Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 260, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 260.

. EGYPTIAN VOLUNTEERS MOVE INTO ACTION P"”*"’ .- — r —”— fI • ' 1 £ I KT _ ■Bly? r I * f J t EBV 4 ZjMW i li > , mi i i /MHF 7 i * ’ \ m i'garwtaigW 4MgBBF>F i IZ „ ay mSQMK g|g. W . WITH EGYPT vowing to “fight to the last man” volunteers leave Cairo in army trucks for the fighting front* The fully-armed volunteers will oppose Israeli invasion forces which claim to have inflicted 5,000 casualties on Egyptians in the four-day battle across the desert.

Soviets Close Armored Ring At Budapest Austro-Hungarian Border Virtually Sealed Off By Reds VIENNA (UP) ~ The Soviets have closed an armored ring around Budapest, massed thousands of troops in western Hungary and virtually sealed off the Austro-Hungarian border, reports reaching here said today. Correspondents in Budapest reported that Soviet tanks have ringed the capital and could move in any time Moscow gives the order. > A spokesman for the insurgent National Committee for Western Hungary at Gyoer told United Press by telephone that powerful Soviet forces numbering at least 8 000 men and several score tanks moved into the area facing the Austrian frontier. “The number of Red army troops in this area, which normally was about 2,000, has quadrupled in the last couple of days,” the spokesman said. “At least 40 tanks have headed for the border and have set up roadblocks and halted all traffic. Seems Less Confident The council, which was set up in Gyoer several days ago under the chairmanship of Attila Szigetti, controls all Hungary west of the Danube River. The spokesman appeared to have lost the confidence expressed ear- — Her this week when asked what Hungarian authorities planned to do to counter the Soviet moves. “We are greatly afraid, greatly afraid,” the spokesman said. "All we can offer is passive resistance.” He said that the Soviets seized and controlled all rail lines and junctions in the area in addition to highways and side roads. Report Newsmen Held Reports reaching Vienna said a group of Western newsmen had been halted by the Russians near the border town of Magyarovar. The reports, which could not be confirmed, said the newsmen were mistreated and some of them beaten- by the Soviets. Vienna airport officials said all mercy flights of planes carrying medical and food supplies to Budapest were halted Friday after warnings they would not be permitted to land at the city airport. Unconfirmed Vienna newspaper reports sold Russian antiaircraft guns opened fire on some of the earlier mercy planes. The Vienna afternoon newspaper Bildtelegraf said 170 Soviet tanks had moved into the area near but- added the report appeared to be exaggerated. Show Football Film At Lions Meeting A film of the Purdue-Notre Dame game last month will be shown at the regular meeting of the Lions club Monday at 6:30 p. m. at the Decatur Youth and Community Center. Mauri Williamson, executive sec- - retary of the agriculture alumni association of Purdue University, - will present the commentary on the film, which shouWPbe of interest to local football fans. The program was arranged through Leo Seltenright, county agent arid a member of the club. Members are reminded to inform the club secretary of the number of guests who will attend the meeting. _. NOON EDITION

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Red Intervention In Hungary Scored Opposition Mounts In United Nations By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press Staff Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) —United Nations opposition to Soviet military intervention in Hungary multiplied today despite Soviet claims the rebellion there “against the people” had been crushed. The Security Council called a session for 3 p.m. EST when it was expected to decide to send a U.N. commission into Hungary to investigate Soviet troop movements into the country. Another Soviet veto seemed likely. Premier Imre Nagy of the civil war-torn country appealed twice to Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold for aid and said Soviet troops were pouring across the border in a threat to Hungary’s new-found freedom. Wants Red Talks Nagy asked Hammarskjold to have the Security Council instruct Russia to start negotiations immediately with Hungary for the withdrawal of the Red army and for Hungary's repudiation of the Kremlin’s Warsaw Pact. Soviet Ambassador Arkady A. Sobolev, told an urgent session of the council Friday night the Kremlin had sent no fresh troops into Hungary and said “many reports, including statements by Mr. Nagyr are unfounded.” But the United States was preparing a resolution along the lines of a Cuban suggestion by Cuban Ambassador Emilio Nunez-Portu-ondo calling for a commission to supervise the withdrawal of Soviettroops and the holding of free elections. If. as expected, Russia vetoes the move to send a commission into Hungary, the West was expected to ask that the Hungarian question be sent to the Assembly, possibly for consideration on Sunday. In Emergency Session The Assembly is still in emergency session because of the Middle East crisis. The 21 Latin American republics already were sending individual letters to Hammarskjold asking him place the Hungarian issue before the session. 0 The 24-nation Afro-Asian group put before Hammarskjold Friday night a statement of its ideas about what the United Nations should do about the fighting in the Middle East. It did not make public its statement. Hammarskjold earlier an(Contlnued on r-age Five) Alexandria Woman Is Killed By Auto ANDERSON, Ind. (UP) — Mrs. Esther Robinson, 61, Alexandria, died today in St. John’s Hospital here of injuries sustained Friday when she was struck by an automobile while crossing an Alexandria street. Driver of the car was identified as Shirley Ann Parton, 20, Alexandria. Trash And Tin Can Collection In City The city street department will conduct a trash and tin can collection in Decatur next week, Monday through Thursday. Bernard J. Clark, street commissioner, asks residents to place cans in containers prior to date set for .collection in each area. He also stated that because of the collection, the department will be unable to remove leaves from the streets next week. Collection areas and dates are: Monday, north of Monroe street and west of Fifth street; Tuesday, north of Monroe street and east of Fifth street; Wednesday, south of Monroe street and east of Fifth street; Thursday, south of Monroe street and west of Fifth street.

Ike Reported As Confident Os Reelection Talks Over Details Os Inauguration To Members Os Staff By MERRIMAN SMITH \ United Press White House Writer WASHINGTON (UP) —President Eisenhower today was so convinced of his reelection that he was talking over details of his second inauguration with members of his staff. 1116 President's confidence reflected the belief of some of his professional — and political — advisers that his victory at the polls is assured. Mr. Eisenhower planned to stay at his desk today working on the fast-developing Middle East and Hungarian crises. In the closing hours of the presidential carApalgn, he hds left announcement of his policy stands to Vice President Richard M. Nixon and former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Nixon in a nationwide speech Friday night at Hershey, Pa., denounced Democratic attacks on administration foreign policy. Dewey will address the nation tonight. Friends Describe Attitude Friends of the Eisenhower family who have been in intimate touch with the President and his wife in the last few days said the Chief Executive was not “cocky”. However, the friends pointed out that after the President made properly modest demurrers about the outcome of the election, he began talking about his next four years in the White House and the myriad details of the inauguration. There was active speculation within the flexible periphery of the Eisenhower official family about the future roles of current cabinet members. " ” The President is understood to plan no wholesale cleanout of the cabinet officers who were responsible for some of the toughest criticism aimed at the administration by the Democrats this year—Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson. All Regarded Highly The President regards these three men as prime exponents of his theories of government and he will not ask one of them to give up a cabinet portfolio. However, some of the President's associates, with an eye to 1960, have thought that after a year or two of a new administration — assuming Mr. Eisenhower is reelected — ...the cabinet members now regarded as liabilities might slowly slip back into private life. Dewey’s last minute front line appearance in the campaign resurrected old reports that the former New York governor might be in line for a cabinet job, particularly if Dulles were to resign after the election. Dulles laughed heartily but declined to give a direct answer Friday when asked about reports he intends to resign. But assistant Secretary of State Carl W. McCardle told newsmen that Dulles has no plans to step down from the cabinet. , To Operate Monday On Democrat Editor A/2c Dick Dr Heller, Jr., arrived in Fort Wayne at noon today from Japan, where he is stationed with the U. S. air force. He was contacted in Japan Wednesday by the Red Cross. He is on emergency leave because of the illness of his father, Dick Heller, Sr., who will undergo surgery for a brain tumor Monday morning.

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Great Britain, France Reject UN Appeal To End Mid-East Fighting

Two Are Killed In First Heavy Snow Os Season Worst Blizzard Os Season Raging In Western States By UNITED PRESS The season’s worst blizzard howled through the West and left at least two persons dead and many stranded on snow blanketed roads. Although the storm began to diminish in force in Colorado and Wyoming, more snow and wind raced through skies over the northeastern section of Wyoming. Highway crews and communications workers labored throughout the early morning in freezing temperatures to repair damage done by the raging winds and to clear the roads of snow. Worker Electrocuted One of these men, James Lee’ Belcher was electrocuted near Lamar, Colo., while working on a power line that was downed by the winds. A search party found 8-year-dd Jerry Seveland of Merriman, Neb., almost seven hours after he had become separated from his brother in the swirling snow. The laid, found huddled ii|s a drift, wis taken to a school house, where he died. A Scotts Bluff, Neb., radio station said that they had compiled a list of 25 persons whose relatives had reported them missing. Other points in the snow-bound area reported many residents missing, but it was believed that these persons were only temporarily stranded by the storm, and unable to contact relatives because of the power failures. Searchers scoured parts of Nebraska for three men feared trapped in the snow. A Snow Baby Mrs. Archie Shimek was in the midst of labor pains when her doctor’s car stuck in the snow near Hemingford, Neb., Friday night. Her baby was delivered safely, however, with her sister-in-law’s help. The doctor radioed instructions to his clinic, which relayed them over the telephone to the Shimek ranch. Railroad trains were reported missing in the storm, which also extended into the Dakotas and sprinkled the border of Kansas. Many snow drifts were piled as high as seven feet and the average depths throughout the area reached 10 inches. Girl Scout Leaders Attend Conference Send Delegates To Regional Meeting The Decatur Girl Scout association met recently at the American Legion home. During the business meeting, the group voted to send several delegates to the Great Lakes regional conference at Milwaukee, November 12-14'. A policy making committee was appointed. This committee includes Mrs. William Schnepf, Mrs. Louis Zwick, Mrs. Wilbur Reynolds, and Mrs. Lowell Harper. Mrs. Ruth Railing gave an interesting report on her trip to the national Girl Scout roundup. . Election of officers was held, and installation will take place in January, at which time the new term of office will begin. At the conclusion of the meeting, an investiture ceremony fol’ 1 new leaders was conduct by Mrs. Lowell Harper, who was assisted by Mrs. Charles Jessup and Mrs. Doyle Collier. A total of 34 Brownie and Girl Scout leaders have taken part in the basic leadership training courses, and each was given recognition. Following the investiture ceretrainer, was presented with a mony, Mrs. Harper, a volunteer "thanks badge” in appreciation for her outstanding service to the Girl Scouts association. s

Rescuers Seeking To Aid Trapped Miners 111 Trapped Coal Miners Feared Dead SPRINGHILL, N.S. (UP)—Rescue workers raced today to build an underground hoist to reach ill trapped coal miners but they »ared all were dead. If the trapped miners are dead ft would an explosion, fire and deadly gas in the Cumberland Railway and Coal Company pit at • p.m. Thursday had claimed a total of 126 victims. Fifteen bodies had been recovered by tiiis morning. They included five men killed by the pithead blast, one who died of in- , juries, two volunteer rescue workers, and seven of 118 night-shift ' workers who were trapped by gas that penetrated more than a mile underground. Harold M. Gordon, general manager of Cumberland’s parent Dominical Steel and Coal Corporation and a former miner, personally led 10-man “draegerman”— specially trained and equipped volunteers — teams in a race to reach the miners believed to be some 6,000 feet underground. Gordon, 57 said “the probability is that all the men are dead.” But he and several hundred of the trapped men’s relatives who stood waiting near the pithead refused to abandon hope. The biggest obstacle was getting tothe victims without- risking the lives of rescuers who were unable to get down the more than 45degree slopes by themselves. They started building a hoist Friday afternoon and still were at it at dawn today. The trapped men were believed to be below the mine’s 3,800-foot level which the rescuers reached Friday. The mine goes down to 6,100 feet and it was believed they either were working that far down or driven there by gas after the explosion and fire. Murder Charges Are Filed Against Pair Indiana Woman And ' Son Held On Charge CROWN POINT, Ind. W — ! First degree murder charges were I filed late Friday against a woman < and her 16-year-old son who ad- 1 mitted slaying her husband and 1 plotting to blame an imaginary hitchhiker. Mrs. Gladys Martin, 35, Hammond, and her son by a former . marriage, Anthony Brewbaker, 16, I without bail. I Anthony’s sister, Marianne, 12, who was awakened when he shot his stepfather, Robert Martin, 32, as the family returned to their trailer park home early Monday, was held at the Lake County Detention home. f Authorities said she probably i will be called to testify at the 1 trial. ! Lake County Prosecutor Metro i Holovachka said the "case will go to a county grand jury Nov. 14. I Police and FBI agents scoured areas in Illinois and Indiana for 1 three and a half days before ( Anthony confessed he shot his 1 stepfather. They searched for a 1 “hitchhiker” the mother and son said committed the murder. Anthony and Mrs. Martin said 1 they plotted the shooting because * of Martin’s excessive drinking and ! abusiveness. SAMPLE BALLOTS As a service to voters, the i Decatur Daily Democrat < today is publishing sample ‘ ballots for next Tuesday’s • election. Facsimiles of the < national, state, county and i time referendum ballots 1 are printed on pages 6 and 7. In addition, Washington - township voters will have an additional ballot, to elect a member of the Adams Central school board. Candidates for the board j are Clark William Smith, . Democrat, and George C. i Thomas, Republican. <

Stevenson To Wind Up Drive For Election Plans Nationally Televised Speeches Tonight And Monday CHICAGO (UP)— Adlai E. Stevenson, plugging his own plan for peace in the Middle East, flew home from Detroit today for the windup of his Democratic campaign for president. Between now and Election Day Tuesday, he will sandwich in a quick flight to the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul for a breakfast rally Monday morning. But except for that, his campaigning now will concentrate on two nationally televised speeches delivered from here. The first will be a huge rally at the Chicago Stadium tonight, preceded by a parade down Madison Street. Election Eve TV Speech Stevenson’s final appeal for votes will be a televised address on election eve. It was not certain whether he would deliver this from his home, or from a Chicago studio. One thing appeared certain— Stevenson planned to wage the finish of his, campaign almost entirely on the “failures” of the Eisenhower administration in the Middle East. Stevenson told an enthusiastic crowd of 7,500 at the Fox Theater in Detroit Friday night that, “there are things a determined American government could do to stop the war and strike a blow for peace” in that troubled area. He said the first fundamental should be that “whatever the provocation, aggression can no longer be tolerated in the atomic age.” Most Rebuild Alliance Stevenson said the free nations must rebuildtheir alliance, and .the United States should work with its friends both in Europe and elsewhere to forge a common policy for the Middle East. The first point of such a policy should be that security is restored along the frontiers of Israel, Stevenson said. Second, he said, the United States should “insist” that the passage of ships through the Suez Canal is an international matter, not to be interfered with by one nation. Violent Explosion Hits Orphans Home Children Evacuated Without Any Harm GREAT FALLS, Mont. (UP)— St. Thomas Orphans Home was rocked by a violent explosion here Friday, but 25 Roman Catholic nuns evacuated the 284 children in the building without injury. Three men, two employes and a bystander, were injured. Eighty-five of the children live in the home and the others were attending classes when the blast rocked the four-story brick structure at 2:20 p.m. The nuns organized the children and the group filed out of the building. Firemen, who quickly controlled a small fire in a corridor, said the children were “standing out there just like a bunch of little soldiers” when the fire equipment arrived. The explosion rocked houses in the area, blew out all the windows of the home and three big chunks of wood and glass for 60 to 70 yards. , Fire department officials said the blast was apparently caused when a digging machine, working nearby, broke a natural gas line. Estimate 15,000 Killed In Hungary BUENOS AIRES (IP! — A Red Cross official in Budapest estimated at least 15,000 persons were killed and many thousands more wounded in the anti-Communist revolt, the Aid to Free Hungary Committee said Friday.

Kefauver Campaigns Through Minnesota Whistle Stop Tour Underway In State WITH KEFAUVER IN MINNESOTA (UP)—Sen. Estes Kefauver climbed wearily aboard a train early today for an 18-speeeh “whistle stop” campaign through Minnesota. ( The Tennessee Democrat, determined to fight it out to the last, - flew to Lacrosse, Wis., from Pitter burgh and Immediately boarded r the special campaign train to crass - the state line into Minnesota and a • long half day of down-by-the-tracks campaigning with his aubumhaired r wife, Nancy. 1 The Democratic vice-presidential f nominee was keeping closely in 1 touch with his running mate, Adlai • E. Stevenson, about the troubled • Middle East situation. 1 But he aimed most of his fire at 5 issues closer to the state the Demo--1 crats hope to recapture in the Nov. 3 6 balloting. In a statement Issued as he arrived in Minnesota, Kefauver charged that the Eisenhower administration is taking “unusual” actions to protect a group of bank- ’ ers who have backed the Burrus Mills, Inc., of Texas in a "questionable” government grain storage deal. ‘ “The President’s brother, Arthur j . Eisenhower, is executive vice-pres- . ident of one of the sponsoring s banks, Commerce Trust Co. of Kansas City, Mo, - c Kefauver charged today that the r bank had $510,000 invested in the Burrus company, and that the govj ernment entered into a contract 3 that was “awfully good” for the r bank after it became obvious that the Burrus grain storage project 1 was headed for failure. Kefauver’s Minnesota schedule . called for stops at Winona, Rochesj ter, Kasson, Owatonna, Waseca, Mankato, St. Peter, Le Sueur, Belle Plaine, Shakopee, St. Paul, 5 Forest Lake, Rush City, Pine City, L Hinckley, Moose Lake and Duluth. t ■ Emergency Aid Is Offered Hungary l Food And Medical Supplies From U.S. WASHINGTON (UP)—The United States is ready to follow up its offer of emergency aid to Hungary with long-term aid if Hungary throws off Soviet domination, informed sources said today. However, the offer is not expected to come soon. The United States first wants to be certain what the outcome of the Hungarian revolt will be. Some officials expressed concern that Russia may be preparing to crush it. However, the State Department felt as of Friday night that conflicting reports on Hungarian-So-viet relations left the picture too confused to warrant any predictions on the final outcome. Some reports said Soviet troops had reentered Hungary in force while others said Russia and Hungary ■ were making arrangements for the evacuation of Soviet forces. Mr. Eisenhower ordered the emergency aid for Hungary Friday after a conference with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Mr. Eisenhower said the United States was prepared to send S2O million worth of food and medical supplies to help the Hungarian people withstand the hardships of the coming winter. Monmouth PTA Will Meet Tuesday Night The Monmputh parent-teachers association will meet Tuesday evening, instead of the following Tuesday evening, because of the Decatur vs Monmouth basketball game that is scheduled for that evening. The meeting will begin at 7:30 o'clock, at the Monmouth school. The student council of Monmouth will provide the program, as they form a panel discussion and discuss “Cooperation among teachers, parents, students, and schools.”

Early Invasion Os Suez Canal Seems Certain Reject Appeal From United Nations To Halt Suez Fighting : LONDON (UP) - Britain and ( France rejected today a United , Nations appeal for an end to the ’ Middle East fighting. An imme- , diate invasion of the Suez Canal j Zone appeared certain. However, British Defense Mln* t ister Antony Head said at 7 a.m. t CST that “no Anglo-French land- : Ings" had taken place yet in , Egypt. The French Defense Ministry said Anglo-French forces already i were assembling for a move to “unMock” the Su& Canal which it said the Egyptians had “sabotaged” by the sinking of five ’ ships. Simultaneous Announce- ; meats came from London and Paris that the conflict would go on ’ until certain demands were met. 1 The chief of these was Anglo- ’ French occupation of the Suez ' Canal Zone. Prime Minister Anthony Eden announced the decision in a tense House of Commons and there were cries from the labor opposition: ' “So the war goes on!” Israelis victorious ' The victorious Israeli army was ' moving toward the canal zone cities of Port Said, Ismailia and • Suez. Israel reported new clashes with : Fedayeen commandos along the border with Jordan during the night, and Iraq announced it was sending troops into Jordan to bolster its defenses against Israel. Israel also reported the capture of the southern Sinai Desert town of Tor, on the Suez Gulf 150 miles below tiie city of Suez, in a move to prevent-sea-borne Egyptian reinforcements from reaching the Suez. The Anglo - French announcement, taken after close consultation by leaders of the two countries, listed three conditions on which they would halt their action: 1. Both Israel and Egypt must agree to accept a United Nations police force to keep the peace. British and French'forces presumably would be a part of this police force. 2. The United Nations keep its police forces in the canal zone until an overall Israeli - Egyptian peace settlement is reached —a move that would mean internationalization of the canal zone. Occupation Final Aim This would include agreements for keeping the Suez Canal open under the protection of the international police force. 3. Both Egypt and Israel agree to accept limited detachments of Anglo - French forces to be stationed between them until a U.N, police force is established. That would mean immediate Anglo - French occupation of the canal zone whether the Invasion was carried out or not. Additional Indications that invasion was imminent came from a spokesman tor the French Defense Ministry in Paris. (Continue on Pars Five) INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness tonight and Sunday with chance of shpwers Sunday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 47-53. High Sunday 63-69. Outlook for Monday: Partly cloudy to cloudy and cooler. 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 received. The election news service will be provided through the courtesy of the Citizens Telephone Company and the Decatur Daily Democrat. Mark down the number, 3-2171.

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