Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1956 — Page 1

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HAPPY ADLAI GRINS, as he and son John Fell Stevenson accompanied by pert Chicago volunteer, Paulette Libetz. stride into the Blackstone Hotel. Results of early morning caucuses show he gained the major portion, or all, of six additional state delegations' votes. Xj- »

United States Proposes Plan On Suez Canal t Internationalization Os Canal Proposed By United States LONDON (UP) — The United States today proposed a four-point plan tor Internationalisation of the Suet Canal. *~£ - - —- The plan, said to represent the “coordinated views” of the United’ States, Britain and France, would free the canal from domination by any one power or group of powers. U. S. secretary of state John Foster Dulles lirtd the plan before the 22-nation Suet conference in’ the first major speech of the meeting. The four points were: 1. The canal should be operated in accordance with the 1888 Constantinople convention under an international board to be established by treaty and associated with the United Nations. Egypt would be represented on the board, but there would be no dominatihg by any power or group of powers and no prejudice to any power. 2. Egypt’s right to a fair return would be recognised. 3. There would be fair compensation to the canal’s former stockholders. 4. Any differences would be submitted to an arbitration commission. Dulles was the first speaker at the conference's afternoon session of the first day. i Earlier, British prime minister Sir Anthony Eden had warned the morning session that the Suez crisis is the gravest since World War 11. Soviet foreign minister Dmitri Shepilov challenged the competence of the conference to settle the dispute but said Russia would not sabotage the meeting. Dulles, in his hour-long speech, warned that Egypt’s legitimate rights must be recognized. But he said the canal’s operation must be divorced from national politics. Sweden and Portugal at once announced their support for the Dulles plan. The parley’s opening session lasted 1% hours. The delegates unanimously elected British foreign secretary Selwyn Lloyd as permanent chairman. Meanwhile, wing commander Aly Sabry, the Egyptian “observer” at the London conference, said during a stopover in Athens, Greece, that a Western attack on Egypt over the Suez Canal means “general war.” Asked if it were true that Egypt intended to blow up the Suez Canal if attacked, Sabry said “all possibilities are open since it will be general war.” But he added he considered war improbable since he said world opinion already is against using force in the Suez dispute. A 24 - hour “general strike”, called to protest the opening of the conference, paralyzed Egypt today and affected most of the rest of the Arab world, ,

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Auction Graduate Exercises Friday 76 Students Will Receive Diplomas The summer session of the Reppart school Os auctioneering will conclude Friday when the 76 members of the current session receive diplomas in graduation exercises Friday. r . The graduation event will in'elude the awarding of diplomas and a banquet at noon at the Knights of Pythias home. Q. R. Chaffee, dean of the school, atitf other faculty members will be in charge. The school, founded by the late Col. Fred Reppart in 1921 and now owned and managed by his son. Dr. Roland one of the foremost schools of auctioneering in the country. The list of this year’s graduates includes Richard Alexander, North Vernon; |G. Ray Baker, Uvalde, Tex.; W. T. Baker, Uvalde, Tex.; Fred H. Ballard, Memphis, Tenn.; Rueben A. Bauman. Detroit, Mich.; Roger Benett, Wilmington. O.; Glen Brandt, East Rochester, O.; Arthur Brenneman, Butler, Pa.: Albert W. Brushwiller, Decatur; Ralph D. Burkett, Ford City. Pa.; Harold D. Choate, Hennessey, Okla.; John F. Clark. Winchester, Tenn.; H. E. Clevenger, Kenneth, Mo.; John .C. Coward, Denver, Colo.; John Daly, Athens, Ala.; Rego Darios, Jewett. O.; C. C. Donnell, Huntsville, Ala.; John D. Downin, Williamsport, Md.; Charles Drybread, Valentine, Neb. and Bob Bruce Fields, Berea, Ky. Don E. Fisher, Powell, O.; Billy Joe Futrell, Schererville; Ed Gioannini, Farmington, Til.; Wilford Gosler, Charter Oak. la.; Roy G Guess, Alliance, O.; S. J. Gullota, Rockford, Ill.; Thomas Hargis, Murray, Ky.; Harold E. Hartman, Shipenville. Pa.; Clarence T. Hawkins. Gainesville, Ga„ and Homer Henderson, Grants Pass, Ore. Max E. Hoben, Sacramento, California; Fred Horn, Wilmington, O.; W. Curtis Howell, Taylor, S. C.; Harry J. Hoynacki, Sauquoit, N. Y.; Joe R. Hurley, Wilmington, O.; Gerald Jeffrey, Ledbetter, Ky.; Ernest Jones, Jr., Flowery Branch, Ga.;Gilbert Knicley, St. George, W. Va.; Maurice Lamb, Germantown, 0., and James J. Landon. Jr.. Lockport, N. Y. Robert K. Landon, Lockport, N. Yj Thomas A. Matthew, Hampstead. Md.; Roger Maze, Salt Lick, Ky.; David Miller, Plevna, Mo.; Hugh B. Miller, Evansville; Don Millspaugh, Gas City; Steve Myers, Wapakoneta, O.; Homer Gene McCutcheon, Hammond; Thomas R. McGregor, Butler, Pa., and Forest J. Nicholson, Coldwater, W. Va. William Olsher Park Ridge, Ill.; R. H. Parker Odgen, Utah; adams R. H. Parker, Ogden, Utah; Adam G- Payne, Marysville, Tenn.; Holmes Pedelty, Clear Lake, la.; Walter Peer, Jr.. Canal Winchester, O. William Persinger, Union, Ill.; John A. Peterson. Ottumwa, la.; Carl D. Phelps, Miamisburg, O.: Earl D. Pigg, Schererville and Donalt D. Ptesl, Oconto, Wise. Ival E. Ross, Eaton, O.; Vic Roth, Hays, Kan.; Paul Saxman, Portland; Orvil Sears. Elba, Ida.; Edward R. Seymour, Groveport, O.; Augustus Shank, Taneytown, Md.; Millard N. Sims, Germantown, 0.; (Continued on Page Five) .

Stevenson In Statement On Civil Rights Preferred Specific Party Endorsement Os Court Decision CHICAGO (UP) — Adlai E. Stevenson said today he would have preferred that the Democratic platform give “specific endorsement” to the supreme court’s decision against public school segregation. But he said the platform’s compromise civil rights plank paovides a “firm basis for moving ahead” in solving ‘this critical problem.” StevensbS' Issued the statement from his law office after the compromise apd averted floor fight * cleared thelast possible obstacle from certjin. nomination for the “Os come I would have preferred a jpecific endorsement of the desegregation decision.” the statement |>aid. “However, the plank is a firm basis for moving ahead toward constructive solution of this critical problem. “Because the Democratic party is the only truly national party, the only North-South party, this declaration is al Ithe more hopeful. It reflects an encouraging area of agreement between realistic and thoughful people from all sections of the country as to what can be done.” But he made an obvious plea for unity in the party. "I pray we may leave Chicago and return to our states without further abuse, without further bitterness, and without further injury to one another." There were reports that Steveni son’s acceptance speech might be delivered to the convention tonight i instead of Friday night as now i scheduled. Party leaders said that if the ■ contest should be resolved quickly, I it might be well to take advantage i of the anticipated huge television . audience. • Should this change take place, . former President Traman still > (Continued on Page Five) I Polio Is Fatal To ; Mrs. Laura C. Rauch Allen County Lady Dies This Morning Mrs. Lora C. Rauch, 28, of Hoagland route one, died at 7 a.m. today, the victim of bulbar polio. She became ill Saturday night and was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital in Fort Wayne Monday, where her illness was first diagnosed as spina! polio. Her condition became critical last night and death occurred at the hospital. Mrs. Rauch was listed as one of the 14 victims of the disease in the Decatur area. She resided about two and a half-miles southeast of Hoagland in Allen county. A native of Madison township in Allen county, Mrs. Rauch was born Sept. 20, 1937, to Alphonse and Elizabeth De’Koninck, who survive. She was married April 29, 1950, to Charles E. Rauch, who also survives. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic church at Hessen Cassel. Surviving in addition to her husband and parents are four sons, Steven Charles, five; Edward William, three: Robert Allen, two, and Donald Joseph, 14 months. Also surviving are four brothers, Arthur DeKoninck of Hoagland, Joseph DeKoninck of Ossian route one, Frank DeKoninck of Fort, Wayne route 10, and A. Dale DeKoninck of Hoagland route one, and three sisters, Mrs. Enos Ruhl of Hoagland, and Miss Marguerite DeKoninck and Mrs. Bruce Macey, both of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 9 a.m. at the Hessen Cassel church, with the Rev. Mathias J. Bodinger officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body has been removed to the Zwiek funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Friday. The casket will be glass sealed for viewing. Members of the St. Joseph’s Altar society will recite the rosary at 8 p.m. Sunday. Name Os Teacher Is Omitted From List In the list of faculty members for the Decatur schools announced 1 Wednesday by W. Guy Brown, superintendent of schools, the name of Katherine Weidler was Inadvertently omitted. She returns to the faculty of Decatur high school as an English instructor.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 16,1956.

Democrats Will Name Presidential Nominee At Tonight’s Session

Hurricane Is In Retreat Off Eastern Coast New Low-Pressure Area Is Reported From West Indies MIAMI (UP) — A low-pressure area that may be forming a new tropical whirler in the West Indies kicked up 40 mile an hour winds today while Hurricane Betsy beat a retreat into the Atlantic. The San Juan, P. R., weather bureau Wednesday night said the squally area 600 miles to the northeast was moving generally toward the U. S. mainland at about 15 miles per hour. There was no sign of a hurricane formation, however. The disturbance formed along the upper part of an easterly wave that cropped up and then quickly weakened near the island of Guadeloupe. Meanwhile a huge air force Globemaster carrying emergency supplies to San Salvador, which was hit by Hurricane Betsy, crashed today on an approach to the runway there. One man was killed but 12 others were pulled from the blazing wreckage of the plane. The government kept all its scouting planes busy tracking Hurricane Betsy, which ended hours of uncertain wobblidg during the night and began to move steadily seaward at a 13-mile-per-hour clip. / The Miami weather bureau located the center 450 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla., and predicted it would continue its north eastward course for at least 12 hours. Hurricane hunters courting Betsy by plane reported it still packed almost the same force with which it ravaged a broad swath through the islands and aimed for a time straight at Florida. • A report from San Juan said the tempest during the weekend killed 16 persons in Guadeloupe, 12 in Puerto Rico and 2 on St. Croix, and heavily damaged 40,000 homes, demolishing half of them. Winds up to 120 miles an hour still swirled around the penter and gales swept ahead for 200 miles. Ships in Betsy’s path were warned to use caution. North Carolina remained as (Continued on Face Five) Carl Daniels Dies After Short Illness Decatur Resident Dies This Morning Carl M. Daniels, 4s, of 1122 Master drive, a native of Bobo and a resident of Decatur for many ' years, died at 8:05 a.m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital following a three-week illness caused by a coronary occlusion. . He was born Nov. 3. 1907, the son of Alfred and Catherine BrothersDaniels. His mother survives. On June 19, 1926, he was married to Ruth Hobson, who also survives. The deceased was a member of the Tabor Methodist church. He was employed with Central Sugar company in 1926 and later for Central Soya company where he had been employed for the past 23 years. Prior to his last illness he was foreman of the company’s steam power plant. Surviving in addition to the mother and wife are thjee SOU S, | James of Decatur Paul of Celina. 0., and Staff Sgt. Clyde Daniels, enroute to Tokyo, Japan, with the U. S. air force, and six brothers. Lloyd, Jess, Charles and Arthur of Decatur, Doyle of Monroeville, and George of Pleasant Mills, The body has been removed to the Ziwck funeral home, where friend? may call after 7 p.m. Friday. Funeral arrangements are Incomplete, pending notification of Sgt. Clyde Daniels in Tokyo. ?

To Dedicate New St. John's School Dedication Rites i Sunday Afternoon Dedication rites for the new school building of St. John’s Lutheran church are planned for 2 p.m. Sunday. The new school building was built somewhat to the rear of the church building and is located on US 27 and 33. about seven tniles northwest of Decatur. The Rev. Edwin A. H. Jacob is pastor. The Rev. Prof. Herbert J.A. Bouman of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will be the guest speaker at the dedicatory service. He will also preach the sermon in the 10 a.m. German worship service. He was pastor of St. John's church from 1942 to 1947. The new school building, designed by Hambrecht Associates of Fort Wayne, provides for three classrooms, school office, school library, a larger meeting room for the church’s societies and guilds, a kitchen and auditorium. The architect’s plans provide for the addition of three more classrooms, if thia ever becomes necessary, i The Bultemeir Construction company of Decatur was the general contractor while Haugh Plumbing and Heating, also of Decatur, did the heating and plumbing work. The electrical work was Installed ,by ;C O. Sweeny of Fort Wayne. F Herman Bulmahn, at route one, is chairman of the building committee. The others that serve with him are Arthur Boenker. Franklin Scheinmann, Emil Scheumann, and Edward Selkiug. The president of the congregation, Edwin Kleine; the teachers, W.E. Ufflemann and Marvin Meyer, and the pastor, served in an advisory capacity. > The building will cost more than 1176,009 by the time it is completely furnished. Serving on the finance committee with Fred C. Berning as chairman are Martin Gallmeyer, Gilbert Hoffmann, Norbert Koenemann, Melvin Scheumann, and Marvin Schroeder M treasurer. The kitchen was planned and equipped by the following committee: Mrs. Herman Schroeder as chairman, Mrs. Roy Bixler, Mrs. Carl Melcher, Mrs. August Schroeder, Mrs. Edward Selking, and Mrs. Herbert Witte. Plans are to provide hot school lunches for the school children. » A youth night has been planned for Wednesday evening of dedication week by the-Walther league, the young people’s society. It will begin with entertainment and games at 8 p.m. and close with an outdoors vesper. Friday evening has been planned by the ladies of the St. John’s 1 guild and the Ladies Aid to honor 1 the memory of the sainted pastor, 1 the Rev. W.G. Schwehn, who en- 1 couraged the building project. His eon, the Rev. Hartwig Schwehn of 1 Peace Lutheran church. Fort 1 Wayne, will be the speaker in the 1 program beginning at 8 p,m. « William E. Ufflemann and Mar- 1 (Oonunuea On Page Vive) 1 ■ i 1 Mrs. Wanda Green J Dies This Morning ;; Young Decatur Lady j Is Taken By Death 1 i Mrs. Wanada May Green, 33, died ( this morning at her home, 1051 Line street, following an illness of six , months of complications. , She was born in Springfield, Colo,, May 11, 1933, a daughter of 1 Oren and Amy Click-Brunner, and graduated from the Decatur high school in 1941. j Surviving are her husband. Elwin Green; on daughter, Sandra Ray Green, at home; her father; two brothers, Frank Brunner of 1 Decatur and Sylvan Brunner of 1 Fort Wayne, and one sister, Mrs. Ellen Hammond of Decatur. One sister preceded her in death. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home. Funeral arrangeents have not be« complet- .

Truman Plans Finish Fight For Harriman Former President Continues To Bock Averell Harriman CHICAGO (UP) — Former President Truman said today that he intends to fight to the finish for the Democratic presidential nomination of Gov. Averell Harriman. .Mr. Truman will deliver one of three speeches seconding the nomination of Harriman. Charles Vandevander, Harriman's press secretary, said Mr. Truman in a conference with Harriman told him he “would like to make one of the seconding speeches.” Harriman's name will be placed in nomination by Gov, Raymond Gary of Oklahoma. Mr. Truman Interrupted a morning series of conferences to walk into the hall outside his Blackstone Hotel suite. He went up to a small group of reporters and said, “I want to make one thing clear to you fellows—this thing goes to the finish ” - '* ' “The Old man (referring to himself) never stops in the middle of the fight,” he added. A few moments later, Carmine DeSaplo, the Tammany boss who is running Harriman’s campaign, said in the same hallway outside Mr. Truman’s suite that he, DeSapio, was still confident that Harriman would get the nomination. DeSapio said “He’s in — that’s the way it’s going to be.” “There are no doubts about It,” DeSapio added. Mr. Truman was asked whether he had any real reason to belie ve“ that you might put this guy (Harriman) across?” > “Os course, I do,” he said. "I would not be doing this if I didn’t." he answered. Mrs. Carrie Burdg Dies At Hospital Native Os Decatur Dies This Afternoon Mrs. Carrie Tester Burdg. 68, of El Monte, Calif., and a native of Decatur, died at 1:08 o’clock this afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. Mrs. Burdg and her husband. Howard C. Burdg. have been visiting in Decatur for several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Harve Shroll, and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Burdg was taken to the hospital Wednesday night after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. She had not been ill. She was born in Decatur Nov. 1, 1887, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann Tester. Mrs. Burdg was a member of the Baptist church and the Order of Eastern Star. Surviving In addition to her husband and sister are one son. Floyd Burdg of San Gabriel, Calif., and a brother, L. M. Tester of Whittier, Calif. ' The body Whs removed to the Zwick funeral home. Funeral an ; rangements have not been completed, pending word from the son. Albert Wolfe Dies Wednesday Evening Albert M. WolTe, 83, former Adams county resident, died Wednesday evening at the Otterbein home at Lebanon. O. Survivors include a daughter, Jliss Marie Wolfe, who is also a resident at the Otterbein home. -- " Funeral services will be held at .1 p.m. Saturday at the Otterbein home, with burial at Lebanon.

To Probe Highway Spending Program Board Will Audit State Department INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The Indiana board of Accounts was ex- • pected today to begin an investigation of Indiana’s frfulti-mlllion-dollar highway spending program. The board will adult state highway department books in the wake of charges that highway commission,. Chairman Virgil Sith is guilty of poor management of highway funds. Governor Graig asked for the audit late Wednesday and the state budget committee held up Smith’s request for an immediate allotment of nearly six million dollars until the study is completed. Col. T. G. McCullough, highway department chief clerk, resigned last week and accused Smith of trying to spend nearly all available construction and maintenance fltnds for fiscal 1357 Immediately. He claimed it would deplete funds intended to las through the year ending next June 30. McCullough also accused Smith of firing some department personnel because they were on the wring side of a GOP factional fence. Smith denied both charges. In an appearance before the budget committee, Smith defended his request for 85,269,000 in con- • structlon funds and *500.000 in t maintenance funds to be used during the quarter ending Sept. 1. • State law says all yearly cdn- > structlon funds can be allotted for - one quarter, but maintenance > funds must be spread over the ■ four quarters. - “It’s impossible for the highway " department to operate under the quarterly allotment system," Smith 1 said. He said similar requests , have been granted in the past in violation of the law, and added "I didn’t grant them.” Budget cam mH tee chairman Laurence D. Baker (R-KendalL ville) said highway funds are a "complicated deal," and the in(Continued on Page Five) • “ -r " Herfer To Ask For Withdrawal Os Name Not Candidate For Ike Running Mate BOSTON (UP) — Gov. Christian A. Herter said today he will ask that his name be withdrawn if it is placed in nomination for vice president at the Republican Na- * tional Convention. Herter, who had been boosted by Harold Stassen as President, 1 Eisenhower’s running mate, said ' “The continued use of my name 1 as a candidate for vice president 1 is entirely unacceptable . . “As I have already stated, I am happy to place in nomination the 1 name of Richard Nixon for that 1 office,” Herter said in a statement. 1 "The vice president has made 1 a notable contribution to the serv* ice of the American people and ' we Should be glad that he is ing (0 serve for another term. 1 “I have already requested that no one place my name before the 1 convention as a nominee for vice 1 president. “I wish to make it very clear that if this should be done against 1 my specific request,” Herter said, 1 Joseph W. Martin Jr., permanent J “I shall ask Joe Martin (Rep. 1 chairman of the convention) to have my name withdrawn.” He said he was writing Martin 1 “expressing my wishes in the matter.” - ' ' ' . 1 1 INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy, scattered thundershowers likely extreme north tonight. Friday partly 1 cloudy, occasional thundershowers north and central; ' Turning cooler extreme north 1 Friday. Lows tonight 69-72, highs Friday 80-85 extreme nortb> 90-94 south. Sunset 7:40 p.m., sunrise Friday 5:57 a.m. v ,

Only Miracle Stands In Way Os Stevenson Vote Compromise On Civil Rights At Lengthy Session CHICAGO (UP) — The Democratic national convention compromised its civil rights dispute today and will nominate Adlai E. Stevenson for president tonight on the first ballot, barring a miracle. The sixth session of the convention convened at 12:25 CDT to receive nomiations for the pres!-" dential candidate. An after —midnight victory by the moderates, north and south, on the racial rights issue cleared away the big obstacle to Stevenson’s speedy selection. The convention headed off a floor fight which could have jeopardised Stevenson’s strength. With victory at hand. Stevenson turned to selection of a running mate. Stevenson said Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts would place him In nomination for the presidency. Kennedy’s selection Was regarded by some as removing him from the list of possible running mates. Bpt a Stevenson spokesman said It did not change Kennedy’s status. The Stevenson bandwagon was in high gear, gaining more and more votes during the morning. A United Press tabulation showed Stevenson with 733 firm first ballots, 46% more than the majority required for nomination Gov. Averell Harriman, Stevenson’s chief rival, had only 243% votes. But the New York governor issued a statement that he and former President Harry S. Truman’ "are determined to fight through to the nomination tonight." Kansas and the Virgin Island announced they would support Steveson. Kansas, voting under the unit rale, decided to give its 16 votes tp the former Illinois governor and 1952 Democratic presidential nominee. jKansas previously was uncommitted. pThe Virgin Island pledged its three votes to Stevenson, ne of the Canal Zone's three votes also went to him. North Dakota, previously about evenly divided between Stevenson and Harriman, voted under the united rule to cast its eight nomi nating votes for Stevenson. The Tennessee delegation, at Gov. Frank Clement’s request, withdrew its pledge to cast its 32 votes for Clement’s favorite son candidacy on the first ballot. At Clement’s suggestion it deferred any decision oji whom it will support. Gov. G. Mennen Williams asked Michigan delegates not to put his name in nomination today, so those favoring* Stevenson for the presidential nomination can vote for him on the first ballot. In the civil right battle, northern liberals tried unsuccessfully to get a tougher plank pledging the party to carry out the supreme courtHs /decision against public, schooj. segregation and favoring fair employment practices legislation. The compromise plank recognizes the decision as the law of the land but rejects the use of force in determination of the issues involved. The southern block didn’t like this plank, either, but knew it was the best it could get. Selection of Kennedy to make the nominating speech was interpreted as a blow to his vice presidential chances because many felt Stevenson would not bestow two marks of respect on the same supporter. The vice presidential lists, in addition to Kennedy, was known to include Sens. Hubert Humphey of (Continued on Page Five) 12 Pages

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