Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1956 — Page 1

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TOP BRASS END TWO HOUR MID-EAST CONFERENCE ► \W* kAJß^ftrr-.. i. .'? a> rTmnMWL jK Hfr x -’ X-.< 1 ' ?' >■ z'■ JMMKNr 'zT ,-» ... r iSW gpr ■'•-v-re ,C ?. -. ' THIS LONG SHOT photograph, showing Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson and other top strategy advisers leaving the White House, was made at the conclusion of a two-hour conference with President Eisenhower. The Chief Executive called the meeting to seek a means to end the fighting in the Middle East. • . >/ .. —

Name Workers For Election ' Here Tuesday - Precinct Workers Are Announced For . Election Tuesday Precinct board workers for both parties have been filed with county clerk Richard pjwton. The boards will staff the 39 Adams county precincts for the Nov. 6 general election. Inspectors this year are Democratic since in the previous general election, a majority was cast in the county for the Democratic candidate for secretary of state. The inspectors are scheduled to meet in the clerk’s office Saturday afternoon to receive their election \ supplies and instructions on their duties. The election boards include: East Union Democratic—ilohn Zizelman, inspector; Edgar Thieme, judge; Padla Thieme, clerk, and Fred M. Bleeke, sheriff. Republican—Edward A. Bischoff, judge: Melvin M. Crozier, clerk, and Iva Nidlinger, sheriff. West Union Democratic—John W. Blakey, inspector; Benjamin F. Gerke, judge Adele E. Bleeke, clerk, and Floyd Schnepp, sheriff. Republican — Marie Barkley, judge; Bonnie Burger, clerk, and Stella Barkley, sheriff. East Root Democratic — Hugo Boerger, inspector; Alta Brown, judge; Parilee L. Johnson, clerk, and Otto W. Wiedler, sheriff. Republican —• Fred Kukelhan, judtte; Marie Stoutenberry. clerk, and Frank Harkless, sheriff. West Root Democratic — Clarence Getting, — inspector; Edward Schieferstein, judge; Cetha Marie Huston and . Elinor Graves. clerks, and Martin Reiter, sheriff. Republican — Iva Fuhrman, judge; Florence Susdorf and Ethel King, clerks, and Gustav Schueler, sheriff. ” / North Preble Democratic — Martin F. Gallmeyer, inspector; Henry C. Miller, judge; Alfred Buuck, clerk, and Frederick Mailand, sheriff. Republican —Adolph Bultemeier, judge; Bernice Caston, clerk, and Harvey Caston, sheriff. South Preble Democratic —.Harry B. Bauer, inspector; • Edward L. Arnold, judge; G. D. Koenemann, clerk, and Henry E. Hildebrand, sheriff. Republican — Theodore Ewell, judge; Glen Girod, clerk, and Elmer Meyers, sheriff. North Kirkland Democratic—Franklin Fruechte, inspector; Harvey Bucher, judge; Waunetta Beery, clerk, and Milton Hoffman, sheriff. Republican—Edna Shady, judge; Thomas Griffith, clerk, and Harvey Mankey, sheriff. South Kirkland Democratic — Lillian Brown, inspector; Nellie M. Schlickman, judge; Gelaine Zimmerman, clerk, and Roy E. Heller, sheriff. Republican — Lola Ehrman, judge; Virginia Yoke, clerk, and Von Arnold, sheriff. North Washington Democratic — Jerome Braun, *inspector; Fred Geimer, judge; Bernadine Kreps and Barbara Jean Busse, clerks, and Louis R. Rumschlag, sheriff. " Republican — Frank Aurand, judge; Margaret Price and Gretchen Snyder, cler,ks, and Omar Peterson, sheriff. i South Washington Democratic — Verl Lautzenheiser. inspector; Dwight Schnepp, judge; Marilyn A. Longenberger, clerk, and Jay J. Yost, sheriff. Republican — William E. Faurote, judge; Wanda Smith and Ruben Meyers, clerks, and Russel Stump, sheriff. * (Continued on Page Two)

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Blizzard Warnings For Plains States Intense Snowstorm Sweeping Into Area By UNITED PRESS Blizzard warnings were issued early today for parts of tbg plains states as a large and intense snowstorm swept into the area from the Rocky Mountains. Weathermen issued the blizzard warnings for an area including northwest Kansas, western Nebraska and western South Dakota. Snow, drifting snow and strong northerly winds, often reaching 30 to 60 miles per hour, were producing hazardous conditions in the region. ~ • The storm center was located over western Kansas and was expected to move northward during the day into central Nebraska. Its icy fingers reached through the northwest corner of Kansas, northeast Colorado and western Nebraska. , Blowing snow and winds combined to reduce visibility at Akron, Colo., and Sidney, Neb., to as low as one-eighth of a mile. Sidney also reported one inch of snow on the ground, with drifts to 10 inches. Six inches was reported on the ground at Akron, with drifts to 25 inches. Denver had a 4-inch snowfall. . . and the snow penetrated earlier as far south as Trinidad near the New Mexico border where 4 inches also fell. A 20-degree drop in temperature accompanied the storm as it passed through the Rockies. Meanwhile, an area of low pressure in the Southwest caused strong winds, reaching 60 miles an hour in gusts at El Paso, Tex. Dust was raised by the high winds pver the Texas Panhandle, west Texas and into the eastern portion ofNew-Nexfco.- —— Fog blanketed a wide section of the western Great Lakes and MidMississippi Valley region, but was expected to clear by mid-day. Infant Is Killed By Uncle's Automobile VINCENNES. Ind. (W) — Ronnie Joe Bogue, 23, months old, /Kokomo; jvas killed. Thursday when he roamed in the path of his uncle’s automobile while playing with a group of pals. The boy and his mother, Mrs. Robert Bogue, were visiting in Vincennes. The child got in the way of a car driven by his uncle, Edward Carty of Bicknell, and was crushed beneath the wheels. Orders Retrial Os Damage Suit Here Railroad Granted New Trial In Case The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad was granted a aew trial late Thursday in a suit filed by Ollie J. Henderson whose car was struck by a train Nov. 10, 1953, at the Anthony boulevard crossing in Fort Wayne. The plaintiff was awarded $12,000 damages for injuries resulting in the accident by a jury in the Adams circuit court after it was venued to this county from Allen county. The woman’s suit against the railroad claimed ‘‘mental anguish.” The appellate court ruled that the trial failed to prove this and ordered a new trial. The plaintiff charged in the original trial that there was no warning of the approaching trainand that 1 the gate came down on her car as she crossed the tracks and the car was subsequently hit by the train. In the ruling of the appellate court, the failure to prove “mental anguish” as required was cited and also mentioned was a technical error in the instructions to the jury panel.

Will Evacuate U.S. Families From Budapest Remove Families Os Legation Personnel Because Os Unrest BUDAPEST, Hungary (UP) - The United States decided today to evacuate wives and children of the Budapest legation personnel because of reports of Soviet troop movements and Josef Cardinal Mindszenty appealed to the West for help “in this critical situation.” The Roman Catholic primate of Hungary, released earlier this week after eight years in Communist captivity, told newsmen: “AU Hungary demands that the Russians leave the country because the Magyars want to work for themselves and for their own nation.” ‘. Even wnue he spoke, mere were reports of strong Soviet army troop movements. The reports stirred new fears, blackouts and alerts across the revolutionary torn Hungary and its shattered capital city. A tJ.S. legation source said it had been decided to evacuate the wives and children of all American personnel to the West. » Meets With Press Mindszenty, in his first formal news conference since his return to Budapest, caUed on the West and particularly the big powers to “support us politically and help us in this critical situation.” He said he had received a telegram of congratulations and blessing from Pope Pius XII and added that he would like to go to Rome to see the Pontiff personally. “I have many things to tell the Holy See,” he said. “However, unfortunately, that is not possible at present.” . The conference came to an abrupt halt when a Hungarian newsman asked him to comment on reports that some political groups favored him for premier. "I am the prince primate,” the cardinal replied firmly and then left the room. Soviets On Move The government-controlled Radio Budapest announced Thursday night Soviet troops and tanks had surrounded all Hungarian air bases and that two fresh divisions of Soviet armor had crossed the frontier and were heading toward Budapest. The announcements caused a near panic here. Some half-dozen foreign correspondents left immediately and many residents planned to flee to the West. All political prisons were opened today and persons jailed by the Communists were freed. There was no official estimate of the. number of political prisoners released but it was known to be in the thousands. One Man Killed In Auto-Truck Crash EVANSVILLE (fft — James C. Adcock, 37, Ilsley, Ky., was killed Thursday when a big truck collided with his automobile in U. S. 41 near Evansville. I. B. McKnight, 58, Ilsley, who was riding with Adcock, was injured seriously. The accideht occurred on pavement made slippery by rain. Continue Tests On Democrat Editor No additional report is available on the condition of Dick D. Heller, editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat, who is a patient at Parkview Memorial hospital In Fort Wayne. His room number is 223. Tests during the past few days have located a Jbrain tumor on the left frontal part of the brain. He is expected to undergo surgery Monday.

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Anglo-French Forces Claim Egyptian Air Force Is Destroyed

Over 100 Men M Are Trapped In Mine In Canada 13 Miners Known Dead, Tapping Is Heard By Rescuer? SPRINGHILL, N. S. (IP) — A rescue crew today heard “tapping” at the 3,400-foot level of a coal mine where more than 100 miners were trapped by an explosion of deadly coal gas. So far, there are 13 known dead in the disaster that struck the mine late Thursday. The rescue men said they rapped eight times on a compressed air pipe and received eight raps in return. They then tapped five times and were answered by five. They said they were not sure whether the answering taps came from above or below them. But the exchanges were regarded as a hopeful sign that some of the men caught in the disaster might still be alive. Set Up New Hoist Five men were killed in the explosion and two volunteers died during rescue work. Five bodies were recovered or sighted in the mine, and one man injured in the explosion died early today. That left 113 miners trapped below ground, making the possible toll 125. The explosion smashed the mine equipment and crews toiled to set up a new hoist to speed their work. George Calder, manager of the Cumberland Railway and Coal Company, told a reporter as dawn began to break over this bleak town of 8,000 persons “There is still hope but only a faint hope, that the men are alive.” Anxious Crowds Wait Calder would not commit hintself further. But crowds of quiet-ly-sobbing wives ahd chndreh;~ahd old men who worked in the pits in their youth, milled around beside cranes and hoists at the pithead refusing to believe some could not be saved. — Several persons were near the scene when the explosion occurred. “It was just like an atomic bomb,” said 39-yeadold Ed Cameron. “The burst mushroomed up with one big bang. My brother was in the mine. I got straight down there in my car. The place was (Oonunuea on fare Edward Sesney Dies Early This Morning Former Willshire Resident Is Dead Edward C. Sesney, 79, former Willshire township resident, died at the Van Wert, 0,, county hospital at 1:20 o’clock this morning following an illness of two weeks. He was born in Laßue, 0., March 8, 1877, lived in Willshire township 18 years and in Van Wert for the past 21 years. He retired in 1935 as an oil pumper for the Ohio OU Co. after working for 33 years. He was married to Ella I. Coffman March 12, 1908. Mr. Sesney was a member of the Pentecostal church at Ohio City, O. Surviving in addition to the widow are three sons, Robert of Toledo, 0., Harold and Clayton of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Mrs. Byron Gilbert of Van Wert and Mrs. Ella Mae Scott of Fort Wayne; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the Pentecostal church at Ohio City, the Rev. George Thompson and the Rev. Leßoy Raton officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio City. Friends may call at the Cowan &.Son funeral home in Van Wert after 2 p. m. Saturday until time of the services. . ...

] 32,000 Workers Are Idled By Walkouts Reach Settlement Over Bus Dispute By UNITED PRESS Some 32,000 workers were idle today due to a number of strikes, but bus service was restored in 18 states with a settlement in the Eastern Greyhound Lines dispute. Meanwhile, negotiators for the Ration’s railroad and 11 non-oper- ) ating unions agreed Thursday ■ night on a long-term wage settle- » ment, The agreement was an- > nounced by the National Media- - tion Board and called for a wage boost spread over three years. I An agreement also was reached s with seven major daily New York City newspapers by the New York • Cuild, but three Cleveland newsl papers were closed by labor disi putes. > ’ Terms of the Greyhound agree- , ment ending an unofficial one-day [ [strike were not disclosed immedilately. But Federal Conciliator | Harry Young said the union comJ mittee planned to recommend , unanimous adoption of the new j contract. The largest single strike in the nation has kept 21,000 workers from their jobs at eight Firestone ; Tire and Rubber Co. plants in I Ohio, lowa, Tennessee, California, 1 Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and ! Members of the United Rubber „ (Workers unkm struck taftemand a -fnew contract in line with those at J other rubber companies. Another bus strike was still in . progress in the heavily industrial • Gary, Ind., area. The strike by 4451 . members of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Rail- , way and Motor Coach Employes shut down the Chicago and Calumet District Transit Co. and the Gary Transit Co. About 75,000 riders are carried daily by the two lines. CConttnued on Five) Miss Soybean Honor... Guest Os Rotarians Ernest W. Busche Is Guest Speaker Decatur Rotarians were highly entertained by two interesting programs at their Weekly dinner meeting Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. Miss Jackie Snyder, Adams Central high school student, who was named Miss Soybean during the first annual soybean festival held in Decatur last week, was an honored guest. Miss Snyder delivered her humorous monologue on a girl attending her first baseball game, one of the talents which aided in her selection as the soybean queen from a field of 15 Adams county contestants. Miss Snyder was introduced by M. J. Pryor. E. W. Busche, of Monroe, one of Adams county’s leading farmers, and a former president of the Decatur Rotary club, then delivered an Interesting talk on his recent trip to Europe. Busche, a native of Germany, but a resident of Adams county since his early youth, has made many trips to Europe in recent years, and he told of the vastly different conditions in the continent than those he viewed during previous trips, both before and after World War 11. As a feature of his talk, Busche also showed excellent colored slides of many views in different countries in Europe, and taken by his daughter, Miss Louise Busche, Elkhart high school teacher, who accompanied her father on his trip the past summer. Bernard Pickett was chairman of the program. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy and not much change in temperature tonight with some fog likely again mostly in eastern sections. Saturday increasing cloudiness with showers likely west portion. Low tonight 44-53. High Saturday mostly in the 60s. Sunset 5:43 p. m., sunrise Saturday 7:15 a. m.

U.N. Assembly Approves U.S. Cease-Fire Bid Votes Overwhelming Approval Today Os Resolution By U.S. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP)— The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved early today an American-sponsored resolution demanding that Britain, France and Israel cease their fight against Egypt. During the xnarathon debate on this resolution, Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson urged that the U.N. carry its struggle for peace even further. With the backing of Britain he suggested that a conference be called to bring about an overall Palestine settlement and that a U.N. police j force be set up to keep the peace : until such a final settlement is reached. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said he supported both of Pearson’s ideas after the General Assembly had approved the American resolution on an immediate cease fire in the present conflict. Vote Was 64-5 “I want to emphasize my complete agreement,” Dulles said, adding that he also expressed the feeling of President Eisenhower. In London, Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden refused to answer opposition Labor Party demands in the House of Commons for an immediate answer to the U.N. demand. The resolution passed in the predawn hours this morning called 11 upon Israel to withdraw its troops , promptly from Egyptian soil and urged Britain and France to halt i the movement of military forces and arms into the embattled area. Tropical Gales Are Rolling In Atlantic MIAMI (W) - A huge ball of tropical gales rolled north - northestward over the Atlantic today some 600 miles off the Florida coast. The Miami weather bureau said its course “indicates that the storm will remain at sea well off the southeast coast.” ■ j Hany W. Ellinger I Dies This Morning ; Retired Railroad I < Foreman Is Dead Harry Walter (Jack) Ellinger, 1 66, of Ohio City, 0., died at 3:30 1 o’clock this morning at the Van ' Wert county hospital following an 1 illness of 18 months. * 1 He was born in Liberty town- 1 ship, Van Wert county, March 16, 1890, a son of John R. and Mary < A. Miller-EUinger. His wife, the 1 former Pearl May Garrard, died 1 in 1940. ) Mr. Ellinger retired as an Erie 1 railroad maintenance foreman as- < ter working for the Erie for 47 J years. He was a member of the Eagle lodge at Van Wert and was < a member of the volunteer fire- s men at Ohio City, serving as chief 1 for many years. ' < Surviving are one daughter, 1 Mrs. Richard B. Beach of Ohio < City; seven sons, Fred, Homer, John, James, Richard and Leo, all of Ohio City, and Eugene of Celina, O.; 15 grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and one brother, Orie Ellinger of Ohio City. One son, four brothers and three sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a. m. Monday at the Church of God in Ohio City, the Rev. Royal Rear officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Ohio City. Friends may call at the Cowan & ’Son funeral home at Van Wert after 2 p. m. Saturday until time of the services. ; . ■ /

German Reds Warn Potential Rebels To Reject Demands For Any Reforms BERLIN (IJP) — East German Communists bluntly warned potential rebels today the government will reject all demands for reforms such as those brought about in Hungary. Communist leaders said they would not make the “slightest concessions" to anti-Communists who have demanded more democracy and an end of Stalinism. Students led the rebel movement in the same manner which preceded the Hungarian uprising against Communist rule last week. They demanded an end to government control of universities, the right to form student councils outside the Communist youth organization, and an end to compulsory study of the Russian language. But Communist leaders warned today that "we will tolerate no provocation against the German Democratic Republic. The Communist Party newspaper (Continued on Page Seven) Democratic Women Meet Last Evening A good-sized crowd attended a meeting of the Adams county Democratic Women’s club at Democratic headquarters Thursday night. Mrs. Gerald Vizard presided. G. Remy Bierly, local attorney, and Al Anderson of Anderson Industries addressed the group on campaign issues and the importance of organization in winning elections. Local candidates attending last night’s meeting were introduced by Mabel Striker, incumbent candidate for Adams county recorder. Entertainment was presented by Clarence Lovelady of Decatur. Refreshments were served and a social hour followed. Community Fund Is Aided By Teenagers Decatur Canvassed For Funds Thursday About $l2O was collected by teenagers in a door-to-door canvass of the city for the Decatur Community Fund Thursday night. David Heimann and Fred Schott, teenage co-chairmen of the drive, indicated that this report is not yet complete. The Community Fund now stands at $10,882.38, according to a report by the fund treasurer, Robert Boch. This includes the $7,298.80 contributed by Decatur industries and their employes. Boch reported that about eight of the 40 volunteer solicitors outside of industry have not yet turned in their reports and a complete report of the fund drive cannot be &ven until they do so. The goal this year is $13,400. Lyle Mallonee, general chairman of the fund drive, has expressed appreciation to the teenagers for their assistance, to Tom Allwein, who led the industrial drive, and to his assistants in the various industries and to all of the volunteer solicitors for the 1956 campaign. The Community Fund aids the Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts, cancer society, mental health association, the Salvation Army, playground equipment fund, the youth recreational activities hind and the united defense service organization. ELECTION RETURNS For election returns Tuesday night, Nov. 6, call telephone number 3-2171. The tape recorder will be up to the minute with returns and will be changed each time a new result is receiv■nea. ine election news service will be provided through the courtesy of the Citizens Telephone Company and the Decatur Daily Democrat. M ark down the number, 3-2171.

Issue Warning Suez Invasion Is Imminent Give Warnings Over Radio Invasion Os Canal Zone Nears BULLETIN WASHINGTON (IB - T h e United States announced today that it has cut off all military shipments to Israel. The State Department announced that a blanket order has been issued barring the shipment of any U. S. military supplies to the area of hostilities in the Middle East —including Israel and Egypt. LONDON (UP) — The AngloFrench command claimed today to have wiped out the Egyptian air force. It broadcast warnings to the Egyptian people indicating that invasion of the Suez Canal Zone was imminent. Britain’s Cyprus Radio warned Arab listeners that "our warships will disembark tanks and guns on Egyptian soil.” A communique issued at AngloFrench expeditionary headquar- . ters on Cyprus named land, sea ■ and air commanders for the final . operation. British ana French Jet fighters , and bombers from Cyprus and alr- • craft carriers off both ends of the i canal diverted some of their at* tacks on Egyptian airfields to troop concentrations. Claim Peninsula Captured , Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, assuming virtual dictatorial powers in his role as military governor general, abandoned Sinai Desert positions to Israeli attackers and was concentrating his forces west of the canal for promised “total war." Invading Israeli forces claimed to have taken over virtually the entire SfrW Peninsvln, Gaza, a city of about 40,000, and the Gaza Strip jammed with more than 200,000 Palestinian refugees. Capture of the Sinai Peninsula meant that the Israelis had taken over Egyptian territory 240 miles long and 130 miles deep at its widest point. In addition to Gaza, the Israelis claimed to hold the vital Abu Atheila road junction, the Red Sea islands of Tirah and Senabahir and the road to Port Saida coastal route the Egyptians had planned to use as an escape route. Knock Out Cairo Radio An Israeli spokesman said other Israeli troops had "entered” Al Arish, 50 miles west of Gaza. In Beirut, there were rumors that the Israelis now might be willing to accept a cease-fire. It was the third day of round-the-clock British and French bombing of Egyptian military targets. Today, British twin-jet Canberra* knocked out the Cairo Radio transmitter. J Communiques said bombers and rocket-firing fighters of the joint command had put more than S2O Egyptian planes out of action on the ground, effectively crippling the Egyptian air force. The French Defense Ministry said the “essential destruction of Egyptian airpower could be sondiered complete." Egypt said she had downed • total of nine British and French planes. Canal Is Closed Cairo communiques said the British planes had sunk one ship midway along the Suez Canal and another at the southern entrance, blocking the waterway to shipping. United Press correspondent Peter Webb at Port Said, the canal’s northern terminus, confirmed that the canal was closed. The joint command on Cyprus charged that the Egyptians themselves had "partially” blocked the canal by deliberately sinking a former U.S. landing craft. There was no direct indication as to what “H-hour” the AngloFrench force had set for the invasion, but both air and sea landings appeared imminent Air observation spotted heavy Egyptian troop movements at both ends of the 101-mile-long canal, indicating the Egyptians would (Continued ea Page Five)

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