Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 253

4 WANT TO SHAKE WITH ADLAI ! wd * JH * <w jg? £t&gF -4&;Wsrar i i ]iL POLICE HOLD BACK the crowd as women supporters press to shake hands with campaigner Adlai Stevenson during his tour of New York's Bronx.

Jackie Snider Is Crowned As Soybean Queen Crowning Features (' Annual Fish Fry In Decatur Thursday -» • Miss Jackie Snider, 16, a student at Adams Central high school, was crowned Adams county soybean queen Thursday night during the annual rural-urban fish fry at the Decatur high school gym. Miss Snider and her court, which includes the four runners-up in the queen competition, will reign over the remaining days, of the first annual Adams county soybean festival today and Saturday. Benjamin Mazelin. of Berne route one, became the county’s first soybean king with his winning enfry of Lincoln type ‘soybeans in the soybean The king and queen received their awards from Miss Mary Jane McNulty, Miss Indiana of 1956, who also served as one of the judges in the queen contest. Oth-' er judges were Miss Pat Mesing, head model for W&D at Fort Way tie; Charles Gaunt, Fort Wayne Junior Chamber of Commerce president, and Art Irwin, of General Motors Corp., in DetrOtL Mich. The four girls who will be in the queen’s court are Sara Brunnegraff, 17, of Decatur high school: Jane Stiverson, 16, of Decatur high school: Ruth Macke, 17, of Monmouth high school, and Linda Fuhrman, 16, of Monmouth high school. Each of the five finalists in the queen contest received a gold wrist watch. The coronation ceremony, conducted by Miss McNulty, was the final event on the fish fry gram. Other winners in the soybean judging were Walter Hildebrand of Decatur route two, first in the Hawkeye type and second in the Harosoy type; John and Chris Inniger of Monroe route one, second and third in the Hawkeye type; Albert Bultemeier, of Decatur route one, first in 'Harosoy; Roy Mazelin of Berne route one, first in Monroe type, and Delmar Heckman of Decatur route one, second in Lincoln exhibits. Dr. A. H. Probst, soybean specialist of Purdue university, did the judging on the soybean exhibits Thursday afternoon at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. He also presented a discussion on the best varieties of soybeans for Indiana at 2:30 p.m. at the center. Full House More than 1,300 persons attended last night’s fish fry and consumed 850 pounds of fish prepared under the supervision of the Jonah Club of Silver Lake. Over 125 Decatur businessmen were waiters for the meal. The capacity crowd was entertained with special acts as well as the king and queen announcements J. Ward Calland served as master of ceremonies in place of Harold W. McMillen, who was Unable to attend because of illness in his family. Honored guests at the fish fry were Mr. and Mrs. D. W. McMillen, Sr. McMillen was given a key to the city by Mayor Robert Cole and was also made an honorary colonel in the Decatur police force. A copy of the resolution by Mayor Cole proclaiming Oct. 25, 26 and 27 as the first annual soybean festival in Decatur was read and presented to McMillen. Entertainment was presented by •‘The Rainbow Eight.” a square (Continued on Fa«o Jdvbtl

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List Committees For Fall Festival Annual Festival In Decatur October 31 The annual fall festival, sponsored by the Lincoln parent-teach-ers association, will be held at the Decatur high school gym next Wednesday night, immediately following the Halloween parade staged by the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. and Mrs. Marion' Robison and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Friedley, co-chairmen of the festival, today announced committees to have charge of the annual event. The committees follow: Building and cleanup — James Kocher, Jr., chairman; Kenneth Arnold. D. A. Swickard, Robert Heller. Ted Eady, Donald Norquest. W. W. Cravens, Herald Hitchcock. Tickets — Miss Glennys Roop, chairman; James Hunter, Miss Vera Van Buskirk, Bryce Thomas, Hubert Zerkel, Jr. , Purchasing agents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kai ver. Hot dog stand— Mr? and Mrs. Dick Macklin, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. John DeVoss, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. NorPop stand—Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Marbach, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Ginter. Mrs. Troy Fennig, Mrs. Erman Johnson, ___ Cider arid doughnuts — Mr. and Mrs. Ernest High, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hawkins. Pie and coffee— Mr. and Mrs. Don Beery, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Thearl Stults, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gray, Mrs. Agnes Arnold, Mrs. Betty McNerney, Mrs. Bryce Daniels. Candy—Mrs. Roger Kelly, chairman; Mrs. Gus Kelly, Mrs. Joe Krick, MrS. Jim Cowens, Mrs. Chalmer Deßolt. Sloppy Joes—Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walters, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Kreischer, Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Parker, Mrs. R. Brown, Mrs. Delbert Van Horn, Mrs. C. F. Long. Cake waik—Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Anspaugh, chairmen; Lowell Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Koos, Mr. and Mrs. William Christen, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hoverman. Gun shoot—Jerry Leitz, chairman; Bob Lord. Weight guessing — Lohnas McIntosh, chairman; Dale Hunt, Arthur Poling. William Tell game — Mr. and Mis. Glen Mauller, chairmen; Mrs. Bill Tutewiler, Mr. and Mrs. John Kelley. Bingo—Mr. and Mrs. David Heller, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gay. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lankenav. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith. Can pitch — Ben Eichenauer, chairman; Lester Mitchell, Bob Haugk, Francis Zimmerman. Movies—Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Everhart, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith. ■ Fishing pond — Mr. and Mrs. John Ebersole, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. David Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Call, Mr. and Mrs. Don Burke. Balloon dart game — Mr. and Mrs. Rollen Ross, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. O. M. McGeath, the--Rev. and Mrs. Virgil W. Sexton. Baseball throw— Mr. and Mrs. Bud Townsend, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Allwein, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Zwick. Can rubber pitch—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yost, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark Mayclin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schwartz. Pottie pitch—Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hoffman, chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Augsburger.

Atomic Energy Agency Hailed By Eisenhower Nuclear Material For International Agency Is Pledged UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) — President Eisenhower today hailed the establishment of the international atomic energy agency. He pledged 11,000 pounds of nuclear material to it immediately and offered to match donations of fissionable material from other countries. The President’s message was delivered to the closing session of the 82-nation conference on the first global “Atoms for Peace” program by Adm. Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the United States atomic energy commission. Mr. Eisenhower said he wanted the United States to be “among the first to recognize by official action what you at this conference have accomplished.” Therefore, he said, he would follow a three-point program:

1. When congress reassembles he will present for ratification by the senate the governing statute for the new agency and request congressional authority to transfer nuclear materials to it. 2. When the atomic agency is set up ‘‘by- appropriate governmental action” the United States will make available 5,000 kilograms (11,020 pounds) of uranium--235 from the 20,000 kilograms <44,080 pounds) ipade available by the government last February for peaceful uses in friendly nations. 3. The United States will continue to make available to the agency nuclear material that will “match in amount the sum of all quantities of such materials made similarly available by all other members of.the international agency, and on comparable terms, for the period between the establishment of the agency ,and July 1,1950.” “Assuming that all nations represented at the conference undertake paralied steps-within their capabilities- together we can overcome the obstacles that lie ahead and prove to each other that international controls are not only feasible but generally acceptable as away to achieve peace,’’ the President's message said. Rev. Hill Speaks At Spiritual Emphasis Closing Service To Be Held On Sunday A fine congregation heard the Rev. William Hill, guest speaker for Spiritual Emphasis week services at First Methodist church, deliver his message based on the scripture taken from the Book of Revelations. “Even so. come Lord Jesus.” Rev. Hill reminded his hearers of the situation of hardship and suffering in which the early Christians found themselves while the Apostle John was confined on the Island of Patmos. Because there was a strong belief among them as well as in the heart of the Apostle, that Jesus would return in the flesh to save them from further struggle against their enemies, it is sometimes suggested that Jesus was mistaken in his belief'that he would return a second time. Rev. Hill asked the question, "Was Jesus letting his people down when he did not return in the flesh as they supposed he would? The answer is the greatest truth that man has down to this very hour. Jesus did come back, but in away even greater than his closest disciple expected him to accomplish. He came to them on the day of Pentecost. He filled their hearts and their lives with his spirit, and the world has never been the same since that time. The greatest hour in ■ the life of any man is that hour when he accepts the divine Christ as his saviour, and has said, ‘Even so come Lord Jesus’.” Services will continue tonight and Sunday evening, at 7:30 p. m. Prayer services are held each evening at 7 o'clock in the church chapel. There will be no services Saturday. The Rev. Stuart Brightwell, pastor of the First Baptist church, will preside tonight, assisted by the Rev. Traverse Chandler and the Rev. Lawrence Norris. Special music will be featured by the choir of the Bethany E. U. B. church, with the Rev. Gerald Gerig leading the congregation singing. The ushers will be provided by the Zion Rerformed church. The public is invited to attend these closing sessions of Spiritual Emphasis week.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 26, 1956

Hungarian Workers On Strike, Back Growing Strength Os Revolters

Police, Troops Fight Chinese In Singapore Police Reinforced By British Troops In City's Streets SINGAPORE (W! — Singapore police, reinforced by British troops, fired today on mobs of Chinese students and secret society gangsters roaming the streets bent on destruction. Europeans were stoned and their cars burned. Authorities feared the mob action might mark the start of a Communist effort to take over this British outpost. An official casualty report listed 4 persons killed and 29 persons wounded. All were Chinese. Unofficial reports said many more than 29 were injured. A government spokesman said the rioters attacked ambulances and fire engines. He estimated the number of troublemakers at’up to 3,000, and said police were forced to open fire many times. The government clamped a curfew on Singapore, effective frdtn mid-afternoon today until further notice. Business was at a virtual standstill. Six Europeans were reported stoned or burned when rioters attacked their cars on the road leading to the Singapore airport. A mail truck and a number of automobiles were set afire in the city, At least one gasoline station also went up in flames. Today’s mob violence flared when police used teargas bombs to force Communist - led students from' two schools where they had staged a 14-day sitdown strike in protest against government antiCommunist- moves. Police served a 10 minute ultimatum. When the students defied it police fired a half dozen teargas bombs. Some 1.000 students boiled out of the building and fled. Trouble started Thursday when the government ordered the parents to take their children home. About 100 parents were present (Continued on Page Elsht) Plan Youfh Service On Sunday Evening All Decatur Young People Are Invited All young people of Decatur are invited to attend the youth mass meeting to be held at 6 o’clock Sunday evening at the Church of God, Cleveland street. Youth of the host church, in cooperation with the youth fellowship presidents of other churches, have arranged a program built around the interests of the high school students. The Rev. William F. Hill, guest speaker 'at Spiritual Emphasis Week services here, will address the group. Miss Gloria Fugate will preside, with Cynthia Lehman as song leader. The program follows: Prelude, Kay Wynn; scripture, ; Sue Petrie; duet, Suet Merriman ; and Linda Norris; prayer, Joe Norris; girls’ trio, Barbara, Sharon : and Shirley Harden: offertory, Jer- 1 ry Kaehr, Mike Kaehr. Stanley i Kirkpatrick and John Paul McAhren; message by Rev. Hill; bene- ; diction, Virginia Taylor. Ushers will be Bill Smith. Ted Schrock, Roger Hawkins and De- 1 wayne Agler. I Navy Pilot Killed When Jet Crashes _ J OAKLAND, Calif (UPT — Ana- 1 vy pilot was killed Thursday when 1 his Fury jet fighter crashed into an exclusive, hillside residential section here, setting fire to three homes as it spewd slamming fragments and exploding ammunition. The pilot was identified as Ens. Lauren D. Martin 25, of Fruitland Idaho. He was attached to Fighter Squadron 154 at Moffett naval air ■ station.

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Welcome Rainfall Soaking Indiana Additional Rain Is .. Forecast In State By UNITED PRESS . Light showers soaked Indiana-to-day and more were forecast to end a rainfall shortage nearly two months old. By 7:30 a m. CDT, the weather “bureau reported areas throughout the state except the northeast section had received from one-half to an inch of prOcipiation in a 24hour period. The five-day outlook called for rain Sunday and Monday. It was the most optimistic rainfall prediction in weeks.,, The weatherman said rain will average one-half to one inch. — „ Coupled with today’s showers, the weekend moisture would put a big dent in a drought which cropped up around the first of September and extended throughout that month and most of October. Vincennes got .92 of an inch and Edwardsport .83 to lead the list of shower areas this morning. Other totals included .67 at Petersburg, .60 at Montezuma, .56 at Lafayette and Crawfordsville, .55 at Evansville and Newberry, .52 at Terre Haute, .23 at Indianapolis and .09 at South Bend. 1 Temperatures were due to average near to slightly above normal the next five days, with no prospect of a general killing frost. The five-day outlook said temperatures will approach normal maximums of 57 to 64 and normal minimums of 37 to 41. “Warmer Saturday and Sunday, cooler Monday through Wednesday," the outlok said. Temperatures Thursday reached a range of 72 at Fort Wayne to 78 at Evansville at their high -points. They dropped into the uppersos during the night were due to crest at 62 to 70 today, drop to 37 to 42 tonight, and approximate 70 Saturday. Dean Bechlol Will Speak Here Tuesday Congress Candidate In Decatur Tuesday Dean Bechtol, Garrett, World War I veteran, former state commander of the American Legion, long time leader of boys club activities in northeastern Indiana, and Democratic candidate for congress from the fourth Indiana district, will be the chief speaker at a meeting Tuesday night at Democratic headquarters here, it was announced here today. Severin Schurger, Decatur attorney and candidate for judge of the Indiana appellate court, also will speak. Robert Heller, former speaker of the Indiana house of representatives, will preside. , The meeting wil be Bechtel's first major address in Decatur and he will state his position on several national issues. All Adams county Democratic candidates will attend and will be introduced at the meeting. Prior to the speaking, Lewis Worthman, Democratic candidate for commissioner, first district, will lead the singing o fseveral songs. Refreshments will be served following the meeting and Mrs. Lorene Fenstermaker, Democratic candidate for treasurer, and John Kintz, candidate for commissioner, second district, will head the reception committee. . .' . The public is invited to attend the meeting and hear the issues discussed, nationally by Bechtol and from the state angle by Schurger. The Bechtol address will be his only major talk in Decatur prior to the election. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night. • ‘ A ' INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and cooler tonight with scattered frost. Saturday fair and a little warmer extreme west portion in the afternoon. Low tonight 32-40. High Saturday 60-67. Sunset 5:51 . p.m. sunrise Saturday 7:08 I a.m. <

Hagerty Makes. Flat Denial Os Relapse By Ike Categorical Denial By Press Secretary Os Pedon's Story WASHINGTON (W — White House press secretary James C. Hagerty categorically denied today that President Eisenhower suffered a “mild relapse” on his campaign swing last week. Hagerty said a newspaper had advised him that columnist Drew Pearson would publish such a report Saturday. “It is the most amazing document of falsehood I have ever seen,” Hagerty.said. He said that with the exception of a bloodshot eye caused by two small pieces of confetti lodging in it in Portland, Ore., Mr. Eisenhower “felt fine” on the campaign trip. Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower naturally felt tired after some of the long days of campaigning. However, Hagerty added, this was a “perfectly natural tiredness and had nothing to do with his health.” He also denied categorically that Mr. Eisenhower had a "gastric upset” as a reporter said had been rumored among newsmen covering Democratic presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson. Pearson was on a plane, en route to Minneapolis, and could not be reached immediately for comment. Pearson’s office made the column available to the press in generaT after it was criticized by Hagerty. An excerpt follows: "It will be vigorously denied but President Eisenhower apparently suffered a mild relapse on his western campaign trip. Whether it was campaign exhaustion or something more serious it hit Ike while he was driving back to the airport from Minneapolis. “He suddenly turned, to others in the car and announced that “I can’t take any more of this. Let’s get out of here.’ The presidential limousine took off from the motor-* cade and sped to the airport followed by a secret service car.” Hagerty made detailed denials of what he called 10 misstatements (Continued on F&ce Elgat)

Casper Miller Dies Thursday Evening Funeral Services Monday Morning Casper J. Miller, 71, well known farmer and lifelong resident of Adams county, residing on South Winchester street, extended, died at 9 o’clock Thursday night following a year’s illness of complications. He was born in Decatur Feb. 12, 1885, a son of Andrew and Susan Tonnelier-Miller, and was married to Margaret Omlor May 27, 1919. Mr. Miller was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Holy Name society,' Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, and the Tljjrd Order of St. Francis. Surviving in addition to his wife are five children: William A., Leo, Joan and Maurice, all of Decatur, and Sr. Laverne, at the convent at Fond Wu Lac, Wis.; sev<?n grandchildren; one brother, John Miller of Decatur, and four sisters, Mrs. Julius Kohne and Mrs. Ben Eiting, both of Decatur, and Sr. M. Etheldreda and Sr. M. Basilla, both of Fond Du Lac. One daughter, one brother and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be > inducted at 9 a m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The'body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call after 10, a.m. Saturday until time of the services. The Holy Name society will recite the rosary at the funeral home after church services Sunday night.

Here Wednesday * > * Sr - - Lt.-Gov. Harold W. Handley, Republican candidate for governor of Indiana, will speak at a luncheon meeting at 11:15 a. m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the Knights of Pythias home in this city. Harry Essex, Republican county chairman, announced today that the luncheon meeting will be open to the publicj. and reservations for the luncheon must be made by 12 noon Monday. Denies Report King Os Jordan Killed Official Denial By Embassy In London LONDON (W — The Jordanian embassy today offically denied reports that King Hussein of Jordan had been assassinated. A spokesman for the embassy said at 1:30 p. m. (7:30 a.m. CST) that the Jordanian • ambassador had “just spoken to the royal palace in Amman which denied the report completely.” Gaghdat Talhouni, chief of the royal cabinet in Amman, 4 old ambassador Beha-Uddine Tokan that "The King is in the best of health and everything is normal in Amman.” An assistant spokesman at the French foreign office in Paris had told newsmen flatly at-mid-day that Hussein had been assassinated, giving neither qualifications nor details. Pierre Baraduc, chief of the French foreign office press department, later watered down his assistant’s version by saying the report was unconfirmed. He declined to say where it originated. The earlier version had come from Claude Mantel, one of Baraduc’s aides, at the regular foreign office briefing for the French press. Mantel gave the reporters the flat unqualified statement that “We have learned that the King of Jordan has just been assassinated.” Rural Youth Plan Banquet And Dance Plan Annual Event Saturday, Nov. 10 Plans have been announced for the annual Adams county rural youth banquet and dance. This year’s event will be held at the Moose home in Decatur 6:30 p.m. Saturday, November 10. A program of entertainment has been arranged and the 1957 officers will be installed. All former Adams county rural youth members and Earm Bureau members have been invited to attend. Tickets are priced at $1.50 and reservations must be in at the county extension office in Decatur no later than November 5. Members serving on this year’s committee are Gloria Koeneman, chairman, Sally McCullough, Earl on Pace Elrht) Word Received Os Mrs. Lattin Death Word has been received here of the recent death of Mrs. Christena Rademacher-Lattin, 83, a former resident of Decatur. Mrs. Lattin, who resided st 2212 Cherry St, Toledo. O. ; died Oct. 17 at St. Vincent’s hospital at, Toledo.

.... , 4 Report Reign Os Terror Is Made By Reds Rebel Forces Claim Large Areas Seized, Government Formed ■ VIENNA IIP) — Hungarian workers struck today throughout the nation to back the growing strength of rebel forces who seized large areas of eastern and southern Hungary and set up a “revolutionary government.” Reports reaching the outside world told of a “reign of terror'* imposed by the Soviets in their desperate efforts to restore order. Civilians and Hungarian soldiers were reported hanged in Budapest streets, crowds were reported mowed down by Russian machinegunners. The dead was reported in the “thousands” in the fourth day of the revolution that has shaken the Communist dynasty and brought rumblings in other Communist satellites—East Germany and Albania. Reports of the rebel government came from the government controlled radio in the southern industrial city of Pecs.’ It said the insurgents had formed a “revolutionary council" in the surrounding area to direct the campaign against troops still loyal to the Hungarian regime. There were growing reports of Hungarian army units fighting alongside the rebels, sometimes joined by Soviet deserters who balked at firing on men, women and children. The Hungarian secret police was reported forced to take over army units in some cases. . — The revolt has spread far beyond the limits of the Hungarian capital and rebels seized the rich coal and uranium mines in eastern and in southern Hungary. Even the official Communist party newspaper Pravda conceded in Moscow today the fight continued. Reports of the general strike, called to paralyze communication and industry in Hungary, came from Austrian railway workers who visited Hegyeshalom, the first rail check point inside Hungary. They said the first workers to lay down their tools were Hungarian railway workers and that employes of. all factories and plants had joined them. By 10 m. they said, work had ceased throughout Hungary. There were these other developments in the crisis: In Berlin a Swiss traveler told the newspaper B.Z. "I saw people hang in rows along the Danube pier . . people rounded up and shot on the spot or hanged . . but where the rebels won they were (Continued on rage Five) Hold Soybean Ball Here This Evening To Cancel Parade In Event Os Rain Announcement has been made by Richard Kershner, chairman of tonight’s activities in the soybean festival, that the parade scheduled for 8:30 p. m. on Second street will be cancelled in the event of rain. The parade is planned to form at the jail yard at 8:30 p. m. and go down Second street to the Decatur Youth and Community Center as the official escort for soybean queen Jackie Snider. If rain causes the parade to be cancelled, the queen will go directly to the community center, where she and her court will reign at the first annual soybean ball beginning at 9 p. m. The general public is invited io attend the dance, which will feature round and square dancing. Carl Geels and his orchestra will present the music for dancing. Admission will be 50 cents and a pound of soybeans.

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