Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 182.

OPEN IKErHERTER HQ. I ■ .. ” 1 ... .J jfl i • iti / v> fciWT xoj «KIr , VM' JI I ' lIiMBF •, - L fl- M| . wi® oW . ®g |rl| HAROLD E. STASSEN (right) now on 30-day leave from his post as presidential aide on disarmament problems supervises the opening of the Washington, D. C. “Eisenhower-Herter” headquarters. Stassen's action is the spearhead of a campaign to "strengthen the ticket" by dropping Vice-president Richard Nixon.

Sgt. McKeon's Fate To Jury Os Officers Military Trial Os Marine Sergeant Up To Combat OfficersPARRIS ISLAND. S. C. (UP) — The case of 8. Sgt. Mathew C. McKeon was turned over to a jury of seven combat officers today to decide whether he is guilty of manslaughter of the victim of an "unfortunate accident” in the death march drowning of six recruits. The most celebrated military trial since that of Billy Mitchell was placed in the hands of the court at 10:39 a.m. CST toward the end of the third week of the court-martial. McKeon, 31, the former junior — drill instructor from Worcester, Mass., who led a recruit platoon last April 8 on a night march into a tidal creek in which six recruits drowned was calm and impassive at the climax. He is charged with manslaughter, oppression of troops and drinking in the presence of enlisted men. _His defense contends he was merely carrying out Leatherneck tradition in leading his “laggard" platoon on a grueling night training march Into the swamps of Parris Island. 9 McKeon’s best defense witness was Lt. Gen. Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller who called the tragedy an “unfortunate accident” but he defended the sergeant with all his strength for the type of training he was giving his platoon. The law officer, Navy Capt. Irving N. Klein, told the court to “reach your findings according to the law. the evidence in court, anti _ your owaeonacience."_ ——. Thus, the fate of the sergeant who says he was only trying to teach the recruits the discipline necessary for combat when he ordered the march, was placed in the hands of a marine colonel, three lieutenant colonels, two._ma-_ jors and one navy lieutenant. All of them have fought along... side U. S. marine forces in combat overseas. The case came to a dramatic end with the assertion of the defense counsel, Emile Zola Berman/'that McKeon had been following the proud battle tradition of the corps when he marched his laggard and (Oonr»ni>M on earn BIX) Two Jeffersonville Men Die In Crash SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (UP) — A car crashed into a truck at the Ind. 3-Ind. 56 junction Thursday, killing two Jeffersonville men. Mark A. Edwards, 67. was killed outright and A. J. Edwards, 87, died later in a Jeffersonville hospital. - State police said the auto driven skidded out of control and hit a by the elder Edwards apparently gravel truck driven by Amos Beach, Madison.

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Livestock Sale Is Held At 4-H Fair Angus Steer Named Beef Grand Champ A mediufn weight Angus steer entered by Helen Rumpie of the Jefferson Work and Win club and named grand champion in beet judging at the 4-H fair Thursday teouf* Per pound atjhe 4-H livestock sate Thursday night. Helen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rumple. Her steer weighed 965 pounds and was sold ter the First State Bank of Decatur at a total price of $530.75. The reserve grand champion in the beef project a lightweight Angus owned by Sally Schnepf of the Washington Happy Hustlers, was sold to the Burk Elevator company of Decatur for 32 cents per pound. Total weight of the animal was 865 pounds, bringing a net price of $276.80. ' Joe Brite’s entry was judged tops ’ in the Shorthorn heavyweight competition and was sold for 26 cents per pound. The total price .for the 1,135 pound steer was $295.10 paid by the Adams County Co-op of Mon- - roe. . ; : Habegger Hardware of Decatur purchased the first place Red Poll heavyweight entry for 23.5 cents per pound. The animal, entered by Joe Kohne, weighed 1,115 pounds and brought a total price of $262.03. A medium weight Hereford steer entered by Bobby Wechter won first place in that competition. Weighing 950 pounds, it was sold to Petrie Oil company of Decatur for 25 cents per pound or a total cost of $237.50. According to figures released by the First State Bank officials who were in charge, of the financial end of the sale, a total of 22,580 pounds of beef was sold at an average of 26.8 cents per pound. Total money paid for 4-H livestock at the sale was $6.039.0!>. an average of $262.56 per animal. Other Beef Winner# Other beef project winners in the Angus lightweight class were Helen Rumple, second; David Myers, third; John Rumple, fourth, and Betsy Schnepf. fifth. In the medium weight class were Carl Baker, second. and David Myers, third. In the heavyweight class were Carl. Baker, first, and Amy Joe Eicher, second. Ed Brite took second ini' the shorthorn heavyweight class. In the Hereford lightweight competition, prizes went to Jerry Alberson. first, Bobby Wechter, second, and Philip Habegger, third. In the mediumweight class, ribbons were won by Bobby Wechter, first; John Carroll, second, and David Meyers, third. Heavyweight Hereford awards went to Amy Jo Eicher, first; John Lantz, second; Hubert Kuhn, third; Suzanne Kuhn, fourth, and Bobby Christener, fifth. John Carroll's entry won junior yearling competition in the Hereford division. Swine Sate ' ' A purchase'price of $1 per pound w>as paid by Berne Master Feed store at Berne for the grand champion Crossbreed barrow owned by Duane Sprunger. The animal weighed 179 pounds and brought a (Oonunueo on page Vive)

Health Bill Is Signed By Ike Thursday 1- —— — . . ! Catch-All Health r Bill Is Signed By Pres. Eisenhower 1 WASHINGTON (UP)—President ' Elsenhower Thursday signed a I catch-all health bill aimed at re- ‘ duciug shortages of nurses and health facilities and improving i mental health care. The bill authorizes federal 1 grants to state mental institutions for research and training projects to develop better care for the mentally ill. Cost of the project the first year is estimated at 1H million dollars. s - The bill also authorizes first dollars to nursing schools for advanced training of professional nurses for teaching or supervisory work. It calls for about one million on the first year to finance advanced training in public health for graduates for schools of medi-| cene, dentistry, engineering or nursing. Grants limited to five million dollars annually for a five-year - period are authorized to states for training of pratical nurses. Mr. Eisenhower also signed bills that would': Streamline customs and ease customs restrictions. Also allow Import duties to be levied chiefly on the basis of actual costs to U.S. importers rather than on official valuations in foreign countries, which are often higher. .Require manufacturers to add safety devices to refrigerators so children who might become trapped inside can escape. Give World War 11 Ueteransan extra year to apply for government loans to buy homes, farms or businesses. The privilege was slated to expire next July 25. Give the state department authority to continue many of its day-to-day house keeping > operations. Also authorizes granting the secretary jxf... state an entertainment fund to "provide for official functions and courtesies.” Lloyd James Dies Suddenly Thursday Lloyd James, 46. a native of Decatur, died suddenly of a heart attack Thursday while at work at the factory of the Thore Corp, at Kalamazoo, Mich. He was born in Decatur Oct. 9, 19,09, a son- of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harvey James. Surviving are. two sisters, Mrs. Edw. Evans and Mrs. Norman Barrett, both of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m.- Monday at the GilHg & Doan funeral home, the Rev. Stuart Brightwell officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the .funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday' iyitn time of the services.

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Three Bandits Hold Up Bank jAt Francesville; Take $27,777 In Loot

Dulles Hopeful 01 Solution To Crisis On Suez Secretary Os State Returns From Talks Over Cgnal Crisis WASHINGTON (UP) — tary of state John Foster Dulles said today he is hopeful that the proposed 24-nation conference on the Suez Canal cnsis will produce a solution which will avert the danger of “violence.” Dulles said he is counting on (fie London conference starting Aug. 16 to produce a Suez settles ment which all nations, including Egypt, "will respect.” Dulles made the statements to reporters who greeted him at Washington National Airport on his return from talks with British and French foreign ministers in London. He will report to President Eisenhower this afternoon on his mission. Dulles said the Big Three foreign ministers called for a 24nation Suez conference because they did “not want to meet violence with violence.” Dulles described as "dangerous” ,the -International situation which arose when Egypt “swMewly and arbitrarily” seized the canal in a nationalization move. Dulles voiced his hope for a peaceful settlement as: 1. Cairo dispatches indicated Egypt would not attend the London conference or submit to internationalization of the canal. 2. Britain and France rushed plans for an expeditionary force should diplomacy fail. In Paris, Premier Guy Mollet said France and her allies will "impose” their decisions on Egypt. He apparent-, ly referred to possible military 3. Russia, through the official Communist newspaper Pravda, warned against Allied use of force. Pravda said “There is nothing to justify military measures.” 4. Indications were many of the 24 nations invited to the Aug. 16 conference, including Russia, will (Continued on Page Eight) James Chronister Dies Late Thursday Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon James T. Chronister, 77, of 221 South Twelfth street, retired laborer and a resident of Decatur most-of hia life, died at 11 o'clock Thursday night at the Berne nursing home. Death was caused by acerebraThembrrhage. He had been ill since April and critical for the past two weeks. He was born in Adams county Nov. 2 1 ?, 1878, and was married to Nannie Meese J uly 3, 1907. Mrs. Chronister died in March of 5949. He was employed at the old Hoop mill for many years and at the Krick-Tyndall tile mill for a short time before his retirement. Mr. Chronister was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Only near survivor is one grandchild. A daughter died only a few months ago. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the Black funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, the Rev. William C. Feller officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the services. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy' tonight and Saturday. No important change in temperature. Low tonight low 60s north to upper 60s south. High Saturday upper 80s east and north to near 90 southwest. Sunset 7:M p.m., sunrise Saturday 5:47 a.m.

Budgets Submitted To County Auditor Deadline August 8 For Filing Budgets Several budget proposals have been submitted to the office of the county auditor. Deadline for filirtg 1957 budgets of all county offices and departments is Wednesday, Aug. 8. The budgets will be Studied by the county council later In the month. A total of $14,692.05 is being asked by the sheriff office. This is a decease of $1,733 from last year’s request. The department is seeking total compensation of $3,360 for each of two deputies. Salaries and compensations requested by the depart3 ent total $9,010 which inoludes 00 for special deputies. Other amount requested by the I department is $1,572.25 for operating expenses and equipment. Auditor’s Budget The office of county auditor is seeking an appropriation of $12,550, less than the $13,293 requested in 1955 and less than the $12,768 finally approved. The anditor’s budget includes $10,550 in salaries and $1,525 in operating expenses and equipment. Ehe decrease is due to the per diem (quested which only covers the first three months of the year. On ' Mar. 1, 1957/the current per diem rates expire and new rates following these must be established by the state legislature. County Treasurer A budget request totalling $10,947 has been submitted by the office of county treasurer. The 1955 request was $11,465 and the amount granted was $11,265. The request includes $7,290 for salaries and compensations, $l,lBO for communication and transportation, $75 for repairs, $2,315 for . supplies and SBS for other equip ment. The budget submitted by the county board of education seeks a total appropriation of $16,975 less an estimated state refund of $3,807 for a net request of $13,168. The previous year's request was $16,325, with $15,700 of it approved. Items in the education budget include $14,900 in salaries. $1,400 in communications, SSO in repairs, S3OO in supplies, $250 In equipment and $75 for the county teachers institute. The county commissioners will meet next week to prepare their budget for filing. Several other county offices have not yet filed their budget, requests. Rocket Plane Seis • New Speed Record Hits Speed Os Over 1,900 Miles An Hour WASHINGTON (UP) — An air force stainless steel X 2 rocket plane has streaked over California at more than L9OO miles an hour — an all-time high speed mark for piloted aircraft. Authorities disclosed Thursday night that Lt. Col. Frank Everest, chief of flight test at Edwards air force base, Calif., set the speed mark July 25 in the X 2 research airplane. He traveled almost three time sthe speed of sound. The X 2 was designed to investigate the so-called “thermal barrier” — the enormous heat generated on the skin of a high-speed airplane by air friction. Bell Aircraft Corp, built the plane. Normal aluminum alloys would be dangerously weakened by the, 600-degree temepratures generated by a 2,000 miles an hour vlocity. The X 2 has a high stainless steel content which can withstand temperatures up to about 1.600 degrees. Friction would cause that tempera-' ture at about a 3.300 mile an hour speed. . Everest’s speed can not be entered as * new world speed record because the flight was of short (Csntinued an Page Five)

Union To Sign Pact With U.S. Steel Tonight Union Announces Contract Signing Scheduled Tonight NEW YORK (UP) — The United Steelworkers Union announced today it would sign a formal contract tonight with the U. S. Steel Corp., opening the way for an end to the 34-day strike of 650,000 workers. Other steel companies involved in the work stoppage, third longest in the history of the industry, were expected to follow U. S. Steel’s action. Workers were expected to return to their jobs as soon as facilities were restored to conditions exist-' ing before the strike began. A union announcement said the agreement with U. S. Steel would be signed at 6 p.m. CST. The “inevitable” settlement of the nation’s crippling steel strike has been delayed for days by “Ante print/’ non-economic contract details. David J. McDonald, United Steelworkers president, declared Thursday nigfat. "tqday will be the big day.” " * - ' wBut another top union official told the United Press: “We thought we would have this thing in the bag yesterday. “Our goal for ending the strike is today, although some hitch may prolong the inevitable until tomorrow.” Negotiators of both sides worked into the night Thursday to end the industry's costliest and third longest strike; entering its 34th day. Both sides said formal signing of the contracts needed only agree’ ment on non-economic details. The 650,000-member Steelworkers union formally ended its strike against the nation's 13th largest basic steel producer Thursday night. Crucible Steel Company’s 13,000 workers in three states went back to the mills today with the signing of a three-year pact in the strike’s first major break. . Crucible makes specialty steel at plants in Midland and Pittsburgh, Pa., Syracuse, N. Y., and Harrison. N. J. (Continued on Page Five) Mrs. Geo. Hedington Dies This Morning Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth Hedington, 86, wife of George Hedington, died at 7:10 o'clock this morning at her home in Washington township, five miles northeast of Berne, after a long illness. . She was a daughter of Jonathan and Druscilla Engle-Burkhead and was born AUg 19, 1869. She was married to George Hedington Aug. 23. 1890. Mrs. Hedington attended the Spring Hill Methodist church. Surviving in addition to the husband are two daughters, Mrs. Madge Johnston of Monroe and Mrs. James Michaels of Monroe route one; two sons, Archie A. Hedington of Monroe and Carl M. Hedington of Monroe route one; 10 grandchildren: one greatgrandchild; one brother, J. N. Burkhead of Monroe, and four sisters, Mrs. Henry Gould of Geneva. Mrs. Albert Gage of Decar tur, Mrs. Otis Hocker of Monroe and Mrs. Herbert Parrish of Howe. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Soring Hill Methodist church, the Rev. Vernon Riley officiating. Burial will be in the Spring Hill cemetery. <Tbe body was removed to the Yager funeral home at Berne, where friends may call after 2 p- m. Saturday until time of the services. ->

Fair's Dairy Show Winners Announced Showmanship Award For Esther Brehm Esther Brehm, Guernsey dairy member, was awarded the grand champion showmanship award at the Adams county 4-H dairy show Thursday. Esther is a member of the Monroe Boosters. The reserve grand champion went to Jim Singleton, a member of the Root Roving Rangers, showing a Brown Swiss. Other winners in showmanship were: Red Polls, Joe Kohne; Jersey, Roger Pyle; Holstein, Loh Jean Gerke; Ayrshire, Steve Bauman. Red Polls Joe Kohne, grand champion and reserve grand champion, won first place in senior male calves, senior female calves, junior female yearlings, senior female yearlings, and cow. Guernsey The grand champion male award was won by Robert Brown, a member of the Monroe Boosters. The reserve grand champion male went to Larry Moses of the Root Roving Rangers. Sidney Swartz, Monroe Boosters, won the grand champion and senior champion female and Donna Lehman, also of the Monroe Boosters, won the junior and reserve grand champion female. Other winners in the Guernsey class were: Seniqg mkle calf, first, Larry Moses. Junior female calves: first, Claude Striker; second, Larry Foreman; third. Clair Inniger; fourth, Duane Arnold; fifth, Donald Fuelling. Senior female calves: first, Sheldou Dynes; second, Duane Arnold; third, Larry Moses; fourth. Esther Brehm: fifth, Fatty Johnson. Junior female yearlings: first, Claude Striker; second. Bill Lybarger; third, Sidney Schwartz; fourth,—Steven Moses; fifths Wanda Lehman. Senior female yearnngs: first, Donna Lehman; second, Harold Weidler; third. Esther Brehm; fourth, Donald Fuelling; fifth, Larry Moses. Cows: first, Sidney Schwartz: second. Donna Lehman; third, Esther Brehm: fourth, Larry Jackson; fifth, Dwight Brunner. Jersey _ The grand champion male Jersey was shown by Larry Duff, Root Roving Rangers. The award of reserve grand champion male went to Roger Pyle 0f... the Monroe Boosters. The grand and senior- champion female is also owned by Larry Duff of Root Roving Rangers and reserve grand and junior champion was awarded to Gretchen Pyle, a member of the Monroe Boosters. Other winners in the Jersey class were: Junior male calves: first, Larry Duff; second, Roger Pyle. Junior female calves: first Gretchen Pyle; second, Charlotte Moser; third. Keith Zuercher; fourth, Roger Pyle; fifth, Wilfred Morrison. 1 Senior female calves: first, Gretchen Pyle; second, John Lindsey. Cows: first, Larry Duff. Brown Swiss Dean Beer, a member of the Jefferson Go Getters, was the winner of the grand champion male award in the Brown Swiss. Reserve champion male went to Jim Singleton, Root Roving Rangers. Senior and grand champion female was shown by Leo Busick of the Root Roving Rangers, and reserve and junior champion female belongs to Dean Beer, a member of the Jefferson Go Getters. Other winners were: Junior male calves: first, Jim Singleton; second, Tom Ludy. Senior male calves: first, Dean Beer. Junior female calves: first, Jimmy LeFever. . ,Senior female calves: first, Larry Busick. Junior female yearlings; first, Dean Beer; second. - Mike McGough; third, Jim Kirchofer; fourth. Marvin Kirchofer. Senior female yWlings: first, Leo Busick; second, Jimmy Le(OenuauM e» *gM)

Indiana Bank Is Robbed By Three Bandits Three Employes Os Bank, One Customer Cowed By Gunmen FRANCESVILLE. Ind. (UP) — Three bandits wearing straw hats and blue bandanna handkerchiefs held up the Peoples State Bank of Francesville today and escaped with 127,777. Two men entered the bank about two hours after it opened for business and held up employes and patrons with a sawed-off shotgun and a pistol, state police reported. A third man stayed tn a getaway car parked near the bank. The car, described as a 1950 Cadillac with a license plate issued at LaPorte, sped away after the holdup. Police Immediately sent a plane into the air in an attempt to help troopers at roadblocks catch the bandits. The car was belived headed east out of Francesville on * county road. Francesville is in Pulaski county about 17 Ikniles southwest of Winamac. One of the bandits wore a light buit and dart glasses. Another wore bib overalls. AU three wore straw hats and blue bandannas, police said. It was the first Indiana bank holdup since June when a bandit Southport in the state’s second > biggest bank robbery in history. Roy Rudolph Drake, 32, Indianapolis, was arrested thia week in New Orleans, la., as a- suspect in the robbery. Four persons were in the bank when the leader of two bandit gang walked in, waved both guns and shouted ‘‘Down on the floor, everybody!” One of the men scooped the money into a canvas bag. Four persons were in the bank when the robbers entered. They were Roy Osborne, the cashier, Mrs. Carol Oarrigus and Lucille Clouse, employes, and John E. Todd of Michigan City, a customer. At one point during the holdup, the gunman put the muzzle of one of the weapons to the head of one of the women. State police threw up blockades as troopers sped to the scene from Dunes Park, South Bend, Lafayette and Pern areas. The bank is located in a small brick building at a town street intersection a few blocks off U.S. 421, the main highway running through Francesville. State Fairgrounds Building Damaged INDIANAPOLIS (UP). — A |l,200 fire damaged a brick service building at the Indiana state fairgrounds Thursday less than a month before the opening of the .. annual fair. Kenneth F. Blackwell, secretarymanager of the fair, discovered the blaze as he drove past the building. The roof and much of the interior.of the building were destroyed. . James Fitzpatrick Is Rotary Speaker James Fritzpatrick, of Bluffton, who attended Cambridge University England, during the past year as one of Rotary Foundation’s scholarship students, was the guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. iy Fitzpatrick, a graduate of Indiana University who is planwing to enter the I. U. law school this fail, told interestedly of his experiences in England and of the differences in living conditions and customs. Gail flrablll was chairman of ths program.

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