Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 262.

LEAVE FOR DROP ON SUEZ CANAL Z(jNE ' —M . —wr —7 —w —/'Ji py $ (W JU Mu fe-sB V By ■ I .--mt * BRITISH PARATROOPERS who, after joining French paratroopers enroute, landed in the Suez Canal zone of Egypt, are shown aboard their transport just before taking off from Cyprus. The British Foreign Ministry announced later that the paratroopers had landed at several points in the Zone.

Great Britain And France In Suez Invasion Launch Amphibious Invasion Os Suez Canal Zone Today BULLETIN UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (iff!) — Britain informed the United Nations today that a ceasefire by British and French troops in the Middle East will be effective at 6 p.m. CST today. LONDON (UP) - Britain and France launched an amphibious invasion of the Suez Canal Zone today. A few hours later Russia broadcast on its domestic radip Egypt’s appeal for outside volunteers. <ln the Korean War Russian volunteer pilots flew with Red China’S •forces.) The United States, Britain and France were in urgent consultation to work out a common policy to cope with Russia’s moves, a French Foreign Ministry spokesman said. They are giving "serious consideration” to a Swiss call for a Big Four conference including Russia, he' added. Commandos and tanks swarmed ashore in the seaborne invasion at Port Said under cover of planes from aircraft carriers. Some units" were ferried from ship to shore in helicopters. Claim Port Said Cut Off The Anglo - French command said the ‘ qommandos linked up quickly with paratroop units who had been taking a furious pounding from Egyptian forces. It claimed Port Said had now been completely cut off and Egyptian forces isolated. The government of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser appealed to all the nations of the world to help her “repel British, French and’ Israeli military aggression.” This afternoon Moscow Radio broke into its broadcast with an unscheduled news bulletin. It said: “In this historically decisive hour, when the greatest values of mankind’s inheritance are at stake and mankind is being pushed back into chaos and savagery, -when France. Israel and the United Kingdom are carrying out a treacherous attack on Egypt and are defiantly carrying the banner of lawlessness and shame, Egypt is addressing a request for help in the form of volunteers, arms and other means to all those who throughout the world still respect human dignity and the lawfulness of international relations. “She Needs Your Help” “The people of Egypt are waging a struggle for their life and honor. The Egyptians’ are fighting not only for themselves and for their country but equally for the whole civilized world. “As long as aggression against Egypt continues despite United Nations resolutions, Egypt will continue to fight with every determination and all her forces against the forces of evil and in the name of dignity and a worthy existence." ti “She needs your : help. — Russia Monday had sent messages to Britain and France warning them that she was prepared to use force to crush “aggression’ Prime Minister Anthony Eden was so occupied with the crisis that he did not appear at the first session of the new Parliament after opening speech by Queen Elizabeth. Eden, French and American officials were reported in telephone and teleprinter contact across the Atlantic. Ferry In Supplies The moves of the great powers (Continued oh rags Five)

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Eisenhower, Mamie Vote At Gettysburg President Confident Os Reelection Win GETTYSBURG, Pa. flfl — President and Mrs. Eisenhower voted here today while several hundrea of their neighbors chanted “We like Ike.” They cast their ballots tea tiny white "election house” not far from their farm home. The first family drove here from the White House under a bright blue sky which seemed to match the President’s confidence. When they stepped out of their limousine at 11:15 a. m., the Gettysburg townspeople applauded and cheered. They paused to smile and shake hands with some of the crowd and then entered the crowded oneroom polling office. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower each spent only about 45 seconds in the booth, suggesting they entered just one "X” on the ballot for a straight party ticket —Republican. In his nationwide get-out-the-vote address Monday night, the President called the right to vote a "priceless privilege.” He appeared delighted at the turnout in Gettysburg. After voting, Mr. Eisenhower left immediately for Washington by plane. Mrs. Eisenhower arranged to return by car. T h e y planned to attend an election party at the GOP national headquarters tonight. Mrs. Eisenhower was still looking over a sample ballot when the president stepped out of his booth. When photographers asked him to refrain from dropping his ballot in the big wooden box until Mrs. Eisenhower was finished, she quipped, “It will probably take me -an hour.” Mamie Asks Question Soon after Mrs. Eisenhower disappeared behind her curtained booth, she popped out to ask another question, apparently about the possibility of just making the one “X” or straight ticket voting because she commented after she got her answer, “Fine, that takes care of everything.”

State Traffic Death Toll Mounts To 964 INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — Twenty deaths were added to Indiana’s 1956 traffic death toll last week, bringing the year’s total to 964, state police Supt. Frank A. Jessup announced today. During the same week last year, 22 persons lost their lives in Hoosier crashes. The 1956 total now is 22 more than at the same time last year. However, there were nine less deaths this week than last week. » Jessup said 759 of the victims were killed in rural and 205 in urban accidents. 11 th Hour Contract Agreement Prevents Gas Company Strike HAMMOND, Ind. (IP) /— Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and the United Mine Workers union reached an 11th hour contract agreement today following an allnight session. Agreement on the pact, details of which were not disclosed pending ratification by the District 50 membership, headed off a walkout by about 2,000 maintenance and service workers set for midnight ■ tonight- ( A strike could have tied up gas and electric service throughout northern Indiana.

Egypt Appeals For Help From United States Give Formal Appeal For Assistance To Fight Aggression WASHINGTON (V) — Egypt appealed to the United States today for help — “by volunteers, arms or otherwise" — in resisting what it described as dishonorable and brutal aggression. The formal appeal was contained in a note delivered by Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed Hussein to Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. The note said the Egyptian people "are fighting a battle of survival and of bonor,” “They are fighting it not only for themselves and their country but equally for the civilized world,” the note said. Reports Heavy Casualties Hussein said he did not know whether a similar appeal had been made to Russia or elsewhere. He also declined to give reporters Hoover’s reaction to his appeal. Hussein delivered two communications to Hoover — the formal appeal for help and a communication from Egypt to the effect that British and French bombardments of Egyptian cities is continuing and “casualties are very heavy.” He said he presented the Egyptian appeal to the State Department in an effort to get United States help in any way to “stop this savage, brutal, dishonorable war.” Confer at White House Earlier today, Hoover and CIA Director Allen W. Dulles went to the White House to discuss the international situation with President Eisenhower; Meanwhile, the White House branded Russia’s call for joint U.S.-Soviet action to stop aggression in the Middle East as “an obvious attempt to divert world attention from the Hungarian tragedy.” Premier Nikolai Bulganin made the proposal in a letter Monday to President Eisenhower. He called on the United States to Join the Soviet in air and naval action, supervised by the United Nations, to halt the war in Egypt. Later Russia tried, but failed, to get the U.N. Security Council to approve its plan. Calls Proposal "Unthinkable*’ In a statement issued before the U.N. action. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty called the Russian proposal "unthinkable.” Hagerty interpreted the Bulganin letter to be a call for U.S.-Soviet action outside the United Nations, although the text of the letter as reported from Moscow and Russia’s subsequent resolution before the Security Council called for U.N. supervision of the proposed joint force. Hagerty said the United States would oppose the introduction of Russian or any other “new forces” in the Middle East except under United Nations mandate. His statement did not spell out the kind of opposition this country would employ and Hagerty himself declined to elaborate. Hagerty called the Bulganin letter “an obvious attempt to divert world attention from the Hungarian tragedy.” Joint Chiefs Meet Hagerty said “it is clear that the first and most important step that should be taken to ensure world peace and security Is for the Soviet Union to observe the United Nations resolution to cease its military repression of the Hungarian people and withdraw its (Continued on Page Five)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 6,1956.

Americans Throng To Polls To Cast Votes In National Election

Nation Votes Choice Os Ike Or Stevenson Americans May Cast Record Votes Today In Midst Os Crisis WASHINGTON (UP) — About 60 million Americans vote in the midst of an international crisis today on whether President Eisenhower or Adlai E. Stevenson should lead the nation during the next four years. They will also decide who shall control Congress in the next two years. Thirty-five senators and 432 House members will be elected, along with 29 governors and thousands of state and local officials. While the Democrats might hang on to control of one or both houses of Congress, it will be counted a major upset if Mr. Eisenhower fails to win reelection. I His running mate again is Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who has emerged this year as a man to be reckoned with in the future course of the Republican Party. The first returns to be counted in today’s balloting — all from threes small towns in New Hampshire — gave Mr. Eisenhower 25 votes to Stevenson’s five Fight To Final Gong Despite the odds against them, Stevenson and his Democratic running mate, Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, were fighting up to the final gong of the final round. During the Democrats’ election eve campaign windup Monday night by radio and television, Stevenson told the nation that statistical evidence indicates that Nixon probably will be president within the next four years if the GOP wins-today. It was a last haymaker in a Democratic campaign which has included gentle reminders that Mr. Eisenhower has suffered two serious illnesses in the past 14 months. It also was part of the Democratic strategy of hitting hard at the controversial Nixon. Stevenson said that “as a citizen, more than a candidate, I recoil at the prospect of Nixon as custodian of this nation’s future.” Gets Angry Reply The Democratic candidates’s statement brought an angry reply from White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty. Hagerty said he had never expected to hear (Continued on Page Six)

Final Warning By Senator Kefauver Speaks In Florida Before Flying Home MIAMI, Fla. (IB — Sen. Estes Kefauver warned the«- American people today that the question of “death and survival” may weU rest on their votes in the presidential election. Kefauver flew here in a final hand-shaking bid to return Florida to the Democrats. The Republicans won Florida by some 100,000 votes in 1952, but the Democrats have expressed confidence that they can win back the state today. The Tennessee senator, accompanied by his wife, Nancy, arrived for a news conference, a motorcade tour through the greater Miami area and visits to Hialeah, Opa-Logka, North Miami, Miami, Coral Gables and South Miami. He was to leave at 11 a. m. for Chattanooga, Tenn., where he win vote, and return to Washington tonight. “The Republican party has failed to keep the peace,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee said in a statement prepared for an election day rally “The Russian army massacred the Hungarian rebels fighting for their freedom. Only the other day the flames of war erupted again in the Middle East. And emerging from the debris of a bankrupt American foreign policy, we find ourselves . . . cut off from our ancient friends and allies.”

Stevenson Warns Os Worsening Crisis Voices Confidence Os Election Win HALF DAY, IU. (UP) — Adlai E. Stevenson cast his ballot here today, confident he was voting for the winner. The Democratic presidential candidate came here from his Mearby country home at Libertyville, accompanied by his son, Borden. They voted in adjoining booths. It was Borden’s first election. Asked how he voted, Stevenson said, "I decided not to vote Republican.” A crowd of about 100 persons, with a liberal representation of photographers and reporters, wJs waiting at the fire station when Stevenson and his son arrived. A Cub Scout thrust a slip of paper at the candidate to be autographed, and a truck driver greeted him with the prediction that the chilly, gray, overcast day was “Democratic weather.” The voting took about 2 minutes, but photographers asked the candidate to pose so many times at the ballot box that Stevenson finally commented, “If I hold on to this thing much longer, somebody will think I’m voting more than once.” Reporters asked if he_>ere glad the campaign had ended. Stevenson said it was a long campaign, but that it was a “happy, heart-filling experience and I've enjoyed every minute of it.” When Stevenson, returned early today from Boston, he reiterated his warning that the international “crisis is getting worse,” and said he was concerned with the “collapse of our foreign policy.” People are beginning to realize they have been misinformed about the international situation, he said. PlKup 4th pgh Libertyville date: Stevenson said Stevenson said “the collapse” of America’s alliance with Britain and France has encouraged Russia to march back into Hungary. “If this fatal division in the West continues, it will invite further Soviet trouble-making elsewhere, in Poland and Formosa, for example,” said Stevenson. Stevenson’s election eve talk from Boston, carried over a national television network, contained the strongest language on (Continued on x*««e Five) Seven Are Killed In British Air Crash Backwards Seating Saves Many Lives BLACKBUSHE, England flB — At least 60 persons escaped death when an airliner crashed in a heavy fog early today. Officials credited the "miracle” to the fact that the passengers were seated backwards. Three children and four of six crew members were killed. Five passengers were unaccounted for several hours after the crash. Only twenty persons were sent to hospitals. The four-engine Hermes airliner bringing 74 dependents of servicemen home from the battle-torn Middle East crashed in flames near Blackbushe Airport, 30 miles southwest of London. It plunged into a pine wood, plowed a path through the trees for nearly 100 yards and then burst into flames. But airport officials said the lives of most of the passengers were saved because the rearward-facing seats absorbed much of the shock of the crash. Editor Os Democrat Undergoes Surgery Dick D. Heller, editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat, underwent surgery Monday afternoon for the removal of a brain tumor. His condition following the operation is satisfactory. It will probably be several days before he will be allowed to have visitors. He is a patient at the Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne.

Hoosiers Trek To Polls To Cast Ballots Election Officials Hoping For Record Turnout Os Voters INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Hoosiers ignored rain and trooped to the polls in what may be a record turnout to exercise their franchise in today’s elections. Officials hoped for a record vote of about two million. From the time the polls opened at 7 a.m.(CDT), precincts throughout Hoosierland were in business. Early turnouts in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Bloomington, Muncie, and New Castle were “heavy” to “extremely heavy.” Monroe County Clerk T. Nolin Welch predicted a record vote of about 21,500, barring a heavy deluge of rain. Bloomington had early-morning showers, end the weatherman predicted scattered rain for the entire state at least through Tuesday night. - The previous Monroe County record of 19,925 votes was set in 1952. Some cities, like Kokomo, reported voting tapered off while it rained but did not dampen the enthusiasm to “get out the vote." The weatherman, who earlier predicted “fair and mild” for today, did an about-face and his latest outlook called for "occasional rain” from the far north this morning to the south later in the day. Portions of western Indiana and the teeming Calumet district upstate reported early rain, but officials .were confident it would not cut into the expected heavy turnout everywhere as Hoosiers decided whether Democrats should kick Republicans out of state offices and if President Eisenhower should win re-election -and Indiana’s 13 electoral votes over Adlai E. Stevenson. Voting machines were used in 1,897 of Indiana's 4.384 precincts. Indianapolis reported a “very heavy” early turnout in all precincts. Some voters stood in line as long as 30 minutes, even at points where two voting machines were used. Ralph Tucker, 50, three-t im e Democratic mayor of Terre Haute campaigning on a “New Deal” slate, faced “moderate” Lt. Gov. Harold Handley, 46, in the battle for governor. • (Continued On Pare Five) Monmouth Parents Form Band Club Fund Is Sought To Purchase Uniforms The parents of members of the Monmouth band have recently organized the Monmouth band parents’ association which is now working in conjunction with the school to purchase band uniforms. This coming week-end, members of the band will start canvassing all of Root and Preble and parts of Union townships. Uniforms are necessary if a band is to march and compete successfully with other bands. Monmouth’s band has participated in two jnarching contests held in conjunction with parades, and in the annual Ball State College band day. The students and their parents hope to reach a goal of SI,BOO. It la hoped that the canvass wiU-net most of this. The soliciting is to be completed by November 21, which is the date for Ordering the uniforms. They are to be delivered by January 10. The band and band parents’ organization hope that all patrons and friends of the school will help them toward their goal of SI,BOO. INDIANA WEATHER Clearing and cooler tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and rather cool. Low tonight in the 40s, high Wednesday 54-60. Sunset 5:38 p. m., sunrise Wednesday 7:20 a. m.

Dulles Keeping Up On World Situation Condition Reported Highly Satisfactory WASHINGTON (UP) -Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was expected to start taking food by mouth today in a major step forward in his recovery from his operation for an intestinal cancer. The 68-year-old diplomat has , been fed intravenously since he underwent the emergency surgery Saturday afternoon. But his doc- , tors said they planned to start him on “oral feedings” today. Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. visited the secretary Monday night and reported he looked “perfectly wonderful” and that the doctors were “very pleased” at the rate of his recovery. A new medical bulletin on Dulles’ condition was due from the State Department today. Hoover spent about 10 minutes ; with Dulles. He said he gave the I secretary a brief report on the . swiftly - moving developments in [ die Middle East and Eastern t Europe. Despite his illness, Dulles has r been keeping abreast of the situar tion and passing along advice to Hoover and President Eisenhower. The State Department reported ‘ Monday that Dulles began sitting ‘ up briefly in his chair in the pres- ; idential suite at Walter Reed Army , Medical Center. It said his “spirits are high.” Dulles was rushed to the hospital 1 early Saturday with what physicians thought was an acute appen- ‘ dicitis. When they operated, however, they found a tumor—adeno- . carcinoma—in the large intestine. Die diseased section was removed. The physicans said there was no ’ evidence the cancer had spread to ’ other organs. And medical literature indicates that the recovery i rate in this type of intestinal can- _ cer is relatively high. v ■ Seven Are Dead In Chicago El Crash > -Dozen Are Reported ' Critically Injured CHICAGO (UP) — Authorities hoped an election day inquest would furnish a clue to the cause of an elevated train crash that killed 7 persons and injured about 191 others. Forty-three persons were hospitalized, 12 of them in critical condition. The remaining 148 injured were released from hospitals after treatment. Officials of the Chicago Transit Authority began immediate investigation to determine what caused the accident. “It was one of those things that just should not happen" a CTA spokesman said. Investigation also was being conducted by the coroner and Chicago police. "I want to discover if the el was going too fast because it was behind schedule. I also want to look into charges concerning brake failure," Coroner Walter E. McCarron said. “I don’t care if it is electicW day. This thing is above politics. The crash, Chicago’s worst public transportation disaster since 34 persons were killed in a street car-ga?oline truck collision six years ago, occurred at the height of Monday’s evening rush hour when an eight-car city el plowed irilo a halted suburban express. The impact sent the el’s lead car telescoping 15 feet into the more solidly built suburban train. Rescuers—with acetylene torches, electrical saws and power winches —worked for nearly five hours to free trapped passengers. Early Returns WASHINGTON (UP)—A United Press tabulation of scattered early returns from tiny precincts in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, North and South Carolina and Michigan showed, as of 11 a.m. CST: Eisenhower, 70. Stevenson, 28.

Heavy Voting Reported At County Polls Voters Os County May Cast Record Number Os Ballots Adams county voters flocked to the polls today along with the rest of the nation to elect a president and other officials on the state and local level. Most political observers here predicted a record vote in Adams county in spite of rain in the afternoon. Most precincts reported at least one third of the registered voters had visited the polls before noon. A check of some of the Decatur precincts showed 110 by noon at 3-C, 224 by 12:30 p. m. at 3-A, more than 150 at noon at 1-C and over 200 by 1 p. m. at 2-A. A similarly heavy morning vote in the southern part of the county was reported. About a fourth of those registered in the county’s , largest precinct, Berne A, had voted by 9:30 a. m. this morning and voting was also brisk in Geneva and at Linn Grove. In anticipation of the - heavy vote, the county election board today had additional ballots printed which will be available in case any precinct runs short before the voting day ends. The number of ballots originally printed corresponded to the vote in 1954 and the vote total is expected to be considerably higher this year. The prediction of a record vote is fortified by the number of absentee ballots cast in this election. County clerk Richard Lewton reported that 294 persons applied for the absentee ballots and most of them are expected to be returned. He stated that three of the applications sent out were returned because they were not claimed. Election day activities were also heavy at the Democratic and Republican headquarters where both parties are offering transportation and baby-sitting services to the voting public. The polls close at-7 p. m. and the tremendous task of counting local, state, national and time referendum ballots begins. The official counting begins at the polls with the counting 'by the precinct boards. The official canvassing board for totalling the precinct votes will be in the court room of the county court house under the supervision of the county election board, which includes county clerk Lewton, Republican member Cal E. Peterson and Democratic member David A. Macklin. The clerks will be Mrs. Austin Merriman and Rosemary Spangler, Democrats, and Mrs. Leota Connell and « Mrs. Galen Sprunger, Republicans. Sam Bentz, court bailiff, will also assist. The official counting is expected to last well into Wednesday morning but unofficial results will be available sooner through the Decatur Daily Democrat, where a staff of workers will be on hand through the night to accept the reports of precinct inspectors. The Decatur Daily Democrat, in cooperation with the Citizens Telephone company, will again announce up-to-the-minute election returns over its news service telephone. The number is 3-2171 and (Continued on Paxe Five) Election Returns ’ For election returns Tonight 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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