that Russia now has 175 land divisions, plus 75 more in satelite countrise and added: "We’re estimated they could be Billy as affective with approximately IS9 divisions.”'

I, m Holiday Death Toll From Traffic Is 94 Fatalities Are Below Council Prediction CHICAGO (INS) — The Memorial Day traffic death toll reached 94 today with final reports still to come from many parts of the country. The national safety council had predicted that 110 persons would > be killed during the one-day holi- . day from 6 p.m. (local time) Tuesj day until midnight Wednesday. . Twenty - four other persons . drowned and 19 died in miscella- . neous accidents to bring the total , deaths during the holiday to 137. * Illinois had the. most number of traffic deaths with 11. Safety council figures show that . on a normal Wednesday the aver- , age number of traffic fatalities is s almost 70. Thus the 94 figure was r slightly higher than usual for the ' day despite the millions of motorists who went for an outing Wed- , nesday. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the national safety council, said, "we still hope the traffic death toll ’ will stay below the 100-mark.” ’ Last year, during the three-day Memorial Day holiday, 369 traffic deaths were reported. i Day Rites Are Held Wednesday Services Are Held Despite Heavy Rain Decatur’s Memorial day parade and commemorative services, sponsored jointly by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, was held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock as scheduled despite a heavy downbour of rain. , Just as the parade, headed by field marshal Clyde Butler started away from the Legion home on Madison street, a 10-minute show--1 er started. The parade went north on Second street to Monroe street and east to the river bridge. Appropriate services in honor of the dead naval men of all wars were conducted at the bridge. The Decatur high school band, a drum corps, consisting of 24 young men, sponsored by Legion Post 148, Fort Wayne, members of the Legion and V.F.W. and members of both auxiliaries and 10 Boy Scouts were in the line of march. The parade disbanded at the peace monument on the court house square where the public had gathered. Because of • threatening weather, commander O. W. P. Macklin, who presided at the public ceremony, announced that the scheduled address by the Rev. Virgil Sexton would not be made. Rev. Sexton, accompanied by the Rev. Benjamin Thomas, pastor of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church, and the Rev. O. C. Busse, chaplain of the Legion, marched the parade and took part in the other ceremonies. Wreaths were laid in front of the monument in memory of the dead of the Civil War, Spanish American war, both World wars and the Korean war. The entire program was well attended considering the weather and after a salute was fifed, Rev. Busse delivered the invocation. Prior to the parade, the war veterans had gone to both Decatur cemeteries for short memorial services. Asks Congress Probe Labor Racketeering WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter Frelinghuysen (R-N. J.) urged congress today to begin an investigation of labor racketeering in order to help unions "speed up the process” of getting rid of the mobzters. Frelinghuysen ha| been pressing for yctfok oa e resolution he iatroduced last w*eg tor an investigatioii of labor racketeers by the *houM labor committee. F- - "

British Defy Threats, Hold Cyprus Parade Defy Rebel Threats And Stage Parade In Honor Os Queen NICOSIA, Cyprus (INS) — Britain’s harried army on Cyprus defied rebel threats today to parade In all their splendor in honor of the official birthday of Elisabeth 11. The Tommies passed in review before Field Marshal Sir John i Harding, fiery governor of this rebellious crown colony. At the governor’s order, the official — the queen actually was 30 on April 21 — birthday was observed with i the boom of cannon, the massing I of flags and the lilt of military music. But this parade differed from the others in honor of the queen throughout the empire and Commonwealth. ? All Cypriots had been cleared from the area, passes to the parade ground were carefully checked and there was no relaxation of the armed patrols in Nicosia and other .Cyprus cities. . Some of the Greek Cypriots aln and their desire for union with ■Greece by painting slogans on the Streets of Limassol. One said: ‘•Death to Harding and devil take your queen.” Another: "Long live EOKA (the underground organization).” Harding, ignoring numerous Cypriot threats on his life, personally reviewed his troops marching at the heavily guarded Nicosia parade I grounds. , . Harding reportedly told friends, "If I die. I die. But the queen’s birthday must be celebrated.” Rooftops in the area normally are crowded with people during a parade but today the roofs were empty as were the homes they covered. Tenants able to see the parade ground from their homes were evacuated while the parade lasted. A 21-gun salute was fired in the queen’s honor and Harding led three cheers for Elizabeth. Meanwhile, in Paphos, a number of Greek Cypriot schoolboys and girls were arrested after baton - swinging police broke up a demonstration. Despite a bomb incident Wednesday near Famagusta in which two (Continued on Page Three) Planning Addition To Geneva School Construction Bids To Be Token July 6 Legal notice will be published Friday by the directors of the Wabash township school building corporation, a holding company organized to finance the construction of an addition to the Wabash township school building at Geneva, advertising for sealed bids for the proposed construction work. Bids will be received at 2 p.m. July 6. Five bids or a combination of all will be received including genera! construction contract, archltactural" trades contract, plumbing com tract, heating and ventilating contract, electrical contract. The corporation also agrees that contractor may cancel his bid after bonds are not sold, but during the 120 days no bidder can change or withdraw his bid. Plans and specifications are on file at the office of the principal of the schools at Geneva, Custer and Smith, Decatur attorneys, are representing the corporation. The engineer is William C, Baer, Fort Wayne T. B. Rhoades is president of the corporation and Kenneth VanEmon is secretary,

Engineer Killed A» » Train Is Derailed f Fireman Missing And Feared Dead PARKERSBURG, W. -Va. (INS) — Six cars of a Baltimore and Ohio express-derailed near Parkersburg early today, and the train’s engineer was killed as the engine plunged into a stream. The fireman was still missing and feared dead several hours after the wreck. Rescue workers found the body cf Joseph C. Riley, 63. of Grafton. W. Va., in the cab of the diesdl locomotive of the westbound National Limited. The searchers found no trace of the fireman, Paul R. Hooten, also of Grafton. The limited, bound from Jersey City to St. Louis, went off the tracks just after emerging from I a tunnel about 30 miles east of I Parkersburg. There were no serious injuries among the passengers, although a few were shaken. Railroad authorities said that there had been no indication of trouble before the derailment and I that the crack passenger train ap- . parently was moving at a "norm- , 'a! speed" when the accident oc- ( curred at 3:22 a. m. EDT. t The two-unit diesel plunged into shallow Bond's Creek after hurtling over & steep embankThe engine, a mail car, three coaches, a combined coach and baggage car and an unoccupied dining car were derailed. Five pullman cars remained on the tracks and were detoured back with their passengers to Clarksburg, the last stop the train had made. Chief railroad clerk H. E. ProudI foot said that there were about '4O day coach passengers on (he 11-caf train, but he said that there was no estimate of the number of pullman passengers so far. Proudfoot said that the 104-mile stretch of B & O line between Parkersburg and Grafton, including 22 tunnels, has never had a passenger fatality. The stretch has been in operation since 1857. Stevenson Continues California's Drive Pleased At Results In Florida Primary SAN FRANCISCO (INS) — A confident Adlai Stevenson flew to Los Angeles Wednesday night from San Francisco to continue his campaign, for .California’s 68 delegates in the June 5 presidential primary. The former Illinois governor drew good crowds on Memorial Day in a sweep through northern California. He repeatedly hit at the Republican party as "a standpat party" and promised to work “for preservation of the bill of rights.” In a reference to his Democratic opponent, Sen. Estes Kefauver, Stevenson decried what he described as persona! attacks on him by Kefauver adherents. He mentioned his victory over the Tennessee senator in the Florida primary and said: "I tried to avoid personalities and abuse, and in the light of w'hat happened in Florida, I think this is the kind of campaign for the presidency the people want.” Stevenson won the majority of (Continued on Hx) Elwood Youth Qrowns In Wabash County WABASH. Ind. (INS) — Jackie Joseph LaShure. 20. of Elwood, drowned Tuesday night In the Mlssissienewa River near Somerset in Wabash county. He was in a boat with two companions when it capsized in swift water. Kenneth Sallee, 18, and Jackie L- Cox, 23, both also of El wood, made their way to shore cafety.

Ada® County Lady Is First 1956 fatality Truck, Car Collide At Intersection South Os Monroe Mrs. Barbara Haggard. 54, of Decatur route one was fatally Injured in a truck-auto collision at about 11:30 a.m., Wednesday two miles south of Monroe on the Tile Mill road. Adams county counted its first traffic death for 1956 with the Memorial Day tragedy,. which occurred at the intersection of a county gravel road and the Tile Mill road Mrs. Haggard was a passenger , in a car driven by her husband. Harvey I* Haggard. 56, an Adams ( Central school teacher. Their car was struck by an egg truck ope--1 rated by Phillip Gressell, 31, ot . Delphos, 0.. route three, j Gressell was travelling east on t the gravel road and apparently . failed to yield the right of way to . the Haggard car. which was on the . Tile MUI road. Both vehicles were totally demolished by the impact. Mrs. Haggard sustained a skull r fracture, which was the cause of - death. She- was Rilled almost instantly .and dead when help - i Arrived at the scene of the acI cident. I Gressell suffered a broken rib, i a possible back injury, a bump on the left eye and severe shock. Haggard received severe lacerations to his left shoulder and side, bis lip and his right knee. Several other passengers in the Haggard car were also Injured. They included Mrs. Martha Kindell, 79. of Monroe, Mrs. Haggard’s mother, severe laceration on the forehead and dislocation of the left elbow: Joype Haggard. 11-year-old daughter of the Haggards, lacerations to head, .lip and knees; Carol Haggard. 15-year-old daughter, abrasions about the body, and David Haggard. 13-year-old son, abrasions on left arm and knee. Carol and David Haggard were treated at the Adams county memorial hospitals and released. The Others are still patients at the hospital but none is reported in serious condition. " Sheriff Merle Affolder, deputy sheriff Roger Singleton and state trooper Al Coppes are continuing their investigation of the accident. Mrs. Haggard’s body was taken to the Baird funeral hlme in Portland where her son, Robert, is an undertaker. Ttje body will be removed to the Haggard -residence today and friends may call after 7 o’clock this evening until noon Saturday. Funeral services will be conSaturday at 2 p.m. at the •;r (Continued on Page Three) Late Bulletins WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower today summoned a group of outstanding Americans to the White House to draw a blueprint for peace through "peop le-to-peop I e-contacts.” The Chief Executive Invited U. S. leaders in many walks of life to a conference on June 12 to plan for creating “understanding among peoples and build a common effort to advance worJd peace.” . WASHINGTON (IN8) — The government announced today that 1956 payments to farmers who take part In the soil bank program will be based on these national rates: Corn—9o cents a bushel; cotton—ls cents a pound, wheat—Sl .20 cents a bushel, and rice |£2s a hundred pounds. , ' The payment* will be made to participating farmers under the acreage reserve part of the soil bank program provided by the farm bill enacted last week.

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