Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 9 August 1956 — Page 1

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“HELLO EVERYBODY” 7 ■ / I ■ /.,. ... ’ JU : W _■ ■ I •■ nH ■ « I f 3 ' *W®?WB ' ■<* 7 ' >7 ■ ? STEPPING FROM AN AIRLINER at Chicago. Tennessee's Gov. Frank Clement calls to welcoming group, “Hello, everybody." He waves hie hat with one hand and with the other, shows gavel made of wood taken from Andrew Jackson's office which the keynote speaker will wield Monday at the opening of the Democratic National Convention.

Hopes Dimming For Rescue Os Trapped Miners Fear Nearly All Os 258 Trapped Belgian Coal Miners Perish BULLETIN MARCINELLE, Belgium (UP) — Rescue workers abandoned hope today for nearly 250 miners trapped in the blazing “Bitter Heart" mine. F Blistering heat drove the rescuers bank after the flre 7 which started - WWrtfcktfiy and had seemed to be on the wane, blazed anew. MARCINELLE. Belgium <UP) — Rescue Workers sealed oft six “death chambers” in the Bitter Heart coal mine today in the grim hope that the sure death of 25 or more miners there would increase chances of survival of man/ others trapped farther below. Hopes were slim. Nearly all of the 258 caught in Belgium's biggest mine disaster were feared dead. Rescue workers hampered by raging fire that? broke out anew today reached the 2.500-foot level where 80 men were reported missing, but found, that the entrance to their gallery had collapsed. Officials said, on the basis of the number of men scheduled to be at work when the disaster occurred Wednesday, 258 workers were trapped at the outset but they emphasized this still may be inexact. ■, As* of noon today, that figure was broken down this way: 8 bodies recovered, 6 rescued alive, 1 rescued alive yho later died, and 243 still missing. Seven men who were working in a new tunnel and escaped in the first few minutes of the fire were not includded in this list. The fire. which for a while was believed to be dying out. broke out again in both main shafts of the mine early today. Rescue workers trying to * reach ' the lower level of the mine 3,500 feet below the surface sealed off the opening of six blazing tunnels with sand and “glass wool” insulation material. The bodies of at least 25 miners were known to be in the sealed — off area. Authorities called it the biggest mining disaster in Belgian history as a smoke-yellow dawn broke over this south-central Belgian mining town today. Grim, desperate rescue workers operated in 16-man relays through the night in a frantic effort to reach the men known to be below, although they were almost certainf to be found dead as the result of poisonous gases seeping through the shafts. Rescue teams were hampered early today when the fire flared up again, forcing them back to the 850-foot level. Many of the miners, more than half of them Italian emigrants, were trapped as deep as 3,500 feet. 12 Page*

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Eight New Teachers For Adams Central Completes Faculty At Adams Central Hugh Tate, assistant superintendent of the Adams Central schools, has announced the appointment of eight new teachers to the Adams Central elementary and high school faculties. These include Herman Frantz, who was named to succeed John Reed as principal of Adams Central high school, other new teachers are Hubert Feasel, art: Mary Galli van. English and social studies; Douglas Le .Master, junior high school coach and science; Rowena Stucky, Eg&lish and Latin; Margaret Kuhn, fourth grade; Phyllis Moods, fourth and third, and Eloise Leistner, second and first. Other members of the high school faculty are Thomas Adler, science and mathematics; Lucille Beavers, mathematics and English; Imogene Beihold, English and library; Robert L. Brown, social studies; Leroy C. Cable, coach? mathematics and driver training; Doyle Collier, industrial arts; Madge Cornett, commerce and physical education; Mary Ellis, home economics; John Fruth, assistant coach and commerce; Donavan J. Gerig, band and chorus; Haggard?, school finance and social studies, and Martin Watson. vocational agriculture. « The elementary school staff includes Jay K. Johnson and Leo Strahm, sixth grade; Elmer Ehrsam and Kenneth Watkins, fifth grade; Dolores Byerly and Margaret Kuhn, foprth grade; Phyllis Woods, fourth and third grade; Veda Crist and Harriet Mills, third grade: Frances Beaty and Mary Egley, second grade; Eloise Leistner, second and first grade, and Naomi Griffiths and Martha Habegger. first grade. Tate has announced that the new wing which will house classrooms for elementary grades and the school cafeteria is expected to be ready for occupancy Oct. 1. Hartford Faculty The faculty of Hartford township schools has also been com-. pieted and announced by Emil Stauffer, township trustee. Max Stanley, principal of Jefferson high school for the past three years, succeeds Burney Jackson as principal of the high school. Jefferson high school has been discontinued. Other high school teachers will be Bill Hill, commerce; Tom Agler, coach and social Studies, and Mrs. Ghlee Kirfehner, home economics. Joseph Morin, a member of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic orchestra, will succeed Walter Henkel as music and English instructor. Leroy Hedges of Bluffton succeeds George Stallings as mathematics <Oontin»“« «" Paa 1 * Eight) Jobless Fay Claims Increase In State INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Claims for unemployment compensation in Indiana totaled 43,388 .last week, nearly 12,000 higher than that in the corresponding week last year, the Indiana employment security division reported today. The bulk of the claims came from workers in the automotive and allied industries, including 830 who became idle during the past Weak.

Truman Plans To Reveal Own Nominee Choice Plans To Reveal Personal Choice Before Convention CHICAGO (UP) — Former president Truman said today he expects to announce his personal choice for the Democratic presidential nomination before the party’s national convention opens Monday. Mr. Truman made the disclosure at a news confreence shortly after arriving here by train from Kansas City. He received a rousing welcome from a big crowd, an arm-around-the-shoulder greeting from front-runner Adlai E. Stevenson and a warm greeting from supporters of Gov. Averell Harriman. Harriman has not arrived here yet. When he stepped off the train, Mr. Truman declared himself “neutral” in the battle for the presidential nomination. Two hburs later, the former president said he hopes to reach a conclusion on his choice for the nomination before the convention meets. f At that time, he said, he will “let the people know” where he stands. ~ He was asked at this point- H he has decided to support Stevenson. Mr. Truman replied that he was making no announcement today. Asked if he is against any candidate. be laughed and snapped: “Yes. I’m against me.” Mr. Truman then was asked if his opening remark meant that he definitely planned to endorse a candidate before the convention. "I will let the people know for whom I stand,” he said. Mr. Truman’s announcement followed advanced reports that he intended not to intervene in the nomination fight and not to buck the Stevenson trend in order to support Harriman, his old cabinet aide. highlights of Mr. Truman's meeting with reporters: He said he will make a specific statement on civil rights to the platform committee this afternoon. He said his statement would parrallel his previous stand on civil rights. Under questioning he described the 1948 Democratic civil rights plank as a good stand, to his way of thinking. He said be plans to campaign (Coatlßoed ra Pace Eight) Canning Factory To Open Here Aug. 20 Plans Operations Six To Eight Weeks Mrs. Mabel Schmitt, owner of the Decatur Canning factory, plant superintendent Clint Throne and Sam Heeter, of the United States employment service, were guests Wednesday noon of the industrial relations committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce at luncheon at the Youth and Community Center. Robert Heller, Louis Jacobs, Cliff Brewer, M. J. Pryor and Herman Krueckeberg represented the Chamber. Mrs. Schmitt, who, with her son, also operates a canning factory at Arcanum, 0., told the Chamber members of plans for the approaching earning Caihpaign. She stated that the local plant would open the week of Angust 20 and would operate from six to eight weeks, depending on the tomato supply. It also was revealed that the complete output of both the Schmitt canneries is under contract to government agencies. .' '' -—. The payroll at the local plant will be in excess of $40,000 during the canning period and there is sufficient room at the plant to store 175 carloads of canned tomatoes. Mrs. Schmitt said that her one problem with the local committee might aid her with was the fact that the water pressure at the Decatur plant was low in the afternoons during the clean-up operation. The committee members advised Mrs. Schmitt that the matter 1 would be discussed with Ralph E. Roop, water superintendent and the factory superintendent. Heeter. who is assigned to the local plant to assist in securing labor in tbeytpmato fields and in the factory, said. that his chief problem was in lining up itinerant workers and ' providing the factory with the proper number of six and eight week employes.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 9,1956.

British Order Sudden Halt To Shipments Os Men, Ships, Supplies <jaL■■.V. K _ . . ' „

Report Revolts On Communist ’ China Regime Reports- Circulated By Nationalists Os Large-Scale Revolt TAIPEI (UP) — Large-scale revolts against the Communist regime have broken out in three different areas of China. Chinese Nationalist sources reported today. ' Reports circulating in Formosa said there was fighting between Communist troops and rebel forcts tn Tibet, Wester Szechuan proiffee and in Mongolia. | Nationalist authorities called for “active assistance” for the uprisings in Tibet and Mongolia but disclosed no details of what type of assistance was planned. Reports from anti-Communist sources in Hong Kong said the Mongolian revolt centered around Dragon Head, Mouth Mountain in northern Mongolia and that fighting still raged. Capt. Liu Ho-Tuh, the Nationalist military spokesman, said he had no firm information on the reported revolt in Mongolia but other sources said the revolt came over religious matters. Nationalist accounts said the Chinese Communists interfered in Mongolian religious matters and that fighting began. Communist cadres in Mongolia were ordered to cease interference for the time being, the reports said. Nationalist accounts said new tension was created in Mongolia by the arrival there of Chinese settlers. Chinese Communist interference with Buddhism in Tibet was reported to have touched off a series of revolts there that began many months ago. Maj. Gen. Chang Chin-Tsan, senior intelligence officer of the national defense ministry, said Red China recently dispatched 20.000 troops and a bomber group to, reinforce garrisons in Tibet. Chicago Concerned On Polio Situation Inoculation Slump Concerns Officials CHICAGO (UP) Authorities expressed concern today about a decrease in the number of children returning for second Salk vaccine inoculations in Chicago’s offensive against a record polio outbreak. “The responsibility is in the hands of the parents,” said Dr. Herman Bundesen, president of the city board of health. Eighteen park district swimming pools and five Wading pools were closed W’ednesday as the all-out campaign continued to prevent a polio epidemic as the peak of the polio season approached. Bundesen and other health officials were disturbed in the drop-olf reported in second inoculations at hospitals, clinic and offices of physicians. It was reported the amount of vaccine distributed dropped 18,000 doses 'Wednesday from 50,000 daily average since the beginning of the polio outbreak. Bundesen blamed lethargic and indifferent parents for the decline. > ‘The situation may become critical," Bundesen said, “unless parents bring their children in for their second and third shots when they are due.” He also urged parents again to get their children started immediately with the polio inoculations if they already have not done so. There-have been 630 polio cases this year so far and 18 deaths from (he disease to make 1956 the worst t»Mo Y® ,r on record itt the city.

Girl Is Critically 111 Os Bulbar Polio 7 Janice F. Baker Is I Reported Critical •7 Janice F. Baker, fou¥year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baker of Decatur route three, is in critical condition at the Lutheran' hospital in Fort Wayne suffering a severe case of bulbar polio. The child became ill last Friday and was taken to the hospital Sunday evening, where her illness was later diagnosed as polio. She is Is suffering paralysis in the face and throat. Also a patient at the same hospital is Janice’s half-sister, Carolyn K. Fisher, 17. Carolyn was takers to the hospital Sunday evening but her case has still not been definitely diagnosed as polio. Her condition is less serious than that of her half-sister. Neither of the girls has had the polio vaccine shots. The latest reports to health authorities bring the polio total to nine definite cases in Decatur and the near area. No cases have been Reported from the south’part of the county. Health officials issued a strong recommendation Monday that all persons between the ages of six months and 30 years of age take ad- ’ vantage of available supplies of vaccine and get the anti-polfo shots from their family physicians. Local doctors report a heavy ' dfemand for the polio shots, which I seem to be the only effective means of curtailing spread of the disease. In cooperation with the city health board, city officials are attempting to get rid of flies and insects which might carry the disease. The city has been sprayed and will be sprayed again later in the month. Local people are reminded that (Continued on Page Five) Reach Agreement On Aluminum Contract End 8-Day Strike Os Alcoa Workers NEW YORK (UP)—The Aluminum Company of America and the United Steelworkers of America' expected to sign a new contract today, etnding an eight-day strike of 18,000 Alcoa workers. The contract was agreed upon Wednesday night. It is a threeyear, no-strike contract containing a package of wage increases and fringe benefits involving about 45.6 cents an hour over the three-year period. USW employes of Alcoa were expected to return to work immediately upon signing of the contract. Settlement of the USW’s differences with Alcoa was expected to be followed directly by a similar agreement between the union and the Reynolds Metals Company, which employs some 10,000 USW members. The Aluminum Workers International Union which represents 15,000 Alcoa and Reynolds employes, already has settled differences with the two companies. The practo make their contracts -with the tice has been for the companies Aluminum Workers Union conform to the agreement with the USW. .Under the new contract. Alcoa workers will receive an average pay raise of 11.8 cents the first year, 10.7 cents the second year and 9.7 cents the third year. The average pre-strike wage was $2.22 an hour. . INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and in south and east central portions tonight. A little cooler north portion. Friday partly cloudy with chance of scattered thundershowers extreme soutn portion. Low tonight 64-66 north, 66-72 south. High Friday mostly In the 60s. Sunset 7:49 p.m., sunrise Friday 5:52 a.m.

Stassen Sees 50-50 Chance Herfer To Win Reports Missouri Delegation Backs Dump-Nixon Drive WASHINGTON (UP) — Harold E. Stassen said today the chairman of the Missouri delegation to the Republican national convention has thrown his support to Stassen's “dump - Nixon campaign." Stassen released a letter in which Elroy W. Bromwich, the delegation chairman who also is Republican national committeeman from Missouri, said he has “much evidence that a majority of the people want a change in the vice presidential nomination." For this and other reasons, Stassen said he now believes the odds are 50-50 that the Republicans will discard Richard M. Nixon and nominate Massachusetts Gov. Christian A. Herter as President Eisenhower’s 1956 running mate. ' * Bromwich, described by Stassen as a "conservative Republican businessman,” said in his letter that it is “doubtful if Missouri can be carried by the Republicans jn November if the vice presidential nomination is pot cjjspgdd.” But an EisenhoSver-Herter ticket. Bromwich said, “can carry Missouri . . . and help win two or more additional ' ■ congressional seats.” Stassen told a news conference that the “situation has been changing quite rapidly” since he launched his move two weeks ago. He said he figured there was only one chance in a hundred of knocking Nixon off the ticket when he launched the campaign. “I expect that before we’re through there will be unanimity of the Republican party for the Eisenhower-Herter ticket," said Stassen, who took a month’s leave of absence as President Eis enhower’s disarmament adviser to press the dump-Nixon campaign. Stassen said that his mail is (Continued on Page Eight) A' ’ . ' ..1 I Colombia Arrests Sabotage Suspects At Least 1,100 Die In Tuesday's Blast CALI, Colombia (UP) - Informed quarters said today an unspecified number of suspected saboteurs have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s explosion which killed at least 1,100 persons, injuredl,23o and left 5,000 Maj. Gen. Padro Munoz, commander in chief of the army, blamed the blast on opposition politicians in a speech to troops herg. The pro-government newspaper Diario Del Pacifico said investigation had disclosed "indisputable proof” that the explosion was caused by sabotage. Diario said the seven army trucks that went up in the explosion were carrying 35 tons of TNT, giving the blast about 1-I,oooth the power of an atomic bomb. The U.S. consulate said property of a number of American firms were damaged by' the explosion, which leveled eight business blocks in central Cali. No Americans were killed or seriously wounded. Official sources said 1,097 bodies have been recovered so far from the rubble. They estimated that the total toll of the explosion would 1 be at least 1,500 dead, , A two-month-old child, which had been buried for more than 24 hours, was rescued uninjured from the ruins Wednesday. A total of 750 bodies have been buried so far io mass graves here and in nearby Palmira, and an (ContmUM on FMFe

Retires BT. iH Cal E. Peterson Long-Time Decatur Businessman Quits Cal E. Peterson To . Retire from Store Cal E. Peterson, oldest active Decatur merchant In number of consecutive years in the same establishment, today announced his retirement from the retail field and the sale of Peterson Clothing .Co, to Wayne M. Price, Fort Wayne. The store will be closed todaf and FTiday for the purpose of taking inventory and will reopen Saturday under the new ownership. James Lose, who has been associated with the store since World War 11, will continue with the new management, it was announced. The well known Decatur clothing store was opened at the cornar of Second and Madison streets, the present location, on September 17. 1907, under the name of Teeple, Brandyberry and Peterson. i. Both C. D. Teeple and Irvin Brandyberry remained with the firm until their deaths. Through the years the store has-been known as Peterson and Everhart; Peterson Clothing; Peterson and Heller and its present name, Peterson’s. Cal E. Peterson has been a member of the firm for 49 years. He stated that he planned to do some farip work on his land south of 1 Decatur and’ that he and Mrs. Peterson also planned a vacation trip. He is president of the board of trustees of Adams county memorial hospital and a former Member of the Decatur school board. He has been active for many years in the Republican central committee and has served as its treasurer tor a long time. County Agent Files Increased Budget County Council To Make Budget Study A budget request of $10,085 has been submitted by county agent Leo Seltenright for 1957. His budget and those of all other offices and departments have been filed with county auditor Frank Kitson. The 1957 county agent’s budget is an increase over the $9,310 requested last year and the $8,910 approved. Part of the increase included In the budget is a request for an additional S6OO on the county’s salary to the county agent. He is asking for SI,BOO from the county. The rest of his salary comes from other sources. The budget includes $7,800 in salaries; $1,160 for communication and transportation; SIOO for repair of equipment; $250 for office supplies and $775 for other supplies. The budgets will be studied for approval or rejection by the county council Sept. 4 and 5. Attar action by the council, the budgets are reviewed by the state tar board before filial approval is granted.

I Soviet Russia Accepts Bid To Parley On Suez Russia May Demand Internationalization For Panama Canal LONDON (UP)—Britain suddenly halted the flow of ships, men and supplies to the disputed Sues Cana.l area today, The action, described by informed sources as a “postonement,” came, in the midst of :l mounting campaign to settle the dispute peacefully and coincided with Russian acceptance of an invitation to the London Suez conference Aug. 16. it clear Russia would side with The Russian acceptance made Egypt on the nationalisation issue. Egypt still has not replied to her invitation to the 24-natlon conference. but Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser was expected to reject it. There were indications also that Russia would seek to Inject the internationalization of the Panama Canal and other world waterways into the conference. The Russian note, handed to ambassadors of the Western Big Jhree and other interested nations. said the Russians considered canal to be “lawful" and raised the question of other world waterways. “The question naturall yariio “The question naturally arises—why la the Suex Canal alone being singled out of the straits and canals of no smaller importance?" the Russians asked. : ± They also suggested that the conference be postponed for better arrangements and that the invitation list be expanded to include more Arab and Communist states. There was no official explanation for the decision which halted the flow of ships, planes, men and supplies to back up Britain's announced intention of maintaining with foxce if necessary free passage through the Suez Canal. The defense ministry ordered' British Overseas Airways Corp, to call off an airlift of 3,000 soldiers to British-leased bases in Libya. Six new Bristol Britannia, turboprop airliners were to have started the airlift at dawn Friday. The ministry also postponed the sailing of the troopship Empire Ken which also was to have left Friday with a detachment of antiaircraft troops. At the same time, a Gibraltar dispatch said the 22.000-ton aircraft carrier Bulwark stopped off there in the midst of a dash to Cyprus and abruptly went into drydock. The Bulwark left Portsmouth, England, Monday with a full complement of jets. Diplomats speculated that the delay may have been ordered as evidence to back up prime minister Sir Anthony Eden’s declaration Wednesday night that “we do not seek a solution of the Suez dispute by force.” Eden’s speech, while regarded in some quarters as conciliatory, roused further anger hi Catio where it was said his attack on Egyptian President (Gamal Abdel Nasser virtually erased any hope of a negotiated settlement of the Suez crisis. (Continued on Page Eight) « State GOP Chairman Off For Convention INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Repub- • lican state chairman Alvin Cast left for San Francisco Wednesday to make preparations for the GOP national convention opening in the Cow Palace Aug. 20. Cast is chairman of radio and television coverage at the convention. Several hundred Hosiers, delegates and other party members, will leave by train for Sah Francisco Wednesday.

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