Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1956 — Page 1

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APPARENTLY farmer Tom Brady, who ppsted this sign on hi* farm two miles from Keswick, la., finds the administration's farm policy not to his liking. The sign paraphrases the traffic safety saying, “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.”

Forest Fires At Three Parks Under Control Indiana Officials Warn Os Dangers Os New Forest Fires By UNITED PRESS Forest fires which burned at least 6,200 acres of dry timber at three northern Indiana state parks appeared to be under control today. But forestry officials said the controlled blazes could last a week in some of the areas, and more high winds would create “another serious situation." ' “These were the first major forest fires we've had in the past three years." said state conservation dirctor Harley Hook. “When you get Winds like that you just can’t do anything,” The worst of the fires was at Jasper-Pulaski state game preserve where at least 5,000 acres of timber were burned. About 1,200 acres were destroyed at Tippecanoe state park north of Winamac, and 50 to 70 acres at Frances Slocum state forest on the Miami-Wabash county line. Forestry officials at Jasper-Pul-aski said about 20 men were standing by today but the wind was down. They said the fire started up at about 2 p.m. Monday after a Sunday fire was stopped and was out of control early today. About 2,000 acres burned Sunday, and another 3,000 when the blaze started again Monday. At Tippecanoe, the blaze was under control about midnight after about 1.200 acres of timber w-ere destroyed. Forestry Supt. Harold Zanger reported the fire leaped U. S. 35, a 100-foot wide cleared out area, and went over, the heads of firemen in two fire trucks who could do nothing. They were uninjured.

Zanger and his wife at one point prepared to abandon their home. “The winds died down," he said. “It was a cleared out area, but if the wind had not stopped we would have lost everything.” More than 100 men, including prisoners from the state prison, farmers and conservation officers, fought the blaze as it headed for the park area's buildings near the Tippecanoe River. Zanger said it was hoped the fire would be brought under control by bulldozers clearing wide paths in front of the flames. However, plans were made to call out the national guard. Zanger said the fire in the 6,500acre park was discovered Monday morning. It may have resulted from a smaller fire over the week-end which was believed set by arsonists, he said. The fire at Jasper-Pulaski forest followed one that burned 2,000 acres of timber Saturday and Sunday. Both fires appeared the result of arson, authorities said. A national guard unit from Rensselaer was called out to help fight Monday's blaze in the 8,000-acre area. Frances Slocum forest Supt. Virgil Sloan said that fire started on the banks of the Mississinewa River and probably spread from a fisherman’s campfire.

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Ruth Macke Is First Entrant In Contest Soybean Queen To Be Named Oct. 25 Miss Ruth Macke., 17, a senior at Monmouth high school and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Macke of route two, is the J&trant in the contest to name a soybean queen at the soybean festival which will begin Oct. 25 in Decatur. The contest is open to any Adams county girl who is single and between the ages of 17 and 21. The entrants will be judged on their beauty, poise, talent and appearance. The queen will reign at the three day festival which will include the annual rural-ur-ban fish fry at the Decaturhigh school gym Oct. 25, a parade Oct. 26, a "soybean ball,” Oct. 26 at the Decatur Youth and Community Center, and special sales in Decatur’s retail stores. Entry blanks are available at the Chamber of Commerce office and will also be printed in the newspaper this week. Miss Indiana of 1956, Miss Mary Jane McNulty of Fort Wayne, will be one Os the judges and will conduct the coronation. Other judges will be announced later.

The contest will be held during the afternoon of Oct. 25 at the community center in connection with the soybean exhibit judging. The winner will not be announced until that evening at the fish fry. Joe Kaehr is chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the queen ocntest. His committee includes M. J. Pryor and Robert Heller. The committee has requested that Adams county girls who plan to enter the contest get their entries made early. General chairman of the soybean festival is Ward Calland of Central Soya company. He has announced that the soybean show displaying beans grown by local farmers will begin at 2 p. m. at the center. All entries will be one peck of soybeans. First prize $lO, second $5 and third $3. will be awarded for the best entires in Blackhawk. Monroe, Hawkeye, Harosoy, Lincoln and Adams carietie.*?. In addition to these prizes, a grand champion will be named Adams county soybean king and this winer will be given a trophy at the fish fry. Only beans grown ,and exhibited by Adams county residents will be eligible for awards. The program of the soybean show will also include a 'soybean discussion at 2:30 p. m. Oct. 25 at the center. The topic will be soybean varieties best adapted to Adams county and it will be conducted by Dr. A. H. Probst, soybean specialist of Purdue university. A question and answer period will follow. The eighth annual rural-urban fish fry will begin at 6:30 p. m. at the Decatur high school auditorium. Harold( W. (Mickey) . McMillen will be master of ceremonies for the event. » Fish will be prepared by the Jonah club of Silver Lake. In addition to announcement of the names of the soybean queen and king, entertainment is planned. Tickets, limited to IJSO, are on (Continued on Page Eight)

Dulles Urges Settlement By Peaceful Means Back International Control Os Canal In U.N. Address UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UP) —-The United States said today settlement of the Suez crisis depends on “insulation” of the water-way from international politics. ' Secretary of state John Foster Dulles told the United Nations security council that unless Egypt agrees that the canal must not be used as “an instrument of national policy” by any country there is little hope of a negotiated settlement. Dulles again voiced full American support for an Anglo-French resolution calling fox international control of the waterway and urging Egypt to deal with the Western formed Suez Canal users’ association while negotiating a settlement. Dulles, the last speaker In the council’s debate which included six foreign ministers before him, called for a Suez settlement “by peaceful means ... in conformity with the principles of justice and international law.” “The problem we face,” he said, "is not that of restraining nations which are bellicose and which want war. Nor Is It th» problem of creating a new body of international law, or for applying justice where the equities are confused. “Peace is sought by all, and the principles of justice and of international law are clear. The problem we face is that of dealing concurrently with peace and justice, as is required by our U.N. charter. “If our council finds itself impotent to secure a settlement by’ peaceful means in occordance with the principles of justice and international law, then our failure could be a calamity of immense proportions.” Dulles said the canal was Egyptian only In the sentfe that ft passes through what is now Egypt. “But the canal is not, and never has been, an internal affair of Egypt with which Egypt could do what it wanted,” he said. "Ithas always been, from the very day of its opening, an international waterway dedicated to the free passage of the vessels of all nations. “Its character as an international right-of-way was guaranteed for all time by the 1888 convention. Egypt can not rightfully stop any vessel or cargo from going through the canal. And for those who use that right-of-way to combine to secure the observance of their rights is not a violation of Egyptian sovereignty, but a clear exercise of rights accorded by international law, namely, the convention of 1888.”

Tickets Available For Reagan Dinner 100 Tickets Still Available To Public Approximately 100 tickets are still available to the general public for the Ronald Reagan Day banquet Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p. m. at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Ronald Reagan will be in Decatur that day through the courtesy of the General Electric company, which sponsors his Sunday evening television program. Co-spon-sors of the banquet will be the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, the Lions club and the Rotary club. The family night event will take the place of the regular meetings that week for Lions and Rotary clubs. Ronald Reagan will be the main speaker at the dinner in his honor. Tickets are not limited to members of the sponsoring organizations and their families. Any person who wishes to attend may secure a ticket at the Chamber of Commerce office. A special invitation has been extended to the general public by the G. E. and the' sponsoring organizations. The dinner will climax a daylong appearence of Reagan in this (Continued on Page Eight) INDIANA WEATHER Frost and freeze warning. Fair and colder tonight with ■frost or freezing temperatures north and frost south. Wednesday fair, little change in temperature. Low tonight 2533 north, 30-38 south. High Wednesday 50s north and central. Low 60s south. Sunset 6:15 p. m„ sunrise Wednesday 6:49 a. m.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tues day, October 9, 1956

Dodgers oown Yankees 1-0 In Ten Innings To Even Up World Series

Russ Refugee And Daughter Reach London Turnabout Refugee And Girl Taken To Russian Embassy ■ LONDON (UP) — Turnabout Russian refugee Alexis Chwastov and his American-born daughter Tanya, 2%, arrived here today from the United States and were whisked off to the Soviet embassy for “safekeeping.” • ■ ; The 58-year-old Russian who fled to the United States five years ago for “peace and security” was escorted to London by two Soviet bodyguards who met him and Tanya at Southampton w’hen they arrived aboard the Queen Mary. American sources' bdye reported Chwastov returning agaihst his will in fear that something! would happen to his 92-year-old mother in ‘Russia if he refused to return home with his daughter, an AmericaiKcitizen. He and Tanya bad hidden aboard the Queen Mary in New York harbor when U.S. immigration authorities tried to find the pair in rest hpcese to a tearful plea'from Tanya's mother who was left behind? Other Russians aboard were repor. ted to Have helped them hide. Today they arrived at London's grimy Waterloo Station by boattrain and the two Soviet embassy officials escorted them through crowds of newsmen, photographers and American tourists to a taxistand where they jumped in a cab and ordered “Soviet embassy.” There was no sign of any U.S. embassy officials or British immigration officers at Waterloo Station. The Chwastovs were admitted without trouble at Southampton. “Their papers are in order and we have no further interest Un them.” a British immigration official said. Chwastov left the 81,000 ton liner shortly after 7 a.m., little Tanya by his side. With them were two officials from the Soviet embassy who were expected to escort them back to London. (Continued on Page Five)

Industrial Drive At One-Third Mark Contributions Now Over $15,000 Mark The campaign to raise funds for the purchase of industrial ground by the community passed the one third mark today as a total from incomplete committee reports reached $15,171. Those whose names were added to the list of contributors today are: Chalmer H. Barkley. Edwin H. Thieme, M. C. Sieling. Baker & Schultz, Bultemeier Construction Company and Clark W. Smith. As yet no reports have been received from business houses an® firms whose home offices are located outside of the city. Only one or two committees have so far made complete reports although several have indicated they will meet or exceed their goal on the basis of incomplete solicitations. Another appeal whs made today by the general finance committee to bring in reports, either full or partial, so that a complete report can be made as early as possible. The general finance committee has announced that most contributions being received are averaging as such an amount that it will be possible to meet the goal of $42,500 needed to buy the proposed Industrial site. Plans for the solicitation of Individuals and organizations have not yet been completed because of the serious illness in the family of one of the committee members.

Hedges Testifies To Using State Funds Gives Testimony To Senate Committee CHICAGO (UP) — Former state auditor Orville Hodge told today haw he dipped Into the state treasury and spent huge sums on a' luxury hotel, a farm, a loan business and private airplanes. dlodge, now serving a 12-15 year prison sentence, testified before the senate banking committee, headed by Sen. J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) The committee Is investigating the more than one million dollar Hodge scandal to see if any loopholes in federal banking laws need to be plugged. Hodge, on the witness stand for the second day, said he has returned $600,000 to the state. Fulbright said the total he took was about $1,300,000. “That leaves $600,000 or $700,000 you haven’t given back,” Fulbright said. “That’s a large sum of money for one individual to spend in 2% years—a quarter of a million dollars a year. "You couldn’t possibly have forgotten what you did with that money.” 'Hodge said he spent $200,000 on hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., bought a $75,000 interest in i loan company, spent S6OJWO on a . farm and spent SIOO,OOO on a small fleet of private planes. “All of that has been turned over to the state and if you will total that, senator, you might please tels me the tmount,” Hodge said. "That’s $435,000,” Fulbright said.-

Three lowa Youths Held In Train Wreck No Formal Charges Are Filed To Date rural youths—all under 12 years of age—have been taken into custody in connectiqp with the derailment of a Chicago Great Western freight train near here Saturday night. No formal .charges have been filed against the youths, but officials indicated they were involved in the rail accident. Parents of the youngsters and train officials were to meet with 1 authorities today to discuss the derailment and possible action against the boys. Five diesel units and two flatcars of a 103-car freight train were I derailed when the train struck a partly open switch. No one was injured because the train was traveling only 10 miles per hour after a red block signal warned something was wrong. Authorities found the switch leek had been broken and that the chain fastening the switch had been cut. Deputy sheriff Rollie Kilgore, who hade the investigation, said a hatchet and the lock from the switch were found. “That leaves $175,000. You’re making progress. Go ahead.” Hodge said assets he and his' wife have turned over to the state' would more than make up the (Continues on Pure Eight) —— Schurger Reception At American Legion The reception honoring Severin Schurger, Decatur attorney and Democratic candidate for the state appellate court, will be held from 3 to 5 o’clock this afternoon at the American Legion home. It was previously erroneously announced that the reception would be held at the Youth and Community Center. Schurger and other candidates for county offices, plus state candidates, will be present at the reception, to which the public is invited. The Democratic dinner meeting will be held this evening at the Center, with Mayor Ralph Tucker of Terre Haute, candidate for governor, as the principal speaker.

Fort Wayne GE Plants Idled By Strikers ■ 10,000 Workers Walk Out in Dispute Over Piece Work Plan FORT WAYNE (UP) — Members of the International Union of Electrical Workers at General Electric were scheduled to decide this afternoon whether they will strike over a piece work - plan grievance. Local 901 President Tom Hayden said about 10,000 workers walked out of their jobs at the four plants Monday afternoon. He said the union represents about 8,000 workers and they will remain off work and picket while the strike vote pends. Hayden said 6,300 workers are affected by the piece work plan, but a strike would put most of the 10,000-employe work force off the job. Pickets appeared at gates Monday afternoon and were scheduled to resume their <ask this morning at the four plants. Workers in the transformer department of the Broadway platy, and employes at the Hanna Street -plant walked, out Monday afternoon. The action was a result of the “company's attitude of the Hanna Street grievance and its attitude on grievances as a whole,” Hayden said. Abojit 150 union members at the Hanna Street plant walked out Oct 1 in a dispute over a new piece work wage plan which the company substituted for ti%e rate wages in certain work. Local union leaders said the strike was unauthorized then, and referred the matter to arbitration in Washington on the national level. Hayden said negotiations in Washington broke down last Thursday. On his returji here from Washington he said the company refused to change the piece work plan. Hayden said that when negotiations w-ere concluded In Washington all steps of procedure were followed w-hich put the membership in a position “to legally conduct a strike vote.” A company spokesman said the union had agreed the plan was good during talks in April, 1954.

Wiseman Death Is Ruled Accidental Verdict Returned By Coroner Gillig Harmon M. Gillig, Adams county coroner, has ruled accidental death, in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old David Wiseman Saturday afternoon at the Ed Haugk farm on route three across from the Dent school house. The Haugks are neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wiseman, parents of the dead boy. The boy was shot with a gun in the hands of Elroy Haugk, 11, who picked up the 12 gauge shotgun, unaware that it was loaded. Gerald Haugk, older brother of JSlroy, and Richard Wiseman, a' cousin of the Wiseman youth, had gone hunting that afternoon. One of the guns used was the shotgun. When they returned home the shotgun was placed on the back porch. Investigation has shown that Elroy has frequently played with the shotgun when it was not loaded. Saturday afternoon he picked it up off the porch, playfully pointed it at the Wiseman boy and pulled the trigger, causing the tragic death of the Decatur Catholic <high school junior. All of the Investigating officers concur that the shooting was accidental. / The entire Decatur Catholic high school faculty and student body (Oontinusa oa Face signt)

Indiana Farmer Is Victim Os Slaying Apparently Beaten, Tied Up By Slayer VALPARAISO, Ind. (UP)-The trussed body of Edward Turk, S 3, a well-known farmer, was found on his farm today and police said he apparently was slain. Discovery of Turk, his wrists and ankles tied together, was made by the victim’s brother, Julius, a former Porter county commissioner, who telephoned the sheriff’s office and reported: “Something terrible has happened to my brother.” State police said Turk had been beaten and apparently tied up by a slayer who fled in Turk's automobile. Officers who arrived at the ecene said Turk may have been killed as long ago as Sunday. They said they were searching for a suspeqt. The Turk farm Is five miles east of Hobart along U.S. 6, an arterial highway running through Northern Indiana roughly paralied with the new Indiana toll road. The scene is only seven or eight miles from the scene of the unsolved slaying 10 days ago at New Chicago, Ind., of 16-year-old Lana Brock, who disappeared enroute'to a utility ofnce. Her body was found buried beneath a sandbank a week after she vanished. The body was found lying In a bathroom on the first floor of the two-story brick house where Turk, a bachelor, lived alone and oper(Conttnned on P«<e Eight)

New Accident Flood Boosts Death Toll Seven More Deaths Recorded In State By UNITED PRESS Indiana's. 1956 traffic death toll surged upward to at least 882 today as a new flood of accidents put a crimp in an October safety drive. After a weekend mark of 12 fatalities, at least seven more names were added to the toll list Monday. The worst accident Monday occurred near Frankton when a Pennsylvania Railroad train struck an automobile at a rural crossing, killing three small children and injuring their mothers. Michael Joe Bilbrey, 1, and Dillard Ray Sager, 4, and his sister, Shirley, 2. were killed. Mrs. Cola Bilbrey, 26, and Mrs. Colleen Sager, 30, were hurt and taken to an Elwood hospital. Eldon T. Leslie, 74, Lynn, was killed on Ind. 1 near Hagerstown when his car hit a tree. Raymond Hewig, 48, Evansville, was killed on Ind. 66 near Newburg when his car hit a bridge railing. A truck jumped an Indianapolis city street curb after a collision with a taxicab at an intersection and killed John Preston, 46, Indianapolis, who was standing In front of a drugstore. Ross Sanders, 78, Bloomington, died of injuries sustained Saturday when he was struck by an automobile in Ind. 46 near that city.

Dale Spahr Dies In Florida Last Night Dale Spahr, 73, a former Decatur resident, died at 8:30 o'clock Monday night St Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., following a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Van Wert, 0., March 21, 1883, but spent most of his early life in Decatur, moving to Wabash in 1925. His wife, the former Mary Rex, preceded him in death. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Homer Shrewsberry of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Melvin Tillman of Ft, Lauderdale, Fla., and two brothers, Mark Spahr of Detroit, Mich., and Orfus Spahr of Ypsilanti. Mich. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Fairchild funeral home in Ft. Lauderdale, with burial in that city.

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Jack Robinson Drives In Only Run In Tenth 1 Clem Labine Takes Extra-Inning Duel To Even Up Series BULLETIN BROOKLYN (UP) — The Brooklyn Dodgers evened the World Series at three games all today when they defeated the Yankees, 1-0, on Jackie Robinson’s tenth inning single. BROOKLYN (UP) — Clem Labine, the sinker ball relief ace who has saved so many games for the Dodgers was asked today to save the biggest game of them all and keep Brooklyn's World Series hopes alive. Trailing three games to two and facing sudden death as they returned to their home park, manager Walter Alston sent his relief expert out against Bob Turley. Manager Casey Stengel of the Yankees did not decide upon Turley until he reached the park. He had been undecided whether to go with the fire-ball right-hander or Johnny Kucks. Turley won 8 games while losing 4 during the regular season. Labine wou 10 while losing 6. It was asunny, cool, windy day. The play-by-play: Yankee* First Bauer looped a single to center. Collins hit into a double play, Gilliam to Reese to Hodges. Mantle grounded to Gilliam. No runs, one hit, no errors, none left. Dodger* First Gilliam bounded to Martin. Reese went down swinging. Snider lined a single to left center. Robinson lined to McDougald. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Yankee* Second Berra lined a single off the rightfield wall. Slaughter bounced to Gilliam, whose toss to Reese forced Berra. Martin flied to Snider. McDougald went down swinging. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Dodger* Second Hodges walked. Amoros bounced to Collins, whose throw to McDougald forced Hodges. Furillo struck out. Campa-jella fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. Yankees Third Carey flied to Furillo. Turley tapped to Labine. Bauer singled to center. Reese knocked down Collins' sizzler through the middle but could not make a play, Bauer stopping at second on the single. Mantle bounced to Hodges. No runs, two hits, no errors, two left. Dodger* Third Labine struck out.’ Gilliam lifted an easy fly to left which Slaughter apparently lost in the sun. The ball dropped for a single but Gilliam was out attempting to make second, Slaughter to Martin. Reese flied to Collins. No runs, one hit, no errors, none left. Yankee* Fourth Berra rolled to Gilliam. Slaughter flied to Snider. Martin singled off the rightfield wall. McDougald flied to Amoros. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Dodgers Fourth Snider went down swinging. Robinson walked. Hodges flied to Bauer. Amoros popped to Carey. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. . Yankees Fifth Carey flied t Furillo. Turley popped to Hodges. Bauer flied to Amoros. Dodgers Fifth Furillo went down swinging. Campanella and Labine also fanned. Yankees Sixth Collins flied to Snider. Mantle bounced to Gilliam. Berra doubled to right center. Slaughter walked. Martin fouled to Robin(CoatmuM on rage mgMi