Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1956 — Page 1

Vol. LIV. No. 265

FOUR DIE AS PLANE HITS BUILDING ' ~ A TWIN ENGINE PLANE, flying in poor weather, crashed into an unused TV tower, caromed into this North Bergen, N. J., apartment building and killed at least four persons. The plane tore a hole in the building, hurled one victim from her top floor apartment and set fire to the building.

At Least Four Dead As Plane Strikes Tower I Television Tower Threatens To Fall In Area Os Homes NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (UP)— An 810-foot television tower, struck by a plane which crashed in flames into an apartment building, threatened today to topple into a heavily-populated residential area. Four and possibly five persons were killed when the twin-engined Beechcraft plane struck the fogshrouded tower Thursday and careened into the top floor of the apartment house. The plane tore a 75-foot gash in the top of the 36family building and fire gutted the fifth floor. Four persons were injured. ‘ 5 » Mayor Angelo Sarubbi said engineers would attempt today to cut the top of the tower free with acetylene torches and remove it in “a directed drop.” The freed part wouW jbe directed in its fall by guide wu*es. State of Emergency Sarubbi declared a state of emergency and ordered all persons evacuated from a 15 square block area in North Bergen and nearby Guttenberg. Some 3.000 persons were evacuated and sought shelter with relatives, in nearby schools and motels in the area which offered them free lodging. _ The Red Cross declared the section a disaster area and provided food and shelter for the homeless. An Army truck from First Army Headquarters in New York delivered blankets and cots early today to the schools. The pilot and co-pilot of the plane, both killed, were indentified as William Lee Cromley, 32, of Trafalgar, Ind., and Russell S. Williams Sr., 58, Indianapolis, president of the Bonded Gasoline and Oil Company of Indianapolis. The plane was owned by Gasteria, Inc., of Indianapolis. Two women who lived on the top floor of the building also were killed. Widow’s Body Found The body of Mrs. Estelle Pyne, a widow, was found in the gutted building. Her body was identified through dental work by Dr. Benjamin Moskowitz, a Union City, N.J. dentist. Mrs. Harriet Phelps, 58, jumped to her death from the window of her top floor apartment to escape the flames. The possibility that a fifth person might have been killed was raised when police said they discovered a ‘'small body in the apartment house. They said this night be the body of a child but it was burned beyond recognition. Police said the pilot, apparently lost in the fog, may have been trying to land the plane in a nearby park. They said if the plane had been 15 feet higher after it struck the tower it would have cleared the apartment house and crashed (Continued 0" Pa^e Flvej Will Confer Monday On Power Contract Members of the city board of public works and safety will meet Monday at 10 a.m. in Fort Wayne with representatives of the Indiana and Michigan Electric company to study the I & M. bid for the contract to supply electrical energy to the city of Decatur. The bid was submitted to the city council Tuesday night and was referred to the board of works for approval or rejection. The proposed contract calls for the sale to the City of a block of power including a demand of 7,000 KVA. The contract will be for 10 years 'and then renewable from year to year after that for another 15 year period.

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Clements Leading Senate Casualty Speculations Over Leaders In Senate WASHINGTON (UP) —Political speculation centered today around possible successors to Sen. Earle C. Clements of Kentucky as Senate Democratic whip and Sen. Eugene D. Millikin of Colorado as chairman of the Conference of Republican Senators. The Democrats were assured of control of the new 85th Senate when it convenes in January. But several top spots in the organizational structure remain to be filled by one or both parties. Clements, the foremost Senate casualty in the voting Tuesday, served as a strong number two man to Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) and several times had filled in as acting Democratic leader. ■Die veteran Kentucky political leader went down to narrow' defeat at &ie hands of former Republican Rep. Thruston B. Morton, who resigned as an assistant secretary of state to make the, race. 1116 ailing Millikin, chairman of the GOP conference (caucus) for 10 years, retired because of poor health. Former Democratic Rep. John A. Carroll won his seat. Sen. Carl Hayden (D-Ariz), a 79-year-old veteran, is in line to become president pro tempore. He would succeed Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga), who is retiring after 34 years in the upper chamber. Hayden, who has been in Congress since 1912, also becomes “dean” of the Senate in length of service. Several names have been mentioned as possibilities to succeed Clements as Democratic whip, but Johnson will have the major voice in the final selection. They include Sens. A. S. Mike Monroney (Okla), George A. Smathers (Fla) Robert S. Kerr (Okla), Mike Mansfield (Mont), Albert Gore (Tenn) and Alan Bible (Nev). Sens. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (la), Andrew F. Schoeppel (Kan) and Everett M. Dirksen (Ill) were regarded as possible successors to Millikin as chairman of the GOP conference. Buehrer Funeral On Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Joseph Buehrer, who died Wednesday night at Fort Wayne, will be held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at D. O. McComb & Sons funeral home in that city, the Rev. Mark Blaising officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Veterans Day In Nation On Sunday Legal Holiday Is In Effect Monday Sunday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day) but it will be celebrated in Decatur Saturday and Monday. The annual flag' ceremony conducted by the Decatur American Legion Post 43 will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday at the Legion home. The Rev. Otto Busse, post chaplain, will present remarks pertinent, to the celebration. The public is invited to attend. The Legion has also planned a chop suey’supper from 5:30 to 7r30 m. Saturday, and entertainment’ will follow the supper. In observance of the legal holiday t the folowing offices will be closed all day Monday :> all county offices' in the county court house, federal offices including the A.S.C. office, Decatur city hall, the First State Bank and the post office. There will be no regular mail delivery Monday.

Lodge Charges Russia Halls Red Cross Aid Tells UN Assembly Russia Has Halted Legitimate Action UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.((W) — The United States, refusing to admit that Hungary's “glorious dead have died in vain”, called on Russia today to permit food and medicines from abroad to be distributed to the Hungarian people. U. S. Amassader Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. told the United Nations General Assembly that Russia had halted legitimate Red Cross activities in the beleaguered country. “The action of the Soviet government, which speaks of sending food, and, on the other hand, is starving out the populace, is utterly revolting,” Lodge said. He presented a resolution calling mi‘ Russia to end its action against ’the Hungarian people and urging the Soviet Union and Hungary not to interfere with the receipt and distribution of food and medical supplies. The measure also asked Secretary General Dag Hammarskjola to instruct the U.N. refugee office to consult interested governments on emergency assistance to Hungarian refugees. Lodge said Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, The Netherlands and France already have offered refugee and that the U.S. was ready to admit 5,000 refugees. Doplomatic sources predicted Russia would reject any U.N. action to lift the Iron Curtain on the famine-stricken satellite nation. Diplomats had almost 18 hours to consider the U.S. draft resolution carefully before it was submitted to the assembly formally after its emergency session opened this morning. The assembly also may be asked to vote on a resolution calling for action by a U.N. police force in Hungary or along its frontiers. Italy’s Dr. Leonardo VitetU indicated he may introduce such a resolution today. The U.S. resolution put the Russians and their new hand — picked regime squarely on the spot. Either they allow the mercy of the sympathetic world to help the Hungarians or they suffer the consequences of outraged world opinion. Five Children Die As Home Destroyed ♦ Home Near Spokane Destroyed By Frre SPOKANE, Wash. (UP) — Fiva young children were burned to death late Thursday night when a fire destroyed their two- story home in the Spokane Valley. Mrs. Ronald Lair — mother of the children — told Spokane Valley Fire Department officials she was asleep on the davenport on the first floor of her home when she smelled smoke. “It woke me up,” she said. “I tried to reach the children but the smoke and flames drove me back.” Fire trucks sped to the scene of the fire but the blaze was beyond control by the time they arrived. The victims were identified as Steve, 9; Merle, 7; Louise Laura, 6; Jack, 4; and Timmy, 2. Fire chief L- Schucker said the children apparently died of suffocation although earlier reports indicated they had burned to death. Shucker said the bodies of the four boys were found beneath their beds on the second floor of the home. The badly burned body of Louise was found at the foot of the stairs.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 9, 1956

Democrats In Congress Pledge Bipartisan Aid To Ike In World Crisis

Report Dozens Os Planes On Arab Airfields Jet Airplanes Os Unknown Nations Reported Today LONDON (UP) — “Dozens" of modern jet airplanes of unknown nationality have been spotted on Syrian and Saudi Arabian airfields, a French Foreign Ministry spokesman said today. The French disclosure came amid a flurry of diplomatic and military developments which included a possible early Big Three meeting of British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and French Premier Gfcy Mollet with President Eisenhower in Washington. In the military field, Eden announced a regrouping of British MidCastem forces, and Israel prepared to pull her forces out of the Sinai Peninsula. , K Jerusalem newspaper said Israel agreed to pull back her desert forces because of a threat of massed Soviet bombing attacks on Israel. la Cairo, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser breathed new defiance. He said the Suez Canal will not begin operating as long, as there is "one single foreign soldier in Egypt." UPB4 “We want peace but surrender will not be imposed on us,” he said. Iraq Breaks With France He ridiculed claims that the Egyptian air force had been destroyed. He said planes the British and French claimed to have destroyed on the ground were “dummies.” * In Baghdad, Iraq. broke relations with France and said she would no longer meet with Britain in the five-natiort Baghdad defense pact The French Foreign Ministry spokesman said the planes sighted on Syrian and Saudi Arabian airfields belonged neither to Syria nor to Saudi Arabia. “There are two possible explanations for the presence of those airplanes,” he said. “Either they are Egyptian planes which escaped Egypt to seek refuge in friendly states, or they are planes sent in by a foreign power for unknown motives. “It is also not impossible that the Soviet Uniop has sent volunteers to Syria and Saudi Arabia (Con flawed on Page Hight) Local Man's Father Is Killed By Fall Clifford Stiverson Is Fatally Injured * Clifford E. Stiverson, 66. father of William H. Stiverson of Decatur, died at 6:10 o’clock Thursday evening in the Huntington county hospital at Huntington, of a fractured skull. Mr. Stiverson suffered the fatal injury when he fell from the haymow of the barn on his home near Warren about 4p. m. Authorities reported he toppled accidentally from the haymow and onto his head while doing his farm chores. He was born in Van Wert county, 0., Oct. 11, 1890, and had lived in Huntington county for the past three years. He was married in Canada Oct. 11, 1910, to Hazel Ringwald. Mr. Stiverson was a member of the Presbyterian church at Van Wert. Surviving in addition to the wife and son are a daughter, Mrs. Carlton Rowlana or Ohio City, O.; four grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Pryce Johnson of Middle Point, O. One sister is deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p. m. Sunday at the H. Brown & Son funeral home at Warren, the Rev. L. Austin Lippitt and the Rev. C. A. Duncan officiating. Burial will be in Kings cemetery at Middle .Point, O. Friends, who are requested to omit flowers, may call -at the funeral home after 7 o’clock this evening.

Onion Thanksgiving Service In Decatur | Associated Churches ( rlan For Service The annual union Thanksgiving Service, sponsored by the Associated Churches of Decatur, will be held at the First Christian church, Jhiursday morning, November 22, » 9 o’clock. Those participating in the service will be the Rev. William Feller, Zion Reformed church; the Rev. Carroll Myers, Church of Christ; the Rev. W. H. Kirkpatrifek, Church of God; the Rev. Stuart Brightwell, First Baptist church; the Rev. Virgil Wesley Sexton, First Methodist church; the Rev. Traverse Chandler, host pastor;, George Thomas, president of the Associated Churches; and the Rev. Gerald Gerig, Missionary church, who will speak on the subject, “A Thinking Thanksgiving.” A free will offering will be taken in support of a challenging appeal that has come to the churches of Decatur from a former resident of this city. She is Mrs. Willa Dalzell Sheehan, who, with her family, is now living on the island of Okinawa. . Mrs. Sheehan, a volunteer school feacher, tells of the plight of the school children of Okinawa after the typhoon “Emma” had worked havoc on the island.sWith, the high ffcftobl all but extinct except for [some concrete-housed classrooms, [with broken windows, the students face a desperate lack of facilities with which to continue their studies. Mrs. Sheehan writes, “The students will do all the work on repairs, there will be no hiring of outside help. They are studying to be carpenters, mechanics, electricians, and you’d be surprised how (Continued on Page Two) Gird For Possible Violent Outbursts Anti-Reds Protest — Throughout World PARIS (UP) — Police in many cities of the world girded today for possible new outbursts of violence by Communists and antiCommunists. More than 7,000 angry French Communists clashed with police in Paris Thursday night when the Reds staged a public protest meeting against an earlier attack on their party headquarters. Nearly 100 were injured and 222 were arrested. In Vienna, screaming anti-Com-munists protesting the Soviet invasion of Hungary marched across the city and attacked Russian and satellite offices in an orgy of destruction. More than 1,000 students stormed the Soviet embassy in London, and i students in Montevideo, Uruguay, ! attacked the Soviet embassy there , ’for the second night in a row. Workers in the Philippines staged a five-minute strike Thursday in ( protest against the Soviet action in Hungary, and the Indonesian ] Parliament put pressure on the ; government bn condemn the “ag- : gression” in Hungary. Reports said 1 left-wing mass rallies were plan- 1 ned in two Indonesian cities this i weekend to protest the Anglo- < French invasion of Egypt, and i some organizations urged that the i Hungarian situation be included. ( Will Nominate New , C. Os C. Directors 1 A nominating committee for new 1 directors for a three year term for ’ the Decatur Chamber of Commer-' 1 ce was announced today by Bob Heller,, president. The terms of ' one professional and service divi- 1 sion, one retail division and two 1 industrial division directors are 1 expiring. Wilbur Petrie. Robert Anderson, Dan Tyndall and Herman Krueckeberg* compose this committee. After they make a report within a few days naming two candidates for, each office, an election will be conducted by mail among the members of the Chamber of Commerce.

Report Fierce Fighting On In Budapest Hungarian Reds To Take Aid Offer By Western Red Cross VIENNA (UP)—lll6 Hungarian Reds announced that fierce new fighting erupted in blazing Budapest today. They announced they would accept Western Red Cross aid provided it is channeled through Communist Yugoslavia. The Communist-controlled Budapest Radio broadcast an announcement by the official Hungarian MTI news agency that the Sovietsponsored government of puppet Janos Kadar has accepted offers of aid from the International Red Cross. But it added that this would be allowed into the battle-torn country only if it is sent hrough Yugoslavia Wih guarantees that it contains no weapons or “agents” of exiled rightist former Hungarian Regent Adm. Nicholas Horthy. Organice Aid Convoy The. Soviets have charged that “Horthy agents” and arms were sent to the Hungarian rebels through the Red Cross. The MTI Hnnounoementappearwlta be de* sighed to press this propaganda allegation while at the same time taking advantage of desperately needed Western medical aid and food- ~ The International Red Cross is organizing in Vienna a convoy of trucks from a number of Western nations. Earlier announcements by the Red - run Budapest Radio said rebels holed up in the narrow streets of the old city near the former royal palace had launched new attacks on the Soviet forces. Other fighting raged on both sides of the Danube and fire raced through the vast Hotel Royal two days after the' Reds had claimed complete victory. Report “Freedom’’ Broadcast Hungarians in Milan, Italy, claimed to have heard a very faint broadcast by a “freedom” station claiming that at least 60,000 Hungarians have been killed in the struggle since Sunday. This broadcast claimed that Budapest’s 14th district was burning fiercely and that fighting con(Uoatiouea on Page Klgai) Lower Barriers To Hungarian Refugees Eisenhower Orders 5,000 Be Admitted WASHINGTON (UP)-President Eisenhower has ordered the United States opened to 5,000 refugees who fled from Hungary rather than submit to Communist domination. The present U.S? immigration quota for Hungary is 865. Mr. Eisenhower announced the lowering of immigration barriers after a conference Thursday with Pierce J. Gerety, deputy administrator of the Refugee Relief Act. He also issued a public appeal to all Americans to give assurances of "housing, employment and financial assistance” for Hungarians seeking to escape Russian bullets and bombs. Tfie 5,000 refugees will be admitted to this country as soon as possible, the President said. The chief executive conceded this country cannot help those thousands of Hungarians who rose up against the Soviets and still are trapped behind the Iron Curtain. But he said the free world cap effectively help other thousands Who have successfully made their ( way out of Hungary during the past week. . - ■ I INDIANA WEATHER ! Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday except mostly cloudy with chance of a few snow | flurries near Lake Michigan. Continued cold. Low tonight 27-33. High Saturday mostly 1 in the 40s. Sunset 5:35 p. m., ' sunrise Saturday 7:23 a. m. 1

Northwest School Plans Open House Public Is Invited Sunday Afternoon The Decatur school board and the faculty of Northwest Elementary school will hold open house to which the public is invited Sunday from 2 to 5 p. m. No formal program is planned. Visitors to the school will be invited to tour the building. They will be greeted by W. Guy Brown, superintendent of Decatur schools; George Helm, president of the Decatur school board; Dr. James Burk secretary; Everett Hutker, treasurer; Hubert Zerkel, Jr., principal of the school, and members of the school faculty. The school btiilding incorporates one of the finest educational units in this part of the country. Each classroom is a self-contain-ed unit. There is a coat closet in each room, rest rooms for boys and girls, a fountain, a wash sink and shelves and cabinets for the storage of teachers’ supplies. The rooms are large and welllighted. Desks are spaced far apart and are adjustable to the size of the pupil. The building also Includes a reception office, a principal's office, a library, a health room, rest rooms, a canteen and a teachers' room. Also featured is a multipurpose room which can be used as an auditorium or gymnasium. The architect for the building was Leßoy Bradley of Fort Wayne. Yost Construction company was the contractor and Robert Anderson was attorney. The cost of construction totalled $338,356.81. This amount includes sidewalks and change orders. In addition, there was a cost of $22,962.16 for architect and attorney fees. The building is now complete with the exception of a few minor details and the paving of the driveways and playground area. A total of 328 pupils from kindergarten through the sixth grade are attending the school. The faculty in addition to Zerkel. who is principal and physical education instructor, includes Fem Freeland, kindergarten; Mary Helen Moran, grade one; Irene Friedly, grade two; Anita Fisher, grade two; Marnell Shepherd, grade three; Evelyn Detter, grade three; Leona Feasel, grade four; Glennys Roop, grade five and librarian; and Paul Liechty, grade six. Superintendent Brown stated that the second phase of the new school program in Decatur will begin in about two years when the cumulative building fund contains enough money to begin the Southwest Elementary school. In the meantime, the Northwest school has relieved the classroom short(Contlnued on Page Five) Public High School Open House Tonight Invite Parents To Attend Open House The open house program at Decatur high school, scheduled for tonight in commemoration of national education week which is Nov. 11 through 17, will begin at 7:45 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m. as originally announced. The time was changed for the benefit of many parents who are planning to attend another meeting this evening. Basketball game® prevented the scheduling of the open house next week. The evening* at the high school will feature an address of welcome by Hugh J. Andrews, principal, and then a musical program to be presented by the freshman-sophomore chorus and the high school choir. Miss Helen Haubold is director of the choral groups and accompanists are Eleanor Miller and Kay Wynn. Following the musical program, parents and friends are invited to visit the classroorhs and learn about the activities of students of Decatur high school. Members of the faculty will be on hand to greet those who attend the open house.

Senate Leader Says Situation Highly Serious President Confers With Leaders From Both Parties Today WASHINGTON (W — Democratic congressional leaders today pledged “responsible” bipartican support to President Eisenhower in coping with the "very serious’* world situation. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson announced the pledge after a 2% hour White House conference at which Mr. Eisenhower and his top aides gave congresional leaders of both parties an up-to-date report on developments in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. “It’s obviously a very serious situation,” Johnson told reporters. He said “no commitments were asked or given” at the bipartisan conference. But on behalf of the Democrats, he promised: “We will give responsible con- ' sideration to any suggestion from the administration—we will not t play politics with the foreign situation.” J a Move for Unity 1 Johnson made 4t dear that the Democrats were not making a » blank-check promise to do anyt thing the administration asked, but rather to “do what we think is best for America” without re- , gard to politics. The bipartisan meeting was Mr. Eisenhower’s first move to rebuild a strong basis of national political unity following Tuesday’s elections in which the voters overwhelmingly handed him a second term but gave the Democrats control of congress. “It was another meeting among the leaders of both parties in which the President and his assistants brought us up to date on the situation in the Middle East and Central Europe,” Johnson said. Johnson said there was no discussion in the bipartisan White House meeting about the prospects of a special session of congress. “It followed the pattern that all bipartisan meetings have followed," Johnson added. “It was very fruitful and helpful. No commitments were asked or given, but after the review, we did ask tome questions.’* House Republican Leader Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. commented that “while the world situation is grave, I think it will work out all right.” Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) retiring chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, was asked if White House, officials appeared concerned about the reported Russian buildup in Syria. He replied, “I wouldn’t say that.’’ When the reporter pressed, "You mean they’re not concerned?” George replied, "I wouldn’t say that either.” George said he believes the Middle East situation “can be worked out unless we make • • grave mistake.” Big Three Session Ignored Other participants said the prospects of a Big Three meeting were not discussed. Reports from Par(OontilaiMM on Page Bight) Interesting Film Is Shown To Rotarians An interesting sound picture. “The Great Adventure,” was viewed by Decatur Rotarians at their weekly dinner meeting Thursday evening at the Youth and Community Center. The film, in connection with the service organization’s 50th anniversary, showed in a vivid manner toe workings of Rotary to aid community, national and international service. It featured students from foreign countries who were given Rotary foundation educational fellowship grants. Bernard Pickett was chairman of the program. J. L. Brenn, of Huntington, governor of district 224 of Rotary, was a special guest at the meeting.

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