Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 212.

“SHAY” MINTON RETIRES t * " ' A: ■■’ "* ! t—- ‘ ' i * JK| * -rr— *' ' ‘ J |Hw* '*• y*"3% i jfa ~ -y. w *- , I EnfflEyMEp ' -'- H 9mßM a " r » w JU BP fl H Si f j YWI ■| H| / .1: - I Bp ® • ■’■ ‘Wi I 6 S' s ASSOCIATE JUSTICE Sherman Minton, 66, announced his retirement as of Oct. IS from the supreme court of the United States. Appointed in 1941 by President Roosevelt to the 7th circuit court of appeals, the ex seuaor from Indiana, was elevated to the high bench by President Truinan in 1949. Justice Minton ascribed a circulatory condition in his legs as his reason for retiring.

Severe Storm Hits Okinawa, Fear High Loss American Soldiers And Families Are Believed To Be Safe TOKYO (UP) — The most violent North" Pacific typhoon in seven years battered Okinawa wuh* winds of 12S miles an hour today and dumped 15 inches of rain on the suffering island. Gusts of 156 mph were registered. Communications with the mit- ’ side world were crippled, delaying reports on damage and caualtiesThe 40.600 American troops and their families were believed safe in their concrete anti-typhoon shelters. but heavy loss of life was feared among Okinawans. The typhoon, nicknamed Emma was moving slowly northward toward Japan and authorities feared a major disaster. The last big typhoon to hit Japan two years ago took 1,500 lives and wrought havoc to fishing boats and flimsy villages. Floods Hit Manila The Philippines capital of Manila. which received only fringe galea, reported three-quarters of the city flooded. Traffic was paralyzed with water-a foot deep 4n main thoroughfares. Businesses and homes were flooded. The 2,000-ton Formosan freighter Eddie ran aground off northern Luzon and was reported sinking but the 103 persons aboard wers believed rescued by a Philippines ship which reached its side through heavy seas. A report from Okinawa island command headquarters at 2 a.m. Saturday — five hours before Emma reached maximum furytold of high winds. Winds of mqre than 110 miles an hour were still pnmmeling Okinawa at noon. Barometer At Record bow The Naha civilian weather station clocked gusts at the maximu mlimit of its guages — 156 miles per hour. The barometer was at the lowest 936 mllibars since the station was founded That was the 7th lowest reading in Japanese history On the big American bases on Okinawa hospital patients and women expecting babies within two weeks were moved into a sturdy dispensary and gymnasium. Others huddled in storm shelters and typhoon-resistant buildings. bulletin Thomas Strickler, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Strickler, was killed late this nrofliing in an accident near his home south of Decatur when a jeep in which he was riding was overturned., INDIANA.WEATHER Mostly fair tonight and Sunday. Slowly rising trend in temperatures. Low tonight 48-52. High Sunday 77. Outlook for Monday, mostly fair and a little warmsr. NOON EDITION

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Seeking Successor To Justice Minion Few Republicans In Federal Court Posts WASHINGTON (UP)—President Eisephower may have to look outside the judiciary to replace retiring supreme court justice Sherman Minton. Republicans in the right age group and of sufficient stature are scarce on the federal bench. White House press secretary Jwmes C; HagerO MM he did not know if the President would name a new justice before the November elections. The vacancy opens officially Oct. 15. The nominee could not be confirmed by the senate until it meets in January. But recess appointees often assume their duties pending confirmation. Chlpf Justice Earl Warren, a former California governor, did so in 1953. Mr. Eisenhower selected his second appointee, Justice John Marshall Harlan, from the bench of the second U. S. circuit court of appeals in New York. Some observers expected the President to look to the South or Midwest for his third candidate. Religious affiliation is another consideration. No Roman Catholic has been on the high court since the death in 1949 of Justice Frank Murphy. Minton's departure will change the political, lineup of the to five Democrats and four Republicans. assuming that his successor is a Republican. Justice Harold H. Burton — appointed by President Truman — is a Republican. In surveying the federal bench for candidates, Mr. Eisenhower is handicappedyby the fact that most of the outstanding judges in the .right age group are Democrats who were appointed during the 20 years of Democratic administrations. Looking to state courts is sometimes disappointing, since the low pay of many states dose not always draw the most competent jurists. Speculation arose immediately about three possible nominees outside the judiciary: Former Gov. (Conunuw nn r*ag« Six) Truck Driver Winner Os Safety Award Leroy V. Hoagland, 34, a Monroe truck driver for McMillen Feed Mills, won the latest safety award of the courtesy driving campaign being sponsored by the Chicago Motor elub through local law enforcement departments and civic organizations. "£he award was made to Hoagland by Joseph G. Kaehr. representing the Decatur Rotary club. Kaehr stated that Hoagland drove the large tractor-trailer combination through the congested downtown traffic and displayed courteous conduct to several pedestrians. He stated that during the changing of the stop light at the Second and Monroe street intersection, Hoagland waited patiently while a lady pushed a baby buggy across the busy intersection, Hoagland has been driving for about 18 years. Fo rhis safe and courteous driving hd will receive a $5 check. Other awards will be made until the campaign ends;

Ask Nasser To i Meet Again On Suez Deadlock Committee Seeks Further Meeting With Egypt Leader CAIRO (UP)—The five nation I Suez committee formally asked I Egyptian President Gamal Abdel I Nasser today to meet with it I again in a last ditch effort to I break the deadlock over internaI tlonal control of the Suez Canal. I ' Hope for success was virtually I ended. A semi-official Cairo newsI paper informed the committee tpI day its mission was finished and that there would be no comproI mise on the question of placing I the canal under iaternatfonal conI trol. I The- committee, under chairmanship of Australian prime minister Robert Gordon Menzle, met for two hours today in the creamcolored Australian legation and 1 then dispatched their request for a new meeting to Nasser. Nasser, meanwhile. returned from Alexandria where he spent the Moslem sabbath with his family Friday. He immediately held a full dress Suez strategy confer- ■ ence with minister of war Maj. Gen. Abdel Hakim Amer, foreign minister Mahmoud Fawzi, and chief politico! aide Aly Sabry. They were understood to have prepared Egypt’s final answer to Menzie’s new bld to break the Suez talks deadlock on the Dulles plan. Committee spokesman Noel Deschamps denied "wild reports” that the talks had finally and J completely broken down. He said, 1 “the discussions have not yet reached a final stage and are still going on.” , The committee was reported ' near absolute pessimism, however, as the newspaper Akhbar Al , Yom gave the first authoritative , Egyptian comment on the !i«w- , Meuzies talks. The article was signed by Hassaneien Heikal. a personal friend of Nasser’s. It was published as the Menzies group prepared to give Nasser a last chance at a ’ compromise before it returned to , London. I The committee hoped to see . Nasser at least once before packing up Sunday or Monday but indications grew the meeting (Continwe <w Elrbt) Heart Attack Fatal To William J. Kruse Prominent Farmer Is Taken By Death William J. Kruse. 52, prominent Washington township farmer and active in the Democratic party of Adams county, died at 2 p.m, Friday following a heart attack on his farm. He had been in ill health since last November but death was unexpected. The attack occurred as he was working on a ditch on his farm across the road from an adjoining farm. A physician was called immediately and he pronounced him dead when he 'arrived. He was born at Fowler June 8, 1904, a son of Bernard and Elizabeth Gick-Kruse. He served in the marine corps for three years, operated an electric shop in Tuanico, Va., and worked in Fort Wayne as an electrician from 1927 to 1932. In 1932, he moved to Adams county, where he had resided ever since. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree, The Holy Name society and St. Mary’s Catholic church. He was also active in the local Democratic party, serving as precinct committeeman and delegate to the state convention. He was an unsuccessful candidate for joint representative to the state legislature in 1954. . He was married in 1934 to Frances Metzger, who survives. Also surviving are one son. William F., at home; his parents: six brothers, Albert of Los Angeles, Calif., John and Charles of Fort Wayne, Walter and Robert of Coldwater, Mich., and Harry of Decatur;- and one sister, Mrs, Harley Burgett of New Haven. One son, Bernard, is deaceased. .Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Very Rev. Msgr. J: J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery. Friends .may cal! at Zwick tunefal home after 7 o'clock thia evening. The Holy Name Society will meet at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday to recite the -rosary.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 8, 1956.

James E. Schroeder Is Killed As Train Strikes Car Late Friday Night ’ - - - - - — - ■ - - ■ . . . i L—

Top Priority ■ To Unemployed Urged By Adlai - > Chronic Problems ' Os Unemployed lo'fl Many Areas Cited i SPRINGFIELD, 111. (UP)—Adlai . Stevenson said today that coaI gress should give top priority to . legislation to help areas with “chronic" unemployment problems, i The Democratic presidential 1 candidate said “serious pockets of depression have developed” in i many of the nation’s industrial and i mining areas, including southern i Illinois. He said Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill) introduced legislation “to [ help communities with chronic unemployment to help themselves,” but the Douglas bill “got buried” ’ in the last session of congress. “I won't go into the details ot 1 that on this non-partisan occasion,” Stevenson said. “But its passage seems to me one of the most important items on congress’s 1 agenda when it is reconvened,” ! Stevenson was scheduled to fly ’ here today from Chicago for “homecoming” tn the state eapl- ’ tai, where he served as governor 1 from 1949 to 1953. ’ From Springfield. Stevenson ’ planned to fly to Columbus, to ad--1 dress the Ohio Democratic state * convention later today, and then to' New York city tonight for an east- ! ern campaign tour. Stevenson’s remarks were pre- : pared for delivery at Springfield > from the steps of the historic Sangamon county courthouse, where Abraham Lincoln served as a member of the Illinois legislature! Stevenson said he was reminded of Lincoln’s words as he launched his senatorial campaign of 1858 from the spot — “We shall not fail, if we stand firm; we shall not fail.” The candidate said he also’ (Continued On Page Five) Two Decatur Lodges Robbed Last Night V.F.W., Elks Victims Os Night Prowlers Several hundred dollars in ■ change and small bills were stolen from two Decatur lodges sometime after midnight last night. 1 Breakins were reported at the VFW home on Third street and the Elks home on North Second ' street. Leslie Hunter reported the VFW breakin at about 6:25 a.m. Entry was made at that lodge by prying open a side window: The thief or thieves broke open the cash boxes of three pinball machines and looted them of about $250 in nickels. The nickles, which probably weighed about 55 pounds, were carried off in a large 7-up container. Also taken from the lodge was s3l in a cigar J>ox near the cash register. The safe combination on the lodge's safe was knocked off but the safe was still locked. At the Elks lodge an approximate total of $760 was taken. This included cash and small change from a pinball machine, the safe and cash drawers. Entry to the Elks lodge was made through an east window. The breakin was discovered at i about 8 o’clock this morning and ■ was reported by George Alton, exalted ruler of the lodge. It was reported that the break in at the Elks probably occurred sometime . after 3 a. ill. since members of , the lodge were there until that time. City police and the Adams county sheriff’s department are copduoting investigations of both . breakins, which are believed to 1 have been committed by the same person or persons.

1r Heads Ministers lßr The Rev. Ray J. Walther, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, has been elected president of the Decatur ministerial association. Other officers are the Rev. C. E. Lykins, the Nazarene, vice president, and the Rev. William C. Feller, Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, ‘secretary-treasurer. The first fall meeting of the association will be held at 9:30 a. m. Monday at. the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. frack Pennsy Train Wrecked At Warsaw 32 Persons Injured In Accident Friday ■"WARSAW* Ind. (UP)—Officials of the Pfenssylvania Railroad today blamed faulty equipment for a train wreck Friday which injured at least 32 persons. The “Trail Blazer.” eastbound from Chicago with 272. passengers, was derailed here when some ter) cars leaped the tracks. Authorities at the hospital said only 13 of the injured would be held overnight for treatment. Most of them suffered arm or leg fractures, shock or lacerations. None of the Xvrecked cars overturned, but witnesses reported they tilted at a “crazy angle.” Herman H. Pevler. vice-presi-dent and regional manager of the railroad, said the wreck was caused by a defective journal on the end of a twin-unit dining car. The telescoped rear section of the train contained most of the injured, most of whom were railroad employes. Wreckage still lined the tracks several hours after the accident, but officials said a special train was made up in Chicago to continue the trip. Both tracks of the east-west mainline were torn up. Mrs. Ella Mclntire, of Latrobe. Pa., who was riding in the observation car, said at first, “just pop bottles and objects on the tables started falling to the floor. All at once the train (seemed to stop. “Then suddenly it started up again, and this time there was a real jolt. • ; _ - ■ ■ “Our car seemed to smash into the vestibule of the car ahead and then tilted at a crazy angle.” Mrs. Mclntire, who was uninjured. said there was no panic. Some members of the National Federation of Republican Women, returning home from their convention in Chicago, were aboard when the crash took Two Indiana persons—both from Fort Wayne—were among the injured. They were Mrs. Helen Cunningham and Russell Burke. Burke is a railroad employe. Mrs. Cunningham, who was recovering from a heart condition when the accident occurred, suffered shock. Her sister, Mrs. Vera Crane of Indianapolis, was waiting for her at Fort Wayne when she learned of the accident. The list of Injured included persons from coast to coast. Among the injured was Mrs. Max Welc, W’heaton, 111., whose neck was hurt when a suitcase from a rack fell on her head. A Red Cross mobile unit was (ConUnued On Page Five)

—— ■ - -- Truman Scores Eisenhower's Buck - Passing Hits Administration Policies Both At Home And Abroad WASHINGTON (UP) — Former. President Truman Friday night accused President Eisenhower of “buckpassing” and putting “personal popularity above statesmanship.” The former President struck out at the Eisenhower administration policies at. home and abroad with some of his strongest “give ’em hell" oratory. However, he never mentioned the President by name. Mr. Truman centered his criticis mon Mr. Eisenhower's handling of foreign affairs. He said GOP foreign policy shows “the Madison Avenue technique in its most dangerous manifestation” where “preoccupation .with appearances and slogan , . . can have the most dreadful consequence.” The former President told the American political science association convention: ‘.'l fear that j.pe.re is an ominous parstlcl between what is transpiring now and the events of the 1920'5. when the world drifted along and allowed the forces to grow and the pressures to build up which eventually resulted in World War II.” “We are not going to prevent a third world war by looking for the easy and expedient way out of every difficult situation,” he warned. “We are not going to prevent a third world war by putting personal popularity above statesmanship. We are not going to prevent 4 (Continued on Page Four) Frank Braun Dies Suddenly Friday Heart Attack Fatal To Farmer Friday Frank R. Braun, 66, well-known Washington township farmer, died unexpectedly Friday noon after suffering a heart attack on Adams street. He had just delivered a load of tomatoes to the Decatur Canning company when he was stricken. He was rushed to the Adams county memorial hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrivals He was born Nov.’ 10, 1889, in Washington township, where he had resided ail of his life. He was the son of George and Johanna Coffee Braun. He was first married to Bertha A. Kintz, .who died March 26, 1932. On June 10. 1937, he was married to Bessie Lobsiger, who survives. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society and St. Mary’s Catholic’ church. Surviving in addition to the' widow are five sons, Jerome J. of Decatur route four, Carl A. of Deeatur. Leo A. of Lorraine, 0.. Felix T. of Realta. Calif., and Victor A. of Decatur; four daughters, Mrs. Eh Heiman of Decatur route four, Mrs. Ralph Loshe of Decatur. Mrs. Frank Young of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Bill Lengerich of Decatur; two step-children, Harry M. Brown of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Herman R. Davis of Decatur; and one sister, Sr. M. Ambrostne of Danville. 1,11. Three sons, one daughter and two sisters are deceased. He is also • survived by 38 grandchildren. Funeral services will .be conducted Tuesday, at 9 a. m. at SJt. Mary’s Catholic church. *with‘ the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at Zwick funeral home after 7 p. m. Saturday! The Holy Nome society will recite the rosary at 8 p. ,m. Sunday. “ - ,

— — — - ! To Conduct Clinic Howard J. Wisehaupt, native of Decatur and nationally known sales analyst, will conduct the . “courtesy week” clinid at the . Youth and Community Center next week, sponsored by the De- , catur Chamber of Commerce. Wisehaupt will also speak at t the joint dinner meeting Monday evening of the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and Lions clubs and their wives.

Indiana State Fair Closed Last Night Kekionga Farm Boar i Is Grand Champion INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—A mass ; evacuation of trucks, animals and people was just ahput completed ■ from the Indiana state fairs grounds today. The 1956 fair ended Friday night. — The fair board said this year’s Iff-day fair set an attendance record of an estimated 860,000 persons. They said it was the largest attendance in the fair’s 104-year history. Although the evacuation began about noon Friday, the fair officially closed with the English horse show in the Coliseum. The horse shows drew capacity crowds four nights running for the first time in history. Hoosier farmers, which had to bow to many out-of-state open livestock champions during the fair, got a good share of ribbons in the last day's judging. Indiana won grand championships for both divisions of Landrace swine. The sow award went to William D. Wheatley, W’estfield, and the boar prize to Kekionga Farm, Decatur. Merlyn G. Oats, Bowling Green. Ohio, won top honors for his OIC sow and boar. Bull and female Brahmin cattle grand championships went to Charles C. Contrls of Lafayette, Ohio. “After out program this year we are thoroughly convinced that we have one of the best overall fairs in the United States,” said W. E. Struckman, president of the 1956 fair board. “The expression of the public on Page Three) ps; Test Pilot Killed In Copter Crash DAYTON, Ohio (UP) — Robert Quillen, 35, Indianapolis, a test pilot for the Wright air development center, was killed Friday in a helicopter Crash over WrightPatterson air force base near Dayton. Langston Appointed To Adjustment Board Charles Langston, Decatur, has been appointed by Judge Myles F. Parrish as a Republican member of the Adams county tax adjustment board, which will meek Monday to study the tax levies approved recently by the county council. Langston was named when it became known that former mayor John Doan would be unable to serve ’on the adjustment board. will then go to the state board of tax commissioners for final disposition.

Youth Killed Friday Night Near Hoagland Allen County Youth Is Accident Victim Late Friday Night James Edward Schroeder, 16, of north of Decatur, was fatally injured late Friday night when the auto he was driving was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train, of the G. R. & {. division, at a crossing on the Monroeville road near Hoagland. The lad’s auto was demolished in the crash, which occurred at 11:30 o'clock last night. Young Schroeder died at 12:40 o’clock this morning at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, where he was rushed following the crash. The accident victim suffered mifltiple fractures, head injuries and shock. The Schroeder youth was enroute to his home, 10 miles south of Fort Wayne and about one-half mile west of U. S. highway 27, in Marion township, Allen county, when the fatal accident occurred. The auto was sliced in half and carried more than half .a mile down the tracks, Allen county deputy sheriffs reported. The Schroeder youth was returning home from Fort Wayne, where he had attended the Fort ' Wayne Concordia high school football game. He was a member of the junior class at Concordia. He was born in Decatur May 31. 1940, a son of August and Mathilda Hockemeyer-Schroeder. He attended the St. John’s Lutheran school at Bingen prior to entering Concordia. The lad was a member of St. John's Lutheran church on U. S. highway 27. Surviving are his parents; one brother, Karl William Schroeder, and the maternal grandfather, Charles Hockemeyer of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 o’clock at St. John’s Lutheran church, the Rev. Edwin A. FT. Jacob officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 o’clock Sunday morning. The casket will not be opened at the church. Prepare More Data For New Industry More Information On City Os Decatur z ' Members of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce are gathering additional information requested by state and Indiana Chamber of Commerce officials as the result of the visit of a three-man delegation in Indianapolis Thursday. The committee which visited the state capital Wednesday included Robert Tracy, chairman of the retail division of the Chamber of Commerce; Fred Kolter, executive secretary, and Jack Gordon, a member of the industrial promotion committee. The group contacted Ed Beaman, industrial commissioner of the state of Indiana, and informed him of Decatur’s plans to encourage new industry. They also visited the state Chamber of Commerce office and discussed Decatur’s industrial promotion project. An invitation was extended to Jack Wright, executive secretary of the state Chamber, to visit Decatur. The group brought back several brochures prepared by other communities to be used as suggestions in preparing a similar brochure for the city of Decatur.

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