Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 214

ON GUARD IN SUEZ CANAL CRISIS U OMk I TflV I ■ /•■ ’ Mu l jlflK L /£• r ■ / fl JImMH MF ' OVERLOOKING a supply depot loaded with French vehicles and artillery in Famagusta. Cyprus, a lone British paratrooper stands guard on a hill. French troops and equipment have been pouring into Cyprus, within striking distance of the Sues canal, since Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser threw the Near East into a state of crisis by nationalising the waterway.

Determined To Use Force In Suez If Needed Great Britain And France Renew Stand On Canal Control LONDON (UP) — Britain and France renewed their determination today to take “all appropriate measures” against any interference with freedom of shipping in the Suez Canal. Observers interpreted this to mean they would use force it necessary. The old Suez Canal Co. moved for a showdown with Egypt and "authorised" al! of tts nofi-Egyptian employes in the canal to "stop working” this weekend. A mass walkout would cripple operations in the canal. Most of the European employes are British and French. Australian prime minister Robert O. Menzies announced he planned to fly to Washington Thursday for talks with President Eisenhower and U. S. secretary of state John Foster DuUes on the Suez crisis. Menzies headed the five-nation committee to the unsuccessful talks in Cairo. He already has given British and French leaders a fill-in. But the wording of a joint communique issued after urgent consultations in London between French and British leaders gave a clue that the first move may come in the United Nations. The communique’s final words were a direct quotation from the preamble of the U. N. charter — "justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law.” It was violation of this justice and respect that Britain and France have committed themselves to resist. Informed sources said British prime minister Anthony Eden and French premier Guy Mollet considered taking the dispute to the United Nations. These sources said it was proposed to give the matter a “fast run” through the U. N. security council before taking any drastic steps. Officials refused to say whether this move actually had been decided upon. A formal communique said Eden and Mollet pledged to “resist by all appropriate means” any interference with the free flow of shipping through the Suez Canal. U. 8. Opppotes Meeting WASHINGTON (UP) — The United* States came out today against Egypt’s call for a new international conference on the Suez crisis. The state department said “it is doubtful that a further conference would serve a useful purpose.” Britain and France already have made it plain they are against the idea. The U. S. stand against a new meeting was disclosed amid new signs of rising tensions in the tan- , (Continued Om Page Five) INDIANA WEATHER Mostly cloudy with scattered showers tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy, occasional showers east portion ending Wednesday forenoon. Not much change in temperature. Low tonight 55-63. High 1 Wednesday 7M2 north, 82-8 T i south. Sunset THM p. m„ sunrise Wednesday 6:23 a. m.

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Top Politicians To Campaign In-Slate Secretary Benson Arrives Thursday INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The November election campaign gets off to a fast - moving start in Indiana this week with the arrival of the first of three nationally-known political figures due to solicit votes among Hoosiers within the next 15 days. Agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson, seeking to woo the Indiana farm vote for the Republican column, spends two days in Hoosierland beginning Thursday. Vice President Richard M. Nixon opens a 16-day 5,000-mile plane trip to 32 states yith a three-hour ■top in Indianapolis next Tuesday. And ben. Estes Refauver, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at a barbecue in Anderson Sept. 26. Nixon arrives from Washington Sept. IS at 10:25 a.m. and leaves at 1:30 p.m. In between, he’ll make a rapid-fire appearance in the Hoosier capital in behalf of the Eisen-hower-Nixon ticket for re-election. Details remained to be worked out. The GOP state committee met this morning to make the arrangements. Before the committee met state chairman Alvin C. Gast announced that Rep. Charles B. Brownson of Indianapolis will* introduce Nixon. A reception committee of about 65 persons was appointed including Gov. Craig, Lt. Gov. Harold W. Handley, and Sens. Homer Capehart and William Jenner. Mrs. Nixon win accompany her husband on the trip. The Nixond will arrive here from Washington and will fly to Los Angeles immediately afterward to malje their first day’s campaign trip a coast-to-coast affair. Benson will, be met in Chicago Thursday morning by Charles Ainlay, 3rd district GOP chairman, and Jay Nlmtz, GOP nominee for congress from the 3rd. They will fly to Union Mills In LaPorte county where Benson will speak tor 15 minutes at 10:15 a.m. Flies To Goshen Afterward, Benson will fly to Goshen for an appearance at 12:45 p.m. at a chicken barbecue rally at courthouse park. At 1:30 p.m. he will go to the farm of Robert Birkey, west of Bremen, and at 3 p.m. to Lakeville for. a short speech at the Lakeville general store. Afterward, Benson will fly from nearby South Bend to Lebanon tor a dinner with Capehart and three congressional candidates. That night, Benson will speak at a rally in Lebanon high school. After an overnight stay at Purdue University’s Union Building, Benson will speak at a breakfast rally in Lafayette, visit swine research laboratories at Purdue, attend a luncheon at Purdue, and make an afternoon appearance before a large group of farmers attending a state swine show. Following a 3:30 p.m. news conference, Benson will fly to Chicago and then to Washington in the late afternoon. Kefauver's appearance at Anderson will climax a unique campaign whistle-stop tour by Indiana Democratic candidates across 45 miles of central Indiana agricultural areas by train. The "fam special” will be headed by former agriculture secretary Claude B. Wlckard. who seeks Fap*hart's se*t in Washington. / \

Eight States Cast Primary Votes Today Pivotal Races For Senate Spotlight Primary Elections By UNITED PRESS ' Voters in eight states cast ballots today in primary elections which spotlighted several pivotal U. S. senate races. Primaries were held in Vermont, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Mini nesota, Colorado, Washington, Arizona and Utah. Meanwhile, a near s%eep was J scored by Maine Democrats Monday in the nation’s first election of the year. Despite an all-out appeal for a Republican victory by President Eisenhower, Gov. Edmund S'. Muskie. — first Democratic governor in Maine in 20 years — defeated Willis A. Trafton Jr., speaker of the Maine house of representatives, to’win a second term. Two of the state’s three congressional seats also were taken from The GOP, and the only Republican to save "face” was incumbent Clifford G. Mclntyre. In Wisconsin, veteran Sen. Alexander Wiley sought renomination for a fourth time. But the 72-year-old supporter of President Eisenhower’s foreign policy was denied the state OOP’s endorsement and financial backing which went to his opponent. Rep. Glenn Davis. Third man in the battle was Howard Boyle, a Milwaukee attorney. The Democrats also had a U. S. senate contest between State Sen. Henry Maier and Elliott Walstead. A light vote was anticipated because of lack of contests to fire voters, who also have remained apathetic to the senatorial races. A Democratic candidate to fill the senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Eugene D. Millikin highlighted the Colorado primary. Former secretary of agriculture Charles F. Brannan. 53. and ex-congressman John A. Carroll, 55, sought nomination to oppose former Gov. Dan Thornton, unopposed GOP .candidate in the November election. In Washington, spirited gubernatorial races were expected to lure voters. Ten candidates —four Democrats and six Republicans—were on the ballot for governor. Republicans Lt. Gov. Emmett T. Anderson and Atty. Gen. Don Eastvoid and Democrats secretary of state Earl Coe and State Sen. Albert Rosellini were leading contenders of each party. Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, Democrat, and Gov. Arthur B. Langlie, marked time in the senatorial battle until November. Only a light turnout was expected today in Arizona where Democratic Sen. Carl Hayden was being challenged for his deanship of the senate. Druggist Robert E. Miller was running against Hayden, who successfully defeated Miller twice in the past. j The GOP senatorial nomination was sought by Ross F. Jones, former state attorney general, and Phoenix attorney Albert H. MacKenzie. In New Hampshire, incumbent GOP Gov. Lane Dwinell faced Opposition from two men—attorney Wel»y Powell and. farmer Elmer (Continued On Pare Five) -

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Decatur, Indiana Tuesday, September 11', 1956

Democrats Hail Maine Victory-Governor And 2 Congressmen Named

U.S. Air Force Weather Plane Still Missing Aircraft Missing In Typhoon Area With 16 Aboard TOKYO (UP) — American planes and Japanese ships failed today to find a trace of a U. S. air force weather plane missing since Monday when it flew into typhoon Emma to track the course of the dangerous storm. Sixteen men were aboard the " aircraft, a B-50 reconnaissance bomber. The air force discounted the possibility the B-50 had been shot down or strayed over Soviet territory. A spokesman blamed only the typhoon. Thirty eight U. S. air for<h| planes and ten Japanese maritime safety ships criss-crossed a 70,000 square mile area midway between . Japan and Siberia during daylight i hours and B-29s were ordered out I tonight to look for lights. But rising seas dimmed hopes of finding the Americans since high . waves can conceal a floating man . on a life, raft. Reports from Korea, delayed because of disrupted communications. said (the typhoon killed 11 ( persons in a glancing sideswipe at Korea before spending itself in the , Japan sea. Eleven others were reported missing. The typhoon, which inflicted heavy damage earlier on Japan and Okinawa, was reported mov- ' ing toward Soviet - held Sakhalin, getting weaker as it went along. Four deaths were reported on Okinawa, where Emma inflicted 310,million damage. Six persons were killed in the Philippines. Nineteen died in Japan. The American plane, carrying a (Continued On Page Five) Student 'Attends' Classes By Phone Inter-Com System Aids Susan Gerber Confined to her home as the result of an attack of rheumatic fever, young Susan Gerber was unable to join her classmates at Decatur high school when they returned to school last week. However, through the Citizens Telephone company. Susan is continuing her formal education by attending classes long distance. An inter-com system installed by the telephone company makes this possible. By turning on the inter-com, Susan hears everything that goes on in the classroom at D. H. S. She is also able to talk to her teachers and classmates from her home. Her weakened condition only permits her to take two courses so she’s studying Latin and history. Susan missed much of her sophomore year last year because of her illness. Had her schooling not been interrupted, she would have been a junior this year. Main value of the school by in-ter-com project is to Susan's morale. The . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gerber of Fifth street, she was an active girl and .wellliked by her classmates. Hospitalization and confinement to home have taken her out of the busy life which a popular high school girl enjoys. , 1 , Going back to school byway of the inter-com system is, as Susan puts it, "starting to live again.” It means partially regaining the social contacts which have been denied her for so long. Although classes at D. H. S. started last week, Susan did not begin until Monday. With her interest in "going back to school” it will not be difficult tor her to "catch up” to the rest of the class. - '

Evenson Cheered By Maine Victory National Trend To Democratic Party NEW YORK (UP) — Adlai E. Stevenson cheered the Maine election returns today as a sign that a “national trend to the Democratic party is picking up steam.” tThe Democratic presidential iminee learned of the victory of timocratic Gov. Edmund Muskie of Maine on his return here Monday, night from Albany,' N. Y. t “Next to him, I’m the happiest man in the country,” Stevenson told reporters.; Stevenson later telephoned Muskie to offer his personal congratulations. Stevenson said in a statement that the “remarkable perform ance” of the three Democratic candidates for congress in Maine “indicates a national trend to the -Democrats is still gaining momentum.”

1 Stevensqn was echoed by his t running mate, Sen. Estes Kefauvt er, and his campaign manager, James A. Finnegan. f Finnegan said the GOP made l the Maine election “a test of ] President Eisenhower’s popularity and influence.” Stevenson got the good; news . from Maine on his return from a I strategy conference at Hertford, L Conn., and a speech at the New > York Democratic state convention . at Albany, N. Y. A list of appointments occupied [ much-of his program today. Tonight'be and Kefauver will address the convention of the Liberal party /.here, which is expected to nominate them to lead its ticket: Stevenson will leave 1 a Le Wednesday night for HarrisbuW, Pa., where he will deliver a nationally televised speech as the official kickoff of his campaign Thursday night. Stevenson told a crowd of 3,500 at the convention Monday that the Republicans under Mr. Eisenhower have sought to “undermine the progress” of the New and Fair Deals, using “ingenious and ruthmethods to do it. He charged that the GOP has espoused liberal causes, but at the same time it has put in “enemies" of the same programs in key administrative posts in Washington. Open Courtesy Week At Dinner Meeting Wisehaupt Speaker At Monday Meeting Howard Wisehaupt, nationally known sales counselor, opened “courtesy week" in Decatur with a joint meeting of the Lions club, Rotary club and Chamber of Commerce Monday night at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Wisehaupt, whose talk was on the value and need for courtesy - in business dealings, is a native of Decatur. He opened a three day sales clinic for local employers and employes at the center this morning. — Harry Schwartz, president of the Decatur Lions club, presided at last night’s meeting;. Present at the speaker’s table‘were Joe Kaehr, president of the Rotary club; Robert Tracy, chairman of the retail division.,of the Chamber of Commerce; Ray Leitz, chairman of the industrial division of the Chamber; Robert Heller, president of the Chamber, and Roy Kalver, who introduced the speaker and guests. Announcement was made of plans for the annual Chamber of Commerce golf tournament which is slated for Sept 20 at the Decatur golf course. George Laurent is general chairman of th* event, which will eonclude with a picnic dinner at’ the Elks home. Flash were also announced for a future joint meeting of Rotary, (Continued On Page Six)

Integration Foes Seek To Oust Chandler ; Seek Impeachment > Os Gov. Chandler ] In School Dispute r STURGIS, Ky. (UP) —- Eight ! Negro students entered Sturgis " high school today unescorted by police or national guardsmen for 5 the first time, but residents of this 1 west Kentucky mining area have not given up their fight against ra- ' cial integration of their schools. In place of the mob action which kept the Negro pupils out of the school last week and brought state police and national guard troops into Sturgis, segregationalists moved today to impeach Gov. A. B. Chandler for calling in the troops. A resolution calling for Chandler’s impeachment was voted by acclamation by a crowd of 4,000 people that overflowed the Union county courthouse at Morganfield Monday night. White citizens council chairman Wright W. Waller Jr. proposed the impeachment resolution. It appeared the demand would be stymied, however. Under Kentucky law. impeachment is a function of the general assembly. That body won’t meet again until January, 1958, unless Chandler himself calls it into special session. Chandler declined any comment on Monday night's action by the Morganfield crowd, which also adopted a resolution enjoining him against further use of troops to replace normal civil authority in this area. The six Negro boys and two Negro girls who showed up for school this morning came about an hour early in private cars, and entered the front door of the building. There were about 50 persons standing around the school, mostly teen-agers plus a few workmen. There were a few catcalls which appeared to be mostly in a humorous vein. Wilhelmine Buuck Dies This Morning Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs. Wilhelmine Buuck, 75, a resident of Preble township most of her life, died at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the Lawton rest home in Fort Wayne following an illness of several years. She had lived in Fort Wayne since 1941. She was born in Adams county May 13. 1881. a daughter of Wilhelm and Sophie BloomenbergBultemeier. and was married to Herman Buuck April 19, 1903. Her husband died March 12, 1953. Mrs. Buuck was a member of the Zion Lutheran church at Friedhelm, the Deaconess association, Federation of Lutheran Women, the Tabea society and the Adult club of the church. Surviving are three sons, Arthur L. Buuck of Fort Wayne. Reinhard of Columbus and Melvin of Adams county; one daughter, Mrs. Hugo Fruechtenicht of Fort Wayne; 13 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three brothers, Adolph and Herman Bultemeier of Adams county, and Herbert Bultemeier of Waynedale, and three sisters, Mrs. Rudolph Buuck and Miss Frieda Bultemeier. both of Adams county, and Mrs. William Dettmer of Ossian. One son is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim, the Rev* A. A. Fenner officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Wednesday. The casket will not be opened at the church.

—di Courtesy Clinic Is Opened Here Today Opener Os Courtesy Week For Decatur Tickets are still available for the remaining two of the Howard W’isehaupt sales clinics which are opening the Courtesy week observance in Decatur. The clinic, conducted this morning for the first time, will be held t at the Decatur Youth and Comj munity center Wednesday and r Thursday mornings from 8 o’clock c until 8:50. , } This also initiates the fall pro--3 gram of the Decatur Chamber of . Commerce. One hundred and seventy per- , sons from Adams county business , houses, industries and professions , heard Wisehaupt advise them to ! greet every one they meet with a cheerful ‘‘good morning,” which he assured them would set the pattern for a day. He also urged that every person met in a business house, on the street, in an office or in an industry be considered a potential friend and customer. This attitude, he informed them, will not only keep business in the community, but will bring friends from other communities. The cost or tne courtesy clinic is |4, all of which is being donated by Wisehaupt to the Decatur , Youth and Confmunity Center. , Those persons wishing to attend ' the last two sessions may do so by purchasing a |4 ticket from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce office or at the Youth ' Center before the sessions start. Under the direction of the rei tail division of the Decatur 1 Chamber of Commerce, special. ' courtesy week promotions are being conducted by Decatur merchants this week, featuring service with a smile. As a part of making this a more friendly community, Wisehaupt spoke at a chapel program at the Decatur high school today, at which time he urged the students to be friendly, telling them that thejr attitude would influence their parents and Among other firms and offices, not announced Monday, who are participating in the courtesy week clinic are: Mrs. Willis Augsburger, Geneva; Mies Bowling Alley, (Continued On Page Five) Ike Urges Efforts I For Enduring Peace Must Widen Chink In Iron Curtain WASHINGTON (UP) — President Eisenhower said today the United States must ‘‘widen every possible chink in the Iron Curtain” to help build an “enduring peace” in the world. Mr. Eisenhower made the statement in an informal talk before a group of prominent Americans in the education publishing, religious, agricultural and other fields. They met here to discuss the President's program to promote more "peopleto-people” contacts throughout the world. The President called the meeting to bring private initiative into the government’s effort to make clear — particularly behind the Iron Curtain—that United States global aim is friendliness and peace among all nations. The President said he favors Increasing the exchange of professors, students, technical aids, doctors, laborers and others with other nations. 'Tn short, what we must do is widen every possible chink in the Iron Curtain,” he said. In this way. the President suggested, Russians and others will be brought closer to the United States. He said they cad be shown “how we do it and then sit down and say— hOw do we improve the tot of both of u»?” This, he said, “is the truest path to peace." i Mr. Eisenhower scheduled a news conference for 1 p. m. CST. i

Governor Wins Reelection By Wide Margin Recount Likely In One Congressional District In Maine WASHINGTON (UP) — DemoI crats hailed their victory in normally Republican Maine today as a sign their party will sweep the - national elections this fall. ' Democratic national chairman Paul M. Butler said the Maine outcome “points the way to a Democratic victory in November," and "debunks . . . the myth that President Eisenhower is so papular personally that he could carry his unpopular party to victory.” Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic presidential candidate, said the “remarkable” showing of Democratic candidates "indicates a national trend to the Democrats is still gaining momentum.” Repuuncan national chairman Leonard W. Hall said the Maine results “should be a warning to Republicans in the rest of the country” that “we face a tough fight and the only way we can win is to work harder than ever before." * Hall discounted Democratic claims of a national trend, however. He said the old custom of regarding the Maine election “as a sort of barometer” was proved unreliable years ago. He expressed confidence that “President Eisenhower will carry the state by a big margin in November as he did four years ago.” The White House declined comment prior to the President’s news conference at 1 p. m. CST. Gov. Edmund S. Muskie, Maine's first Democratic governor in 20 years, won re-election easily, polling about 60 percent of the vote. Complete but unofficial returns also showed that Democrats captured two congressional seats from incumbent Republicans. The margin in one of these races waM so close, however, that a recount seemed inevitable. The GOP held on to the state’s third congressional seat. Stevenson said Republicans for years have repeated the saying, “as Maine goes, so goes the naI tlon.” I “If that is the case.” he said, “the outlook for the Democrats is very good indeed.” Butler said the Republicans based their Maine campaign on a direct appeal to voters “to regist-> er their support of Mr. Eisenhower by electing a Republican governor and three Republican congressmen.” He said this appeal was backed up by “lavish Republican campaign spnding." The fact that Maine Democratic "overcame” this cambination, Butler said, shows that “the Democratic party is on the way to victory in November.” .. He said a "far smaller trend” toward Democrats than was evidenced in Maine congressional contests would be sufficient in the states to elect “the strongest Dem'socalled swing districts of other ocratic majority in the house in many years." ■ t-. ■ . 5 Seek Light Trouble Along Second Street A crew from the city light and power department has been working in the business district on Second street to locate the trouble which is cutting off street lighting along the street at night. The lights went out Friday night and it has been determined that there is a short somewhere along the underground cables. Lester E. Pettibone, superintendent of the light and pbwer department., stated that locating the trouble spot so that it can be repaired is like “looking fer the needle in the hay- : sUck.”

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